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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.

Comments

[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.