𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;;

「𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗」→〈✧〉┊〔“—𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙒, @BareEnchantment.”〕

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

༚࿐࿒ “—sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ʜᴏʙʙʏ.”

→┊sʟʏᴛʜᴇʀɪɴ ᴀʟᴜᴍɴᴜs — ʜᴇʀʙᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛ.
→ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀɢᴜs.
→┊ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ғʟᴇxɪʙʟᴇ.
→┊ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ.

→┊ʀᴛ?

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Please don’t.
Syrio doesn’t have the same power of Helios. He can’t bust him out of wizard prison.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Unfortunately Helios is hating the system and the people in this moment.

If his last nerve gets anymore attacked then he’s going to take a page from Syrio’s book and start burning things.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Huh. Syrio feels the same way.
Hate the system, not the people.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Now that, is something he agrees with.

However, it doesn’t make him love Syrio any less.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Evidently they both have very questionable taste.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Then how the heck did he end up with Helios?

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Yes.
He doesn’t like being told what to do.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Is there something about the Ministry that makes him lose all self control?

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

In that case, Syrio promises to be on his best behaviour.
No duelling in the streets, or fiery outbursts.

Just them, spending quality time together. They don’t seem to do enough of that these days.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Work will not be involved in the slightest.

This is a trip for the two of them because Helios feels as if he has been neglecting his time at home.
Holiday Sunshine has been activated and he plans on kissing Syrio at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Well, colour him stunned.

And Helios really ( promises ) this isn’t a work trip? Because Syrio has to say, he won’t be thrilled if Helios has to rush off and nab a deatheater whilst they’re sightseeing at The Louvre.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

They’re going to Paris.

Helios booked a beautiful hotel this morning, right in the heart of the city.

No Auror business is involved either, Syrio has his word on that.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Wait, wait—.
Is Helios bring serious?

They’re really going to Paris?

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

Officially, he’s taken the day off.

@Esperisms, pack a bag. They’re going to Paris.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

||: Syrio: don’t make me burn this place down

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Uh, no.
See, he is.. uh, impulsive.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

||: Syrio, blowing a kiss to Helios as he’s brought in for processing

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

He’s here for a good time not a long time.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

||: Syrio, immediately after being stopped from entering the DoMLA bc he doesn’t have authorisation:

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Does Helios ( really ) want him to help?
Self control isn’t really one of his strong suits.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

That’s a lie.
He was arrested for threatening to burn the Ministry down to the ground.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

So, has everyone been behaving?
Good, good. Syrio has been too. Naturally.

[˖⋆₊* 𝓐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐 ;; @hollowinfinitum]

༚࿐࿒ “ɪ ғᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ’ᴍ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ sᴜsᴘᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴅᴜsᴛ.”

→┊ʜᴜғғʟᴇᴘᴜғғ ᴀʟᴜᴍɴᴜs — ᴀᴜʀᴏʀ.
→ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄ.
→┊ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ғʟᴇxɪʙʟᴇ.
→┊ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ.

→┊ʀᴛ?

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

That’s perfectly understandable. Letting someone see the most vulnerable parts of you is always a risk. But sometimes that’s a necessary risk to take.

Syrio wouldn’t hurt him. Not intentionally; and he certainly doesn’t intend on going anywhere.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

As much as Helios tried to portray that he’s a strong person, mentally and physically, opening up really is something he’s struggled with.

He’s just worried that he’ll drive Syrio away. As ridiculous as that sounds.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Syrio knows he’s trying, and he fully intends to support him through that.
But what he ( won’t ) do, is stand aside and watch Helios work himself into an early grave.

He needs to talk to him, and let him in.

[Hᴇʟɪᴏs Cᴏʀᴠᴜs. @BareEnchantment]

He’s trying, he promises. For what it’s worth.

Helios has such a bad habit of thinking he can fix everything that he sometimes becomes blind to the things closes to him.

Never has his intention to be to push Syrio away, in fact, he only wishes to draw him closer.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

— isn’t going to prevent it.

[𝙎𝙔𝙍𝙄𝙊 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙐𝙎 ;; @Esperisms]

Sighs.
He doesn’t want Helios to be sorry. All he wants is for him to be present. Paranoia, and burying his head in an endless stream of paperwork isn’t going to do anything but push Syrio further away. At the end of the day, bad things will happen. But avoiding it —