While our main protagonist sleep through the night. Someone decided that he had enough sleep and it's time to work again.
Time waits for no one. He carefully slid the door open and closes it as quietly as he could.
His long robe dragged along the floor as he walks through the light-filled hallway. It's always bright in the white palace.
It's a wonder how anyone could sleep here…maybe there's a curtain inside the bedroom. Or maybe they already invented a sleeping mask here at this time?
The pale king sigh as he reached his workshop. His shoulders feel heavy from the responsibility he has to handle on his own.
With the infection going on. He put all of the construction work on hold until further notice.
It doesn't please the tram builders at all to stop their work, but at least they won't have to work in Deepnest for a while.
Good grief. Will the bugs of Deepnest just let them work in peace? He'll have to speak to Herra later about that after all this blows over.
The fork king sat down on his chair as he began to work on the announcement speech in the city later today. The people are scared and they need a figure to look up to so they'll feel safe. As he thought that, a servant came.
Not just any servant. A bug whose job is to tell the king of what's happening throughout his kingdom.
Whether if it's someone plotting against him or gossips in the city. That's just the small part of it.
"My king" The servant said before bowing down to show respect.
"Yes? What news do you have for me" Pale king spoke with his cold hard voice...it would have been that way, but he just woke up. So it sounded like he's still half awake.
"The infection rate has decreased immensely. No one has been infected today" The servant sounded like it's the most miraculous thing to happen in a long time.
The king almost didn't believe what he had heard. The infection...suddenly stops? That can't be...
"Did something happened to make it stop?" He asked in a serious voice. He sounds much more awake now.
The servant shakes his head.
"No, your majesty. We just received some news from the guards that no one came to them with the infection problem at all. ... No need...to kill innocent lives today" The pale king rubbed the spot between his eyes slowly.
No need to remind him of killing innocent lives. It's all because of that moth.
She turned them into savage bugs with no mind to think and only knows how to attack. Of course they can't lock them up. It's way too risky and more lives could be in danger than it's already is.
"Anything else to report?" He quietly said to the servant.
The servant brought out a list to see if there's anything else to say. Well, they're not as important and the king already have to much on his plate.
"Nothing else, my king"
"Then you are dismissed. If there's anything else I need to know, just knock" With a wave of his hand. The servant bowed and scurried out of the room as fast as he came.
He sigh once more. At least the Radiance didn't strike today... But there's still days after tomorrow to worry about.
And he will not stop to rest until his plan to trap the moth is completed. ... He yawned.
It's early in the morning now. Had he been working the whole night away? Maybe a little more nap wouldn't hurt.
Twirling his inked feather as he thought of that, but his mind is too sleepy and foggy to resist the urge to sleep.
So he quickly stood up and dropping his pen on the table before walking over to his sleeping place in the workshop.
The king pouted a little that his queen is right about having his own personal bed here in case he feel tired from working.
She's right about lots of things...and that made him frustrated. Still, he choose to sleep in the bed either way because he's tired and flops to the soft silky bed...instantly sleeping.
He's sleeping with no blanket covering him...It's hot alright?
Gotta sleep with no blanket sometimes.
Morning came and the palace buzzed to life. The servants walked around and do their things like cleaning the place or...waking up the two new members of the palace.
Knock knock
The sound of someone knocking the door woke up the older vessel. Unlike Ghost who's a deep sleeper.
Pure is much more alert and wake up at moment noticed.
So Pure jumped out of bed and went over to open the door for whoever that is knocking.
"My princes. It is time for your royal breakfast"
The vessel nodded his head before the servant turned away to close the door again.
"When you're both ready. I'll be here waiting for you outside"
After that, the room is silent once more. Leaving Pure to get himself ready and also waking up his sibling.
He walked over to Ghost and patted their front mask.
Tap tap
The Radiance stirred up from her sleep and was face to face with the vessel from the past.
She started to panic and tries to shake Ghost, so they would wake up and get this thing away from her.
"Ghost! Wake up! Or I'm going to dieeeeeeee"
Okay. Maybeeee that's a little bit overreacting, but hey, at least they wake up.
Ghost quickly stood up from their bed, but they didn't account how near Pure is.
So they both got knocked on the head and fell out of bed with a thud.
"Princes? Are you both alright?" The servant from outside said through the door. Slightly worried that there's suddenly a loud noise coming from the room.
If the two could say anything, they would say that they're alright.
But because they can't say anything. They try to quickly get to the door as fast as possible to not worry the servant. By scrambling up from the floor and ran to the door.
Ghost reached their destination first and opened it to show that they're both alright.
While Pure followed after, but not as fast as them.
"Ah! I'm glad that you're alright and ready to go" She said while clapping her hands together.
"Come on and follow me my princes" Then she started to lead them to the breakfast room.
As they're walking, Ghost patted their messy cloak down. They wanted to look as presentable as they could.
Pure, however, look at his sibling in interest before looking down at his own cloak also.
Ghost saw this and teach him how to not make the cloak look as messy and gave him a thumbs up when Pure's cloak looks neat again.
Unbeknownst to the servant of Ghost's "thumbs up"
Maybe their father would give them the cool white cloak to wear. They like the color.
...it's fitting.
Maybeeee they could walk around the palace and no one would notice that they're there because they would blend with the white palace walls.
Another thing on their list to try.
Soon they're by a large door and as the servant pushed the door open.
They're both greeted by the sight of their parents sitting together on a square table.
Looks cozy, not like you would see in a movie.
"Ah! Come come my dear children" The queen gestured for the two vessels to sit down together on the table with them.
Pure and Ghost walked over and take a seat right beside each other.
"Dear, you said that the vessels don't eat like we normally do, is that correct?" White lady asked the pale king as he nodded.
"That's right, so instead of them eating-"
"Pancakes?"
"Yes, pancakes" The king continued and not minding that she interrupted him.
"They'll be eating condensed SOUL from the totems" As he said that. The servants come over to bring two more dishes to the two vessels.
On the plate, it looks like a white orb of something swirling inside...looks appetizing.
Pure stared at the white orb while Ghost poked it with their fork.
The pale king sigh before starting to explain how to "eat" the condensed SOUL inside the sphere object.
Something something the nature of SOUL.
"Press A to absorb" The moth said to the vessel.
They paused before saying.
What?
"What?" She didn't know what came out of her mouth either, but at the very least Ghost understands what she meant.
It's a weird looking orb, but it has SOUL inside nonetheless.
So while the pale king is explaining what SOUL even is. Ghost just...absorb it.
The king paused in his explaining and turn to look at the now empty plate that once had the orb and then stare at the smaller vessel in surprise.
Pure look at Ghost too. He didn't even know what the white thing is and his sibling just did something to make it disappear.
The white lady was focusing too much on eating that she didn't even know what's going on.
She really likes pancakes.
Note: Ahh, breakfast time. Truly the most important meal of the day.
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