( open ) I can't control withering wonders

[jedies]

Who: Alucard, Ahiru and Obi-Wan + You
What: Memshare prompts from the Test Drive
When: September!
Where: Around ish!

( prompts will be in the comments below. if you have a preference, please reach out to me @ timmtams or pm this journal! )

Comments

[fogsong]

[ Delightful, he says, and the smile she gives damn near shines. She grabs one of the pastries for herself, admired her work for a moment, and then takes a large bite. ]

So unhealthy. [ she agrees, mouth a little full, but even in her haze she realizes that and covers her mouth with her hand before she speaks. ] But they're so much more healthy than the ones you could buy back home. No artificial colors or flavors and I bet there's less sugar, too.

Kids eat things like this for breakfast all the time where I'm from.

[ananym]

That sounds like a charmed life.

[ he doesn't know many people who have had such easy childhoods. certainly not in wallachia. ]

[fogsong]

It can be. For some. I bet most people's lives in my time would seem charmed for someone from the 1400s. We don't have to farm our own food or hunt or cook. Most things are readily available in grocery stores, we drive cars everywhere so we don't have to walk. There aren't monsters stalking the streets at night, no vampires or demons or anything like that. Hell, those things don't even exist.

[ there's a touch of longing in her voice, gaze distant. ] It can be an easy life if you're lucky.

[ananym]

Luck does seem to play a large role. Which I think it is important to remember.

Those failings are not ours.

[fogsong]

It's all about luck, isn't it? Life. Do you feel like you've been lucky in life, Alucard?

[ananym]

[ alucard contemplates this, the wineglass dangling between his fingers. ]

I had a childhood. At the very least, I can say that. I have known others who had none.

[ suzu, taka . . . trevor belmont. ]

[fogsong]

I guess I can see that as lucky. I lost mine pretty young, both times around.

Personally, I think having parents that love you is lucky. No matter how it ends up, there was someone in your corner fighting for you.

[ananym]

. . . Yes. I suppose that is true.

[ though parents can love and still inflict great harm. alucard still bears the scar of his father's love turned to violence. ]