Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, Thunderclaps rend the air;

[distant_one]

Who: D closed thread catchall
What: Mostly awful things because July was that kind of month
When: Late July
Where: Various places

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[distant_one]

I was born too late to prevent it, and none born before me lived long enough to grow up.

If your vampires are similar enough they'll naturally begin to decline in that ten thousand years. After that they won't be able to take over.

[ananym]

I'm not sure if I'd make the same correlation.

[distant_one]

Adrian.

Promise you'll keep doing better. I'll stop giving you a hard time about your other name.

[D isn't going to be able to say it, but he'll stop hassling him about it.]

[ananym]

[ this is technically his brother. in a twist of fate. it's not a terrible thing to ask, but alucard chafes against it all the same. ]

That is not a promise I owe you. I know my duty.

[distant_one]

You don't owe me anything at all.

[D closes his eyes, he really does need to rest even if sleeping at night is difficult. The fight against John took a lot out of him both for what it took to survive and the effort spent to kill him.]

[ananym]

[ you were the one who asked for a promise . . . ]

Then why ask?

[distant_one]

Because you might have said yes even though you don't owe me anything. You did come this far and eat strange magical fruit for me.

[In D's mind it doesn't hurt to ask, but he can admit to himself that it's a selfish request.]

[ananym]

[ ah. he could understand the risk, at least. nothing chanced, nothing gained. ]

Unfortunately, I have other debts to pay before I take on any promises.

[distant_one]

I'm going to rest now.

[Yes, right here. D is confident he can wake himself quickly enough if he needs to but he really doesn't want to move until he's recovered. Plus his omen can keep watch as well.]

[ananym]

[ alucard gives a quiet huff. good talk, trevor's voice rings in his head. ]

I will leave you to it.

[distant_one]

[If he wasn't so exhausted in almost every sense of the word D might comment further, but the effort he'd had to expend just to survive as well as to hurt John in a way that would take him down had been tremendous.]