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Lucilius ⬤ Granblue Fantasy
residential district ⬤ TBD
moonblessing ⬤ Sanguis

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[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. ]

[raws]

[ Of course Belial is on the other side of the door, standing there with an innocent smile that can, in no way, be trusted. He does have the books at least, though he doesn't hand them over. Lucilius would likely just snatch the texts and leave him to remain outside. ]

Told you, Faa-san.