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Yeah? Can I ask why or is that too invasive?
It's fine if it is. You can tell me I'm too nosy.
[ what are you, dude? like, a vampire or something; eddie most absolutely definitely considers to himself. ]
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No trouble. If a question's ever too personal, I'll tell you. The reason I keep odd hours is that I'm afflicted with vampirism. If you're unfamiliar, the vampires from my Earth can't be out during the day at risk of turning to ash.
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Not unfamiliar, no.
I've heard of vampires being here, but they were fiction (as far as I know) on my Earth. Maybe I just never ran into one, though. From what I've heard, the fictional ones tend toward the same vulnerability, too.
You one of the good vampires then? If you're so open about it and all?
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That's quite the question. [But he's more amused by it than anything.] I do make an attempt to do more good than harm, but like any human, I'm not without my faults and mistakes, so you can make of that what you will. To the credit of Duplicity's vampire population, most of the ones I've met so far seem to be 'good' and interested in coexisting peacefully with humans. Where I'm from, that would be considered a real step up.
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[ eddie doesn't know many of the details about this guy's vampirism -- only that he'd turn to ash in sunlight. but, well, he idly considers how they're both technically dead, too. just, eddie won't be coming back at all, at home. ]
Yeah, humans aren't so great sometimes.
I've not met any of the vampires here.
Can I ask what your life was like before you were a vampire? Maybe just what you did, like as a job? Or. Whatever you'd wanna share, I guess.
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You can. [Although he's more used to people being curious about his life as a vampire than his previously human life. Interesting.] I was, still am, a physician, and before that, a gentleman who came up in London in the early 1900s. Right before I was turned, I had been serving in the British Armed Forces as a medical officer.
I was married, had a life of my own like any other man in the city, and dreamed of establishing a clinic that would make top-tier medical care available to patients from the East End.
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eddie's a curious sort for people sometimes, in what he ponders and cares about, initially. he pores over those details, interested and taking note of what time period this guy had been turned in. ]
1900s? When was it before you came here?
A military doctor.
Must've kinda, turned things around when you were turned into a vampire then.
You're still a physician, though? That's not complicated by being around, well, blood?
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I arrived from 2023.
It's not as complicated as it sounds. As long as my kind of vampire keeps themselves sated, they can safely be around blood without being distracted. Whether one allows themselves to become starved, and therefore dangerous, is a matter of taking responsibility for natural urges on a regular schedule.
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[ but kalecgos is gone now, which is a bummer, but. not everyone stays in sex city, eddie knows that. ]
Oh, 2023? Was anticipating closer to the turn of the century, I guess, but you've been a vampire a long time, then.
Maybe you're familiar with fictional portrayals? If your world is anything like mine. Most of the vampires I've ever seen in movies have been pretty all in on the bloodlust, even if they just fed.
Is it hard, staying sated here? [ nosy, nosy. ]
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There are a number of different kinds of vampires here, all with unique biology, ages, urges, and levels of self-control. I can only speak to the kind from my world, but bloodlust is only a concern when a vampire has been completely starved for two or three weeks. Even if one is being starved, whether willfully or not, taking small portions of blood during a period of famine is enough to keep control over oneself. That self-control only improves with age.
On the other hand, satiation is simple. Haven Hospital keeps reserves of magically-preserved blood, so as long as the city isn't undergoing curfew or some other kind of chaotic event, staying fed is a matter of simply walking a few miles in the Down. There are also a great deal of people in the city who enjoy and volunteer themselves to be fed from, so vampires that prefer to drink from humans directly have that option, too. [It's not his cup of
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Yeah, I admit I haven't thought too much about how they might live, get by and thrive. I'm glad there's options like that. And, well, that does seem better suited for being able to live safely around people, the two weeks bit, and the whole continuing to be a doctor thing. :) Just how old are you?
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It's true enough that I've learned to manage around my limitations. And I'm 134 as of this February. Yourself?
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134. Damn. You've seen a lot of shit then, huh?
I'm 20. Not nearly as impressive. :)
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Yes, I have. [He'll make no bones about that, but he's also not going to elaborate.] And perhaps not, but you're at an exciting time in your life: enough of the world is still fresh, and ripe for discovering. You aren't set in who or what you want to be yet, and have decades ahead of you to shape your life into whatever you'd like. At risk of sounding ancient, you're holding a gift that not every person thinks to appreciate while they still have it.
q.q charles wouldn't be wrong if not for the duffer bros needin to kill off beloved 1 season chars!!
[ eddie reads all of that, head canting as he hums. charles isn't the first person who's referred to the possibilities of eddie's life. the future he may have, the bright potentials. well -- ]
Well, we'll see. Depends on how long I'm here, really. Life didn't end so great at home. But it's nicer here anyway. [ -- never against being just, very blunt about his own death. doesn't go into details about it, but would give frank, short ones about it too, if asked. ]
it's rude af ;;
Did he just stuff his foot all the way down his throat?]
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Oh, yeah.
But at least I'm here.
Better than being dead, I guess. Not that I'd know the difference, I suppose...
[ eddie, a shining example of a forward 20 year old, genuinely does enjoy life better in duplicity than he did in hawkins. but, he's grown accustomed to people expressing some sort of sympathy when he mentions being dead at home, too. ]
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What must it be like to be spending time in the city, knowing that once you leave, there's nothing to return to?]
You have my apologies, and I'll abstain, of course, if it's improper to ask, but ... how did you know? Were you told upon arrival?
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so, his reply comes with the same earnest tone, brutally open about it. ]
It's not. I don't think. Not when I bring it up.
Odds weren't really in my favor, so it was easy to guess? I was in the midst of not being able to move, really, in a lot of pain after getting swarmed by some supernatural demon bats, so. Two and two together, ya know?
And my friends had to save the day, so other more pressing shit to worry about. [ then...helping...a fallen friend? well. okay, eddie. dustin would've dragged your body along to safety if you'd had a heartbeat, and he does remember feeling he was dying in the kid's arms, so. ]
It is what it is.
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It's worth questioning whether your friends would have truly left you behind - even after you did, potentially, die. Is that something they often did?
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Not in the times where it could've been applied before. In our gaming campaigns. Dungeons and Dragons. But, only one of the people there even played, so that's. Well. That's not really relevant. Plus, wasn't friends with these people for more than, like, a week? Days? Not sure they thought I was really all that worth their time, if I'm answering honestly. Wouldn't have until shit hit the fan, for certain.
I guess my one buddy in the gang wouldn't have, though.
[ a sad, sincere answer. sorry, new friend. ]
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Elle's constantly building the friends around her up, and it's made his time in the city better for it. It's not his usual go-to, and he knows he won't manage Elle's sparkling pep and zeal, but it feels worth it to make some kind of attempt of his own, here.]
Their loss, as an American friend of mine would put it.
You've done well and shown strength, to go on engaging your curiosity, and continuing to live despite what might be waiting back home. Not everyone could.
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Us Americans with our slang and handy sayings :)
Well, I enjoy being alive. Able to move around and exist. Feels like it’s just a given, that I’d do this anywhere. Just has felt easier to do it here. Lighter, ya know? [ does he? is eddie being clear enough? maybe not, but either way — ] Thanks, though. I’ve always had to be strong, but it’s still nice to hear that.
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There are some people here that I've met who have been here for upwards of five years. If you could stay here, is that what you'd want? [He hasn't heard, definitively, of there not being a way to stay if someone wants it. It's something he could, and would, keep an ear to the ground about.]
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I'd stay, if I could, yeah.
Would prefer certain people stay with me.
But I know I can't have it all, just because some of what I've got is pretty damn swell.
[ eddie hasn't considered looking into the details of what happens after graduation from the liers program, of if there are options to look into that might allow him to continue living out a full, human life there. he tends to go with the flow each day, drinking in those specifically pleasant and pleasing moments. ]
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