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[ pretend he gave some generic heads up around mid-morning just before he walked into the mist again, i just oocly forgot to write one.

around noon, in the most playful tone he can muster: ]

All good, dumbass. Catch you later if you want the code, I'm going back to sleep for now. Don't break the kitchen, I lost a sizable amount of dignity for that.

[ he is neither good nor going to sleep lmao ]

[ If he's admitting to going to sleep then he's either lying about going to sleep or lying about not being fucked up.

CALLS BACK ]

[ gives it a few rings before answering ]

You really don't know how to give someone space, do you?

Well, you don't sound too screwed up.

[ So, desired information gathered. ]

Call me back later.

[ he's not screwed up!! just a 7 out of 10 on the "I want to go apeshit" scale and probably staying there until he gets his wolfsbane tea, lmao ]

Got it.

[ HANGS UP ]

[ calls him back at some nebulous evening time. ring ring ]

Yo. I hope you really did sleep.

Not a wink. 'sup?

I'm waiting to hear what happened.

Do you want the second-hand but painless explanation, or the accurate and potentially unpleasant one?

I think you know the answer already.

My tail was mauled — yes, it's fine now — and I spent the latter half of the trip feeling... unpleasant. You sure?

It's fine.

[ He's used to being mauled. It's fine. ]

[ sighs ]

Lighthouse, then.

Ten minutes.

[ HANGS UP.

He shows up right on time, carrying a bunch of jerky and berries that end up tossed in Blood Fiend's direction. ]

[ catches. stomach growls. oh right, eating's a thing. in case Minuet is SCRUTINIZING, he looks fine, just tired. ]

Thanks.

[ HE KNEW IT. THAT'S WHY HE BROUGHT IT!!!

He does, in fact, scrutinize. ]

Well, I can tell you weren't lying about getting zero sleep.

[ rolls his eyes ]

You'll see why. Ready when you are.

[ Holds out his hand, feathery tendril unfurling. ]

[ reaches out, then hesitates. bites lip ]

I'll share the whole thing for accuracy's sake. But just so you know, "unpleasant" is kind of an understatement for how I felt back there. Not just because of the bite. It's why I didn't want to talk earlier. I know you can handle it, I just — sorry.

[ believe it or not he doesn't want to inflict his murderous rage on you, ugh ]

. . . Thanks.

But it's alright. After all, I asked you to.

[ evenly ]

Well, here goes.

[ takes Minuet's hand, channeling the memory.

notably, in no particular order:

- Zenith and Angel Devil are both massive trashtalkers. it was quite amusing at the start.
- he was incredibly reluctant to fry Teleute with his aura. activating it would have made fighting a lot easier.
- taking the time to warn her about it was ultimately what cost them Angel Devil. he needed the power boost to hold Wolf Devil down with flow control, but the wolf was fast enough to run out of effective range because he gave Teleute time to leave
- mist beasts are fucking suicidal. their situation doesn't seem to be their fault, but he's rather indignant at being told to die with them. he'll die on his own terms, thanks
- rping as a Bluebell is the opposite of effective and he's mad at himself for trying
- getting your tail bitten as an animal fucking hurts. it's not the worst wound he's suffered, not even close, but it's like stepping on an upturned plug
- maybe don't cast darkness spells on shadows. he's not upset with Angel Devil for this, more baffled, though he does think there must have been some logic to it because he knows that Angel Devil is not stupid
- generally upset with himself for leaving the stragglers in the first place
- upset with himself for allowing himself to get bitten by Angel Devil. he should have just used flow control to yank Angie along. (he was reluctant to startle Angie further knowing that he was in danger of wolfing out. SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID FUCK IT)
- some near-murderous rage toward Blossom at the end, possibly misdirected. this is the part he really didn't want to inflict on Minuet because feeling like that is Not Fun. abandoning a teammate sucks, actually
- he's not a bad shot, even without flow control. with flow control, he's near perfect because cheating is great
- flow control can absolutely be mistaken for telekinesis but he does actively think of it as flow control and not "magic". he does not classify any of his abilities as magic despite calling them magic out loud for simplicity's sake

anyway the memory ends with Blood Fiend at around 7 out of 10 on the wanting to go apeshit scale SORRY MINUET. Minuet will get a strong apologetic beam, tinged with no small amount of embarrassment, in his direction as soon as the memory ends. Blood Fiend breaks the connection immediately after ]

[ Well. That definitely IS a lot.

Your guilt complex, Blood Fiend . . .

None of it seems to body him though, even if he does grimace a little. ]

Now what the hell're we supposed to do about this . . .

[ shut up ]

Shadow Fiend and Charon both have ideas.

...

He can have the memory. Show it to anyone else and I'll kill you.

[ No. You've been Seen. ]

I won't. I don't actually like doing this stuff, you know.

[ but yeah he's absolutely gonna show Charon lmao ]

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