[Alucard nods to show that he's understood, and then prepares again. He ought to ask Sypha to knock him out, and he's not sure why he doesn't. Assumption that the pain will do the work for her? Perhaps.
He remembers the stakes. There was an actual debate about if any of them would be effective, until Carmilla bluntly pointed out that stabbing anything through the heart with a great big hunk of wood would result in death, and the heart wasn't the point anyway. The death wasn't the point. It was the stupidest exchange Alucard had ever witnessed, and he had seen some stupid arguments in his life. Been involved in a healthy chunk of them.
There's no single stake that has gone all the way through. Most were stuck in at odd angles and then left in for a few hours, then removed. There hadn't been too much gained from the stakes, the pain of impact had permitted Alucard to black out quickly, and that just killed the fun of it. A small mercy.
The blankets shred under Alucard's hands, long fingernails responsible for fraying fabric. He buries his head into Sypha's shoulder, further muting everything that has managed to escape from his mouth.]
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He remembers the stakes. There was an actual debate about if any of them would be effective, until Carmilla bluntly pointed out that stabbing anything through the heart with a great big hunk of wood would result in death, and the heart wasn't the point anyway. The death wasn't the point. It was the stupidest exchange Alucard had ever witnessed, and he had seen some stupid arguments in his life. Been involved in a healthy chunk of them.
There's no single stake that has gone all the way through. Most were stuck in at odd angles and then left in for a few hours, then removed. There hadn't been too much gained from the stakes, the pain of impact had permitted Alucard to black out quickly, and that just killed the fun of it. A small mercy.
The blankets shred under Alucard's hands, long fingernails responsible for fraying fabric. He buries his head into Sypha's shoulder, further muting everything that has managed to escape from his mouth.]