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Flug asks to study him to help can aid others of Hats kind
“You’re the first one in all these years to figure that out you know...so let me make you a different offer for allowing you to stay...instead of having you as my lover for room and board how about you let me study you so I can aid others of your kind...."
He said gently, letting himself sink back into the water so only his head and shoulders were peeking out the waters surface .
Moving to rest next to Amadeus , his voice was somber
"The sad fact is anytime I've come across your species it's usually after some despicable being has almost mutilated you beyond recognition...."
Hat stared at him like the man had grown two heads and splashed him with water, water droplets now dripped from Acylius's glistening white beak
"I am not something to be used for a science experiment, I am not a toy for you too play doctor with!"
Amadeus screeched, slapping Acylius across the face, the slap , Acylius had expected to feel like that of a child throwing a tantrum instead he curled in on himself and was thrown to the bottom of the enormous bath they were in.
Amadeus looked at his own hand and then where Acylius had been a few small feathers floating to the top....
SHIT HAD HE KILLED HIM!? SHIT , SHIT, SHIT, SH-
The surface bubbled and suddenly he was staring up at the shadow, nothing left about him was white apart from four now glowing eyes , his voice raspy, sounding pained.
"Without......my mask.....I live in this form.... suffering....you have.... destroyed....it, I was asking, offering....I would never have done so without your permission...."
Hat also noticed the air felt thick and heavy as he watched what looked like thick fluid continuously oozing and trailing down Acylius's barely formed body, the world around them distorting and twisting, he saw four wings spreading out further than the expanse of this room.
It wasn't until there was a tiny mew that came from the door way, of Mew mew loaf staring up at him wanting to be made a fuss of that Acylius managed to contain himself and pull himself back together to his human form.
He collapsed on the floor not too far from her and she came over nuzzling his wet hair and giving him a small lick to his cheek.
Hat's heart was racing , he was in awe and yet terrified, the books about this man had never mentioned that...he saw the mask finally coming to the surface in two pieces , webbed cracking from the impact of where his hand had come in contact.
The room still seemed to have an errie throbbing motion as if it was alive....so Acylius purposely stunted his own powers for others? ...And for the sake of himself...
He focused on the man and his laboured breathing, he didn't know what to do, he should have heard him out first, so far Acylius hadn't kicked him out or let him starve, he'd taken him to this bathroom that clearly was otherworldly to actually get a decent one... besides being tossed in.... Acylius hadn't really been so bad....
Acylius slowly moved to his hands and knees, he could see he was trembling, his eyes widening as the man removed his clothing, he couldn't tear his gaze away from the scars and tattoos he had on his body, another thing the books had never mentioned and he found himself wanting to trace them all with the tips of his claws....to be under him and listen to the power of his voice, the loss of humanity as he....no, no he mustn't think of that....after what just happened, no doubt being his lover for the winter has just been wiped off the table...Hat felt his own body whimper in disappointment and that.
Acylius picked up Mew Mew loaf after stripping himself of his soaked clothing and cuddled her, gently squeezing her tiny pink toe beans and making a fuss of the black cat and nuzzling her, she was purring happily.
"You're my little ray of sunshine, your sweetness and warmth always help ground me, thank you for coming to my aid."
He cooed scratching behind her ears only for her purring to get louder.
"I'm going to get the the biggest salmon you could imagine and it'll be all yours, yes it will, you'd love that wouldn't you baby."
He placed little kisses all over her face until a paw was put on his lips and he chuckled
"Heh heh okay I get it you've had enough, I'll let you go, go on rest by the fire place dear."
Mew Mew Loaf gave him another small lick and stared at Hat , her pupils slits, she was far from impressed with him at the moment.
Nuzzling her master again she then padded off up stairs.
Hat had taken the two pieces of mask and was surprised by how light they were, especially for how big the mask was, bringing them to the baths edge he stared down at them and cleared his throat just a little to get Acylius's attention.
He saw him turn his head naturally far over his shoulder to look at him and a glimpse of the secondary eyes Acylius had opened and disappeared.
Standing up and turning to face him Hat tried not to look but it was....well kind of hard not to because there was nothing there between the man's thighs....it was like a blank canvas.
"Yes stare all you want, I only form what I want for self pleasure, but for my bed fellows I form what pleases them, shape size, type, human , in human, after all even today people are using devices shaped after non human entities, it's nothing new to me."
He stepped forward and took the mask pieces, his face expressing anything but a smile despite the scars that made it look like his face had a permanent one carved into it.
"Damn it, I'll have to go home to get this repaired, if I stay like this all winter....I won't be able to contain this form...."
Amadeus let curiosity get the better of him
"What , what do you mean?"
"The mask you just broke, it's what keeps me stable in this world, even now the earths metallic core is pulling at me, pulling me apart, if it was the height of summer I'd have to leave immediately....are you happy now that you know more than the other deluded morons who thought me a god I did not want to be."
Hat's breath hitched as he saw those scars parting and the snarl forming made of sharp teeth, his heart thumping, but not from fear.
"No, I didn't mean to.... I'm sorry..."
He whispered as he saw Acylius continuing to look over the mask.
"This is not an easy thing to break, you are not like the others of your breed, maybe I should put you on a discecting table after all , cut you open and see what makes you tick...."
He saw the fear in Hat's eyes and sighed
"It was a jest small one, I can just use my powers to examine you painlessly, all I would need is a little blood here and there to see what would be poisonous or not."
Acylius sighed and placed them carefully to one side.
"Please stop making everything so difficult, I simply intend to treat you as a doctor, the items I intend to use are herbal and medicinal, it'll help your body ache less and reduce swelling if you have any while also revitalising you, I will not touch anywhere that makes you uncomfortable, I'm a doctor first unless said patient is coherent and asks otherwise...by patient I mean you."
what happens next?
Hat finally strips
Hat strips and wants to know more about this home Acylius speaks of
Hat lets Acylius strip him, not for entirely innocent reasons
Acylius's power's unstable, tentacles rise in the water play naughty with hat
Hat asks about Mew Mew loaf while Acylius is washing him (as a doctor)
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