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Of course I do. Get over here.
Just again don't literally murder me but you can murder me like figuratively or whatever if you really want.
Then again I guess I don't know what exactly I'm signing myself up for by saying that but uh idk let me get a few shots deep and then we'll talk.
Just again don't literally murder me but you can murder me like figuratively or whatever if you really want.
Then again I guess I don't know what exactly I'm signing myself up for by saying that but uh idk let me get a few shots deep and then we'll talk.
Do you have alcohol, Newt? Not a little. A lot. Enough for us both to get drunk for several days; that's the amount I'm speaking of. If not, buy us some, please.
Actually: whatever amount you're thinking of, double it. I want to be drunk for at least a week. You can get a tattoo. We'll have sex in a bounce house. That's what society does nowadays, I suppose, just debauches themselves until they're useless; we might as well go with the times.
Actually: whatever amount you're thinking of, double it. I want to be drunk for at least a week. You can get a tattoo. We'll have sex in a bounce house. That's what society does nowadays, I suppose, just debauches themselves until they're useless; we might as well go with the times.
[Ah. Well then.]
What happened and which one of them did it?
What happened and which one of them did it?
Jesse. Harlan wouldn't pull this kind of stunt.
And he's currently hosting an orgy, as I found out when I opened the door and just saw a mass of writhing bodies. An orgy, Newt. Not just a threesome, not some sort of ordinary escapade, no. At least twenty-five, if not more.
An ORGY.
In MY HOUSE.
I have OAKEN FLOORS, Newton.
And he's currently hosting an orgy, as I found out when I opened the door and just saw a mass of writhing bodies. An orgy, Newt. Not just a threesome, not some sort of ordinary escapade, no. At least twenty-five, if not more.
An ORGY.
In MY HOUSE.
I have OAKEN FLOORS, Newton.
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Holy crap. He went and pulled a Peter on you, huh?
I sympathize with your distress but you have to admit, it's impressive. He's taking to the vampire lifestyle, if not in the way you'd hoped he would.
Are they in a bounce house? Is that where you got the idea?
I sympathize with your distress but you have to admit, it's impressive. He's taking to the vampire lifestyle, if not in the way you'd hoped he would.
Are they in a bounce house? Is that where you got the idea?
There's a bounce house out back that's shaking ominously.
And I will not admit anything. It's not impressive, it's ridiculous, Harlan never pulled this. Not everyone goes around having orgies. I don't. You . . . haven't recently, I assume.
And I will not admit anything. It's not impressive, it's ridiculous, Harlan never pulled this. Not everyone goes around having orgies. I don't. You . . . haven't recently, I assume.
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Oh, wow. Points for creativity.
Harlan put you through the ringer too, just in different ways. You DO remember his primary hobby is murdering people for sport right? Some people might argue it's weird to be more upset about the bounce house orgy than like, serial killing. 🤷♂️
Anyway no. Exotic as Jesse's exploits sound, they're not my scene.
Would you be mad if I slept around one on one though?
[He hasn't—or, at least, he hasn't had any encounters that she doesn't already know about. But, well. It's a question worth asking. :)]
Harlan put you through the ringer too, just in different ways. You DO remember his primary hobby is murdering people for sport right? Some people might argue it's weird to be more upset about the bounce house orgy than like, serial killing. 🤷♂️
Anyway no. Exotic as Jesse's exploits sound, they're not my scene.
Would you be mad if I slept around one on one though?
[He hasn't—or, at least, he hasn't had any encounters that she doesn't already know about. But, well. It's a question worth asking. :)]
[She has a whole argument typed up over why, in fact, serial killing is better than an orgy, but then he asks that, and you know what, fuck the argument.]
So long as it was just sex, no. I would not see it as a betrayal.
. . . I might not be pleased. I suppose it would be depend on the person, and what you did, and when you did it. Right now, for example, I would especially not be happy. But regardless: that does not mean you shouldn't do it. We agreed neither of us would be bound sexually (don't make a joke).
So. Yes, I may be mad, but that would be my own affair to sort out. And if there's someone who's caught your eye . . .
Has someone caught your eye?
So long as it was just sex, no. I would not see it as a betrayal.
. . . I might not be pleased. I suppose it would be depend on the person, and what you did, and when you did it. Right now, for example, I would especially not be happy. But regardless: that does not mean you shouldn't do it. We agreed neither of us would be bound sexually (don't make a joke).
So. Yes, I may be mad, but that would be my own affair to sort out. And if there's someone who's caught your eye . . .
Has someone caught your eye?
[Aha, well, he'll circle back to the pros and cons of orgies versus serial killing.]
That's awfully diplomatic of you. I'm so proud.
So let's lay out these terms, get this down in writing. We've got our three categories: who, what, and when. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're saying that regardless of your personal comfort level on these listed terms, my sleeping around would be fair game?
Interesting...
Let's say someone HAS caught my eye. I'm pretty put out that he didn't invite me to his bounce house orgy, but there's still a little something there.
Thoughts?
That's awfully diplomatic of you. I'm so proud.
So let's lay out these terms, get this down in writing. We've got our three categories: who, what, and when. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're saying that regardless of your personal comfort level on these listed terms, my sleeping around would be fair game?
Interesting...
Let's say someone HAS caught my eye. I'm pretty put out that he didn't invite me to his bounce house orgy, but there's still a little something there.
Thoughts?
Are you quite serious!
[Holy shit, give her a sec. It's not even upset, it's just a little shocked, that's all.]
Truly: do you really want to sleep with Jesse, or is this purely hypothetical?
Either way: I would not be against it, no. Where is your own business, though if my floors endure any more fluids, I'll hold you both personally responsible. And when . . . I would prefer to see you again first, before you pursued this. Before you made your interest known, even.
[A beat, and then a third text, because Ros is a snob who doesn't believe in the double-texting rule.]
And yes: your sleeping around is "fair game", as is my own. It's romantic matters in which I demand monogamy, at least for the next few decades.
[Holy shit, give her a sec. It's not even upset, it's just a little shocked, that's all.]
Truly: do you really want to sleep with Jesse, or is this purely hypothetical?
Either way: I would not be against it, no. Where is your own business, though if my floors endure any more fluids, I'll hold you both personally responsible. And when . . . I would prefer to see you again first, before you pursued this. Before you made your interest known, even.
[A beat, and then a third text, because Ros is a snob who doesn't believe in the double-texting rule.]
And yes: your sleeping around is "fair game", as is my own. It's romantic matters in which I demand monogamy, at least for the next few decades.
Edited 2021-08-27 21:26 (UTC)
Fluids. Jeez. We'd put down one of your towels, we're not animals.
Anyway it's a hypothetical. I mean I wouldn't turn him down but he's not exactly top of my list. You can relax.
Actually, you know what? I bet he'd flip if I started hitting on him. I'm bumping him up a few spots.
Why do you want to see me again first?
Anyway it's a hypothetical. I mean I wouldn't turn him down but he's not exactly top of my list. You can relax.
Actually, you know what? I bet he'd flip if I started hitting on him. I'm bumping him up a few spots.
Why do you want to see me again first?
He certainly hasn't made a move for any man yet, I can tell you that much. A sea of female flesh in my house, with only a few of his "bros" scattered among them. He'll flip, yes, and you may have a harder time persuading him than you imagine. After all: if I act as clear maternal replacement to him, what does that make you?
Still: best of luck. And be kind to him.
How far into your vampirism did it take before you experimented with the other sex? Or did that happen before?
Still: best of luck. And be kind to him.
How far into your vampirism did it take before you experimented with the other sex? Or did that happen before?
Edited 2021-08-29 18:21 (UTC)
And because I miss you. It's been five weeks, and we might have a few more to go. I don't wish to see you only in passing as you head for someone else.
Don't worry, I'll take "no" for an answer. It's only a matter of time before he gets over the maternal thing, anyway. He'll grow up, you won't, and you'll meet in the middle somewhere. Give him a couple decades.
It helps too that I don't treat him like a surrogate son. Even if I strike out, it'll do him well to realize you don't have to be gay to have fun. Clearly he's not against some experimentation if he's got a few "bros" on the orgy guest list.
Speaking of, I've always been bi. I messed around with more men after I turned, but that's only because humans are prudes and picking up other guys was a pain in my lifetime. I got around some but I was risking enough already as a spy.
It helps too that I don't treat him like a surrogate son. Even if I strike out, it'll do him well to realize you don't have to be gay to have fun. Clearly he's not against some experimentation if he's got a few "bros" on the orgy guest list.
Speaking of, I've always been bi. I messed around with more men after I turned, but that's only because humans are prudes and picking up other guys was a pain in my lifetime. I got around some but I was risking enough already as a spy.
I miss you too, Ros. Of course I'm not gonna rush past you to hop in bed with your fledglings.
Fenris maybe, but I mean can you blame me?
Fenris maybe, but I mean can you blame me?
Edited 2021-08-29 18:44 (UTC)
(That was a joke.)
(About Fenris, I mean. I do miss you.)
(You'll be back soon enough, though. And you've got more patience than anyone I've ever met. It's nuts.)
(About Fenris, I mean. I do miss you.)
(You'll be back soon enough, though. And you've got more patience than anyone I've ever met. It's nuts.)
Sweet. Though I'm not sure I believe you; do keep telling me about how you miss me. About how my patience is an endless inspiration to you, impatient thing that you are. Though I suppose I can allow you Fenris, if no one else.
Jesse and my own maternal instincts are a topic, I think, that will take an age to discuss, so tell me instead: when on earth did you manage to find the time to not only seek out, but hook up with a man when you were human in your era? I didn't even bother trying until I was a vampire, and even then, it was only with other vampires.
[They'll circle back, gently put a pin in the Jesse conversation.]
Jesse and my own maternal instincts are a topic, I think, that will take an age to discuss, so tell me instead: when on earth did you manage to find the time to not only seek out, but hook up with a man when you were human in your era? I didn't even bother trying until I was a vampire, and even then, it was only with other vampires.
[They'll circle back, gently put a pin in the Jesse conversation.]
You just said it: I'm impatient. I may have known vampirism was in my future but honestly I never expected the world to come around. No reason to expect the vampire underworld would be any different.
I found the time to pursue you, didn't I? Our relationship may not be a cultural taboo, but we had plenty of obstacles that I found a way to navigate around. That you found a way to navigate around, too.
The effort's well worth it for the right person. You're worth it.
Thomas was also worth it. :)
I found the time to pursue you, didn't I? Our relationship may not be a cultural taboo, but we had plenty of obstacles that I found a way to navigate around. That you found a way to navigate around, too.
The effort's well worth it for the right person. You're worth it.
Thomas was also worth it. :)
Well. You did it cleverly. Enthusiastically, but precisely. Balancing the greater good in favor of your own desires, coupled with my own limitations and needs. It was impressive. Not shocking in retrospect, given your skillset, of course you're good at balancing priorities, and of course that's to say nothing of your work ethic, you're very good at going the extra thousand miles when the situation calls for it, but
You were worth waiting for, is what I mean to say. Three hundred-odd years is a long time, but I would wait another if it meant you at the end.
[UGH IT'S EMBARRASSING TO HAVE FEELINGS mrhghrgh nope can't leave it at that.]
In any case: tell me of him. Your Thomas. You have three different types that seem to appeal to you; I want to know what type he was.
You were worth waiting for, is what I mean to say. Three hundred-odd years is a long time, but I would wait another if it meant you at the end.
[UGH IT'S EMBARRASSING TO HAVE FEELINGS mrhghrgh nope can't leave it at that.]
In any case: tell me of him. Your Thomas. You have three different types that seem to appeal to you; I want to know what type he was.
[Oh, he's printing out this text and framing it. Just as soon as he figures out how to do that. Maybe he'll have Harlan do it, if only to rub the favoritism in his face.
More importantly: he knows just how deeply Rosalind must mean this if she's willing to immortalize it in writing.]
Love you too, Ros.
[He also knows not to push it, so, moving on!]
Three different types, huh? You're gonna have to lay out those out for me sometime.
Thomas was a colleague at university while I was working on my doctorate. I think I was barely 20 at the time, and he was a few years older. Back then it paid to have a mentor for that lifestyle.
That's about all he was, too. There was never any romance and both of us preferred it that way, but given how difficult it was to find partners, the fling went on for a couple years. Not exclusively, though; he had others and so did I, once he introduced me.
He was exactly what you'd expect of a German grad student in the late 40s. Blonde, tall, masculine and roughcut from a distance but way softer up close. Cute, but totally not my type, sorry to say.
He was a means to an end more than anything. We did well as superficial friends, but he tended to run out of patience for me pretty quickly. We lost touch after he graduated--on purpose, I think. I have a suspicion we both knew our political views didn't line up. Better to let stuff fade than wait for an explosion, you know? That way it stays a good memory.
More importantly: he knows just how deeply Rosalind must mean this if she's willing to immortalize it in writing.]
Love you too, Ros.
[He also knows not to push it, so, moving on!]
Three different types, huh? You're gonna have to lay out those out for me sometime.
Thomas was a colleague at university while I was working on my doctorate. I think I was barely 20 at the time, and he was a few years older. Back then it paid to have a mentor for that lifestyle.
That's about all he was, too. There was never any romance and both of us preferred it that way, but given how difficult it was to find partners, the fling went on for a couple years. Not exclusively, though; he had others and so did I, once he introduced me.
He was exactly what you'd expect of a German grad student in the late 40s. Blonde, tall, masculine and roughcut from a distance but way softer up close. Cute, but totally not my type, sorry to say.
He was a means to an end more than anything. We did well as superficial friends, but he tended to run out of patience for me pretty quickly. We lost touch after he graduated--on purpose, I think. I have a suspicion we both knew our political views didn't line up. Better to let stuff fade than wait for an explosion, you know? That way it stays a good memory.
Odd as it is to say about someone like that . . . I am glad you found him. Even if it ended the way it did, there's something to be said about realizing you aren't alone in your sexuality. Especially back then. Was he at least decent enough in terms of being a means to an end? (Did you father know?)
Ah, and on that note . . . your types are as follows: similar to you intellectually, similar to you in aesthetics, and those you want to work you over. In other words: myself, who can not only keep up with but outright challenge your intellect; that human with the industrial piercings you flirted with last week, the one you fed on, the one who talked with you about music for ages on end; and Fenris, who has fucked you well enough that you've staggered around the next day, giddy off it.
And that man, Thomas, fit none of the above, for he wasn't decent enough to firmly fulfill any category.
[It's not jealousy that makes her say that, but defensiveness. The man's likely long dead, or at least close to it, but still, there's a spark of irritation for anyone foolish enough not to see what a spectacular potential partner Newt is. She's unbiased.]
Ah, and on that note . . . your types are as follows: similar to you intellectually, similar to you in aesthetics, and those you want to work you over. In other words: myself, who can not only keep up with but outright challenge your intellect; that human with the industrial piercings you flirted with last week, the one you fed on, the one who talked with you about music for ages on end; and Fenris, who has fucked you well enough that you've staggered around the next day, giddy off it.
And that man, Thomas, fit none of the above, for he wasn't decent enough to firmly fulfill any category.
[It's not jealousy that makes her say that, but defensiveness. The man's likely long dead, or at least close to it, but still, there's a spark of irritation for anyone foolish enough not to see what a spectacular potential partner Newt is. She's unbiased.]
It's not odd. That's how I felt about him, too. If nothing else, I'm grateful for him.
Not to mention he was more than decent in bed, hah. Granted it didn't take much to impress me then. I'd slept with women before him but as you know, it's a different experience with men. Plus I was young. Didn't quite have those defined types yet.
Which, wow, you've got my number, huh? You've even got examples.
Thomas was closest to the Fenris category, if I had to slot him in. But again, I was easily impressed.
My father found out before I worked up the nerve to tell him myself. I still don't know how given how careful I was, but that's the reality of having a vampire spy as a dad. He took it as well as possible given the era. It took him a couple decades to come around completely, but until then it was just something we never talked about.
In retrospect, I think he was more worried about me than disapproving. He's the king of invasive questions these days.
Did it bother you, having to keep your sexuality under wraps for so long?
Not to mention he was more than decent in bed, hah. Granted it didn't take much to impress me then. I'd slept with women before him but as you know, it's a different experience with men. Plus I was young. Didn't quite have those defined types yet.
Which, wow, you've got my number, huh? You've even got examples.
Thomas was closest to the Fenris category, if I had to slot him in. But again, I was easily impressed.
My father found out before I worked up the nerve to tell him myself. I still don't know how given how careful I was, but that's the reality of having a vampire spy as a dad. He took it as well as possible given the era. It took him a couple decades to come around completely, but until then it was just something we never talked about.
In retrospect, I think he was more worried about me than disapproving. He's the king of invasive questions these days.
Did it bother you, having to keep your sexuality under wraps for so long?
You're damn right I have your number.
It bothered me some times more than others. I can't say I suffered, nothing so needlessly dramatic, it wasn't some source of unresolved angst in my life. But I would be wistful, now and then. I get along easier with men, but I favor women more.
It is what it is. There were more important things I needed to get done, and sex is rarely worth the risk.
How invasive is invasive?
It bothered me some times more than others. I can't say I suffered, nothing so needlessly dramatic, it wasn't some source of unresolved angst in my life. But I would be wistful, now and then. I get along easier with men, but I favor women more.
It is what it is. There were more important things I needed to get done, and sex is rarely worth the risk.
How invasive is invasive?
Lol. That sounds right on the mark for you. I can't say I wholly disagree, but SOME sex is totally worth the risk.
Besides, it's exciting to do something you're not supposed to be doing.
His questions rank pretty high on the invasive scale but it's usually clinical stuff, not personal. He's much more accepting these days but I don't think he's wrapped his head around bisexuality as a concept just yet.
I've long since gotten over those sorts of conversations being awkward. I've spent the last 50+ years with him in my head, anyway. The TMI exchange is a two-way street.
Besides, it's exciting to do something you're not supposed to be doing.
His questions rank pretty high on the invasive scale but it's usually clinical stuff, not personal. He's much more accepting these days but I don't think he's wrapped his head around bisexuality as a concept just yet.
I've long since gotten over those sorts of conversations being awkward. I've spent the last 50+ years with him in my head, anyway. The TMI exchange is a two-way street.
Ahh, is that why we end up rutting in clubs so often?
[Far better to say that than something soppy like you were worth it. It's true, but also, let's not go nuts.]
My god, that's true, isn't it? I forget that sometimes, the two of you sharing that bond. Harlan and I have only just learned how to navigate that, and it's an imprecise science to say the least. Half the time we can't help thoughts spilling over anyway. You can well imagine the headache of adding Jesse into the mix; sometimes I swear I think things and it's one of them instead. And I thought it was bad when I was the fledgling . . .
Anyway: I cannot imagine my mother hearing unintentional details about what I fantasize about or what have you. Or, perish the thought, the other way around (though frankly I don't think she did fantasize about things).
[But actually, hm, that makes her wonder—]
Would you ever take a fledgling?
[Far better to say that than something soppy like you were worth it. It's true, but also, let's not go nuts.]
My god, that's true, isn't it? I forget that sometimes, the two of you sharing that bond. Harlan and I have only just learned how to navigate that, and it's an imprecise science to say the least. Half the time we can't help thoughts spilling over anyway. You can well imagine the headache of adding Jesse into the mix; sometimes I swear I think things and it's one of them instead. And I thought it was bad when I was the fledgling . . .
Anyway: I cannot imagine my mother hearing unintentional details about what I fantasize about or what have you. Or, perish the thought, the other way around (though frankly I don't think she did fantasize about things).
[But actually, hm, that makes her wonder—]
Would you ever take a fledgling?
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