Wyatt and Aegon sworn enemies of Light and Dark meet at a small tavern,
hoping that they can learn something from one another. Wyatt sits down
at the bench across from Aegon replacing his dagger with a chessboard.
Wyatt says 'Do you play chess, Young Aegon?' (Aegon is very young, compared to
Wyatt.)
Aegon says 'I do not take part in games, I hunt the Undead.'
Wyatt says 'I am not corrupt.'
Wyatt says 'Yes, it is true that we need blood to survive'
Wyatt says 'But only fools drain the body.'
Aegon says 'You do not help this world.'
Aegon says 'Corrupt or not'
Wyatt says 'You don't understand Aegon.'
Wyatt says to Aegon, 'We were put on this world to co-exist'
Wyatt says to Aegon, 'Never to war,'
Wyatt says to Aegon, 'Is it my fault that I need to feed?!'
Wyatt says 'If I don't feed, I will die.'
Wyatt says 'But I don't have to kill a human for blood'
Aegon says 'You feed on the blood of innocent humans!'
Wyatt shakes his head negatively.
Wyatt says 'Mostly livestock'
Aegon says 'Mostly?'
Wyatt says 'I only need human blood when very weak.'
Wyatt says 'Vampires, are very strong.'
Wyatt says 'We can live in sunlight...But only for a few hours,
We tan quickly and sweat easily.'
Wyatt says 'Most of these tales you've heard about us, Dracula
for instance, are all lies.'
Aegon says 'I do not listen to such tales.'
Wyatt says 'You are hard to understand...'
Wyatt says 'Do you know anything about tactics?'
Aegon says 'Tactics, of war?'
Wyatt says 'Yes, perhaps.'
Wyatt says 'Tactics in battle preferably.'
Wyatt says 'War is a game.'
Wyatt says 'A fine battle, Ha, that takes tactics.'
Aegon says 'Are you saying, that this war, is but a simple game?'
Wyatt nods.
Wyatt says 'We are all out to kill each other'
Wyatt says 'Nothing more'
Aegon says 'But, we kill with a purpose.'
Wyatt says 'Yes.'
Aegon says 'You may defend with a purpose, but you have no reason to slay us.'
Wyatt says 'If you attack us, we are finishing it.'
Wyatt says 'Please. Listen to me.'
Wyatt says 'Any smart vampire, will barely cut a humans leg and feed.'
Wyatt says 'But the corrupt, as we like to call Vampanezze, drink too much
blood.
Wyatt says 'Their skin becomes purple. Red eyes, Crazy.'
Wyatt says 'We have leaders.'
Wyatt says 'Vampire Generals, like myself, hunt down corrupt vampires.'
Wyatt says 'Why do you think I have so many scars?'
Aegon says 'I assumed from battle.'
Wyatt says 'Never against my own though?'
Wyatt says 'Never thought that we have sense?'
Wyatt says 'If one goes corrupt. I have the job to make sure they are dead.'
Wyatt says 'Unless they join the ranks of the Vampanezze'
Aegon says 'What makes one go, corrupt?'
Wyatt says 'As one drains corpses we consume their spirit...Their memories of
their life.Aegon says 'So, soon, will you all become one?'
Wyatt says 'Its my job to hunt down those.'
Wyatt says 'If they join the ranks of the Vampanezze they are out of my reach'
Aegon says 'Yes, but, even you could become one of those you hunt.'
Aegon says 'Making all vampires a threat.'
Aegon says 'The lust for blood becomes to overwhelming, and only human blood
will satisfy it.'
Aegon says 'With the blood, comes their soul.'
Wyatt says 'Ha.'
Wyatt says 'Sometimes it is for good, young Aegon.'
Aegon says 'How can taking ones soul be, good?'
Wyatt says 'I had to drain a friend to save him.'
Aegon sighs.
Wyatt says 'I took his soul, keeping him with me.'
Wyatt says 'The last time I will ever drain a person.'
Aegon says 'Instead of letting him rest in peace with God
in heaven, you trap his soul within you.'
Aegon says 'That doesn't seem very, friendly.'
Wyatt says 'I hate to tell you, He was Atheist.'
Wyatt says 'He would've gone to hell'
Aegon says to Wyatt, 'All can be forgiven.'
Wyatt says 'Is that friendly, or not?'
Wyatt says 'He was an atheist from start. No turning back for him.'
Wyatt says 'I was saved, at one point.'
Wyatt says '50 or 60 years ago.'
Wyatt says 'Oh.'
Wyatt says 'We age at 1 10th the human rate.'
Wyatt says 'So we aren't immortal'
Aegon says 'You are dead. Does age really matter?'
Wyatt shakes his head negatively.
Wyatt says 'Never dead.'
Aegon says 'You are without a soul.'
You say 'That is considered dead, to me.'
Wyatt says 'Kill me then and set me free.'
Wyatt says 'I want you to.'
Wyatt says 'Just to see the look on your face.'
Aegon says 'I can slay you, but you must want to give it up.
You must want to release your power, your immortality, and your
hate for God.
Wyatt says 'I DO NOT HATE GOD!!'
Aegon says 'Why do you serve one who opposes him?'
Aegon says 'Why do you kill his children?!'
Wyatt says 'To live on.'
Aegon says 'To live on, instead of going to heaven?'
Wyatt says 'Yes.'
Wyatt says 'I like it here.'
Aegon says 'You wish to chose immortality over peace.'
Wyatt says 'I am not immortal.'
Wyatt says 'We are just tougher to kill than humans.'
Aegon sighs.
Wyatt says 'Hmm, Do you know God?'
Aegon says 'I do. I am his loyal servant.'
Wyatt says 'Have you ever met him?'
Aegon says 'Yes, He was the one who gave me my wings.'
Aegon flutters his wings softly.
Wyatt says 'Kill me...'
**THE NIGHT HOUR ARRIVES**
Wyatt says 'Ah! Night!'
Aegon says 'Your lust for blood must be growing.'
Wyatt shakes his head negatively.
Wyatt says 'I am very hungry, yes, but no need for lust. Tis a sin.'
Aegon says 'A sin, you have carried out before.'
Wyatt says 'Killing, yes.'
Wyatt says 'But "All can be forgiven." Why not us?'
Wyatt says 'Because we look bad in your eyes?!'
Wyatt says 'Humans, and angels alike disgust me'
Aegon says 'All can be forgiven, but you do not wish to give up
what keeps you from Heaven.'
Wyatt says 'No I don't.'
Wyatt says 'I had a family once.'
Wyatt says 'One of yours killed them. I know it!'
Wyatt says 'My Vampirism was hidden until then.'
Aegon says 'Were they of the Vampire race?'
Wyatt says 'Children were half, wife was not.'
Wyatt says 'And only one knew until then.'
Aegon says 'It could not have been us that killed them. God
did not give us the will or the heart to kill a human being.'
Aegon says 'It is beyond our power, or our want.'
Wyatt says 'This was Satan's work?'
Wyatt says 'One of my kind!?'
Aegon says 'Possibly. Satan does not care about his children, unlike God.'
Aegon says 'He is evil, pure evil. Darkness surrounds him from every angle.'
Wyatt says 'I believe that now.'
Aegon says 'Those that serve him, will be betrayed to his liking, he cares
of no one but himself.'
Wyatt says 'Ah, I remember a verse from the Bible.'
Wyatt says 'The Deceiver.'
Wyatt says 'It has been so long since I have touched the leather of a bible.'
Wyatt says 'So long since I have seen the cross.'
Wyatt says 'So long since I have been... Naturally hum'
Wyatt says 'hum...'
Wyatt says 'Human!'
Wyatt says 'The word I can't ever get of my tongue right, might be my savior.'
Wyatt says to Aegon, 'Please kill me!'
Wyatt begs Aegon.
Wyatt says 'I want to be with them.'
Wyatt says 'My family'
Wyatt says 'My friends'
Aegon says 'You must tell God. Let him know.'
Wyatt kneels.
Wyatt falls down and grovels in the dirt.
Aegon says 'Let him cleanse you, and be saved once again!'
Wyatt says 'Will I be rid of my vampiric curse?'
Aegon says 'I'm not sure if he will ever lift the burden of that
curse, but he will accept you back into his heart.'
Aegon says 'God decides, he judges your heart.'
Wyatt says 'Aegon, you have taught me well. But you need to learn
how to play chess.'
Aegon grins.
Wyatt says 'Would be an excellent opponent!'
Wyatt says 'Have you anything else to say?'
You say 'No. The shadows of dawn approach us.'
Aegon clambers to his feet.
Wyatt rises to meet Aegon.
Wyatt bows gracefully.
Wyatt says 'Perhaps another day? Young Aegon?'
Aegon says 'Perhaps. Maybe "Fate" is with you this time around?'
Aegon tips his hat at Wyatt, and walks out into the rain.
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