There are certain known facts about vampires. They revile change. They are obsessive-compulsive. They are illogical. They are cursed. They will burst into flames in sunlight.
They are dying.
With less than a hundred vampires left in the world, Yas...
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The Responding Dragon, China's Dedicated Rain Dragon!
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If the streets of Tokyo was a geisha, serene and modern, then Macau was an actress of an altogether different flavor. Glittering lights of kind Sakura had never seen before limned the edge of every street and building—violet and gold and blue. Like a bursting flower it shone with vivacity and life, clean and shiny for entertainment. If there was a nasty side to the city, Sakura expected it to be similarly outfitted in neon and scrubbed pink, because even the underworld might sparkle in such a city.
She thought it ironic that such a loud place would be home to China's premier and most holy dragon. In her youth, the Responding Dragon—Uncle Pin, according to the current incarnation—had laid claim on the banks of the Yangtze River, swimming up and down its length with his temple of clouds, heeding the calls of the people as he went. Apparently, the people of the river had angered the Yinglong during the industrious era, when starving fishermen had mistakenly netted Princess Baije, the river dolphin, and eaten of her flesh. She was the kin to the retired Responding Dragon, and his anger had been vast enough that he removed himself and his temple to Portuguese territory—Macau. Over a century later, the city had returned into the Chinese government's fold, but even then it acted mostly under its own authority. The Yinglong and his temple imitated the city's example—not only in independence, but in business, as well. Surrounded by casinos and economics, the Yinglong decided to discard the humble cloth of his temple and treat his services as a good to be sold.
