Trinity Blood Long FIC: All I Wish Is to Dream Again Part I

[darth_stitch]

Title: All I Wish Is To Dream Again
Pairing: Abel x Esther
Rating: PG-15-ish (some violence up ahead)
Summary: Abel and Esther are on the trail of those mysterious werewolves and they happen upon the legend of an ancient vampire Prince who bears more than just a passing resemblance to our favorite Crusnik priest. Latest in the Milk Tea series.

Comments

[anonymous]

Heh heh. Poor Abel. The whole "Prince Artorius Elric Vradica" thing was especially good. I got a a very clear mental image of the look on Abel's face when he first heard about it. I have to say, with a name like that I can see why he keeled over.
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

I knew I was going to have to slide that whole Prince business in - I just couldn't resist, partly because there's a whole lot of comic/romantic situations I could drag into that, without compromising Abel as a character. Thank God the silly idiot wears glasses and takes lessons from the Clark Kent School of Disguise - bwahahahaha.

As for the name, please BLAME SETH. My Seth Muse was let loose in my fantasy book collection, wanted to use the name Artorius as a derivative of Arthur and saw my Michael Moorcock series featuring the WHITE-HAIRED Prince ELRIC of Melnibone and nagged me to put 'em together. Poor Abel - he WOULD have to keel over! XP

[anonymous]

I've just realised something. The whole Prince thing is definitely going to make things interesting if you ever include the whole Albion business.
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

*cackles evilly*

Why YES, I am including the whole Albion business. We'll get there. EVENTUALLY. How Abel & Esther are when we get there...well, I hear wedding bells. Thinking about it very seriously. Although, trust me, I'm not gonna go the whole cliche route and end it with a huge church wedding - ARGH, NO. Should make things very, very interesting, neh? We're gonna have to redefine this whole secret agent/travelling incognito thing....

*rubs paws gleefully*

[anonymous]

I can hear wedding bells as well. Actually though I was thinking more of the political side of things. Given the way things are in TB, the potential fallout could be truly spectacular. But still,I'm now curious as to what you're planning.
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

EXACTLY what I'm thinking. I figure that yes, Esther WILL need to get married because she's got to provide Albion with an heir. If she marries a certain Daft Featherbrain, she'll be a target for her crazy brother-in-law! It's entirely possible for the Queen of Albion and the Prince of the New Human Empire to be united in marriage...although the political fallout there would be OMGWTFH for the two countries and still, Abel needs to be a free agent so he can run after RCO, which is why he's going to have to keep those two personas separate - his being a priest and the whole Prince issue....like I said, this is going to be MASSIVELY complicated. WAH. Brain hurtses. XP

[anonymous]

Hey, no complaining. You inflicted it upon yourself after all. *grin* Hmm, how to keep the two personas seperate? The only thing I can think of is the description tagged onto Abel's name in most people's memories is 'goofy, blond priest" (or a variation thereof. If the image he projects when he's playing the Prince is as far from that as possible (hide the hair, ditch the glasses ect) he'll probably con the majority (plus there's also the fact that the uninformed would never think to connect the two). There's no way that'd con the teme though. Regarding the political fallout, I'm kinda looking forward to that (Francesco's going to have a fit).
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

EXACTLY. Father Abel Nightroad = goofy, scatterbrained blond priest while Prince Artorius Elric Vradica = gorgeous, silvery-haired prince, meaning yes, Silly is going to have to ditch them glasses and act with a tad more dignity and grace than he usually does

[anonymous]

I have a feeling that Abel is going to have to ask his sister for a few pointers. Regarding how the 'Clark Kent School of Disguise' actually works, I don't think it's so much what you do that matters, so much as the way people's minds work. Most people have a tendency to accept assumptions as fact and ignore anything that doesn't fit with the assuptions. It's kinda hard to explain but there's a quote from Trigun (home of another practitioner of the School) that convays the general idea (I can't remember the exact wording so I'm paraphrasing); "The man we're looking for is a dangerous criminal. There's no way that idiot can be him."
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

Ah, Trigun - I have to check that anime out, I keep hearing that this Vash guy's one of Abel's missing brothers or some such.

Seth has a LOT to say about Abel's acting abilities but the trouble is she's quite aware she can't tell him EVERYTHING or it's not going to work. How do I put it - she knows Silly has teh Amazing Ability to charm the birds off the trees but it'll only work if Silly is quite unaware of that charm. And if he actually is, he'll probably freak out and go OMGWTFH because truthfully, he's got self-esteem issues up the wazoo and that comes out of having an older charismatic twin that everyone else ADORED (never mind if he triggered my psycho alarms from the start - HAH!).

Although Esther has begged Seth to PLEASE not enlighten Abel too much about Certain Matters, if only for the sake of womankind everywhere. It's bad enough that Seth has to encourage Silly here to set aside the goofy priest and act with a tad more poise....

*sweatdrops along with Esther*

[anonymous]

There is an awful lot of similarities between the two of them. Blond. Check. Acts like a total goof most of the time. Check (although Vash is considerably less subtle about it) Can seriously kick ass when the occasion calls for it. Check. Psycho twin. Check. Seriously f'ed up past. Check. Lot older then they look. Check. Currectly on best behaviour due to promise made donkey's years ago. Check. Not exactly human. Semi-check (I think Abel's more of a sub-species rather then something entirly seperate. I haven't quite figured Vash out yet but I think he is something completly different).
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

WAAAAH! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, GET ME ADDICTED TO YET ANOTHER ANIME?!!!!!

There is a new fic up, although it's a sidestory/in-between fic, just to get me to breathe before I get back to Teh Massive Plot.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3436502/1/

TA-DAH!

[anonymous]

Nope, just explaining why people take one look at Abel and start going on about Vash (unless you're a friend of mine who started going on about someone she knew instead. Aparently the guy's a dead ringer. I'm yet to verify it though.)
*reads fic* Good job. You've really got a knack for imagery.
~Weaver

[darth_stitch]

*spews coffee all over monitor*

You mean there's an ACTUAL person out there who resembles Abel Nightroad?

*falls over*

The mind... it boggles!

Heh. Glad you liked the new story, btw. XP

[anonymous]

*laughs* Apparently. As I said, I haven't seen him myself so I've got to take my friend's word for it. I think it's only in terms of looks though. Apparently his personality and voice are completely different (although according to my friend, the supposed Abel-clone is a cosplayer. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?). I'll keep you appraised of any developments.
~Weaver

[anonymous]

Sorry about the double post, but something's just occured to me. There's a very strong possibility of Ester getting all jealous in future. After all, if and when Abel's alter ego is presented to the court, every unattached and ambitious female in the vacinity is going to be after him.
~Weaver