do you believe in magic [cw: truthiness]

[wholeheaded]

Hey folks, Ambrose here. I know the other day Elphaba was asking after magic users to learn stuff from, but I was wondering... does anyone else want to learn magic? Who's willing to teach it? Maybe we should get together and do a big ol'... workshop? Exhibition? One of those things.

[ look he's been in the champagne a bit, it happens. ]

Basically everyone who is okay with teaching their particular stripe of magic can show what it's capable of, and anyone who wants to learn can shop around. We did this once a while ago, sorta, but I think it's time we do it again.

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[thornsofmalkav]

They are super bad news. And the weird-looking dude who lives under the library, Shaw, said they went and diablerized Saulot, like, centuries and centuries ago. Creepy fuckers. No wonder the Salubri went to the dark side if that's what happened to their founder.

[helborn]

... Okay what is diablerized and who is Saulot? Sorry to make you explain things, but...

[He's not a vampire what do all of these things mean.]

[thornsofmalkav]

Diablerie is pretty much the biggest sin for vampires. It's basically devouring another vampire's soul by sucking them dry until they crumble to dust. It's strictly forbidden.

[Goddamn it why is she telling people this?]

Saulot was the Salubri clan founder. All the clans have one. Most of them are presumed to be sleeping in some far off place where they'll wake when Caine comes back to kick our asses for being bad vampires.

[helborn]

I uh. I can see why.

... But wait what does Cain have to do with this?

[thornsofmalkav]

He was the first vampire. After he killed Abel and fucked off into the Land of Nod, he ran into Lilith, who taught him how to use crazy powers. Then the four archangels caught up to him, tried to make him go home, and when he told them to fuck off, they cursed him.

And that's how he became the first vampire.

[helborn]

... You know what, that makes about as much sense as anything else.

[Even if he's never seen any proof of that god at all... whatever.]