I'm not a vampire in SL, or vamp for short. But my SL wife/submissive/girlfriend/mine is. She is not an active vamp though. Long ago she paid a bunch of money so that she didn't have to drink another avi's blood to stay alive. The database they call Bloodlines keeps track of who has the most "souls" and if the vamp requires blood, and if they are about to 'die' from lack of it. I'm a blood doll which means I'm human and vamps can bite me for blood if they need it. I can purchase apples to eat to replenish my blood supply or "humanity". In the clan cat and I belong to, Champions Of Death, I'm considered a blood stud, which is a more playful way of denoting us male members as blood dolls.
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| Olu and Raoul 'turning' Valerie |
A notice was posted the other day to come to a "turning" ceremony. That's where a human (or in this case some kind of demon/animal hybrid) has all their blood sucked from them in order to become a living dead vampire. Champions of Death has a pyramid with a ceremonial altar in it for this purpose. I was invited to attend. Because I have never witnessed anything like this in SL, I was eager to go.
The turning chamber had plenty of seating for members of the clan. I took a seat not knowing what to expect. Oluthus began the ceremony by laying Valerie out on the altar. She was bound by her wrists and ankles to keep her from squirming too much as the life was sucked out of her. Olu made a short speech then sank his fangs into Valerie's soft neck. Raoul took to the artery in her thigh and both vamps gorged themselves on her blood.
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| Olu and Raoul sucking the life out of Valerie |
This took a surprisingly long time to do! In the end, Olu used a type of spike to pierce her heart and suck the blood out of her more efficiently. It was grizzly but fascinating at the same time. After all the blood was sucked out of her, Valerie was allowed to drink the blood of the clan's blood studs so I got up and volunteered. Olu immediately informed me that a good blood stud does not wear a shirt, so he tore mine off. I'll have to remember this in the future as shirts are not cheap!
Valerie bit me a couple of times and sucked out about 8% of my humanity. I would have let her have more had I known it was going to be such a small amount. I assume I'll only be needing 2 apples to replenish myself one of these days when I get the time.
She was then placed back up upon the altar as she transformed into a vampire, having drank of human blood and also vampire blood. She levitated as she turned and was enveloped in a dark cloud. And that was it! She was now immortal and one of the walking dead. Congratulations Valerie!
