[OTA]

[fahrenheit1475]

WHO: Alucard
WHERE: Fountain
WHEN: 20 December 2018
OPEN TO: All
WARNINGS: Nothing probably. Maybe one whole swear.

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Fountain Arrival
It's one thing to know how feeble humans are, and another to suddenly be as weak as one. It actually takes a couple tries to realize he somehow can't get himself out of the water without real effort, his waterlogged hair and clothes weighing him down.

Once out, he's slumped back against the side of the fountain, some of the falling snow sticking to damp hair, trying to sort out not just the weakness but the odd clothing. Alucard ends up talking to himself as he tries to puzzle this all out, grabbing what looks like a dry towel off the side of the fountain. "Was I expected, then? Perhaps this isn't something I can blame on father's castle after all..."

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[skyward_eyes]

Please, try him. Nida's new bo was resting in reach, far too long to be mistaken for a walking stick. Of course it was on the ground, a quiet suggestion that he is unarmed. See, see how nice he is playing.

Then Alucard was standing, and Nida found himself looking up at the man. Quite a bit. Oh dear, that was tall, quite impressively so. Nida let himself rise, stooping to pick up his fallen bo as he did so. Damn, the thing wasn't even as long as Alucard was tall. Impressive indeed.

"No. That would be our friendly neighborhood Observers. And no one knows where they are. We're stuck here. Welcome to... wherever in Hyne's name we are."

[fahrenheit1475]

He doesn't visibly react to the weapon, beyond giving it a glance once it's been picked up. He's still got assumptions about the kind of guard Nida is, and isn't concerned about it.

"And there's no chance you know who these Observers are, is there?" Then he decides, no that's the wrong question. "Or what they are?"

[skyward_eyes]

"None," Nida confirmed as he nodded his head toward the inn. "No one does. You'd be better off asking people who have been here longer, I guess."

Perhaps he would be offended over how he was being treated if he cared about the tall stranger's opinion of him. Usually people would mellow out if they had a bit of time to adjust to things going on here, maybe this guy would be the same.

"Mind if I know your name?"

[fahrenheit1475]

"Of fucking course not..." He's not going to be mad at this 'guard' so much as the circumstances. But this is a strange unknown place, his vampiric powers are gone, and he definitely might be starting to feel his lack of retractable claws. Also they're being watched?

His rudeness is not misplaced, in his mind.

"My name is Adrien Tepes. But most call me Alucard." Not that he expects it to mean anything to this man, but he is watching for a reaction either to his last name or nickname anyways. Just in case. "And you are?"

[skyward_eyes]

“Nida,” he offered as he moves across the street and then took the stairs to the inn two at a time. “Nomura, If last names matter. And if we could find the people that did this then we would hardly be complacent, Adrien.”

Small things to get back at the attitude he was being given. After all Alucard had said ‘some’ people called him that. Not that Nida should.

When he got to the door he was careful to knock his boots near the frame, didn’t want to track too much cold and wet into the building. Would probably take some time to dry his boots by the fire too, whether the guy cared or not.

[fahrenheit1475]

His eyes narrow at the use of his first name. He was checking to see if his last name was recognized, but wasn't expecting that this would lead to use of his first name. "I prefer Alucard, at present."

He scuffs his shoes at the entrance a bit. Habit, more than any politeness. He can look into fire in a second, but has so many more questions. "How many other people live here?"

[skyward_eyes]

"Northward of sixty, but I don't have an exact total at the moment."

Oh well, direct request, he'll oblige. Nida didn't bother to wait, just stepped inside and leaned his staff next to the door. Might as well pull a seat up to the fire for him. Maybe dig through the storage closet to see if there was anything in his size. Which Nida seriously doubted.

If the man followed he would answer other questions.

[fahrenheit1475]

"Are they all arrived in the same fashion?" He will definitely follow as long as Nida will answer questions. Alucard peers past to see what all is in the storage, curious as to what tools the town has in the inn. He won't quite crowd Nida since he doesn't want to stand too close, but definitely giving that feeling of looking over one's shoulder.

[skyward_eyes]

“Not all of them,” Nida admitted thoughtfully. “You can look in here for spare clothes.”

Once that was explained be backed away, finding a bit of wall to lean against.

“My understanding is there is a bunker, where we start in water filled tubes. People say this means we’re clones. I don’t know what to think about that. My friend Rinoa was released at the tube stage.”

[fahrenheit1475]

"Thank you." The first polite thing he's said to Nida so far. Irritated as he is, this is more than the man needed to do. Alucard appreciates that. People don't always do the right thing, after all.

"Clones? duplicates of what exactly?" He doesn't feel like not himself, lack of powers aside. So he can't be a clone of himself, right?

[skyward_eyes]

Polite? Wow, he was a touch shocked at that. But keeps calm.

"The real us," Nida answered. "We're fake, somewhere else out there are real people."

And that makes them... discarded. Or something. He doesn't know how to answer it beyond that point. Other people came up with the idea. Magic on his would... well, it could explain him being here.