Ghouls...?

1) A flesh eating zombie.

2) A 'body snatcher'.

3) A humanoid that feeds primarily on corpses.

...None of those...sound incredibly pleasant.

The sentient ones can be when they choose to.

That makes it sound as though they generally choose not to.

It does depend somewhat on their appetite.

Something of your world?

Numerous worlds in fact.

But the norm in yours I take it.

Yes.

The Underground boasts quite a variety of them - Lovecraftian breeds are the most personable.

A classification. How are they different?

Based on general appearance alone, they can be roughly divided into three groups: 'human', 'reanimated' and 'canine'.

I see. And what else besides appearance?

Strong, opportunistic hunters, usually gregarious - form packs or have family groups, little qualms of eating anything past its prime and are frequent visitors to burial grounds.

It'd be interesting to see those so called ghouls face the trashes of my kind.

And? Are you the puppeteer hidden behind curtains?

Me? I'm merely a spectator.

Aren't we all?

Ghouls, sir?

See this (http://valentineluke.livejournal.com/92538.html?thread=780922#t780922) for an explanation.

Settling in alright?

I think ghouls would be messier.

Constant battling with their urges makes the accursed far sloppier.

Do you think so? Not everyone's doing that.

They are. Some of them, I'd prefer to stay that way.

If that happened, the majority of them would probably lament nonstop over their loss of humanity.

Only a minor change, quite a few of them are already doing that. Sometimes I wonder why the City is full of so many sorry excuses for vampires.