Round and Round We Go

[The Trickster]

Turbo was admittedly shocked about all the attention from Nill. He heard Bender's teasing and just rolled his eyes. He was annoyed but used to the robot's ignorance. Thankfully most were welcoming, however Nurse Ratched gave her a cruel stare before drawed attention to Trickster. He turned to her seeing Nill quite annoyed and gave a look of apology for the ones being nasty to her. "We get it, robo. We're weird. Why don't you look at him?" He pointed at Trickster "No offense to you though" He then saw Facilier talking to Nill more.
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"Absolutely" Facilier said somewhat honestly "It's convenient yeah but it's still fair to all those working for me. Fame is what you want? You'll get it" He then turned to bender and chuckled again at him "Of course bender. Whenever you wanna dicuss we will. We will get rather explosive soon I promise you" He then saw everyone greet Trickster whether happily or not. He turned to see Nurse Ratched who gave Trickster the nastiest stare and couldn't help but feel amused/pleased by it. It meant she was being loyal in a sense. "Well, rooms are all around here. You may have to have a roommate"
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"I thank you all. A pleasure to be here. You can simply call me Trickster" However despite being pleased with most greetings, it was Bender and Nurse Ratched that caught his attention. They showed neither cheer or fear from him. Normally he'd be displeased but instead it was amusing. He shook his head at Bender "I come from no circus, robot. I come from another world. I may appear different here but in my home, I am relatively normal" He chuckled softly. He then turned to the nurse and grinned at her "I see you are interested in me hmm?"

[Alucard]

(OCC: Feel free to have someone notice him slightly. This is just to get Alucard ready for his own big reveal. Because this thread needs to be active slightly lol)

As Trickster, Turbo and many others were getting acquainted, yet another form came about to the location. Though he was actually away from the crowd for the moment, he leaned against the wall looking at the door. He smirked as he heard the voices busting about. For a bunch of people who seemed to want to talk to each other privately, they were quite loud. The vampire's fangs darted out a bit as his smile increased ten-fold. So a army was it? A war was being made? Although Intergra wouldn't like this, he definitely had a personal excitement. War meant fun. And he was so incredibly interested with war too, it meant courageous people would fight for the good will of others and that bloodshed was fair game. He liked it admittedly. He sniffed slightly as he heard a man, who looked absolutely incredible to Alucard, speak. He was called the Trickster and Alucard definitely needed a word with him. For now though, he came slowly and just leaned near Trickster. He waited for someone to notice him. He had his back turned and he softly chuckled. Waiting was a thing in alucard's book.

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"To put it lightly, Mr. Trickster," Nurse Ratched replied in a frigid voice.

A barely noticeable smirk appeared on the nasty nurse.  Of course she didn't mean "interested" to be taken in a positive way.  Oh no.  She did not like him.  Hell, she didn't like 90% of her allies.  But the terrible woman decided to play along.  She had dealt with insanity before - quite effectively.  All that was needed to control these sub-humans was a firm hand, and maybe an electroshock machine.  But Ratched wouldn't look forward to that yet.  Such treatment was specially saved for troublemakers.  Her cruel stare faltered to gaze a little to one side.

"It appears more company has arrived," Ratched stated, glancing at the vampire.

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"Yeah, yeah.  I'm used to freaky alien genotypes and crap," Bender said in response to the Trickster.

Facilier and Turbo were both essentially ignored by the alcoholic bot.  It wasn't that he meant disrespect...okay, he totally meant disrespect.  But he could get away with it - he was Bender!  Just as he was beginning to think there wouldn't be any more fresh meat and that his job here was done, the robot found a new target.  Bender was alerted by Ratched's comment.  The robot moved to one side a bit so he could just barely see Alucard looming back there.  Bender didn't feel any need to be frightened - but that was because he was stupid.

"Wassup freshie?  I see you.  How about getting a haircut?" Bender barked.

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Nill willfully chose to ignore the vampire for the moment.  She felt she had more pressing business.  No sir, the woman racer didn't believe Facilier's assurance she'd get what she wanted at all.  It wasn't exactly personal, but she didn't trust anyone in this "real world".  She'd stay with the army for protection.  Since she was basically affiliated with them now, Nill had too much self-pride to abandon ship so soon.  Nevertheless, she had her misgivings.  There was really only one person she was half-willing to talk about them to.  Nill gave Turbo a deliberate nudge with her elbow to make sure she had his attention.

She whispered, "After it calms down, you and I need to talk - alone."

((not requesting another private thread nopenope))

[Alucard]

(OCC: Ahaha. Sure! Maybe a alucard/bender rivalry thread or a nurse ratched/trickster or alucard/ratched too? Too much muse for Alucard)

Oh he was aware nurse Ratched didn't like him. Her body and tone just screamed displeasure. Did it bother Trickster? Of course it didn't. He wasn't here for her approval. Hell he wasn't here for any approval. He was here because he wanted to be. This was all for his own personal enjoyment. If it meant picking a side, fine. He didn't care what she thought. So, with a smile, he responded, much more kinder than she was "Wonderful. I am most pleased. Curiosity is the most interesting trait in all people"

The trickster then heard bender and laughed. This robot was hysterical. Pathetic sure but still very funny. "Oh my dear machine. I am more than just some alien. In fact, I am more powerful than some alien" He chuckled "But that is a explanation for another time. I will show you at a more... appropriate time" He then turned to Facilier who welcomed him but then noticed Alucard. The Trickster immediately brightened up. Trickster wasn't afraid like Facilier seemed to be yet he wasn't as casual as bender or anyone else. In fact, he was impressed. Very much so. This alucard wasn't human at all yet he had the appearance of one. Trickster was a god-like person yet he wasn't human either. It was nice to see people similar to him.
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Well now. About time. Fortunately not one but two people noticed him. Their responses were similar but different. While the woman seemed uninterested yet curious, the robot was more courageous and even confrontational. Alucard turned at last as he heard Bender insult him, and chuckled darkly, his voice echoing just a little for effect. He saw Facilier pale up and that only caused him to smile more. Alucard at first said absolutely nothing, observing the crowd. He saw humans, a couple animal-like creatures and unknown species such as the robot. He then saw mystomon, another vampire by the looks of it. Hmmm. That should definitely be very interesting. Since they were allies instead of enemies, Alucard was curious to how THAT would play out for him in the long run. He breathed in and chuckled again, seeing Facilier react slightly more. This caused him to immediately talk to Facilier first. His fear made Alucard's pride soar. 

"I'm pleased to see you have some knowledge of me. Yes, I am indeed some resemblance of dracula, a vampire of the greatest form. However, I go by that no more. You may address me as what my recent master Intergra called me, Alucard" Alucard looked up and down at Facilier. Joining this army was only a step to his goal yet he had a lot of judgement upon Facilier. He looked like a man who had all the power but none of the spine. But he only just met him, and who was he, a 500+ year old vampire to judge a man who was willing to keep his human side?

"As for you... metal contraption. I am very confident about my appearance. It's pleasing to see you are also, so much so as to demand it into attention. You are called something? How about we hear it? I'm sure it's simple-minded like your appearance" Alucard responded, his tone kind yet it had something like passive-agressiveness. Or maybe even condescending. Like Bender who had no idea who he was dealing with, Alucard had no respect for Bender. The robot wasn't human and even if he demanded it, so far the robot looked like he was all talk.
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Turbo would've lied if he said he wasn't creeped out by Alucard's eerily calm presence. When he confirmed himself to be a vampire and such, Turbo was wondering if he was so powerful, why was he here. However since he was in the crowd pretty much, he didn't really feel important. However a jab at his side caused a slight pain. He hissed before realizing it was Nill who only did that to get his attention. It worked. Totally. "Sure. Whatever you want, Nill" He whispered back. He could tell she was displeased. He cared but yet he didn't want to leave just yet. Especially since alucard was talking to bender... And it seemed the vampire didn't really take so kindly to bender's quip about his hair.
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"Has it?" Facilier said, grinning all the way when Nurse Ratched mentioned company. Despite tension, Facilier didn't care. So long as no one killed each other, Facilier allowed people to handle their own battles with people. Ratched was one of those people who although loyal to the leader, pretty much hated everyone. He'd make it up to her by giving her prisoners as experiments or something. He was powerful so if she tried anything really bad, he'd take care of it. Anyway, since she noticed someone he was about to give off his charm when he realized who it was. It was the vampire count himself. Dracula in a new form.

Shocked, and aware of the powers legend told, Facilier's response was much meeker. He even paled up at the sight of him. "You're... you're a vampire. You're dracula" He then shivered as the vampire came much quicker and showed himself to everyone. Although many might not be as shocked/afraid as Facilier seemed to be, that was because Facilier knew what he dealt with now. He knew the vampire's skills. He was afraid of it. When Alucard spoke, Facilier was quick to respond "Right! Alucard! Got it! A pleasure! Nice to see you on our side!" He then saw Alucard handle bender and hoped it'd be pleasant. Or at least tolerant.

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((I'm game for a Turbo/Nill thread and an Alucard/Bender thread, but god I am abysmally out of practice with Ratched I don't think I'd be able to hold my end of a private thread with her XD.))

"Is that what you think?" Ratched said with an icy smile in response to the Trickster's comment about curiosity.

Nurse Ratched was too close-minded to be anything close to curious.  All she believed was that anything that didn't fit her definition of normal was unnatural and needed to be fixed.  She was an evil, evil woman, but she would not go and confront anyone in the army herself, as much as she loathed them.  She was a mere human, a mere human whose cruelty was nothing to be sneezed at, but still only a human.  When it was appropriate, she would show her innate ability to emotionally break her targets, but not now.

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"Yeah, yeah.  I am Oz, the great and powerful!  Ooo!  We get that a lot from newbies," Bender said.

It wasn't so much Bender was not acknowledging that fairly powerful creatures were running around, but he was getting tried of their speeches.  Demi-god or not, a meat-bag was a meat-bag.  Punch the enemies and stay out of his way.  The bot rotated his head to look at Alucard when he, as expected, made a response.  Bender glowered.  His glower faded when he noticed Facilier's reaction.  Now Facilier was one of the very few Bender had an once of respect for.  What was bothering him?  Bender obviously knew what a vampire was, but being non-biologic in nature, he had no reason to fear the majority of the well-known vampire powers.  The bot wasn't as fragile as a simple human and was rather cocky because of it.

"Daw.  Then what am I gonna do with these?" Bender replied, reaching into his chest compartment and pulling out a huge pair of hedge-trimmers.

The robot simply tossed the sharp object behind him as he put his metallic hands on his hips.

"Name's Bender - don't ware it out, kay Nosferatu?"

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Nill gave Turbo a quick glance out of the corner of her eye when he responded, indicating she heard him.  She turned her eyes back to watch the proceedings silently.  Only a small hum of interest escaped her as she gave Alucard a closer look, personally finding him rather attractive.  The game character knew better than to bother him though; the being a vampire thing was a bit of a turn off and besides, Turbo had earlier hinted at some feelings he might've had for her.  Nill didn't want to cause unneeded drama, but that little noise she let slip could have been enough.  

What next interested her was Facilier and more specifically how his demeanor changed.  Her yellow eyes became dangerous once again as she instantly spotted the weakness.  This was no way for a leader to present themselves, especially in front of a calculating creature like Nill.  She didn't trust him at first and now she was quickly loosing even more respect.  Already, she was sure the influence of this man over the army would be tested greatly.

[Alucard]

(OCC Alrighty then. I'll make the alucard/bender one while you make the nill/turbo one Tempted to make Alucard make bender spooked by one of his more... demonic powers like manipulation lol. Also I'm assuming Bender mentioned the clippers to try to annoy Alucard about his hair so that's why he's reacting this way)

"Ah yes. Yes I do" It didn't matter whether ratched was curious or not. The fact she was interested with him was considered curiosity enough. Nevertheless, her iciness was almost as similar to Trapeze's. His lover. Trapeze girl hated the innocent enough to be spiteful throughout her showing of him. Like ratched, anyone who was considered someone untrustworthy or not worthy of respect was nothing but filth to the kooza professional trapeze woman. Trickster fell in love with her stubbornness in this sense. However, this woman was spiteful to him and any dislike towards trickster never attracted him. Even Trapeze respected him for the first time, well she was created too but she had the choice to love him and she did. Regardless, this nurse was very amusing with her responses.

"You're quite the human. Consider me the curious cat also" Trickster murmured, chuckling. Ignoring the banter between Alucard and Bender, or the nervousness Facilier displayed, he just focused on her.
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Alucard laughed. Alucard laughed so hard one would assume he might get sick. Bender's arrogance was actually very adorable to the vampire. He was nothing like vampires from the movies. He didn't JUST suck blood, or have fangs, or hypnotize, or bend wills, or recreate and he CERTAINLY didn't sparkle. No. He could do so much more and the dumb machine didn't even know HALF of it. Yet, yet this robot was just so funny with how he executed his cockiness. His arrogance was like a joke. His appearance was like a joke. Bender was a huge joke.

"Wonderful to meet someone who actually has a personality in this new world!" Alucard responded, laughing again. He then heard Bender introduce himself and laughed more. So "Bender" huh? Quite the name. In which it had no flow of respect into it, just like the robot who had the name.

"Oh I have no need to ware it out. You've already done that yourself" Alucard responded, his gaze condescending as Bender made a jab of who he was. Nosferatu. The no-life king. So the robot apparently knew who he was yet still had some ignorance as to his capabilities. Any more nonsense from the robot and he'd make that aware. He heard Facilier's breathing hitch and some express either interest or shock but he didn't care. Their stares only meant they knew he was different. He turned and heard a hum of interest and turned to see it came from a small creature. He smiled at her before paying attention to bender again.
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Turbo saw Nill's reactions to Facilier's reactions yet unlike her, he actually understood Facilier. Sure he was the leader, but vampires were scary, even though the vampire just got here. Not that he did anything worth of fear but Alucard was just so calm and surprisingly pleasant with being taunted. It was not a normal reaction. A prideful reaction he knew yet it was just so confident it was scary. Scarier than any of the villain's egos that came to play. He then heard Nill hum as she observed Alucard and he couldn't help but feel a sting of jealousy. He didn't want unwanted drama with a vampire of all people so he said and did absolutely nothing. All she did was hum, that was it. Nothing more. And yet Alucard noticed it and smiled at her.... Ok he'd let that slide but if he had any ideas then he'd have a problem.

He couldn't help but scoff in amusement as Alucard made a quip towards Bender's response. Even though he had no problems with Bender personally, the robot was a bit of a bastard. So having the robot being put down was actually kind of fun.
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Facilier was aware of Nill's glance and so, to keep her trusting, calmed himself. He watched the display between Bender and Alucard. Awaiting to see what would happen. He wouldn't stop it unless if it got very feisty and nasty. It hadn't happened yet.