charlottedabookworm: Nyx walks into the room. He pauses, coming to a stop at attention as he spots..
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charlottedabookworm:
Nyx walks into the room.
He pauses, coming to a stop at attention as he spots the king, his shield, Cor, and a figure he recognises.
A figure he knows.
Staring at a face he’s long hoped to forget (forget like he’s forgotten so much else), that had haunted his nightmares for centuries, Nyx feels his mouth dry and his fists clench.
What the fuc-
“Sir Ulric,” King Regis says, interrupting his thoughts, and Nyx realises that he’s been talking for a while - something about a magical mishap and an ancestor who is suddenly alive again. “Until we determine if this is permanent, would you escort King Somnus to-”
“Nyx?” Says the ghost staring at him like he’s a phantom, interrupting King Regis.
Everyone turns to look at him.
And Nyx-
He turns on his heel.
Nyx walks out of the room.
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#in which Somnus is somehow dragged forwards through time because Magic
#and Regis et al have no idea how long this will last
#so they decide to assign Nyx to watch over him
#Nyx nopes out
#nope
#he refuses
#this is not happening
#even if it costs him his job
Oh, I *love* this!
It makes me think, though - you said that Somnus is dragged forward in time? You said ‘King’ Somnus - so for him to be titled as ‘King’, then it’s post-Betrayal/Coup, post Nyx’s Exceptionally Gruesome execution, when literally everyone thinks that Nyx is dead - including his one-time father.
So. Somnus is not expecting Nyx to walk through that door. He had every reason to think that Nyx was very permanently dead. He is probably very, very perturbed.
(This is Somnus’s - not his sins come back to haunt him, because he’s completely convinced that he did the Right Thing. But it is - disturbing, kicking up old memories and dirty secrets in a way that has not perturbed him since he started doctoring the history books and dictating what did and did not happen.)
Nyx is rather fervently hoping that this is not permanent, and comforts himself with the reminder that he literally watched his one-time father die. Snuck into the palace, just. Watched. (Sort of like in Time is Cruel ‘verse, only in this one - Nyx didn’t come as a form of revenge, he came to lay a nightmare to rest.) So, obviously, Somnus will snap back to the past - right? Right.
And then it hits Nyx. Ohfuck dad.
Because if and when Ardyn finds out about this, shit will hit the fan.
Nyx is willing to outright quit his job, because he is done with this. He is done with the Kinslayer, he’s suffered through literally centuries worth of nightmares, he underwent a lot of therapy - he is done letting Somnus rule his fears and his thoughts and his actions. He does not have to put up with this, he does not have to explain anything, and he does not owe anyone anything.
…I had the sudden mental image of the one thing Nyx says to his one-time father is something along the lines of “Legally, genetically, magically, and emotionally, you happen to be my uncle, not my father. Don’t presume on a nonexistent relationship, kinslayer.”
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charlottedabookworm:
Nyx walks into the room.
He pauses, coming to a stop at attention as he spots the king, his shield, Cor, and a figure he recognises.
A figure he knows.
Staring at a face he’s long hoped to forget (forget like he’s forgotten so much else), that had haunted his nightmares for centuries, Nyx feels his mouth dry and his fists clench.
What the fuc-
“Sir Ulric,” King Regis says, interrupting his thoughts, and Nyx realises that he’s been talking for a while - something about a magical mishap and an ancestor who is suddenly alive again. “Until we determine if this is permanent, would you escort King Somnus to-”
“Nyx?” Says the ghost staring at him like he’s a phantom, interrupting King Regis.
Everyone turns to look at him.
And Nyx-
He turns on his heel.
Nyx walks out of the room.
charlottedabookworm#in which Somnus is somehow dragged forwards through time because Magic
#and Regis et al have no idea how long this will last
#so they decide to assign Nyx to watch over him
#Nyx nopes out
#nope
#he refuses
#this is not happening
#even if it costs him his job
Oh, I *love* this!
It makes me think, though - you said that Somnus is dragged forward in time? You said ‘King’ Somnus - so for him to be titled as ‘King’, then it’s post-Betrayal/Coup, post Nyx’s Exceptionally Gruesome execution, when literally everyone thinks that Nyx is dead - including his one-time father.
So. Somnus is not expecting Nyx to walk through that door. He had every reason to think that Nyx was very permanently dead. He is probably very, very perturbed.
(This is Somnus’s - not his sins come back to haunt him, because he’s completely convinced that he did the Right Thing. But it is - disturbing, kicking up old memories and dirty secrets in a way that has not perturbed him since he started doctoring the history books and dictating what did and did not happen.)
Nyx is rather fervently hoping that this is not permanent, and comforts himself with the reminder that he literally watched his one-time father die. Snuck into the palace, just. Watched. (Sort of like in Time is Cruel ‘verse, only in this one - Nyx didn’t come as a form of revenge, he came to lay a nightmare to rest.) So, obviously, Somnus will snap back to the past - right? Right.
And then it hits Nyx. Ohfuck dad.
Because if and when Ardyn finds out about this, shit will hit the fan.
Nyx is willing to outright quit his job, because he is done with this. He is done with the Kinslayer, he’s suffered through literally centuries worth of nightmares, he underwent a lot of therapy - he is done letting Somnus rule his fears and his thoughts and his actions. He does not have to put up with this, he does not have to explain anything, and he does not owe anyone anything.
…I had the sudden mental image of the one thing Nyx says to his one-time father is something along the lines of “Legally, genetically, magically, and emotionally, you happen to be my uncle, not my father. Don’t presume on a nonexistent relationship, kinslayer.”
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