Vox was still in a state of shock. They had fights before, yes, but never this bad? To the point where Valentino had put cracks through his screen. He had yet to even make the move to upgrade. Vox was trying so hard not to believe it. He loved him, didn't he? What the fuck? "Get me the strongest drink you can make. Pronto." ( can be wherever! & surprise me with the muse! ) - ✧ ˖ ˙ 「 @Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴᴀʙʟᴇᴍᴜꜱᴇꜱ 」 ˙ ˖ ✧
「 ☆ 」 Alastor meandering about the television’s room is not an uncommon occurrence. The deer slipping in and out of the shadows of Vox’s life with such nonchalance ( and consistency ) that it doesn’t cause the other to so much as bat an eye nowadays. What’s most unusual about the interaction is the blunt command… as well as the maze of cracks upon the other Overlord’s screen. But Alastor only draws attention to one at first.
❝ ❛ Pronto? ❜ I see someone has forgotten their manners. ❞ Gently chiding with a hum, there’s no malice behind the calm words. Nothing but a quirk of his brow and a twitch of his closed smile betrays his true thoughts, ears still as statues despite the indignant rage boiling within. Smoothly turning to the others bar, tense air is prodded by the soft clinking of glass and pouring of liquid. Rather than complete the request for the ❛ strongest ❜ drink he could make— Alastor knows some combinations that could kill a soul twice —he instead goes for something more personable. Figuring that more comfort could be found in the familiar rather than trying to force forgetfulness.
❝ Here you are, my dear. ❞ Handing over the drink, he sits down beside the fellow Overlord with a soft hum. Keeping a fair bit of distance between the two; not wanting Vox to feel suffocated or any more on-edge than he must already. He's unfortunately familiar with seeing someone in shambles after a... disagreement. That's what his father preferred to refer to them as. Every blow against his mother of her doing, according to the skewed logic where it was capable to earn harm from one's loved one. Too tender as that term feels for someone who would DO such a thing.
Alastor doesn't need to ask about what occurred. He can tell from what pieces of that disbelieving expression he can read on Vox's shattered screen... Taking a sip of rye, he looks at the liquid in his glass. Then he asks anyway. So Vox can have the opportunity to voice it. To come to terms with it. ❝ What happened? ❞ 「 ☆ 」














