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[vanitas]

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Lucilius ⬤ Granblue Fantasy
residential district ⬤ TBD
moonblessing ⬤ Sanguis

( art. )
thanks to jay for letting me
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[vanitas]

[ He deletes it immediately, as he has with any picture that isn't a plant. ]

Do you really think I'd enjoy being so accessible? [ Not that he plans on making many contacts, but all it takes is one annoying spammer. ]

[raws]

Mm. But you no longer have to worry about losing your messengers to distraction.

[ As much as he's going to miss Lucilius coming after him with that exasperated expression. ] 

[vanitas]

I'm certain you'd find some other way to disappoint me.

[ As though a fancy bangle could fix thousands of years of bad habits. ]

[raws]

Aw, Faa-san, we have some good memories too.

If you go to the bedroom, I can remind you.

[vanitas]

Unnecessary.

[ But on that note. ]

Has your condition stabilized at all? [ Belial hadn't stuck around long once his own 'symptoms' started to manifest, but Lucilius can assume he hadn't disappeared for an entirely random bender. ]

[raws]

[ Stabilized is a good way to put it. He no longer feels the intense hunger, though he doesn't feel normal either, normal still being his existence prior to arriving here. ]

Worried about me?

[vanitas]

Don't answer my questions with more questions. [ He's going to go back to aggressively ignoring him soon. ]

[raws]

[ He shivers... Hearing Lucilius order him around always excites him. ]

I'm all better, Faa-san.

That's why I don't have a pair of legs over my shoulders right now.

[vanitas]

That's what cured you? [ Surely there's more to it than just his usual libido. ]

[raws]

No. It had to do with the cycle of the moon.

[ Evidently, no amount of sex could cure him while the moon was in effect. ]

[vanitas]

[ Curious. ]

I've never seen your urges get the better of you, Belial.

[ However much he enjoyed basking in vulgarity and hedonism, they were as much tools to him as anything else. ]

[raws]

Don't lose faith in me now. I was fully aware of what I needed.

[vanitas]

I should hope so.

[ As long as he's got a handle on it... ]

Are you bored of taking pictures of weeds, yet?

[raws]

[ That faith... It makes him feel so warm inside. ]

I have a way of making anything interesting.

[vanitas]

[ He has a way of making things more complicated than they need to be. That's not the same thing. ]

Then perhaps I should leave you to it.

[raws]

And to think I was worried you might not enjoy all the pictures I sent you.

[ Get ready for MORE PLANTS ]

[vanitas]

[ STOP IT ]

I didn't.

[raws]

[ He sends!! More plants!!!!

He wants Lucilius to beg for pictures of him instead. ]

[vanitas]

[ Spoilers: not happening. ]

I had thought you were well enough to return. But I see you're still touched by madness.

[raws]

[ He's bored, but he'd already resolved not to admit it. ]

I'll only observe more plants the longer I'm out here.

[vanitas]

[ Why does he have to make this so tedious... ]

Might I suggest spending your time more productively instead? Such as retrieving the texts I asked you to find days ago? [ "asked," told, whatever. ]

[raws]

Mm?

I dropped those off already.

[vanitas]

[ This is almost definitely fake, but he also hasn't left the house in a few days now. There's a minuscule chance he left them outside the door... ]

Is that so?

[raws]

[ Lucilius can be so cute... ]

On your doorstep with a present.

[vanitas]

[ Belial is so wrapped up in deceit (and illogical, and weird) that even after all these years, he's a tricky read. But it'd be faster to just check and risk looking a bit foolish than weighing a bunch of meaningless calculations on whether he's lying or not, so. He cracks open the front door slowly, waiting to see if there's a counterweight on the other side. ]