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[Trevor exhales, warm and excited]
I took him to the pool here and he made most of it freeze up. Said that you were going to teach him fire next, but we didn't think it was a great idea to try now, in a wooden boat.
I took him to the pool here and he made most of it freeze up. Said that you were going to teach him fire next, but we didn't think it was a great idea to try now, in a wooden boat.
You know, I don't think this ship is-
[Off-topic. She stops herself, because they are definitely talking about more important things. She scoots over so she can lean against his shoulder, pulling his cloak around her too.]
My teacher started me with ice. It's safest. Relatively. Then wind. Then fire. Tell me more about him. What did he say about how he lives? Is he happy?
[Off-topic. She stops herself, because they are definitely talking about more important things. She scoots over so she can lean against his shoulder, pulling his cloak around her too.]
My teacher started me with ice. It's safest. Relatively. Then wind. Then fire. Tell me more about him. What did he say about how he lives? Is he happy?
[He grins, warm and inviting in a smile meant only for Sypha. Trevor draws his arm around her]
He definitely seems it. I had taken him hunting for rabbits the day before, and the day he came here he was supposed to be taking history lessons with you and purposely got lost instead.
He definitely seems it. I had taken him hunting for rabbits the day before, and the day he came here he was supposed to be taking history lessons with you and purposely got lost instead.
[She shuts her eyes for a moment, holding to herself the moment of joy and relief, and lets her head land on his shoulder.]
I can't even be angry I didn't get to see him. I am so glad you did.
I can't even be angry I didn't get to see him. I am so glad you did.
[Trevor gives a low, fond chuckle]
Well, from what I understand it, you won't have long to wait. This is just going to be a really....really long pregnancy.
Weird to think I'm destined to get out of here and raise him. That, or the fucking Necromancer conjured up the cruelest illusion.
Well, from what I understand it, you won't have long to wait. This is just going to be a really....really long pregnancy.
Weird to think I'm destined to get out of here and raise him. That, or the fucking Necromancer conjured up the cruelest illusion.
[It's absent, the way her hand touches her stomach. There's nothing to feel, no bump.]
If he was an illusion, and I am not believing he was, because- I knew he was here. I don't feel as if I were gone at all, but the moment I returned, I knew he had been here, had spent time here. But if he was an illusion, why?
If he was an illusion, and I am not believing he was, because- I knew he was here. I don't feel as if I were gone at all, but the moment I returned, I knew he had been here, had spent time here. But if he was an illusion, why?
[He reaches down, putting his hand over hers]
To guilt me into accepting the conjurer's offer? Show me everything I want to have and all I'd have to do is give in.
I mean. Simon was very tempting. And his sister.
To guilt me into accepting the conjurer's offer? Show me everything I want to have and all I'd have to do is give in.
I mean. Simon was very tempting. And his sister.
[She's back to sitting upright in a flash, staring at him, wide-eyed.]
Sister!
Sister!
[He gives a warm grin, exhaling]
Her name's Misha. She's four, according to Simon. I was teaching her how to ride a pony.
[Two of them. They have two children]
Her name's Misha. She's four, according to Simon. I was teaching her how to ride a pony.
[Two of them. They have two children]
[Sypha shakes her head a little, incredulous.]
Any more surprises, Trevor Belmont?
Any more surprises, Trevor Belmont?
Maybe that our son is as much a troublemaker as I was at his age?
Or that he calls that broody vampire Uncle Adrian?
Or that I might have...inadvertantly named Dracula an honorary grandfather?
Sorry. It's a lot.
Or that he calls that broody vampire Uncle Adrian?
Or that I might have...inadvertantly named Dracula an honorary grandfather?
Sorry. It's a lot.
Two of those are not at all a surprise.
... and the third is less of one than I am really prepared to deal with.
... and the third is less of one than I am really prepared to deal with.
If I thought anyone aboard is a strange illusion, it's him.
[She folds herself back in against his side, pulling the blanket over her feet.]
[She folds herself back in against his side, pulling the blanket over her feet.]
[Oh thank god for the blanket around icy feet]
That's what I thought too, the first time I saw him. I shouted at him about his wife kicking him out of Hell, and when he didn't try to rip my head off or even attack me, I figured it was just an illusion.
That's what I thought too, the first time I saw him. I shouted at him about his wife kicking him out of Hell, and when he didn't try to rip my head off or even attack me, I figured it was just an illusion.
Of course you did.
How long had he been here, do you know?
How long had he been here, do you know?
Long enough to graduate about a second after I showed up.
...That's when I tried to stake him.
...That's when I tried to stake him.
Maybe you showing up is what pushed him over the line. Whatever the line is. [A poke in the ribs.] Dracula couldn't let himself be in the same straits as a Belmont.
[He does his best not to react, locking a smile behind his jaw and eyes]
He wants me to call him Vlad.
He wants me to call him Vlad.
[She raises her brows at him, bemused.]
Vlad.
Grandpa Vlad.
Vlad.
Grandpa Vlad.
[He horks a bit in his throat to show solidarity revulsion]
[He gets another poke in the ribs.]
What does Simon call you? I call my father Orenz. Because that's his name, and I've met him three times.
What does Simon call you? I call my father Orenz. Because that's his name, and I've met him three times.
Really? Is that a Speaker thing?
He calls us Mom and Dad. I called my parents that.
He calls us Mom and Dad. I called my parents that.
No, usually if you have children together, you pick his caravan or hers. But it isn't a rule or anything, and he stayed with his people and we stayed with Grandfather.
Oh. For some reason I thought your parents shared a caravan. Guess I assumed.
That's interesting. Splitting kids up - must make survival more likely.
That's interesting. Splitting kids up - must make survival more likely.
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