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[helloween]

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[helloween]

You?

[ What— ]

Like you're about to try and find somebody, or literally you?

[lockedon]

Literally me.

[ What part of that was unclear?? ]

I'm a Meridian. I'm an Exalt. I don't have any Discord problems of my own currently.

[ What more could Dark want??? Probably a hot girl, so sorry he can't deliver on that front. ]

[helloween]

[ A muffled emotion slips through the communion as if Dark is trying to weigh whether or not he is satisfied or ungrateful for the circumstances. It eventually subsides when he realizes he shouldn't be picky, but a tired annoyance crosses in the sense that he'd hoped for a fanservice moment with, surely enough, a hot girl. It's okay though, Eustace, I will always appreciate you and never take you for granted— ]

Okay.

[ The reply is so simple. Like a child who begrudgingly accepts the futility of piano lessons after school. ]

Where do I meet you...

[ 😔 ]

[lockedon]

[ It's a reply in the affirmative, which is all that matters to Eustace. All the extra baggage may as well not exist to him. ]

Wherever. [ Wow, he's so casual about this upcoming intimate handholding. ] if you're not feeling well, I can go out to you.

[ Just name a time and place and he's there!! ]

[helloween]

I'm really not.

[ There's relief here, though. Dark is glad that Eustace makes things easier for him. ]

You can come to me. Have you ever even seen my castle before?

[lockedon]

[ ....... ]

'Castle'?

[ That's a no. ]

[helloween]

If you go to Highstorm you can just look at the sky. You'll see it floating there, can't miss it.

[ Certainty in his voice. ]

[lockedon]

[ ..........................

An even longer pause. ]

I see. [ He doesn't see but it's fine because he will see. ] I'll be there as soon as I can.

[helloween]

Let me know if you don't find it, I'll just make it bigger or something.

[ Isn't Dark Schneider so cool... ]

[lockedon]

[ THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE IT BIGGER, HE WILL FIND IT JUST FINE.

See, case in point: some 20 minutes later Eustace shows up at the castle, peering up at its overly extra outward decor. Does he go through the front door....? You know what, he'll ask. ]

Should I just go through the front door?

[helloween]

Hang on. It won't let other guys in.

[ Dark is quiet and without resistance or sense of humor in that 20 minutes, and mutters in a High Ancient language to dispel his warding sigil. Once the seal has been lifted, his attention becomes just a little sharper— felt through communion. ]

You should be good now.

[ There shouldn't be any auditory hallucinations or ballsack itching, like this. ]

[lockedon]

[ What a mysterious man...Thanks for saving his balls Dark, he needs those for later.

Truthfully though, he's more taken aback by the interior of the swanky castle to think too much about its host, frowning a little more at the opulence inside. Definitely not his cup of tea, and he'll be happy to leave again once all this is done. ]

Where should I meet you?

[helloween]

There's a naked sculpture of me in the foyer. See it?

[ There's no way Eustace wouldn't. Dark hardly waits for him to respond. ]

Wait there. I'll come to you.

[lockedon]

[ .....................



He does in fact head towards the statue after a long assessing stare at said naked sculpture, though he's certainly standing a healthy distance away by the time Dark arrives.

What if he gets Dark cooties from standing too close? :/ Definitely better for him to have volunteered for Discord cleansing than some other poor sap though. ]