voice.

[collegedropout]

Who: Sam and you
Broadcast: Voice
Action: N/A (unless plotted)
When: After this shit. Vague time is vague for plot convenience, shh.

[Sam feels like puking, thanks.

See, his friend had called him because of a suspiciously bitey vampire, and he had conversed with this vampire to find - well, he's not a fucking vampire. And of course, him trying to get the guy on lock-down did not... go that well. His brother and a certain little fae child got him back on his feet, uh. Relatively, but he still feels like he's been on the same Disney teacups a few too many times.

Regardless, he's gotta put up some serious alarm bells. You learn your lesson after Bucky's augment glitch. He sounds a bit groggy, a bit like he's got some vertigo going on, but he's also got an air of grim alert to it. This is a warning, y'all.]

There's someone going around who people may know as Sascha — something's seriously wrong with him; I'm thinking an augment glitch. That seems to be the norm from the Atroma lately, so... figures, if it is. His personality is completely off from what I'd seen before, and I was alerted to the fact that he had... bitten one of his crewmates. I tracked him down but he didn't exactly appreciate a hunter telling him he had to be put under surveillance.

[There's a dry air about that last bit; sick-feeling or not, he's a cheeky bastard sometimes, sue him. After a moment, he continues:]

He's not a vampire, though. Or at least acted like it was news to him. He says he's a Sheol - I'm unfamiliar with this race of creature, so I can't really help, but. Uh. His bites are toxic and cause numbness, sickness, and immobility. That's how he disables his prey. He got me, too, but I got lucky there.

I don't know where he is now, but please be careful. Keep a look-out. Any information you have on his abilities or any reports of attacks from him would be appreciated. He may be calm and he doesn't seem to be bloodthirsty. Yet, or otherwise. But he's detached and clearly capable of hurting others.

... Stay safe.

[As he closes the feed, you can hear him grumble exasperatedly - ]

... He licked me...

Comments

[pneumo]

[ #savedurlyfe ]

[collegedropout]

[#de-glitchbeforeIstabyoureyeball]

[namisan]

[Sheol?

And goddammit Sam--]

Didn't I tell you to be careful?

[collegedropout]

[He shrugs abortively, even though she can't see him.

She probably knows he did it anyway. He sounds apologetic???]

Sorry. I got ahead of myself.

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[angelherding]

[goodness, but Meg loves when she gets to judge you idiots for being idiots]

Did you get your ass kicked again?

video;

[collegedropout]

[Groan.]

Shut up.

Nothing's even broken.

[#winchestergoals]

[video]

[bb_wolf]

[Bigby looks annoyed.

Granted, that's often how he looks, but it seems a bit more so.]

He isn't detached. He's working on a different norm than you. He behaved perfectly fine with me. He just has a bite reflex when he's startled or alarmed or aggravated.

[To a Fable, that's fairly normal.]

[video]

[collegedropout]

He said he took a bite of Nami to see if she was worth eating. And after he bit me, he tried to taste me.

No offense, but I think I'll take his word and actions over yours. Easily.

[nice try though, man]

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[save_the_souls]

[Great. He was wondering when the augment glitches would start to turn violent. Sigh.]

Thank you for letting us know. My ship will take proper precautions.

I don't suppose you got a sample of the venom from his teeth, did you?

Video

[collegedropout]

[He considers it for a moment.]

... I'm still kind of sick from it. Maybe you could collect a sample from, uh. My blood. Before it completely leaves my system.

[namisan]

I have a sample. It's in our lab currently.

[text]

[aigue]

I doubt many creatures would appreciate being told what to do, you know

And what happened to being a cataloger, by the way?

[Because hunter isn't a great word, in her experience.]

[text]

[collegedropout]

[... Cough.]

One of my traits as a hunter.

I was raised to investigate supernatural murders and stop them.

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[foxpas]

I understand that he is part of my crew, though I have not met him as of yet. If violence becomes necessary, I will offer my strength, though I ask if you believe it will be needed.

[She looks decidedly serious.]

video

[collegedropout]

[A+, Sam likes the cut of your jib.

But for now, he gives a mild sigh.]

Not sure what's going to be necessary yet. On one hand, he hasn't killed anyone. On another, he clearly could — if we're looking to be preventative, we should at the very least keep him somewhere aboard that he can be watched.

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[benames]

Ok one - creepy.

[ the licking, that is. ]

Two - prey? Seriously, dude?

[ as if he needed more nightmares ]

And three, maybe we can device a way to put him to sleep until he's fixed and no one gets - you know. Eaten.

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[collegedropout]

Sorry. There's not many other words that work for it.

[He does sound apologetic, though.]

Honestly, if that's a viable option, I'm all ears.

I'm not trying to be the bad guy, I just — get the feeling things can go from bad to worse pretty damn quickly. Especially when the person in question has already bitten into two people so far, maybe more than I'm unaware of. He's not the first creature I've met that fell off a wagon or decided to give in to temptation. And it wouldn't be the first time I've seen bodies dropped, not even remotely.

I don't want any fatalities. Or, uh. Anyone... Yeah. Eaten.

voice;

[winn]

[ this hits him so close to home. so he wasn't the first. it makes sense, why should he be? but it doesn't sound like he killed the others, either. so he's still in control, that's good.

for a moment he hesitates. he doesn't know this guy but they share this experience and he does need to talk about it pretty desperately. but that'll just add fuel to the fire. so instead, he gets practical. ]

We have him locked up. He went willingly, he doesn't want to hurt anyone but his instincts are strong. Are you ok? Is -- his crewmate ok? Is anyone else hurt?

voice;

[collegedropout]

[There's an audible breath of relief, to be sure.]

Good. That's good. It would have been crappy to have it escalate.

[After a moment:]

His crew mate and I are okay. We got kind of sick after he bit us — whatever substance he uses to immobilize people is pretty powerful. But it's wearing off... just got some puncture marks as a memento, and I don't think it's what kills his meals.

[He's on voice for a reason; he looks like he's got the flu.

But... It's all good.]

I can't really trust that he's looking out for anyone's better interests when he checked to see how well my friend tasted, but... Keeping him under watch is the best choice. Not hurting him, but not letting him have the chance to chomp on someone who looks tasty to him.

[ladybro]

[ -- vampires or not-vampires aside, ]

Are you okay?

[collegedropout]

Ah, yeaaaah. I'm solid.

[Can you hear the lazy smile.]

Just tired. But I haven't, um. Turned or anything. It's just a numbing toxin.

voice;

[stefanged]

[Well, shit.

All this time, Stefan had been wrongfully assuming the whole vampire angle, so to hear otherwise? That gives him significant pause.]

Thanks for the heads-up. You're absolutely sure he isn't a vampire, though? Last I saw of him, he was definitely drinking blood.

voice;

[collegedropout]

Pretty sure. He was confused by the mention of vamps; called himself a sheol. It's a new species to me, but I'm not unused to meeting new species. I think he... uh. He does more than just drink the blood.

[.............. the implication is he'd probably eat you whole or something, stefan

enjoy that mental image]

Voice;

[alwayscomeback]

Thanks for the warning, man. I know exactly zero about dealing with vampires, but at least I can try to keep my crew safe.

Voice;

[collegedropout]

It's good to keep your own safe. Just watching out for them is worth a lot.

You want me to send you notes on the vampires from my world?

It's not much when rules vary between worlds, but... it's a start.

voice [private];

[geonomy]

[Well... None of this sounds good at all. First Winter, now... this? Ugh...

Still, it's not too hard to put two and two together, and while it's only a suspicion, it's still enough for him to ask.]

Is that the guy Katie was so afraid of?

voice [private];

[collegedropout]

Ah... yeah.

Yeah, he's the one. Looks like her warning held some merit.

... Maybe a lot of it.

private voice

[passingthrough]

Someone else might have mentioned it by now, but we've got him locked up. [Her voice sounds weary.]

Are you okay?

private voice

[collegedropout]

I've heard, yeah. That's good.

And I'm — I'm good, too. I'm fine. This is nothing, really.

I was just worried he'd gotten someone before me.

[thetruehistorian]

Sascha..? Isn't he on the crew of the Bloodsport?

[collegedropout]

Yeah. He bit Nami.

She's alright, but — it could have been worse. It's important to keep an eye on him right now, make sure nobody gets seriously hurt.