manofthenorth: (In deep shadow)
Eric Northman ([personal profile] manofthenorth) wrote in [community profile] sirenspull2012-02-23 07:31 pm

04. Fourth seduction - Video

[ Eric appears, looking quite calm, though there's a rage behind his eyes that anyone watching carefully might see. He stands beside a window, looking out, and only the light from his desk table illuminates both him and the room. Heavy club music is heard in the background. This is his office, but it's utilitarian rather than gothic, in all but the huge throne like chair visible at the edge of the screen. ]

Good evening, Siren's Port. My name is Eric Northman.

Some of you who have spoken to me before know me as the manager of the Afterglow club Fangtasia. Most of you will know that I am a vampire, regardless of whether we've spoken before.

You would imagine, perhaps, that this would be a fact I would try to conceal, particularly considering recent circumstances, but the time for such secrets is past. Vampires in my world were recognised, and given the same rights as humans. I obey the law, and I pay my taxes, just like everyone else.

I am not here to change your minds about my kind, I doubt I can, but I am here to tell you how to defend yourself none the less, in some small hope that it might save some lives, and redeem us in some way. Defend yourself, not kill us. You have no more right to do that than I have to kill any one of you.

[ Eric steps toward the desk, and picks up a silver chain from just in front of the NV. He raises it a little higher, so that the light glints against it, and so it can be seen. It burns his skin violently where it touches him, a hissing steam, leaving red welts behind where he trickles it across his fingers. ]

Silver. A vampire, at least a vampire from my world, can be paralysed with silver, or at least driven off. Wear it close about your neck, or around your wrists.

[ He doesn't mention that vampires like himself or Godric would be difficult to beat with silver alone. Too old, too fast. It'd have to be a lot of silver. A lot. He dropped the chain without a word more, working his painful fingers. All that matters is the illusion of being a helpful member of society.  ]

Better still, stay at home. A vampire cannot enter without invitation.
theknowledge: (picturesque)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-23 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Woah, woah. Hang on. Vampires don't exist.

[ Except apparently they do. It's not a strange leap, she's sure her own existence would be impossible to others, too. ]

Huh. The more you know, I guess.
theknowledge: (comic - hand to chest)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-23 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And immediately she lifts her arms up in the universal 'unarmed' gesture, eyes wide. ]

It's just a little hard to wrap my head around, that's all. They're just stories in Heaven's Fence.
theknowledge: (sassy housewife)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-23 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She nods, still staring at the other's mouth, curious and more than a little intrigued. ]

The one and only. So--silver stops you guys? What about sunlight? Stake through the heart?
theknowledge: (mm-hmmm)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-23 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Being prepared never hurt. [ Shrug. ]
theknowledge: (comic - assure)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-23 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Woah. She notices that look, takes a deep breath and reels herself in, taking a few moments before attempting to reassure the other. ]

I'm hoping it won't come to that. I have a habit of picking up on the worst-case scenario, that's all.
theknowledge: (forboding)

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[personal profile] theknowledge 2012-02-24 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Witch hunts. Cambria winces. ]

Yeah, those.. They aren't pretty. But thanks for the heads up, Mr. Northman.