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On my knees I begged.



"Please sire! Please I most humbly ask you to reconsider!" Me



I waited thinking of how this will seem to Iris. A betrayal. That's all this was. What if I had to fight her one day? I ran the club's feed through my head and found it was pretty lax on the surface but was it like underneath. Was this man going to laugh at me then deny me so cruelly? One breath. Two breath. Blink and...



"Yeah, okay sure. I'm cool." masterthor.



"Huh?" Me.

I hate to ruin moments but I kinda have to for this.



"Iris. I'm still a bit away." Me



"Okay. Call me and I'll induct you." Iris, she turned and like always left.



I felt unsatisfied. I wrote a letter and let it zip through the city to her hands.



'Why is being in a Coven so important?' Me



'I guess it isn't. But once you become of experience. You will be snatched up. I was just trying to get you somewhere that will lead you down the path you seek. You're on it, just there's a gate blocking your way. We can be your key. And you can return the favour.' Iris, I think this was her way of being friendly.



'I don't understand vampiric politics.' Me



'You're more aware than most. You understand that this is politics and not some club.' Iris



'It's like we're all sitting pretty waiting to kill everyone else.' Me



I never got her message. I felt like my heart was going crazy and my breath wasn't going to return to me. I slumped to the ground and lost consciousness for a moment. I looked up after waking and

checked my score. 50 percent over 20. I was there. I dashed a letter to Iris, I even blasted her with express mail. But it was too late.

I saw an cougar insignia burn into my coat. I was already inducted!



A man with blue/silver hair that exuded power came up to me. My brain seemed to know him even if I didn't. This was my Coven Master. masterthor.



"Welcome to the Coven." Master

Level 19.

The Dreaded Level 19.

Stuck as an insecure Nihilist.

I wouldn't think anything of it except Iris said Covens quickly prey on brand new Exasperaters.

I feel like eyes and souls are looming over me.

The signs are all there.

Sires have been coming to my home more and seeming twice as friendly in something like me. In something worthless like me.



"Your experience isn't ready for a Coven yet. Keep wandering around the city and get involved. Then you'll be ready, you loner." Iris



I guess I'm not the type to get out. I wonder what it's like to be in a Coven? Will we have Alliances? Will there be battles for territory? Will this lead me to a House? I don't understand vampiric politics!



"Hey kid." Iris



"GAH! HEARTATTACK!" Me, nearly dead.



Her outfit was more formal and her cloak bore an insignia.



"Time kid. Time to swear your loyalty to your new family."

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Nightgame
02:38 Jun 29 2010

Your journal actually led me to your page but good luck anyway. My advice is check out the covens and houses now and pick one you like and talk to them before you're ready to update to level 20. It's your best chance of getting where you want to go.

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An old city elevator opened up and Iris pushed me in gently.



"Everyone else is going to the other elevators." Me



"There are other ways to get in. This is the elevator for the brand new citizens or at least brand new visitors." Iris



Our cage to the city rattled on. I was almost comfortable and asleep when a thought came.



"Iris, do you think I'll belong. I'm not a Vampire or a Vampyre. I dress in all black but I'm not an emo or a goth or anything like that." Me



"But you're also not a human. It'll be fine." Iris said unworried.

"Oh and you might wanna move."



"Huh?" Me



A light brightly shone from underfoot and I was forced to stubble away. A hologram of a extremely scantily clad and vampiric woman popped up.



"Welcome to VR. To fully enjoy all that we have to offer as both a citizen and a visitor we require you create a personal sign in and provide us with some information in case of emergency and official records."



A panel ejected out from the wall.



"Go ahead kid." Iris.



I stepped up and typed in the info.



Name: Karri Shikio

Sex: Female

Location:

Age:

Physical Description: Pale. Fat (145lbs). Curly Brown. Blue eyes. *blush* D cup. Small feet.

Optional Notes: ...( I decided to make a note about my situation but vaguely) I also like to write. I've never been asked out. I like people when I get to know them... hi.



"Damn that was awkward." Iris, blunt as the sun.



"IRIS!" Me



I turned to yell at her as the hologram and panel fled and saw she had changed from her extravagant city avi to a simple blank attire and being acutely thin.



"So this is you." Me



"Yup. Oh we're here." Iris



The doors click-clanked open and I stepped into the strangest most wonderful sight I ever saw.

Rain played hopscotch on the cobblestones as Iris and I made our way through the dying alley quickly. We had one hour till sunrise. Was this really a good idea?



"Come on." Iris said. I'll be honest and say I had only known Iris for a year and little after but I had to take this chance. Maybe this was the place. I couldn't stay in the city.



I was going to Vampire Rave.



As a kid in the city construction sites popped up and back down so fast I would get lost within days of a once familiar street but there was one. There was one construction site that took a good portion of the city and after completion it still remained blocked off. Like someone just decided that the sun wasn't allowed to shine there. Who knew a whole city of intricacy and mystery waited just past 5th avenue?



I now did and now I was going to live there. Vampire Rave was supposedly a place where anyone was welcome and outsiders reigned supreme. According to Iris anyway. She said the choice was up to me...



Hours earlier-

A park-three trees-a swing set-me-Iris-littler-one homeless guy



"I don't know Iris. Maybe I should move. I just got fired. They won't publish me because I'm too dark apparently and I hear the next city over is nice." Me



"It's up to you. I think your writing is ok." Iris



"It's nothing compared to yours. You even dream better." Me



She thought for a second then smiled down.



"How about VR?" Iris



"How about what now?" Me



"It's safe from the outside. Plenty of dark writers to get you started. You can get an education there. You'll want for nothing. But of course it's your choice." Iris



I grabbed her hand.



"Come on then!" Me



Now-



She ran quickly but only because I was only athletic underwater. We hadn't stopped unless I tripped or my heart acted up.



"How much farther?" I asked.



"Not much." She shouted over the rain. The clouds were weaving together thicker than before and throwing down there sorrow at us. Above the lightning I heard howls and screeches. I tried looking over my shoulder but Iris pulled me forward. I did get to see to my sides though. There were figures running swiftly. On my right was a wolf pack but this city was known for it. Iris saw them and sped up smiling.



"Less than five minutes!" I didn't know if this meant the distance till we got there or the amount of time till sunrise. Past the broken fairgrounds where I saw more shadows hanging out. The amount of dark illusions increased. Finally we reached an iron archway with VR in gothic letters.



"Tip-toe in. And welcome home."

I've staked out a small place in a very small town. I've tried to seem nice, wear sunblock and go outside. This town still ended up hating me.



I was at one of their bashes and we were talking when someone said

"Well what about Lady Mysterious here?" He was drunk and joking but you could already tell the mood darken with the horizon.



"There's not much to tell." I tried to smile and send out the social signals of 'please can we move along'



"Where's your family?" Ouch. Old woman across from me with a dry Vermouth pointed at me with her gnarled finger and her question.



"I don't have alot of family but as a child I lived here with my Father and Mother and my Brother." I didn't realize how dangerous this answer was.



"Wait... S******? I remember the boy. Brightest thing since I don't know what. He seemed kinda perfect... did he have siblings?" The men started scratching their head and the women blushed because they remember.



"Yup. There was that odd one." Oh someone pour holy water on me! It was my old neighbor who probably still has the IQ of Sarah Palin. She asked my mother for a diet and then wondered if she would have to drink diet water....She also commented often on how perfect and unchanged my brother and I seemed to her....



"Smart thing too but um... things kinda happened around her..."



The drunks leaned in and I stayed stiff. Waiting for an opening to shoot across the street without harming a oncoming truck. I've been hit before... and I wasn't the one that ended up injured.



"Remember Ethal?" My Great Grandmother whom I met at "ten".



"Remember how she went from fit and fiddle? Well after she dropped by the house suddenly her bones just seemed to shrink and her mind flew out the window!" Everyone was nodding, everyone was remembering.



"Oh and remember those three teenager girls? The ones who just stood there as the train ran them over? Well she was there just reading a book watching 'em!" The crowd was restless and continued to fizz and pop with countless stories of my oddities. The fact I wore black. Hated the sun. Loved controversial books. Had no religion. Had a different sexuality. Was sociopathic. Seemed to be connected to every death.



From there I ran. Weaved into the back streets where poverty was the bricks and buildings and the angry hunters weren't stupid enough to follow.



I just settled tonight.

I hate stupid people like that.