| Viral Vampires:
This is the category where I have had the most expirience. "Viral" vampires are
the ones that seem to have the most reason to call themselves vampires. This
"virus" is what causes the change to take place. It is passed on through blood,
sexual secretions, and occasionally saliva. Transmission is usually deliberate and
ritualistic. It is unknown if this is an actual virus or if the effects are psychosomatic
based on the archetype of the American Vampire. Nonetheless, the effects and changes
associated with this type of vampirism are real. The process of change is the traditional
xchange of body fluids in a ritual setting. The fledgling commonly expiriences a
near-death-experience at some point, sometimes seemingly unrelated to the change into a
vampire. Effects of the change include photosensitivity, increased night vision, anemia,
dual-personality (one normal personality and another that takes over when the vampire
looses it's temper), a blood fetish, a craving for rare red meat, and if
the person had any psychic ability, this is increased. Most vampires describe the
sensation as like that of being on LSD during a mild trip. From the descriptions, it seems
to me to be more akin to the effects of thojune, the halucigen in Absinthe. Either way,
the sensuality of a vampire is appearant. Some vampires notice a change in muscle
movement. It is more direct, smooth, rapid, and efficient. Most vampires of this variety
notice a slowed aging process. I have not met any one older than mid-sixties, so longevity
is debatable. The one in her mid-sixties I met looked like a sickly mid twenties. Her lack
of signs of aging was remarkable, but it remains to be seen how long these vampires live.
The oldest one I've heard of anyone actually meeting was in his nineties. He is rumored to
have looked not a day over 60.
Psychic Vampires:
These are people who, for whatever reason, derive nourishment from"feeding" from
the "life energy" of people around them. This form of vampirism falls into the
category more of meta-physics and the occult than mainstream science. It seems psy-vamps
have the ability to draw out the "chi," "manna," or plain energy of
their victims. They do not seem to have the craving for blood found in most other forms of
vampirism. In
advanced cases, the vampire can choose from which victim to draw and even which types of
energy to take. In less developed cases, the psy-vamp might not even know about this
condition. Other people around him or her might feel "drained" from
the person's presence, and hence the vampire will usually have trouble keeping friends. A
good psychic can usually tell if a person is a psy-vamp. There is no known cure, but a
psychic vampire can learn to control his/her feeding habits.
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