video; un: diva

[colorature]

It's going to be my birthday soon! August fourth, to be exact!

_{[Yes, hello. Sorry Nysa once again for being subjected to Diva. Here she is, the backdrop of her video one of the Nadril caves, (pre-lit thanks to the natives), which wouldn't be anything special if it didn't look so...warm. Diva's wearing nothing more than a simple white dress with blue accents and upon closer inspection at what's behind her there's green growing on the cave floor, along with what looks to be a hardy species of wildflower peeking out from various cracks in the rocky floor.]}

I'm going to be a hundred and seventy...um..._{[Yes, you heard her right.]} a hundred and seventy five? Maybe six or seven? I don't really know exactly but you can't fit that many candles on a cake so does it really matter?

_[Haha.]

Anyway! I found this really warm cave and I want to have a masquerade party in it! My lover helped me barter for food, instruments and even drinks! I also found an old record player with a few records, but I'm not sure how to use it...Surely someone can figure it out, no?

_{[And if you don't believe her - wait for it - she'll show off her hoard of goodies. There are indeed a few crates of food items, bottles of various types of alcohol and even what appears to be an old upright piano and a few acoustic guitars and one or two other unopened instrument cases. There also seems to be a box full of various fancy party masks as well. Yep, she wasn't joking.]}

I need singers, musicians, dancers, cooks, people who can mix drinks and others willing to do some heavy lifting! I have a box of decorations too so if you've an eye for decor I want your assistance as well!

_{[Anyone want to blow up some balloons?]}

You don't have to worry about dressing too fancy and as long as I don't want to kill you you're invited so please do come and RSVP!

_{[ooc: mingle now up!]}

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video, un: yohane

[hellzone]

You-chan and I can sing!

[ she says, volunteering You without even really asking the other girl if she's up for it. ]

Audio; dancer

[dancerefresher]

D-dancer?

Did you need a performer or just...guests?

Audio; UN: Trafalgar

[kikoku]

Hold on.
[None of the party information is relevant or interesting to him, but he's honing in on one particular detail, Mr All Business.]

You're 175 years old? Are you not human or do people simply have different lifespans where you come from?
[He's here, purely in the name of scientific curiosity. Maybe a world with different environmental conditions could produce a variety of human beings that are surface level the same, but structured in such a way that their bodies broke down slower. Or maybe it's just magic and thus unhelpful.]

[colorature]

Will you? That's wonderful! The acoustics in here are incredible, by the way. I could listen to myself sing in here forever.

[colorature]

Both!

Did you want to be both?

[colorature]

I'm a Chiropteran Queen.

_{[Definitely not human. In fact, the tips of her fangs are peeking out if he cares to take a second glance.]}

Chiropterans are a species of vampire.

[kikoku]

[A vampire queen. Alright. Now that she says this, sure, he does notice the fangs. Despite having encountered a lot of things out on the open ocean of Big Blue, "vampire" is a new one, and his curious side has about eight million questions he'd like to ask. But no, play it cool, Law. Just what's necessary.]

... Should those of us among the living be concerned about this?
[Whether it's blood or pure lifeforce, all the things he's heard about the concept of vampires suggests they're pretty inimical to normal humans.]

[colorature]

Concerned about what? My birthday?

_{[Uh yes, they should!! Her birthday is important tyvm.]}

I'm not the undead, if that's what you're implying.

[dancerefresher]

I could be both?

I'm a professional dancer.

[colorature]

Why not?

_{[That gets a delighted little sound out of her.]}

Really? Then you must dance! I'm decent enough at courtly dances but I'm no professional. I'm a singer.

[dancerefresher]

[She makes a soft sound.]

Then I'll dance. I'd like to see some of the courtly dances if that's okay.

I...can sing too, but I'm sure it'd be far better if you sang instead.

Video | UN: MrFancyHat

[thetaintedsorrow]

I can mix drinks if you want.

[kikoku]

[After over 100 of them you’d think birthdays would get less important.]

That, yes, but more specifically, my understanding of vampires is that they sustain themselves by draining blood or energy from humans.
[He was trying to be vague but hey, if he has to be blunt he’s got no problem doing so.]

[colorature]

_{[Considering this is the first birthday she's truly had freedom to celebrate and have actual friends...or a party that isn't attended by just weird, creepy dudes...it's important!]}

Yes I drink human blood to survive, but I eat other things too. I'm not going to kill someone at my own birthday party, you know.

[colorature]

Ah, thank you! Atsushi and I managed to get a lot. We also got a few interesting things from that tavern in town as well so there's a lot to play with.

text, un: WrightLawyer4U

[objectionattorney]

I know I'm probably not the first one to say it but-- 175!?

Really?

[Wow!!]

[kikoku]

[Well that's understandable, then.]

Don't "you know," me, I obviously don't know. The only thing even remotely resembling a vampire that I'm familiar with was a man who'd make himself a zombie army by eating people's shadows.
[Which... it's not like the guy was a vampire, he just had a devil fruit ability. But it was the closest he could think of, as far as concrete examples.]

Assuming people are always well intentioned is a good way to get killed, is what I'm saying.

[colorature]

_{[Buddy this is a low sodium area. Take your salt elsewhere!]}

If I wanted to kill someone I could go do so right now. I don't need to have a birthday party to do something like that.

_{[She's not a schemer...far from it.]}

[colorature]

yeah!!
175 or a year or two older im not totally sure...
i dont look it huh
but its true!
im a vampire and immortal so ill always look this way

[kikoku]

[He's very salty for someone who physically cannot handle salt water.]

... Fine, I'll grant you that.
[Like... it's not a great argument as far as establishing her good intentions, but it's logicially valid and Law can respect that. He still wants info, though. Because he's a rude man who doesn't have any concern for a girl's feelings.]

You said you can eat food normally as well as drinking blood. Is that something that can be substituted entirely or do you need some amount of blood to survive?
[He's hoping it's the latter because then there's Scientific Questions that need to be asked about what's so special about blood that can't be obtained just by eating meat. Are vampires just super anemic by default and need large amounts of iron? Who knows.]

[colorature]

<sub>[Don't fall in the ocean...

Luckily for Law Diva doesn't mind asking questions or being grilled. She's practically used to this line of inquisition by now.]</sub>

It's an essential part of my diet. I guess you could say it's another food group for me.

_{[Human blood - the most important part of the new and improved food triangle. Apparently.]}

[kikoku]

[That's a hard task to set for a pirate captain, but Law's apparently managed.]

Interesting.
[Like, legitimately, that seems to take the irritated edge off of his voice.]

And does it have to be human blood, rather than an animal? Most mammals wouldn't have wildly different blood composition from humans.

[colorature]

If I want to remain healthy and strong it has to be human and besides, it tastes the best! I like other blood too though...although dragon blood is kind of spicy!

_{[Uh. Yeah. The more you know???]}

I'm sorry about this weird salty pirate doctor

[kikoku]

[Law wants to complain that there's no reason dragon blood would be spicy for a bunch of nerdy science reasons but it's not relevant so he just quashes that urge down like he does the vast majority of his feelings.]

So you're saying only consuming non-human blood would keep you alive but not at peak health.
[He's got so many theories, most of which could be tested if he could get some of Diva's blood, but that seems like a pretty big, intrusive ask even to him.]

I suppose there's some sort of component in human blood that your body doesn't produce, some sort of antigen if I had to guess. Though, if that were the case, it would be more effective and efficient to just inject into your bloodstream.

no its great i love it im laughing so hard

[colorature]

<sub>[Look buddy you do shots of dragon blood yourself and tell her different.

There's a bit of a stretch from her, following a yawn. Sorry she...kind of tuned out half way through what you were saying. She's spent so many years of her life being an experiment that the topic is snore inducing at this point.]</sub>

Mm...I don't know. If Amshel was here you could ask him. Maybe Solomon would know? I don't know. Either way, you wouldn't try to stop a cat from eating mice, would you? I'm a predator.

_{[Just. Shrug.]}

You're pretty interested in me, aren't you? My blood is pretty special - it has regenerative properties. I'm practically immortal. Neat, huh?