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[sebastian_verlac]

In the spirit of getting to know you all better, tell me about your families and how you get along with them.

Not much to say about mine. I have an aunt back in Paris and a cousin who I'm currently visiting with.

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I literally have no characters without at least one dead parent I've realized.

[moonspell]

My mother passed away when I was younger. I currently live with my father in London during my work as a fairy doctor. He's a professor of geology. He and I are very close, though I was living back in Scotland until recently. I actually only set out because I was to visit him, then got a little sidetracked on the way..

Aww.

[sebastian_verlac]

You know about faeries?

I was just like "Oh I'm going to comment with- wait, no.. I can't.."

[moonspell]

Yes! I can see them and speak to them, actually, and am very knowledgeable in their culture.

[ She's better at it than she is with people in her time anyway.]

[sebastian_verlac]

And you heal them? But you're not one yourself.

[moonspell]

Oh- I'm not a medical doctor. Doctor as in expert in my field. But no, I'm not one myself.

[sebastian_verlac]

What about other Downworlders?

[moonspell]

"Downworlders"?

[sebastian_verlac]

You know of faeries. What of the vampires, warlocks and werewolves?

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[shadow_spread]

Your aunt brought you up?

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[sebastian_verlac]

Yes, although I'd rather hear about you than talk about myself.

[onlysanechimera]

As far as actual blood relatives go I mostly just had my grandfather. He passed away a few years ago.

[Where "passed away" is to be read as "turned into a vessel for one-seventh of a demon lord and had to be taken out".]

[sebastian_verlac]

I'm sorry.

But of course family can be more than those who you share blood with.

[onlysanechimera]

Mm. He had a very long life, and he was known for doing a lot of good work in it.

The closest thing I have to family besides him were a couple cohorts of his - teachers and close friends of mine. We parted ways around that time. I'm afraid I'm not a very gregarious person.

[sebastian_verlac]

Are you lonely?

[onlysanechimera]

Not especially. I do have a few other friends, never mind people I've met on the community. We don't see each other very often, but we all move around a lot.

[sebastian_verlac]

But it's nice to know they're there. Friends you can count on.

[onlysanechimera]

Exactly. And they don't have to be right here, all the time, for me to know that.

[sebastian_verlac]

That's a good attitude to have.

[trustmybase]

There's my mom, Wanda, who's pretty much completely reliant on everybody else. [Somehow, it sounds more matter of fact than angry.] My dad's been dead for a while.

What about you? What about your parents?

[sebastian_verlac]

They're both dead, I'm afraid. Hazard of being Shadowhunters.

[trustmybase]

A shadowhunter? Let me guess, some kind of supernatural thing?

[sebastian_verlac]

You could say that. We fight against... demons and Downworlders. That is, the vampires, werewolves, warlocks, faeries and other demonic beings.

[trustmybase]

Of course you do. No normal jobs around here, anymore.

Sounds exciting, though. Kind of scary but very "Buffy The Vampire Slayer."

[sebastian_verlac]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

[trustmybase]

Pop culture reference. Teenage girl, hunting vampires. Old show.