Considering a second game. Open to suggestions though.

[kingofnightmares]

One place isn't enough for you? I have enough to deal with at just one game.

Honestly, I don't see what you get out of this, besides taking pleasure in tossing me into ridiculous situations and seeing me suffer. Would you even have enough time for two games?

[He rolls his eyes, crossing his arms.]

One game is enough. I don't wish to be tossed into another. I have just gotten adjusted to the game I'm in, after all that has happened. You're going to wear me out thin at this point.

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[dimeliora]

You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the "pleasure at seeing us suffer" bit.

Congrats! You figured out that muns are basically low-profile sociopaths!

[goddessofdiscord]

Think of it as an opportunity, not a hindrance.

[kingofnightmares]

For the most part yes. I've known this for quite some time now.

[kingofnightmares]

I think of it as more of an annoyance above anything else.

She's already gotten me into trouble once before. I don't need it happening again.

[goddessofdiscord]

Then don't let it happen.

[kingofnightmares]

It depends on if she puts me into a game where my powers are stripped away from me.

Again.

[dimeliora]

So is this really that big a shock there, chief?

Y'know, you could take a second game as a chance to surprise her.

[goddessofdiscord]

You might be permitted to keep them, it's all up in the air. And if you are ...

[ Pitch, dear, you have too much grey in your hair. Let her smooth that back. ]

You won't need to answer to anyone at all.

[kingofnightmares]

I don't want a second game. I have enough in my plate for the time being.

[kingofnightmares]

[Thanks, dear. He considers it for a moment, but his lips downturn a fraction.]

There's always repercussions for when I want to have my own fun.

[He knows that all too well. Happened twice in his life, and once in the game he's already in. Even lost a friend in all of it, which made it sting even worse.]

Heroes and heroines, you know, that whole thing. [A casual handwave. The same song and dance.]

[dimeliora]

Oh come on, you don't wanna be tortured in simultaneous points of the multiverse? Where's your sense of adventure?

Then again, these guys have attention spans you'd need an electron microscope to see, so I guess that's a point in your favor.

[kingofnightmares]

I've been tortured enough for more than a few lifetimes for the most part.

I want to be left alone.

[goddessofdiscord]

[ Delicate fingers tip up his chin. ]

Let them come, you mustn't forget who you are. The King of Nightmares would be nothing but an empty title if they overlooked your talents.

Take their persistent stupidity as a compliment.

[kingofnightmares]

[And that chin of his lean into those fingers, face softening. Oh Eris, you always know what to say.]

Good point. I'll just have to change up my strategy in how to deal with them; to be more effective.

[And a small hiss of black sand swirls at his feet.]

[dimeliora]

...Well hell, you're a ray of sunshine.

It's not that bad at the game you're in, is it?

[kingofnightmares]

It has been, yes. And it's only bound to get worse down the road, with what my mun is concocting as of late.

[goddessofdiscord]

Lie, trick, omit, they always assume giving your word negates any other course of action to manipulate when, where or if the final curtain falls.

[ Oooh, black sand! Calling it up into her hand, she traces it into grainy patterns over his collar-bone: Ἔρις. ]

[dimeliora]

Sounds like a pain in the ass, though that could go a lot of ways. Genderbending? Age reversal? Or is it one of those awkward "ship" situations?

[shepherdofthefrost]

Nope, there's dragons where I'm going, they'll eat you. You'd better stay away. For your own safety, obviously.

[ OBVIOUSLY. He's just looking out for you, man. No ulterior motives at all. ]

[kingofnightmares]

[He watches with mild interest, his gold eyes shifting back to her, the sand at his feet quieting down.]

Mn, very true. I'll have to use that to my advantage. [And he reaches up to twirl a lock of her hair idly, before letting it slip away and flourish back out.]

[kingofnightmares]

Dragons. I've heard of that place. They're the overseers of that 'world', are they not?

[goddessofdiscord]

[ Tipping her hair into the caress, Eris's toying with the sand creates a mini Cetus, the sandy sea-monster fluttering around their heads once let go. Not a Nightmare, but her own preference. ]

I'm sure you will. If any of those self-proclaimed heroes run across your path, introduce them to the dark.

[kingofnightmares]

[And he watches the creature with a fond smile crossing his lips. How adorable.He reaches up to prod at it softly with a finger.]

I'll introduce more than just the dark to them.

[kingofnightmares]

Age reversal. Thankfully I was able to keep my sanity while in that blasted form.

But there's more to come, apparently.

[goddessofdiscord]

Mm. I do so love it when you meander through threats.

[ Mini!Cetus wriggles playfully and swirls back into the sand near Pitch's feet. It leaves enough room for one of Eris's arms to drape over a shoulder. ]

Would you make them scream?