x - 0002 [The Beginning]

[call_me_spooky]

We seek to persuade ourselves that the fabric of time and space is whole; we speak, if at all, of a tear, as though some fundamental, solid reality has been violated. A wound through which we pass out of our rightful world into some other space, some other time; another world.
And yet, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, we want to believe that this fabric is tightly-woven and in and of itself, inviolate. This place makes me wonder, though; are there cracks through which we've slipped, somehow passing in between the warp and the woof into this City? Perhaps the weave is not so fine; stories, images, lives trickle from one to another, distorted and reflected, as we've fallen through into this one.

My name is Fox Mulder. I ended up here yesterday, and I've already been told I'm stuck. So... Might as well get the practical stuff dealt with-- I need a place to live. Couch is fine if no one's got an extra bedroom. I don't take up much space since I've got nothing with me. Happy to start paying my share of rent once I get a job. I don't mind rooming with people who think I'm fictional, provided you promise to be gentle with the existential crises.

Which, uh, brings me to the other matter. I guess I'm probably going to apply to join the police here, and they'd like a couple of letters of reference if it's possible. Which I guess, under the circumstances, it might be. So, does anyone want to recommend me to them? Only the nice stuff, please.

Comments

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Paranormal? Ah, then you find the problem and eliminate it? Something akin to what Hellsing does.

[call_me_spooky]

We're usually more concerned with explanation and understanding than elimination, but I guess it's the same general idea.

I don't think I caught your name, by the way?

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Master calls me Alucard.

Is it? One should eliminate a threat, should they not?

[call_me_spooky]

Alucard, huh? And who might Master be?

It's as important to understand a threat as to eliminate it; I don't automatically assume that there's no chance for coexistence with the nonhuman.

That, and some things aren't easily destroyed.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Master is no longer here, but he is Arthur Hellsing.

To understand a threat? Tsk. How tolerant.

Mm. Of that I can attest.

[call_me_spooky]

Gotcha.

Well, and when tolerance doesn't apply, it's easier to oppose something you comprehend.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Or know how to kill.

[call_me_spooky]

If necessary.

So, what kind of threats are you accustomed to dealing with, Alucard?

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Vampires. Only those who choose to kill or make themselves known.

[call_me_spooky]

Interesting.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?

Have you ever met a vampire, Foxy?

[call_me_spooky]

Yes.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Did he try to drink your blood?

[call_me_spooky]

Why do you assume it was a he?

Yes. He did. I think. I was drugged. It's... a little fuzzy.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Why not a male?

Drugged? Uninteresting. Drinking blood spiked with fear is more appealing.

[call_me_spooky]

I merely thought it was interesting that you'd assume it was a he.

It was an unusual situation. He habitually drugged his victims to keep them docile. Had to, actually.

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Draculinas are few and mastered by a male.

Had to? Not much of a vampire.

[call_me_spooky]

Is that so?

You could say that, I guess... Although it's dependent upon whose standards we're using to define a vampire, isn't it?

[tinyvampiregod.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. A vampire differs from a True Nosferatu.