[Alucard picks up the lock of his own hair and pockets it immediately. That feels like a hard won victory of sorts, and one that really does surprise him if the look he gives Trevor is anything to go by. There’s a real surprise there, and maybe he’s touched that a part of his discomfort got through.
But that expression fades, and soon enough Alucard returns to the interior of his childhood home. That? That is safe. Safe as a dark smoke fills up the place as the door clicks shut, and as some sort of rattling begins from within. There’s a far darker voice that begins an intonation then...stops.
Like that, the smoke is gone. Alucard is gone, dragged by his father’s own magic back to the castle where it is safe. Beyond safe, for only one person has ever made it to the doors of the castle on purpose, such is the miracle of the ever moving castle.
Dracula is not happy when his son explains the events of the night. Of the Hunt, the fae, and the panther that tried to drag his son into its jaws. (The panther is of a different worry than the fae.) And so when all is said and done, there is an agreement. Alucard will retrieve the books tomorrow night with his father, learning to travel not as men do. After that though, it may be best to stay in the castle for a time. Until the New Year, perhaps, giving the fae time to forget and for Dracula to create new defenses. It is a price Alucard dislikes, but he doesn’t doubt the intentions of his father. The fae? The fae he doubts very much.]
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But that expression fades, and soon enough Alucard returns to the interior of his childhood home. That? That is safe. Safe as a dark smoke fills up the place as the door clicks shut, and as some sort of rattling begins from within. There’s a far darker voice that begins an intonation then...stops.
Like that, the smoke is gone. Alucard is gone, dragged by his father’s own magic back to the castle where it is safe. Beyond safe, for only one person has ever made it to the doors of the castle on purpose, such is the miracle of the ever moving castle.
Dracula is not happy when his son explains the events of the night. Of the Hunt, the fae, and the panther that tried to drag his son into its jaws. (The panther is of a different worry than the fae.) And so when all is said and done, there is an agreement. Alucard will retrieve the books tomorrow night with his father, learning to travel not as men do. After that though, it may be best to stay in the castle for a time. Until the New Year, perhaps, giving the fae time to forget and for Dracula to create new defenses. It is a price Alucard dislikes, but he doesn’t doubt the intentions of his father. The fae? The fae he doubts very much.]