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[ou] alucard

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Characters: Alucard, OPEN
Setting: Floors 25
Format: I'll match
Summary: Alucard's arrival has not made him happy.
Warnings: Thread is set at night. Monster attacks are a strong possibility.

This floor had a meadow. It was strangely pleasant, even in the darkness. But he was a stranger in this place and found himself on guard as he wandered the floor. He was not alone. He could see shadows moving in the distance. Nothing he couldn't handle, he told himself. Nothing that he couldn't destroy. Alucard had killed everything that his father had thrown at him. He'd easily do it again and again. Let the creatures lurking in the shadows come! He welcomed the challenge, anything to take his mind off of the fact that he was trapped in a foreign land. Kidnapped against his will.

The man would not allow himself to calm down. He wouldn't be contained. His father had made that mistake, hadn't he? And now, according to the people who had trapped Alucard here, he was dead. For good. He wouldn't believe it until he had absolute proof. After all, much of what he had seen so far indicated that he was being tricked. The large metal boxes with images on them were just one example of things that he wanted absolutely nothing to do with.

Though he had seen from the dormitories that there were many, many people in the tower itself, Alucard had noticed that there didn't seem to be any other people around. It was strange, especially for such a peaceful looking meadow. The only thing that he could hear was something that sounded like vague shuffling of bushes in the distance.

"Who's there?" he growled sharply.

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Tohko nodded as she took the kit and replied to Alucard. "Don't worry..I'll be fine."

Slowly, she started to approach the bird, ready to jump out of the way at a moments notice if the bird decided to charge her.

He nodded, hoping that she was right. The bird seemed rather content with the current distraction, but there was no telling how the bird would react to him or her when its food ran out. Still, he figured that he would be able to fend off the bird long enough for Tohko to get away, though with her confidence he hoped that it wouldn't come to that.

Carefully, Tohko tiptoed near the bird as it was eating. She had tossed quite a few nutrition bars in the bowl, so just as long as the bird didn't notice the fact that she was bandaging it up, everything would probably be alright.

Quietly, Tohko got out the roll of gauze and started to wrap it around one of the wounds on the birds leg.

Fortunately, it looked like the bird was significantly distracted, but it was probably going to be aggressive if it ran out of food. He watched carefully, ready to step in if things started to look bad. He was fast, faster than the bird so long as it didn't charge, he wagered. He'd be able to get both himself and Tohko out of the way before the bird knew what was happening.

He wouldn't act yet, though, waiting to see what was going to happen.

Tohko wasn't really paying attention to the birds food levels. All she was concerned about was wrapping up the wounds the bird had on its feet. Once she had done that, she moved to its stomach and back, talking to it as she did so.

"Good bird..just hold on a little more.."

Fortunately, Alucard was watching the food supply. It was still good enough that he wasn't worried too badly about the bird at the moment. It was doing well enough when distracted, at least.

Such a kind girl. He was impressed that someone so kind could survive in a place like this without becoming jaded.

Tohko, no matter what hardships she faced or horrible atrocities, or foul deeds of humanity, would probably never become jaded. She knew good, kind people and selfless deeds existed..and part of making more of them was showing people that they did and performing them.

Besides, it wasn't like she didn't want to help the bird. She kept smiling as she worked on wrapping and bandaging up the stomach and back, moving on to the head and neck when she finished.

It was an honorable quality, and something that Alucard would greatly respect once he got to know her better. But he was still wary about the bird and was currently watching it carefully to make sure that she was not in danger of being harmed. "I hope this creature stays out of harm's way," he said softly, trying to make some amount of conversation.

Tohko, sadly, wasn't really paying attention to the amount of danger she was potentially in, but just kept on bandaging up the bird and talked with Alucard.

"Don't worry..I think it will this time..and it's done!" Wrapping up the last bandage, Tohko carefully backed away from the bird, giving it some space.

The bird still had a bit more of the nutrition bars to eat, and seemed to be ignoring them for the moment, happily eating. The bleeding didn't seem to be stopping, but maybe it just needed some time. "You did good," he marveled, impressed by her ability to keep cool. Clearly she had been in the tower for much, much longer than himself.

Tohko sighed to herself as she walked back to Alucard, smiling to herself.

"Well, I tried my best. After all, I can't just leave an injured person or an animal lying there, even if they are violent."

The bird, lacking food, and now noticing that the two people that had surrounded it were distracted, wandered off, hopefully to heal.

Alucard didn't smile, he wasn't really capable of it, but his expression was one of warm approval. In another life, he had wanted to be able to raise his son to be so good. "I'm sure it will be fine," he said, hoping that the giant bird would recover from its injury.

While Tohko noticed that he wasn't smiling, he did note the expression and kept smiling because of it. Books and her own family had managed to get her to this point, along with a great many other things.

"It probably will be..but what about you? Will you be alright?"

"I heal fast," he said, taking his hand off the wound to show that a scab had already started to form. He'd probably be fine if he decided to transform into mist for just a few minutes. Reform his body without the injuries.

While that was pretty amazing, it puzzled Tohko. Sure, people healed fast..but a cut like that already forming a scab was odd.

"That's pretty amazing..but how are you able to heal that quickly?"

"It is... an ability of mine," he said slowly. "One that comes with me not being human." It was only Tohko's kindness that would make him admit such a thing, though by his appearance it was entirely obvious already.

Well, that only made Tohko want to guess what he really was then, but the clues seemed to point to something.

"I see..I'm sorry if I'm being nosy then, but are you a vampire then?"

If his heart still beat, his pale face would have turned even paler.

Even so... she had been nothing but helpful. Alucard was not particularly a good liar, and he didn't think that he would be in danger, at least not because he was a vampire. "I am," he admitted softly.

At his reaction, Tohko could guess that he didn't like the fact that he was a vampire, so Tohko sighed and scratched her head. Sympathetic vampires were not uncommon in fiction, so she had some experience with them.

"I see..I'm sorry to hear that then. If you ever need something to eat, I would check the infirmary. They might have some blood packets that you can grab."

The infirmary? At least now he knew where he could feed. He wouldn't have to risk harming the injured bird, or a person. "I was not aware," he admitted, expression softening. "You have been most helpful. Thank you."

Which had been the reason Tohko had told him. She didn't know that he wasn't aware, but she was always happy to help, so at the comments, she smiled.

"Oh, you're welcome! I'm always happy to help out! Although..I should have realized what you were earlier. Alucard is just Dracula backwards, after all."

There's a very brief moment at her comment that his face twists into something a lot like rage before it goes back to one much more neutral. It had been obvious to him, of course, but the fact that his father existed in other realms was something that he didn't really want to think about.

"It is no bother. I know now where to find sustenance."

While Tohko wasn't always perceptive, it was hard to miss that brief look of rage. While she didn't know Alucard's backstory, she had obviously said something that had struck a cord with him.

"..While that's good, I apologize for annoying you. Dracula is a character from a story in my world..but if he actually exists in yours and you don't like him, I didn't mean to make comparisons."

He laughed a little bitterly. "Fortunately for you, it seems as though he has not found himself here. I hope it stays that way." He'd have to kill his father if he ever did show up.

At that, Tohko sighed again.

"I'm not sure whether that's fortunate or not..but if he ever does show up here, you should be careful. If you're planning on fighting him, you should know that he can't be killed..at least, not here."