[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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[firacrux]

Some humans might take exception to Alucard's observation about their frailty. Some, in fact, pride themselves on not being very frail at all.

Not that any of that was particularly important to the situation at hand. What was important was a soggy person slumped against the fountain. A soggy person Seifer initially thought was a woman based on what little of the hair and frame he could see, until he heard the guy talk to himself. Which lead him to meandering closer for a second look, just to be sure. He'd been on his way to pester the Inn for food, might as well stop off to check on someone fresh the fountain spat out.

"Wouldn't call it expected. More like 'anticipated'. You alive?" Not drowning, maybe confused?

[fahrenheit1475]

Some humans are not so frail, yes. He knows a few of those. He didn't expect to count himself in their number.


"Alive? That depends on who you ask." He's definitely confused, but not drowning. He can talk so he's conscious for sure. He draws his gaze up towards the stranger, his face entirely wary of him. "Who is asking?"

[firacrux]

Welcome to mortality Alucard, it sucks.

Seifer just rose an eyebrow at that. Is it a joke? A reference to something? He doesn't get it. "The name's Seifer Almasy. You? And come on, the fountain thing's a real kick in the pants in the cold. Inn's not far, there's a fire in there."

[fahrenheit1475]

It is. He's watching to see if Siefer seems to recognize anything he's talking about. He tests people long before trusting them. "My name is Adrien Tepes. Most call me Alucard."

"An inn? I suppose that's an improvement to sitting here and remaining wet." He feels a little like a drowned cat right now, if he's honest.

[firacrux]

Nope, Seifer just looks mildly confused. It's alright he was pretty delirious coming out of the fountain himself.

"It's a pretty shit way to wake up," He agrees, offering a hand to pull Alucard to his feet. "Why Alucard?" Doesn't recognize the name, there was no Dracula lore in his world. He might vaguely recognize the idea of a vampire if Alucard said it, but to him it would be entirely fiction. They had enough monsters to not worry about inventing more.

"Haven't been here that long myself, truth be told I thought someone threw me in there and I just forgot about it. Was pretty pissed off." Then he thought he was a mental patient. Now he understood the situation, roughly, better than he did upon first waking at least.

[fahrenheit1475]

"It's...a family name." Ok that's probably a sign that this isn't related to that. Or it's related and this person in particular isn't involved. Either way he looks like he could put up a fight and he'd try to pick one even so, if the answer had been otherwise.

"How long have you been here?"

[firacrux]

"Hm," Came the affirmative grunt. No recognition, no reason not to trust Adrien's word about his name. Even if he was acting incredibly sketchy. Honestly Seifer couldn't blame him, he was suspicious as well. And thought he was crazy.

"Couple weeks, about. Still gettin' my footing. 'Course it didn't help I spent the first couple days thinkin' I'd rolled out of a mental hospital. C'mon, there should be a fire."

And fires were lovely when you were wet and cold.