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Esme Grigore (esmevedma) wrote in bellumletale,
@ 2010-06-05 13:12:00

Entry tags:

baba yaga, beauty, count of monte cristo, dracula, ichabod crane, john seward, sleeping beauty, van helsing

posted from 1102; public
My name is Esme Grigore.

There is no need to explain to me the nature of this place - I know it well enough, and the changes in it have already been told to me by my sister in 1203. I have also been told that, on the full moon night several months ago, she was harmed.

I would like to say, just to be clear, that if anyone sees fit to do her harm again, on a full, waxing, waning, or new moon, they will have me to reckon with.

That aside.

Reading the tarot is my business, and you'll find my readings more accurate than your average new age street woman with a veil and a deck of new cards that she thinks make her qualified. If you would like to schedule a reading, you need only contact me.

I would like to settle here with a minimum of trouble. Leave me be, and I will do the same for you. ~~you know who you are~~

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	605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:19 am UTC (link)
	And what would you guess, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:19 am UTC (link)
	I would guess you are Van Helsing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:23 am UTC (link)
	And you would guess wrong. But you are close. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:25 am UTC (link)
	A friend, then. Ages since I read the book. I know Jonathan Harker's identity, and you don't seem very much like a cowboy. The lovestruck fiancee? Or the psychologist? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:26 am UTC (link)
	The psychologist. John Seward. You're familiar with the story. I hadn't read it in ages, but I refreshed myself when I found out about myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:28 am UTC (link)
	As did I, about the Baba Yaga. Who is Van Helsing, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:29 am UTC (link)
	I don't think it's my place to tell you that, unfortunately enough. He is a good man, though. I've known him since before coming to Bellum. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:31 am UTC (link)
	~~don't ask don't ask~~ What sort of a man is he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Cynical. Anti-social. I think he spends most of his days complaining about the world or hiding from it in his apartment. Charming man, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:33 am UTC (link)
	That sounds right. You'll have to forgive my curiosity. This building makes me question many things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Curiosity is fine, though now you've sparked my curiosity as to why you're asking after ~~Aiden~~ Van Helsing. Our fables are not connected, are they? I think I would have recalled that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 03:36 am UTC (link)
	I knew him. ~~no not~~ Not him, the man before him. [Pause] I replaced someone, in coming here. Much as he did, I think. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-06 03:37 am UTC (link)
	...replaced? I don't understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 esmevedma 2010-06-06 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Replaced. I was Baba Yaga. I left, there was one after me. She left, and I am here. It is much the same, I think, with Van Helsing. But Emil did not leave. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: 605/1102 veridicality 2010-06-07 12:04 am UTC (link)
	What happened to Emil, then? I hadn't heard about this happening. Different versions of the fables... I thought only one existed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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