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         Take that Your Majesty.

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          And what if they couldn’t enter ? it wouldn’t have mattered anyways because he appeared first, and thus, it was natural that even if he was covering the entrance, he would have the priority first, that of course, aside the fact that he was a king, and as such, he shouldn’t even explain his position- whatever was the case, a light frown still ends up appearing on his features after he gets caught ( not that he was being subtle to begin with )

          ❝ —You called me. ❞ No she didn’t! no one called him! he came exactly on his very own!

@alteredcore​ said: -stands at the entrance of the room in complete silence and stares at her- (insert standing man emoji)

          “Arthur, no one else can get in if you block the door like that.” Her remark is off handed despite the fact that he was practically staring holes into her. Ultimately this was normal behavior for the spirit, and at this point she had become used to it. “Come into the room and tell me what you need. Don’t I always say I’m not actually a mind reader?”

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        𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 . That is how the corrupted king’s face remains as Eli jovially offers him ice cream. Despite the fact that it was no surprise that some alters had a certain.... affinity over junk food, it was curious how Arthur barely moved from his position, and with pale golden eyes still fixated not on the ice cream but instead, on Eli; silence lingers in their shared space for a couple of seconds. 

Lifting his hand, he proceeds to take off one of his armored gloves and thus, reveals in front of her for probably the first time, what part of his skin looked like underneath his heavy armor. Once his glove was taken off and dropped to the floor, the sight of an unnaturally pale hand makes its presence. Such was the unnatural shade that it almost gave the impression that the altered king was merely a corpse walking amongst the living rather than the embodiment of who once have been King Arthur Pendragon; yet this wasn’t the most surprising factor- for the next aspect that clearly denoted something was different were the couple of faint golden scales that were now begining to fade away, product of Arthur seeking to hide these traits away from her sight. Once theres no more trail of scales across his hand, he proceeds to take hold of the pot she was offering him. It is in this point that his cold gaze suffers from a small shift; there was now curiosity in his eyes . With his attention now completely stolen by the little cup, he stares intensely at it for a couple of seconds in complete silence. 

Now... If only he knew what in the world was he supposed to do with that little thing... 

@alteredcore​ said: -stares intensely-

          “Want some?” She’ll hold an extra ice cream out for him.

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     SWEATING.

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@alteredcore​ siad: He came to see her and demand her attention (probably by eating her pencils), but once he arrives, he notices how Eli is asleep over her desk, so he proceeds to lift her up in between his arms and carries her to her dorm-

          She had woken up especially early that morning, long before the sun’s light even started to color the sky, startled out of her rest by a dream of which the memory quickly escaped her even though the restless energy that it left didn’t. Going back to sleep was impossible, so the woman did the only reasonable thing she could think of which was getting dressed and starting work. If her mind and hands were busy with other things, then the uncomfortable restless feeling would eventually go away. 

          Once that energy was spent though her body seemed to remember what she was actually supposed to be doing, and then coffee could only do so much. It was only a matter of time before she was unable to keep her eyes open anymore and fell asleep on top of the computer tablets and papers that were scattered across her desk. Vaguely as she drifted off back into unconsciousness she realized that she would regret not just going back to her room later, hunched over a desk wasn’t exactly a good sleeping position for anyone.

          This time there were no dreams, and she wasn’t actually sure how long she was asleep. It wasn’t until she felt someone moving her that Elaine stirred, waking up just enough to realize that she was being moved. “Mmm…” The feeling of being lifted made her face scrunch up somewhat and she squirmed for a moment, her not quite awake brain registering unable to fully understand what was going on but still knowing something was happening against her will. Her head bumped against something hard and mostly smooth, and her eyes opened just enough for her sleep blurred vision to catch a rich red design against obsidian like black. 

          Grey eyes closed again as she relaxed; there was only one person here with that pattern in those colors, and he had decided to be her protector. Since that person was the one who picked her up then she didn’t have anything to worry about. There was absolutely no way that Arthur would let harm come to her while she slept.

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@alteredcore​ found a wild Eli: -Bumps his forehead against hers-

          “Mn?!” Eli jumped a bit at the gesture, more surprised than anything else. Gold was not the color she usually saw first with Arthur, she would see the black of his armor or it’s red hilights, or even the pale blond of hair hair. Strangely enough the gold of his eyes was always only a passing thought… 

          Which was a shame because, “It’s pretty…” This was probably his real color, the one that hid under the protection of the black. Gold was the color of kings and gods; it was bold, independent, and warm. If she remembered correctly from science class the gold metal was considered soft and easy to shape, which might have also suited him at one point though that was no longer the case. Still… Gold suited him more than back and red, or even blue and silver.

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@adastraluminis​​ replied ; Eli vc: Nothing Arthur, s'all good.

                        He stares at her for a few seconds, almost as if waiting for her to correct her previous statement, say something else, yet nothing ends up slipping past her lips, so he simply assumes for once that she is telling the truth. Turning around, he is once again ready to fade away-

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Eli w h a t-

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@alteredcore said: -bumps his forehead against her back and stays there-

          She jumped a bit feeling something bump into her back, and was about to move away when familiar black in the edges of her vision caught her attention. “Arthur?” Turning her head as far as it would go to look over her shoulder behind her, sure enough she saw the top of his head. With a hum she looked ahead again, wondering for a what exactly had caused him to show affection like this. ( At least she was assuming this was a display of affection. ) 

        As she turned her head again to look behind her Elaine attempted to pat his arm with one of her hands. “Are you alright?” It was sometimes hard to tell if he was or not, so she figured asking couldn’t hurt anything. “I was gonna make my mom’s stew recipe, wanna help? I’ll share either way though.”

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                         Eli? Eli? his Eli?

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@adastraluminis​ said ; “The buddy system really is important Arthur. You have to hold my hand or else I’ll get lost.” Eli is mostly sure he won’t kill her which is why she could make such an absurd joke with a mostly straight face.

                         Upon hearing her sudden statement, the king finds himself stopping on his tracks, the words bouncing inside his head as he tries to make sense of them- the ....... buddy system ..... he assumed she could only mean body- but then, things got even more confusing when she suggested that he had to hold her hand or else she would get lost- how did that make sense with her previous statement ? For once, he found himself at pure loss of words- it also didn’t help that her expression remained completely serious, as if the matter in question was truly something that was part of her concerns.

He stared down at her hand for a solid few seconds, still wondering what was the meaning behind her words, and for a moment, he actually complied to her request, and his gloved metallic hand reached out to hold hers- but as soon as he did so, it felt ..... oddly wrong... as if he shouldn’t- for reasons he did not want to think about, and thus, as soon as he held it, he was quick to let go of it.  ❝  —It’s useless. If you get lost i’ll just cut the whole forest.  ❞

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adastraluminis​:

          “Ah-!” She hadn’t been expecting to actually get him to let go when he did, her balance getting thrown off for a moment making her wobble. He seemed to have noticed as well seeing that he grabbed her wrist until she was steady again.

          Eli couldn’t help but make a noise that was part annoyed and part embarrassed. Settle down? Put like that it sounded like she was trying to marry them or something! They just happened to be conveniently around and able to keep her from dying when some shenanigans had been going on. “Who has settled down with who?“ She just barely she kept herself from poking him square in the chest with a finger by crossing her arms and turning her face away as if she had been wronged. The pouting stance only lasted a moment though, since she didn’t want to have him just walk away while she wasn’t looking. "Just to be clear, you’re the only Arthur I have a contract with. I don’t get 500 servants like Ritsuka, got it?”

                         He was her only ‘Arthur’ huh ....... Just like how he was Guinevere’s only husband, correct?     was.     That was the key little word; was ... Just like that thorned, useless and bent crown that now weighted nothing in their current era, things were so easily replaceable, so easily discarded, things- morals- people, anything. And he knew this, he knew this very well- for he experienced it through all of these manifestations across his life, making his heart become a numb heavy rock that ocasionally bled out.... If only for seconds; for- .......

                         Foolish core ...... he felt repulsed over it, over its leaking blood. ❝   —It doesn’t matter. If you desire Arthur Pendragon then so be it. Take as many servants as you want, take anything you want. That is how the world works, isn’t it? ❞

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(credit) / plsdonotreblog

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                         He's having Guinevere and Lancelot flashbacks-

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                        Appears right behind her.  ❝ You called my name. State your issue.❞

          “It’s too early for this, I’m finding Arthur.” Hers is an alter and thus won’t blast or sing Christmas music.