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#Dracula taking the same attitude as someone working hard to perfect a dessert everyone will get to share (after he gets first bite!)
see-arcane · 1 year
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A fun thing to notice with today’s entry. 
When Dracula originally tells Jonathan to write that he would be staying with the Count for another month, the date was May 12. That implies Jonathan would’ve been able to ‘leave’ (get drinked) around June 12. Now the exit date has been pushed back to June 30. The serious takeaway is that, for fun and for punishment, Jonathan is now being coerced into playing out the cat and mouse psychological torture session for another month and a half. He’s got three whole new weeks to stew in.
Which is insidious...but also useful, considering Jonathan is actively playing for time. So it’s not much of a punishment.
For him.
The Brides: You said we’d get him by June 12th!
Dracula: Hmm. So I did. But, there’s work to be done. Can’t be helped.
The Brides: What work? You finished all the real estate junk a week ago!
Dracula: Maybe I need his help picking out color swatches for the walls. 
The Brides: >:( >:( >:(
Dracula: :)
The Brides: ...Is this because we tried to sneak a drink from him ahead of schedule? 
Dracula: Who can say? My ways are manifold and mysterious.
The Brides: Your ways are bullshit.
Dracula: My ways are about to include a solicitor-shaped thermos for the road and no kisses at all if you want to keep it up.
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