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[surrogates]

[ 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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[growling]

Wow, thank you for that. You're the very definition of a white knight.

Now my camping analogies are really out the window.

[ First rule of being a creature of the night is we don't talk about being creatures of the night, Al. Jeez. ]

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[dilemma]

You remember your first still? I'm touched.

[ horrible, poorly timed, worse possible joke he could ever make but the self-satisfied smile on his face says it's totally worth it. the whole ex wife turning situation is something that has been safely tucked away in the "do not discuss under any circumstances even if you're wasted" pile but he had to. you left that one wide open, ric.

but this actually is a topic that concerns damon. he hasn't been completely honest with the ship about his supernatural state but he hasn't exactly been advertising it either. as uninterested as he is in werewolves (that's a boldface lie, he's overly concerned with them and trying to figure out why there are so many) technically people trying to airlock vampires would affect him and his. so color him mildly concerned. ]

This PSA provoked by something or just an after school special?

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[thenormalsquint]

Excuse me, what?

[Guess who ignored everything else and concentrated on one particular word. Or two.]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Are you friends with one, or are one yourself?

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[golemized]

You did not mention birds.

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[altercate]

[ well, this sure is a post that derek plays over three or four times before he even tries to parse a reply to. what he wants to ask is how many werewolves but that is subtle as a damn sledgehammer, so. ]

How prone are the people here to torches and pitchforks?

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[falsehoods]

The power of myth is deeply engrained into mortal minds. Their stories are passed down through generations....And I fear 'twould be difficult to undo the damage myth has done.

[abrahamic]

so you know both werewolves and vampires? because that's pretty cool.

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[angerissues]

[ Mason may be an "out and proud" (or at least out) werewolf but that doesn't mean he enjoys chatting about it over the network freely. Even a few months later and he's still trying to get used to it. ]

How nice of you to play peacekeeper for us.

[anonymous text] heh creatures of the night

[chiroptophobic]

And the danger of imprudence? When you feed a monster, you should never forget that it could turn on you in lean times, or simply because it wants to.

[the_infiltrator]

I didn't know vampires could live off of synthetic blood.

Does this mean you don't think there are any dangers on the ship?

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[theredchampion]

[ Nial spends a while debating if he should respond to this or not, and if he should make his response private.

Still, though, he hasn't harmed anyone here. He has nothing to hide, particularly. ]

People fear what they do not understand. It is the way things have always been.

[ Humans are simple, he wants to add, but doesn. ]

Thousands of years have not changed that, and neither will a few words -- carefully put together as they may be. They will still act on instinct, and blame that which is 'other'.

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[spitfiery]

[ she resents being lumped under the term supernatural creature, but more importantly: ]

Are there many on board with a negative opinion of magic and the supernatural?

[ which is to say: should she stop being so open about the witch thing on this ship? ]

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[target]

the thing is, humans? a good punch and they're down. werewolves and vampires and whatever the hell else we have here? a human doesn't stand a chance with them

also doesn't help that you've got one of those guys feeding off of people all the time. he may ask for volunteers but that doesn't make it safe

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[stacked]

Check you out, Gunny. Playing rainbow bridge for the goes bump in the night crowd.

[ THAT IS APPROVAL IN HER VOICE BTW. ]

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[grandseigneur]

You seem to have had time to become accustomed to the fantastical.

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[aggressively]

...vampires and werewolves.

[ ...says the hulk. ]