Hybrid Kingdom PSL

[no1likeme]

{ the “beach” episode }
for some more light-hearted/chaotic stuff happening at the hotel throughout the plot

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[theurgie]

(( If it were up to Emmanuel... But it's not. It really isn't his decision to make at all. So... As he turns off the road into a smaller chain hotel parking lot, he glances over at Set. ))

I'll tell him where you are and how to reach you. Anything going forward is up to him. Do not come back to our hotel without his express invitation. (( Or you'll end up with a bullet in your brain again goes unspoken. )) Is that clear?

[compositequeen]

... or you'll shoot me in the head. Got it.

[If he sounds flippant, it isn't intentional. His body is as human as human can be right now and getting another body if this one dies would be fully at the mercy of the Duat crowd. He doesn't need to be dying at this moment in time.]

Father Yoon - I've got something to say to you, too, if you'll hear me out.

[theurgie]

(( The car glides into one of the empty parking spaces and Emmanuel turns it off and unbuckles before turning in his seat to look at Set. His face is a mask of severity, eyes still blazing despite the favor he's about to do for this person who hurt his loved ones so much. ))

Go ahead. I'm listening.

[compositequeen]

[Here goes nothing...]

None of what I did to you was - necessary, excusable, rational? Take your pick. And looking back on it is basically the opposite of gratifying. I really was just an unhinged, violent nutcase terrorizing you for things that didn't have anything to do with you.

There's no way this is enough to make up for any of it, I know, but I am sorry. And I'm glad you survived.

[theurgie]

(( Emmanuel's silent for a moment, contemplating Set. No, scrutinizing him. Looking for any tell, any sign that any of this isn't genuine, that it's some sort of game or plot. ))

It's a start.

(( That said, he turns to get our of the car so they can get Set all squared away with a room at this hotel. It's a mid-range chain hotel, nothing as luxurious as the one Osiris and Isis now own and Sobek's... person bankrolls. But, as promised, it's clean, secure, and has hot water. Once Set gets out, Emmanuel looks at him from over the roof of the car, then adds: ))

Don't forget I'm human. You won't have as much time to prove yourself to me.

[compositequeen]

I sincerely doubt I'll return to this dimension again during your lifetime, but I'll do what I can.

[Not because he won't want to come back, but because - well, he's someone else's property now. He can only make the "important reunion and reckoning with family" plea once - is asking for the time off just to visit likely to go over as well? Set doubts it.

That's all he says before following Emmanuel into the hotel, though.]