video: un; LT_ANDERSON

[fuckingpassw0rd]

[You know things Hank still hates? Speaking on networks. He'd had enough of his chat days and preferred the company of books more than anything else. Still a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. So you're getting video of a tired looking man stuck in a suit that he already absolutely loaths. This thing reminds him that the last three years have given him the dreaded 'cop gut', in a large part due to his self-destructive diet.]

Hey, this is Hank Anderson. I really hate using this...so I'll make it brief. One, what the hell is going on? Anyone with more knowledge than being tossed in here would be welcome. And does this place have booze? I feel like this might help dull the pain. Thanks.

[Honestly, this is just small talk for what's really important to him and the whole point of this conversation.]

Anyway...if you see an android walking around calling himself Connor, lemme know. About six feet tall, perfectly combed hair, a vest with 'Android' written in the back in bright white letters, glowing symbols on his clothing, an LED circle on his right temple [He points to his own head, that's where it should be], may or may not mutter about deviants, androids, dogs, and coming from CyberLife, you can't miss him.

If you're watching let me know if you're here!

[Stop making him worry, he just got here and his suit itches. OH right and an important PSA.]

Right, if you see him licking something, yeah, it's perfectly normal he uses it to analyze things, but shit, it's still disgusting no matter what stupid space circumstances we're stuck in. And before you ask, no, I don't fucking know why CybeLife decided this was the best way to make him do it.

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[reposing]

None taken. I simply thought it was a rather obvious name, considering it's simply my father's name backwards.

Truthfully, I have no strong feelings about the name. However, it works for the time being.

[fuckingpassw0rd]

Your father huh? Fuck maybe I really did get knocked out.

[He just groans, even if the other can't hear him. If Connor wasn't here to acknowledge all these things, he'd really think he was going crazy.]

Tell you what. As long as you don't sparkle in sunlight, I think we'll be able to get along.

[reposing]

You may find it unbelievable for a period of time, but it is the truth all the same.

I don't. Is this a reference to something? Someone else had mentioned it before.

[fuckingpassw0rd]

Shitty book series. Instead of turning to stone in the sunlight or disintegrating, the vampires in it sparkled. It was so dumb that's what most people remember from it. That's about all I remember from the girls discussing it in class when I was a teen ages ago.

[He can't believe he is telling all of this to a vampire.]

So if you're his son, how's your relationship with him?

[reposing]

That is quite possibly one of the most ridiculous things I have heard printed about vampires -- and there are many ludicrous rumors as it is.

It was not always terrible. Unfortunately, my father has gone mad with grief and has declared to wipe all human life in Wallachia. I am required to stop him.

[fuckingpassw0rd]

I'm sure there are. Mostly heard more of the traditional ones like garlic, holy water and crosses.

[Huh. That sounds nothing like the Dracula he knows about.]

But Dracula being a loving father was never something I've read about.

[Sons should never have to kill their fathers.]

[reposing]

One or two of those may work. Garlic never does. I have no idea how that particular rumor started.

There are a lot of things people do not know about my father. I will not plague you with the details. You have much to become accustomed to, Anderson.

Are there any other questions I can answer for you?

[fuckingpassw0rd]

I'm guessing whatever inspired Bram Stoker to write about it.

Yeah, don't worry about it.

[He does have other questions, but Hank's done hundreds of interrogations; he knows when to back off. This seems a little too personal anyway, and none of his business. Still the fact he's talking with Alucard, the supposedly son of Dracula is so unreal...]

If you do drink booze, do you know what the bar has? I think I'm gonna need more than a few drinks after all of this.

[reposing]

Perhaps this author did not care for garlic himself. [a joke. maybe.]

I enjoy wine, even if it does not affect me. On deck three, you will find the bar. Deck two contains the mess hall with replicators that can generate food for you. I would show you, if it were possible right now.

[fuckingpassw0rd]

[A joke maybe?] Hell of I know.

Somehow I always imagined vampires might like wine. Kinda looks like blood and there's a whole...class to it compared to beer.

[More reasons why Hank's not a huge fan.]

Something happen to you?

[So far he was having the most polite conversation out of everyone with the son of Dracula so he might as well just continue with a question that dealt with the other more than him.]

[reposing]

Terribly flattering of you to think all vampires have class.

Yes. Nothing that will kill me, but I have no strength to move much at the moment.

[fuckingpassw0rd]

I never said all vampires. Especially not the ones that glitter in sunlight or sing bad rap.

[Don't question it too much.]

Right. Lemme guess, short blood supply?

[reposing]

...Rap.

[yeah he's gonna leave that alone]

Something like that.
I did not want to keep relying on everyone else in the station. That, and I need more blood than anyone can outright donate to me to heal an old wound.

The replicator was an option, but I witnessed it already making others ill. Connor has been able to test it for me.

The last batch did not go well. Not his fault, of course. Something was in there that was undetectable. It made me ill, leaving me back to the beginning of my recovery.

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[wingstosee]

[ about a hundred things finally click at once. ]

haha. oh my god?
your name is literally dracula backwards.
holy shit.

[ venus, nearly a month and a half late, finally arrives at the party. ]

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[imperialsun]

I never noticed either! I don't normally try to read people's names backwards.

[This is like noticing the arrow in the Fedex logo even if that doesn't exist in Japan.]

It makes so much sense!

[wingstosee]

haha, right?
most of the time they look pretty silly.
like, uh. sunev?
wow. that looks worse than i thought.

anyway all i mean is
alucard really doesn't look bad for a name.
it just sounds kind of aristocratic?

[imperialsun]

Ayoan sounds like some sort of RPG character.

And yeah...I just thought it fit his country. I don't know the language.

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[foolishjourney]

What the fuck. I never noticed.

[HIM TOO.....]

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[wingstosee]

right??
once it's there you can't unsee it!

[foolishjourney]

Very original, citizens of Wallachia.

[reposing]

I wonder if they're to blame if my clever friends didn't even quite realize it themselves.

[foolishjourney]

Look.







I have no defense.

[BUT NOW HE'S VERY CURIOUS WHAT YOUR NAME ACTUALLY IS....]

[reposing]

At least you are honest.

[imperialsun]

In my defense, I never said I was clever. I'm sure Kei or Elly would have figured out it before me.

[reposing]

Hmm. You get a pass, then.