wooliefrand | Charonquest

It was... hard.

But.

( shyly, fidget fidget. )

It was... rewarding, too. I hope my handwriting is legible enough for you to read it.

[soft, a note of fondness instead of distress or forced neutrality crossing his tone for the first time since he woke up]

I am sure it will be.

Thank you. I look forward to reading it.

Once you're rested.

Are you hungry?

Not...particularly.

I want to rest, very badly.

( RELIEF. )

Well, that's good. I was worried you'd be starved...

Let's put you to bed.

[he does not argue and ask to read the report first, which is how you know he's really feelin' it. he angles to settle on the couch, though, not go up to his room]

( once charon sits, perci hesitates — but there's enough of lily still out there, he thinks, so he ducks into his room to get out his softest pillow for charon.

should charon sleep in a bed? yes. does perci think it's more important for charon to be in a public space where people can pass through constantly, therefore making sure he doesn't feel alone while not feeling as if he's putting others out? yeah. )

Don't be surprised if you're ushered to the pillow pit.

Edited 2023-10-02 05:34 (UTC)

That's fine. Later.

[once Lily's hackles are down a little he will mind moving less]

( he'll pass the pillow and the sheets for charon to snuggle into the couch, then.

his own adrenaline is starting to simmer down, so he's already starting to feel the exhaustion take root. maybe he should... also lay down for a little while. )

I'll be... nearby, for now. I think I might've... used up too much magic.

What did you do...?

Mmmm... ( counts on his fingers. )

Blossom needed us to summon up a lot of lights, so I used many spells for those... then I used my appear-and-reappear spells to distract the wolves that came after us... ah - the lilies that Blossom used to track you down were withering fast, so I felt it and was affected as well... um... I fought against the demon's control over flora, as she was using it to attack us... and healed those who were hurt, afterward.

I helped Minuet dive into your mind as I wanted to make sure he wouldn't take the brunt of the energy drain... and then I may have dived into his mind afterwards - ah, not as deeply into yours, I just needed to see a memory of his...

[

sweats]

Please do not do anything else but rest today.

I'm going to take a nap, don't worry!

[he solemnly reaches to do the tiniest tug of Perci's hair]

I will hold you to that. That sounds like a monstrous amount of magical expenditure even if we weren't restricted.

If we weren't restricted, it wouldn't be an issue - I've only had a problem with "energy" once I arrived here and my powers were muted. All the greenery helps me keep consciousness.

At home, I could cast freely. ( fights... ugh, he can't keep it back. he yawns into his hand. ) It would be as if it took you energy to strategize. Magic is a skill to be learned and polished. It's never taken me effort to make or cast spells, before.

I'm so sleepy all the time here...

Is that so? I had thought that was just your normal sleeping pattern, not aught to do with your powers.

Well, we'll all have a rest. I'll...at least let people know we're all alive and relatively unharmed, and not to bother us for the day.

No... ( if he were not tired right now, he'd think about how revealing explaining that his magic drains him here when it never had before. ) I'm awake all day and sleep at night like a normal person might, at home. I don't take naps. Too much to do as a king and all.

Mmmm. ( he's going to curl up by the couch, wrapping his wings around himself. )

[why do people keep insisting on settling BY the couch when it's a bigger-than-one-person couch!!!

he won't force it if Perci wants to stay there, but he'll reach for one of his hands to coax him up there with him, all the same]

( well he was a statue for four days maybe he'd like some leg room to stretch and move )

Mm...?

( ,,,, he will, however, sit next to him when prompted. )

[oh good. settles again with his head sort of tucked against Perci's hip, keeping hold of his hand loosely. touching without actively trapping him in place]

Don't worry about...crowding me.

... alright.

( he gently strokes his hair. )

As you say, my shepherd. ( a little teasing. )

Am I a shepherd right now, Perci...?

[he says it very softly. there is no trap in the words. he's just asking.]

( tenderly, but firmly: )

You don't need to be a shepherd to be my shepherd. You may not hold the staff today, but you did when I arrived, and the days after.

Ah.

[brings Perci's hand to his mouth, not kissing the back of it so much as mumuring against it]

It's good to hear. I do not feel good about abandoning my flock...at fault or no.

I wouldn't say this is anywhere near "abandoning" your flock, but... I understand.

Let us protect you now. Rest your head. You can't avoid sleep any more without the staff, after all. You could use a few days of actual rest.

Re: after

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