open; when the others blocked your light

[monomachy]

Who: Diana & anyone!
When: May
Where: Free Cities, Horizon
What: Questing, eating, training, messing around with magic and moth hares
Warnings: TBD




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[cryptsleeper]

"You'll find something that will hold your attention, I'm sure."

The wilderness will always have something to offer for those willing to look. Alucard's learned it through his own exploration, and has absolutely come to appreciate the stark beauty of the landscape. When there's seemingly nothing, every detail becomes important.

The name of Diana's home is completely unknown. It sounds Greek, or at least Greek adjacent, but the dhampir doesn't dare to presume. Plenty of places out there might have their version of the language, after all. "So a pearl in the middle of an ocean."

It is more observation, but Alucard knows he's probably right in the assessment. "And the opposite of this place, in terms of people living so closely."

[monomachy]

He isn't wrong, though Diana wouldn't have considered it such before leaving. To her, it was simply home; there were places outside the island, but it had never really occurred to her that they would be much different from her own home. She knows now how naïve she had been to think so. But the Amazons' contact with the outside world over the millennia was limited, to say the least. Most of their more "modern" knowledge was courtesy of wreckage washing up on their shores. There wasn't much to use to base a belief on how the rest of the world had evolved while they were still seemingly stuck in time.

Her smile turns a little wry, and she tilts her head back to look up at the stars. "Yes, I suppose so." But every Amazon knew every other Amazon, their likes and dislikes, their favorite haunts. It was difficult to keep much of anything a secret. "Still, I miss it. There is no other place on Earth like it." If she could, she would return today; but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that yet, so she has accepted her lot as it is.

[cryptsleeper]

"I don't imagine there is."

An island is always unto itself. Perfectly isolated even if there are neighbors, local culture left to flourish in ways that simply cannot happen in other places. Growing up, the castle was a little like an island, although without a truly unique ecosystem. (Save the bats.) It moved from place to place, always away from humanity, for security's sake.

The night grows short. Alucard clears his throat, as there's no true polite out at the moment. He has to invent one. Hands slip into pockets, eyes move beyond the hares, pointed in the direction of the graveyard.

"I do need to get going though, as enjoyable as this has been. I shall leave you to your associates here, assuming you still have more food to provide them."

[monomachy]

The moth-hares still nibble happily at the offerings she'd brought, more or less oblivious to their surroundings. She risks petting one munching on an apple, and is pleased when it doesn't skitter away. The closest thing she had to a pet as a child was her horse, so this is sort of fulfilling a childhood fantasy.

She looks up at him, tracks the direction of his point and takes note of what lies that way. Her brows raise slightly, but she doesn't comment, instead turning her gaze back to him and smiling. "I'm glad we met." The sentiment is genuine, said so casually that there's no mistaking its sincerity. Belatedly, she offers: "My name is Diana. I'll look for you in town."

[cryptsleeper]

"Alucard. Enjoy your evening's adventure."

It isn't unpolite, but Alucard is a little more to the point than intended. The work of the day has been long and intense, even for him and his stamina, and the welcome arms of sleep call. Never mind the particulars anyway. Few things are better than being not human shaped and sleeping in a small, cozy space in his opinion.