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[frogfear]

[Normally, she would say this should be a full on face to face house meeting, but Willow is stressed and upset, and throwing herself headlong into researching vampirism in Trench, and she'd rather not see anyone just now.]

I found out what Ozpin's been keeping from us all. He's been drinking blood. He's a vampire. That's why he's been acting so weird. It's a thing that happens a lot in my world too.

I'm trying to find a solution, but we should all be extra careful. He can't get back in the house for now, so everyone should be safe. Just, if you see him hanging around, don't invite him back in right now. Not until we figure this out.

[bolstafir]

[Qrow's reaction to this can sort of be summed up as this:

He's kind of annoyed at Ozpin for not just saying something if he was having a problem, and instead letting anxieties fly around like Ange wondering why he was staring at her. If that was the substance of post entirely, that's what he would focus on. Now that the war's all over, he'd have hoped Oz wouldn't go back to keeping secrets the moment something uncomfortable was happening to him. But there's frustration with that, and then there's throwing him out of his own house, and Qrow is. A little disgruntled?]

you know he'd never hurt anyone in this house
throwing him out doesn't help anything

[frogfear]

[It takes her a bit to come back to this. Qrow's upset, of course he is. It's understandable. She certainly didn't want to kick Ozpin out, even if she knows her reasoning is sound.]

I know Ozpin wouldn't want any of us to get hurt, and I know he'd have a really hard if one of us got hurt because of something he did when he wasn't thinking straight.

It's just temporary until we figure this out. All I'm asking is for a little time to get this figured out.

[bolstafir]

[This is entirely the wrong tack to take with Qrow, who unfortunately has a lot of baggage in the Dangerous Powers department, which is how he's seeing this whole situation.]

are you serious?
we're a house full of huntsmen and witches, and you turned him out onto the street full of defenseless trenchies without anyplace safe to hide from himself or anyone that could restrain him, "for his own good"
don't bullshit me, you did it for yourself
because he's "dangerous", right?
so now that you're scared of him, you want him gone

[Congratulations to Qrow Branwen, the gold medalist of the Projection Olympics.]

[frogfear]

[This is also not... exactly the correct tack to take with Willow, who has seen a lot of vampires at home and knows all too well the kind of havoc they can cause.

She's somewhere between hurt and angry at the accusation, and the defensiveness behind it, and she doesn't really get where he's coming from - this is pretty much Sunnydale standard.

Two friends, just forever making things harder on each other.]

This is ridiculous. I do NOT want Ozpin gone. I want to make sure all of us stay safe, and he doesn't end up doing something he's going to really, really regret.

[forwantofahorse]

[Sayo stares at her omni for a few moments, jaw hanging open like someone applied too much oil to its hinges.

On the one hand, it's a relief that he wasn't thinking unsavory thoughts about Ange. On the other, fucking vampires???]

I don't see why it's a problem. As long as we all take turns giving him blood, there should be no issue, right?

[Sayo absolutely wants to let him back into the house so she can examine an actual, factual vampire in person but she will never, ever admit that.]

[frogfear]

[What the - No. This was absolutely not what she expected at all. Her suspicion is that's just going to make the situation suddenly, and exponentially worse.]

No one should be giving him blood. You don't feed a vampire human blood - well, Sleeper is more accurate here, I guess. That's just going to make it worse.

[forwantofahorse]

I was under the impression that vampires needed blood to survive. I don't want Ozpin-san to starve, and it'd be unethical to just turn him loose on the streets!

[frogfear]

No one's going to starve. We'll just have to look into alternatives, if this ends up being something permanent.

[justoscar]

[There was a great deal he could say, but he'll keep it simple.]

If he's not invited back into his own Home, where is he going to go? If we can't help him when he's at a bad point, then where do we draw the line?

This doesn't make anything better, just harder.

Also, you Are Aware that we share our Souls, right?

[frogfear]

I hope you don't think I did this easily or lightly, Oscar.

I've dealt with vampires before. They were pretty common in my world. I've lost friends and former classmates to them, and I've come really close to being bit too. And worse.

You two share a soul, but he kept you in the dark too. Did you know he bit Ford?

1/2

[justoscar]

Willow.

I believe the term that best fits Mr. Ford is 'Monsterfucker'.

2/2

[justoscar]

[ He's aware of the implications of what he just said, so he lets that hang for a moment before continuing. ]

I didn't, honestly. But, we relish the little privacy that this world has granted us, because Remnant will never allow us that kind of thing.

But, you can't just immediately make a judgement because he's showing vampire traits. What if the vampires are different?

Will you try to bind him indefinitely?

[...Yes, someone just found out about Maul. Oscar blames himself for being late on the uptake and, while he understand the reasons, he found he didn't agree with it.

He's seen how quickly power corrupts.

The last thing they needed was Willow becoming a little like Ironwood.]

[frogfear]

[Things Willow did not care to know about her good friend Standford Pines. Thanks, Oscar. She's going to pretend she didn't see that.]

He's feeding on Sleepers and staring at some of our housemates to the point where he's making them nervous. That's not going to lead anywhere good unless we figure this thing out.

I'm still looking into it, but there's similarities between vampires at home and what's happening to Ozpin here in Trench. The spell I cast only stops him from coming back in the house until he's invited back in - it's no different than locking a door behind someone when they leave and not giving them a key. And it's just temporary, until we can find an actual solution.

[entreats]

[ Yes, Ange sees the Drama going on here.

But she is not the type to argue when there is a more productive solution to be had. No need for any of this drama or kicking out stuff when they can just figure out what's up and how to deal with it. So rather than arguing about this and that, she just sends: ]

I'll look through the books at the archives. Send me a list later of the ones you've already checked. [ Because she doesn't doubt that Willow has already been looking for a solution to the problem - if not more information about vampirism in this place - there. ]

[frogfear]

[This is a profound relief from the chaos and more in line with Willow's typical methodology. A thing has happened, let's hit the books and work out how to fix it.]

Thanks, Ange. I'll get a list over to you as soon as I can. If you want to hit up the Archives, I'll check out a few other sources and see what I can find, and I'll meet you there later. It's Ozpin. We've got to figure this out.

[entreats]

Sure. I spend enough time there anyway, I might as well change my research track a little towards something more specific this time around.

[ Especially since it's exactly like Willow says. It's about one of the people from their house. And knowing that this place seems to love escalating things, it's for the better to nip it in the bud before things can get even worse. ]

Besides, it's kind of looking like we're going to have chaos here until this is fixed. [ JUDGING BY THESE OTHER REPLIES.. ] I'd rather not have to deal with that for too long.

[frogfear]

Yeah, trust me, I won't be far behind you. I want to get this figured out as soon as possible too.

[psychopepsquad]

[She doesn't feel she has much of a say in who stays or goes. She was only brought in recently and barely knew her housemates. Oz had been kind to her, but vampires...it was a different set of rules back in Sunnydale. Willow was sticking to her convictions and not quite at bullied level, so there was no burst of anger from Tara.

Just general confusion at what to make of it all.]

Are vampires different in the Trench?

[frogfear]

I don't know yet. I'm working on it, it seems like there's some similarities, though. It seemed like a good idea to take some extra precautions in the meantime.

[psychopepsquad]

Where are you? I could come help research? Two of us might find things a bit easier than one.

[frogfear]

I'm at home for now - Going to touch base with someone and hit up the Archives with Ange. We definitely need all hands on deck on this one.

[onekindsoul]

Did you change the locks? Can I get back in?

[frogfear]

Your key still works, Ruby, I promise.

[onekindsoul]

Oh phew! People have said my fashion sense is kind of like a vampires.

I just didn't want to get caught in the crossfire.