Romania '55: Vampyre-Dartmouth

The Istanbul is a father-son duo from Dartmouth who travel to Romania to delineate vampire-dyes.

Father and son travel to Romania to absorb vampire-dogma, a story I had to offer before retiring. Hope you like it, 

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Isaac and his son Amlan traveled to Romania after studying vampire-lore since 55 at Dartmouth. The two Algerian-Americans were convinced that some kind of modernism divinity would need to be wrought out of the street-temper of Transylvania, and vampires were abound in this new era of traffic-driven hedonism. Romania was a hub for adventure and ornamentation, and Isaac was a nerdist dreamer.

Isaac's son Amlan had his very nice 1990s Canon camera which boasted a zoom-lens and great focusing enhancement features, well before the age of digital touch-sensor alternators! Amlan used his camera to take pictures of red sunsets, and he intended to photo discreet vampires wandering around Transylvania. His father knew Isaac was quite objective if dramatic with camera-darkness.

Romania was a place of great wonders, and Transylvania was its heart. It was filled with rich historical stories about bloody creatures roaming in the forests and villages, preying on the arrogance of assumed safeties. Transylvania/Romania was to the modern folklore specialist (e.g., Isaac/Amlan) what Egypt and Casablanca were to the old archeologists. It was a space for opportunistic diaries.

ISAAC: We'll dress up as mystics from foreign lands, seeking to interrogate everyday people about vampire dogma.

AMLAN: Already, I think I've encountered some real sirens from Hell who remind me of those books dad read at Dartmouth.

Fortunately, Isaac/Amlan had many gemstones and minerals and ancient weapons and sacred shields at their disposal. They visited Romanian taverns and pubs and questions travelers about vampire campfires and the power of charms and crystals and covens in Transylvania. They even asked Romanians about the delight of bloody veggie juice in a city (Transylvania) arguably haunted by the red specter of vampire diaries.

Romanian knights had a proud tradition of contending with vampire lore and reality. Hell, there were even fanatics cults in modern Transylvania who exploited these mystical cultural fears by creating crime-syndicates with vampire names and mascots to send to the Russian criminal underground, posing as a vampire dominion. Yes, vampire lore was 'sensitive' and required serious focus on the rich and metallic history of knight-daylight.

ISAAC: We must be wary of aristocrats veiled in the redness of blood-dreams, son!

AMLAN: This sounds like a silly cinema, daddy.

ISAAC: That's the point; human life is like a moving picture of redness.

AMLAN: Weird!

The weapons Isaac/Amlan had were quite impressive. They found themselves one night in the underground nightclub basement lair of the Transylvanian vampire warlock D, who commanded sex-slaves and blood-suckers and boasted the ornamented bodies of fallen policemen of Romania. Isaac/Amlan changed their vampire-warrior names to Istanbul(s) and proudly showcased their chest of weaponry and divine elements to the vampire warlock D, insisting that vampire-fighting was simply a modern matter of design.

ISAAC: Holy Water is the main weapon, not only of conviction but also of self-sustaining sanity!

AMLAN: Kids in America love video-games about vampire-warriors, and my Canon photos of Romania will add to blogs!

D: These two Algerians are quite nifty, and the fact they're father-son tempts me to corrupt them as idols of vanity.

Isaac and Amlan (the 'Istanbuls'!) were sent the siren from Hell named Circe, a dark maidservant of the vampire warlock D who was ordered to ensure the complete spiritual corruption of the father-son vampire warrior unit in Transylvania. Circe was no laughing-matter, and she wore hypnotizing sweaters of great design and color, making the Instanbul(s) wonder if she's really a messenger of European dance.

ISAAC: Transylvania is a place of haunting elegance and strange stories, and my son Amlan must be protected from dancing.

AMLAN: Incidentally, father, the food here is quite delicious and makes me wonder about the access of customs-salvation.

Amlan had learned much about surviving vampire realism in Romania from his father Isaac and likewise he from his son! The two were now versed on the dark shadows of vampire presences and mysticism shields and were prepared to continue their education in the limelight of human folktales and campires, designed to make the bloody murder of law and sanity in Europe a thing of complete and distinct dread.

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