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[monocle_layton]

[Huzzah! Your Prime Minister has returned to life! He's currently shakily getting to his feet in the lobby, because being dead for ten days leaves you feeling a little disorientated. With him, is attached a note from the Dressing Room itself in regards to the winners of our game of Cluedo.

It reads as follows:

"Dear Residents of the Dressing Room,

Following our game of Cluedo, we have three winners, all of whom guessed at least in the right area and were close enough to merit a reward; Snakes and Ladders, Scrabble, and Claire. Twister will also be gifted due to being such a cooperative game piece.

Those winners will be gifted one wish, to be made at any point before the end of the month. As a penalty, those who guessed incorrectly or failed to offer a guess are to have one thing that's most precious to them taken away, to be returned at the end of the month. Thank you for playing, and congratulations to the winners.

The Dressing Room"

I'm sure that you can all either celebrate your correct guesses or mourn for your losses. If you're feeling kind then you could also welcome Twister back to life.]

Comments

[livewiththisdisgrace]

[It's not so much that he's feeling kind, as that Tyrannus has had a worse penalty these past ten days than the DR can actually give him for the rest of the month, considering that it's rewarding Monocle. But whatever the reason, he clings onto Monocle as soon as he sees him.]

Hershel.

[monocle_layton]

C-clive?

Oh, right. It's good to see you're... all right.

[For the given value that Tyrannus can be all right during a long absence of Monocle.]

[livewiththisdisgrace]

[Given that Tyrannus practically seems as though he's trying to climb into Monocle's skin... well, yes, it's pretty much par for the course where he's concerned.]

Fuck, don't... not again.

[monocle_layton]

I couldn't control my death, I'm afraid to say. Murder for sport is outside of anything that I can control.

But nevertheless, it was temporary and now I am back.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

Don't leave me again. You could wish for that, right?

[monocle_layton]

...

[CLIVE DON'T MAKE THIS HARD. :|]

[livewiththisdisgrace]

Please. I can't do that again, Hershel, I couldn't... please.

[monocle_layton]

The thing is, Clive, that even if I wished for such a thing, I doubt that the Dressing Room would respect such a request, should it choose to take either of us away in future.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

...mmph.

[He buries his face in Monocle's chest, shivering.]

[monocle_layton]

[Stroking his hair, Monocle looks down at him with sympathy.]

We can rest assured that the Dressing Room will at least, in all likelihood, leave us alone until the same time next month, however.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

...mm.

[He curls in closer.]

...what will you wish for?

[monocle_layton]

I... want to stop Hendel from her reign of tyranny.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

...

[Tyrannus doesn't answer, just sighs quietly.]

[monocle_layton]

Clive, we will both be in a worse situation should she take charge.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

Would we, though? If... if you just... went along with it.

[monocle_layton]

She would have me coloured as a threat to her rule. And not incorrectly so.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

I just...

She could wish that you couldn't overthrow her, right?

[monocle_layton]

I have no doubt that she would.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

Then there'd be no issue to it, right?

[monocle_layton]

There is an issue. The issue is that I do not want her to rule and my opinion won't be swayed on that matter.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

I don't want you to rule!

[monocle_layton]

...

Clive, I don't believe that continuing this discussion would be pleasant for you.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

I just want you to... to be with me.

[monocle_layton]

And I can do that while governing the Dressing Room.

[livewiththisdisgrace]

No, but it's like... it's like you belong to the rest of them as well, and I...