, . The Bellboy Had A Lot More Questions Than Answers For The Older Man. Unfortunately ThoughHE Was

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. The bellboy had a lot more questions than answers for the older man. Unfortunately thoughㅤ—ㅤHE was supposed to be the guide here. Those questions would have to wait.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤBut what WOULD satisfy the man's desire for swordplay ? Penacony wasn't exactly a place where people often carried swords around. He was silent for a moment; thinking of what could fit that description.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤHmmㅤ—ㅤwell, I know the Moment of Scorchsand hosts ACTION CHALLENGES where people test their strength and skills ! I'm not sure if people use swords there but they might !ㅤ❜

"You know, young boy. You remind me of something...."

His self, his past, his youth before that fatal day that put that mark of shame into his face. But he's not one to dwell too deeply, less he searches for a stronger enemy to end it all. The planet of dreams, the city of Penacony...it is a place to easy to distract. Not enough strong people though, his sword useless in a place like this.

"Geez, are there any good swordsmen in this place even?"

@indeliblepromise

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 that she was more capable than many of the adults in Belobog. In times like this though when the reality of combat set in, she wished she was as STRONG as Lady Bronya, Captain Gepard, and Serval. The very adult decisions she made were critical to Belobog's victory against destructionㅤ—ㅤbut in times of SUFFERING like this, she wished she could do more.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤThe fact that there ARE injuries is worrisome. I know it's typical in the battlefield but stillㅤ—ㅤㅤ❜

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤIt was a bit difficult to gauge the situation now when she was alone like this. Had she lead the troops in the wrong direction ? Surely, that COULDN'T beㅤ—ㅤunless there was some threat that she hadn't foreseen. The worries for the Silvermane Guards only grew the more she sat there until it finally came to be too much.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤI think I should check on them myselfㅤ—ㅤI've LOST CONTACT with Lady Bronya and Captain Gepard so it might have to be me. I need to decide if it's better if we retreat or keep moving forward.ㅤ❜

Really, she was grateful that the people of Belobog would never be the wiser on that front. Not that she thought on of them would mind, of course, but she really didn't want to have to explain it. Why someone they'd thought human...turned out not to be.

Still, she'd keep a gentle hold on her hand. Just in case- Pela was much younger than her. Even if she tried to play tough, she knew children had smaller pain tolerances.

"'m fine, sweetheart. And th' others look t' be okay. I bandaged up others that weren't b'fore I came t' check on ya."

Pocket watch - 1641 - Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕; only mere facts that he believed. MAYBE he shouldn't have assumed the other was lonelyㅤ—ㅤbut he definitely didn't FEEL any otherworldly presence in the other's home. At least not yet.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤW - well, yeah ! You CAN be ! I'm kind of like that too ! But people and places usually become haunted if someone diesㅤ—ㅤor if they go to an area with a LOT of ghosts ! Has something like that happened ?ㅤ❜

@indeliblepromise sent:

‘ your house isn’t haunted, you’re lonely. ’ ( Allister )

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" ...Well, I mean, yeah. "

Funny how he doesn't outright deny it. Truth be told, he knows his own shortcomings--and a desperate desire to fill an undefined hole by surrounding himself with people is one of them.

" Can't a man be both, though? "

꒰১ ✦* : ˚ʚ 【 @shrineofprophecy / STARTER CALL ( Serval ). 】 ɞ˚ : ꙳✦ ໒꒱

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍'𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔; just as it always was as she approached the older woman. Though, if one were to look close enough; there was the slightest twinge of ANXIETY. Thisㅤ—ㅤwas a matter of UTMOST IMPORTANCE after all; almost as dire as the battlefields that she so often managed. In all of Jarilo - VI, there was only one person she trusted with the problem at hand.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤServalㅤ—ㅤI KNOW we were planning a concert soon butㅤ—ㅤthe DRUM PEDAL of my drumset is stuck.ㅤ❜