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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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[ It's the old phrase, isn't it? When the vampire's away, the Belmont and the Speaker will get drunk on illegally obtained unconsecrated communion wine.

Or something like that. It probably goes like that.

Alucard is away for the evening, on business with Theodora. And Trevor is only half-listening to Sypha's radio show. He can't say he finds it that interesting, and he can't help but wonder if it's the way that the stories are told that catches her heard twice as much as the stories themselves. He's never asked if her caravan has access to a radio - it'd be a priority, but those things aren't cheap.

He gets up shortly before the end of it and returns as it draws to a close with two bottles of wine. Which would probably be a more romantic gesture if he didn't also show up with a pair of mugs instead of wine glasses. Also if he didn't immediately say- ]

-You want to get fucked up and complain about our father in law?

[ So maybe Alucard didn't sleep well last night. And maybe they can't actually give Dracula the talking to that he deserves for being the source of that. But they can get really drunk and complain about him while his son isn't here to defend him. ]

[Sypha is listening to the radio show. This is because Sypha has only ever, in her entire life, missed one day of her radio show (probably), and even that was quickly mitigated. It is a staple, a constant. It is Important™. And she's much better these days about not being so hyperfixated on it that she ignores everything else around her, but — well.

She's still more than distracted enough that she doesn't really realize what Trevor's gotten out for them until the show is over, and she looks up to wine and mugs and who actually needs more than wine and mugs for romance, anyway.]

My, my. Do your grandmothers know you have that?

[She says, as she makes grabby hands for her mug, which is probably affirmation in and of itself.]

You think anything happens in the church without them knowing? Especially how the good father distributes this stuff among the thirsty masses?

[ Which is to say only the one who's a bad fucking influence. He hands Sypha the ceramic mug that's painted with orange cats. His own is a white and blue tin one. ]

This is all I get for the rest of the month, but it seems like a good night for it. Got a lot of shit to talk about our dear Absent King. Lot of great ideas about where he can shove a stake or three.

Then we will have to enjoy ourselves enough tonight to last a month's worth.

[She takes the mug gleefully, turning it around to look at the cats (her favorite, the orange ones) before offering it out for a pour, one hand underneath and one hand wrapped around the side.]

The vampires have better in quality, I think, but the careless ones forget and put blood in it and ruin it for all the ones who aren't vampires.

Wouldn't know.

[ And he uncorks the bottle, filling Sypha's mug. ]

Some of us aren't allowed to drink without the vampire sniffing the glass between every sip. Not even I'm that desperate.

[ Belmonts are really, really likely targets for poisoning, okay. ]

Mmmm. You weren't there, at the one where the vampires tried to get me to drink blood without knowing.

[SHE SAYS, OFFHANDEDLY, JUST LIKE THAT, AS SHE ACCEPTS HER ALCOHOL.]

It's fun when he's protective, though, isn't it?

What the fuck, vampires. [ Aka basically the Belmont family motto. ] Human blood, or-

[ If they were trying to turn her and he wasn't informed then he and Alucard are going to have Serious Words About Shit The Belmont Needs To Know. But for now he just pours wine into his own mug, setting the rest of the bottle down on the coffee table and settling into the couch next to Sypha. ]

You know I'm still too sober to admit that. [ And he chuckles. ] Maybe a little.

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I didn't ask! They had it in a glass already, just a little, to turn the champagne pink and make it look like rosé. I think they thought it would be funny. Strange how they were not laughing when Alucard turned up to stop them.

[She scoots back a little on her cushion, enough so that she can pull her knees up and just barely rest the heels of her feet on the edge of the couch, all curled up neatly with her mug huddled behind her raised knees like a forest animal coveting a nut.]

I like it when he's protective. And when you are, too. You both act like I am so special.

[She sips at her wine, just a taste on her tongue to start.]

Probably human, then, if all he did was stop them from laughing. He'd have been able to smell the difference.

[ He takes a great gulp of his own, shaking his head in disbelief at vampire antics. It was almost certainly human or animal, on further consideration. There's no way that an attempt to turn Sypha wouldn't have happened without either him finding out from Alucard or him finding out from the newspapers reporting the mess the next morning. ]

You are special. [ He'd move in to hug her at that, but there'll be no end to the trouble they get from the vampire if they spill wine on the furniture. ] Maybe not made out of lace and blown glass, the way he likes to think. But special.

[ AND YES, ALUCARD IS ABSOLUTELY THE ONLY ONE WHO PRETENDS SYPHA IS VERY DELICATE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. ]

Still not blood I would want to drink, ugh.

[Speaking of drinking, her next swig isn't quite so grandiose as Trevor's, but she's also not going to be left behind, either. On the other hand, she's smaller and slighter than Trevor is, so even attempting to match him drink for drink is going to knock her cold a lot sooner than it tanks him, before long.]

...I wish he would just drink blood in front of us. It's not as though we don't know he does it. We all know he does. He shouldn't have to pretend like he doesn't.

[She takes another drink, almost thoughtful.]

Don't you think?

If it's the shit in the bags- not like he drinks anything that's not? Yeah. I've seen vampires do all kinds of weird shit. Drinking blood that's been given willingly is about the least weird thing they could do.

[ Alucard's trying to hide his being what he is from the two of them is still something of a raw topic after the events of a few weeks ago. He has Opinions. About this, and about his own bad habit of forgetting what their boyfriend is. ]

Can't say I'd be thrilled to see him biting down on someone else, mind. No matter how willing they are. I don't think I'm that insecure [ WOW YOU ARE MISTAKEN THERE ] about it, but- it'd sting, you know?

Haha. I think you mean it would not sting. Because he wouldn't be biting you.

[AHA? AHA. Someone thought it was funny, probably. And if it's any consolation it gets a legitimate giggle out of Sypha, so.]

What if it was me? Would you watch him bite me?

Hilarious.

[ And he manages a few seconds after that before snorting quietly with amusement. Because the joke is bad, but that she's so serious about telling it is wonderful. ]

I mean- yeah. You're you, it wouldn't be him putting his mouth all over some random stranger.

Would you like it?

[She hides a smile in her mug, nursing another drink that's just slightly bigger than she'd thought it was when she took it, and has to gulp a little to get it down before she can go on.]

I would like it, I think. Watching him put his mouth all over you.

[ He takes a very thoughtful sip, turning that mental image - both of those mental images - over in his mind. For just a little too long, until he's taken a full gulp's worth of small, thoughtful sips. ]

It'd be- I'd have to get my head around 'what the fuck, she's bleeding', I think. But once I did- yeah. I think so.

See. I told you that you were protective.

[She sits back a little bit, still with her mug clasped in both her hands, closing her eyes and letting her head fall back as she takes stock of the warmth the alcohol is starting to radiate through her — fuzzy and pleasant and softening everything a little at the edges.]

So, so protective of me. The both of you, you'd let me get away with anything I wanted, maybe. Don't you think? Give me anything. You both do. ...Say that, I mean. That you would.

So we say that we will, and then we don't?

[ He chuckles, still maybe thinking about that last conversation topic just a little too much. ]

Oathbreaking's a grave accusation, Miss Belnades.

Well. I haven't tested it yet, I don't think.

[Probably. Maybe? She thinks about that a little too long, perhaps, trying to decide on an answer before eventually surrendering to a solid shrug and making circles with her mug to make the wine swirl inside it.]

So perhaps not oathbreaking yet. Or am I in trouble now, for my accuse? ...Accuse...ing. For my accusing.

Perhaps.

[ And he puts his mug down on the coffee table for a moment, considering. ]

But then, you still have a chance to prove that it's true. Go ahead and test it. What is it you think I wouldn't give you?

Hmm!

[A good question. A very good question, in fact, and one that she would probably be better at answering if she weren't starting to get tipsy. But even despite tipsiness, a little willpower goes a long way, and goodness knows Sypha is nothing if not good at willpower.]

I think...youuuuu...would not give me the telling of me that —

[Wait. Words went haywire somewhere in there, and she makes a face.]

Wait, no. Biting me! I think that you would not give me biting me, either. Because neither of you will.

Right. Yeah, yeah. Careful, and all.

[ He's... pretty sure that's what she means? He's not unaffected by the wine himself. Less than Sypha, certainly, and in different ways. Some words come easier, others become more difficult, and a flush is beginning to start at his ears and spread forward into his face.

And he considers it. It might have been an easier thing to ask before the incident, perhaps, when the sight of bruises or red marks on her generally only meant that she'd been dancing too hard after a little too much to drink again. ]

Mmn.

[ It's not unappealing. It's just- coloured by horrible things, right now. ]

You have to- not tell me to. But tell me that you want me to. And maybe put down the wine a moment.

[ They're in so much trouble if they spill it on the couch. ]

Hmmm.

[She thinks about it a minute, contemplating him, and then the glass, and then the couch, and then the both of them together. She thinks about it, and about her mug, and then she carefully sets the mug onto the table and even remembers to put a coaster underneath it so as not to ruin the finish.

She thinks about it, and then she gets up off the couch and moves around so that she's standing in front of Trevor, facing him, and then leans forward and lightly pushes him back by the shoulders as she climbs up onto him and finds a comfortable seat on his knees, straddling his lap with her own bent legs on either side.]

Sometimes I wonder if you know how much I trust you with me. My Trevor, so careful with me. You could tell me to jump and I would move without question, even if to do it would seem to mean a fall. Because you would never let me fall.

[She leans forward, softly kissing his cheek.]

I want...I want to feel your bite. I want to know how it feels. Please?

[ Oh.

Well.

It's almost impressive, how he's been with the both of them now for the better part of half a year and she still manages to catch him off guard like this. He wraps his arms around her waist, pulling her in close to his chest. So soft. So delicate. So warm. And so, so very careful with her request's wording, to make sure that whether he does it or not it's his own decision.

(And it is his own decision, entirely, but how could he ever say no to her?)

Nuzzling against her neck, he pulls the collar of her dress to one side with his mouth. Less out of any attempt to be appealing, more because doing so with his hands would mean not having his arms around her waist. And that would be wrong. He plants a light kiss at the space between neck and collarbone that he's revealed. ]

Here? [ He asks, speaking against her skin, and he doesn't sound entirely certain. ] Here is- traditional.

Oh, a traditionalist.

[She shouldn't tease, not when she can tell even through her tipsy haze that he's nervous, but it's sort of funny and so she can't help but giggle a little at it. The hands that used to be resting on his shoulders turn inward, following the line of his shoulderblades across to his neck, and then shift around and up to bury in the hair at the nape of his neck, cradling the back of his head in both her hands.]

Trevor, please...

[She knows, vaguely, that she has to be careful. No demands, no orders. But maybe she can wind him up a little like this, instead, and make him feel better about it.

So she keens a little instead, warm and rich in the back of her throat, and squirms in his arms only just enough that he'll be able to feel her moving, and thus feel her all the more as a result of it.]

That feels good, please...

About this? Of course. Why would you expect anything less?

[ He's a Belmont, being a traditionalist about vampire-adjacent things is what he does. He kisses again, briefly, before cautiously allowing his teeth to graze against the skin.

And when there's no resistance to that, he kisses again more aggressively this time. Is he putting this off because he's nervous about it? Absolutely. ]

Hit me or something if it's too much.

[ And he finally, finally bites down. Very softly at first, slowly increasing the pressure of it. ]

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