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4c came back completely broken after he spend almost a week trying to get out of the parkour hell. He was scared of playing farkle, scared of trying to pickpocket from someone, scared of doing the stuff he normally enjoyed.
God hated him but while 4c didn't do anything he won't do anything to him. If he behaves he should be fine. Tho people are getting worried about him...
He should do something... Something that would be safe to do without antagonizing the god...
He remembers that Scott told him about two flowers that he could find anywhere. Maybe he could go look for them! Nothing bad would happen if he just gonna go search for white and pink tulips right?
Walking through the woods alone never felt this scary. One wrong step and he might upset the god again and he doesn't even have anyone with him right now. They all would just assume that he's run away or died or something else.
Turns out Scott was right. There actually wasn't any of those two kind of tulips that were missing. Weird.
After walking home lost in his thoughts he ended next to the bridge between two kingdoms. Maybe he could buy some more building materials for the castle.
He went through barrels looking for stuff he needed when he found two flowers that Scott talked about. The ones that 4c just spent hours looking for in the wild.
He bought them along with more building materials and went back to the kingdom. He tried to stay under the trees or just simply in the shadows. He knows that nothing could hide him from god but it won't hurt to try right..?
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It's been few days since he last left his house. When he looked in the window the sun was already up. Maybe today he could go for a small walk.
Walking through the kingdom was nice. New buildings popped on while he was sulking in his little room in Nom's house. The knight was still somewhere in the woods. He haven't got back after running off yet. He probably just needs more time to think about everything that happened.
Honestly they both needed time for themselves. 4c still wasn't doing quite well after the whole God's torture. Dealing with Nom's stuff would be really difficult right now...
"Oh hi!" 4c snapped out of his thoughts to find Scott in front of him. Somehow this specific mage always made him feel better.
It's like Scott has some kind of calming aura. Everytime 4c was near Scott it felt like he could forget about everything bad in this world. He felt safe... How could Nom even lie to this angel in a first place?
"Hello" 4c smiled at Scott. He's really happy to see him again.
"How are you? I heard that you got into... trouble again?" Scott looked at 4c with his big innocent green eyes.
What even is Scott?! Graecie is also an elf but she doesn't have this calming presence! So many people asked 4c about what happened but now when Scott asks him he actually feels okay to share...
"Can we go somewhere else to talk about that..?" 4c wants to tell Scott everything right the second but at the same time he knows there's probably people around them. He doesn't want to tell them really...
"Of course! Actually why don't we go on a little walk? I can show you the mage tower that i built! If you want to see it of course"
"I do! Show me!" He hasn't felt this relaxed in days! Scott really has a very strong relaxing presence...
Scott spent probably a few hours showing 4c the mage tower. It looks beautiful. Truly majestic. They talked a lot and somehow ended up at Scott's area.
4c loves this place. So many different flowers. So many different scents. All very nice and soft. It's calm up here. Even without Scott this little place always brought 4c happiness. But with the mage this feeling was on the next level.
No drama...
No danger...
He knew that Scott himself had a very sad backstory. From what he knew about mage's past world wasn't very fair to him either. And yet somehow Scott became a therapist of the blue kingdom.
"I saw you got me the flowers i was looking for! Thank you so much but you didn't actually need to do that" 4c almost melt at Scott's soft smile.
"I found them in the market so i bought them for you!" Finally doing something nice rather than stealing and breaking the rules.
"Thank you! That's very sweet of you! But can you please tell me what happened? Everyone said that you were gone for like a week and came back as a complete different person..."
That was a very personal question but somehow 4c was still feeling relaxed. He could tell Scott. He won't judge him.
"You know how i was a bit obsessed with farkle...? And how i also broke so many rules and found many loopholes..."
"Yeah... But normally it all got fixed in just a few minutes. What happened this time? Have you met god again? I think i remember you telling me that you met them a few times in the past..." Scott blinked innocently with his big green eyes. 4c could see genuine concern and something else in there...
"Yeah... God put me in hell... There was a parkour made specifically for rouges like me so the jumps were very difficult..." 4c start talking. His eyes went blank so he didn't see any shifts in mage's eyes. "They... tortured me mentally... I had to climb my way out of this hell and then i was forced to play farkle against Nom's clone but i couldn't control literally anything in this game..."
"Huh..." 4c snapped out of his thoughts to look at Scott. His presence was still calming but his eyes were unreadable.
Next thing 4c knew was that everything went dark again. He screamed in terror. He doesn't want to go back there again! He doesn't want to do-
"Shh... It's fine. You're fine 4c..."
The voice was similar to Scott's but not the same. 4c waited a few seconds until the darkness let go of him and he was actually able to see everything around him.
Tho the first thing he saw was a mystery figure. They were tall. They were wearing a long dark green cloak on their shoulders. Their hair looked similar to Scott's...
When the mystery person turned to him 4c froze. They look exactly like Scott... Scott was a god...? What... So far 4c had a very bad experience with gods but he felt like he could and should trust Scott.
"I won't hurt you. No one would. I just want to talk to the god that went to far again"
"Why did you summon me here-!"
4c froze. That was a rogue god... He recognizes this golden cloak and this black mask with glowing blue eyes...
Scott's glowing green eyes snapped in the direction of the other god.
"I wanted to talk to you Owen. About what you did." The rogue god took a step back gulping nervously. "You went too far again. Instead of fixing your mistakes you decided to take your anger on a living beings."
"I did fix everything! It's just he wouldn't stop finding more! Like he-"
"Enough!" 4c never seen Scott this angry... He could see white pupils in his fully green glowing eyes. "I don't want to hear your excuses. You need to think of what you've done! You need to stop using your powers to hurt people! A simple warning was enough! Making 4c go insane was unnecessary!"
"Maybe you should mind your business. You have nothing to do with rogues. You're a mage god. You-"
"I'm still much more powerful than you are. And i want you to remember this. Our job is not only to help specific classes. Our job is to protect those people. Not to hurt them"
4c heard a hiss from rogue god. But they didn't make a move towards him or Scott. They mumbled something that made Scott growl and then disappeared.
"I trust you to keep whatever happened here between us" 4c looked at the god's figure. He looked much more calm now. "It's not a threat or a warning. Just a small request."
"Yeah it's fine. I won't tell anyone. Not that they would believe me anyway"
"Thank you. If they start bothering you again please tell me"
Everything went dark again and after a few seconds he found himself in his room. There's a pot with the blue orchid flower in it. A small present from his very powerful friend...
Wait a second. Did Scott called rogue god Owen?