I find novels very seductive and usually find it hard to pry myself apart from one once I'm indulged in it. One day the Water Bearer, who was obviously bored and seeking attention, tried to read the same novel I was reading. After finishing one of the chapters, I looked at WB who was reading beside me, expecting some kind of reaction. There was one, a puzzled one.
TT: Well, for once I wonder what you're thinking.
WB: *pause and think* I know it's in a different language, but just what is this thing called 'vampire'?
TT: *blink, twice* ...say that again?
WB: Whaaatt....?
TT: Okay, so, I guess it's absolutely not common.
WB: Hm?
TT: Or maybe you just call it a different name. Do you know the thing that sucks blood to live?
WB: Ah, a leech. I thought they were similar to humans. *pause* But leeches drive?
TT: It's not a leech.
WB: Mosquito?
TT: It's supposed to be a zombie, a living-dead. Well, they're just tales anyway.
WB: A blood-sucking zombie... huh. Hey this part here, why is there a mention of heliophobia?
TT: As legend goes, they die, um, not that they were alive anyway, but they turn into dust once exposed to the sun, I think. I don't know it that well either.
WB: Oh, they're more like germs then.
TT: Ha? *lmao* That's a good one.
WB: Do they originate from humans, as it says? Or corpses?
TT: What's the difference?
WB: Zombies are from humans aren't they. They just get spat at by another zombie and they turn into one.
TT: Actually bitten by another zombie.
WB: My bad. *grin* How was I supposed to know these things. But I think before you said it was 'spit'.
TT: I did?
WB: Ah, you're no encyclopedia either.
TT: Nope. Just jack of all trades. By the way, they're from corpses.
WB: What? Zombies?
TT: Vampires. Get bitten, die, then become one after some time elapsed.
WB: *frown* They're no different from zombies then.
TT: The sole difference is zombies eat humans, but vampires drink blood.
WB: Ugh, does that even taste good. Why blood anyway?
TT: They say coz vampirse are dead, so they don't have blood flowing. So they need blood to live.
WB: And if they don't get blood they'll die?
TT: Wilt, perhaps?
WB: Now it's a plant.
TT: So to conclude it's a non-living thing that sucks blood.
WB: A bandage!
TT: But these years people are getting obsessed with this legend. Almost as if they wished it was real.
WB: Not even one exist? I thought you'd have met at least one.
TT: The ones I met are energy-sucking living human beings. And they don't have fangs. And if vampires were real, the whole universe would have turned into vampires since everyone bitten turns into one.
WB: Then all would die when there's no blood to drink. Then cows evolve and conquer the world.
TT: *lol*
WB: They have fangs?
TT: Yea, for biting.
WB: I can bite well without fangs.
TT: I heard it's to pierce holes through the skin before sucking on the blood. And they always bite necks.
WB: Why?
TT: Closest to the jaw?
WB: Why not bite the lips or cheeks?
TT: Haha. I have to be one to know the answer.
WB: *thinking deeply*
TT: I don't think you can find the answer so easily.
WB: *looks up* I just imagined something horrible.
TT: What?
WB: A rogue vampire biting another rogue. *pales* So sickening.
TT: *lol* Unfortunately, for your imaginations, they usually pick a victim eligible of... urm, you know what.
WB: Grotesque.
TT: If I become one would you be my victim?
WB: That's just plain erotic.
TT: I think that's the whole point of this vampirism.
WB: Oh. No wonder it's from Grin Zeraga.
TT: You can't expect much from such people.
WB: And you're reading it with such glee.
TT: I love sarcastic stories. Just laughing at how people could actually think.
WB: Your people.
TT: Yeah, my people.
WB: No wonder you're not welcomed there.
TT: At least I'm welcomed here. Can I continue reading now?
WB: No. Tell me something interesting first. I'm so bored I could visit Grin Zeraga.
TT: Do that and I'll bite you. Did you know vampires can shape-shift into bats?
WB: If I knew that you'd be shocked. Just bats?
TT: So far I've only heard of bats.
WB: They should shape-shift into humans. Then they can blend in.
TT: They were blending in. Till they were detected and killed.
WB: Sunlight?
TT: Stakes through the heart. And no, I don't know why it has to be a stake instead of a knife... *remembers an ordeal* ..or pokers. Oh, another interesting fact. Vampires hate garlics.
WB: *dumbfounded* The smell? I can't stand garlic breath either.
TT: Dunno. Just heard that they hang garlics in bedrooms to ward off vamps.
WB: Ah, you're corrupting my life with these informations.
TT: Didn't plan on letting you know. *continue reading*
WB: Hey, that didn't count as interesting. *poke*
TT: The White Wind and the Black Hole have fangs.
WB: I noticed that. They drink blood?
TT: Nope, just a personal trait.
WB: Wha.. that's not interesting.
TT: The White Wind was born from a black hole, the Black Hole was born from blowing wind.
WB: *confounded* Honestly???
TT: Yup.
WB: Haa.. that's just inverted..
TT: Ironically, yes. *trying to read* Why are you so bored anyway?
WB: I bet you didn't notice that you'd been reading for a few days now. Weeks.
TT: *pause to think* I guess you're right. *puts down book* So what should we play?
WB: What about I become the vamp and you become the helpless victim?
TT: You're really starting to grasp the idea. *lol*
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