#//and also the withdrawals comparison is based on some dialogue from the og story that makes me feral

[troublewithvampires]

@bxtsence said: “So what exactly do you do for sustenance….? Do you drink human blood or…?”

Salvatore rolls his eyes and shoots Rowan a glare that has no real heat behind it. He taps his claws against the cool glass in his hand.

"I'm dead," he says flatly. "I can eat, but I don't gotta, because I'm dead." His shoulders tense up and he sighs, his eyes flicking down to look at the table in front of him. The surface is polished, ever so slightly, and he can see his hazy reflection against the wood. The sight makes him sneer.

Finally, he looks up. "Yes, I drink blood," he says. "I drink blood just like any other bloodsucker--it's just that I don't need it to live. I need it for energy, sure, but I ain't alive anymore, so I don't need food. I ain't gonna fuckin' starve if I can't get a meal."

As he speaks, Salvatore feels an uncomfortable twinge in his gut, long-gone hunger pangs of the past digging their teeth in as he remembers what it felt like. For nearly ten years, he'd rotted away in that basement, feeling every second of the starvation while never being granted the relief of death.

Abruptly, Salvatore rips himself out of those memories, bringing his glass to his lips and taking a long swig of his scotch. It burns going down his throat, but he hardly registers that anymore. Then, he slams it back down on the table, perhaps a tad too harshly.

"Point is," Salvatore drawls, feigning nonchalance as he turns his head back to look up at Rowan, "I drink blood, yeah. I ain't exactly special compared to the other bloodsucking leeches out there." Salvatore falls quiet after that, deciding he'd rather let the subject drop. A moment later, though, he supposes it's only fair if he asks a question in turn.

"And you?" he says, smiling wryly. "Know you've mentioned drinkin' blood before--is it the same for you? Or can you substitute somethin' else now and then?"

#❝ i'll talk your ear off‚ kid ❞ 「 answered 」 #❝ take it from old sally two shoes‚ kid ❞ 「 in character 」 #bxtsence #❝ here comes the debt collector ❞ 「 jojo verse 」 #starvation cw #//first time using that tag lol- anyway gonna try and tag mentions of sal going through that going forward #//especially very graphic descriptions #//no pressure to respond to this if this is is a bummer or anything haha!!! but yeah. sal doesn't *need* blood #//but if he goes without it for too long it's a fucking nightmare #//on the carrd i compare it more to like... withdrawals rather than starvation #//but the effect is the same: sal suffers if he goes too long without blood. it won't kill him but it sucks #//and also the withdrawals comparison is based on some dialogue from the og story that makes me feral #//sal: i used to sneer at junkies.... not anymore. i get it now.