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She was ready to fight Jarrod but since August is happy about it, she’ll let it slide this time.

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"Don't be afraid, even your friend knows it'll be a good time."

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There is, admittedly, a strange relationship between the displaced noble and the Queen of Bellows. He teases her, but he, too, sees some of her truths beneath the rumor and image people hold of her. It is in these moments, with his single blue eye smouldering into hers as she peers through to the squirming, trapped Chaos beneath, that he can only let out a slow breath through his nose once she has him by the chin instead. She is kind in her own ways.

"... Of course. I don't like loose ends very much either." He stands upright and rubs his jaw. "A fire by Her Majesty's Grace it is, then," August jokes one more time to smother the reality of his actions before going on his way, and leaving Irene to her own 'hunt.'

Irene grips his nose while her finger is still on it, giving it a small tweak as punishment for his comment before she lets go and sighs.

“Then go, burn to your heart’s content. Just outside the garden and don’t tell Willow. As blinded to your nature as you’ve made her, I still see what you are.” A pause before she grips him by his chin and pulls him close. “And you best make sure whatever you do doesn’t follow you home.”

She releases him then and waves a hand. “Go on now. Kill, pillage, and burn. Hopefully it aids in settling you.”

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"I believe things when I see them, but don't worry. I suppose your claims are cute enough in itself." He wouldn't bother bringing up her sister, it would only hasten and increase any injury he'd earn at this rate.

Though the tap on his nose admittedly made him blink, then scoff an amused laugh.

"With your permission, Majesty, I'd love to start a few fires and avoid your blades all the same."

“Goodness, sinday already? Heavens, it really has a way of sneaking up on us. However, any of you thirsty little gremlins wishing for a glimpse at my siblings or I’s bodies will have to continue waiting~”

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"You know, your Majesty, such coy, teasing behaviour isn't like you. Are you trying to be cuter than usual today? Come across as more tender and mild?"

“Goodness, sinday already? Heavens, it really has a way of sneaking up on us. However, any of you thirsty little gremlins wishing for a glimpse at my siblings or I’s bodies will have to continue waiting~”

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"Yer gonna be drunk by th' end o' th' night, y'know. I dun' think there's nothin' y'd not raise that glass fer."

never have i ever drinking game thing with august [accepting]

August winks at the other swordsman and raises the glass as if toasting.

"Come on now," he finally speaks. "What's the fun in this game if one never drinks? Besides, surely I haven't done everything. Though... I'm honoured you think so."

The knight chuckles darkly.

"Wanna join?"

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“Never have I eve-“ Irene changes her mind and decides to just suplex him instead. She’s fickle like that.

play 'never have i ever' with August, he'll Take A Sip if he has done the Thing [ accepting ]

And here he was somewhat curious to see what the Queen herself might have to ask him, knowing most of what he'd have to admit would just piss her off more.

But she skipped the middle man this time.

August is silent on the floor afterwards and one can imagine it isn't by choice.

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🍹+ never have I ever regretted having a free drink

play 'never have i ever' with August, he'll Take A Sip if he has done the Thing [ accepting ]

At first, August eyes the phantom who seems to be watching expectantly. This seems like some kind of trick. He wasn't prepared for mind games at that moment, somehow, so he raises a blonde eyebrow before smirking regardless. Even just the notion it was a game was enough to entertain him, you know.

With that, however, he has to cross his arms. Whatever's happened to him because of a free drink, he's never regretted it. Regret is a rarity for this disaster of a man, and he'd thought you'd know that by now.

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🍹+ Never have I ever used a knife in foreplay.

play 'never have i ever' with August, he'll Take A Sip if he has done the Thing [ accepting ]

The displaced knight smirks a bit and the glint in his eye tells you that he applauds your brazen challenge off the bat. Without further hesitation or playing coy, though, he lifts the glass of his chosen beverage- something clear, something strong, only partially filling the cup of course because it won't take much

- and downs it.

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Never have I ever!

Send in 🍹 + a question. If my muse has done it, they will take a drink. If not, no drink.

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Quickest way to my heart? Stab wound probably.

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you were not a monster, you were a child.

you were not a monster. you were a child.

you are not a monster. you were a child.

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Again, how he keeps himself half bent to her whim- her touches and kisses- speaks to her position in his life. His caretaker, his panacea; and when he finally raises his hand to pet down the back of her soft hair and then the curve of her back, this speaks of how she is also his treasured flower.

Though, he breathes a resigned hum. Of course, even she would feel the shackles of nobility.

"I could," he agrees, standing upright finally, and his expression dies just a bit. "But they are, in fact, quite awful if you look too closely. Perhaps it is good that you see them though, so you understand part of why I did what I had. It isn't fair that the beauty is only skin deep, I feel. And I still think that."

August pauses and slides his hand back around to her chin where he tips it up a bit. The knight's smile is wry as ever.

"Part of my restlessness is I know that my work is not yet done, but it's hard to go when I have you and our son. How rude of you to capture me so."

His expression was as a candle flame going still and gentle instead of an erratic flicker. Just hearing her voice and the lightness of her steps, it began, his calm. August closed his eyes and let her come to touch him, the knight bending just so at the waist so that she may have no trouble.

"I hope I'm not interrupting or bothering you," he murmured first, then turned his mouth to her palm. Kiss. "No, I've found myself lonely, so I'm suffering."

How could one man sound so childish, yet so threatening. But he smiled slightly, having no fear of this loneliness- whether for daring it to take him, or because he knew he was safe now.

But then he looked at her sidelong with his remaining, uncovered eye.

"... How do you do it though, my sweet girl? How do you stay here in your gilded cage, and still smile?"

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damn shawty you look like someone i could get involved in a concerning dynamic with

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His expression was as a candle flame going still and gentle instead of an erratic flicker. Just hearing her voice and the lightness of her steps, it began, his calm. August closed his eyes and let her come to touch him, the knight bending just so at the waist so that she may have no trouble.

"I hope I'm not interrupting or bothering you," he murmured first, then turned his mouth to her palm. Kiss. "No, I've found myself lonely, so I'm suffering."

How could one man sound so childish, yet so threatening. But he smiled slightly, having no fear of this loneliness- whether for daring it to take him, or because he knew he was safe now.

But then he looked at her sidelong with his remaining, uncovered eye.

"... How do you do it though, my sweet girl? How do you stay here in your gilded cage, and still smile?"

"Princess...?"

August dragged himself through the halls like a haunting, slow, and fingers trailing the same paths they always did. She was surely nearby somewhere. For the sake of everything, they should hope so anyway- he was feeling off. He wanted some clarity. Some peace. Some of those things he didn't deserve, but needed.

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"Princess...?"

August dragged himself through the halls like a haunting, slow, and fingers trailing the same paths they always did. She was surely nearby somewhere. For the sake of everything, they should hope so anyway- he was feeling off. He wanted some clarity. Some peace. Some of those things he didn't deserve, but needed.

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