Alrec held the ice bag outstretched as he spoke, but when the weight wasn't relieved, he glanced at it, surprised. "Ambrose?"
The specter's gaze had focused on the newcomer with more concentration than Alrec had seen him affect before. Quite curious. He glanced between the two inhuman beings and smiled inwardly. The ghost's memory was flighty at best, and the zombie's was rusty from lack of use. Perhaps left to their own devices, one or the other of them would experience recall. Probably in the middle of the night, at which point an excited spirit would press through the door of his appropriated bedroom and declare the Professor's name and how he knew him in life.
If Ambrose had indeed known him, and wasn't merely confusing him with another passer-through of the Manor. Anything was possible.
But forestalling a midnight declaration, when Alrec's sleeping habits were already shredded by nightmare beings and cursed visions, would be to everyone's advantage.
Sleep meant he'd be able to function in order to bring paying guests to the Manor, after all.
"Professor Benett, this is Ambrose. Ambrose, the Professor here seems to have just woken up from a very deep sleep. In the...basement. It's highly irregular, I know. As good a reason as any to be rummaging through the kitchen though, yes?"
The way Ambrose continued to stare made him wonder if he'd even heard a word of the introduction at all. It wouldn't have been unusual. Alrec talked to himself constantly, spirits here in Lavenza occasionally, and he was used to a lack of responses when he needed them the most. But the way Ambrose was wilting before Alrec's eyes made him even more concerned. This wasn't a reaction of having been rejected or not understanding what he'd done wrong. This was...
Alrec lowered the bag of ice to the table. Considering the two beings again, then turning back to Ambrose, he had to concede: He didn't know what this was. Had the ghost ever encountered someone...intact, at least mostly...from the earliest days of the Manor before? Had everyone else been a guest or a ghost? Certainly his usual forgetfulness this time was fraught with distress.
Did he know--had he known--the professor?
"Ambrose?" He brought his other hand up to press against the specter's barely tangible shoulder. "It's quite all right, friend." Friend. Such a simple word, but such an important one. He continued, gesturing to the bag of ice with a tip of his head, "You mentioned a body had been hurt? I could go see while you...get your bearings? Unless--" He felt the burgeoning of a headache and cut himself off, then curled his fingers inward and dropped his empty hand to his side. Unless what? He wasn't sure what he'd been about to offer. Support? Comfort? Nearness? He was bound to help spirits in need but the trouble was, he wasn't always sure if, like just now, the need was someone else's.
The specter's gaze had focused on the newcomer with more concentration than Alrec had seen him affect before. Quite curious. He glanced between the two inhuman beings and smiled inwardly. The ghost's memory was flighty at best, and the zombie's was rusty from lack of use. Perhaps left to their own devices, one or the other of them would experience recall. Probably in the middle of the night, at which point an excited spirit would press through the door of his appropriated bedroom and declare the Professor's name and how he knew him in life.
If Ambrose had indeed known him, and wasn't merely confusing him with another passer-through of the Manor. Anything was possible.
But forestalling a midnight declaration, when Alrec's sleeping habits were already shredded by nightmare beings and cursed visions, would be to everyone's advantage.
Sleep meant he'd be able to function in order to bring paying guests to the Manor, after all.
"Professor Benett, this is Ambrose. Ambrose, the Professor here seems to have just woken up from a very deep sleep. In the...basement. It's highly irregular, I know. As good a reason as any to be rummaging through the kitchen though, yes?"
The way Ambrose continued to stare made him wonder if he'd even heard a word of the introduction at all. It wouldn't have been unusual. Alrec talked to himself constantly, spirits here in Lavenza occasionally, and he was used to a lack of responses when he needed them the most. But the way Ambrose was wilting before Alrec's eyes made him even more concerned. This wasn't a reaction of having been rejected or not understanding what he'd done wrong. This was...
Alrec lowered the bag of ice to the table. Considering the two beings again, then turning back to Ambrose, he had to concede: He didn't know what this was. Had the ghost ever encountered someone...intact, at least mostly...from the earliest days of the Manor before? Had everyone else been a guest or a ghost? Certainly his usual forgetfulness this time was fraught with distress.
Did he know--had he known--the professor?
"Ambrose?" He brought his other hand up to press against the specter's barely tangible shoulder. "It's quite all right, friend." Friend. Such a simple word, but such an important one. He continued, gesturing to the bag of ice with a tip of his head, "You mentioned a body had been hurt? I could go see while you...get your bearings? Unless--" He felt the burgeoning of a headache and cut himself off, then curled his fingers inward and dropped his empty hand to his side. Unless what? He wasn't sure what he'd been about to offer. Support? Comfort? Nearness? He was bound to help spirits in need but the trouble was, he wasn't always sure if, like just now, the need was someone else's.
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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