After some time, what appears to be a royal guard approaches the King, with charcoal black hair, bright amber eyes, and pale skin. With smile bright, and uniform pristine, he extends a hand to the King.
"Hello my liege! Wonderful speech as usual." His voice begins to shift as his smile starts to slip.
"I'm certain he felt quite, loved." His expression being one of an almost annoyed state, as he stares coldly at his highness.
The King pauses, looking from the guards face to hand. Not a bow?
"How strange." Slips from his lips as he returns to meet the other's gaze.
The guard looks to his hand with a sigh.
He lowers his hand, moving into a bow, then raising his head with smile returned.
"I was just wanting a moment to speak with you."
The King looks to him in pleasant confusion, brow furrowing ever so slightly.
"What was your name guard?" He asks, his joyous demeanor showing cracks.
"Oh, ofcourse sire. It's D̶͇͚̯̲̱͇̰̖̳̝̪̬̺̤͎͉̜̠͉̭̭̎̐͊̂͆̆̽̃̈͜͝ơ̸͚̘͇̠̌̂̿̀̽͑̋̏̄͛̅̀͐́̃͛̕͝͠n̷̨̨̥̣͎̬̥̯̗͙̯̮̪͚̠̬̮͔̖̟͈̣̬̪̒̾̾́̈́̈́t̴̡̧̬̖̞͎̥͖̯͔͙̭̲̬̟̜̭̱̗̗̺̼͙̟̜͍͙͚̪̳̰͛̇̾̌͜ͅě̸̛̻͚̳̙̦̟̰̖̖͚̱̼͆͊͒̒̈́̿͛̒̿̽̌͗̏̿̎̏͜͝ͅͅi̶̡̢̢̼̜̣̳̮̱̣̥͖̲̮̥̺̬̩͔̲̬̜͚̹͕̯̱̞͓̱̰̹̖̖̮͎͎̣̩̓͛̈͑̋̔̑̆͛̌̈́͒̏̉̀̿̈́̐͆͆̊͘͘̚̕͜͝͠ͅͅ "
The guard says with an unflinching smile, seeming not to notice his mistake.
"I'm sorry. What was that? I may have misheard your name." The King says, his eyes blinking rapidly.
"Ah its-" The guard stares for a moment almost through the King, as though his mind has stepped back to discuss its next words carefully.
"Guard." A snap in the smile as he speaks abruptly, demanding an answer.
"Ah, oh. Yes my liege! Please just call me D."
"D? Sounds like a nickname to me. I would like your real name." He says his smile recovering slowly.
"Oh but Sire my name is D." The Guard says brightly, his amber eyes seeming to glow. "Atleast it's what all my F̶r̶i̶e̶n̷d̷s̸ call me!" He chuckles genuinely.
"Ah friends, yes!" His smile returns quickly at the term, as he seems to laugh along. "Well D, I suppose I have a moment or two for a friend." His eye twitches as he repeats that word. Friend? Friend, friend, friend. Why does this word sit on my tongue so... Unkindly?
"Thank you very kindly." Another bow as D offers to walk and talk with the king. A short nod from the king and they begin walking.
"You know most wouldn't still be alive right now. They'd be sent to where the unkind are sent." The Kings tone is chipper as though speaking of Sunday brunch or the nice weather. "But not you, my f̷r̶i̸e̸n̸d̴." That word, why? Why? Why does it matter to me?! Why is it like a dagger in my spine everytime? The King's steps fall out of rythm for a moment as his brow furrows.
"Careful my liege. Please focus on what I'm about to say..." The guard turns to help the King steady himself. The King looks up to meet D's eyes. "We are working on this, just remember the good, f̸r̴i̸e̸n̵d̶ ̴t̴i̴m̶e̴s̵."
The King stumbles back his eyes flicker then roll back as he falls. Friend, friend, friend, friend, friend, Get out of my head with your damned friend.
Nothingness. The King opens his eyes and looks around into the darkness.
"What a shame..." Says a dream eater demon as she walks out of the darkness.
The King stands, a stoic look plays over his face, as she continues to approach him.
"Very brave for one still so, new to these circumstances."
The King smiles as he slips his hands into his pockets, raising his nose to look down on her.
"Oh. Confident are we?" She smiles and her tail begins to whip. "Got some new powers you want to show me?"
"No." He grins shaking his head. "I'm not going to do anything."
The demons tail whips forward at him, but lands helplessly on the floor. Both the King and the dream eater look at the newly created stump. As she goes to scream, there is a purple haze, first the upper body falls, the after one more step, her legs.
The Kings eyes shoot open as he sits up. He looks to see Dontei, covered in blood with a grin. Holding the heart of a demon, still fresh.
"What-?" KD asks from the ground.
"I had to get you outta the dream to get it to reveal itself." Dontei says abruptly, then turns to face the king. "By the way. No more friend time. Cause you are creepy as fuck when you're being nice."