♚ Eighteenth Move - {Audio}

[queens_guarddog]

Sebastian!

[A pause. Uncomfortable silence. And then...]

Just because I was away doesn't mean you had permission to shirk your duties.

[Someone is upset with the donation card.]

By the way, where is my tea?

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[sinandservitude]

Me, shirk my duties? Surely you jest, Young Master. What duties have I ignored?

[Sebastian enters the study just at that moment, holding the tea tray. Today it's Darjeeling with a pumpkin tart, for the holidays.]

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[queens_guarddog]

I wish I was.

[Ciel narrows his eyes contemptuously.]

You have strayed from my side. Supposedly my blood was some kind of donation to our dear deities.

[He tosses the card across his desk.]

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[sinandservitude]

[Sebastian catches the card with two fingers, inspecting it carefully. One eyebrow arches before he sets it back on the table.]

Surely you were not executed like the others who 'donated' blood? I would have sensed it, Young Master.

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[queens_guarddog]

I didn't say anything about dying.

[He raises a bandaged finger.]

Regardless, they took it without asking. How presumptuous.

[mytechskeeper]

[Considering all that happened at the weekend she thinks better than asking what's wrong, instead just trying to be of help.]

Anything I can do for you Earl?

[queens_guarddog]

[He perks up slightly at her voice.]

I can't think of anything at the moment.

[mytechskeeper]

Very well. I'm sure Sebastian is more than capable of handling things but I thought I should ask.

Oh, would it be alright if I used the kitchen after I finish work one day, I'd like to test out a few things, and I need a bit more room than the kitchen in my apartment provides.

[queens_guarddog]

I have been needing to speak to him. It's nothing for you to concern yourself with.

[Curious pause.]

May I ask what you are testing?

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[treadingdawn]

You are very demanding.

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[queens_guarddog]

He is my servant.

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[treadingdawn]

And one of the best ways a master can teach a servant is by example.

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[queens_guarddog]

Sebastian doesn't need me to teach him anything.

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[sparkling_by]

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[sparkling_by]

Oi, oi! It's Mr. Tiny-Rose-Person! Mr. Rose-Dwarf!

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[queens_guarddog]

...excuse me?

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[queens_guarddog]

Oh. [He smirks.] Hello.

My name is Ciel Phantomhive.

[wishgrant]

Did somethin' happen?

[queens_guarddog]

Yes. Sebastian has been strangely absent as of late.

[wishgrant]

...Who's Sebastian?

[queens_guarddog]

My butler.