❝Go-- gah. . go right ahead .❞ Simon holds his head. His left eye still red. Blood red .

-- 𝗔𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 . Simon eventually gets up, there's blood on the floor where he spat it up .

❝Well, if I had to be honest, I feel like shit .❞ So he DID lie to Zee .

❝. .Please .❞ Pizza was one of the very few 'non-healthy' foods he could acquire on Eden . He loves pizza .

❝Ooh, yes! That'd be nice . .❞ Another giggle from the Butcher, now he kisses her forehead gently . Such an adorable laugh .

❝Can I. . help you ?❞

He gently holds Agatha's hand, kissing her cheek . ❝Good .❞ There's a warm smile piercing Simon's bearded face again. He has a really nice smile .

-- 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘁 ? -- 𝗖'𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱. Simon rolls over with a groan as the male voice continues to speak . -- 𝗔𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 ? ❝𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 . .❞

❝Of course. I'd do anythin' to help you .❞ Simon chuckles softly, before walking over to the couch, and sitting down on it gently . ❝If you ever need anythin' done, you know who to call . .❞

Due to the high force of the drop down, Simon begins to float, so do a lot of things. And the crash back down isn't pretty, Simon lands face first on the cold hard ground of the SM-13 . He soon rolls over with a grunt, his lip is busted. As new voice is heard from the intercom .

That also means that Simon blasted everyone in there with radiation. Whoever was welding a weapon to the front of the sub immediately throws up . And it doesn't take long for the SM-13 to be sent hurtling back down into the ocean .

The output is of skeletons . ❝What ?❞ Ava rushes up to the window, yelling at Simon if he's crazy . ❝Oh good you can hear me. Tell someone else to do your suicide mission because I'm not goin' !❞ Ava explains that the camera isn't a normal camera. It's an X-ray camera . .

Ava walks away, clearly not listening to Simon . ❝The handcuffs must've confused me, I didn't realize this was VOLUNTARY! HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GONNA USE ME?! BEFORE YOU LET ME GO ?!❞ Simon messes up with the obvious offline controls, before heading to the back, and pressing the camera .

❝Oh absolutely, I feel a lot better now .❞ Simon glances around at the painted walls once more, he seems very interested in them again .

❝Thank you darlin'! I won't take long !❞ Darling? That's new. And very, very cute . It doesn't take Simon long to finish up and he soon walks out of the bathroom. He looks a lot better, not just without the paint, but he also just doesn't look so tired .

Simon snickers quietly, before heading back over to the sink to wash his face quickly . ❝Alright, you got this . .❞ Simon ?

❝Yeah-- alright !❞ Now, he gently holds her hands, now no longer caring about the paint . ❝Thank you .❞

❝I was thinkin' of doin' somethin' stupid to get this off at first. But I didn't wanna risk gettin' my clothes wet with water .❞ Simon can't help but let out a quiet snicker, he's sadly forced to back his hands away from her, due to them still being . . . .purple .

Soon enough, Simon returns. And-- oh no. His face is purple now . It honestly looks funny . ❝Sooo. . it didn't wanna wash off .❞

❝Alright! I'm excited to see it again when it dries !❞ Simon chuckles, before glancing down, ah his hands. . are covered in paint . ❝Let me go wash off first, stay here .❞ And off he goes . .

The convict looks mortified . He doesn't even know what he's looking at, but he doesn't like it . Not at all .

The butcher hesitates for a moment, before extending out a shaky hand toward the other . ❝Simon .❞ ❝And. . where are you from ?❞

There's slight redness in his cheeks, but he clears his throat, making it go away rather quickly . ❝That works with me. I-- uhh, think this already looks wonderful !❞ ❝Like you .❞ Aw .

❝Eden. My home .❞ His hand almost immediately latches onto the sapling pendant around his left wrist . ❝Who are you .❞

❝Hm, I COULD simply lift you up there by carryin' you. But, if you insist . .❞ Simon is clearly joking here, as he goes to grab whatever it is, to paint the edge of the ceiling. After walking back over, he successfully paints the edges. Makes it look a LOT better ! ❝Hey, there we go . .❞

And Simon has no idea ! ❝Alright, let's see. . what exactly can I help with ?❞ Obviously, Simon finds her gorgeous, that's a clear thing. He gives the occasional glance to her while he looks around .

❝Ah got it, no worries !❞ ❝Just, let me . .❞ He pulls out a hair tie from his pocket, and proceeds to put his hair into a ponytail. There we are! And that Eden tattoo on his neck is visible again .

❝Purple? That sounds amazin', and it fits you !❞ Simon grins, obviously following her closely. He wants to take a look at almost everything there is to see . ❝Do you need any help? I wouldn't mind gettin' any paint on me .❞

( @violetwitchling.bsky.social ) For once, the butcher isn't wearing his Eden gear, guess he finally decided to wear something casual . And he's back at the house again, ooh boy . Two knocks on the door again .

❝Yes, she's the first person to make me smile in a long time . .❞

Alastor will be around if Simon needs him. The deer is around. Always.

His eyes open, he didn't expect that to occur, but the butcher doesn't mind, he wants to keep kissing her . How sweet .

It IS a strange concept for him. For his whole life he was told what to do, and if he wanted to do anything else. He was forced to ask. He never had a chance to do things on his own . ❝Alright--. . got it .❞ He slowly walks back to his room .

He stops. "I love you too.." Smiling a little.

Once more, Simon wraps his arms around her. Mostly so he doesn't fall off the couch. Would be awkward if he did . His eyes close, he wants to savor this moment .

❝No-- not at all! Please continue . .❞ His heart practically skipped a beat with that nickname. Simon really did like that . Woah, his cheeks feel very warm .

Finally, the redness in Simon's face returns, and so does the loving glint in his brown eyes . ❝Dear, I--. .❞ Wow. Surprised he's already gotten two nicknames for her !

❝Because I'm gettin' answers. That's why I'm happy .❞ ❝Can I. . go back to my room now ?❞

❝Well that's-- wonderful . .❞ Finally, for the first time in a long time, Simon is smiling .

❝Well, if it means anythin', I love you a lot more .❞ Simon proceeds to gently kiss her forehead once more, letting out a giggle as he does so . He is quite cute like this .

❝Oh, my love .❞ Wow, Simon's already got nicknames. That was very fast .

❝Yeah, guess so .❞ Now he's running his hand through her hair again, life is well once more .

❝Exactly! That was very good! Had me on the edge of my seat . .❞ Finally, his attention is back to Agatha, there's that warm smile !

The movie is really, really good. So good in fact, that no detail about the contents of the film will be said. It's just that good ! ❝Woah . .❞

❝Really? This means I'll finally get answers ?❞ He seems very excited by that .

His eyes are just glued to that screen, and that sadly means he's also stopped running his hands through her hair. How sad . Simon actually doesn't glance at Agatha, he's THAT interested !

❝Fuck, this movie is good . .❞ His attention absolutely wouldn't break from the film, even if he was kissed exactly right now . Actually it might, but still .

Simon continues to follow, before gently touching the teeth still growing out of his left cheek. It bothers him .

Simon absolutely wouldn't mind that after the movie, any time spent with her, is wonderful to him . Now, the butcher is getting invested in the plot of the film again, he's really starting to love these kind of movies .

Simon hesitates for a moment, before nodding and beginning to follow . He doesn't ask why, or where. He trusts Alastor now .