[Open] The Catch-all log, Alucard edition

[cryptsleeper]

Who: Alucard + ???
When: The whole dang month
Where: Here, there, out beyond city walls
What: Various things
Warnings: Violence, others to be added as needed



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[cryptsleeper]

Given how important they are to the tenous balance of things, it may be that the action is meant to help the overall goal. Especially if it is a temporary matter that can be addressed over a day or two.

[There's logic in the decision is what he's saying, as much as it clearly goes against Maria's own instincts. It would go against Trevor's too.

The words half a year get a headshake out of Alucard though. He doesn't want to be present for that long. That much he knows.]

Is it a pattern though, or a cycle that's unlikely to be broken?

[whomthebelltolls]

That depends. There are those that have simply disappeared from this place, as mysteriously as we all appeared. But while the mirrors tend to... spit out people all at once, the way they trickle out is far less predictable, nor can it be guaranteed where they are going is something like home, and that they didn't wander off to the Wilde to get eaten or corrupted.

[She thumbs at a drop of soup on the corner of her lips, and then shakes her head.] We still need more information. Over the course of a life, six months is hardly a long time. Even less so in the lifespan of a whole world or a nation.

[cryptsleeper]

[It's too soon to say. Alucard can read between those lines, and while he does not visibly deflate, he feels just a little bit heavier in his heart for hoping for a direct answer.]

And this is a situation where even a lifetime of information doesn't helped. [The situation isn't exactly hopeless, but it is uninspiring at the moment.

There's nothing left in Alucard's bowl, and there's time yet alotted to them. With the threat of a conversational lull, he at least knows to show gratitude.]

Thank you for sharing all of this with me.

[whomthebelltolls]

Of course. It's a truth that should probably be shared. [She sits up and seems to relax a bit in her seat, settling her hands on the edge of the table.] Not all truths are worth it, but this one is, I think.

What you decide to do with it is your choice, but if you find anything new... do share. There are many of us very curious about our circumstances here. So there are always those looking.

[cryptsleeper]

If is a rather bold vote of confidence, I think. [Alucard's tone isn't any lighter, but he seems to understand that as a compliment all the same. Or at least something close to one.]

And what are you doing, if not always looking?

[whomthebelltolls]

You may stumble into it in the most unexpected of places, after all. That's what some others have done, even if they are not particularly clever otherwise. [Not that she doesn't think he is very clever, but some of the others here... yikes.]

... You're looking at most of it. I seek to help in the Wildes, to take on the dangerous contracts in the deepest and darkest places... [She huffs.] I have to keep myself busy somehow, or my restless energy gets to be a bit... much. [Gets worse because she keeps

not

Bonding.] I suppose if you really must know what I do when I'm not doing any of that, I have a very large garden I attend to.

[cryptsleeper]

[Restless energy. Alucard nods, he takes the meaning.]

It seems easier, out here. [Less complicated. Less nuance, because survival is the point.]

I'd love to see it some time. The garden, I mean.

[whomthebelltolls]

If you wish, I live in the old aristocratic part of the section of Haven they set aside for the Mirrorbound. You cannot miss it, I've been told it can look a bit intimidating. [It's. It's a giant Haunted Mansion, honestly. Moreso given who lives there.] You'll have to tell the two Monsters that live there you're here to see me. They can be a bit snappy with people they don't recognize.

[A gentle understatement; the whole house is full of people with wonky moral compasses who think murder is actually a perfectly acceptable reaction to things.]

The garden is losing its color for the winter, however. It was rather spectacular in the summer, and I have greater plans for the coming seasons. [She's apparently in it for the long haul, though. She's making plans that far out.]

[cryptsleeper]

Then I'll have to make an effort to come by sooner rather than later.

[Alucard doesn't doubt the invitation's sincerity. Not in the least. There's also a very sly smile as Maria calls the place intimidating.]

And as for any intimidation, I am almost certain that the home where I grew up outstrips it's menace.

[There's a sudden yell beyond them both though, and that seems to indicate only one thing:]

I suspect that's the end of our break.

[whomthebelltolls]

I don't see what makes people so afraid of it, so I have no doubts. [She has such a nice garden, and she even took down the turnip heads-on-pikes she had for decoration during October. If she thinks about it, she wouldn't call Cainhurst Castle very intimidating, from what she remembers of it. During the time of Bloodborne's game proper, certainly, but she doesn't know about the Executioners and their campaign against the Vilebloods, how the Castle is now filled with the sobbing of the ghosts of the residents, so much so it sounds like the very walls are grieving. Perhaps she would have a different opinion if she saw what became of it after she...]

Ah. I suppose that is so. I will look forward to it - and I'll let Kaede and Giorno know to potentially expect a guest. It will make things much easier.

[cryptsleeper]

Perhaps an expert eye could at least offer some insight.

[Alucard's smile is actually charming for once. Admitting that he's made a joke and enjoying it. The whole thing is novel given how he's reacted to the situation so far, and well. Maria feels like someone he could stand to spend more time around.]

I'll alert you when I intend to come over as well. No nasty surprises.