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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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[ if it makes you feel any better, derek, ric's met people who are forever as subtle as sledgehammers. he's used to it by now. ]

Depends on the people you're talking to. And what the someone might have done. And any particular home prejudices. I'm not a big fan of them myself, in case that wasn't clear.

Aren't you.

[ the things derek's eyebrows are doing right now. ]

I just gave a message to everyone on this ship to not worry or freak out about the various supernatural creatures on the ship. Does that strike you as someone who frequently goes around carrying a torch and a pitchfork?

[ don't emote so much with your eyebrows. ]

Only time I might consider it is if the people close to me get hurt. Wouldn't you be like that too?

[ ric, you're talking to a werewolf, just stop. ]

Everyone is like that.

[ because everything else derek could say feels too revealing, too snappish, too many teeth. ]

Knew someone who wasn't.

[ ric, let's guide the conversation away from any ex-wife issues, shall we. ]

I'm not the type of guy to go after anyone unless the force me to by hurting someone I'm close to. Seeing as no one has done it on this ship, live and let live is applicable here. Vampires and wolves and witches can be just as human as the rest of us.

That's a unique point of view.

Unique experiences and perspective makes it easy to have that point of view.

[ and then: ]

You don't share it?

I do.

Then you get why I'm doing this. You have a name?

Derek Hale.

Well, Derek, I'm kind of hoping we all stay away from the pitchforks and the torches (not that, you know, that it's even a good idea to have torches on the ship) like we have already and unless someone goes on a murderous rampage...Pretty sure it's not going to happen.

And if someone does decide that's a good plan, well, guns do outrank pitchforks by a long shot.

[ someone please tell ric that sounded bad. because oops. ]

[ so what you're saying is that you have a lot of guns. ]

Comforting.

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