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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Ah, quick question. What do people eat on a regular basis?

[Normally this would be an easy question to answer, but....she's so confused.]

I mean, I imagine you can't eat the same thing every day, but how do you keep it diverse too? Do you have to go shopping every few days? And cooking, do you have to do it three times a day too?

Honestly I have no idea how you get anything done if you're cooking or eating all the time.

[HELP HER.]

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[symmachy]

[a small smile]

I do. Mostly to maintain appearances, but this body can use the sustenance as well. [pause] I do have another way of eating, of course.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Wow.

[Color her impressed. Some other vampires were impressed when she first arrived that Alice could branch out as far animals, but this is truly impressive.]

If I tried eating it would just....sit there.

[symmachy]

[scatty can't even eat blood. how's that for weird (as far as vampires go)]

That sounds disgusting, and I'm sorry.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

[Well then, she's just a freak of nature.]

Well, I don't make a habit of it. I've only had to do it a handful of times at home, when I absolutely had to eat something.

It's horrible. Like eating dirt, I suppose.

[symmachy]

[yeah basically]

You can't even taste it?

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Sort of, but it's completely disgusting. Of course, the stuff I drink isn't much better, but it keeps me going.

[symmachy]

Sometimes, that's all that matters.

If it helps, I don't really taste what I... eat at all. At least, not in a conventional sense.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Really?

[She's always just assumed she was "traditional".]

[symmachy]

Really. It isn't a physical thing after all.