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No Longer Working
At last I no longer have to work with humans. I celebrated by throwing a party and we partied on through the night.
I would have been unable to do this while I worked at the prison, as I would have had to get up for work the next morning.
My human colleagues also threw me a party, but they called it a leaving do. Theirs was shorter, but they were as glad to see me leave as I am glad to leave.
The change of post has come about because The Ruler has seen fit to reward my efforts for helping to catch the Human Killer by making my post on The Committee full time and paid.
Now I have a post where I am able to sleep in the day and work at night.
My servant Jane was happy at the news, as she no longer has to tiptoe around me trying not to wake me while doing her job.
The Committee meets in the evening to fit in with Werewolf, New Vampire and Human schedules, as this is the only time when all are awake. This is the equivalent of a Breakfast meeting for we non-humans.
Unfortunately he is also rewarding Michelle with my old job in the prison.
She is the former human-killer who provided the information that helped us catch Michael, the latest human-killer.
I am uneasy at human-killers being at large. Not because they kill humans, but because they are breakers of Old Vampire law.
I do see the need to reward her and show the other few human-killers out there the benefits of co-operation, but there must be some other way.
However, not to be working with humans will raise my Status further and I have already been invited to some parties that I would not have been invited to were I working with humans.
Glossary
Bonded Wedding Old Vampire marriage for political reasons
Common Status the point at where an Old Vampire becomes a real Vampire
Debutante Vampires before Dracula came out, vampires who had been newly turned vampire were taught the rules of society. They then “came out” when they were deemed presentable to vampire society as debutantes. They are the only Old Vampires who have a zero level of Status and are acceptable.
The Committee see The Committee to Regulate Non-Human Activity
The Committee to Regulate Non-Human Activity a committee that meets monthly and talks about affairs to do with werewolves, vampires and humans
Fence an Old Vampire fight in which they fight to the first blood using fencing
The Hunters see Vampire Hunters
Negatives Old Vampires with zero or negative points of Status.
New Vampires vampires who do not want to be Old Vampires, often live as Goths and hold down jobs. This started after Dracula came out.
Notice the Status Keeper serves a Notice on an Old Vampire whose Status has reduced to zero that they are in danger of becoming a Negative
Obligation when one vampire is under an obligation from another s/he has to do as they say
Old Vampires vampires who are polite society. Either turned vampire before Dracula came out or were turned after by an Old Vampire and decided to join the Old Vampires.
Parent the vampire who brought you up (if you are an Old Vampire) in polite society
The Ruler’s Men people employed by The Ruler to do anything she or he asks
Shun a vampire who has committed a sex crime is shunned on their release
Sire the vampire who made you a vampire
Status a ranking system which denotes whether you are an acceptable member of Old Vampire society, which is if you have plus points of status. See Negatives and Thousands
Status Keeper the Old Vampire in charge of the Status points
Thousands Old Vampires whose Status is over a hundred points
Vampire Hunters New vampires who hunt down those vampires who have committed crimes
Vampire Servants servants who are vampires themselves. Mostly Old Vampires, one of their functions is to repeat information and gossip to the Old Vampires they serve
Walk into the sun a euphemism for suicide
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