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allegrita wrote:I've been putting together some ideas for a Lola-pirates story, set in the 1700's. I've always wondered if Josef sailed with Lola, and if so, what sorts of adventures they had...

I figure Lola would hijack ships, sell the cargo, hold the wealthy passengers for ransom, and eat the crew and the poorer passengers. She couldn't have had too many vampire pirates on her ships, as it would make sailing by day awfully difficult. So we can assume that maybe the boat captains were vamps, but most of the sailors were human. What would life have been like for a sailor in Lola's pirate army? How much did they know, and were they used as freshies (or "salties" perhaps) when it had been a while since a ship had been captured?

Would Josef have captained a ship, or perhaps acted as her agent in port, handling the aforementioned cargo and ransom business? I'm getting an image of Josef living on a plantation in Jamaica, not too far from Kingston...

eris wrote:I'm going to put J in Austria around the turn of the 20th century where he met a young writer named Kafka who immortalized the immortal in a novel called The Trial. The reason we're never told what Josef K. was accused of is because vampirism wasn't something spoken of or recorded. Of course, for the sake of the novel, he was executed. However, in reality, his "uncle" (read: sire) paid his "executioners" to smuggle him out of the country. After that, he decided to stick to the US for a while. (And that was the last vacation he ever took with Coraline. )

francis wrote:Interesting question, CatMoon. I guess he got into the opium trade once the country was occupied by the Brits. I guess he helped the people to smuggle opium out, that way he would have another pirate business that was highly profitable, high risk and possibly very very satisfying.

AussieJo wrote:Hi Cat!