20s AU Post

[cryptsleeper]

"Land of the Dead" (Watch on YouTube)

Current Carmilla plot outline
--Post-fire, Carmilla and Mr. Peanut team up mostly to use each other. Carmilla's spent the past several months (since November, it is now February 1925) networking, and it's clear to her that Alucard's not suited for the position and that the other two are the obvious weakness. Mr Peanut needs something back, so this is perfect on her end. Mr Peanut can only imagine the joys of vampire blood in his work, and he'd like an army of vampires for his own ends.
--Shit stirring from Mr Peanut (all of March?)
--Mr Peanut also begins to sell mis Miracle Serum, which has vampire blood in it.
--Gang is very much trying to murder Mr Peanut during this.
--Start of April, vampire gets a call from one of the blood bank contacts that 3 patients have come in and are displaying some bizarre signs. Investigation yields the fact that they're in process of turning, and they've all taken the same serum.
--Additional investigation reveals O FUCK IT MR PEANUT
--Meanwhile Carmilla's been made aware of a familiar she didn't sire, so she knows something's up. Big fight with Mr. Peanut and thus Mr. Peanut is left depowered
--Gang commits a murder
--Carmilla's well sured up on her contacts now, and it's time for open rebellion (mid-April)
--In a more subtle attempt to let Alucard just step aside, she cuts the breaks on demon car and shows up to gloat/suggest he not pull a dad and go to deal with his grief quietly while she runs the city. The how he wants to do it is up to him (black widow joke goes here.) Treffy and Sypha walk in.
--1 week of straight up rebellion; feedings, no help from allies, need to do damage control instead of fight carmilla, every dracula rule is
--MEANWHILE IN GRAVITY FALLS, triangle shows Vlad what's up to try and psyche him out, somehow this finalyl snaps Vlad out of his depression and he heads home
--Just in time for Alucard and Carmilla to be tearing each other to bits in one of the bayous, it's not going well
--Vlad coming in means the king of vampires is accosted by a belmont with a pair of blessed knitting needles and a speaker with a fucking gun and he's just like what the shit happened to the world while i was gone
--Wards around the fight means that only demon car can break the wards, everyone has to pile in.
--Carmilla gets her ass kicked AND SENT TO THE JUSTICE DIMENSION

THEN THERE WERE FAERIES.
--Prior to all of this the vampire and Sypha have done a shit ton of research on how to get their Belmont back
--Sypha has also been practicing debating with dad, which leaves everyone Very Tired.
--When Trevor is actually snatched up (1 year after marriage, it takes fae effort. Taking Arn's shape fails, so it's a lot more kidnapping by force), Sypha and Alucard go into Faerie
--But they're playing this as politics, not as heroes rescuing their damsel, so that means the faeries are just "wait what now excuse u?"
--There are 3 gates and 3 trials (the particulars we're still bullshitting.) Each is asked to sacrifice 3 things. (Alucard: voice, his titles as bestowed upon by his father and his people, i forget the third; Sypha: her human form (she's a birb), fuck what were the other two)
--They enter the court at the end of the third trial. After LITERALLY ALL THE TITLES Sypha declares she Speaks for Trevor Belmont
--Claim debate over Trevor, turns out that the rules are in Sypha's favor.
--But that means debating to leave Fae without giving up what they've chosen.
--Sypha lawyers it all out, Alucard is a safety deposit and hangs out with Fae!Trevor
--In the end, safe passage out of Faerie consists of Sypha giving up her memory of the necromancer (billed as a great mage she studied under), the vampire gives up his immortality, and Trevor is replaced with Carmilla (dad was aware of this option and OK with it), but Trevor has his ability to swear taken. He now soundslike a rubber ducky when he tries
--Everyone gets home okay, except for the AU of this AU where the gang fails, but Trevor's on their doorstep like a bat out of Hell because time doesn't work right and he's been in Hell for a WHILE.

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[cryptsleeper]

Perhaps. [He's quiet for a moment, letting out a thoughtful huff.]

I'd be happy with that, you know. Just catering to you.

[willpowerful]

Trevor, only talk like that when you choose to.

[Now if he keeps doing it, it's entirely his own fault, and not hers. But far be it from her to tell him to stop outright.]

...And he does make a good point, I think. It would not be very fair for us to have ours, and you to not get yours.

[To which she is going to pull the lowest of all dirty moves and step away from Trevor just enough to wrap herself around Alucard's arm and seek to keep him in place, too cute and warm and charming to escape from while Trevor does the honors.]

[miraclewhip]

Well shit, I suppose I do owe you a ring.

[ He puts a hand on Alucard's back, rubbing against it softly. ]

You survive, and I promise to do it again properly. Ring and everything. I survive, and you promise to say yes. Is that a deal?

[willpowerful]

I can think of plenty of ways you might go about it. But they are all terribly selfish, and you have things to do.

[She kisses him again, this time nibbling on his lower lip before she pulls away.]

And you spoil me too much already, as it is.

[cryptsleeper]

[Ambushed! At his own front door! Before he can even close it!!! And Sypha's playing dirty.

The vampire can't actually manage to do everything he wants to in this moment, which is to close the door, turn Trevor around so he prevails upon Sypha instead, and then escape to the kitchen because he really, really needs a drink right now. He has at least ensured Trevor is bound to Bad Heroine Speech, so that's...an accomplishment.

His only free hand does manage to close the door though. That's enough time to escape from the rest of this nonsense.]

I'm telling your priest what you got up to with all this wine.

[cryptsleeper]

Things to do, things to do. [He's nearly sing-songing the words, flush on his cheek from that terrible and lovely attention to his lower lip.]

What would those things be again?

[cryptsleeper]

You think my answer would change between now and then?

[He sighs at the hand on his back. The motion of it. He's nearly calm now, he hasn't been calm in weeks.]

Of course. Of course.

[miraclewhip]

How awful, turned against my true love by Sypha's bad magic shit.

[ ...yeah, there's a difference when he's doing it deliberately. With Sypha no longer holding him in place with his back to Alucard's chest and Alucard trapped by a very cute jailer, he can just turn around to get a better angle, kissing at the side of Alucard's neck before biting down there. It should really be at the collarbone to match the two of them, but Alucard has a bad habit of actually buttoning his shirts properly, so it isn't really convenient. ]

[willpowerful]

I want to be possessive of you. And I want you to be more possessive of me, sometimes.

[She runs her thumb over his lip, lightly, like she's sealing in the attention she'd shown to it a moment before.]

You are always such a gentleman, and I like that. But sometimes I would like to see you fierce, too. As urgent as you were when we both thought I was leaving, only without the leaving part. Just because you want me so much.

[cryptsleeper]

More possessive?

[They don't know the ways it will manifest in the future. That there will be marks on Sypha's arms to show for it, along with the possessiveness of another as well. Here, now, the vampire can only listen to what is being asked of him, and nod to show that he not only understands, but shall do more.]

Then I shall. [The hands that have rested at Sypha's hips the whole time, holding her firmly but not any more so shift. Wrap around and pull her as close as they can, all while being mindful that too much pressure upwards will force her against his still healing flesh.]

When we're home tonight...

[miraclewhip]

[ It's good, to have him back. Their vampire, their Adrian. The softer, adoring parts of him and not the terrified, desperate, wounded thing that this has turned him into. Oh, they still love the desperate and wounded thing. But this, this is the part of him that he wants to be. That he wants them to see him as.

And it's time to make a terrible mistake, because how to achieve wedding seems like a good conversation topic to make the vampire happy and not a minefield. ]

Should I ask you here, with just Sypha to witness?

[cryptsleeper]

You should be asking the both of us. [Matched set, Belmont.] You don't have to do it right away.

[Actually plan it. It's not just distracting the vampire. Alucard knows they're all under stress because of this fucking job, and maybe they're better off not thinking about any of this until after Agatha's deadline goes.

He scoots himself up a little bit more on Trevor, just so he can press a kiss to the underside of Trevor's jaw.]

You could kiss me more.

[willpowerful]

Hush and let him bite you.

[That's directed at Alucard, thankfully, so hopefully there will be no further order-bullshit misunderstandings. Once Alucard's sufficiently engaged in being bitten, however, she switches from holding his arm with both of hers to having just one wrapped around it, and moves the other to the middle of Trevor's back to rub approvingly between his shoulder blades.]

...Wait, he's the true love? Why am I the villain in this?!

[miraclewhip]

I know, I know. I just didn't fuck up and accidentally ask her already.

[ She might??? Say no??????? And that's difficult to think about??????? ]

But you're right. I could kiss you more.

[ And he doesn't. He lowers his head down, lips close to Alucard's face- and then he blows a few strands of hair out from in front of his eyes. ]

[cryptsleeper]

I'm going to guess that it's because you made him get stuck talking like he's in one of your romance no-- mmmm.

[Alucard cannot actually tell if in all of this tipsy madness they've forgotten that neck things are only for making the vampire totally weak at the knees or not, but either way it means any serious protest he might be attempting to mount is cut off by a far more delighted noise.

He should try to carefully remove the Belmont. He is not trying to remove the Belmont. But he is going to try and rescue himself.]

Is this what you two do when I'm out?

[willpowerful]

You heard me. You don't always have to be so gentle.

[As if for emphasis, she twists her fingers in his hair and gives a tug, not hard enough to hurt, but certainly enough to to get someone's attention, if he weren't already attending to her as it is.]

If your fingers left a bruise or two on my hips, from holding me, it would not be such a very grave sin.

[cryptsleeper]

[Trevor. Trevor the vampire will sit down and talk to her about it if you need her to just!! Say so!!!

The vampire actually pouts. Really pouts, because the Belmont is teasing and while yes, the vampire's hair is probably a disaster, that isn't kissing!]

Please stop teasing and kiss me more.

[cryptsleeper]

[Does Sypha need to get his attention more than once in one go? Never. Does it still feel good when she does so regardless? Absolutely.]

I'll remind myself of that fact. [It will require some undoing of his own control. He's been careful about it ever since...since his mother's death, really, because it has seemed so dangerous to not have it.]

The world is more durable than I think it to be, these days.

[miraclewhip]

[ He hasn't forgotten. This is very deliberate. ]

It's the cape, actually. You're the only one with a cape.

[ BELMONT WISDOM FOR FINDING VAMPIRES RIGHT THERE. Always look for the cape. He's talking against Alucard's neck (very deliberate), lips and stubbled cheek moving against it as he speaks. ]

I wanted to get drunk and complain. She's the one who wanted to get drunk and play vampires. [ And with a grin. ] What a cruel fate, dear unsuspecting victim, for you to be captured like this by the two of us!

[ HE APPARENTLY CHANGED CHARACTER???? ]

[willpowerful]

You brought up vampires first when you said you would tell me if I bite better than one.

[HMPH. It's always fun to watch Alucard slowly come undone at the seams, however, so she's not going to complain that much.

...

Especially not when IN AN UNPRECEDENTED TWIST SHE APPARENTLY HAS AN ACCOMPLICE?

Well, then. She can think of at least one good way to help contribute to this. If Trevor has the physical angle covered, she'll gladly take the mind game — and does, rising up onto her tiptoes so that she can get her lips right up against Alucard's ear.]

Shhh. Just close your eyes. He's good at that, isn't he? How you can tell it's him even without looking, from the rub of his scruff on your skin. We're going to take such good care of you, you know. Just relax, my love, and let us.

[miraclewhip]

[ He laughs at that, because- well. There's a lot of expressions they've not seen on the vampire's face in too long, and that's one of them. ]

Of course.

[ And he leans forward to do that, catching Alucard's lower lip between his own for just a moment before releasing it. ]

[cryptsleeper]

Capes are not indicative of anything, that's just nonsense. [Because while lips and stubble can make the vampire weak, fighting Belmont Bullshit? That he always will stand and counter in spite of attempts to compromise him. There's a huff, and the only free arm that Alucard has gestures wildly.]

Why were you two having that discussion in the first place?

[He's going to have an actual fit when he learns it's because he won't bite either one of them.

Which is a very different fit than the one Alucard's having now. It falls under the vampire's personal organizational system of I have stuff to do but also this is amazing and Very Distracting. Sypha's the one making it hardest to extricate himself though, because he is still trapped against his own front door.

His eyes are still open, but his next breath is shakier. Sypha fights so goddamn dirty.]

Unfair, the both of you.

[cryptsleeper]

[The part of the vampire that can still only think of work protests at any of this. You have a crisis to avert, and you are indulging like an emperor in his last throes of hedonism. The rest of the vampire tries to fight back with the Belmont said it's okay.

Alucard tries to let both parts of his mind war it out while on mute. He's only realizing now how very, very badly he's wanted to be held lately, never mind kissed.

He chases after that first kiss, trying to follow up after it, all while keeping the sense of desperation out of the gesture. Alucard doesn't know if he manages, but there's lips against lips, and the quiet request for more than just that.]

[willpowerful]

There is no crime or shame in that. But you should know that I am more durable than you think I am, sometimes.

[She pauses, tilting her head almost birdlike as she gazes down at him.]

But by the same token, don't think that I always mind it when you treat me like something fragile and precious, either. Sometimes that feels nice, too. You understand, yes?

[cryptsleeper]

You just want both in near equal measure.

[I understand. More than that, it will be so, because it will make Sypha happy. That's all he wants to do lately, and if that means letting a little bit more fearsomeness out, then so be it.]

It also needs to compete with my selfish desire to just look at you like this as much as I can.