#does this raise many questions about drac-AU bobbie's past? yes. is it the only way? maybe not. is it cool and kind of funny. yes.

[doolallymagpie]

once again this "dracula AU" business is just an excuse to picture the gang from the mid-24th century (where everything's grimy and fashion isn't a thing) in fun and sexy historical outfits (historically accurate, of course, and all the hotter for it) but i just realized that if one translated bobbie as quincey, there's a really funny option for both having some analogue to her power armor and dealing with the "quincey goes outside and shoots a bat that may or may not be dracula" scene.

picture it, the godalming house, 189X, a strange bunch of gorgeous people are plotting against an evil, immortal nobleman who drinks blood, when one of them, the handsome cowboy bobbie morris, stands up, orders everyone to get on the ground and not get up until she returns, and leaves the room. there's a lot of stuff being moved around in the other room. she walks out with something so heavy it seems to shake the entire building as she moves. nobody sees it. it's Something.

moments later, there's a horrible grinding sound, followed by bullets hitting the side of the house, shattering every window, and the aforementioned cowboy screaming "DIE MONSTER! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!" over the din.

mrs. naomi harker is the first to look outside when the noise stops, and she nearly faints, looking like the proverbial romance novel heroine clutching her heaving bosom and smiling. everyone else looks, and sees morris running around after a bat with one of these.

she's packing serious heat. she's got that newfangled gatling with the crocker-wheeler motor attachment.