CountDracula

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "Let me give you an example," the father said. "At the beginning, there's only one kind of bacteria. The bacteria of this kind replicate constantly, but those replications don't always work well: A part of the 'baby bacterium's' DNA is different from its parents' DNA. This difference gives the baby bacterium an advantage over its parents, let's say in getting food. That causes the baby bacterium to live longer and thus have more 'children' than its parents. The type of bacteria the parents were will eventually die out; the bacterium has evolved."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling 300,000 were expected, but my mother told me that on TV (there was a live broadcast), they said that less people than expected came... they didn't say a number, but taking a look at the numbers of visitors of the previous years, it probably were 250,000-280,000. 250,000 is the average, more or less. Since last year, the 'Schoduvel' had to be cancelled due to a terror warning, and since so-called 'sympathy bracelets' (bracelets that allowed you to travel to Brunswick, get a free donut and brown ale and take part in the aftershow party) were sold outside of Brunswick as well, more visitors than average were expected to come. So, I guess it was above 250,000, but below 300,000.

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "Plate tectonics or common religion?" the father asked. "Plate tectonics was the geographers and common religion is my own thesis."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "Similar," Ioan answered. "There used to be one big land mass made out of different parts that sticked together - we call them the continental plates. Those parts are constantly moving due to processes in the inner of the Earth: Very slowly, so that we don't notice it without measuring, despite when there's an earthquake. But over the millennia, this movement was sufficient for the continental plates to get where they are at now."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "That probably is true," the father said. "What supports this thesis is that about three million years ago, all of our ancestors used to live on the same continent: Africa. So, technically, they were living together, which increases the chance that they had similar beliefs."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling Nice :)

The carnival parade I went to was one of the biggest in Germany :) it's in Brunswick and it's called "Schoduvel", which is old German for "shoo (the) devil"

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling Been to a carnival parade today. Stood for six hours straight. Shouted "Brunswick helau!" every three minutes for six hours... now, my back, my feet and my throat hurt. But hey - I've been given a plastic pistol, a necklace, a green santa hat for children, a sewing kit, and two big bowls of candy xD

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "That's true," the father answered. "Maybe you'll even find your very own way to happiness."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "He's like the Pope for Buddhists," the father said. "A religious leader, yes. Until 2011, he was the political leader of Tibet as well, but he resigned. - I might be getting this wrong, but I'd say he wants it because he's a Buddhist. He doesn't care about having power. But he does care about peace, like me. And I see how religious beliefs can cause wars... even with Buddhists. In Tibet, the disabled are being offended and being spat at because according to the people there, having a disability means that you were a bad person in your previous life. And in Myanmar, there's a Buddhist majority and a Muslim minority. The Buddhist majority suppresses the Muslims..." The father smiled a bit. "Well, congratulations, Buddhist terrorists. You haven't understood your own religion."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling I'd say he's like the Pope for Buddhists. Just that he doesn't care as much about power, I'd say.

I got to go soon, so... good night :)