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]

Tha—

(( He bites his tongue to stop the correction from spilling forth. It's none of Set's business that that's no longer a station he holds. And Set certainly doesn't need to be the first to know, before the two who mean so much to him.

His eyes narrow and he peers around the lobby. Would his 'employer' (his jailkeeper, really) just let him leave on holiday? Without an escort to ensure his return?

And why is it so hard to keep from grabbing him by his shirt front, driving him against the wall, and returning a portion of the violence he inflicted on them? Ah, it's so vivid in his mind, Set's blood on his hands. He's a killer of monsters, after all.

But it would pain Osiris. ))

Your apology? Are you fucking kidding right now? What possible words can heal all you've done to your own family?

[compositequeen]

[If Emmanuel does decide to get some of his own back, there won't be much Set can do in retaliation. He has the strength of a human now, can't even regenerate to heal his wounds because of the seal branded into his skin, and only stands an inch or two taller than the little priest whose neck used to fit so snugly in one of his hands. All he can do is hope that decorum wins out over the animal instinct burning in Emmanuel's eyes.

As for his question...]

Nothing I could say or do would make up for what I've already done, I know that. [It's strangely galling, too, the idea that he could decimate something so thoroughly that he's the only one powerless to rebuild it.] But it felt cowardly to use that as an excuse to stay away forever. If they don't agree and just want me gone, I'll leave.

[theurgie]

(( Emmanuel simply has to remind himself that not acting on his worst impulses is what separates him from Set. Also, this... this really doesn't involve Emmanuel. He's probably the least aggrieved. Oh, but he hated having to witness Set wrought on the people he loves.

That means it's not him who gets to decide the value of Set's words. Perhaps if Emmanuel weren't in such an internal rage, he could recognize the magnitude of the effort Set's making. The courage of it.

Emmanuel unclenches his fingers (when did that happen?) but there's still such unbridled hate burning in his eyes. It isn't his place to turn Set away, as much as he wants to. Horus and Osiris, and all the others, have been through enough. Even now that it's over, here comes Set to put them all through the ringer again. ))

It might be best to forget you ever had a family.

[compositequeen]

[And Set almost, almost informs Emmanuel that it's not his choice to make, but the murder still hasn't left his eyes and Set hasn't forgotten the feeling of his skull splintering under the force of a bullet. For a human, Emmanuel is actually quite terrifying.]

Believe me, I've considered that eventuality. A lot.

[Emmanuel really will kill him if he says why his thoughts have been so haunted by the idea of forsaking them for good - beneath the insanity, the violence, the demented craving, beneath the only side of Set that Emmanuel has ever seen and the only one he has reason to believe exists, Set does love his brother.

He has no right to anymore, but he does.]