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[Maul looks very serious but also with a touch of the cat that finally caught the canary as he starts the video.]

I thought I would just give a formal announcement that I have broken the curse which has been on me since Deerington. For those who didn't know about it, it caused me to feel pain whenever I harmed another sentient being. But no more.

[He sounds extremely pleased by that. Though any traces of glee are soon replaced by a murderous expression on his face, his eyes hardening until there is only fury in them.]

If any of you feel like being clever and immediately trying to put another leash upon me, I would advise against it. I didn't retaliate this time but next time I will kill anyone who tries to meddle in my life, whether or not it is my own hand that ends your life.[Maul's got enough people in town who he knows would eagerly kill for him if he asked them to, his brother and mate both chief among them. While he usually prefers to do his own dirty work, he's not willing to put himself through another eight months of being muzzled.] Or I shall simply make your life so miserable that you wish you were dead. After all, most sentient species contain around two hundred to four hundred bones. Consider the fact I know how to break each and every one of them. Or how most species will continue to survive as long as the brain has oxygen and the hearts continue to pump blood regardless of what else is done to their body. Just a thought.

[He pauses and adds on a little at the end.]

As for the three that did it? You already know I don't forgive and I don't forget. Run and hide if you like. I'll come and find you soon enough.

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[Well. The days of Willow not taking Maul's threats too seriously have certainly come to an abrupt end. It's even more terrifying, given she doesn't have her own magic here to defend herself with.

Worse still, he knows where she lives and he's even been inside without her knowledge. Without anyone's knowledge until well after he had gone. That means it's not just her, John, and Luna at risk.

She wonders if Oscar will object if she walks Tara through the spell she used in Deerington to keep Maul out of the house.

Their overlap in friends might be the best way to appeal to his better nature here.]

I'm pretty sure we have mutual friends who won't be too happy with you if you come after me. You might want to think about them.

[Oh look, right on schedule, one of the three checking in. He expects John will be along to smugly tell him to piss off or Luna to pass judgment on him anytime now.]

Do you think I'm so foolish as to go after you right away?

[Well.......]

No, I'll wait until you least expect it. Then I shall strike.

[He's very pointedly not addressing the idea of their mutual friends not being happy with him if he goes after her. Maul logically knows this but it's hard to think about potential consequences when he wants to take action right away. He's still trying to get used to the idea that actions have consequences at all. It's a hard lesson for him to learn but one he needs to have happen over and over again for it to sink into his mind.]

Do you usually waste your energy making a show of petty revenge?

[ That someone sounds genuinely curious and not like he's trying to judge here, because that would make him the world's biggest hypocrite. Not that he's not a hypocrite all the time, but he's trying very hard and likely failing spectacularly. ]

[ Bollocks. ]

Leash was a mercy, mate. Give you a chance to stop being a bloody wanker and not act out like some ill-mannered toddler with anger issues. Go after me and mine? It'll be something worse that comes for you.

[He is from stupid, even if Willow is still convinced he is a psychopath and far more dangerous than some seem to want to give him credit for. Even if he does have his good side as well.]

Come on. You know you have a reputation here. You know if anything happens to me, Luna, or John, everyone is going to look at you first.

You know, "I'll kill you if you try to stop me from killing people" isn't really the persuasive argument you think it is.

[Just throwing it out there.]

[Oh hey. It's this guy again. Unfortunately Johnny also wasn't the type to learn from his mistakes.]

Hey asshole.

Fuck you and your cheap ass super powers.

[ And to think Luna has just told Paimon last month she was going to give Maul a chance and let the two of them work together, even if he would be walking on rather thin ice. She's disappointed. Usagi and Varian were vouching for him, too. ]

And of course you did the very clever thing of announcing your intentions and making public threats on the network. [ Which she does not take kindly. ]

This won't end well for you, Maul.

Someone cursed you?

[Fern doesn't exactly have good experiences with curses, or forcibly having his bodily autonomy taken away. Maul is violet, yes, but he's doing better.]

Dog, that's really messed up. You got every right to defend yourself if they try that again.

[Just this stare, the looooooooongest of stares and then a deep breath.]

You know, I'm not actually SURPRISED, or even mad. Just deeply disappointed in you.

Edited 2022-02-08 15:36 (UTC)

[EVERY time. Varian heaves out a tired sigh. ]

It's stuff like this that makes it really hard to defend you, you know?

[He scrubs his face, trying to find some middle ground here.]

Okay, so. Curses bad. Better ways of dealing with problems, that's...bad. But also when you threaten to murder people, they're gonna find ways to protect themselves. Because they're scared. And angry. And scared and angry people do stupid things. Like cursing people.

So do you see the cycle we're kinda stuck in here?

Edited 2022-02-08 18:09 (UTC)

Maul, We both know they did what they did for a good reason.
It was an extreme method in response to some extreme actions you had taken.

I know talking you out of this isn't going to work. You're just going to find some way around those words to try and get your way.

But if you touch or harm Glitch, Willow, Luna or Peter. I will do what I have to do stop you.

So please. This is the only warning I'm giving you.

[ If this were the office, this would be the point Glitch would stare at the camera for five minutes with a dead look on his face. ]

So, it's totally okay for you to murder or maim people because you have issues or fucking trauma and it's all right to take it out on people you fucking hate.

But, if someone decides to justly punish you and you know, give you consequences for your fucking actions suddenly it's unfair and you can do whatever you want?

God. Just keep burning those bridges, Maul, you're only proving me right.

( It's with a new username.... but here's Peter. Which is perhaps very surprising, given not only how afraid he is of Maul, but also how conflict-avoidant Peter Graham is in general. Addressing something like this is so far from usual for him.

But he can't not.... He knows exactly who those three people are, and he knows what Maul is capable of. A sheer terror has been struck in him, not for himself, but for Luna, John, and Willow. He's no doubt immediately discernable as Peter and not Paimon, given the emotion in his features: eyes wide and glossy, voice trembling. )

Please don't— don't hurt them. I'm sorry for what happened to you, but— please.

Self defense is acceptable, and I believe this qualifies as a fair warning for those who may take action against you. However, should you launch an unprovoked attack against another dreamer there will be a rapid response.

If you plan to pursue and hunt others you will be dealt with accordingly. Take this opportunity to consider the slate clean.

[So THAT was what they wound up doing: piecing him together to undo the curse.

And this was what he chose to do once it was gone].

What EXACTLY is this supposed to accomplish?!

[Hmmm. This reads as tough talk to Chara. Might as well push him into acting on it. It'll be funny.]

* I, for one, am terrified. Shaking in my boots, even. The dog is off his leash and now he's barking.

* Oh well, maybe he'll stop after his masters firmly tell him to be a good boy, and then perhaps he'll even get a treat.

[Maul and his galaxy are really getting quite exhausting.]

Maul. Stop and think about it for a second.

Most of the dead come back. Killing people isn't going to end well for you in the long run. And it's going to make you a lot more enemies than you need or want.

With all due respect, this post is a fuckin' train wreck. One of those situations where you had the option to run over one person or five people and you somehow managed to get all six in one fell swoop.

It would be more impressive if it wasn't kinda embarrassing. No offense.

lay a hand on willow, or take one step in that house again and you're dead
and then we'll wait for you on the beach, and keep killing you until you stop coming back

[This man has long reminded him of the bandits he grew up with, so it's time to deal with him like a bandit.]

Edited (last edit i swear) 2022-02-09 04:36 (UTC)

If you hurt anyone in the Clockhouse, they won't be able to stop finding your body for three months, and I can guarantee you'll be alive for at least two of them.

Why do you keep doing this, man? I mean, why?

[Michael's been sick of the whole "constant Maul-related cycles of revenge" thing for...a while, honestly.]

You sure don't make it easy for the people who like you, huh?

Hey, Maul. Is today a bad time to meet up somewhere?

[Vyng's voice is calm and measured — not angry, or even tired, although there's no smile in his words. For better or for worse, his interactions with Maul in the Dream were limited, so he feels like he's got the emotional capacity to try engaging him today. And he would rather meet Maul in person instead of filling his inbox with yet another righteously-indignant message.]

[Maul shifts around a little, grumbling to himself under his breath. He hates it when people pin him down and he can't just fall back on doubletalk.]

You do have a point......but something you may not yet know about me is that I once held onto a grudge for almost fourteen years. I don't easily let go of them when I have been wronged.

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