I miss my wife.

[stares at his tomephone. Puts his tomephone down. Takes a looooong sip of his coffee] That is enough for one day.

Twenty mill…? … .. . Oh. OH.

//replies after work (or possibly on my lunch break) I ran out of time for things before I had to become an ~productive member of society~ or some bullshit

// floor time good…

//having floor time right now, go ham I guess 🗡️ for Zenos 🦎 for Aji ♦️for Varis 🧪for Xande ngl.link/prismaticdiv...

//yknow what? I think this would be funny to me, but not to varis

Can't go a single day without my wife dying.

//idk which Zenos this is, but I'm howling regardless

//saw some choice reg/vari art just now 😳

@embitteredroyalty.bsky.social The two swift knocks at Nerva’s door should have been everything he needed to tell who was calling on him at such an awful time in the morning. 3am Just as Varis had promised, he was here before the sunrise to fetch Nerva for their camping trip.

This will affect the trout population.

............................... No.

@embitteredroyalty.bsky.social Cousin. We will go camping soon. That includes hunting. I will teach you to use a gun.

The corner of his mouth twitches.

//deepthinks as I finish kh3 (again) I do think varis wants his family to get along, but because he's so deeply traumatized, the one person he's able to be even remotely okay around, and feels like he can be himself is his wife (aji), who, ironically was deeply tied to hades presundering+

//woe, 2am varis in the Lab Thinking About Things be upon ye varis should be in bed, i'm sure his wife'll be mad at him later

Deep, deep down within the laboratories of the palace, Varis stands at a counter. He looks at his pistol in his hands, turning it over this way and that. It's empty, having recently unloaded every last bullet into a clone of his grandsire a few hours ago. He set it down, sighing heavily. Was this+

//turns out I didn’t have signal out at the lake at all, I’m back in signal range and on the way home, lake pic for tax

//replies likely to be spotty all day, about to head to the lake in like. 30min but I’ll check in every so often

What if I just… [shoots his grandsire]

[yawns and stretches] Perhaps it is time to put it into storage.

I am reminded of the day I truly lost the battle in trying to keep you at bay. Your wicked grin, your wild eyes. The trail of blood you left as you moved from the hangar to the infirmary. How beautiful you looked, chatting to the surgeons about your latest kill. Still, I am enraptured.

//you know it’s Bad bad when the temperature inside the house is worse than sitting in 100 degree weather OUTSIDE

//honestly this is funnier than it should be because his model is scaled up like an additional like. 1’5” absolutely dwarfing her even MORE than normal. 🤣😂😭💀

//tryna get this old mans card, but, I'll make jokes instead

// I’m off to go play mermaids with my bestie for a few hours, so replies are gonna be nonexistent for a few hours

Mushrooms…

Varis was sprawled out on the grass of the imperial garden, enjoying the fleeting Garlean summer. Not a cloud in the sky could darken the sun. He breathed slowly, much like his impossibly large pugnax companion who half loafed on top of him, snoring peacefully.

[standing in the middle of the library, staring at….something, with a sour look like he just bit into a lemon]

//god damn, those last 2 weeks of work really pushed me to my limits but. i'm free now, until the end of august!

*standing outside in the snow and cold. He’s staring up at the night sky* The stars seems to be clearest after a blizzard.

//owed replies will come on my lunch break today <3

//is mi birthdae Also I’m sorry for not being active, irl called and I had to answer, but now I’m back

//weird, bsky logged me out of all my accounts

I think I preferred it when he was still dead.

*Writes up a formal decree, stating upon his death, the throne goes to @embitteredroyalty.bsky.social effective immediately.* Here. Do not let anything happen to this. And if something does happen to it, contact Ajisai. She will handle it.

Come then. If you are amongst those who believe me to be an Ascian in disguise, then come and kill me. I invite you to take my life and see if I return. I doubt you will enjoy the results.

//okay babes, my lunch break is over, so I’ll be back in about an hour and a half-2 hours

Absolutely not. I am still here, my throne is not forfeit. Whatever Ascian usurper nonsense this is, it is not sanctioned. Novus Garlemald is not a real thing, we do not condone this gross imitation.

//did not mean to be gone for so long, I got distracted irl… I applied to uni 🫢

This potion tasted like cherries…a little fizzy. I wonder what its effects are.

*presses a cermet keycard against the reader to open one of the training rooms*

//I will finish replies after work tomorrow, I keep dozing off djdidjdndj lmao

I wonder where he has scampered off to…

*Knees crack loudly as he sits down*

*he is pacing up and down within the reconstructed palace library, he is looking for something but cannot find it.*

Murder is correct and legal if it is an Ascian.

Of all the things I have done in my life, I regret nothing. Nothing save a collection of mistakes I made in my youth that I am unable to undo.

Awful.