A new arrival [Completed]

[notquitedracula.livejournal.com]

Character(s): Soma, Lucifer, anyone else who cares to jump in.
Content: Soma's arrival through the Niflheim gate, meeting the Original Lord of Darkness, various & nefarious other happenings
Setting: Niflheim gate
Time: Week 2, early morning
Warnings: Potential mild swearing, probably about it.


Soma was awoken, not by his alarm clock, but by the sun falling across his face. Shielding his eyes automatically, he sat up, flinging aside the covers and making to get out of bed.

Only to find he was not -in- his bed. Beneath his hand, he felt wet grass, and there was a very distinct early morning breeze blowing.

Now fully awake (and standing, though he would later have no idea how he'd gotten that way), Soma took stock of his situation. He was, surprisingly, fully clothed (and armed, though he knew for certain that he'd left Laevatain in a case at the foot of his bed).

Before him stood a gate that, in his sleep-fogged vision, was distressingly familiar. "Oh God, not this place again..." he muttered, palming his face. After rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he made note of the decorative nature of the gate (it looked like it was made of ice), and realized that it was -not- the gate to Dracula's castle.

But...

What -was- it?

From what he could see, his first guess was 'city'. There were huge domes surrounding it, whatever it was, and a steady stream of people going in through the gates. Seeing nothing better to do, Soma followed them in...

Comments

[onmyouji-subaru.livejournal.com]

He is probably hallucinating, like he does most of the time, but he could swear he heard the golden-haired man introduce himself as Lucifer. If that is so, then Subaru needs to answer well. Even though it is highly unlikely, there is no fault in being cautious. Regardless of what he believes in, Subaru knows where he is, wherever he is. He exhales the smoke from his mouth with a snort, "Hell," he looks away from Lucifer, "anywhere is Hell."

Then gazing at the two of them intensely, Subaru repeats his question, "who are you?" If they know him, it would at least make him feel less intimidated if he knows who they are as well. "You didn't answer my question."

[notquitedracula.livejournal.com]

Giving Lucifer an 'Is this guy for real?' glance, he looked again at the newest person. Lucifer had addressed him with some sort of title, though Soma had no idea what it meant despite Mina's repeated attempts to teach him Japanese.

"My name is Soma," he repeated, sighing internally. Either the kid was too focused on Lucifer to notice, or he was dense. Either way, it didn't bode well.

Meanwhile, the scorpion had approached to just outside strike range, and was just sort of... -standing- there. As if waiting for any of them to make a move.