023 - In You The Wars And The Flights Accumulated

[worldofourown]

...Really.

[ Karl is seated by an intricate gazebo in the Phantomhive garden. Sipping - tea. What? Blood isn't the only thing he drinks. He's also (mercifully) fully-clothed. ]

This isn't as scandalous or as liberating as it's being made out to be.

[ Eyeroll. ]

Still. Some of us are much better off with our clothes on. This curse will hardly contest that.

[ Himself included. Hard to be imposing in the buff. Especially for the eternally pale and bony. ]

Glad I escaped notice for this one. I don't ...tan very well.

[ Or at all. ]

[ Private to Merlin ]

Time's more than up.

You'd better have found a way to fix him. 

[ Private to Self/ Semi-Difficult to Hack ]

Another one bites the dust. Literally. It's a pity to see Mr. Aion go. I rather enjoyed speaking with someone who was knowledgeable in subjects that held my interest. I'm envious he escaped. Yet ... not. I admit, in the early days, I'd have been bitter. Especially with Saya gone. Our Vietnam War is unfinished. I haven't made her pay for her crimes against me. She will die by my hand alone. When I think of how she slipped from my grasp - how I almost had her - I want to destroy the City.

I can't remain here. It's vile and intolerable. It's like I'm being choked to death.

But ... with Diva here, I don't want to leave. I know it's not a good sign. This place is making me complacent. Because Amshel isn't here. Because there's no agendas or experiments. But that doesn't make it safe. Anyone can leave without notice. If I'm hit by a curse, I can't protect Diva. It's no safe haven for her. Or her children. A few days of being happy won't change that. I can't - It's deluded and idiotic. It's pathetic. Being so dependent on the Deities whims. There's no one I can entrust with protecting her if I'm - indisposed. Not Solomon. He's my brother. Sometimes I miss him. But he can't be trusted. Look at all he's done.

I wish I could still summon the hatred to kill you.

As you killed me.

The others ...the humans, the non-Chiropterans... They can't be trusted either. They're blood-bags. They're nothing. I'm not deluded like Saya. They have their place. I have mine. So it's always been. Yet the longer I stay away from home, the more I -

Carla. Little Setsuna. They're not human. But they're still -

It's no excuse to start thinking that ...-

This isn't a second chance. I can't let myself believe that.

Diva could still leave at any time. She's too good for this place. Or for me.

I can't...

...

I should just stop thinking at all.

Comments

VOICE, geez, I wonder why

[beyourarmy]

You don't tan well, and no one really wants to see your skinny ass on display, either.

I'm glad it passed you over, too.

I DEMAND VIDEO >B] 1/2

[worldofourown]

It's not that skinny.

[ A token protest. Just because. ]

2/2

[worldofourown]

Are we cursed~?

1/2 No way, Karl!

[beyourarmy]

Well, yeah. I'm skinnier than you are, and I know someone even skinner than that. But still! Skinny enough no one wants to look at it.

[beyourarmy]

Well, yeah. And?

I walk around naked, and don't usually mind it. But this is just weird. [More like the City changed his comfort level.]

[worldofourown]

If it bothers you so much, get a figleaf.

Given your history, it'd be appropriately Edenic.

Private

[allinhishands]

Not impressed by the events of the day?

Private

[worldofourown]

Nudity - especially on most of the accursed today - is hardly impressive.

Private

[allinhishands]

You can learn so much about someone once the barriers are stripped away.

Private

[worldofourown]

So few have anything worth learning about.

[ Food is food is food. ]

...Either way, my sense of scent or sight takes care of most of that.

[ Preternatural abilities ftw! ]

Permavideo

[doeswhathewants]

I cannot believe I am saying something positive to you, but there is nothing wrong with being pale. [Is paler than the moon, okay? Okay.]

Permavideo

[worldofourown]

I prefer to keep my clothes on, thank you~

[ Not a matter of paleness. He spent decades sporting a disfigured arm. To be hidden at all times. Old habits die hard. ]

Permavideo

[doeswhathewants]

As I am sure the world prefers it that way.

(Filtered)

[valentineluke]

'Special clientele' future patronage of Eden is to be done thru me.

(Filtered)

[worldofourown]

Sounds as though you have your hands full.

Re: (Filtered)

[valentineluke]

They always are.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

I rather enjoy this curse. I don't get the chance to show off my body much.

video;

[worldofourown]

...I'm prone to sunburn. Sadly.

[ :| ]

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

... I am too.

HEY KARL. THIS COMMENT IS NOT HERE YOU WANGSTBOT

[prosopopoeia]

[Oh my god it's like reading a teenage girl's diary.]

[worldofourown]

[ But you didn't even read the part where he and that cute girl he's been crushing on went All The Way in the backseat of her dad's car. ]

[prosopopoeia]

[Ugh. Wrap that shit up, you irresponsible creep!]

[Voice] Shhh this is not as late as it seems

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Oh, jesus, for once he doesn't have all that bad luck. Good timing, Karl, very good timing.]

I have. It has to be the one. It just needs... preparations, I'm not sure how long it will take, but... But you'll get him back.

[Voice] Not late at all <33

[worldofourown]

I want details.

[Voice] <33

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[lkahjsfjdh sigh.]

Uhm. I wasn't actually near him when his... memories were wiped, so it needed a sort of... connection. This one does too and I need to... make sure it's... pretty much the same. And bringing back something that's been lost is a little complicated. The memories ought to be stored somewhere, so I need to figure that out. If it's still in his head somewhere or...