Author note: I see the disturbing vampire lore
here and it inspires me.
setting:For centuries vampires have been hunted down and burnt. Some unscrupulous people kept them as exotic slave. In WWII governments experimented on them and sent them on dirty missions. in 1970's inspired by the civil right movement they came out and fought for their civil right. After protest, murder and mob violence, they now live in an uneasy truce with humans. Some people still think they are monsters and kill them, but there is legislation against it. Vampires are divided on their positions of the movement and the relationship with humanity. Some vampires prefer to keep their identity secret and keep a low profile while others campaign for equality openly. Some vampures dream of having their own nations. Many prefer to keep the fact that vamprism is inheritable secret because they want to keep them safe. Some vampire parents feel guilt for their children, and struggle to help them adapt. With a greater degree of integration, some seek to embrace their vamprism.
characters:
Margaret is a geneticist. She is working on discovering the gene responsible for vamprism and developing a cure. She is friendly but mostly kept to herself.
"Why do you risk death?" I want to help people like me, to give them a choice to be normal and end the curse.
"What do you stand for?" The choice to be normal.
"What made you who you are?" When I was a teenager, one day I found myself unable to stand the sun light and had a thirst for blood. Then my father told me was because I inherited the vampiric heritage. I was furious and shocked. I was a cheerleader team leader but what good was one that couldn't stand under the sun? It was then I read a lot about vampires and genetics. I want to know the cause of it and what can be done to help. It is what I am doing now.
"What is your fate?" I will develop a cure for vamprism, at all cost.
What do you think about Rachel? I love Rachel 's straight-forwardness and sacrastic humour. It is very refereshing to be with someone who dare tell her mind. I think transhumanism is bit immature now but who knows? With her stubborness and competence, she may achieve her dream one day.
Rachel is a cybernetics engineer. Her colleagues think she is a bit weird but most don't know that she is a vampire. She prefers this way. Her interest is transhumanism and her dream is to help build a future that vampires and humans grow beyond their bodies and discrimination.
"Why do you risk death?" I fight for a future that sentient beings can coexist and transcend the limit forced on them by the Nature.
"What just happened?" Someone crashed into my lab and destroyed my research result.
"What do you stand for?" Transhumanism. That sentient beings can better themselves through the will and technology.
"What made you who you are?" I was bitten in the Great War. At first I searched for knowledge that could help turn me back, but then the advancement of technology gave me an idea. If vampires can not turn back, why not turn humans instead?
"What is your fate?" I am destined to make a breakthrough in cybernetics. I can feel it.
What do you think about Margaret? I met Margaret in a self defense class (I received threatening phone message and I didn't want to involve the police - they were useless anyway. ) I found out that we were both 1920's music fans so I asked her out for coffee. She was surprisingly intelligent and scientific-minded, which I liked. We have very different idea about the future of vampires but I must say the conversation is always very inspiring.
Plot:
Rachel received an email today with a picture of Margaret staked in a room filling with water. She tried to contact Margaret but the phone is dead. Then she received mysterious phone call dictating conditions on setting her friend free. She decided to investigate. Meanwhile, the clock was clicking...
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