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So what's the point of all this?

It's been something my dads have wanted to do for like, years.

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It's been something my dads have wanted to do for like, years.

So? For what?

Aeron: *appears on a planet full of life, a sun shining upon the lustrious foliage and the running waters of a nearby waterfall, splashing into the body below*

....peaceful, I love it. This would be a great home for our people.

*looks around, and a small duckling waddles over to him, curious of the looming being. Aeron gently holds out his hand, forming a berry out of creational energy. The duckling walks over cautiously, before gently taking the berry gobbling it down. It looks into Aeron's eyes, and wags its tail*

Aeron: what an adorable little thing, you are.

*pets it gently, to which it initialy braces for, but accepts halfway through*

Aeron: ...

*stands up, looking out as I sense a large energy signature heading toward me*

Duckling: *waddles to Aeron, nuzzling his foot*

Aeron:.... you need out of here. Ill keep you and the other lifeforms safe, here. You don't deserve whats coming.
*touches the duckling, and it vanishes from thin air*

*a mysterious figure with a massive, darkened aura walks toward Aeron, the ground crumbling beneath it's feet*

Aeron: *chuckles darkly, and looks toward Alucard*

Ah, 'Father'. Come to reprimand me, have you?

Alucard: *with a dark look in his eye, he looks toward his enemy*

'Son'. You are still my dear Shinji. My little boy. Albeit, something much darker. You are the 'Son' that took the path of least resistance. Ultimately.. It will be a path of failure.

Aeron: Failure, you say... yet I have achieved more than Shinji ever did.

Alucard: and yet.... he will become so much more than you could hope to achieve. You let your anger cloud you. You let it drive you, as it did shinji when he hunted me down.

Aeron: my anger will drive something much more important than myself. More important than all of us.

Alucard: It will drive you into madness... but it would seem I can't change your mind.

Aeron: did you come here just to talk, that show of your aura, was that all just a ploy?

Alucard: *grins toothily*

When have you ever known me to boast without action?

Aeron: *sighs*

You're going to actually make me kill you... aren't you? You know I don't want it to lead to that... just join us. This doesn't have ot end in bloodshed.

Alucard: bloodshed is the way of our lives, Aeron. Our lives are intertwined, the moment you and Shinji were born. We were cursed with misfortune. But shinji has a chance to change that. And if fighting you can buy him a little more time to do so... then I won't turn down a chance to see if I'm still up to snuff.

*raises my Jackal and Casull .45 pistols, leveled at your head*

Shall we begin this tiresome dance, son of mine?

Aeron:.... no. I refuse to fight you. This is stupid. Can't it be settled another way?

Alucard: you refused that way. You became lost in your delusion. Now draw your weapon.

Aeron: did you come here just to talk, that show of your aura, was that all just a ploy?

Alucard: *grins toothily*

When have you ever known me to boast without action?

Aeron: *sighs*

You're going to actually make me kill you... aren't you? You know I don't want it to lead to that... just join us. This doesn't have ot end in bloodshed.

Alucard: bloodshed is the way of our lives, Aeron. Our lives are intertwined, the moment you and Shinji were born. We were cursed with misfortune. But shinji has a chance to change that. And if fighting you can buy him a little more time to do so... then I won't turn down a chance to see if I'm still up to snuff.

*raises my Jackal and Casull .45 pistols, leveled at your head*

Shall we begin this tiresome dance, son of mine?

Aeron:.... no. I refuse to fight you. This is stupid. Can't it be settled another way?

Alucard: you refused that way. You became lost in your delusion. Now draw your weapon.

*Observes from the shadows*

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*Observes from the shadows*

Aeron: *grits my teeth*

Damn it!

*lunges at alucard whith a fist to his stomach, who phasesteps to the side, placing his pistol to aerons head, firing a round that rips through space upon exiting the barrel, knocking aeron acros the landscape a few feet. Aeron regains his composure and walks towards alucard*

Alucard: Don't worry, I' ll keep this fun; for the both of us.

*fires multiple rounds at aeron, which seemingly dissapear from the nearby scenery, as if teleported elsewhere befor impact*

Aeron: *grabs alucards head, a portal opening in the palm of my hand. All of the bullets fired exit, riping through alucards flesh, as his remaining body goes slump, and he drops the body.*

Alucard: *another me forms in frotn of aeron, firing a bullet straight itno his face. The bullet scratches his face before plinging off as if it hit a sheet of metal*

Aeron: I thought you said you'd make it interesting...?

*thrusts my fist through his arm, sending the gun and arm flying off*

Alucard: *a beastly mosnter forms from the blood of my arm, biting into your neck, pinning you down to the ground as my arm reforms, summonign the gun back into my hand as I pull the trigger multiple times, sendign multiple rounds towards your mid-torso*

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Aeron: *grits my teeth*

Damn it!

*lunges at alucard whith a fist to his stomach, who phasesteps to the side, placing his pistol to aerons head, firing a round that rips through space upon exiting the barrel, knocking aeron acros the landscape a few feet. Aeron regains his composure and walks towards alucard*

Alucard: Don't worry, I' ll keep this fun; for the both of us.

*fires multiple rounds at aeron, which seemingly dissapear from the nearby scenery, as if teleported elsewhere befor impact*

Aeron: *grabs alucards head, a portal opening in the palm of my hand. All of the bullets fired exit, riping through alucards flesh, as his remaining body goes slump, and he drops the body.*

Alucard: *another me forms in frotn of aeron, firing a bullet straight itno his face. The bullet scratches his face before plinging off as if it hit a sheet of metal*

Aeron: I thought you said you'd make it interesting...?

*thrusts my fist through his arm, sending the gun and arm flying off*

Alucard: *a beastly mosnter forms from the blood of my arm, biting into your neck, pinning you down to the ground as my arm reforms, summonign the gun back into my hand as I pull the trigger multiple times, sendign multiple rounds towards your mid-torso*

*Shifts my plate armor from the distance*

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I would take for granted that much will be lost today. Perhaps we’ll have an answer as to why.

*Directs my attention forward with solemnity and determination*
Inevitability won't keep me from trying to stop it.

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Well then, the gang's all here. Ready to go?

You betcha.

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*Flashes a toothy smile*
Welcome.

Hope you rested up nicely.

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*Directs my attention forward with solemnity and determination*
Inevitability won't keep me from trying to stop it.

To a greater priority than finding this individual?

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You betcha.

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Hope you rested up nicely.

Same to you. I’m just glad I have the reserve time to help out.

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You betcha.

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Hope you rested up nicely.

Good.

*tosses you a still suit, explainign what its for*

Put that on and we'll head out.

*a call rings out from my phone, and I check it*

...

*picks it up, putting it on speaker*

...Father what's going on? I can barely hear you-

Alucard: I'm buying you some time. Aeron was on his way to the main headquarters to the EDB. I'm keeping him busy for a moment. You need to act fast. Finish that training. I can handle this until then.

Shinji: dad, you need to get out of there, he'll kill you!

Alucard: I know that is a possibility, but since when has death stopped me before? Ill find a way back to you. I promise. I love you, son.

Shinji: ... I love you too.

Alucard: the sun is always brightest after the rain. Keep pressing on, my child. I'm proud of you.

*the call clicks, alucard having hung up*

Wait, dad! .... FUCK.

*crushes my phone in my bare hands*

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To a greater priority than finding this individual?

… No. But if making sacrifices isn’t necessary, I’m going to do what I can.

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… No. But if making sacrifices isn’t necessary, I’m going to do what I can.

Certainly. Although many choices are unfortunately a shade of gray between two outcomes.

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Same to you. I’m just glad I have the reserve time to help out.

Admittedly, I'm making sacrifices. But it's necessary, given the turnout of volunteers up through now.

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Good.

*tosses you a still suit, explainign what its for*

Put that on and we'll head out.

*a call rings out from my phone, and I check it*

...

*picks it up, putting it on speaker*

...Father what's going on? I can barely hear you-

Alucard: I'm buying you some time. Aeron was on his way to the main headquarters to the EDB. I'm keeping him busy for a moment. You need to act fast. Finish that training. I can handle this until then.

Shinji: dad, you need to get out of there, he'll kill you!

Alucard: I know that is a possibility, but since when has death stopped me before? Ill find a way back to you. I promise. I love you, son.

Shinji: ... I love you too.

Alucard: the sun is always brightest after the rain. Keep pressing on, my child. I'm proud of you.

*the call clicks, alucard having hung up*

Wait, dad! .... FUCK.

*crushes my phone in my bare hands*

*Turns it over, looking at it*
Sounds like we oughta use this time wisely. I don't need this, for obvious reasons, unless you need me to match uniforms with the team.

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Admittedly, I'm making sacrifices. But it's necessary, given the turnout of volunteers up through now.

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*Turns it over, looking at it*
Sounds like we oughta use this time wisely. I don't need this, for obvious reasons, unless you need me to match uniforms with the team.

Not very encouraging so far. Especially for a death trap war zone.

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Certainly. Although many choices are unfortunately a shade of gray between two outcomes.

It always is. But, concessions make the outcome grayer. I'm ready for the worst, but also to do what I can for the possibility of an ideal outcome.
*Steps up to the last step and looks downward into the dimly lit, downward hallway of an entrance*

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It always is. But, concessions make the outcome grayer. I'm ready for the worst, but also to do what I can for the possibility of an ideal outcome.
*Steps up to the last step and looks downward into the dimly lit, downward hallway of an entrance*

*Mints another magical strip and tacks it to the wall, which grows a maze of magical circuits against its surface like tree roots, casting a soft glow onto the floor*

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Not very encouraging so far. Especially for a death trap war zone.

I'm confident it'll work out. A specific fighting style for this doesn't sound intuitive, so I'm ready to be proven wrong.