i won't sympathize anymore

[suninhades]

Who: Integra and Dean to start, open to all expat Hellsing operatives eventually.
What: Integra returns to hq and is interrupted by a familiar face.
Where: Outside the Helling Guild Hall.
When: A little while after Alucard's post.
Notes: Start new threads as you need to! Otherwise, party post after the initial one.
Warnings: Uh. Dean. And... Alucard.

In the weeks since Integra's arrival to Baedal, she has had only infrequent cause to observe the cohort network. She rarely fraternizes with anyone - new arrivals like herself or natural citizens - outside of work. Despite the name, she certainly doesn't feel particularly aligned with anyone else in the city, and hasn't ever had anything to say to anyone.

It's not unusual.

But the network gets used, if not by her, and so there's a girl on staff that checks for Integra, and alerts her to anything relevant to Hellsing. Said assistant, just moments ago, scurried up with eyes only slightly wide (to her credit), clutching her CiD, and in an almost-tremulously reported: "Mister Alucard has done something."

The things she puts up with. Honestly.

Hellsing's guild hall is a bit of a hike from any of the transport lines, but that doesn't mean it takes Integra very long to get back - and that's where she is now, stalking at a purposeful pace towards the main gate, coat fanned out behind her, expression of stop at your own peril clearly etched on her face.

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[heardmermaids.livejournal.com]

"No more debilitating than usual." That is not a helpful answer, Sebastian.

"And, thank you," he says quietly and sincerely. Moody once told him that the only thing worse than dying young in war is living on beyond into peacetime: not only are your skills wasted and your views out of step with the times, but all too often you're dismissed for being able to see the coming conflict. While Integra's offer is not a position in war, it's a way that he can really be useful and he needs that. "Even though I've been out for a few years, it's strange to adjust to a non-wizarding world."

[suninhades]

"Magic isn't the end of it all," she assures him, content that he's not going to wallow in self-depreciation. "Most problems are still solvable through proper planning or hitting it hard enough."

Problem solving and hitting things: stuff Hellsing is good at.

"Don't sell yourself short. Average people always end up running the world."

[heardmermaids.livejournal.com]

"No one here knows, not even Malfoy, but even though I hadn't really come into my talent -- not old enough yet, no real training -- I was damned good and I hit the hardest." There's an odd bit of emotion to his voice; it's not precisely pride or sadness, but the acknowledgement that once he was a holy terror. "And, I have no desire to run the world. I'll leave that to you and content myself with being indispensable."