Isn’t Dracula canonically immortal? You could technically write him into The Expanse and be accurate. I guess the scifi people might have an issue with it.
Dracula in an otherwise realistic sci-fi setting would also have some potential.
Check out Blindsight by Peter Watts.
Lower decks holodeck episode in the style of the Moriarty episodes?
Yup, a direct reference to it.
Immortal unless he’s killed, which he was.
Dracula has the protomolecule, confirmed?
But it would be very strange for an old Eastern European noble to be playing a Japanese card game and drinking a recently invented American beverage
With a skeptical brow raised, the count begrudgingly sipped from a glass of Coca-Cola, a recently invented American beverage vastly different from the Romanian wines of his cellar. “Passable,” he muttered under his breath, with a reluctant nod, betraying centuries of noble pride. Yet, as the night unfolded, a subtle smile crept over his pale face.
He looked over to his guest, sitting opposite him on an old wooden chair. A traveler from a far away land, lost in these dark forests in this dark and stormy night, glad to have been given shelter. The man - he could not be older than thirty - had bowed profusely after his rescue from the elements.
“I could never repay you completely for you help, but may I offer you a small token of thanks for your kindness? It’s a game from my home, quite simple to play, it would be an honor to teach you. I have not seen its likeness in these lands, so it might offer you a sliver of fresh entertainment.”
