ᴬˢ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ʰᵃˢ ˢᵖᵃʳᵏᵉᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱᵍⁿⁱᵗᵉᵈ ᴬⁿᵈ ᴵ ᶜᵃⁿ ˢᵉᵉ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵐⁱˡᵉ, ᵈᵉˡⁱᵍʰᵗᵉᵈ ᴮᵉʸᵒⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ⁿⁱᵍʰᵗˢ ᴵ ʷᵃⁿᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᶜʳʸ ⁱˢ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᴵ ᵐᵉᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᴬⁿᵈ ᴵ ᵖʳᵃʸᵉᵈ ᴮᵉˡⁱᵉᵛᵉʳ

@ofsorcery.bsky.social how long did she put him out for? His head feels like he's been asleep for a week.

See it's that continuous slight self contradiction that makes her suspicious.

Chronos release my weary soul

What she doesn't know about him can't scare her with the eldritch terror of true infinity. If he wakes up in a ditch somewhere he'll fight her hand to hand.

Good dreams? Not sure he can actually have those. Or even if she did make him sleep eternally he'd certainly out last her. But that's neither her nor there if he rises at dawn.

Magic or not he'd probably have passed out. The warmth of her lap under his head was relaxing.

" Because full name and title introductions are ridiculous. Call me Leo. " By now his eyes had fallen shut for the past several moments. Fatigue catching up to him.

" If that's how you want to do it. Leonidas Vernon Dawnlight the third. " He lets out a dry chuckle. Laughing at his own name it seems.

Downing his eighth cup of coffee of the day.

►𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙭 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙢?◄

" Sometimes. " His eyes shut, legs crossing as he sighs. Another new one... " What's your name? "

" Depends. If it's for business, mind games. For fun, RPGs. " Emerald hued eyes blink up at her. Scrutinizing her features. " You're new. "

" I like playing different games. " Despite the natural grey colour his hair is exceptionally soft.

Sighs, sitting down a few feet away before laying down. Hands under his head as it sets in her lap. " You having fun yet? "

And so they war For a reason they don't know To an end they didn't choose Blood as blood, men as men Skin, and bone of the machine

Fine. Just for the sake of getting this voodoo hoodoo over with he'll go along with it.

Sometimes that hollow pang in my chest makes me believe I'm already dead.

He said he'd sleep. He did not agree to this.

...fine. If it gets her off his ass.

Most haven't heard of rhetoric

Sigh... How come servants are always so difficult?

God it's too quiet

Panting, hand brushing crimson coated hair back away from his eyes. He's a little shocked he's alive.

Really? Seem pretty standard "mage" to me.

" Shithole of a city. " " Warmth offff? " He draws that last syllabe, it slowly fading out as he stares.

" You clearly haven't gone to downtown LA. This amount of pretty faces in such a dense concentration is not normal. "

" Yeah you can phrase it like that. "

" I have figured that out, yes. "

All of us. We all have different mothers. I earned the right to take the Dawlight family crest however.

No, neither are idiots or weak. Just really good at one. I've got my dexterity.

" Well I figured this is what you meant. But last I heard it some chick was six mojitos deep out in Cali. So you guess what she wanted. " His hand rests on the small of their back. Pressing on it slightly as they stand there.

Us mage families are crazy. You should see my siblings. They got the intelligence and strength aspects.

The guard chuckles, his arm looping around their hips. Pulling them in against his front. " You know there's at least three ways yo interpret that. "

" Pretty sure. Your cheeks even feel warm. "

The collective sum of generations of my family lineage. Which began in the year 543 A.D.

" Sounds like a whole lot of you dodging the compliment out of embarrassment to me. "

Ain't my fault I was selectively bred-

" You, duh. " His hand grips under their chin, and tilts their head side to side. " Beautiful face, slender, soft skin. "

She's not going to listen even if he says no is she...?

Not literally. Everyone here has impeccable physical features.

Raises an eyebrow, the back of his hand pushing the tailor's hand aside without looking. " Yeah, I know. I was kinda bred that way. "

Why all the casters suddenly? And how come everyone in here is some sort of model??

He's a professional with a reputation to keep up. Supposedly 22:00 to 06:00 hours. Supposedly. Usually there's some sort of emergency call though

"𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘦"

I'm going, I'm going...

Yeesh you're bossy today-

Servant, goddess, whatever. His position has rules, and guidelines. Not even the servants can be in his office unless they're one of his.

Fine. That's an acceptable compromise.

𝄢| Life lore update. I've been shifted down the normal path of a security professional. Gone from sub contracting to private hire, working as a AP detective currently, making more than I thought I would in my life. But I'm not satisfied with being a stooge. Joining a police academy in Feb.