[Fourth Proclamation] Review List of Prohibited Books.

[bloodreign]

[Anyone working the graveyard shift or otherwise skulking about may notice a brief flicker passing across the library windows. That's because this sanctum of knowledge has a late-night visitor who has taken great pains to choose an hour when the vicinity should have been vacated.]

[Inside, Asch tucks his lantern into a recess in the wall to partially contain the puddle of light now draping across multiple shelves and sets to work. He's never been allowed an opportunity to thoroughly research this particular subject before - certainly, it's not something Asch would read in the company of others. But now that he's been afforded some privacy, he sees absolutely no reason to continue putting it off. It's not as if he's ashamed or anything.]

[When he finally locates the section in question, Asch pulls down the first hopeful-looking title he comes across and flips it open. In fact, within a few minutes he has browsed several volumes and moved on to reviewing a list of what appear to be symptoms:]

Food Aversion

Dizziness & Fainting

Nausea

Mood Swings

Headaches & Back Pain

Constipation

Missed Menstrual Period

[...And so on. The rest of which clearly do not apply to him.]

[One may also find him asleep at a study table bright and early the next morning. It's clear he dozed off while reading, as a two-page spread currently serves as an unintentional head pillow.]

Comments

[last_puppeteer]

[What was that bit about her respecting his privacy? He should know a king has none, thus when he least expects it of course she'd be there.

He has a lot of secrets and quite frankly, she's always been a nosy person, it's just in her nature. She knew where he'd go, especially at a rather unkind hour, she just had to play a bit of a waiting game before coming behind him.

Sneaking into the library was a breeze, she had kept to the darkest shadows, carefully making her way around to him. But she didn't have to creep for long, apparently he was fast asleep. After a moment she came out with a soft frown, curiously peeking at what he had been reading.

And my what a surprise she had come upon...A pretty weird one in fact. Anise frown grew as she read a few words on some of the pages he was sleeping on.

Expecting a baby perhaps? ...This was odd research considering how his queen wasn't even with him.]

[mysterical]

[After being stuck in this strange town for a few days, Tear has started to look around to fully become accustomed to how things worked. It was strange to think that she was no longer on Auldrant, that she wouldn't wake up the next day and Luke would be at her side, off to fight another battle to save the world.

She carefully wandered through the library, calmed by the silence and the smell of old books. It was while she was walking down one particular row of books that she saw the dark-red hair that signified the grumpy former God-General.]

Asch?