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Eischer will not remain a confused vampire for much longer. My intent with starting this storyline was to grow his character over time, gradually, to take him from his ‘birth’ to a point where he becomes powerful and truly a vampire. I have invented many of his beliefs and viewpoints specifically to tear them down, one by one, until most of the original Eischer is gone and the vampire is all that remains. Well, except for one or two core personality traits to give him the pathos that any vampire needs to be interesting. In this regard, his relationship with Chrys should evolve and grow. I don’t know what you think, Chrys, but I hope that we can evolve these characters as a team … a very dangerous team of equals. At some point Eischer has to break through and become lethally dangerous and driven. This was my original intent, and I think we are moving in the right direction.

At this point in the story Eischer is only a week or so into his nightmare. Something in his core has to break out and kill off more of his humanity. Where we are going now in the story will allow that, I think. And the issues that Chrys is still dealing with after 400 years adds an interesting layer that both intrigues and disturbs Eischer and gives her a haunted, complicated nature. He wants to help her and doesn’t think that it is possible.

I know you brought the child into the story and I have not yet been able to work out what you plan to do with her, but I think it adds to the bonding aspect of their relationship and promises to complicate there lives as vampires. I mean, will she be a vampire? Will she be normal and one of her parents turn her? As long as we don't go down goof-ball lane, this could be damned interesting.

So what do you think? I’m wondering if at some point we should flash forward into the future. If you recall, the original storyline opened with Eischer talking as though he was relaying the past, some 20 years hence (I think). While the story had Eischer as the central figure I think now the relationship between he and Chrys as grown so powerful that I’d find any change in that unfortunate. Well, at least I’d prefer not to damage it. Again, what do you think? Do you have a plot direction in mind?

I’ll add a few more ideas after you have had a chance to post.

By the way, this has been excellent fun up to this point. You are a gas to collaborate with.

Honestly, I am not quite sure what I am going to do with the whole child thing. I might just end up having someone attempt to kill Chrys, but instead they kill the child. That might give Eischer the incentive he needs in order to make that transformation into having a true vampiric nature. With Chrys herself, I'm definately going to break her out of that melencoly mood of hers and drop her past, make her realize that she needs to let the dreams and her old life go. But we might just have to write and see what happens. :wink:

By the way, you, yourself, have also been a pleasure confering with in a storyline.

Thanks, Chrys! I hope we continue meeting like this for a long time to come.

Thanks for the comments. I'm got a few more thoughts but I'm out of time at the moment. I'll post more later.