cryptsleeper | 20s AU Post

20s AU Post

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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[Gallows humor is only funny at the exact moment, in Alucard's estimation, and even then he tends to dislike it. He huffs slightly, mollified by the return to a much more important topic.]

Just the kicking. She goes for the shins with the kicking. Punches can go just about anywhere, and that's when the problems well and truly begin.

[He nearly said kick in. Word choice matters.]

Is there anything else you need clarification on?

So what you're telling me is that we have a fairy, a vampire and a fucking demon on this sofa.

[ He's petting Alucard's hair now, after that huff. Forgiveness earned? ]

Good sofa to be on.

Mmm. [Forgiven. With trying to inch even closer, if that's even possible at this point.]

A very fine sofa, but I am not responsible for your safety if she catches you ever calling her a demon. She makes faces when I call her a furnace. Which she is.

I'll do it while tickling her. It's important to find out how much you can get way with without being set alight.

[ It's also important to establish that you're still awful when faced with people who have made the terrible mistake of loving you. ]

Don't worry. I'll do it outside, so as not to ruin anything nice.

[The only response to this terrible idea is to just bury one's face in the nearest soft cushioning. In this case, that means Trevor's chest. Alucard groans into it. Soft, but also he's pretty sure Sypha can sleep through anything.]

Some experiments are not worth conducting. However, I appreciate the consideration.

It'll be fine, it'll be fine.

[ Is it possible to get dumped by your hug gremlin girlfriend before you've woken her up to make sure she actually is your girlfriend? He's going to end up finding out, at this rate.

He buries his lips in Alucard's hair, this time. It's only fair. ]

So. You didn't answer before. Are you feeling not-shitty, now?

At least I won't get in trouble for mean names.

[He can live with that. Just as he can live with that aftermath because it is more likely to be the height of comedy instead of anything dire. If this kind of teasing is to be universal then it's a fine thing.

Hug gremlin also needs to be one of the new names.

Alucard's happy with those kisses though. There's a low rumble to prove it, pressed against Trevor's chest.]

Yes.

[How can he not?]

I also owe you an apology.

Wait shit, we're keeping track of owed apologies now?

[ He gives a mock-sigh so dramatic that both Sypha and Alucard sink slightly when his chest moves. ]

Fuck, I'm in trouble.

[Alucard shakes his head no.]

Only this one's important. I...did not comprehend the actual meaning of what you meant about disappearing last night the first time you ever mentioned it. Sypha was the one that put two and two together, and yelled at me for making it seem as if I was content with you being dragged to Hell.

So for that, I am beyond embarrassed and sorry.

Oh. That was bothering you? Shit.

[ He shrugs. ]

I- already assumed that you just didn't know. Didn't seem like a great time to clarify. And then neither did any other time, to be honest. You'd have wanted me to be serious about it, and I don't like doing that shit.

It came off as incredibly self-absorbed and dickish on my end.

[More than he thought was appropriate even when he pretty much hated Trevor being around in the house to begin with.

The rest is predictable.]

You're right that I would have. So I'll do it for you instead.

Do I get kicked off the sofa for making the obvious comment?

[ He's already been warned about Sypha. Nobody's given him any Alucard warnings yet. ]

It doesn't deserve that kind of dignity. We deal with it when it happens, and we have a full year until then.

The amount of effort required to actually remove you from the sofa at the moment means the answer is no.

[Sypha can give him the Alucard warnings!]

Mm, fine. [Which means he's going to start to plan as of now.] I understand.

What I'm hearing is that I'm allowed to be as much of a shit as I want, as long as I'm still comfortable to lie on top of.

[ He kisses Alucard's forehead as best he can while also grinning. ]

But the moment's passed, it wouldn't be funny anymore.

[He's starting to hack that the vampire is best argued with when there's affection involved as well. Shit.]

You're hearing what you want to hear, and giving yourself permission to be a shit. There's a difference.

[Alucard leans into that kiss too. Eventually they'll have to think about Trevor coming out with them more often to official functions.

Ugh. Not now.]

Another opportunity for it will arise, I'm sure.

Oh, absolutely. I'm wonderful at finding opportunities to be unpleasant.

[ He laughs. ]

You're right about the furnace thing. I have one warm tit and one cold tit. Strange sort of experience, that.

Unpleasant, disgusting, foul-mouthed, what else am I missing...?

[He's lying, he can keep going.]

I'm afraid the only way to fix that issue is for one of us to move.

Uncultured, inappropriate, rude...

[ He settles into the sofa, wrapping his free arm back around Alucard's shoulders. Nope, nobody's moving. ]

Didn't say bad, just strange. You're staying here until she wakes up. Or until evening service, if that happens first. I'd rather not explain to the babas that I was stuck under the two of you.

Oh, rude just sums everything up. We'll just use that from now on.

[Oh dear. He's so very trapped by a Belmont. Horrible. The worst possible fate for a Tepes.]

I'm starting to get hungry, so it will happen. Just like there's going to be a day where you have to explain that you were trapped under the both of us to your grandmothers. Best to brace for that now.

I told you that you should have eaten something.

[ He's not letting go. Not sorry. ]

Probably for the best. At least they'll stop trying to find me a nice girl.

[ That particular quest of theirs has just been awkward for everyone involved, really. Not that he's disliked any of the people they've thrown at him. It's just that at least a few were literally thrown, and most seemed a little terrified of him, and those that weren't terrified of him were terrified when Agatha brought up great grandchildren before anyone even got to introduce themselves properly. ]

We'll all have to eat at some point.

[Maybe they should just wake up Sypha.]

Maybe they'll stop fixing little in front of my name too.

[He's not holding his breath on that one, but a vampire can dream.

A vampire can also be terribly uninformed about how their quests have gone in the past few months, especially because if he knew, Alucard would have probably sprained something laughing. Especially with the great-grandchildren comment.]

This is better than not-starving, though.

[ He has so much hugs to catch up on! You two had a hugs head start! But fine. He releases the vampire. ]

Fine, go start on lunch and get yourself clear. I'm going to try tickling her.

[There's plenty of time to catch up. Winters are still warm in this part of the world, but things do slow down some. Enough to bring Trevor up to speed. Enough so that the important logistics will be how big a mattress Alucard's room can hold.]

I am not responsible for your well being with this horrible quest of yours.

[Alucard removes himself from the sofa slowly. It's already cold outside of the grip of the other two. There's only one advantage here, and it's that he can lean down and give Trevor one last kiss before he goes to the kitchen. Put a hand on his cheek, keep Trevor there for as long as Alucard likes.]

This is the only way I'm ever going to learn.

[ He tucks a stray strand of hair behind Alucard's ear before turning his attention to Sypha properly, wrapping his arms around her.

It's only once Alucard is safely out of range in the kitchen that there's an indignant squeak, a yelp and the sound of Trevor crashing to the floor.

Lesson learned. ]

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