going to towerofanimus

[onlynatural]

Ah, excellent, you received the message. This isn't quite the amount of progress I'd anticipated, but it's reasonable, I suppose. A decent start. Let's not put it off any longer: beginning tomorrow, let's, as they say, get the ball rolling. I'm counting on you, mundane.

Best,
Sebastian Michaelis

Comments

[fangool]

Yer an actual butler?

[onlynatural]

But of course.

[fangool]

[ Well. He's amused. ] Ain't actually seen one of those before. Weird. Shiny, but weird.

[onlynatural]

Ah - I do beg your pardon. 'Shiny'?

[dielikeyouwantme]

Pity you have to depend on her, isn't it? I'm sure you could have it up in a flash~.

[onlynatural]

Oh, I absolutely could. Watching this one struggle with it is, at least, somewhat entertaining.

[dielikeyouwantme]

Is there anything y~o~u~ struggle with? Of course there is, everyone's got something. Do tell. I'd so love to watch.

[onlynatural]

Hardly. I am the Phantomhive butler, after all.

[dielikeyouwantme]

I don't believe that at all, you liar. There must be some~thing. Just one, teensy-tiny little thing. And I plan to suss it out, just you wait.

[onlynatural]

Well. Thank goodness for all these long years ahead of me, then.

I hear you've been settling into your new home quite comfortably, Grell.

[dielikeyouwantme]

Sigh. To follow at your heels, eternally, picking apart your every cog, studying the way your gears twist, that's my dream. ♥

Comfortable for you, maybe. You're accustomed to wasting your time listening to little children voice their wildly unintelligent opinions. I'm not. I have better things to do.

[onlynatural]

Would you say you're, perhaps... struggling?

[dielikeyouwantme]

Of course not! My struggles are far more epic than that. I'm inconvenienced, bordering on aggravated, but most definitely not struggling.

[onlynatural]

Really? But not struggling to adapt to the sudden change in environment and company? My.

[dielikeyouwantme]

I can adapt to any~thing. I wasn't the worst at playing human, you know. Don't say you think you so low of me! I'll pout.

[onlynatural]

Such a thing has no bearing on your human charade. I was only wondering.

[dielikeyouwantme]

Charade?? It was no such thing. I lived and breathed my part in our little morality play. I was the finest actress in London, although I would have preferred a credited role. My name up on a billboard, you know. It would have been marvelous~.

[onlynatural]

I'll agree, it was impressive. Were I human, I'm sure I would have been entirely fooled.

[dielikeyouwantme]

You could have pretended to be fooled, anyway. Calling me out, the way you did, was sooo impolite. It could have been our~ little~ secret~.

[onlynatural]

Ah, but orders are orders, I'm afraid. Not to mention, if I hadn't, where would we be now?

[dielikeyouwantme]

Somewhere better, I should think.

But per~haps you're right, darling. It isn't true, what Oscar Wilde said. Not of the likes of us, anyway. We're infinitely more prone to lying, behind masks, wouldn't you agree? You lie in every word! Your very appearance is a lie, and so was mine, back then. I'm as honest a woman as I can be, now. And no, I don't relish the thought of trading away speaking freely to you.

[pactum]

You as well? And just when my mundane was seriously considering giving in to those urging her and sending me there at last.

[onlynatural]

Ah, it would appear that we're accumulating quite the handful of beings from our world. It would be a relief to have you there, as well, under my watch, my lord. The alternative is rather... gruesome.

[pactum]

Gruesome indeed. As a matter of course, I would much rather have you under my watch than free to do as you like. So I suppose we agree on one point, at least: that it should be a relief for me to join you there.

[onlynatural]

Of course, Young Master. However, I can't help but wonder what you could possibly think I'd get up to.

[pactum]

Nothing that would benefit me, certainly--and that is what matters. I would be a weak master if I simply allowed my dogs to do as they please.

[onlynatural]

Far be it from me to make the Young Master appear weak. I understand.

[pactum]

Do you really? It ofttimes seems to me, Sebastian, that you strive to do nothing else.

[onlynatural]

Preposterous, my lord.

[100yearbell]

Nya, you're a servant?

[onlynatural]

Mm, that I am.

[100yearbell]

[Cat ear twitch]

You smell strange for a servant.....

[onlynatural]

Perhaps butlers smell a bit different from regular servants?

[100yearbell]

[He moves in closer and takes another sniff.]

Nya, you don't smell like a human...

[onlynatural]

And if I'm not?

[100yearbell]

Then Cheshire can't eat you....

[His tail swishes back in forth as he watches the other.]

[onlynatural]

A conclusion most wise.

[hardknoxlife]

Cor--

[ Balking here. Not good memories, no. But he stands his ground and does his best to look as nonchalant as ever. ]

So you're coming around too, eh? Fellow can't get a bit of a break no matter where he's tossed at.

[onlynatural]

Apparently not. I'm certain our impending time together will be a joy of joys.

[hardknoxlife]

Tell you what. Stay on your side of the tower, demon and I'll stay on mine. No one will be the wiser.

[ This is the best plan. ]