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Hector ([personal profile] petcromancer) wrote2019-08-07 09:36 pm

Musebox

A home for PSLs.
cryptsleeper: (he smile!!!!)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-12 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alucard smiles. Actually smiles. It's a thin and fleeting thing, but it is there all the same.]

You're welcome.

[Alucard follows after Hector, sitting and enjoying the luxury of eating something that he has made. It comes with a soft hum of consideration for Hector's words.]

I'll instruct her, if you don't mind. A Speaker's trust is something I do not wish to even entertain the notion of abuse.

[So he holds out his hand automatically, soup bowl holding the spoon for just a moment.]
cryptsleeper: (With Sypha)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-13 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm only just earning it now, am I?

[It's dry, but he's trying to be funny. What a concept. Alucard hasn't even known himself to try and joke since being awake.

He blinks once after the spell has taken hold, aware of how the energy around him has changed and gently settling against it.]


They don't write, by and large, but they can read. They need it to absorb all number of stories, although they prefer to hear things out loud, since they are an oral culture. This particular speaker? I fully expect a response.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-14 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'll make sure that it's clear. If not, I suspect that the Speaker will find some way to get back in touch.

[Alucard smiles thinly, because if there was one thing Sypha made clear about herself it was that she was a Speaker of infinite resources. There's a moment after Hector's statement about impressions and...

...yeah, there's a tinge of red in his cheeks. Shut up.]


This particular one is...spirited. And the impression was very mutual.
cryptsleeper: (aw fuck)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-14 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[This is so the opposite of shutting up.]

Don't be ridiculous. This is simply banking on natural talent and skill, and a sense of trust. Or at least that if I can feel comfortable after a little bit of discussion, the same effect might--

[Oh God he's just digging a hole in deeper and deeper, ins't he? Alucard just. Stuffs soup in his mouth and prays that Hector will drop this.]

It's not relevant to the situation!

[Give him a ladder to climb out of that hole.]
cryptsleeper: (aw fuck)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-14 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sypha. Which is ambiguous, as is the ways of the Speakers.

[He has a theory based on the ending a but that's just a theory and frankly it doesn't matter and-]

They're not mine!

[The hole is getting deeper. And now Alucard has no more soup, so he can only hope that the need to sleep will win out over Hector.

Hector, you didn't actually see dad and mom together. You'd rethink that.]
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-14 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
The floating really needs a better name overall, doens't it?

[Floating does not sound badass or impressive in the least, after all. And that thought is the only reason Hector isn't getting stabbed. The vampire is very distracted with his own thoughts.]

Let me send off this messenger, and then I shall be.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-14 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Hovering doesn't sound much better, does it?

[It is the least of every single problem they're up against. All the more reason to focus on it - pleasant distractions are few and far between at the moment, and he'll hang on to all he has.]

Landmarks I can do. Far easier to explain that anyway than calculate mileage without a map in front of me.

[After a few attempts to call the albatross down (there is one that starts with excuse me, bird? But once he's gotten the bird down and attached the message, Alucard is nothing if not exacting. He doesn't just describe the island, he describes Sypha in exacting detail, much of it more clinical than smitten (although it does creep in.) It ends with a polite enough thank you before the bird is off, and...well. There they are.

Alucard's gaze goes to Hector, and he nods once.]


Get some sleep. I'll see you come morning.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-15 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Levitation will do.

[And then that's it. Hector withdraws, and the night passes by quietly. There are no events, nothing untowards, nothing working against them. Even the wind remains in their favor, and Alucard would be alarmed if he didn't simply want to luxuriate against the thought of something going right.

Morning comes. Alucard hands control of the ship back over to Hector first, and there's oatmeal made (with a little dried fruit in it) to ensure that Hector has fuel for the day and Alucard can rest on a full stomach. It is wonderful, made even moreso for the albatross' return just as Alucard is ready to retire.

The thing lands beside Hector, but it lets Alucard take the message. He skims, then nods.]


They've agreed to help.
cryptsleeper: (Doing real research)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-17 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, shut up.

[This is getting embarrassing very quickly. But more importantly, he regards the albatross with respect, but a little uncertainty that she may be less inclined to be polite at him. She is, after all, under Hector's control again and she may not appreciate anyone else's touch.]

Thank you, miss.

[He then lets out a soft noise, opening the letter again and re-reading it.]

They'll meet us there. They're two, maybe three days out, and I believe that suits our schedule just fine. Death Island isn't going anywhere.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-19 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[And so Alucard does retreat. He sleeps as a man for once, content with having something mattress-like under him and aware that in his sleeping form he well, sleeps like the dead. It's unnerving, and another reason he has mostly rested as a wolf. Sure, Hector is probably used to other vampires resting like this, but that doesn't mean Alucard can't extend a basic politeness.

His rest is peaceful, in that it ever can be. Alucard lets the deepest part of him that can sleep take over, and that means no dreams. No tossing and turning about. Nothing of the sort, and in that is a relief.

It is the internal clock that knows sunset that causes the dhampir to stir. That realization comes with a soft groan as he forces himself upright, shuffling towards the door of the cabin and opening it.]


I presume I am on dinner duty?
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-19 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Alucard starts out with a thin, small frown on his face. As Hector talks, explains what it is that happened, the frown deepens. Takes over his face, and by the end, it looks like his entire face has soured.]

That was a clever use of forged creatures.

[He murmurs it, alarmed and unhappy but capable of knowing that Hector's choices were incredibly smart.]

But no. I'd rather you sleep and have to be awakened if something happens. Now is not the time to contemplate a sleepless night.
cryptsleeper: (aw fuck)

[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2019-09-20 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Vampires have a skewed sense of time and mortality. It's...not a defense of their actions, believe me, but that is the reason they are so cheerfully cavelier about it.

[It is such an advantage though. Alucard knows that much as he takes the evening's charm.]

I shall do so. Try and sleep. I won't say to rest easy - it is not possible in these times.

[Alucard looks to Cesar, hoping the pup will follow after Hector for the night. If anyone needs comfort at the moment, it's the forge master.

Night settles. Night remains, a half moon lighting the waves. But there's--

--to the south west of them. Alucard catches sight of the flag first, a deep blood red with no embellishments. It's an ally of his father's, but they've made no notice of the other ship. Yet.

He has one of Hector's forged creatures wake him instead. Alucard remains rooted to the spot, spyglass in hand.]

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