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Here we go again!

Notes:
* Francesca’s death is violent. I mean, it is no joke, but I tried to show restraint. There’s also some animal deaths here and the typical vampire-appropriate gore. Just a fair warning!
* “Such games we’ll have now” is blatant thievery since the line comes from Penny Dreadful.
* I make an allusion to Yeat’s “The Second Coming.” That’s intentional and not, in fact, a blatant theft.
* Annunciation is supposed to happen in March and mark Gabriel’s visit to Mary. Do churches have festivals for this occasion? No idea. I’m making this up as I go, people!
* There’s so many similes throughout this thing. I don’t know why. I’m not usually simile-crazy (I don’t think?) but whatever.
* I tried (as much as possible since I just love to write in 3rd person omniscient) to keep this Gideon-centric so that other aspects of the piece could be written from Mena’s perspective.


( & so many horrors )