audio (after shield is repaired and things are settling down at the end of the area)

[coffinturk]

[ Vincent isn't one to mince words. The message is relatively short and precise given its content. ]

We are all changing.

[ Yes. That is correct, Valentine. ]

The marks that appear are connected. But the changes are different even when two people seem to be becoming the same type of monster.

Contact me with the changes you are experiencing and the sigil's appearance. I will make a record.

Deliver it however you wish. Your thoughts on the changes are welcome.

Comments

[propatriamori]

[Edward thinks that over for a moment.]

So your changes are more dietary than physical. Beyond the fangs, of course.

[At least he's heard of vampires before. It's easy enough to reconcile that with what he knows of Vincent.]

Can you turn into a bat?

[Asking the important questions here.]

not Edward, outing himself as a book nerd

[coffinturk]

For now.

[ There is a short pause. Is Vincent trying? Maybe. ]

Not yet.

[ He's only been here a month or two. Maybe later. ]

haha look, the man went to Oxford, he's read a book or two in his time

[propatriamori]

[Edward half-expects to hear Vincent explode into a cloud of bats. He's not sure what, exactly, that would sound like, but he's listening for it.]

[When it doesn't happen, there's combined relief and humour in his voice.]

That would be an exciting ability to gain. Is it strange to say that I hope it happens for you?

Re: haha look, the man went to Oxford, he's read a book or two in his time

[coffinturk]

Hrmph. I have enough to deal with. I don't need another form.

[ What that implies is that he doesn't want to contend with being a bat. What it really means is that he has way too many other forms. He doesn't need to also be a bat. ]

But I don't care if you look at it differently.

[propatriamori]

[Another form, you say...]

Did you have more than one form before arriving here?