I FEEL THE CHEMICALS KICKING IN || Maple's Storage

[MysteriouslyMaple]

"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands. Left you weak, left you hungry; when there's supply you still demand."

Vigenere would be lying if he said Caesar hadn't always been a little hungry for attention. He was the baby of the family, having been the last born in the litter. Their mother had always babied him for as long as she could, and Caesar would always whine if he didn't get enough attention. But even as they grew older, Caesar's want for attention never stopped. Vigenere thought it would eventually, but his brother still craved it. Sure, he didn't whine as much as he did when they were kittens, but he did throw little temper-tantrums. He threw things around, pouting until he got his way. It was funny how he and the rest of the family ignored this trait of his, and instead thought he'd grew out of it. But boy, were they wrong.

"You're beginning to drag the ones you love down. Will this phase ever end? A thousand arms to hold you, but you won't reach for any hands."

Caesar's want for attention got him in trouble in more ways than one. At first, their parents thought nothing of the matter until Caesar got caught by the King. Vigenere remembered that day; he was still in the King's Guard at that point and he learned that Caesar had somehow snuck into the Court as the King held a meeting with them. He remembered how the rest of the Guard had laughed at him, saying how those in the lower Tiers were always trying to find ways to get into the higher Tiers, explicitly targeting Vigenere as they spoke. But that wasn't the worse of the cases; Caesar eventually tried to attack the Shaman, which of course would get him attention. Attention from the King, attention from the Court, attention from the Shaman, attention from everybody. It would bring him fame if he managed to actually harm the Shaman, but luckily he hadn't. The only bad thing about the situation was that Caesar's actions got Vigenere demoted from the King's Guard and them almost immediately being exiled for treason.

Vigenere had been pissed when that happened, and eventually their father had to pull them apart to prevent Vigenere from beating up Caesar. Caesar had cost him practically his life. If he just stayed in the King's Guard, he could have gotten closer to Athena and he would eventually manage to be King. His family would immediately be brought up into the First Tier and he could put Caesar in the King's Guard in his place and give Atbash the chance to become the Shaman's apprentice. But no, Caesar had to attack the Shaman for spreading some rumors about him. At first, Vigenere hadn't really believed those rumors. Sure, Caesar was an attention whore, but he would never destroy their home, would he? But as time went on, Vigenere soon realized that the Shaman was right. Caesar would do anything if it meant fame and power, even if it meant destroying his home.

"'Cause I don't feel like I'm getting through to you!"

Vigenere tried to stop him, he really did. And so did Atbash. Their parents didn't really do much and didn't believe the rumors either, but Vigenere thought that having his siblings talk to him would work. Both he and Atbash offered support to him, saying that they'd always be there for him, even if he couldn't return to the Seventh Tier like they could. But Caesar only snapped at them, saying that if they weren't going to be on his side of destroying their Dimension, then they were betraying him and they weren't worth his time. But even still, Vigenere and Atbash tried to talk to him and offer support, and he still pushed them away, believing he was above them all in the entire situation. He believed that destroying their home was the only way to erase what the Shaman and King had done.

"Always thinking about the 'me, me, me'!"

That's all Caesar cared about was himself, Vigenere would soon learn. No matter how hard he tried, nothing would change Caesar's mind, and that seemed to be all his brother cared about: himself and his beliefs. It had always been that way, Vigenere realized. Ever since they were kittens, Caesar had always wanted things to be about himself and if things weren't going his way, then he got extremely upset. Destroying their Home Dimension was the worst of Caesar's outbreaks and it hurt Vigenere to hear that his brother didn't even seem to care that he killed their parents. Caesar almost acted proud of this fact, despite watching them burn alive. Caesar seemed happy that he left his parents and home to rot and that his plan succeeded. He didn't even care that Atbash had been wounded in the very flames he caused! He approached them one last time before he left for Earth, asking them to join him one last time, before Vigenere declined and Caesar immediately left, telling them that they would regret not joining him.

"Self-destruct, spiral down, until your want becomes your need."

Vigenere knew what Caesar was eventually going to cause himself to do. He knew Caesar had feelings and emotion and even if he didn't want to admit them himself, Vigenere knew that Caesar regretted what he did. Or at least he knew for a fact that deep down he did, in his subconscious. And him not coming to terms with this fact would cause his subconscious to fight against his mind, slowly causing his body to rot from the inside out and become Corrupted. Corruption was a painful process for dream demons, and they often died from it. If their bodies did ever become Corrupt, they constantly bled from their eyes, and loosing so much blood in such a short amount of time would eventually cause their body to just... wither away. If Caesar didn't come to terms with how he truly felt, then his body would go Corrupt on him. It was fact.

Caesar always believed that the things he wanted were the things he needed. He wanted attention, he wanted fame and power, but he didn't need those things to be happy. Males in the Seventh Tier were treated 'normally' for the most part and got a helluva lot more rights than the females, so if anybody was unhappy with their life, it would have had to been Atbash, not Caesar. But even Atbash found the positives in life, and always believed she'd be sold off to somebody she truly loved, even if her brothers didn't believe that. Vigenere never regretted joining the King's Guard, and he'd be lying if he said he didn't miss them, but he knew that he didn't need to be in the King's Guard to be happy. Hell, he didn't have to be King or be with Athena to be happy, although those were things he wanted very much.

"I can't bear to hear the sound of your body, body hitting the ground!"

Even if Vigenere absolutely despised and hated Caesar for what he had done, he knew deep inside he really couldn't stand to see his brother hurt. At least he could admit that out loud if somebody asked him, unlike Caesar. But even so, Vigenere knew he couldn't stand to see his brother in pain and would probably help Caesar if he became Corrupted, even if he knew there was no going back at that point. Vigenere would probably be at his brother's side if it ever came to that point and try to ease his brother's pain as much as he could. Even if Caesar was the one who caused the most pain in his life and didn't seem to regret it. Vigenere just couldn't let himself stand by and watch his brother become Corrupt without helping him. It would hurt too much to even see him like that.

//Song lyrics are from "Jenny" by Nothing More; some/most lyrics were skipped as they had no relevance to this oneshot