11-01-2018, 11:27 PM
Happiness
If you asked Vigenere if he had felt happiness after coming to Earth, the demon would have answered with a short, sarcastic laugh and a stern 'no'. After all, everything he had grown up with previously had been destroyed with no hope of it ever returning. Before coming to Earth, he did, in fact, feel happiness. True happiness and not one he had to fake. At least, that is the case whenever he was still apart of the King's Guard before his brother, Caesar, ruined everything. Vigenere believed that he had been his happiest whenever he was apart of the King's Guard since he was engaged, planning on getting married to the Princess and soon becoming King. Her father was growing old and since his spouse had died long ago, he was bound to retire soon. Vigenere at first only played along with Athena's antics but soon found himself actually falling in love with her.
But then that was forced away from him. Before he had any chance to properly purpose to Athena, it was discovered that Caesar had attempted to murder the Shaman out of revenge for telling of a prophecy that supposedly foretold he was a force to be reckoned with. When the Shaman's words first went out, Vigenere didn't believe it - and when Caesar attacked the Shaman, he still didn't - yet despite that, his fellow Guardsmen were wary and suspicious of his every move. Understandable perhaps, but Vigenere did not care; he simply shrugged their whispers and comments off, knowing that his brother would never do something of the sort. And yet, Caesar attacked the Shaman out of rage and Vigenere was guilty by association. Since he was directly related to Caesar, the King became extremely suspicious and immediately dismissed him from the Guard and sent the both of them to the dungeons.
Eventually Vigenere, Caesar, and the rest of their System were exiled and forced to be apart of the Outcasts. No matter how many times Vigenere pleaded and talk to what he had once presumed to be his friends, they ignored him and told him that simply being related to Caesar was enough. And without another word, they left Vigenere with his family. Vigenere recalled about how he almost murdered Caesar himself until their father pulled them apart and forced them to apologize to each other. It was clear that both of their apologies were half-assed but their father accepted their words and Vigenere stalked off and avoided his younger littermate as best as he could. It was the only thing he could do to avoid slaughtering his brother in anger.
Vigenere bought a diamond ring from one of the more... trustworthy Outlaws and planned to purpose to Athena officially. She told him that she talked to her father about his System - aside from Caesar - returning and he was ecstatic to be with her again. He knew the King was bound to be wary of him still but he also knew the King would not argue with his daughter's choice. Thing were set in stone; Vigenere was going to purpose to the love of his life and he - they - would live happily ever after. Just as expected, however, that very wish was stripped away from him. Vigenere had zero time to react as Caesar leaped out from his hiding place, immediately going for Athena's throat. Vigenere tried pulling the slightly smaller savannah off of Athena, but instead Caesar tightened his grip on the girl's neck and it tore, causing her to cry out in pain. Vigenere stopped pulling on Caesar but everything went too fast for him to be able to actually save Athena - as soon as he let go, Caesar ripped open her throat with his teeth, leaving blue blood pouring and spitting out of the wound.
But then we come to Vigenere finally arriving on Earth. The former Soldier was miserable, believing that if he acted sooner, he could have saved Athena. If he had murdered Caesar despite their father's wishes, then everybody would have been saved from the fate they were forced to face. The only person he managed to save was his sister, Atbash, but eventually the she-cat became too much to bare. She could hardly take care of herself and Vigenere found himself growing more irritated with her by the day. Eventually, he had enough and chased her off and claimed he needed time to thing. Which wasn't a complete lie but even so, thinking back on it, Vigenere wished he had more sense than to just mindlessly force her to be on her own. Luckily she, just like Vigenere, found a group to live in and eventually became the leader of the place. Despite seeming so happy, she told Vigenere that Caesar knew they were here and attacked her, leaving her scarred and her ear tip charred. If Morgan hadn't been there the day Atbash revealed what happened to her, Vigenere probably would have stormed off to The Typhoon to find his bastard of a brother.
... But he didn't. Morgan had been there for him and was there to comfort him. Ever since he joined, Morgan had always been by his side and whenever he needed somebody to just listen (even if they couldn't say anything), the General was always there. During the journey to Snowbound, Vigenere found himself starting to grow feelings for the canine; feelings he thought he would never be able to feel again. Morgan made him happy. He made his ears hot his cheeks flush, and his heart race. As they returned home from the journey, eventually Vigenere found the courage to ask Morgan out, to which he agreed (although he didn't really understand what it meant at first).
Vigenere was happy here in Tanglewood now. He had Morgan, his boyfriend, his General, at his side and the rest of Tanglewood there as support. Tanglewood was the new King's Guard for him, a much better family than the Guard was themselves. The Tanglers always supported and took care of one another, whereas in the Guard, nobody really cared about your feelings. The only time they cared was when you were dying. A huge contrast when compared to Tanglewood and Vigenere was absolutely glad this was the group he choose to stay in. He couldn't be happier.
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