Look who's STILL sulking.

[lunar_recluse]

[ After his transformation the night before, the werewolf appears to be in even worse condition than he had been in the past weeks since his arrival. While he still held the same rather gaunt and haunted expression on his features, his torn clothes were even more wrecked and dirty than usual, and heavy bags hung under his eyes, shadowed beneath a

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[un_knighted]

[[Bill grumbles under his breath. Stupid Goblin King making him search every inch of the castle grounds. Stupid blondey being a stupid bitch. Stupid writer being a jerk. Stupid Ted for ruining the churros he was making in the kitches. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid...

And that's when he sees him.]]

OI! You're here, too! We've been looking all over for-!

...

You...look like crap.

[lunar_recluse]

[ He leaps up to his feet with an energy he didn't realize he possessed. It felt like a humongous weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.

Even if the thought of her being stuck in an enchanted slumber wasn't all that comforting... at least she wasn't dead, as he had been convinced that she was, for weeks. ]

You know where she is, right? Take me to her.

[un_knighted]

[[Bill almost jumps right out of his skin when Fakir gets to his feet, and he stumbles back.]]

Uh, y-yeah, okay...

[[He shoves his hands into his jeans pockets and leads Scruffy toward the castle, eyeing the damage to the forest as they leave..]]

Didya just get here last night?

[lunar_recluse]

[ He follows with a rather brisk walk, glancing toward a row of fallen trees as they pass by. ]

...No. I've been here for a couple weeks.

[un_knighted]

...Oh. I guess you just made yourself scarce then; no one knew where you were this whole time.

[[As they make their way into the entrance hall, Bill takes Scruffy over to the grand staircase and up the eastern set of stairs, casually ignoring the long line of ghostly cleaning staff.]]

Just a bit more. This place is huge...

Fff I'll be back in a couple hours. >>

[lunar_recluse]

[ Fakir raises an eyebrow at the pearly specters, but gives an inward shrug and continues up the stairs after his double. ]

Why would you bring her up here, anyway? Wouldn't darker places be down below? Particularly with her sensitivity to light.

[ A note of bossy chiding had seeped into his tone. Now that he knew the vampire girl wasn't dead, he wasn't beyond picking on what he considered important details. ]

Crash if it's okay? D:

[schwanherz]

*The heartless princess runs through the castle, her face lit up with Affection and Devotion swelling in her chest as she hugs the book that the Fakir that knew the duchess Tutu had given her as she calls through the halls,* Goblin King! Goblin King! *As she's running down the hall toward the main staircase, though, she's not looking where she's going, and so she ends up running right into the better-dressed of the two Fakirs, wobbling back and landing on the floor with a bit of a thump. She looks up, and her eyes light up at who she ran into. It was the Fakir that helped her get Other-Ahiru out of the dungeon!* ...Other-Fakir!

Was kinda hoping you would XD

[un_knighted]

[[He forces out a nervous chuckle.]]

W-Well, we weren't sure if it was okay to move her and we just found her there and-GYAH!

[[Bill jumps as a body crashes into him and blinks down at the heartless princess before bending down to give her a hand.]]

Uhh, hiya. I found the guy we were looking for.

Back, finally @_@

[lunar_recluse]

[ He looks down at the fallen redhead from over Bill's shoulder. ]

...Who's this?

Hey-o~. <3

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru accepts the other Fakir's hand and gets up a bit clumsily; her eyes move at the Fakir behind the awkward Fakir when he speaks, and then they widen, making her almost look excited, with how Affection is bubbling up in her chest and lighting up her eyes. The Fakir with torn clothes!* You found him! Other-Fakir, that's great, now he can wake Other-Ahiru up! *The heartless princess runs over to the Fakir with torn clothes and takes his hand with the hand not holding onto the thin red book, pulling it (and him) toward the staircase of the small East Tower.* Come on, Other-Fakir, she's up here!

Yo

[un_knighted]

Oh, this is Ahiru's frie-what the? HEY!

[[He stumbles after them.]]

How's he gonna wake her--oi, slow down!

[lunar_recluse]

W-What the hell?!

[ He follows awkwardly after the smaller girl, trying to free his hand in the process. ]

I can't wake her up! I don't know anything about--dammit--slow down!

[schwanherz]

*Unfortunately for the two boys, Ahiru's Devotion has run away with her, and so, not releasing the werewolf Fakir's hand and not seeming to hesitate in the slightest despite their requests, she pulls him up the stairs, looking back at the awkward Fakir as she holds up the book in her hand: the intricate title Sleeping Beauty glimmers in the light of the candles on the wall.* The Fakir that knows a duchess named Tutu gave this to me...in it a princess is put in an enchanted sleep by a witch, but she's woken up when a prince comes and gives her True Love's Kiss! So if Other-Fakir kisses Other-Ahiru, she'll wake up!

[un_knighted]

[[Bill squints up at the title as he dashes up the steps after them, eyebrows furrowing.]]

Y-You serious? That actually works?!

[lunar_recluse]

What!?

[ He forces himself to a stop and once again attempts to jerk his hand out of her grip. ]

She's not a princess! And I'm definitely not a goddamn prince! And I'm not--not doing that! Especially not in front of anyone! And if the sorceress did that to her, there's no damn way it has anything to do with some fairytale!

1/2

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru, unfortunately, is not stronger than the werewolf Fakir and although she doesn't let go of his hand, his abrupt stop nearly makes her lose her balance on the stairs because of how she ends up being jerked back. She turns around to look at him, Devotion making her voice insistant.* But Other-Fakir, Other-Ahiru's in an enchanted sleep, just like the princess was! If a kiss woke her up, why wouldn't it wake up Other-Ahiru?