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[oneofthelost]

"The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck, she actually licked her lips like an animal."

[The words come over the journal very softly, almost purred.

It's late at night, and Alex is perched in the fighting-top with her journal.

There's no hope for sleep, and there's a hunger in the pit of her stomach. It's been growing since she got back in her body, and sheep's blood hasn't soothed it. She's bled them more often than she usually does, careful not to do permanent harm, but it hasn't helped.]

I feel like I could recite the whole book if I tried.

Isn't it funny? The things you remember?

Especially late at night. Little things you don't even remember learning that just creeped into your brain.

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[Voice]

[chasing_waterfalls]

[Lyrik finds himself awake too, fighting another bout of homesickness. He blinks as a familiar voice comes up. And again.]

Uwah, that's...from a book? I don't think I've ever read a book that would have such a line...

...I guess you can't sleep either?

[Although he did notice that Alex tended to have strange sleeping habits...]

[Voice]

[oneofthelost]

I only sleep about three hours a day.

[The relative length of both twilights combined. Sometimes she could manage a little more, sleep into the night or during the day if she was especially tired.

Lately, she could take a cat nap or two during daylight hours, but at night she felt almost on edge. Restless.]

That's why I take the night watches.

[Voice]

[chasing_waterfalls]

That's all? Wow.... I don't think I'd be able to function on three hours of sleep.

[Voice]

[oneofthelost]

I'm... different... than most people. I don't require a lot of sleep.

[A bit, to keep the human side rested. But it was the same as eating. She did it more out of habit than any real hunger of that kind.]

voice

[meatthefuture]

[that's no good. Why'd she stop there? He wanted to know what was going to happen]

Was the girl hungry?

voice

[oneofthelost]

[The question makes her smile; she can't help it.]

Extremely.

voice

[meatthefuture]

Did she get to eat? What was it? [come on tell the rest of it]

voice;

[behindthefakesmile]

Hm, there are a lot of things one can remember. Such as if one would forget everything, the body would still be able to remember what you don't.

But the brain and body are quite interesting things, don't you think?

voice;

[oneofthelost]

They are. Like how sometimes amnesia patients can still sign their actual names because the body's been trained into the signature.

voice;

[behindthefakesmile]

Exactly. The body will always remember what your mind might forget. I think the body is wonderful in that sense. I always wonder what mine might remember if I were to lose all my memories.

But I never plan on finding out, that would just be silly.

voice;

[bloodheels]

Do you need something to help you sleep?

[She knows it's late at night but she finds that sometimes having something sweet helps her rest.]

voice;

[oneofthelost]

I never sleep at night.

voice;

[bloodheels]

I guess since I do, I would have never noticed. Then do you want someone to keep you company?

[voice]

[yatteyanyo]

How vulgar...

[voice]

[oneofthelost]

It really is.

[But, well, her voice contradicts her. She sounds almost amused.]

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[yatteyanyo]

And it's hardly appropriate for public recital. -And Tojiko's tone pretty much conveys "shame on you" and little else.-

[Voice]

[blowfishabq]

Whoa. That's, a... a book?

I don't do a lot a reading, but... sounds interesting. You, uh. You read a lot?

[Voice]

[oneofthelost]

It's from Dracula.

[Which might make her chuckle a little. Because, well, of course that's the book she's quoting. Not that anyone not on her crew (besides a few certain people) would understand.

Still. This is a new voice, and that's always interesting.]

I used to read a lot more. I haven't kept up with it a lot since I've been here.

[Voice]

[blowfishabq]

Aw, damn, Dracula? Really? There are chick vampires in Dracula? Wait- were those chicks that were hanging over him all the time vampires too? Because I never read the book, but I definitely saw at least some of those movies. At least I think I did. Maybe just Van Helsing. That movie sucked.

I really don't read. Watch a lot of movies though... guess that's kinda obvious. Don't have the patience to read.

voice - dear god what am i doing

[freeadvice]

Hm... don' remember dat book bein' so... interestin'.

[That's because when you read it you were at the age where sex was "icky". Not that he'd ever cop to that.]

voice - horrible and wonderful things?

[oneofthelost]

Victorian repression at its finest.

[Yeah, she sounds a little too pleased about that.]

voice- sure let's call them that

[freeadvice]

Ain' it always.

[He's a bit over the whole 'vampire' scene, being from Louisiana and living both in and so near New Orleans for his whole life, well...it's both highly amusing and stale.]

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[secondsmarch]

The mind can be a funny thing.

written:

[oneofthelost]

It really can be.

[secondsmarch]

I hope that the good memories find you more often than the bad.