I genuinely apologize that the stairs aren't functional or safe yet.
[Upon Trevor's and Sypha's departure, one of the things that Alucard had occupied himself with was reconstructing the staircase that led down into the Belmont Hold. Well. Removing all the blood, then reconstruction. It was something far easier said than done, even after he found the original plans for the structure within the Hold's curious collection of architectural drawings. On the old sheets of vellum were attempts to understand the layout of his father's castle, coupled with construction plans for the old Belmont estate. The Hold's last staircase had been redesigned in the 1300s by a Theodora Belmont, and the details within proved to be not only accurate, but incredibly helpful.
But being only one person meant that the work took time, and even now, there's things yet to be done. Railings line only one side of the stairs, the stairs themselves cut off about halfway through, and so all access to the Hold has been with the use of the single rope ladder that dangles all the way down to the ground. Alucard usually floats himself up and down, but with a perfectly human guest, it's wrong to not share the burden of going down and up the thing.
Alucard is quick to go past the watchful eyes of Leon Belmont (he hates that portrait, swears it judges him every time he must walk by it), and his hand rests on the doorknob that opens down to the Hold proper.
He looks over his shoulder for a moment, just to ensure Dorian is still with him.]
Do I owe you a view of the sea monster first, or should I simply point you towards the index so you can get lost in all the texts here?
In which Dorian probably just go be BFF with Sypha instead, set like, set halfway thru BS thread
[Upon Trevor's and Sypha's departure, one of the things that Alucard had occupied himself with was reconstructing the staircase that led down into the Belmont Hold. Well. Removing all the blood, then reconstruction. It was something far easier said than done, even after he found the original plans for the structure within the Hold's curious collection of architectural drawings. On the old sheets of vellum were attempts to understand the layout of his father's castle, coupled with construction plans for the old Belmont estate. The Hold's last staircase had been redesigned in the 1300s by a Theodora Belmont, and the details within proved to be not only accurate, but incredibly helpful.
But being only one person meant that the work took time, and even now, there's things yet to be done. Railings line only one side of the stairs, the stairs themselves cut off about halfway through, and so all access to the Hold has been with the use of the single rope ladder that dangles all the way down to the ground. Alucard usually floats himself up and down, but with a perfectly human guest, it's wrong to not share the burden of going down and up the thing.
Alucard is quick to go past the watchful eyes of Leon Belmont (he hates that portrait, swears it judges him every time he must walk by it), and his hand rests on the doorknob that opens down to the Hold proper.
He looks over his shoulder for a moment, just to ensure Dorian is still with him.]
Do I owe you a view of the sea monster first, or should I simply point you towards the index so you can get lost in all the texts here?