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Somethings Can't Be Forgotten

No amicable break up ever ended with two burnt down houses

It seems unlikely that most people would be happy with becoming a vampire. The loss of their autonomy, the loss of their family, the ability to have children, the reality of having to watch their loved ones die...

Now I have an idea for reworking Nadya's story

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I already feel like the centuries-old romantic (and antagonistic) chemistry between these two is gonna be great. I theorize that the first time they see each other again after those centuries, Elizabeth is going to want to simultaneously make love to him and throw a knife at his face.

the latter is the more likely of the two.

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Yeah, there probably will be. But that tension is telling. Elizabeth isn't in love with Kilroy, and Kilroy is the lifetime bachelor kinda guy. If Jaspin doesn't like him because Kilroy is close with Elizabeth, that says a lot about Jaspin still having feelings for her. Why would he care if he didn't?

She is. I'm not completely satisfied with her story - I dunno, something just doesn't feel right, y'know? - so I might end up reworking it. But I'm willing to bet we have some time before she comes relevant, so I have plenty of time to work on that.

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Posted the backgrounds for Kilroy and Nadya. I don't love them. I'll probably continue to work on them.

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'If not for you setting my master's house on fire, I wouldn't be here today!'

'... you're welcome?'

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I saw. I like that secret of hers. It'll put an interesting spin on things when the clans meet.

I have some ideas for how the Mercer clan might function in society, because I've been thinking, how do these big numbers of blood-suckers manage to stay anywhere? And how do they manage not to slaughter everyone?

There's a cycle they go through, about every 7 or 8 years. They all move to a substantially populated town or city. Jonathan moves into the city proper and passes himself off as a doctor (not hard given his decades of education) and Eleanora goes with him posing as his wife. Elizabeth moves into the outskirts, somewhere as quiet as possible, with all her other vampires (including, but not limited to, Kilroy and Nadya). Jonathan does his thing as a doctor, and is pretty good at it, but when faced with a patient dead or irreversibly dying, takes them to the outskirts, under the guise of knowing a really cheap coffin maker, where he and his mother and the others can eat with minimum suspicion and minimal killing.

Just an idea I wanted to write down before I forget it.

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Well, till then, I'll just keep working on Rowland and Nadya. Take what time you need.

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Alright. :( I hope you're doing better in the morning.

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I could see the stubbornness and appreciation for what makes one human. A measure of independence and passion. I await seeing more of his personality.

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I'm glad! It's funny, I was so concerned with backstory that I didn't put much thought into personality, and now I'm getting to watch it unfold. Kind of exciting. And from what I've been writing and what we've discussed, I'm getting a sense of a woman who's very old fashioned in how she cares for and regards other people, but very harsh in how she protects what's important to her.