You'd been assigned to provide therapy for him in order to make him become a better person. This random non-psychic that dubbed himself "Nick Johnsmith" and somehow, perhaps through either dumb luck or sheer cunning, managed to fool everyone within the Motherlobe.
But throughout the weeks of talking and sessions, you began to wonder if that was even possible--his voice was charming, but that could only go so far until that charm turned to a bit of a nuisance. As you talked your analysis was confirmed--he was very reliant and did not want to give up his ways, he was still so very childish, so very fixated on his personal hero.
You'd enter the psychoisolation bubble and talk with him about his life and things like that, becoming more and more frustrated.
Some days you couldn't even bear to look at him, his odd face and odd hair, but he did have a relatively cute tummy...
Day in and day out he continued to sing that stupid song about his homeland, and day in and day out you'd swore he was getting more and more off-key, prompting more and more annoyance. At first you thought about using Mental Connection on him to make him think that caviar wasn't delicious, or that being royalty wasn't inherently good, but that could have lifelong-lasting negative effects on his psyche, as a psychic kid with goggles once did that very same thing.
Then one day, he stopped singing about his homeland. You talked with him, and the word "Maligula" was not even uttered once. He even smiled. Perhaps there'd been a breakthrough! Impossible...but even though you didn't know what you did, what you said, this was still a great milestone on his road to recovery. Perhaps, despite all that you'd been through, despite the fact he was still a manipulative asshole, there was still some shred of hope for this man.
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A/N: So what d'ya think of my first fic for this fandom? I've always loved the cyclenuts games and now I've played the second one, and I felt the need to write this! I'm aware of what not-great things this guy does in the game, BTW, so if you must, bombard the comments with how awful this is. Or let me know if you wanna see more! I'm down for whatever.