❝ Terrans have no power over me. ❞ His reply is short, quick, but not unkind. He does not intend to frighten her, but merely express his disinterest in this….order of theirs. ❝ You are a vampire.Why do you fear these humans? ❞ He is patient in all things, his gaze neither harsh, nor unkind. There is no harshness to his voice, but detachment. His gaze is shifted to the city around them but he has yet to take notice of anyone. He prefers it that way. Eventually a shrug of the shoulders. ❝ I do not understand your distaste, but I will accept it for what it is in this moment, child. ❞
Angelica and Perot are an interesting pair. He finds himself silently agreeing to come along with them. A nod of the head. He does not verbally reply to her wish, but he has not made a move to carry out his earlier thoughts either. But, he will not deny the nagging thirst which gnaws at his corpse. The need to drink rising —– but he is Nosferatu and it is easily ignored. Alucard can survive for years without a drink of blood. Now is no different and it is nothing more than a significant annoyance. To which he pays no heed as he agreed to follow this child to her infirmary. Well, the infirmary —– it is not hers, specifically.
❝ Blood given willingly is sweeter than that which is forcibly taken. ❞ He will assume the blood there was donated. To what end, he knows not, but it should provide suitable relief to the thirst which consumed him from the inside out. Alucard can ignore his thirst, but eventually, he too, must drink.
A pause however and his gaze softens only a little bit. ❝ Does my use of the term ‘vampire’ make you unwell? Where I come from…. it is a despised term, but there is no other name for us… Though we are considered to be a curse upon humanity and demons of the night. ❞
Angelica nods and beckons with one small hand for him to follow her through the dark, interconnected corridors of the Underground. She is still a bit uncertain as to his intentions -- this “No One” -- but is willing to give him the benefit of doubt. Surely, he wouldn’t nod to her requests he didn’t intend to follow them. That’s what she hopes, at least.
She sets off down the long hallway, feet making barely any noise as she goes and Perot’s basket looped securely over one arm. She writes as she walks, not tripping or second guessing her footing even once. She’s been down here long enough to know almost every nook and cranny like the back her hand and after all this time, her eyesight has adjusted well to dim lighting. Traversing through the passages is almost like second-nature to her now. And, for a small girl, she is uncannily graceful in her movements -- a true child of the ‘Long-Lived Race’. Once Angelia finishes what she intends to say, she holds her notebook up high enough for him to see -- hopefully -- with one hand, still not breaking a step.
Angelica is not a curse upon humanity or a demon. Neither is anyone else down here. We are Methuselah. We are as human as Terrans are and have a right to live and exist just like they do.
But Angelica is not Awakened yet. I can’t do anything like Virgil and Vanessa. Someday, when I grow up, I will feel the Thirst too. But still, Angelica does not want to hurt a Terran.
Virgil says that the Queen of Albion will remember the treaty and protect us. But Vanessa says the Terrans could come at any moment and get rid of us. I hope that does not happen.
Also, most of us prefer the word Methuselah instead of ‘vampire’. Terrans use it because they think we’re all scary monsters. We are not monsters. We are people. Angelica thinks it is actions and choices that make people seem monstrous.