[ Maybe he should be - kinder. He should be kinder. For all his faults, it's hard to avoid showing respect for someone who needed - and found - a peaceful death. Derek might not know the kind of life Godric had, but it doesn't sound like it was... great. ]
And what would be your "kind", exactly?
[ Not that he can't guess, but - he doesn't know how open this man is, when it comes to... whatever it is he might be. Derek wants to at least play the illusion of ignorance, to give Godric the opportunity to tell him that it's none of his business. If he wants to. ]
[He isn't afraid to admit it, and there's less reason to be when vampires are already out where he's from. He knows that isn't the case here, stumbling upon humans that have never met or come across them save for books or film.]
[ Maybe part of that fearlessness comes with age, or at least with death. Derek's still very young, and he's still very intent on survival. It's hard for him to admit that he isn't human, at least publicly, so concerned as he is with thoughts of hunters and humans who would innately fear him. The less attention on him in this city, the better.
But this isn't public, and if anyone can understand what it's like to be feared by humans, it's probably someone like this guy. It takes a while for Derek to respond, and when he does, it's only, uh, one word. Lacking context. A confession, all the same. ]
[And the aggressiveness even over text makes so much more sense now.]
I do not know what it was like for you back in your home, but there are others of your kind here should you feel the need for a pack. I have met a few.
[Vampires and werewolves usually don't get along-- well, vampires don't get along with anyone. He's also conveniently leaving out he bit a werewolf after being changed by the city's version of Santa Claus. It tasted terrible. He's never doing that again. And the werewolf was still interested in him.]
[ Derek answers as quickly as he can, barely even reading the rest of Vampire Dude's message before he sends it out. It feels too much like - pity, maybe, and Derek has to stop that before it gets a chance to grow. ]
I mean - it's more complicated than that. I want a pack. Not like that.
[ Derek's an Alpha. His pack have to be his own, whether they're made to be his through the bite or brought into his pack because he chose them. Going up to another werewolf and asking for their... their friendship, or their time, or their attention, that's just...
He can't get into all that. Can't get into why he needs to be the head of his pack, needs to be independent. So: he diverts. ]
I have one. Back home. Already. They're not here. So.
[ his experience with other wolves has ranged from meaningful and completing to... traumatic and catastrophic. he's never met a vampire, before the man he's talking to now - but he can't imagine they would be any less dangerous than other creatures with big teeth and a penchant for bloodlust. he's not exactly sure how he'll get along with other non-humans. ]
Do you have anyone here from home? Vampires or... otherwise.
[ still can't decide if that's good news or bad news. there's a moment of pausing, typing, backspacing, typing, and backspacing again, and through it, derek decides on "bad". ]
He must be angry, if he's here without his pack.
[ because even though derek isn't chomping at the bit to hang with other werewolves, he is very angry, and he's sure he can't be alone in that. ]
my turn to be slow. trying to get a new design job out of state. ate all my brains!!
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[ Maybe he should be - kinder. He should be kinder. For all his faults, it's hard to avoid showing respect for someone who needed - and found - a peaceful death. Derek might not know the kind of life Godric had, but it doesn't sound like it was... great. ]
And what would be your "kind", exactly?
[ Not that he can't guess, but - he doesn't know how open this man is, when it comes to... whatever it is he might be. Derek wants to at least play the illusion of ignorance, to give Godric the opportunity to tell him that it's none of his business. If he wants to. ]
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[He isn't afraid to admit it, and there's less reason to be when vampires are already out where he's from. He knows that isn't the case here, stumbling upon humans that have never met or come across them save for books or film.]
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But this isn't public, and if anyone can understand what it's like to be feared by humans, it's probably someone like this guy. It takes a while for Derek to respond, and when he does, it's only, uh, one word. Lacking context. A confession, all the same. ]
Werewolf.
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I do not know what it was like for you back in your home, but there are others of your kind here should you feel the need for a pack. I have met a few.
[Vampires and werewolves usually don't get along-- well, vampires don't get along with anyone. He's also conveniently leaving out he bit a werewolf after being changed by the city's version of Santa Claus. It tasted terrible. He's never doing that again. And the werewolf was still interested in him.]
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[ Derek answers as quickly as he can, barely even reading the rest of Vampire Dude's message before he sends it out. It feels too much like - pity, maybe, and Derek has to stop that before it gets a chance to grow. ]
I mean - it's more complicated than that.
I want a pack. Not like that.
[ Derek's an Alpha. His pack have to be his own, whether they're made to be his through the bite or brought into his pack because he chose them. Going up to another werewolf and asking for their... their friendship, or their time, or their attention, that's just...
He can't get into all that. Can't get into why he needs to be the head of his pack, needs to be independent. So: he diverts. ]
I have one. Back home. Already.
They're not here.
So.
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[Some vampires do not care about their sires, but even after 2,000 years he only had two.]
At any rate it seems this place seems to bring in an array of supernaturals. We are not alone here.
sorry for the delay! got kinda sick for a while there
[ his experience with other wolves has ranged from meaningful and completing to... traumatic and catastrophic. he's never met a vampire, before the man he's talking to now - but he can't imagine they would be any less dangerous than other creatures with big teeth and a penchant for bloodlust. he's not exactly sure how he'll get along with other non-humans. ]
Do you have anyone here from home? Vampires or... otherwise.
no worries. feel better!
thank you!
He must be angry, if he's here without his pack.
[ because even though derek isn't chomping at the bit to hang with other werewolves, he is very angry, and he's sure he can't be alone in that. ]
my turn to be slow. trying to get a new design job out of state. ate all my brains!!
His name is Alcide if you happen to run into him. And I am Godric.