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Who: Everyone!!!
Broadcast: No
Action: The Iskaulit
When: For the rest of the month

[Now that we've all had time to settle back into our ships, let's see what's going on over on the Iskaulit! For the new folks, there are already a few establishments and projects going on, but there's plenty of room for everyone, either to join in or to build their own thing. So mingle away!]

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... Lark said the same thing. But I haven't remembered anything. Lark had someone from her world here, but... I doubt I'll ever see anyone from mine.

[She goes quiet at that for a moment, before responding.]

Maybe. But my parents are probably always going to be stronger. I think they were probably among the strongest people in my world. They led a party that killed a Greater Behemoth attacking the city.

That could've been it. I've got - ["my ex-girlfriend, my soul mate"] a really good friend from home. She must be jogging my memory, like Lark's person did.

[He doesn't want to pry, especially since it sounds like she's resigned herself to being less strong, but...]

Greater Behemoth? I think you'll have to elaborate for me.

That's my best guess. Unless Yura shows up here, or something, I'm pretty much shit out of luck.

[She goes quiet for a minute, struggling with how to describe it.]

Imagine... A cross between a boar and a lion, but about ten stories tall, and a few blocks long. Strong enough to break the strongest wards around the capital city of the continent. Surrounded by its children, of course.

[It's not quite right, but it's the best quick and dirty explanation she can give.]

[That... was not what Stefan was imagining. He leans back, almost tripping over his own two feet--]

Shit. Your parents took that out? That's-- they must've been pretty powerful.

No matter what they'd tell you, they had help.

... But, yeah. My father is a Steelwall- Think heavy armor, tower shields, can take an absurd amount of damage- and my mother's an archmage. One of the youngest to ever make archmage, I... think.

[She sounds uncertain on that last part.]

Can't remember for certain, huh? [He lets out a small sigh] I know that feeling.

I used to think my parents were gonna be better doctors than me. Now, I'm... I don't know. I can't technically follow in their footsteps anymore.

You can't?

[She seems genuinely surprised.]

Kind of need a MD before I can practice. [Apologetic smile] I barely graduated college, as it was.

What about equivalent experience? I dropped out of college, so I can't really say much there, but...

Doesn't work that way on Earth. [sigh]

It works well enough for the Fleet, since I've got a lab support augment, but... as soon as I get back home, I'm not sure what I'll do.

Try learning healing magic while you're here. They can't say no to that.

Can't. [He gestures to his teeth. If they're talking about magic, he guesses that his secret can stay safe with her.] Guys like me aren't exactly able to perform magic.

... Wait, really? Why not? You're not merfolk, are you?

Nnno. That's actually a first.

I mean more... I'm sorta-kinda.... [deep breath] I'm a vampire, Nightingale. An amnesiac vampire who may or may not be able to control himself around human blood in a hospital, and I'm not sure I want to find out.

...

Oh.

[She takes a moment to process this, before shrugging.]

That's fair. Are you at risk of losing control if you're still keeping fed, though?

Not really. I drink animal blood, so as long as I hunt every time we're planet-side, I'm okay.

[He's not really convinced, though.]

I'm also taking blood pills every day, but uh - Nightingale? I haven't told everyone, especially since I'm also a lab tech. So... could you....

["Could you not tell everyone?"]

I won't say a word, don't worry.

I didn't know animal blood worked, though...

Not as well as human blood, but it's enough. [Especially when Stefan's too afraid to feed from people.] Honestly, most vampires back home grab blood from blood drives or blood banks.

There's not a lot of snatching and eating anymore, unless you do it for fun.

... If you need human blood, I fed my vampire teammate for a while, and I can heal myself.

[He shakes his head, though his smile is a grateful one.]

Thanks, but I'll be okay. I drink animal blood, so as long as I hunt every time we reach a planet, I'm good.

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