♚ Tenth Move - {Text}

[faustianphantom]

{Private to Sebastian;}

Sebastian, do you know a boy by the name of Alois Trancy? He claims that I injured him and that he is my enemy. I do not recall him in the least.

{/}

{Private to Cain & Merry;}

I trust that both of you have survived this latest curse? I heard a rumor that people might lose their heads. That sounds quite unpleasant.

{/}

{Private to Alice;}

You have been awfully quiet lately.

{/}

How irritating.

Comments

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Did you find the man you were looking for? Your... butler.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Mm I did. Everything is well between him and I.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I'll have a word with him. Leaving a brat alone was plainly irresponsible.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

That should be an interesting conversation.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

As an adult, he should know better. Besides, aren't you paying him? He really should know better.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

He couldn't help his absence. He was in another body and being held against his will.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...so?

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

I went to him.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

If he's going to let something as simple as a - different body - get in the way, then he might as well quit.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

He was being restrained by a Death god. There wasn't much he could do.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I've heard better excuses.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

It wasn't an excuse. I saw it for myself.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

If that kind of thing is enough to keep him away from his duty, he's no real servant.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

He abides by my orders. How he does so is rather complicated. Suffice to say, you will not find a better butler than Sebastian Michaelis.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I can't tell...

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if you're afraid of him, or in love with him.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

...

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Excuse me?

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Was that too complicated?

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You are so wrong!

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

The only thing worse than someone keeping a secret is someone making excuses.

But you're not the kind of person who'd bother for anyone else out of sympathy, or your good heart, because you're too egocentric. In other words, there's something in it for you.

Either this is someone you really care for... or it's someone who terrifies you. There is no other way to touch such a selfish person.

private :: 1/3 (Damn you, Alice.)

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You - [Which is worse? Him being scared or him actually caring about Sebastian?]

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You're wrong.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

It's neither. [It's neither. Sort of.]

private :: hey, now, an Alice has to earn his keep :(

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...you could have just said, "I care about him as family," but you didn't.

It's pathetic, how you can't even lie properly. You're really a kid.