Take it All (Vampire

And now for something completely different.

Take it all

Fandom: VtM (Columbus in Darkness)

Characters: Spyke Theresa Miller

Genre: personal horror

Warnings: Oh god it’s Theresa (Transphobic slurs and death threats)  

Bold motherfucker
Don't you limit your mind
Can't you see that the message
Have fallen behind
All the hate in your heart
Will be leaving you blind!

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The Coyote was in a foul mood. Spyke could feel It writhe as she woke from her new home in Delaware. It was hungry for something, something violent. Spyke shoved It deep inside of her for now, ignoring Its cries of hunger and madness. Spyke was also in a bad mood after finding out that A) Theresa Miller was back in Columbus and B) That she wrote her lover an audio letter. Which she listened too while she was at William’s while he worked. It made The Coyote growl and thirst. It wanted to tear that woman or…that she-male to shreds, all because she dared to drag William into her delusions. She was gonna give her a warning, a sharp one to stay away from her lover. Lest, the fangs brace her neck, hopefully the dumb tranny would catch the message.

Theresa didn’t know why she was back in Columbus, but as the campus night life lit up the streets and the hustle of the students weave around her, she found it so natural to move among them as she headed towards the Blood and Whiskey tavern. William was serving the typical fair of budlight, miller and sarcasm. Without missing a beat, she waved gleefully at the wild eyed Gangrel. William stopped cold in his tracks as he made eye contact. He didn’t say a word to her, but a look of shock and frustration fell on his face before he made a gesture to his patrons that he was gonna be out back. Theresa stood confused as William left without saying even a cheerful ‘how do you do’. Rude. Theresa rationalized that he had to deal with other matters as she found a spot at the bar. Golconda was something that she was lucky to have achieved and while she pity for the lost souls that struggled under the shadow of most deprived. She felt lofted, and untouchable. Fear? She had none as she sipped a Dr. Pepper coolly watching various patrons sift in and out. She however felt a pair of eye on her neck. Not having Auspex she couldn’t tell who was behind her but as she got up to call her sister in the alley, she knew she was being followed. She turned around to look at a pair of gleaming hungry eyes. Spyke.

“Oh ah! You scared me Spyke, I didn’t know you came down here…fancy find you here of all places?” she said trying to be friendly, but she could feel it snarl and seethe in Spyke. The Beast was awake and alive and hungry. Suddenly the feeling of enlightenment she had before was drowned out by the horror darkness. It occurred to her now that none of her physical disciplines could protect her and Spyke could slaughter her left and right. William should be back right? He can tell her to bug off….right? She took a step back. She was for the first time…tongued tied. Her eyes widen when Spyke showed her the audio tape. How did she get it!?

“That-That was for William how did you-“

“Shut it” interrupted Spyke in her low drawl. Her tail twitched as it was tucked in her jeans, she crossed the gap between them and flashed a predator’s grin. “I heard that shit you sent to William, found few months ago. You’re a piece of work. You think you can smooze your she-male ass on my man. Fuck you.” She gaped at Spyke as she felt a wave of death from her. The walking corpse looked at Theresa the same way her coyotes looked at roadkill. She was hungry and desperate, and Theresa walked right into her trap.

“Your man? You and William are….wait when did-“ She jumbled her words together shocked that William and Spyke were a couple, this had to be some sort of evil mind control. William…wouldn’t love something as feral as the coyote girl. She jerked her head in time to see William walk out, hazel eyes tired and drawn.

“Spyke let her go. This isn’t your problem.” He said his voice serious but tired.

“Oh thank Jesus you’re here, I don’t understand what is going on. What is this about you-“ he cut her off.

“Theresa get out of here. You shouldn’t be here at all, I don’t even know why you are in Columbus especially with the Cam lurkin’ in every shadow.”

“I just wanted to tie up some loose ends.” She tried to explain, but she didn’t even see Spyke grabbing her neck and thrusting her against the brick. She scrambled to get free, but Spyke chuckled. “Guess that Golconda shit makes you weak and flimsy-like. William go back inside take care of your guests, I’ll take out the trash for you love.” William sighed loudly as she turned and leave despite Theresa’s cries for him to stay. The horror dawned on her that William wasn’t as kind as she though he was. Not as forgiving.

“Right so now that you’re human and shit. I guess I can kill you outright can I? Well alright then, don’t be too sore Terry, better by my claws than Prince Narbe’s” She didn’t have time to respond to that statement and everything went black. She didn’t even have time to piss herself.

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“Don’t worry I cleaned up the mess, got Jet eatin’ her corpse.” Spyke said smoothly as she played with the shot glasses an hour later. William said nothing but gave her a look. “I shouldn’t have to that but Keeper’s orders.” Spyke laughed. “Yeah Bastion told us to…tie up some loose ends.” She cackled at that not before William shivering. “Ugh I had no idea she was actually a man.” Spyke clapped a hand on his shoulder and whispered.

“Dun worry love, I am all woman…” she said leading him into the back room.

Somewhere in a ditch, Theresa was being eaten by coyotes and all manners of wildlife. Somewhere….she could hear the devil laughing. Or was it…Coyote himself.

End.

Drakkhani anger displays

Xenoanthropologists have been recording several basic behaviors that are considered anger displays. Gestures that denote aggression, dominance or fear and are separate from the language of Drakk. These are all subconscious reactions that drakkhani do unaware. Much like how humans cross their arms or frown when angry. Many of these behaviors are unique to drakkhani and often hard to recognized by humans as signs of anger or fear.

Annoyance
Drakkhani can show annoyance very typical manners that humans display. Eye rolling is one of them as well as scoffing. However drakkhani have a few behaviors that are a bit different.

Eyelid flicking
If a drakkhani flicks their third eyelid, it usually means irritation or frustration. It's like a human blinking in surprise. It's often means "What? What? Huh?". Some scientists think it's like their version of eyerolling since that behavior was thought to be adopted by anthromophication.

Tail slapping
A drakkhani tapping their tail is another annoyance gesture. Like a human tapping their food. It also means impatience.

Snorting without steam
It's their way of sighing. A snort comes off as annoyed or irritated. Some biologist think it's also their way of also cleaning out mucus that can tar up their breathing passages. Congestion can be dangerous.

Horn shaking
A gesture signifying frustration and agitation. It's also a start of a threatening behavior.

Anger
Drakkhani have a library of gestures for anger and dominance. Here are a few.

Flashing of fangs
A quick smile is a dangerous and imposing. "Don't mess with me, I am in a FOUL mood" it says. A slow grin is less dangerous, though drakkhani show happiness with chittering and close mouth smiles. If a drakkhani flashes his fangs he giving someone a warning. This is commonly following horn shaking

Low hissing follow by snorting with steam\
Drakkhani snorting with steam is another anger gesture. Signalling that yes, I can breath fire. Hissing follows most of the time. Rarely would drakkhani growl oddly enough.

Clicking the back teeth quickly
"Back off! Go away" it's another warning behavior. It's often relayed with other fear behaviors than anger.

Flaring of wings
"FUCK OFF NOW!" It also says "LOOK HOW BIG I AM DON'T FUCK WITH ME" if a drakkhani flares his wings after several warning gestures. It's a bad sign. He will often breath fire or charge.

However, during the mating season, it also says. "Look how hot and sexy I am, I am big and strong, will you be my mate?" It's been concluded as dominance gesture.

Rage or Wrath
These behavior show and enraged drakkhani. Most of these have been observed and relayed by a distance.

Flame bursts
"YOU'RE DEAD" A drakkhani breathing short tongues of flame is an aggression warning. Next you'll be barbecued. Breathing it upwards however is something else 'THIS PLACE IS MINE SEE! I CLAIM IT."

Roaring
A challenge of war, often following fire bursts and before charging.

Flapping wings
This is actually a fear gesture, but drakkhani make this gesture when they know they are losing a fight.

Exposing one's phallus or clitoris
Scientists have been arguing about this for years. They have concluded from interviews and observation that the exposure of genitals is not sexual, one out dominance. Turns out that drakkhani when release a scent that is very overwhelming and musky when exposing the phallus or vulva. This often turns drakkhani way and makes then stand down. It's a warning and act of dominance.

Fear and Submission

Bowing head exposing the neck
"Ok I give up" it's defeat and relenting.

All fours head down
Same meaning stronger intensity "I am REALLY sorry"

Scratching with the feet
This is a fear gesture. It's says "NO! Leave me alone"

Curling wings around oneself
Hatchings do this behavior the most. It's a protective one. One that is replaced later by flaring.

Flying away
This is pretty obvious as a fear gesture when in combat.

More on Drakk (nouns and gender)

Because language among the drakkhani is fluid and moving. Speaking Drakk is full body experience. One that can only be truly spoken with ear wiggles and clicking and growling. Here are a few nouns and some language rules.

Masculine and Feminine nouns

Drakk has very fluid gender in their language. A simple click or bah-to changes the gender of the noun. Most nouns however are neuter and lack a gender. Only nouns denoting a social class or a person have genders. Drakk has three distinct.

Word word genders
Male (Bj)
Female(Ka)
None (Ju)

Words with those sounds within them often denote the gender of the word. The only word that doesn't need that is "person" Jji. Jji is a fluid word that attached to another word or bah-to can mean any gender (eiojji) means "woman" or "egg layer" jjikati mean means "little sister". Jjibja means "little brother". Here is sentence example using jji

Example: English The clan has many women.
Drakk *short whistle* T'a dia pdd hu eio*click*jji*nod*
phonetically TAH DEEUH PITH EEYO CHI.

Bah-to in the start of the sentence is more like punctuation. It denotes the start of a sentence, the nod at the ends it. The word for person is "Drakhjji" DraKAHchi which then became "Drakkhani. The double K was the result of human influence and it has stayed. It roughly translates into Dragon People. Sometimes the word Drakh,refers to mountains than drakkhani. Which makes sense since the word for human and elf are refer to places. Human means "Plains people" Juajji elf means "Forest people" Silvjji. Later the word elf became "Silvi" a shorten version of the full drakk word. Now Jji is what drakkani use to denote a person. I or self is jj.

In regards to words that denote gender like mother or father they change from the "Bj" and "Ka" sounds. For instance the words Babitah means father. Replace "babi" with "maji" and you would have Majitah. Shorten both words babi and maji you have the diminutives, "daddy" and "mommy".

Here are few sentence to showcase each gender.

examplesEnglish: She broke her new spear.
Drakk *short whistle* nusuu ka trai srukka*teeth clack* *nod* (NU-soo KAH TRAH ser-RUK-kah)
Once again the bah-to at the end and beginning punctuates. The bah-to at sruk makes the "spear" instead of staff since they are the same word without the bah-to.

English He broke his new spear.
Drakk *short whistle* nusuu bj trai srukbj*teeth clack* *nod* (NU-soo BIJ TRAH se-RUK-bij)
The noun "spear" has the sounds "bj" and "ka" added to it, to show gender. Ka and Bj are also used as pronouns.

Here is a sentence that used the Ju or jj sound.
English They have many spears.
Drakk *short whistle* jj'te pdd*hiss* hu srukju*teeth clack**nod* (CHI-teh PITH HU ser-RUK-woo)

To denote a collective noun in a group jj is paired with 'te to show a collective ('te can also show other collective words like "us" "them" and "you plural") using a netural gender is common for sentences that show groups of people.

pronouns

I jj CHUH
You yr ER
We nna NAH
Them naa'te NAH-TEH
US yaa YAH
You All yr'te ER-TEH
They jj'te CHUH-TEH


Will continue how bah-to denotes and changes verbs later