[Alucard is very quiet. They're still halfway up the driveway, he put the car in neutral at some point because this space between the gates and the castle itself feels like it's the only place where they can keep this conversation going. It should have happened months ago, but Trevor forced too much so quickly.
Beyond this information though is another little truth. It's why a Belmont would be so easily swayed by a compulsion.
At the mention of Halloween though, Alucard shakes his head.]
The city has it's rituals and I will be otherwise occupied, be at the festivities or the graveyard.
[Because there's two parts to this. He only cares about the one.
The next question is testing the waters. Trying to ask in a way that doesn't skirt compulsion.]
Tell me, with...with how this works, are there ways of exercising free will?
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[Alucard is very quiet. They're still halfway up the driveway, he put the car in neutral at some point because this space between the gates and the castle itself feels like it's the only place where they can keep this conversation going. It should have happened months ago, but Trevor forced too much so quickly.
Beyond this information though is another little truth. It's why a Belmont would be so easily swayed by a compulsion.
At the mention of Halloween though, Alucard shakes his head.]
The city has it's rituals and I will be otherwise occupied, be at the festivities or the graveyard.
[Because there's two parts to this. He only cares about the one.
The next question is testing the waters. Trying to ask in a way that doesn't skirt compulsion.]
Tell me, with...with how this works, are there ways of exercising free will?