With that,the big rune in the middle that didn’t seem to be affected by my struggles pulsated with light.

Then I heard that voice again this time less amused and a bit more serious.”For those of you who remain.. Well there’s a rather more complicated event in store for you. You see your sires have presented you as trainees for one of many special divisions. Their requirements for entry and promotion are completely different,now as future core members of the country I bid you good day and good luck may you succeed in your future endeavors.”

The rune that was pulsating with light suddenly stabilized and started to grow brighter before suddenly turning dark.Then all of the runes stopped glowing and the restraints fell off as if they were locked and held by magic.

Falling to the ground I felt rather weak but alive. I heard footsteps and the smell of blood. The footsteps only got closer and while the paralyzing effect was wearing off increasingly fast I was only able to fully open my eyes and get to my knees before the steps arrived at the door,at which time it was opened an the smell of blood was almost overwhelming all my senses as a strangely familiar sight entered my vision.

“Heh up already? Must have a driving Innate.Figured you’d be thirsty,know I sure as fuck was.” It was… Jared? Holding a large flask in one of his hands the reek telling me it was blood.

Honestly I was hesitant to take it even when he walked over and held it out to me. But have you ever been thirsty? Not just thirsty but like a day or two without water thirsty? It’s overwhelming I was drinking almost before I realised it.It tasted good,You wouldn’t think it with it’s almost overpowering taste of metal but for some reason it was so good. I was shivering from the relief I felt after I drank some and the taste only got better as I continued,soon I was chugging it like a sailor does rum after sailing sober for a month. Jared just laughed as he watched. It was over soon though as the flash couldn't hold very much,but it was enough to wash away that weak feeling and get me back to feeling normal… whatever normal was now.

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I looked up towards jared even inside the ship he had that overcoat on. He held his hand out to pull me to my feet,I grabbed it,still out of breath from drinking without stopping for breath.When I go to my feet he gestured for me to walk with him as he started walking deeper into the ship. “I know you have a lot of questions so I figured I’d answer them for while we got to know each other we’ll be together for a long time after all.”He said”Yes we were vampires me and the captain, no the rest of the crew weren’t in on it, oh and vampire is the correct terminology for us not bloodsuckers disregarding the fact that we do sometimes suck blood.” He continued “No we’re not on Old Salty anymore,and you’ve been unconscious for three months. Any other questions?” He asked after overwhelming me with information. At this point we’d walked all the way down the hall and were descending into the depths of the ship. Now I had a very large amount of questions but I was overwhelmed so I stuttered a couple of times and then.”No good.” He cut me off and informed me that the conversation was over, and he intimidated me more than a little bit so I Wasn't about to ignore the hint and try to continue the conversation. By this point we were at a place I’d never even seen on a ship before. Where usually there was just the keel here there was a blood red crystal seemingly formed right in the middle being thinner where it touched the floor and “ceiling” and being thickest in the center we walked over to it well I say ‘we” but honestly I stopped for a bit then got pushed forward by Jared while I stared at it in shock. “This is called the {Ship Heart}, a nice piece of blood engineering and magic.It’ll keep the ship clean hide the fact that we’re vampires, repair the ship, propel it in the water… it basically replaces the need for a crew at all even fires the cannons.” Jared said with a proud smile on his face.”Oy give it some of your blood so it’ll recognize you it’ll explain the rest to you and answer any questions you have.” He gestured me to go up to it. I hesitated for a second but honestly he had no reason to lie or decieve me (HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE TELLING ME TO GO FORWARD) and I had nothing but safe feelings coming from the pulsating, blood red, crystal I was supposed to bleed on,so I generously compiled (After coming to the conclusion running away or trying to avoid doing so was pointless and suicidal) He handed me a dagger and I cut my palm and touched the crystal after which i felt .. connected to it and uh it SPOKE to me, in much the same way as the world did however .. It was fuckin scarry alright.