Arrakis didn't entirely trust Vaeros either but for certain reasons he couldn't risk gambling with the lives of everyone here so he sacrificed his magic.

he will be devastated at the consequences since it's the second time he's seen magic tear apart his home while he's been helpless to stop it.

he also feels bad for misjudging Vaeros, especially when he knows what it's like to be treated as the enemy, and the local's hostility towards dreamers is going to bring back his paranoia.

on a more fun note, Arrakis is human again! and I'm looking forward to him enjoying a normal life while it lasts. Enjoying the cold with the snow war and probably getting a cold for the first time in years as a result, having to sleep again, etc.

I plan to take it easy this month so I will mostly focus on Arrakis having fun being normal again. Although a perpetual night and cold winter isn't the best time to be without his magic. He's weak to the cold

....okay, but listen

I was flaky, but tbqh Red Son would never give Vaeros his magic anyway, villain proud demon life

But also he's still a space heater

Great cuddling partner

Arrakis loves to stargaze so he will definitely notice the stars changing so I might do something with that. I haven't decided yet.

alwaysterrible excellent! Arrakis has the perfect excuse to pester Red Son now. You wouldn't want him to freeze would you?

Absolutely not

Castle Emberglow is pretty warm in winter as is, but he's gonna go out of his way for it now

also Arrakis doesn't blame anyone for not sacrificing their powers

Vaeros too sus

yeah Arrakis feels bad for misjudging Vaeros but it could have just as easily been a trap. Using the chaos to his advantage is something Arrakis would do, so he didn't entirely trust it. If it wasn't for his death and past failure with his world he might not have given up his magic either

Valid really. Trauma is a terrible thing.

Red Son can be very pragmatic himself and he might have even given it consideration, but the moment Vaeros tried to claim Red Son getting his magic back was some kind of GIFT, he just wrote the whole plea off as a manipulation

yeah I can see that

All of this is part of why Loki likes Red Son, and Loki'll def. check in on Arrakis (and Red Son) too

House Trick-or-Treat is gonna be a bit full, but Loki's also immune to cold so if errands need to be run, he's likely the one doing it

shinotenshi22 Arrakis will be very happy to see him! He will stubbornly brave the cold when he can but inevitably have to retreat inside when the cold wins

I might have him show his clingy side a bit more since the cold gives him a perfect excuse

Ngl Red Son doesn't really believe Vaeros is dead either. He's seen immortals fake their death all the time. He thinks this whole thing be sus.

Loki just immune to cold, meanwhile Red Son counters the cold for all. So he'll probably do errands to.

ESPECIALLY AFTER SICK ARRAKIS

yeah his last words "Take this remaining shred of my power and continue to dream" makes me wonder if everything has been a shared dream or something like that

Red Son could believe it

lol yeah Arrakis getting a cold for the first time in years will be fun

Might be the case. It would be a way to explain dyinbabd returning

mhm

Dying causes nightmares and three days to stabilize the dream

Also the citizens with their choppy memories

Red Son gets the stereotypical basics because he's seen movies and then secretly fret because he's never actually been around a sick person IN HIS LIFE, let alone take care of one

This is what happens when you never got close to anyone outside if family until like two years ago

Sadly Arrakis has probably never been taken care of when he was sick since he would get in trouble every time he made a fuss. It was same with injuries, which is why Arrakis had learn how to treat himself.

he might try to hide it at first out of instinct but he will be touched when Red Son cares and give in to his help. He's come a long way in letting people help him

he's also very close to Red Son so he may slip into some of his manipulative habits and overexaggerate how bad he is so he gets more attention from Red Son.

it's not all a lie though since everything does feel worse now that he's human again

Loki can help with Sick Arrakis too in some ways. And he lives with a healer.

But yes, red son and Arrakis enjoy close times. Loki can check in and help as needed

Arrakis will take all the help he can get, regardless of whether he may actually need it or not

as Loki is finding out he's secretly more manipulative then most people think and being sick gives him the perfect excuse

Red Son has the healing magic, but medical help of normal kind would be good. He knows how to treat injuries, but anything like illness was usually countering extremely deadly poisons. How do colds.

He'll see what you're doing there Arrakis...

May ask Loki about it because he trust Loki and he seems aware of things so might have experience!!!!

Also God, if ARRAKIS does, he will learn just how hard Red Son mother hens.

Plz. More Red Son Cr good.

Red Son, demon prince and villain who tried to take over the world, care takes SO HARD

lol this sounds like it will backfire hilariously. I love it!

His caretaker tendencies are basically why he's a villain, doing his best to make his family happy, gotta take care of them

Full fuss for sick mages

lol I love it!

I'm going to attempt to try to sleep now but I would love to plot more tomorrow. This sounds fun

Can the Doctor help him somehow to feel better? :>

weefolk absolutely! Once Arrakis realizes it's alright to let people know he's sick he's going to use it to his advantage as much as he can