A bored vampire is a dangerous vampire.

[thenolifeking]

I'm grow tired of this waiting. I don't care what you say this place is a cesspool with few redeeming qualities. Either find something entertaining or take me out.

[ Have a look mundane. ]

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[thenolifeking]

I didn't think I would need to.

[ Walter is not one who hesitates and Alucard knew that. In that same spirit, Alucard did not wait a moment longer than it took for Walter to pick up the rhythm of the dance again. With each movement sliding from one into another just as seamlessly as before. From the outside it must look a strange and oddly charming sight, he thinks.

If they only knew.

Vampire that he is - an eater of blood and souls - Alucard is uniquely attuned to the human condition and right now he can tell that Walter takes a great deal of enjoyment in this dance. ]

This pleases you more than I had expected.

[ He admits on a low of hum of thought, never breaking the intricacies of the steps. ]

I am back! Have you slain the homophones yet?

[angel_of_death]

[The admission-- the second he has heard thus far-- prompts a stretching at the corners of Walter's lips; a brief tug to his already amused smile.]

So I've surprised you twice in a single night?

[Such an occurrence is likely to be rare, he thinks-- and finds it even more pleasing for it's perceived rarity. Sustaining the pacing and smoothness of his strides, he moves while counting off the steps in his mind; grace, the butler has, but it has been a while since he has done more than simply observe the movements of others.]

WB! Sadly no. They continue to be a thorn in my side.

[thenolifeking]

[ Alucard compliments Walter's effortless steps with his own. Each one flows into the next with nary a pause in between. He could - were it not for the gleam in eyes and the slight predatory bend of his smile - almost be taken for human. ]

So it seems, Angel. Savor your victory.

[angel_of_death]

That almost sounds like a promise of things to come.

[A teasing threat, so to speak. Though at the moment he found the vampire so indescipherable that he couldn't rightly tell. Nevertheless, the young butler is still smiling.]

[thenolifeking]

You think you can surprise me further?

[ A curious arch to his brow through another spin. The question isn't precisely a challenge. True he'll always find humans odd, mystifying in some sense, but few hardly surprised him at all. Granted Walter has twice, but Alucard isn't so certain that will become a trend. ]

[angel_of_death]

I think the whole basis of it is not to think.

[Coming out of the spin, he draws his partner close, his steps coming to a halt. There is a thread of logic to his statement; if he thinks too long or too hard about how to surprise Alucard, the vampire will undoubtedly catch on. Alucard, after all, is neither dense nor untalented when it comes to deciphering the workings of the human mind.

The key to actually surprising him, then, was to be spontaneous.]

But I'm sure I will get to surprise you at least one more time in my lifetime.

[thenolifeking]

[ Alucard stops when Walter does, drawn up in the final pose of the dance. He cannot argue the logic of Walter's thinking even if he's not sure on the probability of success. Still - ]

A new game then Walter Dornez. Surprise the vampire.