Noooo…the thought of being reunited with F would drive them. Why would you ever give up on trying to find F especially after having been blessed with their presence previously?
I imagine F’s family assumes they died. That’s generally what happens when someone goes missing more than a few months. To go missing 10 years (or more)…the Hauvilles almost certainly assume their kid was killed by a wild animal or fell off a cliff or something. That’s…really sad.
Despite being the youngest member of UB F’s still 30 or more years older than Rebecca right? They could have lived on their own in the Echo World and F’s parents just assume she hasn’t called in a while. After all I doubt ten years is much time to them. They might not even realize F is gone. That’s still kind of sad now that I read it out loud
Here’s the thing tho vampires or not 10 years is a LONG time. 24 hours is a long time. Thinking about it objectively is one thing but living it is another, and I think I would notice if my child/sibling/friend just vanished after, like, a few days let alone YEARS. Its not like 10 years would pass by in a blink, they would still have to live all those 10 years. If F and their family had been in contact before F vanished I’m sure they would’ve noticed.
My brain is just trying to play mental gymnastics so it doesn’t have to accept something awful happening to F or their family. They deserve only good things. I’m just going to imagine they have multi dimensional facetime and F and their mom share gossip daily. Thats much happier right?
I wonder how many vampire-years old F is. Did they disappear off the face of the Echo world as a young adult? Or as a teen? Were they in contact with their family before they disappeared? Imagine how terrible it would be if they fought with their family and decided to take a walk to cool off and basically went down the rabbit hole like Alice.
I’m curious as to whether that’s relative angst or a fixed scale.
I was totally thinking that too but I didn’t want to say that… But, gosh, what if that’s part of the reason why they seem to really want a home of their own. What if they weren’t in touch with their family before they came into our world?
Another question I have… How long was F in the human world before joining the Agency and UB. On one hand I could see that whatever important incident that happened 10 years ago could have something to do with F coming to our world, but on the other they do seem to be more in touch with things compared to the other 3 so maybe they spent some time around before the Agency took notice and recruited them.
Also. For funsies. Imagine UB is, like, trying to fit in with all the humans throughout the years. I want embarrassing pictures of UB during the 80s. Please
Oh yeah, those angst ratings, lol. Haven’t thought about those in a while I should probably revise those due to settling some story stuff for later books.
Some might not need to change, don’t worry Though the angst can change per book, so not sure how accurate it would be anyway, lol! Might leave it and let it be something people experience naturally through the story.
I’m terrible with keeping myself quiet about hints and spoilers as it is… I need to get better!
Well...
1) It is definitely A's idea.
2) MC will need their pepper spray. And a dog whistle.
Speaking of which… it is actually slightly strange that a pepper spray has no effect on vampires. Even aside of a… burning effect, doesn’t this thing have really terrible smell? Twice terrible for someone wih hyper senses and in a close range. Probably enough to knock out M.
What if F has a baby brother/sister that worshipped them and can’t understand why F never came back. They write letters every year on the anniversary of their disappearance and leave them in their last known location.