[video; action]

[shifting]

[shaky video at first. Sam's voice seems in the background for a moment, but it's quickly choked off with dry-heaving. The video tilts down sharply from a plaid-covered chest to bare feet, and soon after a pile of clothes. A dog lies down on them a moment later, curled up and whining softly.

The feed runs out.]



((open to anyone who wants to drop in - Sam finally caught the oubreak))

Comments

[symmachy]

You disagree.

[shifting]

It's never done me much good.

[symmachy]

Maybe you haven't been using it right.

[teasing, of course, but there's a slight bit of sincerity to her words.]

[shifting]

What would you use it for?

[symmachy]

Don't know, I'm not a shapeshifter.

[just smiles
with dem vampire teeth
surprise they don't retract]

[shifting]

[he can't help it - his tail tucks, and for a very brief moment, he's showing teeth too.

But it's brief. They're on an NV, after all] Vampire.

[symmachy]

[she laughs a bit at the reaction, musical.]

Don't worry, I'm a vegetarian. And I've never been too much of a dog person anyway.

[shifting]

Vegetarian?

[symmachy]

Vegetarian.

[hippie vampire]

[shifting]

Bullshit.

[symmachy]

[she can't stop smiling a bit]

It just isn't the same coming from a beagle. Anyway, you can believe me or not, but that doesn't make it less true.

[shifting]

[welp, how about from a suddenly naked man?]

How?

[symmachy]

[oh
well that's just fine with her]

Evolution, magic, whichever you prefer to call it.

[shifting]

So what do you do with the fangs? Suck out tomato juice?

[symmachy]

No. They're useful for defense, as one might imagine.

[shifting]

So you don't need blood? Ever? [settling back into the pillows]

[symmachy]

[she isn't showing how distracted she is]

Ever. Why is that so surprising?

[shifting]

[that's a shame - it isn't often he has an advantage over a vampire.]

'Cause where I come from it's not somethin' vampires can just choose. They need the blood.

[symmachy]

[she is still a woman and has things that are like feelings!!]

I didn't choose it. It's how I was born. [pause] There are those in my world who need blood as well. But they are... few in number.

[shifting]

...You can be born a vampire?

[well that sucks.]

[symmachy]

I was born an Immortal. "Vampire" is a word the humani came up with.

But yes, you can.

[shifting]

That's... really different from where I'm from. A whole heck of a difference.

[symmachy]

No two worlds are the same. I know that from experience.

You haven't told me your name.

[shifting]

Sam. Sam Merlotte.

What's yours?

[symmachy]

Scathach. It's a pleasure, Sam Merlotte