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[thxripper]

"Why didn't you run?" Intervention Starters - @johannes-van-helsing

"Because I wasn't afraid."

"We have been rivals for years, Johannes. And I know that even in your most feral, bestial, animalistic state, you are too good and kind to actually harm me if I've done nothing deserving of it."

[sxverana]

Love and Deepspace Sentence Starters

❛  not everyone is born with the privilege of being a normal person.  ❜

@johannes-van-helsing

"Don't I know it," she mused, eyes gliding over her tattoos for a moment.

"Even when i was still human, I never got to be.. normal. Never truly a child, more a trophy for my mortal family's legacy. But I suppose we have that in common, don't we?"

[fallensxvior]

The Hunter knelt in the center of the room, pausing for a moment as he raised his hands in front of him and clasped them together. His rosary was wrapped around his right hand, the small crucifix dangling from the beaded cord as he sighed, closed his eyes and spoke.

"Lord, I come before you with a humble heart, seeking your guidance and strength.....I don't often pray to you, I wouldn't presume to ask you of anything...But I find myself in need of guidance." His fingernails dug into his hands as he spoke, his arms trembling gently as he screwed his eyes shut. "I....I don't know what to do, for years I have fought to keep Humanity safe no matter the cost, I have completed every mission and task set before me but I.....Whenever I look into the eyes of my target I do not see a monster, I see a person, a poor frightened soul begging for help....only to find death at my hands."

A warm hand rested on the back of the young Hunter's shoulder. That guiding hand which orchestrated the lives of every member of the Order, familiar in all its comfort and direction.

"Son of Peter, your prayer is heard. Lay your troubled heart at my feet, child, and I will see your burdens lifted."

The Van Helsings were truly one of his greatest works. A family built from the ground up to serve as his army on earth, descended from one of his son's most loyal companions. They were his masterwork- one of his greatest prides.

What kind of God would leave his favorites to suffer alone?

[fallensxvior]

What are your thoughts on The Van Helsings or Hunters in general?

(referring to @johannes-van-helsing)

"No family has been more victimized by my father's agenda than the Van Helsings. Turned against my nephew and his kin for the sake of a war they should have no part in, doomed to die over and over..."

"I weep for them."

[thxripper]

Who are some of the people who've challenged you the most? Like a Nemesis, Rival or just a persistent enemy. Anyone stand out in particular?

"Well, the obvious one would likely be Henry. Considering our past, I would likely call him my first Rival. I wouldn't exist without the poor bastard- so it's safe to say he's pushed me farther than anyone."

"Then there's Shirley- daft man that one is. But a bloody good chess player and an even better swordsman- kept me on my toes for years! Bu he was so very self righteous. I had to put him down eventually- a shame.. I think if he had been a bit more humble, we could have had a good thirty more years."

"But the best I've ever had is that little huntsman who's set his sights on the Missus and I. He's a Van Helsing, so he sprouts from good blood. Clever, a skilled mage and a better fighter- and his mind keeps pace with mine so well. I think.. I'll keep him alive as long as I can."

[sxverana]

"You taught me how to trust again. Thank you for that lesson.

Ask from: @johannes-van-helsing

Prompt from: Angst-y Sentence Starters

"Don't you think that's a little foolish, Father Van Helsing?"

Her fingers traced the lines of his jaw, looming over the hunter with gentle fixation. Somewhere between a beast examining its prey, and a God admiring her worshippers sat her gaze- hunger and bewilderment and yearning that seemed blasphemous on its face.

"At any moment, I could kill you. I could prove your ancestors righteous with a single bite, a strike, a snapping of bone.. and you lay yourself bare to me like a lamb on the Altar..."

"Do you find it enticing, my Preacher? That I could devour you, but choose not to? Do my fangs tittilate you, my love?"

[sxverana]

“Neither of us are perfect but, together, it feels like we’re a little better.”

@johannes-van-helsing

misc shippy-esque sentence starters.

"The fact you still want to stick around, after how many bites I've nearly taken out of that pretty little face..."

She laughed, her perch on the stairs feeling almost like a shrine. Watching the people from her spot with him, softness finding the Draculina as the clouds overhead cast shadow over the small Vienna estate.

"Power is a responsibility that isolates at times. There are obligations, risks, there are things I will sacrifice that are.... unable to be taken back. But you stay."

"You stay, knowing what I am. What I've done. You say."

[fallensxvior]

"This question feels mildly selfish but I must bring myself to ask. I have tried to live up to your example for so many years, to be as compassionate, as wise, as just....But how do you do it? Find the strength to keep going when there is so much...so much pain in the world?"

@johannes-van-helsing

"Faith is a choice you have to make, Johannes. You have to look at all the evil in the world and declare with all your heartm 'I will not let you break me.'"

"Before my death, my father showed me every great evil that humanity would commit. Every war, genocide, every crime, every act of oppression. And I saw it all with open eyes, and still decided the chance to save humanity was still more important."

"Even after my father's deceptions were brought to light, I still stood by my choice to sacrifice myself, and then chose again to suffer in the name of Mankind. Both my Crucifixtion, and my Fall from Grace, were in the name of saving the Earth. And I would do both a thousand times over if it meant Humanity continued to be Free."