#serve!

*The others really didn’t like this plan.

*That’s fine, they don’t need to like this plan.

*Jems, You don’t even like this plan.

*However, You just need to be sure. Before any of you try anything, you must have this talk.

*You see Siffrin happily skips over to you, with a big Smile.

“Hello, Madame! We did it!”

*…

*You need to know…

“Madame?”

*You cross your arms.

“Siffrin, do you remember this room?”

*Siffrin tilts their head, still smiling.

“Um, no? This the first time I have ever been this far inside of a House before!”

“Not at all?”

*Siffrin looks away, thinking over the question.

“Well… I don’t know…”

*You try your best to stay calm.

“The Secret Library, you magically knew where it was?”

*They didn’t tell them about it this time, and yet he still knew where to press.

*Siffrin raised his hand to their cheek.

“Well, that’s just me being my secret-loving shelf!”

*You press your fingers against your temple.

*Oh you really don’t want any of their jokes at the moment.

*Siffrin looks at you worried.

“Madame, are you okay?”

“When you were fighting the King, He asked you if you remember anything… Does that mean anything to you?”

*Siffrin tucked his head in his cloak.

“I… I really don’t know. Madame, am I missing something?”

*This is going nowhere!

*The others are starting to look worried.

*The Head HouseMaiden is…

*…

*Ah, of course!

“Siffrin, you are going to talk to the Head HouseMaiden after me, Correct?

“I mean, yeah but-”

“What are you going to say to her?”

*Siffrin steps back.

“Madame, I-”

“Siffrin, please try to think of something other than puns…”

*You know you come off as harsh, un-caring, unsympathetic but it’s because you know that Siffrin needs this.

*Siffrin is a part of this somehow, you need to make sure why.

*You need to make sure they are okay.

*Please,

*Please be okay.

*…

*Something shifts in Siffrin.

“The Head HouseMaiden… I’ve talked to her, before… Have I?”

*Siffrin turns from you, shaken.

“I have been here before, we’ve been here before… But why?”

*…This feels wrong.

“Why am I still here?”

*You feel strange…

“Madame, I think something is wrong…”

*You get that sickly taste on the back of your throat.

“Like I’m in a really bad dream…”

*The world seems to grow darker.

“And…”

*You look at Siffrin, who seems to fade in and out of place.

“I can’t wake up”

“Siffrin-”

“I CAN’T WAKE UP-!”

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*It stops.

*Siffrin is standing in front of you…

“Hello, Madame! We did it!”

*…