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Mini Event: Weekend of Misfires

Somewhere in the Research Center...

"Meowr?!"

"AAAAAHHH!! Oh no! Buttercup you can't just drop my coffee onto the server! Bad kitty! Bad! -- Ohh, Helene is going to be so pissed off once she hears... better start fixing this. Buttercup, this is the last time I bring you to work!"

"Mreow..."

"... you're right, it's not. But I'm still annoyed at you, you little cutie troublemaker."

Note: The above is not something anyone would be aware of, just a "how did this happen"

Welcome to a Mini Event which is basically: network server has been damaged, so all network messages have a chance of going to the wrong recipient. It doesn't need to happen, but there's a high chance of misfires happening for the duration of the mini event.

This post can be used for sending out messages that can end up for anyone and everyone completely without meaning to. Feel free to also just send a blank message with your character and receive messages from others! Whatever works best for you and is most fun~!

This event will happen for the whole weekend, starting from now and ending on late Sunday night once they finally manage to fix the mistake.

Remember to put warnings up if you want to post anything NSFW-ish and especially link pictures; however if it evolves into "sexting", remember to move it to another post.

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To have given you such a lowly impression when you are deserving of only the greatest of praise
I AM BEYOND FORGIVING, MY LIEGE!!!

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU
I had simply not wished to trouble you with my mundane concerns...

And you have been so patient and kind with me even if I have been most shameful after the nightmares I have had!!

Surely... it would have been indecent to keep troubling you about them!
I BEG FORGIVENESS FOR ALLOWING MY WORRIES TO IMPOSE ON YOUR FEELINGS
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO CONTINUE BEING CLOSE WITH YOU, YOUNG MASTER.

I cannot know what you went through, in your nightmare, as you cannot know what Vil and I went through in our own, but I know it has done much to change the both of us, and can only imagine that whatever you went through might have changed you too.

But you have been around me for much of your life, and while we can never have a casual relationship as liege and loyal servant, I still like to think that we are friendly, and that you can confide in me if you should ever need to.

It is rather distracting, the way you act differently around me lately in any case. I don't wish to pry, so I will not ask you anything further, but know that I will listen if you want to speak. You may be my retainer but a king is meant to serve his people, and you are one of my people too.

Young Master. To be considered friendly with you...

IT IS THE GREATEST OF HONORS. ONE I CANNOT EVER DISMISS.

Perhaps... it would do to share the contents of our dreams?
I am ever your ears should you need to speak your thoughts to them!

(My hearing is far better than a human's!! I can assure you!)

[Sebek, you are so much.]

I can, if you'd like. It was not pleasant, and I do not want you to feel bad for not being there.

But if it would help ease your mind, in regards to your own nightmare, I would be happy to share

[ Sebek's already given a vague indication of his dream to Malleus, but he's managed to conceal the details enough. It would do to hear why Malleus was so quick to believe him, too. ]

It would help me greatly, My Liege!
For me to have been unable to have aided you at all...

I know you hardly need me there, but even so, I!
I would have been glad to dispel your nightmares.

I shall be returning from my errands, and getting Silver his toothpaste!
Please await me!
I will be glad to hear your tale for as long as you tell it!

Very well. I am not otherwise occupied at this time. I will be here when you are free.

[He really didn't want to burden Sebek, but he supposes a burden shared is a burden lightened.]

[ He will not make Malleus wait for too long! After making himself presentable, he shall arrive at his shared home- Silver and Sebek have taken to living in a nearby apartment close to Deuce, so they're just a short walk away.

He has tried not to impose beyond his necessary presence as Malleus' bodyguard, but now that his memories seem to be returning, he's a little less jumpy. Knowing Silver and him now recall the same things has helped.

Once he's let himself in (Vil-senpai allowed him keys) he quickly moves to see if there's anything that needs attending to. The place must be pristine for his Lord before he arrives! ]

[Malleus is already home, having been reading rather than exploring.

He pops his head out when he hears Sebek moving around.]

.... Sebek? Ah, that was quick.

[Not that he is surprised. Well, maybe he is a little. Sebek has acted so strange, and while Malleus has seen him trying to act normal, and sometimes he even manages to do so, but Malleus was about 50/50 on whether Sebek would excitedly run over or if he would take awhile in trepidation.]

Young Master! I have arrived!

[ He's dressed well, looking far better than he was on arrival (but he's been coming by anyway because he has to attend to Malleus regardless)- and sure Silver and him vanished for two days ~~to be canon updated~~ but that may have been a conveniently timed disappearance when Malleus had told them to take a break-

It worked out.

So now, he's carrying the pretense a lot better and can act a bit more like his old self, with not as much anxiety as before. ]

After procuring our necessities, I brought over some tea leaves for you. Allow me to prepare you a soothing cup. You will find that I was able to nearly recreate the flavor of Briar Rose!

[ A famous tea back home, as Malleus would know! ]

[It is a little nice, Malleus thinks but refrains from saying aloud, to have someone here to serve him. He could take care of himself, but he thinks he took their service for granted. He hardly noticed it until now, after having been without it and then getting it again.]

I appreciate it, Sebek.

[He'll make his way out to the living room to take a seat, leaning back and crossing a leg over a knee.]

Is that so...? I look forward to a taste of home. It feels like it has been a long time.

Then I shall be glad to provide! I shall return post-haste!

[ And off he goes, which of course, allows him to sort his own thoughts a bit. He practiced on the way here and got his story straight with Silver's help- the important part is continuing to maintain that. There's enough truth that neither Sebek or Silver will slip, should Malleus ask.

The cups and serving materials are where he was told they'd be, so it's not too long until the sweet fragrance of a rose-cream scented tea fills the kitchen, and he brings it out for Malleus. As always, he maintains his decorum and pours for him. ]

There, my Liege. It may not be wholly like the Briar Rose one may find in our home, but it is the closest approximation and nearly as delicious. Though nothing can come close to the flavor from Briar Valley itself!

[ He's brought some tea sweets too, which Silver and him made. They're trying a wee bit too hard to play normal, but this much should be fine, right? Let's just hope Malleus isn't too attentive to it. ]

Please ask for anything you need, Young Master. I am grateful you've granted me an audience to allow me to hear of your experience.

[Sebek certainly didn't need to go through all of the trouble- Malleus has grown accustomed to not having all of this set up for him, or in fact getting it for himself if he wished for it, but he can't help but appreciate Sebek doing it anyway. Now if only Lilia were here, it might begin to truly feel like home.

But that's ridiculous. Briar Valley is his home, and it is where he must return to someday.

He takes a tea sweet, taking a little bite and contemplating it before he takes a sip of tea.]

It is quite close in resemblance. I like it. My thanks, Sebek.

I... do not tell you this lightly. This experience was quite a lot, it affected me greatly, as I am sure you could tell, even only being around me as much as you have. I was taken to a world that was between dreams and reality, trapped in a sort of prison there. There were many others there alongside me, some classmates, mostly strangers.

[ He stands there, attentive and quiet when Malleus speaks. Silver may have been right about him being unknowing of anything he'd done- because it's true. Were this still a dream, surely he would have the power to include Lord Lilia in it.

So he listens, quietly, and blinks at the mention of being taken to a world between dreams and reality... To his credit, he doesn't interrupt or react as he did in his journey with Grandfather and Lord Lilia's past selves in their dream.

( So it seems like Malleus was also... taken to a dream against his will. And this may have happened before Lord Lilia's announcement... which means this Malleus is ...

He's not the one who experienced any of that heartbreak... )

There's relief, but now, also concern. Because there's a chance this Malleus could also experience that horror when he returns home.

All the more reason for Silver and him to care as much as they can for him. ]

I... how could there be a power so strong as to take you? To keep our Liege in a Dream Prison...

I suspect the nature of dreams may have had some effect. In dreams, there is only so much logic, after all. Even I can feel trapped, powerless, and helpless in my dreams.

[He isn't the strongest person in the world, anyway. He doubts anyone stronger would be bothered enough to imprison him, but he can't discount it as a possibility.]

Or... it could have been the affliction. There were other voices occupying my mind- an eight-headed golden dragon, the size of a mountain. Wicked beasts who overtook my good sense now and then, attacking me where I am most vulnerable. Vil also had one of his own, but it is not my place to talk on his experience.

[He sighs. Even so, he feels bad, abandoning Yamato no Orochi that way, but he supposes he was not the right fit to guard those eggs. And he has his own responsibilities besides.]

The one who had trapped us there intended to use us to bring these monsters in our heads to life. To that end they sorted us into teams and bid us compete against each other in vicious mockeries that they had the gall to call 'trials', but they were little more than glorified blood sport.

Other voices...

[ He's almost ready to burst into his usual affront- how dare anyone dare to impose on Malleus' personal comfort and self?? But even he knows that dreams are far from a space where they have any control at all. And seeing how Malleus reacts- how somber he's being, it's enough to say a lot.

( Which means that in a world where he has not encountered the despair of his emotions, he too has been victim to such horrors... )

He waits until Malleus is done, before feeling his fists clench. ]

To have you endure such horrors... would that it were only I who could take it all in your place!!

[ He grits his teeth, and shakes his head as he tries to compose himself. ]

Then, Vil-senpai and the others...? Were they, too?

[Despite it being Sebek's job to defend him, Malleus wants nothing more than for Sebek to NOT have to endure something like Reverie was in Malleus' stead. As much as he missed Silver, Sebek, and Lilia, there is a not insignificant portion of Malleus that is glad that they were not there, that he never had to watch them fall in those elevators, that he never had to worry about how best to protect them when they all turned into ravenous beasts.]

... I took it with grace. Please do not wish such things upon yourself.

[He shakes his head then.]

Vil and I were there. We bonded over the course of our time spent... There were some others, but none which are here now.

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