Talk:Curie Drakulya/@comment-36530310-20191122173200

As to "Kyuri" (キュリー Kyurī) stemming from the spelling of kyūketsuki (きゅうけつき), the "ri" could come from kōmori (こうもり "bat") given that she is a vampire/bat (吸血-蝙蝠 kyūketsu-'kōmo'ri, even though the Japanese for the REAL vampire bat is spelt 血吸蝙蝠 chisui-kōmori''). The spelling of "Curie" most likely comes from the unit of radioactivity named after Pierre Curie (ピエール・キュリー Piēru Kyurī), the husband of the more-renown Marie Curie.

As to Okayado-senei's official conjecture about Curie as a harpy-like bat-type demihuman (コウモリ型の他種族 kōmorigata no tashuzoku) infected with the viral form of the original vampires, Blood Alone has the vampire's straruda (the "active ingredient" of vampirism) which contains a sentience of its own that can bond with the conscience of its host (e.g. Higure). Another analogy is Parasite Eve, where the neo-mitochondrial sentience of "Mitochondria Eve" takes over its hosts (Kiyomi Nagashima, Mariko Anzai, Maya Brea, Melissa Pearce, and Aya Brea's BAD END). In both cases, prior to bonding with the host, this sentience can temporarily manifest itself as an alternate personality.

So Curie's nocturnal "possession" by her father's spirit could be the "spirit" of the virus taking the form of her father since it had already bonded with him before it passed to her. Therefore, Lala's exorcism did not so much destroy the virus' sentience, just deleted its mnemonic contents (memories).