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[ there's a funny thing about every psa ric has seen over his device is that there's a distinct lack of explaining things like certain creatures that are on the ship with them. jenna had avoided mentioning anything about the supernatural when talking about the ship at large and her plans, kirk had mentioned people having different feeding needs (he knows jenna is one of them, and damon and— the others) and nathan had mentioned people not having voices. there's a part of him that needs to do something to get his mind off the fact that jenna said she handled klaus. it takes him a while to actually figure out what he wants to say (and if anyone cares to look they'll see notebooks around him testifying to just how much he's poured over them before he even turned on his device). when he finally does say anything it's clear he means business, but at the same time, there's a smile on his face like there's nothing to be alarmed about here. ]

There's a funny thing about stories you get to here at home sometimes. Legends, actually, but you can live your whole life without actually finding out that those legends you've heard are real. I get that a lot of you have never heard of things like vampires or werewolves or witches before, but if there's one thing my life and, I'll be honest, my time on this ship has taught me, is that while they may just be fantasy in your world, they're real in others. And, coincidentally, we have some of each on this ship.

You're scared or angry and you think it's a good idea to toss them off the ship because what if they hurt one of us. I'm going to let you in on a little secret, those vampires I mentioned? All of them are living off of synthetic blood from medical. Even the one that can't is asking for volunteers. None of them are feeding off the general populace. The werewolves? They're contained when they shift and if they weren't, all of us would know and the ones of us who can handle corralling them would. Typically witches don't actively go around killing people nor do they like being particularly evil depending on the type.

I can see why some of you might be scared, and admittedly, first time I met a vampire, it wasn't pleasant at all, but once you get to know some of them, it's not that bad. Supernatural creatures, in general, are only as evil as they want to be. True, some can be evil— [ like klaus ] but the same can be said with any one, honestly. Most can exist with humans, aliens, and anything else on this ship without causing mass panic. Honestly, any of them hiding are only hiding because they know how people can get. I'm not saying you have to be buddy with your resident supernatural creature, but unless they're going around harming the rest of us, there's nothing wrong with treating them like they're shockingly normal.

In the long run, as much as it hurts to imply that we'll be here for even longer, it's better that we don't end up starting fights with each other because someone had the unfortunate luck to be a vampire or a werewolf or a witch on a ship full of people who have been raised to know that they're creatures of the night that they need to run from. And if there is any fights started, there is security here and even though I'm just in gunnery, I would not actually hesitate to play for both of those teams and break up whatever fight happens because we couldn't act like rational adults.

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[ that's a good question remus. very good question. ]

Friends and more with the vampires. Teach a witch history at home and the werewolves, sure, I'll call them friends. And Jenna and you are close, so I can lump you in there even if you're young enough for me to teach you things.

[He relaxes a bit-- a friend of Jenna's surely can be trusted, even if he's slightly annoyed at that young enough comment. There's no need to be patronizing, after all, even if he's only fifteen.]

But entirely human yourself? That's unusual. Can I ask, though-- only witches at home? No wizards?

[ He's not actually meaning to be, for once, but he remembers you when you were older and he does have students your age so it's honestly a bit of a given for with him. He looks down and fiddles with a ring on hand before he answers that while still fiddling with it just slightly. ]

Entirely human, shockingly enough. It's not the rarest thing at home, I just keep fairly interesting company. [ He pauses for a moment before making a bit of a face. ] There are wizards as far as I'm aware of. I just happen to know only one witch personally and that really goes along with the interesting company thing. Used to not know any of them

Oh. Well, now you know a wizard personally as well, I suppose, so well done you.

[He smiles at him.]

I have to say, though: interesting company isn't usually the way we're described. Dark creatures, I mean-- or, well, supernatural, to use your word.

I'd say something about adding you to a collection, but that sounds bad in and out of my head. Consider yourself one of the special brand of company that I keep.

[ It's not said like it's a bad thing, and really, it sounds almost like he thinks it's good, but saying it aloud isn't exactly happening over an open feed. ]

You guys aren't really boring, so at least part of it is accurate. It's not- Like I said, I'm used to it, and I find that calling you guys abominations or dark or anything like that inaccurate, since, well, take you for example, you're a bit sunny as far deposition goes, so make you seem evil.

Yes, but-- well. I don't know. I suppose it's prejudice as well. It's like naming a tiger or a bear dark-- yes, they can kill people, and yes, they're potentially dangerous, but it's not as if they can help it. It's hardly malicious.

If I might ask-- how did you get involved with us? As a whole, I mean.

That's a very good comparison actually. And you can contain them or actually just train them out of doing what they otherwise might. Yeah, there's room for potential accidents, but we live on a spaceship floating in space. Technically might be the accident of the least concern.

You want the technical answer or the one that's possibly a little more accurate as far as involvement goes?

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