Theorie und Praxis

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Titel: First contact
Challenge: Theorie und Praxis
Fandom: Underworld | Fortsetzung von Theoretically speaking
Charaktere: Ellen Tadmor (Unbekannte Professorin aus dem letzten Teil) , Marek
Sprache: Englisch
Kommentar: der_jemand ist wiedermal an allem Schuld, nicht zuletzt am Namen der Professorin. Und sorry für das spammen?

“Marek, stop interrupting me. I think I just talked to a vampire.”

First contact

He had barely put the phone to his ear when his boss on the other side said: “Marek, I’m such an idiot.”
He slammed the centrifuge shut and let himself fall into one of the chairs. “Why?”
 “You know I had this talk this morning, ‘The biochemical components of vampire blood’?”
“Yeah, I remember.” He used the end of his pencil to push the start button of the centrifuge. It whirred into action.
“There was a guy later who congratulated me and – “
He spun on his chair. “Isn’t there always a guy?”
“Marek, stop interrupting me. I think I just talked to a vampire.”
He stopped spinning. “You’re kidding.”
“I’m really not.”
“What happened? Are you okay?” And as an afterthought: “Did you see his fangs? I mean, we still don’t know if they’re retractable -“ He grabbed a piece of paper from the printer.
“No, I didn’t see his fangs! He was just some guy, I didn’t think – god, I’m such a big idiot. He was even wearing the same stuff as the other guy, what was left of it anyway.”
“What, coat and everything?”
“Yes, but goths at university aren’t exactly a rare sight, especially in my talks, you know?”
He chewed on the pencil for a moment. “So how do you know he was a vampire anyway? Maybe he’s just one of those weird vampire fans wanting to mess with you.”
“Too old for that. And then when I was already halfway out the door, he said ‘You’re not as wrong as the others’. When I turned around, he was gone. I mean, that proves it, right? Am I going crazy?”
“Did you get his name? His address?” And a bit more quietly: “Do vampires have business cards?”
“No name, no address, no business card. I’ve got nothing.”
He sighed and spun around some more. “So, what do we do know, do we post a search ad or something? Do vampires have Internet? Do they read the paper? I mean, he knew about you from somewhere. Or do we wait until he contacts you again?” The sound of a honking car came over the line. “Wait, where are you?”
“On the way to the lab.”
He frowned. “Shouldn’t you be on a train? Didn’t you want to visit your mother?”
“My mother can wait, this is more important. She’s only going to whine why I haven’t found a man yet anyway.”
“Fair enough. - So, what did he want from you?”
“He wanted to know my opinion about my theories, about human-vampire coexistence, about whether I thought vampires were people. He seemed to like what I said.”
“So maybe they’re trying to make contact, and they picked you. You’re going to be famous!”
“But why me? The way things are standing they could get a visit with the president himself in no time.”
“Maybe they want someone who actually knows what they’re talking about?” That earned him a snorted laugh. “Or maybe this wasn’t supposed to be an official meeting, maybe vampires also have politics getting in the way?”
“Maybe. – I’m at the elevator, set up your notebook, we need to write down everything I remember.”
“Roger, boss.”
“And Marek? Stop slamming the centrifuge, or the next one comes out of your pay.” She hung up.
He sighed and mentally cancelled his evening plans.
 

Comments

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I like :)

Ich mag die Charaktere, und die Grundidee (auch wenn die vielleicht aus dem Fandom stammt?) - also die Überlegung, wie das wohl wirklich aussehen würde, wenn es Vampire geben würde; Wissenschaftliche Forschungsprojekte, Vampirfans und Parteien, die sich den Kampf gegen Vampire auf die Fahnen geschrieben haben etc.

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Dein Kommentar hat mich heute Morgen sehr glücklich gemacht. :D

Das hier ist eigentlich schon ziemlich weit vom Fandom entfernt, die Charaktere sind Originale, Nathaniel aus dem letzten Teil hat so 5 Minuten Screentime im ersten Film, und die Menschen entdecken zwar irgendwann die Existenz von Werwölfen und Vampiren, aber das läuft nicht so gut wie hier...ich will doch nur, dass sie alle glücklich werden! >_

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Ahhhh, das ist wundervoll. Ich mag Ellen. Und Marek. Und die ganze Idee mit der Forschung und der Politik. - Japp, da möchte ich mich vollständig meiner Vorkommentatorin anschließen, das ist ne tolle Idee (und eine, die ich viel interessanter finde als vieles anderes zu Vampiren...)! ...Mehr? ;)

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Aaah, er ist doch durchgekommen, yay! <3 Ich liebe die beiden auch und ich fürchte, ich hab hier jetzt so etwas wie eine Reihe begonnen, was hab ich getan??