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[heardmermaids.livejournal.com]

Who: Any and all Hellsing Staff & guests they invite.
What: Fall dinner.
Where: Hellsing Guild Hall
When: Shundi evening.

At some point during the week, Sebastian posted a brief notice up on the staff bulletin board:

Autumn Dinner
Sunday Evening. Dining Hall. Potluck. BYOB.

When Sunday rolls around, Sebastian has brought along a tray of fruit, cheese, some preserves, and fresh bread.

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[byrightsinhell]

"Wizards," he corrects not unkindly, "though I suppose I'm a type of mage." It wasn't a term that came up much, at home.

"I don't work, where I'm from. Didn't. But I served on the board of a school, supported various political causes, that sort of thing." If it sounds like old money, there's a reason. "A wizard is what I am, it wasn't how I made a living." It's an odd thing to have to explain.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

Lucius was starting to remind Brie of her father, someone who had money and spent time giving it away strategically. It's just that instead of schools and political causes, her father focused on pirates and operas. But she quickly put those thoughts to rest. She hadn't thought of her father for quite some time, and she didn't want to.

Point is, the man in front of her now seems a bit more familiar, and Brie is acting slightly more comfortable.

"If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you make a living?"

[byrightsinhell]

"At home? Unnecessary. My family had been quite comfortably off for many generations." Which had made his involuntary travels seem all the more alien.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

She smiled. "I should have guessed that, given what you said."

And well, now was a better time to ask then ever. "Are you working on any cases right now?"

[byrightsinhell]

"Why, are you looking for one?" Not a no.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

"Indeed I am. And Sir Integra wants me to go with a partner." Not a direct proposition, but really it's pretty close. Brie didn't have extremely high hopes though, she had only just met the man.

[byrightsinhell]

"I've been watching a few, but Sir Integra generally believes in the partner system." Not that he doesn't - too many years of war to feel very comfortable in exploratory capacities without at least one person for backup.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

"Oh really." Brie was happy to know that she hadn't been singled out as needing a partner.

She hesitated before asking, "So I take it you currently don't have one?" Maybe that's what he meant by "watching a few."

[byrightsinhell]

"Not officially, yet." He'd been cautious; he's not technically a field agent, and innovating warding techniques is interesting in and of itself.

That said, violent possession was nothing to be ignored, even amidst all the other activity in the city. It had caught his attention.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

She nodded in response. Clearly Lucius didn't want to commit to anything quite so soon. She understood. Is she were a bit more rational at the moment, she'd probably have the same response.

To be honest, all of the open cases fascinated her. Not in the scientist way really - but rather, she was interested in knowing who was behind these things.

"It seems that a few of the cases are very well-staffed. I'm especially interested in the disappearance or the violent possession cases."

[byrightsinhell]

"The possession has me worried," he confesses. "There are several possibilities, and none of them are very heartening." Which is to say yes, that's the one he's been mainly watching.

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

"Which possibilities are you considering?" she asked.

"From personal experience, I know there are a few powerful vampire disciplines that would allow for this type of repossession. Though I'm sure other supernatural creatures might have similar powers."

[byrightsinhell]

"A clever wizard could make a person appear possessed," he concurred. "Or a capricious faerie could cause a similar reaction. But without knowing more, it's difficult to theorize in any meaningful way."

[rose-obfuscated.livejournal.com]

She nodded along. A fae from her world would have no trouble at all creating violent possessions.

"Tell you what. Why don't you and I poke around this topic. Try to get some leads. Perhaps work together on a trial basis?"

[byrightsinhell]

"I would be amenable," he says, after considering it for a moment. "If you're interested."

It is something a bit outside what he's comfortable with, but the challenge intrigues him, if he's honest.