“Man
is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,
and he will tell you the truth.”
Scooby-Doo* #quote
When you pay the piper are there coupons? Anyway onto the flash
fiction!
Waterpires
Warren belonged to perhaps the lamest of supernatural creatures, the
waterpire. Sorcerers charting out the evolution of magical curses
traced his being's line to that of the vampire, but the waterpire was
far less intimidating. A creature cursed to wander the day and drink
only water for sustenance, milk and beer could sicken or evil kill a
waterpire. Moonlight burned the the waterpires and the creatures
could be killed by being hit by a cooked steak.
A waterpire passed Warren on his curse by pinching him, the way all
waterpires make more waterpires since they cannot breed with each
other or humans. This happened back in 1820 on one rainy England
afternoon and he's lived up to the current digital age. He went from
wearing fashionable English clothes to wearing the cheapest things he
could buy.
The creatures of the night mocked him at the times they met when
twilight struck. But when the modern day came Warren decided to walk
up to Dracula and some other vampire royalty while holding some
bottled water and a cellphone. He hung it up in front of Dracula and
smiled, this century gave the waterpire the comforts he needed for
constant, clean water and a beautiful life in the day.
“Oh, Dracula I was talking to my girlfriend. See, we waterpires
can have those when we don't have to feed on people while running
from a bunch of secret societies of monster hunters. Have fun with
the next guy who tries to kill you.” Warren walked off, knowing
very well that Dracula, despite all of his incredible powers, didn't
have any cooked steak on him so he couldn't kill him. Dracula could
beat him up, but then Dracula would be just showing the other vampire
royalty how right he was. Warren loved the modern era.
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