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Characters: Alucard, and OPEN
Setting: Around the tower at night
Format: Starting prose, can do either
Summary: Alucard goes hunting for the boogeyman.
Warnings: Character death is possible.

Superstitions were one of those funny things. What many people in the tower would consider absolutely false based on their own experiences in their worlds, there were other worlds where they were absolutely real. Wraiths and succubi were enemies that he had fought and killed. Fellow vampires had fallen dead at his feet, and he had succeeded in at least weakening Dracula before he had found himself kidnapped inside the tower. It was with that confidence and that strength that Alucard found himself taking the writing he had seen on a wall seriously.

The man was not the sort to take a rumor as fact, not normally, but something about the message had gripped him with a desire to hunt down this boogeyman. He had his weapon by his side, gripping it rather roughly as he started his search for potential allies to hunt down the creature with him. Just because he didn't know what he was looking for didn't mean that he was going to stand idly by. Whatever it was that he was going to be fighting, Alucard had a feeling that he would need some sort of support. He wasn't the sort of person who was used to fighting in a large group, or even with one other person-- he was a loner, a knight that was used to doing missions alone.

But this? This was important enough for him to seek out other soldiers who could help the hunt end in success.

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Vicente prefered the nights in the tower, even with the monsters and rumors of some new creature. Tamriel was full of creatures that many others would consider strange, after all. To think that some worlds did not contain or even heard of daedra.

The vampire spotted a familiar, pale figure and turned to look at him. "Well, well..." He whispered.

Alucard turned in turn, nodding at Vicente. "We meet again," he said, hand moving to the weapon by his side. He couldn't be careless, what with the prospect of being attacked by some looming monster at any time. "I have heard of a new creature having found itself in the tower," he said, motioning vaguely.

He didn't quite want to admit that he had no idea what he was looking for. Not even the tiniest bit of description to go with wasn't something that had stopped him before. "Something called a boogeyman." He didn't have any reason to believe that it would be any different than anything else he had killed before.

"I have heard this," Vicente replied. "However, I have not seen it myself, as far as I know. Nor is there any creature named as such in my world." Not to mention it was a rather silly name. 'Boogeyman'.

"Nor in my world," Alucard admitted. It did have a strangely juvenile name, but it didn't mean that it was not a threat. "I will admit that I tried to find information on this boogeyman, but there was nothing in the library." If there was nothing about the worlds where people lived here, he supposed it made sense, but it was still irritating for a monster hunter.

"I suppose the chances of it being a flesh and blood creature are rather slim," he said darkly. "Do you wish to join me?"

"This world revels in being unhelpful at times," Vicente mused. Not one book in the library had details on this very world, or how the tower worked. Nor was there any indication on what timeline this was.

"If you will have me," The vampire replied. He had no plans for tonight.

"It certainly seems that way," Alucard agreed. It was a world whose rulers wanted to keep them in the dark, and that was something that the knight couldn't afford.

He didn't know much about his fellow vampire's past, but he had a feeling that their worlds were similar enough when it came to creatures that they fought that he would know how to handle himself. "Do you have a weapon?" he asked, curious. Hopefully he did. There was no telling what other creatures they could run into, after all.

"Sadly no," Vicente replied. "I had a claymore, but it did not come to this world with me." He'd been thinking of sharpening himself a shiv as of late. It was no substitution for a real knife, but he could improvise. "I do have some magic, however."

"Damn," Alucard muttered. Surely there had to be a supply of weapons somewhere within the tower? He only had the one weapon with him, save for his bladed boomerang. It was probably not the best weapon for the situation, given that he had only found use for it when attacking creatures at extreme length.

"Does the workshop have a supply of blades?"

"It may," Vicente replied. "I have only attempted to go there a few times, only to have my progress halted." Other nights were spent sleeping or going to the hospital for blood. There was only so long he could deprive himself of nourishment or sleep.

"It might not be safe at night," he thought out loud. Monsters roamed even the dorm hallways at night, and Alucard was well aware of the risk. But they couldn't very well look for a monster if only one of them was armed.

"What sort of magic do you know?" he asked, hoping at the very least that it could be used to fight. He was also aware of the fact that they couldn't very well stay idle here too long, even if the night was currently still.

"I am aware of this," Vicente said in a deadpan tone. "I can see in the dark, sense life, make myself invisible, and cause creatures to flee in terror. I also know some ice magic." There was also the Vampire Seduction spell, but that wouldn't be useful in a situation such as this. Fire tended to ward off creatures better than ice, but being a vampire made him wary of fire, even if he was the one producing it.

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Alucard regarded him evenly, not reacting at first. "Then both of us can escape from danger if the situation becomes too difficult," he said finally. He hoped it wouldn't come to that, but with one of them able to turn invisible and the other capable of something similar enough, they would be fine. That much he was certain of.

"We can both fight, at least," he said thoughtfully. The idea of fire magic wouldn't occur to him, being incredibly adverse to it himself.

"I also know how to snap a neck," Vicente added casually, as if he had just mentioned that he liked oranges. "Though I have yet to try it on the creatures here." Being a trained assassin meant knowing a variety of ways to kill someone or something, after all. The vampire also doubted his extensive knowledge of poisons would come in handy, though.

The vampire let out an approving noise. A quick dispatch was a quick dispatch. Would it come in handy fighting the oddly named beast? He didn't know. "I have this," Alucard said, showing off the single bladed boomerang that he carried on his belt with his weapon. "Thrown correctly, it can stun a creature for a few moments. Together, I believe our skills will work well."

To him, it wasn't even the matter of protecting the tower-- there was some primal thrill about hunting and killing a creature. Something that both alarmed him and made him long for success.

Vicente gazed at the weapon. "Interesting design," He said. It looked like the sort of thing you'd find in Morrowind. Throwing weapons were not as popular in Cyrodiil.

"Well then, shall we?"

Alucard nodded. "Let's go," he said. Honestly, he wasn't sure where such a creature would be hiding. One of the floors with a lot of hiding space, he reasoned. The hallway wouldn't contain much, though. "Do you know what is on the 99th floor?" he asked, trying to run the floors that he was familiar with through his mind.

"I have not been up there myself," Vicente replied. "But I have heard others speak of that floor." Thank Sithis it was easy for vampires to evesdrop. He'd never had a reason to visit floor 99 before.

Striking out into the unknown was not something that he wanted to do, but it was something that he figured was possible. "What is it like?" he asked, still trying to think about where to look. The forest on floor 32, maybe? He motioned for Vicente to follow him.

With just the two of them, he didn't want to end up in a small enclosed space, or a space where they could be surrounded. It had to be somewhere they could take on whatever came their way.

"I have heard that floor is made of crystal caves," Vicente replied, turning his head this way and that, keeping his senses sharp in case anything tried to ambush them. He cast his Hunter's Sight spell, to make navigation easier and watch for anything.

"Probably nothing in there," Alucard said confidently. At least, that's what he wanted to believe. He felt much more at home in the darkness, anyway. "We should try the forest first. The one with the normal creatures." True, there was plenty of places for a monster to hide there, too, but at least it didn't feel so terribly enclosed.

Vicente had no desire to go anywhere that sounded so bright either. "Good idea," The vampire said. He took a look around, scanning for any signs of life or glowing silhouettes. "It is safe to proceed."

Clearly, Vicente's eyesight was better than his thanks to the spell. How useful. "Let's get going, then," he said, starting to walk at a brisk pace. He was silent for a while before he glanced at the other vampire. "What sort of world do you call home?" he asked, curious.

Their worlds couldn't be too different from each other.

"My world is refered to as Nirn," Vicente replied, still looking out for danger. "It is home to many races and creatures, and borders the realm of Oblivion. Our Emperor was recently assassinated." Oh if only the Dark Brotherhood had been the one to carry that out, not some cult devoted to the Daedric Prince of Destruction.

"A shame," Alucard commented, counting the number of floors as they walked down the stairs. He didn't sound too sad, though. Even in his own world, he would not shed a tear if the Emperor were to suddenly be killed. Politics were not something that interested him in the slighest.

"Oblivion is a land of demons?" he ventured.

Vicente's only interest in politics were if his order recieved a contract to murder a politician. It had happened before, and the Dark Brotherhood had assassinated an Emperor in the past.

"Daedra, actually," The vampire replied. "Though I suppose they are comparable to demons, based on various works of literature I have read here. Oblivion is divided into different planes, each with its own ruler."

If told that, the other vampire would more than likely not mind. Though he had sworn to protect the people of the tower, it was not as though he would be interested in stopping assassination attempts. He had better things to do with his time, like hunting down abominations.

"Rulers of different planes?" he repeated, curious. "What sorts of planes?" He couldn't help but thing of many different lands filled with fire or ice.

"Indeed," Vicente said. "I have never seen any myself, and accounts vary. They say one is a hunting ground, while another is an island of maddness. Why, just before I was taken, some followers of the Prince of Destruction, Mehrunes Dagon, began opening portals to their master's realm. It is a plane of fire and brimstone." He'd never ventured into a portal himself, but there were some eyewitnesses. And that fellow who had been closing them.

"It sounds like Hell," Alucard said idly. "Fire and brimstone is said to be the land of Satan." The other plain sounded oddly close enough-- some other form of terrible suffering, even if it wasn't a place where condemned souls went. "I suppose our worlds have some amount in common even with their differences."

"Each Daedric Prince rules their realm as they see fit," Vicente informed the other vampire. "Quite interesting that your world would have a realm that is similar to Dagon's."

"Perhaps it is not a coincidence," Alucard said, thoughtful. "All worlds must have something in common." The man didn't believe in coincidences. There had to be something connecting all of the worlds that had been destroyed, though he wasn't smart enough to be able to figure it out on his own.

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