...also no. Wait. I’d been thinking, been about to write, that while I am furious with Van Helsing for not telling Lucy his Vampire Theory (SHE COULD HAVE CORROBORATED. SHE CAN’T SAY IT BUT HE COULD HAVE. AAAH) , I don’t see how it would have helped this
except of course it would , because if they knew-if Lucy knew, if Jack knew, if Arthur knew-- that they were up against an Entity (I don’t think even Van Helsing knows whether a vamp is more a person or a creature or a spirit at this point, and honestly not sure whether the book ever gives a real answer on that either) , they would have acted like it. They would have had security, they would have had watch rotas, they would at least have called Quincey Morris, who is not much of a doctor but is absolutely a fighter and could have done a HELL of a lot to relieve the exhaustion threat of needing someone to watch Lucy at nights-- it makes sense to not call him if you think you’re just looking for Medical Issues, but if they knew it was a Being?? get Stabby Gunsalot in here, pardner, let’s go! Arthur is LOADED, he could hire security, he could set Lucy up in a hotel! a nice room with NO WINDOWS. SOMEONE could have alerted Mina--
but no. Everyone EXCEPT Van Helsing believed they were fighting an illness, and they acted like it. Privacy, calm, quiet. As little disruption as possible.
DISRUPTION NEEDED TO HAPPEN, DOCTOR TO THE TENTH POWER VAN HELSING
AAAAH