Alucard, March catch-all [open]

[cryptsleeper]

Who: Alucard + ????????
When: Throughout the month
Where: Garden class, caves, and around Aef itself.
What: March catch all for activities and adventures
Warnings: Added as needed



Garden classes, start of the month
[Gardening feels like something safe to begin with. Not that plants can't go terribly wrong in so many ways, but because it's so connected with earth and the physical. Getting over the brand of witch has taken far too long. This is a solid place to start.

Today's focus on growing through magical means rather than mundane ones is honestly enjoyable. Alucard's sat with a small spreadsheet he's made himself, walking through various growth rates on daises with spells.

Daises he's run out of, because of course. His eyes move around, and there's a frown suddenly on his face.]

We're entirely out of experimental plants for the day? Or are we meant to reset any we're working with as not to cause additional waste?

Northern Outpost, middle of the month

You're in my light, I'm afraid.

[Alucard knows it sounds rude. Pretentious even for himself, but the act of copying the cave art that is embedded in the cliff face demands exacting light so that the details can be just right, and all without ruining the art long term by light damage.

It's a nice thing to do, to sit in the cave and reproduce section after section. Moreover, he's good at it, the current chunk of painting coming along quite well.]

Or if you could just move off to the right a little, please?

[He isn't that particular.]

Here, there, and everywhere else within Aefenglom
[While he isn't around at all during the full moon - there is a vigil to sit, and a fully vampired Trevor to help through the first day of the worst of all of this - Alucard makes a point to get out of the house at least once a day.

Mostly that means finding a spot in a park or at one of the bars to people watch, doing precious little else. He's been better at people lately, but this entire world? After everything it's thrown himself and the other two into? That demands holding everything at arm's length.]

Wildcard
You know the deal

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[mensrea]

[ That detail arrests his attention immediately. A vampire who was made a Witch? Just like Derek, a werewolf who was also made a Witch. Why? It lends itself to his and Sasuke’s original theory about subjects under stress being forced to learn control, but… Still, bizarre. ]

So, what happened to your vampirism, then? [ he asks, intrigued. ] Like, you obviously still have the equipment. [ A finger draws his own lip back, indicating his teeth. ] But do you still need to drink blood?

[cryptsleeper]

Technically, I'm a dhampir. [That part is rattled off with a cool certainty, because this part is just reciting facts.] My mother was human, my father was not. Blood has never been a particular need, and I'm a plenty skilled cook.

All other abilities that were inherited are inaccessible, as this place tends to do.

[mensrea]

[ Dhampir is another familiar word that has surfaced in Stiles’ research, though reading about it on Wikipedia and obscure websites is nothing compared to allegedly meeting one. He starts to open his notebook, ready to begin jotting this information down. ]

I know someone who’s turning into a Vampire here. Would you mind if he contacted you to ask about it? It’d…help. A lot.

[ The request is deeply earnest, more sincere than Stiles usually is; this is important to him. ]

[cryptsleeper]

[There's a moment's hesitation. Technically, Trevor's the right person to talk to. He's gone through the transformation already, but no. It isn't Alucard's place to offer someone else's experience.

So he keeps Trevor's name out of his mouth for now.]

Pass me your book then. [He gestures briefly.] I may have some documentation. I can't speak to how much comfort that can give though.

[mensrea]

[ Stiles takes note of that hesitation, wondering if he’s overstepped. When the Witch agrees, he brightens marginally and moves closer to offer the notebook to Alucard; though the man has declared himself the son of Dracula, there’s no indication that Stiles is afraid of him. The title has only made him more fascinating to the teen, if anything. ]

Documentation? [ he echoes curiously, peering at what Alucard is going to write. ] Sure, whatever you’re able to provide.

[cryptsleeper]

I did research about what the vampiric transformation process is like here for my own edification.

[It's a polite enough lie about why he really has it - Trevor's path to vampirism here was terrifying and they all needed to understand what was coming. No need to mention that.

He writes down an address and his name, Adrian Tepes, then hands the book back.]

I'm not sure how much comfort information can bring.

[mensrea]

[ The lie is convincing. Stiles thinks little of it as he accepts the notebook, staring at the name and address. ]

He isn’t looking to be comforted, [ he responds, a withheld sigh audible in his voice. ] Just for information on what to expect and how best to prepare for it all. What’s your network name?

[cryptsleeper]

Then he's fallen into a little bit of luck. [[That was all Alucard had gathered for Trevor at first, the two at such odds when they first arrived.]

The network has given me the same name Wallachia's people did. Alucard.

[mensrea]

[ A semordnilap! Previous research once again provides relevant context for Stiles. ]

You can change it, [ he offers, trying to be helpful; if the people of Wallachia coined the name, it probably wasn’t done out of kindness. ] In the watch, I mean. I could show you.

[ And then, after a beat: ]

Adrian.

[ A little heavy-handed, to be sure. But an effort is being made. ]

[cryptsleeper]

--Ah,I didn't realize that it was possible.

[Shows how much he uses them, really.]

I'd appreciate that, thank you.

[mensrea]

[ Using his own comm watch as an example, Stiles demonstrates how to do so for Alucard. ]

I mean, no pressure to change it or anything, [ he adds once finished. ] But the option is there, if you want it.

[cryptsleeper]

[Alucard's good at learning, and the whole process is mercifully simple. He nods once to show he's got it.]

It's a good thing to know. Thank you. I also apologize for my initial tone.

[mensrea]

You’re fine, dude. Don’t sweat it.

[ Taking a moment to stretch out the kinks in his back, Stiles sighs. ]

I should probably head. [ Staying awake during the day has become increasingly difficult. ] I’ll see you around, Adrian. Thanks for letting me bend your ear about the paintings.

[cryptsleeper]

Of course.