[ 'I was born for this', he said. 'This is what I'm good at', he said.
It's strange, when vampire's homes are just- houses. Tastelessly decorated houses, with fridges full of blood bags. But still houses. It makes them feel more human. The priest's resurrection didn't happen at the bottom of a dark dungeon. It happened on a long dining room table. The room where he was kept is a guest bedroom, made different only from the one that Alucard first homed him in by the chains in neat coils at the ceiling and the mechanism to loosen and tighten him. Damien's study is full of arcane instruments, but it's still very much a normal study to look at.
There are a few monsters, the kinds of dark things that flock to places where vampires make their homes. More night creatures on the grounds than one might expect. Those are easy enough to deal with. It's the deceptive homeishness of the building that catches him off-guard as he enters Damien's own room. And it's the most stupid, basic trap. A murder hole in a wall.
It's the early hours of the morning when all of the castle's radios crackle and are interrupted by a calm- ]
no subject
It's strange, when vampire's homes are just- houses. Tastelessly decorated houses, with fridges full of blood bags. But still houses. It makes them feel more human. The priest's resurrection didn't happen at the bottom of a dark dungeon. It happened on a long dining room table. The room where he was kept is a guest bedroom, made different only from the one that Alucard first homed him in by the chains in neat coils at the ceiling and the mechanism to loosen and tighten him. Damien's study is full of arcane instruments, but it's still very much a normal study to look at.
There are a few monsters, the kinds of dark things that flock to places where vampires make their homes. More night creatures on the grounds than one might expect. Those are easy enough to deal with. It's the deceptive homeishness of the building that catches him off-guard as he enters Damien's own room. And it's the most stupid, basic trap. A murder hole in a wall.
It's the early hours of the morning when all of the castle's radios crackle and are interrupted by a calm- ]
-Alucard. Mirror.