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@edalynn-pines

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Hello, my name is Edalynn Pines. I am an archivst at the Magnus institute, yes, an archivist, its complicated, though I used to be a researcher untill James Write deemed my methods of research unethical...

Jonathan sims told me to reccord all of the observations and such I had written in my collection of journals from my "research era"... im not going to do that. He cant convince me. I dont even know how this tape thing wo'

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youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Yeah, Lucy took me out to the ocean.

I swam out, found a big, powerful shark..

Lucy watched, nervous, biting her lip, tail in between her legs..

But then I resurfaced, the shark dead in my mouth!

It stood no chance against me.

[She was writing all of this down. If it was a lie, she didnt notice]

What kind of shark was it? What did it look like?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

No idea what type of shark it was, but it was gray, and chunky.

[Alex was a bit colourblind from being part wolf, so he may not be the best person to ask that]

[She hummed and tapped her pen against her book]

Fascinating!

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Anyway, while you're still here, would you like to buy anything else?

Hmmm..

[She bit her lip]

What else do you have for me to buy?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Everything on this table could be yours.

No, I think ive.. erm.. spent all of my money already. Apologies

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

It's fine.

Thank you for coming by anyway.

Thank you for the book- and for the patches.

[She smiled and gave Alex a small wave as she walked off]

Have a nice day!

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Yeah, Lucy took me out to the ocean.

I swam out, found a big, powerful shark..

Lucy watched, nervous, biting her lip, tail in between her legs..

But then I resurfaced, the shark dead in my mouth!

It stood no chance against me.

[She was writing all of this down. If it was a lie, she didnt notice]

What kind of shark was it? What did it look like?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

No idea what type of shark it was, but it was gray, and chunky.

[Alex was a bit colourblind from being part wolf, so he may not be the best person to ask that]

[She hummed and tapped her pen against her book]

Fascinating!

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Anyway, while you're still here, would you like to buy anything else?

Hmmm..

[She bit her lip]

What else do you have for me to buy?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Everything on this table could be yours.

No, I think ive.. erm.. spent all of my money already. Apologies

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Yeah, Lucy took me out to the ocean.

I swam out, found a big, powerful shark..

Lucy watched, nervous, biting her lip, tail in between her legs..

But then I resurfaced, the shark dead in my mouth!

It stood no chance against me.

[She was writing all of this down. If it was a lie, she didnt notice]

What kind of shark was it? What did it look like?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

No idea what type of shark it was, but it was gray, and chunky.

[Alex was a bit colourblind from being part wolf, so he may not be the best person to ask that]

[She hummed and tapped her pen against her book]

Fascinating!

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Anyway, while you're still here, would you like to buy anything else?

Hmmm..

[She bit her lip]

What else do you have for me to buy?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Yeah, Lucy took me out to the ocean.

I swam out, found a big, powerful shark..

Lucy watched, nervous, biting her lip, tail in between her legs..

But then I resurfaced, the shark dead in my mouth!

It stood no chance against me.

[She was writing all of this down. If it was a lie, she didnt notice]

What kind of shark was it? What did it look like?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

No idea what type of shark it was, but it was gray, and chunky.

[Alex was a bit colourblind from being part wolf, so he may not be the best person to ask that]

[She hummed and tapped her pen against her book]

Fascinating!

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youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Yeah, Lucy took me out to the ocean.

I swam out, found a big, powerful shark..

Lucy watched, nervous, biting her lip, tail in between her legs..

But then I resurfaced, the shark dead in my mouth!

It stood no chance against me.

[She was writing all of this down. If it was a lie, she didnt notice]

What kind of shark was it? What did it look like?

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

Thanks.

You like the tooth?

I killed that shark a week or two ago..

I did it all on my own.

[they sounded so proud of themself]

I do.. you- you killed a shark!? How? In the ocean? Tell me everything!

[She pulled her note book out of her bag]

Favourite pokemon ?

Pocket monsters? I quite enjoy cosmog and serperior

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Pdalynn eines

Thats... not how you spell my name..

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youstillhauntthecornersofmyheart

I think this is everything!

[She set down a bag with a few fidgets, a leather jacket with spiked studs in the collar, a waited blanket, and some cool looking chains]

Now, my book?

@edalynn-pines

Ah right.

[they give her it, and take what she gave them]

I also made you a few patches, and got you a shark tooth as a little extra thank you.

Enjoy.

[they made 5 patches, one of a single green eye, one of a bundle of eyes, one of a bloody knife, one of a shark, and one of a book and quill.

They were incredibly well made]

[She examined the patches first]

These are.. really well made! Ill put these on my bag, its severely lacking decoration.

[She stuffed them in her bag and she stuffed the book in her bag and examined the shark tooth]

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[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

Okay! I’ve never been a vampire before I’m not exactly certain how this works, Eda!

[They take off their glasses for a second, burying their face in their hand in the same fashion a disappointment parent would]

Can you do it without killing someone? Like not drain them entirely?

Good idea! Ill have to experiment!

[She glanced around]

Not- not on anyone here... probably.

a-poem-poorly-written

Not on anyone here definitely.

Just pick somebody you don’t like. Or someone who would be willing to let you do that. Just. . . not any of us.

[She hummed]

I cant think of anyone... do you think Lucy would get mad if I experimented on her brother?

a-poem-poorly-written

She has a brother?

I mean she seems rather nice, though I’ve only really met her once. Does her brother get a say in this at all? And out of curiosity what do you have against him?

No. He dosent deserve a say- that Bastard

[Shw growled Before she smiled]

Ill get payback! Good idea Sparrow!

a-poem-poorly-written

[They chuckle]

See? This is why you tell us things instead of avoiding it. That’s what archival assistants are for.

Is it? No- I dont tell you three things for many reasons, and i will continue to so... probably.

[She adjusted her coat]

a-poem-poorly-written

[Sparrow sighs]

Alright then, keep your secrets. Go murder that guy or drain him or whatever it is you’re planning.

And then tell me how it goes because this is interesting.

Okay! I will! It- it will be great!

[She laughed nervously]

a-poem-poorly-written

[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

Okay! I’ve never been a vampire before I’m not exactly certain how this works, Eda!

[They take off their glasses for a second, burying their face in their hand in the same fashion a disappointment parent would]

Can you do it without killing someone? Like not drain them entirely?

Good idea! Ill have to experiment!

[She glanced around]

Not- not on anyone here... probably.

a-poem-poorly-written

Not on anyone here definitely.

Just pick somebody you don’t like. Or someone who would be willing to let you do that. Just. . . not any of us.

[She hummed]

I cant think of anyone... do you think Lucy would get mad if I experimented on her brother?

a-poem-poorly-written

She has a brother?

I mean she seems rather nice, though I’ve only really met her once. Does her brother get a say in this at all? And out of curiosity what do you have against him?

No. He dosent deserve a say- that Bastard

[Shw growled Before she smiled]

Ill get payback! Good idea Sparrow!

a-poem-poorly-written

[They chuckle]

See? This is why you tell us things instead of avoiding it. That’s what archival assistants are for.

Is it? No- I dont tell you three things for many reasons, and i will continue to so... probably.

[She adjusted her coat]

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[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

Okay! I’ve never been a vampire before I’m not exactly certain how this works, Eda!

[They take off their glasses for a second, burying their face in their hand in the same fashion a disappointment parent would]

Can you do it without killing someone? Like not drain them entirely?

Good idea! Ill have to experiment!

[She glanced around]

Not- not on anyone here... probably.

a-poem-poorly-written

Not on anyone here definitely.

Just pick somebody you don’t like. Or someone who would be willing to let you do that. Just. . . not any of us.

[She hummed]

I cant think of anyone... do you think Lucy would get mad if I experimented on her brother?

a-poem-poorly-written

She has a brother?

I mean she seems rather nice, though I’ve only really met her once. Does her brother get a say in this at all? And out of curiosity what do you have against him?

No. He dosent deserve a say- that Bastard

[Shw growled Before she smiled]

Ill get payback! Good idea Sparrow!

a-poem-poorly-written

[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

Okay! I’ve never been a vampire before I’m not exactly certain how this works, Eda!

[They take off their glasses for a second, burying their face in their hand in the same fashion a disappointment parent would]

Can you do it without killing someone? Like not drain them entirely?

Good idea! Ill have to experiment!

[She glanced around]

Not- not on anyone here... probably.

a-poem-poorly-written

Not on anyone here definitely.

Just pick somebody you don’t like. Or someone who would be willing to let you do that. Just. . . not any of us.

[She hummed]

I cant think of anyone... do you think Lucy would get mad if I experimented on her brother?

a-poem-poorly-written

[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

Okay! I’ve never been a vampire before I’m not exactly certain how this works, Eda!

[They take off their glasses for a second, burying their face in their hand in the same fashion a disappointment parent would]

Can you do it without killing someone? Like not drain them entirely?

Good idea! Ill have to experiment!

[She glanced around]

Not- not on anyone here... probably.

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a-poem-poorly-written

[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

a-poem-poorly-written

So go find a morgue or something! Just tell them how old you’re turning this year, they’ll probably let you right in. And it’s not like you’re averse to committing crimes!

But- if I try to drink the blood of a dead person- I wouldnt be able to! The heart would have stopped beating!

a-poem-poorly-written

[Eda is seems had been spending more and more time in her office than usual. At first it was normalish, but as time went on it got much much worse. She also seemed to be avoiding her assistants]

[Eda entered the archives with her head down and her gaze fixed on the floor]

@edalynn-pines

[Sparrow jumps up from their desk, determined to get her attention before she went back in her office again]

Hey! Eda! Can I borrow you a moment? It’s important.

[She tensed for a moments and laughed nervously]

Well- i- I suppose it depends. I- i have s couple of things to do so- so yknow.

[She did her best to avoid looking at Sparrow while making it look like she was looking them]

a-poem-poorly-written

Really, it’ll be just a moment I just need your help.

[They click through a few things on their computer, eventually making it to an audio file. A recording of a statement]

I’ve got it most of the way transcribed, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what this man is saying. Starling and Ray can’t either, can you just like, know what he said here?

[They play the audio, which sounds fairly normal until the statement giver said something entirely incomprehensible]

[She stared at the computer for a few moments from over Sparrow's shoulder, though her eyes lacked the usual green glimmer]

I uhm... i...

[She inhaled sharply and covered her mouth, taking a few steps away from sparrow]

[

a-poem-poorly-written

[They look at her with concern]

Are you okay?

[She laughed nervously]

Yes, yes, fine. Sorry. Sorry...

a-poem-poorly-written

Are you sure? I mean you haven’t exactly been well lately, are you sure you don’t need to sit down?

I... im- im fine- I just-

[Her gaze was fixed on their neck, and she was starting to breath a bit heavier]

I.. im okay... im fine.

a-poem-poorly-written

You really don’t look fine. Do you need to go home? We can pick up whatever you had to do today. I think we only had one person coming in for a statement.

Im fine!

[She snapped. She needed to get out of here. She didnt want to hurt them, she didnt want any of this.]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They jump back, their form slightly distorting when they were startled. They stuttered now, their eyes shifting colors much faster now]

Um. . . o-okay. . . right.

S-sor-sorry. . .

I’ll just- just- I’ll just fig. . . figure this o-out. S-sorry you ca-can go back to- back to what y-you were d-d-d-doing.

I- fuck- Sparrow im- im so sorry.

[She uncovered her mouth.. slightly were those.. fangs?]

I- i- I can still help-

a-poem-poorly-written

[They nod, scribbling furiously in their notebook with their off hand, trying to settle the spiral]

I-it’s okay, I-I-I-I—[They let out a frustrated sigh]—sp-spiral. It’s a- a Spiral th-thing. The st-st-stutter-ring. Just sca- scared me. That’s- that’s- that’s- thats- that’s-

[They hold up a hand that seems to be in three places at once, writing some more]

That’s a-all.

[They glance at her mouth and almost seem to smile a bit]

O-oh my god I kn-knew it. . .

[She looked very concerned by the stuttering she took a few steps backwards, away from sparrow]

Knew... no! No you dont! You- you dont know anything! You- i- im normal! I-

[She covered her mouth and shrank back]

Get away from me!

a-poem-poorly-written

H-hey! Ed-Eda wait! Wait don’t- don’t! I did-didn’t mean it’s bad!

Just-

I-I’m sorry. Are you o-okay?

I-

[She was quiet for a few moments before she shook her head]

I- im not. I- i- im afraid im not...

a-poem-poorly-written

S-s-so—[They take another long breath and write another few sentences in their notebook. Reality seems a little more real around them]—So maybe sitting down and- and talking ab-b-bout it might help.

If we knew- knew what was going o-on. We can help figure. . . figure things out. Even if we need to get away. Know- knowing why would mean it would be safer.

[She looked conflicted, then sat down where she was standing, away from Sparrow]

What do you want to know?

[Her voice shook slightly]

a-poem-poorly-written

What’s been up with you. Why you’ve been avoiding us. Sure you’ve got some level of background paranoia but this is extreme even for you. What’s going on?

I... i have messed up. Very badly. Worse than usual. Ive been avoiding all of you because I just wanted to keep you all safe without bringing up too much suspicion i... i dont- ive... been feeling.. a very terrible terrible urge to uhm... bite and kill and feed and-

[She took in a deep breath]

And i- I- I didnt want to hurt anyone..

a-poem-poorly-written

So we were definitely right about the vampire thing then. Ray owes me twenty quid.

[They laugh a bit, then look guilty]

Sorry, not the time, I know.

Um. Yeah. Yeah very concerning. Probably a good thing we discussed it now instead of all of us trying to get into your office at a bad time. Is it specifically people? That you um. . . y’know want to kill?

Yes.

[She smiled showing her fangs fully, but it fadded quickly and took in a few more shaky breaths]

Though i dont appreciate being bet on, i- I didnt know before hand! This is bad- i havent been able to watch like I used to- i- gods above.. why did i do this to myself?

a-poem-poorly-written

Well, we weren’t really taking it seriously but. . . yeah. Right. More important things.

Um. When did it start? What did you do how did you uh. . . get vampirized?

So....

[She had a really guilty look on her face]

Yknow the vampire skull and also blood i have in my office?

[She smiled]

a-poem-poorly-written

Oh boy. . .

I do. What about them?

Well, in a mess of me fucking around and also being half asleep, I managed to stab myself, stumble around in a panic, knock down one of my shelves, get the vampire blood on my stab wound, then I panicked some more and I think thats how this happened.

a-poem-poorly-written

[They should have looked shocked, but this was Eda. And therefore a completely believable scenario]

I see. . .

And now you are a vampire. Um. What can we do about that? Can you like. . . un-vampire someone? Or is it the end of garlic bread in the archives?

Unless you want to drive a wooden steak through my heart, then I do not belive I can be cured of my vampirism...

[She paused and gave sparrow an odd look]

Garlic bread was never allowed down here, im allergic... i think. Or maybe.. never mind.

a-poem-poorly-written

Right. Cure taken off the list.

And in that case. We will continue having no garlic bread in the archives and as far as you’re concerned we’ve never had it ever.

So I guess we have two options from here. Get a camera crew and make the pilot episode for “Help! My Boss Became a Vampire!” or, we figure out how exactly we’re supposed to manage you being a vampire and also not being able to quit. Obviously you can’t kill us but you need to kill someone. So. . . question is who. I mean there’s plenty of assholes in the world.

[She blinked at them a few times and shrugged]

I am not a good actress, I must warn you, in case you are being serious about the first option.

[She tore her gaze away from sparrow once more and but her lip to distract herself from wanting to bite the other]

I dont know.. I really dislike violence...

a-poem-poorly-written

Um. . . blood banks then? I mean there’s got to be other vampires who don’t like violence. What do you think they do?

I can't just waltz into a blood bank and ask for a bad of blood. The vampires that dont eat Starve and die, or at least get significantly weakened. Vampires tend to hand around nightclubs because they like to blend in with the people there and get a free meal, but.. i think im too old for that.

a-poem-poorly-written

That’s a matter of opinion, but I see your point.

[They spin around in their chair]

What about a flesh avatar? They’ve got to have some extra blood lying around. Bones are like legos to them. Surely they’d have some kind of solution.

Or there’s gardening blood meal, if you can stand the nitrates.

[When sparrow mentioned a flesh avatar she cringed]

I do not think flesh avatars are particularly sanitary- whats a gardening blood meal?

a-poem-poorly-written

It’s powdered, freeze dried blood that people use to fertilize plants that need a lot of nitrogen. We used it at the library in the community garden.

[They paused after they said it]

Or- Wendell did. Why do I know that?

Wendell who?

[She tilted her head]

I dunno if I would want to eat plant fertilizer...

a-poem-poorly-written

Wendell is- well, unimportant right now. Point is your other option is people. Or maybe some other kind of live thing. I’m sure there’s about a thousand rats in the tunnels.

I am not catching rats in the tunnels like a cat.

[She crossed her arms]

a-poem-poorly-written

[They lean back in their chair and rolled their eyes]

You know you’re being really picky for someone who doesn’t want to eat people.

I never said that, I just dont want to HURT people. And... biting a rat doesnt sound very erm.. appetizing

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