[he does not move or turn his gaze from them]

Fabien, if you’d please take them home…Unless you would rather stay and bathe with me, Izumi?

[he looks up at them with a bitter adoration in his eyes, smiling softly as his glasses start to fog]

You are very presumptuous, Izumi~

[he stands, leering over them, tea dripping from his head onto them]

I’ll consider your…suggestions…but you do not control me. You’re not a commander now. —

[he smiles at them]

Oh? You want me to play dog for you?

[he kneels in front of them anyway, their height difference is almost laughable, they’re not that much higher than his eye level]

[blushing] I’m sure you could, little Tribunus~

You can call it a tantrum if you like…Kill me if you want…Just make sure there is a stage set, I need my people to see that when I am killed for this cause, that means others are starting to fear our liberation.

Oh. How disappointing. You really are enjoying getting in my way, aren’t you? What do you have to gain from this?

[he groans at their teasing. they are not the strongest. they just…caught him at a bad time…]

No, not everything is led by me. Your new friend has been more irritating as of late, and your affection for him even more so…

[he hands them the tea. he doubts it’s any good]

Has he ruined my home yet?

Not entirely. My back is hard to stitch up myself, I had to get Fabien to try and do it…

Why are you here? To mock me?

[he is making them tea anyway]

Ah— I don’t— I’ll try…!

The sylph’s don’t keep much in here…The tea leaves may be stale!

You don’t see anything.

Not telling x

No 💖

I would like to see.

IZUMIIIIIIII PLEASEEEEEEEEE

[scoops]

Owie!