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Avatar for bookwench bookwench
15 Jul 2010 2:47 PM
Quick drabble:

Of the myths pertaining to the Vampyre these following are known true: they are killed by a stake of ash through the heart, or by decapitation; they shun the potent light of mid-day. But of the myth that they become mist, and can pass through the cracks of a door, this is a deception. For a mist cannot cause you harm; but they disperse into such a cloud of miniscule and biting insects as can suck the blood from you through your skin in a moment, and leave you drained from an uncounted multitude of pin-holes, one drop each.

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Avatar for Illundiel Illundiel @bookwench
15 Jul 2010 3:01 PM
@bookwench: They also suffer from OCD. As such, often people leave small objects(such as corn feed) and knots(because they have to be untied) around in order to slow down Vampires.

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Avatar for Wookielifeday Wookielifeday @bookwench
15 Jul 2010 3:06 PM
@bookwench: I can attest to this, coming from somewhere whose official bird is the mosquito.

Good show!

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Avatar for Wookielifeday Wookielifeday @Illundiel
15 Jul 2010 3:06 PM
@Illundiel: You watched X-Files, too!

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Avatar for Illundiel Illundiel @Wookielifeday
15 Jul 2010 3:09 PM
@WookieLifeDay: Didn't everybody?

However, I don't actually remember said episode...and was remembering this from some slasher film I saw..."Insert Name Here 2" all about vampires, priests, and a chosen girl.

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Avatar for Wookielifeday Wookielifeday @Illundiel
15 Jul 2010 3:14 PM
@Illundiel: There was an episode where Mulder distracted a vampire by scattering sunflower seeds. It was actually a funny episode.

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Avatar for Chip Overclock Chip Overclock @bookwench
15 Jul 2010 4:06 PM
@bookwench: How big of a stake must you use? Could you, just hypothetically speaking, drive a small plug of ash into the nose of a 10mm semi-jacketed hollowpoint round and use a Glock Model 20 as a anti-vampire defensive weapon? Just askin'.

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Avatar for bookwench bookwench @Chip Overclock
15 Jul 2010 4:43 PM
@Chip Overclock: Have you ever seen the BBC miniseries "Ultraviolet"? Absolutely no relation to the stinker movie of the same name... they used carbon bullets. It was fantastic. One of the most brilliant updates on the concept of the vampire I've ever seen.

I swear the vampires from Being Human are the same general universe.

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Avatar for AmishJohn: The redesign bites tender portions of various anatomies.. AmishJohn: The redesign bites tender portions of various anatomies.. @Chip Overclock
15 Jul 2010 5:03 PM
@Chip Overclock: Jacket it in silver, and you've got a General Purpose Twilight Round.

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Avatar for Chip Overclock Chip Overclock @bookwench
15 Jul 2010 5:17 PM
@bookwench: I loved that miniseries so much I bought the DVD set.

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Avatar for Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib @Wookielifeday
15 Jul 2010 5:17 PM
@WookieLifeDay: Would that be Louisiana?

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Avatar for Chip Overclock Chip Overclock @AmishJohn: The redesign bites tender portions of various anatomies..
15 Jul 2010 5:19 PM
@AmishJohn: Meh.: I've read some articles where reloaders experimented with silver. Apparently it doesn't do well, unfortunately.

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Avatar for AmishJohn: The redesign bites tender portions of various anatomies.. AmishJohn: The redesign bites tender portions of various anatomies.. @Chip Overclock
15 Jul 2010 5:20 PM
@Chip Overclock: Use the silver in place of the lead, with a copper jacket.

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Avatar for Log1c Log1c @Chip Overclock
15 Jul 2010 6:13 PM
@Chip Overclock: This one?

[www.patriciabriggs.com]

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Avatar for Wookielifeday Wookielifeday @Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib
15 Jul 2010 6:36 PM
@Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib: Nope, Manitoba. You wouldn't think it, because we're not that humid, but a lot of standing water = a lot of the little biters.

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Avatar for Chip Overclock Chip Overclock @Log1c
15 Jul 2010 7:46 PM
@Log1c: That article made it sound a lot more workable than others I've read. Maybe there's hope after all!

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Avatar for bookwench bookwench @Chip Overclock
15 Jul 2010 8:52 PM
@Chip Overclock: Me too. I remember seeing it on sci-fi way back about a decade ago. Excellent stuff.

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Avatar for bookwench bookwench @Log1c
15 Jul 2010 8:54 PM
@Log1c: Oh wow. I did not know that about the sulfur in the atmosphere. Amazing stuff. Thanks!

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Avatar for Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib Gaudy Mouse Muad'Dib @bookwench
16 Jul 2010 4:12 PM
@bookwench: I love this. To me it hints at something even more horrifying that mosquitoes and bedbugs.

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