Mycroft turned away at once, distracting himself by fussing over the cats. He adored animals, but his father couldn't stand them, so he rarely got a chance to play with them.

Curry cackled--it sounded like a mix between a raspy laugh and some strange, high-pitched imp or something. He turned away. "Suit yourself. Myself, I could parade around naked in public and not care..."

The two brothers helped each other wipe off the makeup that covered their tattoos in order to tunr away from their brother.Altair had surprisingly more tattoos than the archmage did, and either the language was different, or he wore different runes.His 'defaulted' to red, so did his eyes, but he was by no means a constantly angry person.

The archmage got out of the water, drying off almost instantly as his cats did, except for his hair, which he tied into an elaborate bun to keep it out of the way with the hairties he ahd in his braid. He put the clothing he was given on and untied the front of the almost turtleneck like collar and opened it, pulling the crystal necklace over the robe and sighing happily. "I am clothed now.." He said, laughing lightly, seeming to be very refreshed.

Mycroft turned back around, content. His body was swaying slightly, like he was dancing to music only he could hear. He tended to do this when he wasn't paying attention to what he was doing--it often irritated his father during formal dinners.

Curry turned back around as well, sniffing slightly. He was a very classless person and had barely any manners. It was part of the reason he never had lasted when purchased in his earlier slave days. "What now?"

Vega squeaked loudly as Altari took off his shirt to get the makeup off of the rest of his torso, making the silent man chuckle.

The archmage smiled at hsi brothers, and smiled wider as he saw that they in fact had been continung to add to their tattoos, even though they couldn't really use them to their full potential. Once the two were done, he was tightly hugged by Altair."I missed you too, brother, I started to become worried when your letters stopped..Then the archmage dies, and well..I decided it was time to let Father rest peacefully.."

Altair pointed at the crystal on the archmage's neck, seeming even more shocked as the crystal turned green.

"..Yes, that is what you think it is.Father is still with us, because this still houses his soul."

(DUN DUN DUN I TOLD YOU THAT HAD A DARK SECRET)

Mycroft continued to sway and then, being clumsy, swayed backwards and then lost his footing, wobbling for a moment before crumpling over onto the tile floor. "Owie...ouch." He sat up, rubbing his head.

Curry simply pointed at him and laughed. "You could fall on a completely flat surface, you silly royal. I wonder how well you would walk in high heels."

Mycroft scrambled to his feet, straightening out his clothing and huffing defiantly.

(ANd noone is even slightly disturbed that Archmage has his dad's soul on his neck right now. EXCELLENT WORK. >W> DAMMIT CURRY)

The archmage whispered something to the two of his brothers, translating roughly to 'Meet me in the mage's graveyard after sundown, and do not be afraid if you see more than just the prince there."

The two nodded and Vega put his shirt back on, walking over the Prince and waving, trying to make an effort to be friendly so he could ee his second brother more often, as being friends with the prince he would have more of an excuse to visit the Archmage's room.

(Also Vega may or may not develop a crush on Curry. Altair will have a heart attack over this.)

((That's a weird combination. ...I like it! :boogie: I suppose I should add someone for Altair, or Vega if the crush doesn't work out, if you'd like, later? I could add another servant, since there are mounds of them in that castle.))

Mycroft waved back, even though they were close to each other. Small-bodied and pixie-like, Myca didn't look the least bit frightening. It was the only reason he was able to befriend the servants here so easily.

On the side of the spectrum, Curry looked like the sort of person who regularly murdered small kittens for fun. He wasn't like this, of course, but his rugged appearance and fierce, wild features gave him the look of a very savage sort of individual. He sneezed suddenly. "Pardon my explosion of the nose..."

(..As a note if that crush doesn't work..Let's just say after his older brother protective heart attack he'll be like "...You know he's pretty damn sexy'..Altair goes on bottom or top. c: He's not picky.)

"Pray to the gods you didn't inhale spores from the forest mushrooms, the sickness caused by those are hellish.You won't die, but you'll be to miserable to even lift a finger." Altair said to Curry, suddenly seeming to know everything that had happened that day.SOmehow.Magic.Shut up.

Vega blushed, trying to think of something to talk about but just stuttering out random little noises.

(How tall is Myca? >w>;; I'd bet Vega's shorter.. Vega is super super cute if you couldn't tell.)

((Myca's about five feet, three to four inches. :3))

"Ain't no mushrooms gonna bring me down," Curry grunted, scratching at his arms. "Now, mosquitoes...that's a different story. Those suckers, literally, will be the death of me. They always find a way into my room." There were four bedrooms altogether for the main servants, and many others for the less important, in Betelgeuse's eyes, servants. He had to share his room with nearly ten other servants.

Mycroft giggled--he sounded quite girlish when he did so.

"Just be sure to speak to my brother if you being violently coughing.You may have mushrooms growing in your lungs, and my brothr is the only one that knows the medicne to counteract them..I'm actually speakig of Vega, not A..The archmage."

Vega blushed. "Please don't laugh, it makes my nervousness worse." The boy said very softly, barely above a whisper.

(THEY'RE THE SAME DAMN HEIGHT
ALSO IT'S BEDTIME FOR MOI )

((Night-night!))

"Will do." He watched Mycroft and Vega for a moment, then wolf-whistled at them, escaping out of the bathroom before Mycroft could retaliate. His laughing, from the bedroom, could be heard from the bathroom.

Mycroft grumbled. He was fond of throwing things at Curry when he misbehaved, though the gargantuan man often caught them before they hit. He smiled at Vega. "I'm laughing 'cause you look really, really cute when you blush!"

Curry's laughing intensified upon hearing this.

That statement only made the petite servant blush even deeper, and cover his face with his hands. "Stop it, now my face is all hot.."

Altair glared at Curry, now keeping an eye on the man as he left, offended at the man's actions towards his little brother.

Deneb followed Curry and purred, running into Curry's legs as a sign of him claiming Curry, and also affection, as cats often did.

(Don't mind me if I be phenomenally mean to Curry, such as having Deneb follow him and thus attracting particularly busty female servants and such. 8D MY MISSION IS TO GIVE THIS MAN HELL

THEN I WILL GIVE HIM AN ADORABLE TRAP ELF

ALSO ARCHMAGE HAS NOTHING TO SAY)

Curry proceeded to try and shake away the cat. "Shoo. I don't like animals." He sounded irritated, like he was swatting at a fly.

Mycroft giggled. "Oh, it's okay. No sense in denying what you've got--if you've got it, flaunt it! Just don't flaunt it like Curry does." He stared out of the door at the giant man, who was fond of walking around shirtless. Thankfully, he had a shirt on, now--he tended to attract a crowd of women when he worked outside and didn't have one on.

The little white cat looked up at Curry and gave him the cutest, saddest face he could possibly muster. He meowed, then his eyes glew and a voice was projected into Curry's mind. "Why do you hate me?I'm not just an animal..Just because I ahve fur doesn't mean I don't have just the same emotions as a human.."

Vega collapsed onto his knees and shook his head, covering his face with his hands even further. "It's just so embarrassing, I'm not used to compliments..The mean older servants and the higher staff all say I'm ugly..A filthy little pathetic mouse.

Altair sighed. "Sadly he's telling the truth." he softly said to the prince.

Curry stared at the cat for a moment, then rolled his eyes and shuffled away. "I don't like animals. Especially dogs and cats." He was more of a snake person.

Mycroft sat down with Vega, tilting his blonde head at him and smiling. "You're not ugly. You're really pretty." He seemed to be being completely honest. "You should date." He pointed at Altair. "You should date, too."

Deneb suddenly morphed into a big long white snake, with the same blue eyes and 'tattooing' down the entirety of it's body's sides. "Is this better?"

Vega uncovered his face. "W-well..I..I like this one guy..B-but he's kinda scary really up close." Vega's cheeks flushed as deep as they could go, as he looked back to the door, then back to the prince. "A-and I don't think he'd like me..S-since my race can have children even if it's two men, that might weird him out or something.."

(If it's not obvious, then Myca's oblivious as hell.)

Curry visibly relaxed. "Much better. My apologies--I can't stand furry animals." He wrinkled his nose. Reptiles were some of the only animals he found appealing.

Mycroft tilted his head. "...Hee...hee, hee..." He grinned, and stifled excited giggles. "You should tell him. What if he's your soul-mate? Go on! You should tell him as soon as possible. If you don't...then you'll never know!"

"I can take a variety of forms..But Cat is my favorite!I can jump up on everything." Deneb said into Curry's mind again, hissing happily.He was so used to being a cat, that he purred even as a snake.

"A-ah.." Vega poked his fingers together shyly. "I-I don't knwo about that..He's really scary that close, I-I was thinking of putting a letter on his pillow or something like that..I-I can write but I can't, like, say it out loud." His eyes went as bright pink as they could. "I don't even know if he'd like me..He never seems to treat me like anything special or anything when we bump into each otehr in the halls..Sometimes literally." He giggled a bit at his own clumsiness.

"..You..Have a crush on HIM?" Altair said, pointing towards the general direction of Curry.

"Maybe.." Vega muttered quietly, hiding his head in his hands.

Altair's eyes widened and just seemed dumbfounded, his mouth hanging open.

Curry eyed him. "I still don't understand why you'd prefer being a loud little milk-guzzling fuzzball over a snake," he commented, half-teasing. "Seems strange to me."

Mycroft was still for a moment. Then, he jumped up and down slightly, a big smile on his face. "Pbbbhht, He's a big teddy bear--he's not scary," Mycroft assured him, happily. "Well, not unless he's angry. And he hasn't been truly angry for a while. I think you should tell him to his face. He'd like that."

"Ladies like cats, but are afraid of snakes. point made?" Deneb climbed up onto Curry's shoulders."Although you might not understand that either."

"I-I don't know, it's so embarrassing..W-what if he rejects me or something.." Vega said, tears welling up in his big, sweet eyes. "I-I don't want to get my heart broken.."

(Vega has my logic.>w>;; Don't get close to people and you won't be sad when they dissapear of the face of teh earth. -has a bad record of losing friends very suddenly right after she gets close to them- )

"Ladies are not my favorite people," Curry muttered. "They have the wrong parts--the parts I'm not fond of." He didn't seem to mind Deneb now that he was not in cat form.

"I think he'll like you! There's only one obstacle that you'd need to overcome, though," Mycroft informed him. "Curry, er...likes men a little too much. You'll have to rein him in. Maybe your brother could help with that."

"I think they're warm and squishy, very good beds." Deneb said, Morphing into a turtle. "There, this is a more suitable reptile, much cuter."

"I..I am a man." Vega blushed. "Do I look that feminine?"

Altair laughed. "He's not lying.Otherwise I wouldn't have just removed his shirt to take oof the make up we used to cover up our runes."

"I think they're obnoxious, irritating, and back-stabbing," Curry grumbled. "The only thing turtles are good for is soup."

Mycroft giggled. "No, no, no! I didn't mean it like that! I mean...he's really...really...promiscuous. There are few male servants here that he hasn't at least attempted to seduce...if you want to be with him, seriously be with him, that behavior's gotta go."

"Says the man named Curry." Deneb said, morphing into a gecko. "Well, lizards are cute, then!And I fit down a woman's shirt very nicely."

Vega blushed deeper. "I think Altair would handle that anyway..He is very protective..Even if he doesn't approve of me liking him he would yell at C-curry for cheating.."

Altair sighed. "I would..I would try to get him back to you, that is true.."

"S-So you don't think I'm cute enough to keep with jsut myself alone?" Vega said, tears welling up in his eyes.

Curry made a fake puking notion. "Blech. You can go do that. It'll keep 'em away from me."

"Okay, good, then!" Mycroft clapped his hands together. "Go tell him! Go on! It'll be fine. You." He pointed at Altair. "You'd better beat the snot outta him if he cheats. Otherwise, he'll never learn."