#you wanted the throne until someone became more important ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / first. ⸥

[caelcstis]

@deathfavor wanted a starter. random cheese of truth chose: dantalion, because that?? made sense out of all your muses. tell me if u want someone else--

it was the soft sigh of silk and feathers behind him that caught his attention. elven ears twitched just barely towards the gentle noise and he was turning on his heels. no one ever wore something so delicate as casually as lucifer did these days. since rejoining his time with humans after finding solomon's soul, he realized just how tightly everyone bundled up now. granted, they were in a much more northern continent now, but it was even far different to his old home.

the least he could do was pay his family member a visit after saving him from solomon's outburst. if he hadn't, dantalion was quite positive he wouldn't even be standing right now. or ever again.

" how are you feeling? everyone and myself were shocked seeing you awake from your slumber suddenly." granted lucifer's sleeps were...odd, irregular compared to the normal entity. still, it was startling that he had awakened just to save his family member's ass.

it wasn't like they were attached to the hip anymore.

[caelcstis]

demons / pt. 3

the one who plays the flute of destruction ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / visage. ⸥ hatred &&. blood are all you know. who would ever love you? ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / about. ⸥ the screams of their curses still cause nightmares today ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / aes. ⸥ you were once so mischievous &&. carefree until they denied you ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / asgard. ⸥ little puppet you dance on your string to make your master happy ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / his puppet. ⸥ he once offered you solitude only for you to destroy it again ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / israel. ⸥ you wanted the throne until someone became more important ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / first. ⸥ you confessed your feelings &&. you decided to stay with him ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀���𝐈𝐎𝐍 / post. ⸥ no matter how loud you scream no one will save you ⸢ 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 / threads. ⸥

with a crown atop your head you will rule peacefully ⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / visage. ⸥ you’ve never known love yet you are so full of it ⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / about. ⸥ gold &&. riches make you a prince but your pride makes you the king ⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / aes. ⸥ maybe the crown’s too heavy for you little one ⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / youth. ⸥ the crown fits you now; perhaps more than it had anyone else⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / first. ⸥ your excitement is like honey but not everyone likes the sticky sweetness of it ⸢ 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐎 / threads. ⸥

[caelcstis]

dantalion ignored the bruise to his pride mentioning just how rough of a position he was in before lucifer showed up. if he hadn't, he might have...actually died. though a small part of him was always at peace with the thought for a long while now, he didn't want william to suffer that guilt if he ever gained his consciousness back. he was just a boy, after all.

he inhaled deeply as he thought on his own wellbeing. he felt fine, no signs of trauma left on his body after he awoke in such a familiar-yet-unfamiliar place. he couldn't remember the last time he actually stepped foot in this palace since he'd wandered off to create his own home, his own territory, his own army.

"i'm fine," his words were short. there was no need to dress up around lucifer in any way, he'd known him far too long. "i wanted to thank you before i left, for stopping what could have occurred, and for coming to my aid when we both know you didn't have to." because family or not... dantalion wasn't so foolish enough to believe that lucifer would do it out of the kindness of his heart.

Starry black fabric serves as a stark contrast to the illuminating white of his grand wings and the fair pale skin. Even the most simple gesture is accompanied by otherworldly grace and elegance as if sewed into the fabric of his existence. Gold eyes regard Dantalion with a simple tilt of his head, and then a soft exhale of amusement.

" I believe that to be a more fitting question for you. It was, after all, almost you who wasn't to be here any longer. " There's an irony in that - the emperor doesn't care to reflect on it.

" None quite so surprised as Baalberith, I'm sure. I've heard of his naïve assumptions as of late. " Nothing but absurdity, regardless of his own wish. For many the shorter sleeps do signal the end, but Lucifer's never been comparable to anything.

Lucifer stands with a statuesque stillness, only the languid blinking indication that he is anything otherwise. " It was sooner than I intended by a few years, so a little exhaustion is to be expected. I'm sure it will wear off in a few days. " Now there's something to warrant his interest more closely. " And you? "