sick carmilla reference op

[Lestat] gave a little delighted laugh, which threatened to become a fit of perfect hysteria. "Good God," [Louis] whispered. "What have you done now!"

Information age. I guess I’m part of it, even if I can’t remember how to use my iPhone from week to week - Prince Lestat

I came back, flopped heavily on the sofa, and threw down my iPhone as if it were a gauntlet on the coffee table. “Take that!” – Prince Lestat

Yes, I have a safe refuge, I insisted. A good refuge. Be assured. Yes, I will use the iPhone magic to communicate. - Prince Lestat

Truth was, I lost the little iPhone. And went back to calling my attorneys in Paris and New York now as I had always done, with an old-fashioned landline phone. – Prince Lestat

I drew the phone out of my pocket. “Benji, put the little thing on speaker, will you?” I slapped it down on the table. – Prince Lestat

I took the glass cell phone from Thorne, and put it to my ear which always felt absurd and never would feel natural, but there was no getting out of it - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

The little phone suddenly vibrated in my pocket as if it were a tiny rodent come awake to plead for mercy. - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

I removed my iPhone from my pocket. I had come to hate it more than ever since Amel had figured how to use it. – Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

And I gave the little slab of a glass phone back to Gregory, who tucked it away in his ancient robes. - Blood communion

Immediately after her Embrace, a Kindred is open to all possibilities. Indeed, for a few nights Ventrue can in fact feed on any vessel they please. It is not until the first taste of vitae that she considers truly exquisite that a choice is made.

There's this pervading notion that Ventrue come into unlife already having their rarified tastes. While all Ventrue do have feeding restrictions, those who are newly Embraced are the exception. The bane only kicks in once a vampire has tasted the "good stuff" and finds that they can't stomach anything else.

In this way, Ventrue feeding restrictions can and do change. It may have something to do with the Ventrue's disposition and desires. For instance, Democritus who was Embraced to fight Carthage developed a taste for Carthagian blood. With Carthage no longer being a nation, his restriction transitioned to Byzantium (another nation he waged war on). I suppose when all the Byzantines died out, he found another nation he would wring blood out off through war and feeding.

So no worries about a Ventrue's preferred vessels going extinct and them having to wither away without food. Perhaps they will if their psyches are too stubborn to adapt, but self-preservation dictates changing with the times. Adapt or perish.