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[vetala]

There seem to be quite a few things different about me physically, ever since I discovered this network a few months back, and aside from being a little irritating, most of them haven't significantly affected me to the point of not being able to function. However, I think that there is something odd going on with my eating habits. I've been hungry in an odd way since I visited the Tuning Towers and it's been going on for weeks and nothing is really helping the issue. And I think I've figured out what that is, though how I figured out involves a very uncomfortable bus ride with people who have no concept of personal space, but very tantalizing, ah... Well... Jugular veins.

Anyway, that odd statement coming from me really should make what I'm about to ask obvious, but bear with me, because I am going to ask a mildly disturbing question.

Does anyone else besides me feel a particular urge to, oh I don't know, drink blood? And along the same vein- I mean- Along the same lines, is there any way to make it stop aside from the usual thing? I've read enough literature to understand the basic idea but is there anyway to opt out? Because I'd really rather not go down that path at the moment.

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[hungryhunter]

Oh man, holy shit. Have you started sparkling yet?

[Okay that was mean, but--]

Maybe you could like. Get some animal blood or something.

[counterclock]

holy fuck
i knew you had something creepy about you
you were totes some kind of vampire killer in your past life

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[scramasax]

[...Ohh, dear, he recalls their last conversation in which reference was made to becoming "something without a pulse"...]

-- Erh -- there are -- other vampires -- here. -- Hopefully one of them can - ...will tell you how they've been - ...handling it.

I - I know more than one -- I don't know if they'd - allow me to mention it, though...

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[mood2wiingiing]

someone could stake you, that would probably count as an opt out right?

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Think there's at least two others. At the very least I know one confirmed.

Non sparkling, thankfully.

Honestly, I'd get yourself down to a butcher and ask if they have any animal blood for sale. Say it's for an art project or that you wanna make blood pudding or whatever. Give that a try.

Because honestly, that whole trying not to be a vampire by not drinking blood is kinda like not wanting to be human by not eating food. Either way, you are what you are and you'll kick the bucket if you try.

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[eras]

i don't but geeze that has to be tough :/
maybe we could
idk
what are other vampires doing on here?
someone just mentioned them upwards didnt they?

[dorkytracksuit]

at this point pretty sure the only opt out is leaving town.

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[contravenes]

I talked to someone who has a similar problem on the network a few weeks back.

voice;

[drama8om8]

What if you're not a vampire like everybody else is saying? What if you're a leech. Super gross. Or a chupacabra! Have you been oozing at all? Getting twitchy around goats?

[stavros]

There are a lot of you here...

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[testsonseashells]

Could try iron supplements.

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[somesayinfire]

You're definitely not the first. I still have a key to the morgue. I could do some routine blood draining and save it for you if you need it.

[the back of her mind is muttering something about her life and her choices.]

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[amberhearted]

[ "ah, well. jugular veins."

if only someone was witness to how big his eyes got at hearing that. ]

A lot of cultures have blood dishes. Can say you're expanding your palette in honor of Halloween

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[strikeraid]

has anyone said we should try robbing a blood bank yet
because id be down if it didnt sound like a really bad heist movie

[hawaiianheir]

so wait
let me get this straight
you are literally turning into a vampire
that's what's happening here
like stop me if i'm wrong but
wow

[Voice]

[blind_devotion]

Not...no, I can't say that's ever happened to me.

[Not YET, Alexa. Not yet.]

Is that the sort of thing that happens to you? To us, I mean?

Voice. Cellphone.

[flamberge]

[Vampire like tendencies, huh? Maybe others might care, but Richard focuses on something else. The last time they had spoken was when his poor shoes suffered a tragic fate at her hands, after all.]

This peculiar urge aside, how are you feeling?

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[argents]

[ WELP WITH THE OBVIOUS OUT OF THE WAY ]

Hole in the wall Chinese places. Blood soup is a real thing. ...Check Yelp reviews first.

Voice

[gainingmomentum]

Whoa, that's pretty wild. Can't say I've had that specific urge, but I'm pretty sure my metabolism's shot through the roof.

Maybe some extra-rare beef could curb that, though?