Hal Yorke (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
resistmyself) wrote2013-05-19 05:03 am
resistmyself) wrote2013-05-19 05:03 am
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[Focus.
Hal has the book in hand - has read a great deal of it, reasoned out its functions - but he's yet to make an entry of his own. No, that's making his presence known in way more public a manner than he prefers. As a vampire, he tended to avoid communities this small (unless he ran them, and that wasn't something he was interested in doing now) as it made hiding his presence a little more difficult. Everyone knew each other in a small town.
He'd found himself on the floor of the item shop when he woke up, which was fortunate since that meant he didn't have to walk through the streets topless. It also meant he came across his domino set, which was an odd thing to find among everything else but he isn't complaining. He buried it in a pile of some other junk. He'd come back for it later once he had a better idea of what was going on.
There's no sign of Alex or Tom, which is problematic - made more so with every entry in the journal he reads.
Focus.
He has to take stock of things outside the shop eventually. There has to be some other non-human entity in this place aside from himself, and if there is he needs to find any such individual as quickly as possible. He's still too volatile to be thrown into this situation with only humans to look to for help.
The sunlight doesn't bother him. That's one vampire trope his kind is lucky enough to avoid in reality. Hands in the pockets of his newly re-acquired coat, with the fingers of one latched firmly to a single piece from his domino set, Hal keeps close to the buildings as he makes a slow circle around the center of town.
This place is basically everything he doesn't want, and not losing it on this alone takes a great deal of determination.]
Hal has the book in hand - has read a great deal of it, reasoned out its functions - but he's yet to make an entry of his own. No, that's making his presence known in way more public a manner than he prefers. As a vampire, he tended to avoid communities this small (unless he ran them, and that wasn't something he was interested in doing now) as it made hiding his presence a little more difficult. Everyone knew each other in a small town.
He'd found himself on the floor of the item shop when he woke up, which was fortunate since that meant he didn't have to walk through the streets topless. It also meant he came across his domino set, which was an odd thing to find among everything else but he isn't complaining. He buried it in a pile of some other junk. He'd come back for it later once he had a better idea of what was going on.
There's no sign of Alex or Tom, which is problematic - made more so with every entry in the journal he reads.
Focus.
He has to take stock of things outside the shop eventually. There has to be some other non-human entity in this place aside from himself, and if there is he needs to find any such individual as quickly as possible. He's still too volatile to be thrown into this situation with only humans to look to for help.
The sunlight doesn't bother him. That's one vampire trope his kind is lucky enough to avoid in reality. Hands in the pockets of his newly re-acquired coat, with the fingers of one latched firmly to a single piece from his domino set, Hal keeps close to the buildings as he makes a slow circle around the center of town.
This place is basically everything he doesn't want, and not losing it on this alone takes a great deal of determination.]
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[He looks a little bit sheepish now.]
But that reminds me... have you found your journal yet? It should be somewhere nearby if you just arrived.
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Hopefully he wouldn't actually be expected to keep a diary of his daily affairs.]
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That's it! We use them as communicators here. You can write or talk into it and everyone else here can see or hear what you've said. It's some kind of magic or something.
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Hal opens it up and carefully flips through the pages. He's not as familiar with the internet as he should be, but it feels as though they were trying to squeeze a similar function onto regular lined notebook paper. Ridiculous.]
Ah. ...It's all so clear to me now.
[Casual sarcasm.]
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That's good-- that makes it a lot easier for both of us if I don't have to try to explain. You should probably still read the guide, though. There's a lot more information about Luceti in there that you'll need to learn at some point.
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He will read this guide, though. If the dream will allow it.]
I will take your advice into heavy consideration, thank you.
[It being a hallucination or something similar would also explain his lack of desire to feed on the boy. There's jut no real draw, and that's not natural.]
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Actually, it's convenient that you arrived in the middle of the store like this. This way you won't have to go very far to get all of your things.
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Because that subtle difference will affect how long I'm here searching.
[It should prove interesting, at least, seeing what this vision considers important.]
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That wasn't going to be easy.]
Are your things... generally near you, or might you have to dig around a bit?
[Why is he even bothering to ask, though? He's already made up his mind that this place isn't real.]
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They're usually here in the stores, although sometimes people wake up with their clothes and stuff next to them. But if they aren't right here, you'll probably have to look around the store.
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He sighs at the response.]
Wonderful.
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It's okay-- if your clothes aren't here, they should just be over in the clothing shop.
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[He starts to snap at first, then takes a deep breath. He doesn't need to start yelling at a child.]
Thank you for your help, but perhaps you should just leave me to my own affairs.
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You don't want me to show you where the clothing shop is?
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[Hopefully signs exist in this dream realm.]
I may spend a bit longer here searching, just to be certain I've gotten everything.
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[He's not in any rush to go somewhere.]
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[Hal narrows his eyes.]
You're far too friendly to a strange man you don't even know lying half naked on the floor.
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[He blinks, tilting his head.]
It's because everyone arrives here like this. The same thing happened to me when I was first brought here almost five years ago. It would've been a lot scarier if the people here hadn't been so nice and helped me out.
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[He's already looking for that flask. He knows it.]
It is very kind of you to offer, but I think I'll be fine.
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[But... but... he wants to be helpful. :(]
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...Not that your help hasn't been appreciated. To some extent.
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He knows Emil is genuinely trying to be helpful, but he's not offering the sort of help either side of him really wants just then.]
I'll consider it.
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Okay! Then I'll talk to you later, I guess.
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