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xxEMAERALDxx

PAGAN
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One of the first friends I made on VR was a fellow Celt. There was just something about her that made me instantly warm to her. This young lady has been on VR since the very beginning, and she even remembers when the VR manual was being written!

I wanted to know what my lovely Irish friend enjoyed most about VR, if she knew any leprechauns, and if she could dance an Irish jig...

Being only a few steps from Scotland to Ireland across the Giant's Causeway, I set off to meet the lovely xxEmaeraldxx

"Top o' the mornin' to ye!" was the greeting from all and sundry as I walked. I couldn't wait to finally meet up with Emaerald, besides, I had been told by a couple of farmers that where she lived "was just over that hill..." and that had been millions of hills ago! The Irish were fond of a joke it seemed...

My first question was: who is Emaerald?

"There was a time in life when Emaerald was a writer and dreamer and I would spend hours with my pen writing stories, songs, and poetry but in the past while I have been more devoted to personal development and achievements and have thrown myself one hundred per-cent into business projects and have been driven by my ambition to succeed and prove that I have done something with my life instead of idling my hours away.

My husband, family and friends encourage that energy in me, and I have learned so many new things over the past seven years. Being a soulful person people often try to take advantage, but now being in business I have toughened up a lot. I have learned how to say no.

My work is all about keeping people safe which I think says a lot about who and what I am :)

Quintessentially there is a romantic side to Emerald as well, and I find I have a great fascination with the past in Ireland, the castles, the legends and when I do get spare time there is nothing I like better than a night in a castle, and preferably a haunted one! (That would make for a great girls night out! heh)

Like everyone I have my faults! I can eat too much chocolate! And then have to carry out a double boxing session down at the gym next day!

Seriously though, my faults are mine, and self-improvement is something I feel we all as human beings could work on. I also adore the opportunity to participate in many sports including tennis, skiing, and honing my social skills in the local club and wine-bar at least once a month!

I like to show that I care for people, and that just doesn't stop with my friends and family. I spend time reflecting by the fireside as sometimes watching the flames conjure up the imagination and the thought process in a kindly way"


As always when I interview folk and ask that particular question, the answer I got from Emaerald was a modest one and I knew there was much more to her than that...

Being that Bram Stoker was from Ireland, I suddenly wondered if Emaerald herself was a vampire or was there another reason she had joined VR. Tell me how you found VR, and what was it like in the very beginning?

"Of course I am a real life Vampire, how dare you ask me that!!

Lolololol !!

I always had a fascination with Vampires in a metaphorical sense and going back about ten years ago I stumbled into a chat channel on the Undernet called #Vampires which was owned by Cancer. I was instantly hooked as the characters there were a sketch and to this day keep in touch with a few of the members. Scarlett, and Cancer scared the beejesus out of me in the beginning! But as time went on I felt more comfortable in their presence. Time rolled on and we got to hear about a new project the bossman was developing and this was called, "Vampire Rave" and so a new era was born and well... #Vampires got left behind.

So, Cancer created Vampire Rave and in the beginning there were only a few here, something similar to the Adam and Eve story but no apple to bite! However, bites were created! As was the forum! We worked on sourcing links initially and cataloguing everything Vampire which is still on-going today. Can you imagine a Vampire Rave without the ability to message another member? Can you imagine Vampire Rave without staff? That is how it was, and so feature-by-feature new things were added to Vampire Rave including the societies, and so the community grew.

(I also remember the message center being written as originally VR was just a forum posting board with links to sites of interest. We were not able to talk directly to other members! Just through posts in the forum or via email)

Cancer once told me several years back that Vampire Rave was still in its infancy when we had about 5,000 members and feeling a bit gobsmacked about that, and now I can see by our present membership of over 22,000 exactly what he meant way back then! Oh, the vision of that man really shines!

Seriously though I have been honoured to be part of Vampire Rave, to work on it and to see it grow from three members to what it is today, and have been through at least three keyboards since its inception!"


Now, who'd have thought that VR had started out with so few people. Emaerald really had an interesting story to tell about the beginning, and I wanted to know much more...Have you any favourite VR moments you can share with us?


"My favourite moments on Vampire are those when I can sit back and look at the success of the creation of Vampire Rave and think that in some small way I may have contributed a bit to that as I feel a part of it. I have never been able to shake that off and, I am in awe of how it has it expanded over the years. *Smiles*

There was a character called Miz, I think most of us oldie members remember him, he was one intelligent cookie and used to ruffle feathers a bit but his wit always made me laugh, even when I had to blast him for it if it wasn't within the TOS guidelines. My favourite line to him when naughty, was to go stand in the corner! heh!

I miss a few good people who are seldom there any more, or rarely there to be more accurate. There have been times, and even recently I have had to leave the keyboard in fits of laughter with tears rolling down my cheeks. The dramas have been hilarious at times. I remember a forum thread in particular about fairies.. that was a hoot, and to this day have it saved in my journal".



...and that brought me onto my next question...I wanted to know what advice Emaerald had for new members of VR so that they could get the most out of their time here on VR?


Don't get bogged down in drama! Your energy is too valuable to waste on people you won't meet or don't like anyway, so why waste it on them? Focus your energy, time and thoughts on those in Vampire Rave that you care for and those you feel akin with, and let all the other stuff go. Then you will enjoy Vampire Rave as much as I do".



That was excellent advice, I thought. Thats the kind of person Emaerald is - she knows how to keep it real but at the same time, there is a certain air of mysticism about her too. My time was coming to an end but before I had to go, I wanted to share something special with you all...


The Black Rose
(by Emaerald)

I am patiently waiting

Beside your gate

I hold a small but

Beautiful rose in my hands

I press its thorns

Deep within my skin

So that I may let

My blood run free

With my idolatry.

If I don`t see you soon

I idly speculate

Who will survive the longest

The Rose.. or myself?

An Appendage - Forever More

How deep your beauty, oh sweet Rose:

Yet so sharp your thorns.

Take me from this garden and

Let me die my mortal death

So you, who were in my flesh and thoughts,

Are no more

Forever more.

~ Acrimony 2005~


Who, or what inspired that poem?

"It just fits my profile, and my thoughts. That's all I am saying about that... "


...ah...I sighed at that...perhaps it was nothing more than the fresh cool breeze over the hills...perhaps it was the magic of the lovely Irish lilt to Emaerald's voice, but I swear I had a tear in my eye at that moment ...and I have to add, that poem was more beautiful than anything that Yeats ever wrote.

My time was at an end (although I could have stayed forever just chatting), and so, I took my leave of the bonniest Irish lass to have ever graced VR.

Thanks Emaerald!


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COMMENTS

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Sulks
Sulks
16:24 Jul 05 2011

Love that poem :)





radu
radu
03:16 Jul 06 2011

She is one the first people that I talked to when I joined VR.





PAGAN
PAGAN
08:07 Jul 06 2011

Me too Radu. I had the best conversation with her and that made me realise what a great place this was when I joined first.





Dragonrouge
Dragonrouge
12:40 Jul 06 2011

She introduced me to House Eternal when I was level 6.





xxEmaeraldxx
xxEmaeraldxx
22:42 Jul 06 2011

Ah thanks, it's been my pleasure to met and know you all. Thanks for this :)





PAGAN
PAGAN
11:55 Jul 12 2011

No, thank you for being a lovely friend :)





BubbleGumClaudia
BubbleGumClaudia
02:56 Aug 03 2011

I love Emaerald she's awesome!





Pygmalion
Pygmalion
23:25 Dec 29 2011

Me too lolz






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