Night 21

[passingships]

I've always thought souls were the most fascinating things - even more so when they lacked tangibility. Yet, having been shown the physical - or perhaps I should say spiritual? magical? - form of one, I find myself even more intrigued.

Those eyeless men so many have warned about: at least one of their souls is crimson, braided with shadow. Perhaps that will mean something to someone. Perhaps it will not. If the former, I'd like to know what it means to you or whether, perhaps, you see them in a different light.

It seems that red is the basic colour of the soul and the darkness is rot. Has anyone seen aught to contradict this?

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[passingships]

"No. But it doesn't surprise me. There would be no use in having addictive blood if it didn't somehow give back to the owner. It's similar to how a spider has paralysing venom," Shougo reasoned.

If that was the only trade-off, he supposed he didn't mind. Truthfully, he could have done without the blood. Perhaps the man would be amenable to a blood-less encounter once the addiction had truly faded.

[angel_of_death]

Walter thought on that for a moment. He could compare the blood effect to that of a vampire, but there wasn't any guarantee the man would know the intricacies of what he was talking about, and a lengthy lesson would not necessarily be practical at this point. "Ah, but the venom is only venom. It does not continue to act as part of the spider once it leaves the spider. But, I daresay you're right about the general purpose."

That being to put the food source in a state where they are incapable of warding off the advances, even as they cross into predation and eventually endanger the prey's life.

[passingships]

Shougo laughed lightly. "That's true. It's the only example I could think of which you might recognise. Our societies are too far apart for me to use a better one."

He tapped a finger against his thigh. No, they wouldn't understand Sibyl or the insidious hold it had on his country. If he had to compare Akari to anything, it would be that.