Serious work indeed. Well done! And I sense more to come.

ROFL! Never say that! It’s a curse!

V.

this thing called work. is it what we do to get things, or is it what we do for someone else?
somehow i am never sure if its both or neither or something else entirely.
as a cat i look for what i can find in the city to play with, to see the different colored lights on and off that i can change their sequence with the switches and knobs.
i don't like to stay in the city, its just a place i go to get things?
i don't know to call that work, and no, i don't take something if someone else is using it.
home is the forest where the food is.
the crumbling ruins are where the shiny bits to make things with are found.

I so agree Nax... home will always be the forest...

V.

D'awww!

*smiles very big...

V.

Luca discovers who he really is.

Bunners

In this case, 'she', and yes... it is always amazing when you figure out who you are...

V.

Richard Prior on vampires:
"You wanna suck what? You best suck your ass on out'ta here."

Bunners

*laughs!

V.

Comedian Frankie Boyle on vampires:

"I will suck you dry!"
"Oh yeah? What about your cheeky sister?"

If she develops a burning desire for stretch fabric...

Does that make her a Lycra-nthrope?

ooooooooo so very bad and I love it...

V.

"But beware the frailty of men. Their wills are weak, minds young."

"The foul beasts will dangle nectar and lure the meek into the depths."

"Remain wary of the frailty of men..." ~ Vicar Amelia (werewolf), bloodborne.

The difference between a Helix and a Vixxy story is the Vixxy story will have a divergent point where things tend to get better, lighter, or happier and that which seems is not what it seems. A Helix story very much the extreme Spoopiness is extreme spoopiness. To quote another Mr. H. Helix is lazy.

I really enjoyed this story. Got my mind wanring in Helix fashion in Helix spoopiness. Love your divergence as always. Mind filled with terrible jokes and werewolf quotes from over the years. If you have not read it I think you would enjoy Mike Mignola's the wolves of Autumn.

spoopiness? hmmmmm.... spoopiness?... hummmmmmm....

*breaks out laughing... I love that word! and darned if it isn't really a word!

What to Know

Spoopy is amusing internet slang describing cute, comical, or silly versions of typically spooky subject matter such as ghosts and skeletons. Cute dog in a sheet-ghost costume? That’s spoopy!

Thanks for that Helix...

V.

Well done!

well thank you so very much...

*whispers... woke police are sleeping... bwahahahahahaha...

V.

Pfft. I noted that the Wolfs basically lurk around the lower classes in the city. Makes one wonder who might be hiding some "unholy taint."

Well, I must say... this highlights a fundamental difference between you and I. You can look at such an image and pull a spoopy (thanks Helix!) piece like this out of it.

Me, I linger on horror and fear. Visually, I have no frame of reference so I immediately go to a 'bad dangerous death-on-a-cracker' mindset.

Which illustrates why I love your work. You make the terrifying things go spoopy. And that's just awesome.

*hugs*

Oh you made me laugh Wire... I showed the image to Gloria and then had to explain spoopy to her, and then read her your response. I'm feeling all happy now, so thank you.

*continues chuckling and muttering 'spoopy' for several minutes...

V.

Oh WOW. That was a wonderful read I fully enjoyed reading... I have been slowly working on a story about werewolves and they are not being how they are portrayed. If we look back at church history and it's actions would they not do the same to werewolves? Face it we have proof of their crimes against the human race...

Having handled wolves and enjoyed interacting with the pack would werewolves not interact much the same with people around them?

Oh yes... Wolfs have pack rules, the same as people. I think that's why we adopted each other the way we have. I also came across the Wulver, which is a peaceful werewolf in Scotland and Shetland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulver

I've had many Wolven friends...

V.

It is my opinion that folklore has some bases of truth to them at some point.

I totally agree...

V.

Y'know, normally I'm pretty good at recognising a Vixyy story from the style alone, but I wouldn't have picked this one out as one of yours if I'd been handed it 'blind'. It's a marked shift towards a more serious and sombre mood, and I absolutely love it!

Werewolves really are such a rich seam for storytelling, and one that is very far from being mined out. This evocative, heartfelt piece is proof of it.

now... well... darned, what can I say? I'm stumped. Thank you so very much, but I think through your words, I will thank the characters, who made this story so possible...

on their behalf, thank you...

V.

I started this thinking it was going to a horror but got a wholesome ending.
A very wonderful story V.

thank you so very much HAAS... made me smile...

V.

This one definitely gave the impression that you ventured outside your comfort zone. Especially with the in-story genre shift what at first appeared to be post-apocalyptic horror and ended up as something quite heartwarming.

You handled both sides extremely well, Vixyy.

*smiles so very big... thank you... now take a look at Anhedral's story... I really enjoyed that one...

V.

I'll certainly give it a look.

*Smiles* Once I get off work tomorrow, I think I'll upload which you may very well like.

most excellent...

V.

That was a really enjoyable story. I love the wholesome turn it took at the end and overall it was just such a captivating story.

*smiles so very big... thank you Rando...

V.