The hours ticked by, and Slenderman had managed to find three spellbooks of what he could only imagine were hundreds. Two of his stalkers had left. But a glimpse of red every so often let him know that he was still being watched. Slenderman sighed and went to set the spellbooks down on a cleared off table. "Are you going to hide in the shadows all day or confront me, skeleton?" The responding voice was devoid of any emotion as the skeleton in the shadows talked back. "i'm making sure you put everything back the way it was. my lord likes his library tidy and his spell books hidden." Hidden? "Hidden from whom?" Slenderman asked, turning to the bright red circle masked in the shadows of the shelves. "alleys and enemies alike. especially the stars, our opposites. ink would kill to have some of the spells my king has." King. Lord. Slenderman was starting to get a picture of who this Nightmare was. "I will leave this library as I found it. I assure you." The red target started to move, the skeleton coming out of the shadows. "promises are cheap, especially from a stranger." The skeleton stated as black tar dripped from his face.

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Slenderman could sense the hateful intent in the target skeleton's very tears. He figured gaining their trust wasn't going to happen. It seemed they already had issues with things like that. Yet... and yet. "killer, dust needs you in the training room." Horror came in, his large red eye focused on 'Killer'. Slenderman took note of the skeleton's name while Killer narrowed his sockets at Horror. "why." Killer asked suspiciously. It seemed he didn't even trust his own comrade at the moment. "he's having a break, and only you or error can handle it right now. i can't find error, so it has to be you." Killer cursed and disappeared without a second thought, leaving Slenderman and Horror alone. "Thank you for that." Horror tilted his head up cluelessly. "for what?" Slender picked up one of the spellbooks to begin searching. "For finding an excuse to get Killer out of here so I can focus on breaking this spell." Recognition gleamed in Horror's eye, and he shook his skull immediately. "oh- no. it wasn't an excuse. dust is really having a psychotic break right now. usually, the boss can calm him down, or error can tie him up. but since they are gone, it's up to killer to talk him down."

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Sally could easily say Nightmare was better at this than Slendy. Maybe it was because he wasn't much taller than her, or maybe it was because he was royalty himself. Either way, she looked great in the pink frilly dress and light makeup he had placed on her. He was finishing up the twin French braid bun now while she selected a tiara. "there you are, young one. now you are a true royal." The king of Negativity nodded in self-satisfaction and went to slip on the tiara she selected. "Nighty, if you're a king, where is your crown?" Sally asked, to which Nightmare paused from his focus. "it no longer fits me. that does not make me any less for not having a crown, though." He replied. "So I can be a princess without a tiara?" She asked innocently. "yes." He agreed. "you can." He fit the tiara on and stepped back to observe his work. He had to admit, he was quiet impressed with himself. He'd outdone it this time. "now, if you'll excuse me... it is time i make something so the mortals can eat."

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The man in a white mask and a man in a yellow hood were trying to make grilled cheese, but it wasn't going well. The bread was burned to the pan. Nightmare already missed Horror's expertise. "excuse me while i clean your mess." They both jumped for their weapons, only to attempt not flinching while a tendril threw the entire pan into the trash. "what are you hungry for?" Nightmare asked. "surely not something so simple as that?" 'Masky' as his stats stated, seemed to bristle up like an aggressive dog. "What's so wrong with grilled fucking cheese?!" Nightmare mere started to feed off that anger, a smirk in place. "nothing at all. i am simply more used to a more expensive palate." Tendrils started to go around the kitchen, grabbing ingredients and cuts for barbecuing. "allow me to demonstrate." He began with some of the side dishes first, a salad, ham and cheese scones, corn pudding, and a casserole before he started to expertly cook the cuts, adding the correct spices and sauces to them. Masky and Hoodie decided not to complain this time around and went to get everyone who was home for dinner.

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Slenderman went to take care of the Dust issue immediately. Horror led him to Dust's bedroom, where Killer was trying to break through the wall of magical bones and skull like creatures. It seemed the more he tried though, the harder they fought against him. The harder Dust fought against him. "what his that thing doing here?!" Killer demanded at Horror, his eyelight sparking white. "he wants to help, killz!" Horror yelled back over the roar of pure magic one of the skulls released upon them. They were experts at dodging, though. It seemed. "he's not going anywhere near -" Killer cursed as Slenderman appeared right beside Dust, stopping his attacks dead in their tracks as Dust subconsciously attacked him, rocking and muttering and laughing insanely. "get away! get away from him, you tall bastard!" Slender would let the name calling slide for now, seeing as Killer and Dust seemed close, and Killer didn't know his intentions. The being placed a hand on Dust's head, letting his mind go fuzzy so that he could no longer think or 'hear' anything. "You are alright now, Dust, you are safe with me..." He pet Dust as he waited for the skeleton's mind to 'reset' itself.