ataraxion | voice, the second } crack kills

[ THIS IS FORWARD DATED spike would usually do this up on video but given the chaos and just how shitty he looks-- oh, yeah, if you haven't seen spike in a bit there's a reason for it. he looks like death. literally. skinny, sallow, low-energy. he's not even quipping like he should be. he's scarcely been here ninety days, but without blood, he's not healing like he should. these demons are giving him the go around and he doesn't like it. so have a raspy english voice, sounding much tireder than usual, which really everyone should expect given the theme around here. ]

I'll tell you all, I've seen an apocalypse or two in my day. And this? This is a bloody disaster.

Floor 22, Room 17. I've got some weapons and hiding spots, but that's not what I'm on about. I'll see you all in the trenches anyway. [ he takes a breath, he might be smoking. ]

...This blood situation, yeah? For us vamps. [ pauuuuuse ] It's wrong, and I'll tell you why it's wrong. This might be a bloody big ship, but it's going to start seeming a whole hell of a lot smaller if we keep handing over human to them--us. To us.

I don't drink human blood, it's a life choice. Let's use an analogy. Now, I talked to an expert on the subject so let's call 'blood' ... 'heroin.' And let's call bagged blood something they call 'methadone.' That's a drug used to bring someone down off scag, if you didn't know. But it doesn't work, and neither does this. Drinking it from a bag? Well. Just makes someone want the real thing.

Over on the Cyllene, guy name of Jayne told me to look for Dr. Tam up in the med bay? But I'm sorry, doc, and anyone else who might have a hand in that concoction -- I don't trust it. Don't ruddy well trust anyone with a beaker and I've got good reason.

There's got to be another way.

[ he hangs up rather abruptly, it takes a lot to get a rise out of him like this. it took the perfect cocktail of starvation, sleeplessness, nightmares and demons from his homeworld but now he's here and he's mad. and yeah, no that's basically it. ]

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Then, run along, luv. This post isn't for you.

[ he wouldn't usually be this snappish, even to a vampire. but this is so not going his way. ]

Jenna. And if someone decides to organize, say, a forced detox program and I mummify? This post is definitely going to be for me.

[ she's js ]

No one's getting mummified. [ his voice softens a little, but her name still comes with a sharp edge. ] Jenna.

Animal blood, that's what I'm getting at. Even for you-- [ who have no qualms about feeding live... ] Animal's is safer, for everyone on the ship.

Not all vampires here are the same, has anyone explained that yet? For me it's human blood live from a vein or die.

[ she's not angry, but after george she's secure enough in her choice to be firm without gaining any heat. ]

For you, if animal is best then it's best-- I'm not arguing that point. But it's not the same all around.

Didn't say it was, but for some of us-- it would help.

[ he really can't think about what you said right now jenna nope nope tapping out. ]

You could talk to them about synthesizing animal blood-- our population is on the low side.

[ no use in beating a dead point horse, practicalities it is. ]

Kind of what I was getting at, actually. [ isn't it obvious? ]

Have you met Jaye? [ choosing to ignore that LIKE DUH

also for pain, guess who was named/kind of modeled after joyce summers

enjoy that spike. ]

The girl who turns into animals? Yeah.

I'd say she's the one to talk to first— I don't know how shifter blood works, but she has more than a few animals.

And Carolyn has cats, but I don't know how much luck you'd have there.

[ carolyn REALLY LOVES her cats yo ]

I don't think I could bite a cat. [ spike is a secret cat person and it shows in his voice tbh. ]

...oh, thank god.

[ dfhksd spike why. ]

That wasn't— definitely not what I meant. More maybe Simon could get a blood sample and see about synthesizing animal blood.