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[ Someone has found a tattered, much read book while crawling through the empty houses, and with all the time in the world - and a craving he wanted to ignore - he decided to sit down and read it. And then read it again just to make sure he was reading it right since English can be hard to get. And then he just so happens to want to share the book with the rest of the class.

So. First off, the camera is going to show the tattered cover of the book. Sho is contemplating setting the whole set on fire but he is going to reserve judgement because hey, trashy romance novels without any real porn and who is he to judge someone might actually like the freaky things like some kind of brain dead lemming or something. ]

I get that people find vampires romantic. I get that. I get that people enjoy a little fur too and hey, not everyone is good at shaving, specially when you grow more hair on your body than a stylist right before a wedding every freaking day. I get all of that.

What I don't get is how anyone can believe that a bunch of humans would suddenly go gangster on a fucking corpse glitter in the sunlight. I mean, going up in flames or turning into a fucking bat? That would get people to stop and scream or stop and shoot at anything that moves. Add in a few open wounds and the whole not feeling part and you've got stuff humans would get scared of.

But sparkling? Sparkling? [ Sho blows smoke and just kicks dirt at the book. ] Whoever wrote this thing must've never been downtown Mallepa after class is out for the day. Most of the kids sparkled and they wore lolicon and pink wigs and blue bangs and painted their faces white and some even wore the teeth and leathers and the wings, and even special contacts that would glow gold. Some pale kid with glittering skin wouldn't even got noticed unless he wore a skirt and put his hair up in ribbons.

[ He scowls at the book. The book just remained where it was, looking rather like a poor old book that someone had just kicked around. ]

Anyone want it? Better speak up if you do cause I ain't gonna go dragging it around without a good reason.

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I didn't understand any of that.

It's what I don't get either. This book has this vampire guy who is going to commit suicide by standing out in the sun and glittering. Meanwhile, his human girlfriend is hanging out with a werewolf in order to get close enough to death to see visions of her vampire boyfriend.

It's like a bad Korean soap opera with glitter.

This sounds like idiocy. [ Why don't they have awesome books about space marines instead? ]

It is! I'm trying to understand what is so fascinating about it since it's apparently - [ He picks up the book to read the dust cover. ] - one of the greatest love stories ever written.

How is it a love story?

I don't know any love stories at all.

You don't? You never seen any at all?

No. My concern is with the defense of humanity in the Reef stars. The only tales we hear are those of battle and glory.

So... You never dated or anything before?

No. Space marines do not marry or have children. [ They kick ass indefinitely. ]

That's sort of depressing to hear. Having a family to come home to is one of the things I liked about being human.

We have our brotherhood, and our progeny is assured through the gene-seed implantation process. That is enough for us.

That's just weird. [ He liked his family and actually getting away from the fighting and gang stuff. ]

But different races has their own way of doing things.

I am... human, at least in original template.

You are..? But you talk like you aren't.

What do you mean?

Gene-seed implantation process? That sounds pretty cold and robotic.

It is a sacred rite.

How?

Well, we choose one of our aspirants to become a full member of the chapter, implant in him the holy geneseed of our primarchs, and he becomes a superhuman, like myself. A god-slayer.

So... No sex? No romance? No women?

No.

Our numbers are replenished by the aspirants who come from the local planet. I'm sure their parents procreate in the normal manner.

Edited 2012-11-24 05:30 (UTC)

Okay... That doesn't make any sense at all.

[ This coming from a vampire who is turned by a generous dosage of blood after being bled. ]

Not sure I would like the idea of being invincible if I don't have sex ever again.

I wouldn't know.

Sex is fun. Romance can be pretty interesting too, even if it sometimes feels like a lot of hard work.

I was friends with a woman once. Does that count?

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