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[syckophant]

This is Tenshouin Eichi, His Majesty the Emperor, also known as Bordeaux. I'm so terribly sorry I couldn't get to you in time, but if you leave a message I am sure to get back to you~ ♪

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[syckophant]

It will be good to be out walking when it is cold.

[Eichi's does as well, but he is stubborn.]

I can't hole myself up inside because of a chill~

[He offers a hand then, in order to go alongside him into the cooling air.]

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ -- This is embarrassing! He shouldn't have called it a date!!!!!

He --- ... Takes the hand, though. ]

[syckophant]

[He leads Tenn by the hand, absolutely proud of embarrassing him as he does so.]

Will you warm me up if I get too cool, Artemis-san~

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ okay. Okay. He can recover from this! ]

...

Is that what you want?

[syckophant]

Isn't that what we all want? Someone to warm them when they're cold? Someone who will see them in discomfort and strive to ease that?

[heavenlyvisitor]

...

Mm. You're right about that.

[ He takes the hand that he was holding -- and changes position, so he's clinging to Eichi's arm. ]

Is that better?

[syckophant]

[Eichi would be more flustered if he were not 1. Always Convinced Affection Is A Lie, and 2. Used to boys hanging off of him like this. Not that he realizes it was because they like him but WHATEVER.]

Mh, indeed~

I feel warmer already!

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ He wouldn't be wrong about the fakeness of this affection. Tenn is playing up his Sickly Sweet, Modern-Day Angel stage persona to make this go better than it would with his prickly, poison hedgehog real personality. ]

Mm. I'm glad.

[syckophant]

[Eichi would make due regardless! But this does make it more fun!]

I know sensitIV'a clothes can be harder to deal with in the winter months. I hope you've got something warm! If you need a jacket, I've access to many~

So.

You said you know Tokyo, right? I haven't been very often, are there any sights to see in this false one, you think?

[heavenlyvisitor]

Eeh ... I may take you up on that.

Though — that's right. In the "real world", I was born in Tokyo. The sights are the same, the buildings are just empty. Is there something you want to see?

[syckophant]

I lived in Hyogo Prefecture. It wasn't as if it'd be hard to go to Tokyo, but I have always been fairly busy between idol work, school, and my health.

I'd love to see one of those temples, if they're not too far out of the way~

[heavenlyvisitor]

Ah ... That's a good idea. With the city the way it is, it's not as if there will be very many tourists. While we won't be able to go inside any temples, the shrines outside would be nice.

If it's something that soothes you, maybe the gods those shrines are dedicated to will be happy that they've been thought of, even from the underworld.

[syckophant]

There will hopefully be no tourists~

...

So how are you getting along with your unit?

[heavenlyvisitor]

I don't have any issues with them. Largely, I think most of us are closed off, so if there's an issue we don't air it out to the others. Be it ... interpersonal, or not. We've recently lost two, so our numbers are a bit smaller right now, but --- Ah. It's my Unit. They aren't the Unit from "Back Home" that I gave everything to, but ...

... Gaku and Ryuu would be mad, if they found out I wasn't treating this one the same.

[syckophant]

I can imagine. [Eichi honestly has NO idea how fine would feel about his new unit and how he interacts with it. Probably not great.]

Still keeping the truth from them, hm?

[heavenlyvisitor]

Yes, and I intend to keep it that way. They don't need to know that I'm disgusting and broken, corrupted used goods put on a leash by a demon. If they knew, the chance of them no longer trusting me is high.

So — I'll remain "Artemis" to them.

[syckophant]

Mmm, I see. It seems you think this is really important. Is it so? Hmmm~ Well, I'm enjoying this date of ours so far... Maybe we can just keep going on these dates, and I'll be too busy to think about your unitmates! That seems fair, huh?

1/2

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ For just a moment, the pressure on Eichi's arm lessens. ]

[heavenlyvisitor]

Mm. You drive a hard bargain.

[syckophant]

Do I? Is this so terribly unpleasant?

[He angles his head up a little, looking down at Artemis as his tail moves to wrap partially around Artemis' leg.]

The entertainment has barely even begun~

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ ————Ah, that catches him off guard, and he freezes with a flush. ]

[syckophant]

[Eichi pauses at the silence, noting the way that Artemis flushes and how his body goes rigid. How interesting...]

...Is it?

I suppose we don't have to hang out, but I can't really guarantee I won't run my mouth if I don't have a reminder not to.

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ --Ah. There's more venom in this, then there was before. While Eichi speaks, Tenn can't help but focus on the weight of the tail wrapped around his leg. ]

Mm. Could you elaborate on "hang out", Eichi-san?

[syckophant]

Have you never done so? Haha! Kujou Tenn, top idol, a shut-in?

[Eichi smiles, painting over his bitterness and malice.]

I can't be like this with my unit. I'm their leader, and I've already shown far too much weakness as it is. To them, I'd like to be The Emperor, An Angel, but I am just a human despite myself~

If you'd be someone that I can be that with, then I'd probably be a lot nicer!

[heavenlyvisitor]

Is that it, then? I can understand that much.

[ after all, he's the seemingly perfect, yet distant center of a unit, too. ]

Ah — I must have gotten my signals crossed, with you touching my thigh.