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[Time flies quickly when you're focused on working. But, Rip finally managed to clear most of her land and section out what she wanted for where things went. It wasn't anything fancy.. just log posts marking out plots and signs. A few of them say things like 'Future Apple trees' or 'Future Cherry Trees' . As Rip pans her device around, there's also the start of a rock wall to section off the garden she's started. There were so many rocks... why not?

Eventually, she turns the device on herself with a shy smile and pushes her glasses up. The former huntress turned farmer was sitting on the porch of her home with a houndour puppy sprawled across her lap, napping.]

I finally got everything cleared und marked out. Now, I just haf to fill the land vith vat I vant.

[..There's a lot of cleared land. Though, strangely, there are a lot of oak and a few maple trees surrounding the house, almost hiding it on view as if on purpose. And there might be a rather monstrously large log pile next to the house. Yes...she did it all herself. Rip kind of kept working nearly non stop up until this point.]

Zo, do anyone know a good quick crop I can grow to earn zome money? I'm going to need it for all zhe trees I vant...

[Then she hesitates for a moment before coming to a decision.]

I am alzo a skilled hunter if you need zomeone to get rid of pests on your farm or any hunting done in general.

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Alucard saw her video the other night, kept note what she wanted, and the next night, he decides to visit her. They could sense each other by now, being they're one of the few resident vampires who live in the entire valley.

The summer night is clear with a full moon. When he surveys her land, it was a clear night with few streaks of clouds in the sky.

"Good evening Rip. Well, looks like you beat me to it. I only cleared half of my land, while you already cleared the entire area."

That night Rip felt the familiar presence she associated with Alucard and perked up slightly as her pup snoozed away in the house. He'd find her sitting on her porch in full moonlight, just letting the soft light play off her hair and skin.

The light definitely made Rip seem otherworldly as she glanced up at him with a faint smile. "Vell, I haf been vorking day und night to get zhe land ready... I just need to figure out how to get zhe trees now."

[OOC: Assuming she went through this already and read the list at this point!]

Alucard had been busy working on his project which is the brewery. He found that hard to do because he didn't have the money enough to buy the necessary equipment to make proper beer, so his brews turned out bland and awful tasting, even to his taste.

He didn't work as hard as Rip does because there are many tasks one after another, but his farm is functional at this point. From his point of view, he just needs to clear whatever is left of his land, so he can have more space to grow his crops.

Seeing her sitting on the porch with the pup sleeping on her lap. "Did you find any seeds yet? You could have found them in the shops." Except the shops tends to open during the day and closed in the evening. "But here, I got some seeds for you while I'm around the town." He searched his pockets to take out a bag of seedlings, which contains wheat seeds and apple seeds. "This should be enough to cover a field and get you started, at least."

"All day and all night? You do realize that's like asking for being burned alive from the sun, right? How did you do it?" He's curious to know.

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She perked up when he mentioned seeds. Rip had managed to get a few, mostly just strawberries at this point and only a few seeds here and there. Otherwise, she had wildflowers she found on her farm, which.. she may have transplanted into a little garden along the side of her house after reading a certain list.
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"Thank you! I've been trying to figure out how to get more seeds to grow zhings." She took the bag with a smile and set them down beside her before ruffling the sleeping pup's ears only to pause and sort of.. wince at the reminder of how bad the sun could be for her. Trust her, she hadn't forgotten. But... Rip wasn't fond of sleep either.

"I know.. I've been burned before, nozhing too serious. I managed to get out of zhe sunlight before it did more. But, I've been keeping myself covered az I vork and staying in zhe shade." Which might explain why she still wore her suits even while doing yard work.. and gloves, a scarf and a rather large wide brimmed sun hat.

[The voice is vaguely Mediterranean--Spanish? Which makes what he says next pretty on brand, really.]

The chiles grew very quickly, and they've kept fruiting every two or three days or so.

I haven't been selling them, though. I've been hanging them up to dry--I've missed proper chiles.

[Rip perks up a bit at the accent and even contemplates the suggestion of what to grow.]

I may haf to try zhat. Though, as much as I do like spicy foods, I need money more.

[Admittedly, she might be tempted to keep a few for herself. ]

"They were mostly sold in the shops during the day, and you'll find them in the main village. There's also another village, Seagull Village, which is across the valley, but it was empty, and all the buildings are shops with no one around."

Alucard sat next to her, and listened to her explanation as to how she figured out a solution to resist against the sun. So, she made a suit. "You're not immune to the sun." He decided to warned her. "But you won't die from complete exposure. Just remember going out in the sun will be equivalent to a human suffering from a third or even fourth degree burna, and your recovery will take a long time and will leave scarring if you ever did manage to recover."

He didn't tell that his own blood can save her completely. He decide to let her think what precaution she should take the next time if she's a risk taker in wanting to be out in the sun.

A pause. "But Rip, what were you doing working out in daylight? Did you get any sleep? I know farming is what you may want to do, but not getting any sleep is over exhaustion."

A heartbeat. "I'm surprise you didn't feel thirsty and hungry for blood from pushing yourself so hard with all of this work."

`I know...I'm alvays cautious of zhe sun. I told you, I've been burned before und it vasn't pleasant." In the slightest. she settled a little closer to him as he sat down next to her and reluctantly leaned against him and then pulled back a sleeve over her dress shirt to show a very old faded burn mark. Obviously it was decades old and had taken some time to heal.

"Not long after zhe attack und I vas vandering. Zhe place I chose to sleep vasn't as vell protected as I thought und sunlight got my arm. I voke up quick enough to keep it from doing too much damage at least." She pulled the sleeve back down and glanced away. She really didn't want to answer the question on whether or not she got sleep but, had a feeling he'd find out anyway.

"...I don't sleep much. Besides, I did get hungry... I just had vildlife to feed off of. Zhe farm needed to be cleared of pests as vell." She just kept herself distracted from the majority of that hunger by focusing on her work. Rip really wasn't a stranger to starving.

You'll likely end up with more than you can use. They're quite prolific.

When she showed him her scar, he is aware she had other scars. He had seen them before, kissed them before, touched them with caresses, and admired them all. He touched her scar with a gentle caress.

"Drinking wildlife is fine, but human blood is more fulfilling. But Rip, I didn't realize you're really pushing yourself it by working out in broad daylight."

With a sigh, he searched his coat pocket to bring out a big blood bag. It's a big bag, extra large size, of fresh virgin blood, a thick, heavy liquid, and placed it on her lap.

"I was wrong to let you fend for yourself. I was thinking if you work by yourself since this is something you can do and wanted to do, and you did it, you succeeded. I was...trying to give you some space because I didn't us to be attached from hip to hip. I don't want you to think you're my shadow or Sera's shadow." Initially, he allowed Rip with so much freedom, because he was worried that Rip is a clingy type. He didn't like codependent women. But Rip proven herself she's not one of those annoying types.

"I like it that you will risk anything to get the job done and do things your own way, but no job is worth risking and sacrifice your life for. I would think you learned that since our first fight together on that ship, but you were following on someone else orders. That's what I like that a lot about you and admire you for it." He said. "I was wondering for all of this time if you would rather do things your way and I like that part of you, your stubbornness. Just wanted to see if there is still some fight and willpower in you and if you're willing to fight for yourself."

He cupped her chin. "But don't do that anymore, working in the sun. I mean it, Rip. If you need something, let me go get it. Drink the blood in this bag. You're going to need it. A lot of blood. I can starve myself without consequence, but not you." Tilt her head aside and give her a kiss.

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She was quiet as he gave the scar a gentle caress. He knew she had more than just this one and each scar had a story to tell of her will to survive. She just hadn't told him all the stories yet. Rip was a survivor and nothing would change that.

But, when he put the large bag of virgin blood in her lap, she tensed a little as she took it in her hands. Part of her wanted to tear into it immediately and drink it down to satisfy that gnawing hunger in her gut. But, she was also stubborn and didn't want hand outs.

So, she studied the bag and listened to what he had to say. He liked her stubbornness and willingness to do things her way? She let her hands play over the bag as she listened, gently kneading the life giving liquid inside. He had been distant until this moment with only slight bits of affection here and there.

Admittedly, Rip was happy for his concern, but, she also didn't want to be his or Seras's shadow. Having time to herself let her be well, herself and keep her independence despite knowing she could rely on him whenever she needed to. The willingness to push herself to get a job done as well as possible regardless of what it was just happened to be her way. Rip never had anything handed to her, she always worked for it. Her farm was no different so she didn't see any reason why she shouldn't push herself during the daytime to get things done.

It's not like she could sleep anyway. Even with the nightmares fading, she was still very restless and just couldn't sleep.

She was about to protest needing the bag and question why she would need more blood than he would when he tilted her head and pressed his lips against hers. Rip kissed him back and seemed to relax into it. There was a part of her that was very content with this little display of affection.

But, Rip still had questions...and when she was finally able to speak again and think after the kiss, she didn't stop from asking them.

"You say you like my stubborness und villingness to do things my vay..und now you're asking me to rely on you. Vhy now? I'm doing fine on my own. I just need to be a little more careful und starving is nothing new to me. I vas starving vhen you found me, remember? So vhy are you insisting I should be drinking more blood now?"

The first reaction is impatience, but right now, he can't afford being irritated with her. The first negative reaction is coming from their first encounter, where he's like a knight of Helsing and Integra is the Queen who ordered him to search and destroy in service to her country.

"You should drink more blood. You can't afford to starve yourself. That was why you haven't been sleeping properly. It slow downs your immunity and self-healing abilities. Your abilities as a soldier were admirable, but why do you put your body under so unnecessary stress?"

With a frown, but trying to find humor, because, with all of those questions, she has proven she is clueless despite of herself. "You know, I decided to change my mind and maybe live in with you after all. If you intended to continue this working lifestyle, you'll collapse from exhaustion in the middle of the day, and I can't let that happen."

He placed a hand over her womb. "This blood bag is large because it will feed not just one, but two. Honestly, I thought most women would be perceptive of their own changes in their body and you should be smarter than me in that territory."

He cupped her chin, stroking her jawline. Showing affection isn't his strong suit, but then again when they first shared a bed, it wasn't much affectionate either, as their mating at that time is raw and primal, and through that rough mating, it was him to get her to calm down from her blood-lust and rampage from the starvation after he removed her from Brazil by force.

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Her anger flared up when he questioned why she would put herself through such stress! And when he stated he was possibly moving in, her anger rose a little more and it wasn't hard to see the storm brewing in her deep blue eyes or the anger clouding her features as she opened her mouth to protest.

...And then abruptly stopped when he stated the blood bag was big enough for two and placed a hand right where her womb would be. Her features went from anger, to confusion to dawning realization when he stated that she should know her body better than he did. Rip remained stunned, her mind racing. The only time they mated was after he first found her and forced her from the home she made, almost four months ago when she had been lost in one of her moments of blood-lust. Honestly, she barely remembered the night. Only that it was raw and primal...and satisfying.

She didn't really registered what happened until she woke up the following night with him and feeling calmer than she had in a long time. But that didn't... did it? She found herself leaning into his touch as she gripped the blood bag in her hands.

Rip was going to be a mother...And there was no doubt in her mind he was the father.

"I'm pregnant." Just voicing it out loud made her realize that he was right. It would explain why she was working so hard, because soon she wouldn't be able to do all the things she wanted to do with the farm. If she was as far along as she suspected...she had been doing everything she could to get things situated without realizing why.

"I didn't know ve could haf children..."

"I didn't know it either. I always thought with my curse of vampirism, my mates can't reproduce. The last time I was in a relationship that was centuries ago and my mate died. She was killed. And even long ago before that, I had a wife and a family, but they all died too, and that was even more than several hundreds of years ago. It was during the medieval ages, where there are castles and people fought bloody wars with swords and horses, and it was very violent and I had no choice but to fight back on behalf of the church. So I survived and kept myself alive with this curse." He sighed.

It's a long story of his long life and he didn't feel like remembering it. "It felt like eons ago and I don't remember much. After Master Integra died, I went to the Himalayan mountains and fell asleep in the caves there to willed myself to die, wishing I don't exist. When I live this long, craving for death is better than a craving for blood. That was when I buried my memories there in that cave while you were lost in the Brazillian jungles." Then with humor. "So when I woke up, I grew a beard and I found out that my adopted daughter, Seras choose to mingle with humans."

When she declared the obvious. "Well, with things changing between us now, what do you think now? Would you consider what I said?"

Rip listened, letting his voice and story bring her out of her shock at realizing she was going to have his child. It also reminded her of the list she found at the station a little while ago.. and things were falling even more into place with his story.

"Alucard, just.. vho are you." Her voice was quiet. Yes, the paper had given his names but, she wanted to hear it from him. Especially if she was to carry his child. Things were definitely going to change between them now.

As for considering what he said, she just nodded, her eyes drifting down to the blood bag before lifting it up and starting to drink. Admittedly, the blood was more satisfying than any other she had in quite some time.

Just who are you?

Now that's...a question that made him paused and think. This is why he starting to like Rip even more, because not even Integra asked him such a question. Integra already knows him in and out, and because of that, even his past isn't that all appealing to her. She cares about him, like two old friends, where he happily serve to her beck and call...but their friendship's true purpose it to the end the war, and that war with the Major...it the true last vampire war. After the war is over, there's no more of such a war left to exist. That kind of passion and gave is now left to humanity.

"... ... ...." At last he finally answers. "It doesn't matter. Just a guy who got his luck cursed for a long time and forget himself." He said, and he's telling the truth.

"When I come to this valley, I decided to bury my past in the mountains and start over. Back in the mountains is where I died, and here in this valley, I reborn. My past is dead."

At that he rose to his feet when she starting drinking in the blood. "So, who am I? I'm just Alucard, and I would like to be your mate."

She had been waiting for an answer as she drank and Rip couldn't deny she was feeling better than she had since their arrival. Animal blood really didn't satisfy her anymore, or even take the edge off her hunger like it used to before he found her.

Looking back, she should have realized that something was up when she had rid the farm of pest animals in less than a day, drinking the creatures dry and then feeding them to her houndour and he couldn't keep up with her.

Her attention drew back to Alucard when he finally spoke and explained that his past was dead and gone. That he was starting new here and in a way, so was she. No more hiding, no more being...lost.

But, hearing he wanted to be her mate? She froze, her eyes widening slightly. Considering she was already carrying his child...

She set down the bloodbag, only half consumed and looked up at him, studying him for several long moments before finally set it aside and got to her feet herself. Honestly, she was sizing him up a little. It was... instinct perhaps? They were a like in a lot of ways and yet so different.

He was her Master and now she was finally finding out what she really had the potential to be to him and she was thrilled.

"From zhe sounds of it, ve are both starting over here. My past vas left behind in Brazil vhen you removed me from zhere." Her voice was quiet, thoughtful and after a moment, Rip was walking around him only to stop back in front of him with a faint smile.

"I zhink, I vould like to haf you az my mate."

She still might need to drink animal blood or blood of the livestock from time to time as Alucard's found blood bags don't come often, but it wasn't in rare supply. He just happened to found it appearing in his fridge last night when he made a prayer to one of the shrines to the Harvest Goddess and he paid her his respects, and there it was.

"That sound like a good idea. As for the reasoning for my explanation, let say if I ask you the same question, I don't think you want to explain what kind of organization you used to work for. It's a past that you're not proud of, I think." After all, she doesn't need to explain what Nazis did in Germany and across Europe in World War II as there was a political and social desperation motivation for them to get organized during those times.

After some quiet, he seems calm and relaxed when she agreed to be his mate, Alucard wrapped his arms around her and hold her close to him. Since she accepted him as who he is in the present, Alucard trusted her that she didn't have any illusion about whom he is and not the man he was once.

Sin"Still, despite what I said if you wondering who I used to be. I used to be a knight. During the medieval times in the late 1400s. I would have a band of brothers and my subjects will fight with me in my armies against the enemy and followers of the Islamic faith and their empire. We were united together in faith to reclaim Jerusalem. At one point, I thought I can kill so many for the greater good for the Lord Almighty and found strength in the numbers of corpses I killed during those years, but that was my arrogance."

There are a sorrow and sadness in his story with regret. While his story isn't so close to what really happens, the story he gave her, he chose to go by that one, since it was much simpler version. Plus he hated to go down memory lane. The last person he told this story to is Integra, and she didn't quite believe him but decided not to press it. He only told her once, and afterward, she understood that he hate to repeat it.

"Anyway, if you're not doing anything else tonight, since we haven't share a bed since that day, I can move in with you. But only because if you're going to insist in working in broad daylight, then I'll be around to drag you back to the house to make sure you're safe. After all, I didn't do a good job to protect you as a mate."

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Rip settled into his arms and just listened as her hands rested against his chest. So he was a knight once upon a time, long before she was even born. For a moment it struck her as slightly funny that she was the younger one of the two of them. After all, Rip was only a little over a hundred years old. He was much, much older than her.

And yet, she didn't mind in the slightest and accepted what he chose to tell her about his past. Rip had a sneaking suspicion there was more to it than that and if the names she saw were true, then he really was leaving a fair amount out.

But, she also wasn't going to question his story and leave it alone. After all he made a good point. Rip didn't want to explain to anyone that she had been a Nazi at one point and what exactly that meant. It was something she wanted to leave far, far behind in the past where it belonged.

Though mentioning of him moving in.. she rolled her eyes at his reasoning. "Since you're my mate, I vouldn't haf you anyvhere else. But, good luck on stopping me from doing zomething I vant to do. Pregnant or not, I am vorking zhis farm until I can't anymore. "

He might find her stubbornness on that front a little trying at times.

"All the more reason why I should be around, monitoring you. You are carrying our first child after all."

Alucard found his paternal instincts, and with Rip? He's going need it now, knowing what kind of trouble she tends to push herself into.

"Hmm, luck you say?" Slight grin beneath that beard. "Well, you're not alone working on this farm. Not anymore."

It's that stubbornness that he found her the most attractive. One moment, he's holding her in his arms, and the next moment he's picking her in his arms, holding and carrying her bridal style.

"No mate of mine should work themselves to death." He said, and he carried her off inside of her home where she should be laying in her bed. "You should be resting and eat the right foods." He said, and with persuasion he lowered her on her bed gently.

She was about to protest that even in her state she didn't need help on her farm that is until she felt herself being picked up and carried bridal style in his arms. "I am fully capable of valking!" Even though she protested, she wasn't exactly fighting his hold on her and just let out a soft huff as she settled in his arms and leaned her head against his shoulder.

"I know I'm carrying our first child, but, I vould still razher vork until I can't anymore." Even if he was dead set on making sure she didn't work herself too hard in the mean time, Rip really was determined to work until she was bedridden if it came to that.

She rolled her eyes when he stated no mate of his was going to work themselves to death. She wasn't trying to! Rip just preferred hard work over making others doing it for her! And once she was settled into her bed, she huffed a bit and gazed up at him, tilting her head to the side slightly. If he intended on living her, they would need a bigger bed.. and a bigger house for their family in the long run.

"...Fine, but, zhat means you're stuck dealing vith me if I start craving zhings~."

Well, if she insisting on working herself to death, though she is already technically dead, that gives Alucard more reason to move in and take control over her estate. Rip's blood-lust and now being a work-addict? That won't do.

Bigger house, bigger bed, and all of those come in time.

"You should tell me then. I can get it for you. I shall see to it as my duty for now on. It's the least I can do." He said.

With a huff, the morning sun began to rise and he closed the windows and the shutters tightly to keep the room dark.

"And wear a dress for maternity." He commanded. "That belly of yours will get bigger. Whatever you're wearing now won't fit."

While he went around closing windows, Rip tried to stifle a yawn and settle into bed, laying on her side. The bed was a simple full sized bed. Both of them would fit, it would just be close and intimate. She didn't want to admit that with the approaching sun, she was starting to feel tired for once.

Usually she simply..didn't and kept working, only crashing every once in awhile in her exhaustion to rest for a few hours, maybe a day. But, somehow she doubted he would allow that.

"You're going to take being my mate seriously, aren't you. Get too serious und I'm kicking you out of zhe house for avhile." There was a hint of humor to her voice as she removed her glasses and set them on the night stand at her bedside. Without them, she was nearly blind, something he would know well.

"...Und I refuse to vear a maternity dress until I haf no choice. Right now, my clothes still fit zo I'm vearing zhem. Make any more fuss about it und I'll steal your clothes instead."

He took that as a challenge. "...heh. That won't be necessary if I have other business to attend to. After all, if you're serious about this running this farming business, I suggest you take up accounting and check your balances and finances. Running a farm takes the money and check your resources and I'm going to be your manager." And then with a laugh, "If your foot can reach me my rear." Alucard is taller than her by a few inches

Alucard sat on the bed, removed his boots. He's going to take a nap on this bed. "Hmm, now that's uncute, I rather say. I wouldn't mind seeing you wearing a dress or something feminine. I would think bringing you to this farm would make you change your mind and you'll work on your sweeter self."

Showing affection, he wrapped his arms around her to pull her into his embrace. "Come here Rip. I longed to hold you in my arms." Hnngh, she's quite thin to hold in his arms. "Did the blood bag filled you? You should eat and drink. The hard work requires a lot of energy."

Rip rolled her eyes. Yes, she knew running a farm took more than just working the fields. it took money, resources..and she winced at the idea of having to do the ledgers and accounting. She could learn, she just never thought she'd have to. But, Rip was serious about running her farm the way she wanted...

As for her being more feminine, she gave him a slight look of both annoyance and amusement as she settled into his arms. Yes, she was still thin now, but, that would probably change upon being forced to eat more and the natural way her body would fill out the further along in her pregnancy she got. "I vill think about a dress or two later, but, don't count on it being a daily thing. I'm still very fond of my suits und dress shirts." As for having enough to eat.. she nodded and pressed herself against his chest.

"I got plenty from zhe bloodbag earlier, promise. I'll try to remember to eat more for zhe both of us."

"If you continue to neglect yourself and be buried in your work again..." Though she probably works this hard to strive for a future she can be proud of, considering their pasts are dark and nothing to be proud of. "And let yourself be burned by the sun, I swear, I'll have to do this every day to make sure you're all right in one piece." And that means poor Alucard has to endure the sun for her sake too.

And the thing is, he didn't mind it at this point. At least, they'll be burning together this time. "Good." Well, time for that nap. But not before, he gave her a soft kiss to make her go to sleep. "Sweet dreams, my dear huntress."

He was right, she wanted something she could be proud of instead of the dark past they both had. Rip wanted something that was hers..and that desire fueled itself into this farm and it being more theirs than just hers in the long run. A future that was built on hard work and who knows what else!

She just snorted softly at his determination to keep her safe even from herself and her own self-destructive work habits. "Zhen you may just haf to do zhat~. I never said being my mate vould be easy after all." it was a tease more than a challenge.

As for the kiss, she was happy to receive it as she settled against him with a slight yawn. "Sweet dreams my Dark Hunter...hopefully you vill be here vhen I vake." She rested her head against him as her eyes closed and within a few minutes fell asleep, one of the few rare and peaceful sleeps that often eluded her during the day.

There's a chuckle. "Over the centuries, I learned that I don't like it easy and take things the hard way." He's being honest and candid, and that shows a lot of himself began to trust her.

"I'll be here. If I'm not, it will ignite my passions if you come chasing after me with a gun." But that wouldn't be necessary since for months, they are together side by side, and he's the one who begins to see her frequently, chasing after her, bit by bit...until no guns need to be raised at point blank range. And if he's away, he's away doing business around the valley.

"Hm..." A soft purr, he caressed through her black hair. If they have peaceful days like these, he hoped it never ends, as sleep soon followed with the peaceful quiet darkness in the room.

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