TEST DRIVE - NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

[indigo_league]

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Val | Vampire: The Masquerade NPC I made up for a chronicle once lmao

[valkavian]

Network

[ There's a woman on the screen who looks to be about...21 or 22? She's a lot older than that, but who the fuck's counting. Her blonde hair is kinda messy and she's...oh god, she's wearing a damned ahegao shirt under that hoodie. I'd say she needs Jesus, but with the necklaces she's wearing, one that bears a cute little Jesus fish and the other of which is a tiny cross, that clearly seems to be the problem. ]

I just want one of y'all to tell me who the fuck did this.

[ There's a palpable rage in her voice even as she keeps it low and soft, as if she's saving up all that anger to tear out the throat of whoever it was who did, indeed, do this. ]

This? This is fucking disgusting. I mean none of you fucks asked to be turned into a goddamned monkey, so do I just not get a break or something?

[ There's also an Espurr next to her, eating one of the rice balls Mom packed while she gives it affectionate little headpats. Because as much as she hates everything here, the cat is fine, okay? ]

Cherrygrove

[ Having just beaten up a small child's Pokemon team and taken their lunch money, Val now finds herself in...honestly a convenience store or a Pokemart or something, staring at the variety of goods while occasionally peering off at the window where it's very clearly afternoon, the sun fully aglow.

Looks back at some drinks.

Grabs something red.

Grabs something for her Espurr.

Looks back at the sun.

And then she just...looks out the window, flipping the bird at the fucking sun, but it looks like she's flipping off absolutely no one in particular.

As her what that's about and she turns, a slight growl in her voice: ]

The fuck're you lookin' at?


(As an ooc note, I'd like everyone to look at her permissions and opt out page.)

Cherrygrove

[rolltoavoidpossession]

[Ryou is a bit taken off guard by that response, but recovers quickly enough.]

Sorry, I was just wondering. You don't have to say.

[His own Espurr stares from her perch on Ryou's shoulder, apparently unbothered by Val's rudeness.]

Network

[thornsofmalkav]

[The person on the other side of the screen is a Latina woman in her mid-twenties with pink-tipped black hair in that awkward in-between stage you get when you're growing out an old haircut. She's wearing a black hoodie which unfortunately is fairly recognizable as the zip-up version of the infamous Homestuck Space godtier hoodie over a purple shirt with a stupid joke about time travel.

There's also a little blue seal in her lap that keeps poking it's little clown nose up to peer at the screen.]

I mean, personally I think I'm okay. Like, it's weird being alive again after the whole not thing, especially considering I'm straight up for real alive and all that shit, but it's not bad. I mean, I get to eat regular food again! I love eating regular food again! And I can just eat as much as I want and I don't have to be super careful about how much I'm eating and like... always pre-eat less good food so I don't accidentally fuck up with the good food. That's priceless.

Also chocolate. Just getting chocolate again. Fuck, I missed chocolate.

[valkavian]

Oh. My fucking God.

[ There's a deep sigh of exasperation as she looks at Thorne and... Oh god. She knows. She can fucking see it in your eyes, hello fellow child of Malkav. ]

I mean I guess you can stuff your face with whatever garbage they got here, but seriously, have some dignity and act like a proper Cainite for two seconds.

Video

[dreamsofahero]

I'm afraid you'll find yourself disappointed in any answers you receive, as no one is entirely certain what has brought us here. Nor why everyone finds themselves a more or less 'normal' human upon arrival, regardless of what they may have been before.

[valkavian]

Wait, seriously? Cowards can't even bother to show their face, probably because they know it's just gonna get bashed in.

I'd rather be literally anything than a human, ugh. Why can't I be one of those guys?

[ She points to the Espurr. ]

[dreamsofahero]

I don't know if it's cowardice, or simply that whatever is behind it simply is, or at least was, unaware of the effects.

*a beat as he considers that question*

... You would rather be one of the creatures that the people of this world capture and train to battle each other?

[valkavian]

Usually I'm pretty good at making people regret ever looking my direction. This place did something to me.

Besides, this guy looks pretty cute.

[dreamsofahero]

Well, if you weren't human before, you presumably are now, at the very least. Similarly, if your world has magic or similar such things, you'll find they don't function here.

And there are certainly plenty of cute Pokémon, yes. There are also ones that could be described as intimidating. Nearly all of them can be caught and trained by the humans here. Which means that you can now do likewise yourself, of course.

[valkavian]

I was human once. I always hated it.

[dreamsofahero]

Well, unfortunately, no one here has much choice in the matter. There are, however, others here who were changed from what they were before to human upon arrival, so perhaps it would help if you sought them out to speak with?

[valkavian]

S'a little complicated, bucko.

[ Can you say "I'm a member of a doomsday cult that looks unfavorably upon everyone not in the cult" ]

[dreamsofahero]

You needn't disclose everything about yourself, you know, but there are at least people who may have similar experience who could give advice or answer questions.

[valkavian]

Oh, right.

I actually happened to run into another Cainite here.

I don't think she knows just what she's gotten into.

Cherrygrove

[phoenixwiz]

(He didn’t mean to stare at Val like that while he is also doing a quick run at the connivence store, but the tone of her voice did caught him off guard. He did eventually recovered quickly to make a response.)

Oh gee, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to see you getting so mad today.

(Meanwhile, His Hisuian Decidueye Lily is covering Ron the Eevee’s ears to protect his ears from all that swearing.)

Re: Cherrygrove

[valkavian]

...really.

[ There's some hesitation as her eyes scan over him sizing him up.

Yeah this kid is a total dweeb]

I am so disappointed I can't eat you.

[phoenixwiz]

(Honestly her mentioning that she couldn’t eat him did scared Lily a bit even if she didn’t show just for Ron’s sake. She is a bit concerned hearing that. Meanwhile Harry doesn’t know how to process Val’s words as if he had very little time to react before he got smacked in the face very hard. Pardon him as he tries to sink them in and find the words to speak of.)

Excuse me. Did you say just say eat me? Is there something in me that makes me less, um, appetising?

Deci, Deci-dueye. Eivuu?

[valkavian]

Thaaaaaaat's right.

[ She eyes him closely, flashing a completely unhinged smile. This place may have turned her human, but a little bit of her dental work was left intact. Not enough to actually hurt anyone, but enough to give a hint of what she used to be. ]

I'll admit, you're not my usual type. You seem like you'd be a little disappointing in the flavor department.

[ Good god she's going to just keep going on like this. She isn't even flirting either, there's something downright cannibalistic about her response. ]

[phoenixwiz]

Okay, I understand. That is a fair observation, I guess that I’m not that interesting enough to be stand out in the flavour department.

(Oh Harry no, please don’t be this gullible. Just one look at his face and you could see him sweatdropping and nervously trying not to be so awkward around (former) vampires in a store. Hermione would have roasted him by now if she sees him being in this state.

Lily is still worried as she keeps on looking after Ron within wing’s length as if he is a treasure chest.)

Deci…

[valkavian]

Holy shit, you remind me of Bukkake. He'd just fuckin' take whatever me or Lolo threw at him, it was hilarious.

[ There's an excited little clap. ]

God, i miss that boy. Wanna be my new bitch, boy?

[phoenixwiz]

So this Bukkake fellow: um, is he a friend of yours? And what sort of things you do usually throw at him in your old world?

Decidueye!

(Lily just got very scandalized upon hearing that last sentence. What sort of weird things is Val going to do with her Trainer? Ron being a baby has no idea of what is going on in the conversation. Oh poor Harry has no idea of what to expect when being in the presence of vampires who are probably more sneaky and sly than he is.)

And sorry for the noisy squawking at the back, that’s just my starter Pokémon Lily being startled at the moment.

Decidu-eye…

Cw: self harm/blood mention

[valkavian]

[ You know, I'm hoping Harry has no idea what bukkake means, at least I'm going to assume he doesn't because he's from the 90s and is a scraggly white British kid who lives in a castle with no internet most of the year]

Once a month I cut my arm open and he drinks my blood. S'good shit, kid, makes you stronger, faster, you can take a beating like most kine really can't.

[ She's leaving out the part where you're basically enslaved to the vampire's will. ]

Of course, can't really do it here, but... Damn. One day.

[phoenixwiz]

(Clearly this guy has now idea what a vampire is nor does he hear of any existence of them but when he hears about how a human can give a vampire their blood, he nearly avoids the temptation to raise his eyebrow and winces, but he is doing his best not to judge a newcomer, human and vampire alike, by their ways of interacting with others.)

Oh, you used to give him your blood on a monthly basis in your world? That is a very, um, intriguing way to build up one resistance to damages and injuries. I never met or know someone in here or from my world who used to do something similar.

[valkavian]

[ if Harry has less vampire knowledge than the average muggle who's seen a Dracula movie I'm gonna scream ]

Your world sounds like a pretty boring place, kid.

Cherrygrove

[diabatties]

( Despite Val's current dilemma, Odette can say the sensation of being a human again is actually... rather pleasant? Strange, yes. After months of adapting to the utilitarian need to consume blood to survive, she could not argue losing the powers that made her feel a sliver of autonomy for the first time in her life wasn't strange. But at the same time: not worrying about harming others when she needs to feed, or the Beast constantly whispering in her ear, was at least, something of a relief.

And besides, who needs vampire abilities when you a cute Hatenna perched on your shoulder to protect you? Who is, at present, nuzzling against Odie's cheek, as she hears the absolute siren song of a familiar voice calling to her. Odette's eyes narrow, cheeks puffing out like some kind of threatened cat. )

Et tu, Val?