CrimsonYasha

A thing, for the amazing @lambyrinth ! ♥♥♥

thank you for the edit request, witchimage!! 

This is perfect👌

If you are allowed, start your car once a week and drive it around the block; about five minutes’ worth. Some cars and some car parts aren’t designed to be idle for weeks at a time, and - mostly your battery and your tires - can stop functioning properly. You don’t want to find out something’s gone wrong when you actually need your car! Driving it around the block lets the alternator run long enough to recharge the battery, and lets you notice any new issues that may have cropped up.

Some things you let go in order to live.

He stumbled back to his quarters, the afterglow of the ritual rapidly fading. He was sweaty. Sore. He was always sweaty and sore—why did he think it would be any different this time around?

He brought the wash cloth up to his face, and paused. After a moment of hesitation, he started carefully wiping away the unfamiliar parts of the skull paint.

There he was, underneath it all, looking back at himself from the mirror. The same as he had always been.

“Not Papa,” he sighed to himself. “Cardinal.” 

An accidental companion series to my last Papa IV piece—look, that initial rush of Post-Coronation BDE Confidence can only last for so long.