[ He's still shaken. The entire car journey has been spent trying to banish the horrified chill from himself, keep his trembling hands still.
He owes Alucard an apology. Being puppeted around is a horrible, horrible feeling. He can still feel the ghost of Carmilla's presence inside him somehow, hands pressing against the inside of his ribcage, and he wants to try uselessly to vomit her out.
By the time they arrive, he's largely managed to steel himself and calm down. His hand is on the whip's handle as he heads in, and the first thing that hits him is the smell of it. The incense is thick, enough for the smoke of it to bring on the beginnings of a headache even in him, unaffected by the stuff. Alucard had been rendered incapable of persuing back at the circus with even a little of it. With so much, and used on a new fledgling-
-there may still be risk, but it's unlikely to come from their target. ]
Sypha, you stay close to Alucard. Put him between you and anything that attacks. [ Even if he can't fight in this place, he can still function as a wall of vampire between Sypha and danger. ] Be ready to drag him around if you need to. Alucard, wolf until we can be certain this isn't a trap. You'll breathe less of this shit in closer to the ground.
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He owes Alucard an apology. Being puppeted around is a horrible, horrible feeling. He can still feel the ghost of Carmilla's presence inside him somehow, hands pressing against the inside of his ribcage, and he wants to try uselessly to vomit her out.
By the time they arrive, he's largely managed to steel himself and calm down. His hand is on the whip's handle as he heads in, and the first thing that hits him is the smell of it. The incense is thick, enough for the smoke of it to bring on the beginnings of a headache even in him, unaffected by the stuff. Alucard had been rendered incapable of persuing back at the circus with even a little of it. With so much, and used on a new fledgling-
-there may still be risk, but it's unlikely to come from their target. ]
Sypha, you stay close to Alucard. Put him between you and anything that attacks. [ Even if he can't fight in this place, he can still function as a wall of vampire between Sypha and danger. ] Be ready to drag him around if you need to. Alucard, wolf until we can be certain this isn't a trap. You'll breathe less of this shit in closer to the ground.