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just a story about a vampire...opinions needed

 
 
Reply Wed 20 Apr, 2005 04:16 pm
I want your oppinion on this...


Feiren Toblodo walked down the stairs to the lobby of his apartment building, his long, black trench coat swaying with a small swishing noise. It was seven o'clock, and the sun was just sinking below the horizon. Hunting time, he thought, smirking quietly to himself. He walked out slowly out of the unremarkable, brick building in which he lived. His cold, red eyes twinkled in the dull and flickering light of a street lamp. His shoulder length night-dark hair shone with the light from the neon sign hanging above the apartment building. Feiren flowed liquidly down the street, reaching the corner and almost running into a small, dirty, homeless man. "Watch where ye' be walkin' youngin'" drawled out the drunken tramp.

Feiren politely bowed his head and apologized, "Forgive me sir. I was not paying attention."

"Ahh, keep n' walkin', ya' smooth talkin' bastard." The tramp's eyes had glazed over and his hair was ruffled. The pungent stench of whiskey hung like an aura about him, it was obvious he had been drinking heavily. The tramp skirted Feiren and stumbled across the street, his step uneven and his body swaying as if it were a young sapling in a powerful gust. He began serenading the apartments and offices that towered above him, singing a sweet song of a long lost love.

Feiren sighed, disappointed that the tramp would sooner drown himself in alcohol than face hardships and come out a better person for it.

Feiren continued down the street for a couple of blocks, only passing another person once more, a young man walking his dog.
The Setting Sun was located in an abandoned meat factory, large and open, which had been renovated seven years prior. It was home to the world famous dj, DJ Hondu, a Japanese dj who had moved to America as a boy. There were stairs, descending from the street to the front doors of the club, and just inside and to the left, was the bar. Across the way was the turntable, and a huge screen with blurring motion waving about it. There were booths around all the walls, and the rest of the floor was flooded with dancing people, glow sticks shining, lasers flickering, and the artificial fog lingering about them. On the walls, thirty feet up, were the VIP balconies. There were a total of eight VIP rooms, each with their own balcony, bar, and hot tub. The ceiling extended seventy feet above the floor, and upon catwalks, nestled against the ceiling, where large laser and light arrays, along with a few artificial fog machines.

VIP room number three belonged personally to Feiren Toblodo, though he hadn't paid a single cent for it. He could convince one of the ushers to jump out of an airplane without a parachute if he really wanted to do so. He made himself a drink of the finest dark red wine, and proceeded out onto his balcony. The people below on the dance floor danced gloriously, weaving about, some dancing atop tables and speakers. Watching from above gave Feiren a strange sense of peace. The intense, fast beat thumped through his body like a jackhammer, leaving him tapping his feet to the beat.

The balconies about him were all empty, except for one on the far wall, above the entrance. There stood a young woman, watching all from above, as he did. She wore a tank top, skin tight so that it barely fit around her ample breasts, and a short skirt showing off her slim legs. Her hair was a light brown, shoulder length and wavy. Even from this distance, Feiren could see that her eyes were the color of the deep ocean, entrancingly blue and shining with a strange light. The girl's shoes were ridiculously high stilettos, about eight inches at the heel.
The woman glanced up and saw Feiren staring at her, a smile dawning across her face, the sun rising majestically above the mountain peak, and Feiren became even more entranced by her beauty. The woman motioned for Feiren to join her, making him feel like a giddy schoolgirl and quickly left his VIP room.

DJ Hondu stood stoically at his turntables, watching the crowd dance. Blurs of color and people surrounded him, and he felt isolated at sea. DJ Hondu was a laconic man in his early thirties. During the day, he worked for a software corporation under the name Shiniru Onamara, and by night, he was the world famous DJ Hondu. His Japanese heritage was very clear, down to his short cropped, dark hair. The only things not true to his Japanese heritage were his eyes. His eyes were a deep red, very similar to Feiren's eyes.

Feiren walked down the steps from the VIP corridor to the dance floor, and drifted in a dreamlike state towards the stage where his friend was. He was in euphoria, in ecstasy, and he had sated his urge, which by that time had become insistent. The dark, red wine still tipped his tongue, the sweet taste lingering, leaving his heightened sense of taste tasting the nectar of life for a week to come. Feiren had not only sated his thirst, but had sated his carnal urge as well.

She awoke, suddenly conscious and breathing heavily. The last thing she remembered was the man from the balcony, and a small pain in her neck, and then, nothing… Then as she lay in her bed, breathing heavily, and looking around, she began to feel an… urge, a pulling, and she knew….


Feiren awoke sweating inside his sweltering coffin, it was a hot summer night in New York, and it was made even more uncomfortable by Feiren's natural warm natured-ness. Feiren was blasting out a strange mix of techno and classical music through the speakers installed in his "bed". The music gave the feeling of power that he achieved when he feasted, and Feiren liked power.

The reason for Feiren's sudden awakening was that he had had a disturbing nightmare. He had been stalking a woman from the rooftops when he had lost all his strength and power. A hunter had approached him and pinned him down. The hunter had toyed with him and was about to kill him when he woke up.

Feiren was breathing heavily and feeling powerless until he heard what was playing and he began to feel powerful again. "I should really install air conditioning in here" thought he, for it had felt as if he were out in the burning sun.
Feiren's mind rose high above the city of Reharo and sensed the many, many people like him in the city, visualizing them on a map of Reharo. He was calmed by the fact that none of them on his "map" suddenly winked out of existence, though there were very few of them, most probably having moved off to large cities on account of the small population.

Feiren lay in a beautiful mahogany "bed", the surface covered with gold wrought Japanese characters, which translated into Life, Eternity, and Death. The handles were pure silver, and the "sheets" were pure purple silk, the color of royalty. It was lined with speakers and contained a wine dispenser, stocked with the richest dark, red wine.

Feiren climbed slowly out of his bed, stretching out the stiffness in his muscles. He made his way through to the bathroom, and stripped down to his bear skin. He turned a knob and the water from the shower head came down in sheets of freezing rain. The cold water felt like aloe on sunburn, cooling him down and reviving him from a deep sleep. As the water cascaded down his body, washing the stench of the previous day off of him. He thought about what to do tonight. The urges were weak, so he decided to visit the rave again. He climbed out of the shower, his body heavy with sleep.

Being 6' 10", Feiren had to duck going through doorways. After putting a shirt over his toned upper body, and pulling on some pants, he noticed that a window was opened. Odd he thought. Over he walked to close it. He ruffled his wet hair in an attempt to calm it, only succeeding in making it more unruly.

That was when he smelled it… Vampire Hunter! Standing ten feet behind him, a grin lighting his face was 200 pounds of pure muscle. The famous vampire hunter Shaun Thistlethwaite stood with a grin on his face. In his hand he held a modified shotgun that shot silver stakes instead of buckshot. His thinning hair was combed to the front of his head, and his tall form was made even more ominous by the cloak that he wore.

Feiren slowly turned around, his hands in the air. This is not good, he thought. Shaun Thistlethwaite stood a good six inches taller than Feiren, and looked twice as strong as any human he had yet meet. Then there was the fact of his record. He had killed more vampires than any other human in history. "I suppose that this is not a social visit."

"Oh, well, you know. I just thought I'd drop in for a cup of tea. You know me." Not only was the Hunter dangerous, he was a sarcastic bastard as well. "Oh it looks like you forgot to put the tea on. I'm starting to think that you didn't want me to come. That isn't very nice. Now you've gone and made me sad. That isn't nice. That isn't nice at all." The hunter made a clucking noise with his tongue, popping fresh stakes into his shotgun. "Tsk tsk tsk, what ever shall we do with you. You know I spend the time and effort to come down here for a cup of tea, and you don't even welcome me."

"Oh, silly me, here I was thinking that that was next week," Feiren said, trying to delay the inevitable.

And then the inevitable happened. The hunter swung up the modified shotgun, his hand quick as lightning. But Feiren was faster, by the time that the shotgun had been fired, he was halfway across the kitchen. Feiren picked up a knife and rolled as a second shot rang out.
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material girl
 
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Reply Fri 22 Apr, 2005 07:58 am
Well, primarily you mention vampires,mahogony, gold and purple,all things that have been on my mind lately which means its a winner with me.

Love the character names.
Love the hunter and Feiren being really tall, thats quite unusual.
I love sarcasm.

Im intrigued to know what happens next.

In the UK knob is a nickname for a mans 'bits' so you may want to think up another way to describe turning on a shower, just for immature people,like me.
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recklesssarcastic
 
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Reply Fri 22 Apr, 2005 10:04 pm
incase you didn't realize...by "bed", I meant coffin, and by "sheets", I meant the lining
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stuh505
 
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Reply Fri 22 Apr, 2005 11:00 pm
So...let me get this straight. He's only 7' 4", and that's supposed to be, like, tall or something? Gimme a break, I've seen taller school girls.

There are some grammatical issues, but I'm not going to pick them out.

Sounds like you've pretty much just gone with the whole blade approach. I guess, when you write about vampires, you've either got to go with Blade, Anne Rice, or Dracula/Nosferatu.

I wrote a short story sort of like back in high school. I went with the Anne Rice approach. It's really not very good but might be fun to put it here for comparison...

....

Headlights crested a hill and sifted through the trees in a constantly shifting pattern as they approached. The car followed, slowed, and turned off the main road to park in the small lot delineated with large boulders. A few moments later a man stepped out and began to traverse the pathway that lead into the woods. He was tall, and wore a sweeping dark coat. He appeared to be a man of class.


The man continued down the path, guiding himself with the waving beam of a flashlight. The source could be seen bobbing up and down between the trees as the man walked. Gradually he grew near, and then passed. He was on his way to the cliff, and I followed out of curiosity.


I found him perched at the brink, his dark form silhouetted against the lightness of the sky at dusk. His coat tails flapped in the wind but his body remained motionless. I could feel his thoughts. They were sweet with emotion. I felt them tugging at me but I forced myself to resist their pull; I was drawing dangerously near.


The man was looking down. His foot slipped and a pebble was sent over the edge. It bounced against the rock face and was sucked downward out of sight. The man stumbled backwards breathing hard; his fear of death could not be more evident.


At that moment I couldn't resist; I whispered to him then, with the slightest motion of my lips and the slightest exhalation of breath. So soft was my incantation that the man was not sure if he had heard anything at all, but so perfect was the motion of my lips that the words were indistinguishable: Silly man, that's what you came here to do.


The man looked startled. He turned quickly, feeling the presence of another, and I vanished into the shadows. He stood staring into the darkness, trying to pierce through it with his squinting eyes. He swept to and fro with the flashlight, but its illumination hit the edge of the woods like a wall of fog.


In one deft motion I darted from the path of the light and assumed a position behind him once more. The innocent skin of his ear was but inches from my lips. I could see the blood pumping through its rosy surface, through each surface vein and venule.


I leaned close. Don't hate your weakness, hate your week self; I was much the same when I had to kill myself. The man jumped and turned on me quickly. I let him. It was not that I couldn't have moved in time; I could have counted years during the time in which his head swung about, but I was ready to meet him.

His wild eyes met mine for a brief moment, and I saw into his soul; I saw his fear of me now, I saw him laughing with his wife, I saw them running off to Utah; I saw her coffin being lowered into the earth, I saw him weeping over her grave. This was no surprise to me. Humans are so predictable that I could have guessed half of it.

"Go ahead," I said mockingly, "Jump." The man stared at me rudely, not knowing what to say. Finally, he replied bluntly:

"…What?"

"That's what you came here for, isn't it?"

"No. I was just admiring the city. Who the hell are you?" His lies were as clear as night. I turned towards the cliff and admired the view for myself: dark tree forms stretched outwards until they were replaced by the glittering lights of the city; yellows and whites mostly, except for the occasional red and green from a restaurant sign or nightclub. The dark sky was thick with pollution and streaked with clouds, obscuring the passing sun. It wasn't much of a view, not even by human standards.

"It is a fine view." I said sincerely as I turned to smile at him. He sneered; he was not in the mood for sarcasm, or to meet new people.

"Why don't you get the hell out of here," he said. Anger flashed in my eyes, and for a brief moment I could not control myself; I pushed him lightly and his body sailed over the edge, then began to tumble downward. His eyes locked with mine in desperation and, my control regained, I reached down for him, caught his arm, and left him hanging there. He struggled and cursed me. "Do you still want to die?" I asked him.

"No, no!" the man screamed, looking downwards and kicking his feet. "Please, anything! Let me up!" I did. I drew him up, and set him on his feet. He thanked me.

"And now, for my favor..."

"What?"

"You said anything to let you up. You came here to kill yourself, and I saved your life; your life is mine now." Before he could blink I was around him, finally touching that sweet delicate human body, pushing aside the hair on his neck; the skin was pale and seemed to glow with life. I sank my teeth into him. His body jerked and spasmed in pain, but he did not slip from the iron grip of my arms. I drank and drank, filling myself with as much of his sweet nectar as I could. As the blood drained his struggles grew weaker, until finally I let his limp body fall to the ground.

A life saved, a life taken; it was equal this way.
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recklesssarcastic
 
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Reply Sun 24 Apr, 2005 08:52 pm
ahh quite good stuh...it is very anne ricey... Well, I must confess, that isn't just a story...It is a book I am writing.... but anyways...I decided to make two of the first chapter, which the above seems to be. The character is different and his personality is different....different name(a name with meaning this time) and so I'll post it.


Clang! She jumped. Jane realized that it was just the clock striking the hour. Jane Rosenthal was a jumpy because at that exact moment, she was traveling through the dark alley connecting 24th Street and Stevenson Boulevard. The alley was long, dark and filled with god knows what. Rats crawled along in the gutters, and the ground was tinged red, sending waves of ice to burn at her nerves, not numbing ice, but the extremely cold, burning dried ice. There are no such things as zombies. There are no such things as zombies!, thought Jane, who was a little more superstitious then she would like to admit.

A shadow flitted above her head, causing her to jump even higher. Just a bird, just a bird. She continued along the alley, increasingly jumpy, feeling unseen eyes bore into the back of her head. Ahead she could see the light of 24th Street, a popular bar strip, and she was glad that she would be out of this nightmarish alley.

High above the young Jane Rosenthal, Alastor Ekimmu jumped from building to building, following his prey. His eyes traced her body, taking in the sights. She had long skinny, well toned legs which peeked out from under her short skirt. Her supple breasts were crammed into a tight lime green top. Her face was round and pretty, with a slightly rose tinged cheeks and full rosy lips shone from her slender nose which perched under her large brown eyes. Sheets of brown hair hung down and rested on her sharp boney shoulders, which connected her slender arms to the rest of her gorgeous body. She was quite the sight to behold, and even more so when one was hungry.

Flicking a speck of dirt off of his three piece, brown suit, which was soon to become very, very dirty, Alastor ran ahead of the girl, and then slid down to the alley street, his unruly black hair which hung down to his shoulders billowing out behind him, like the cloak of one hurrying down a dark alleyway at the witching hour. His long nose hung above his toothy smile as he grins at the joy that was to come. His red eyes, made of steel, gleamed into the night, like the headlamps of a car on a foggy night.

He heard a gasp, and then a small smack, for the girl had fallen to the ground, twisting her ankle. This will be easy, thought he, for a girl with a twisted ankle is not one to put up much of a fight. Jane looked down at her ankle. I should never have worn these heels, she thought. Damn!

Click. Clack. Click. Clack. Jane heard the sounds of someone approaching her. Oh thank god, or whoever! This is just shitty luck. "Hello," she probed, "Who's there?" A man appeared. He was good looking, though a little old fashioned in style, but he was tall, and the slightly muscular build that is developed when one gets tall enough. "Hello, handsome. Going for an evening stroll?"

"Oh, I guess so, gorgeous. I could say the same myself. Don't you know there're monsters about?" He stopped right in front of her.

"Oh puh-lease. There are no god-damned monsters. Could'ya help me up?"

He ignored her request for aid. "Hunny," he grinned evilly, "I meant me." He slammed down his foot upon her ankle, rejoicing at her cry of immense pain. "Little girls shouldn't be going out alone at night. They might get eaten." Alastor grabbed her and pulled her up, into his waiting, claw-like fingernails. The sharp daggers chewed into the soft flesh of her belly, ripping through organs like the prow of a ship through water.


and taht's it so far. I don't know how I got "Jane Rosenthal"...just came out, but anyways.
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mthal7680
 
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Reply Tue 10 Apr, 2012 11:16 am
@recklesssarcastic,
I was feeling a little nostalgic and did a google search for "Shaun Thistlethwaite", my husband who passed away last fall. Was not expecting it to come up with this but it was a nice surprise to see his name for a vampire. Did you ever publish this work? If so, I would love to read more.
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