004- [filtered call and open action]- Living with Black Mage is tough...

[mercyasdeep]

[Early this morning, the Prince of Falena is making a call.]

[/Filtered to Miakis]

Miakis.... I....

Can I talk to you about something?

[Open action]

[Frey has spent the last week trying to mentally wrap his head around his recent murder of Black Mage. Even if the man was a psychopath who had commited countless atrocities, the Prince of Falena could

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[float_like_a]

[Lyon happens upon the Prince in the park, recognizing instantly that he's not feeling quite himself. She walks up to him with a familiar concerned expression on her face.]

Prince... what's wrong?

[mercyasdeep]

Lyon!

[He jumps slightly. His guilty conscience is doing a job on his nerves. He has no idea how to explain to her that he's some kind of bloodthirsty killer.]

N- Nothing...

Nothing's...... wrong.

[float_like_a]

Prince... you know you can tell me about anything, right?

[mercyasdeep]

Lyon....

I....

[He wants too. He wants to be honest with her. She deserves that much. But he's... afraid. What would she think of him, if she knew? And then the words are out of his mouth before he even has time to think about it.]

I'm sorry...

[float_like_a]

Sorry? For what?

[Concerned, she sits down on the bench next to him.]

What happened?

[mercyasdeep]

[If I tell her the truth, she'll be disappointed, disgusted..... She'll hate me. But she deserves the truth.]

I... I've done something.... horrible.

[float_like_a]

[...Tentatively reaching for his hand.]

What is it?

[mercyasdeep]

[He flinches, pulling his hand away.]

I....

I killed someone.

[float_like_a]

[Lyon falls silent and just sort of stares dumbfounded for a few seconds. She's not really sure how to respond to that.

...And then there's a torrent of questions.]

H-how? Why? Who was it? Were they threatening you?

[mercyasdeep]

Well... he's always threatening me. I think he just... does that with everyone.

But.... I'm the one at fault here. I'm the one who started the fight.

[float_like_a]

He must be pretty bad to have made you that angry...

[Lyon's still looking at the ground. She's still not quite sure how she should be responding to this.]

[mercyasdeep]

[He shakes his head. In for a penny, in for a pound. He might as well just vent now.]

I know it shouldn't bother me, but....

Every day, he kills the drones in the house. Brutally. And the dog. Every day.

[float_like_a]

That's terrible! Why?

[mercyasdeep]

I don't know!

And the first time I finally tried standing up to him, I fell for a stupid trick and got knocked out by one of his lightening spells.

[His voice is strained, and the frustration is showing through.]

[float_like_a]

What? He attacked you?

[Lyon tenses, her own voice going steely and serious. There's one way to get her to lose her cool really fast, and that's attacking her Prince.]

And you live with this person?

[mercyasdeep]

[The prince sighs heavily.]

I think he attacks everyone. It honestly bothered me more that he kept insulting my parents.

...........

That probably sounds really stupid..