The Ghost King's KeeperCh98 - The King shows his tricks

“This is… amazing,” Ruzen gasped, touching his king’s arms and chest, feeling solid expanse and a warm body, he then looked at the other figure standing on the side, eerily similar to his King… “is that you too? Or just your shadow?” 

It wasn’t much of a surprise that Ghosts could do such strange things, but to be so accurate with details, having a physical form that was a living copy of the first, it was still very astonishing.  fH8Rqs

“We are both a part of each other,” Mozen explained, he brought his arms up and the other him did the same thing, “We can manage both, to do the same,” then he walked away from Ruzen and the other replaced him, his stature and girth the same, his eyes glinting with intelligence, “We can also communicate in both forms, We can act both alone and separately.” 

Ruzen gulped, looking at the one now standing in front of him, and the other one who had moved to the side. Both were actually similar, but to have such intricate control over both forms, to have separate intelligence in both ways, wouldn’t someone’s brain get confused by exacting demands? 

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“This means,” Ruzen spoke in awe, his eyes wide and unblinking, still taking turns at observing the two forms, “You both will retain the memories, since you are the same, but is there a central brain, like, um… a main system which holds on to both perceptions.” 

“There is no such thing as a central system,” Mozen assured Ruzen, his form flickering as another, the third King stood next to the two, “We all have full knowledge of what the other is doing, and each of Us have our Own thoughts, but We won’t work separately with a different intention. We are one and the same, just distributed in distinct forms.”  TfJavl

Ruzen was fascinated as he looked at the three towering Kings, it was very weird, but also very mysterious, “I believe only the strong have such fine control like my king does, this is such a big cheat.” 

Mozen felt it was nothing brilliant, but he didn’t comment on it, his Keeper was happily curious about his little trick, it was rather appeasing in hindsight. “This is not all, We can change forms, We think Ruzen has noticed it before.” 

Clutching at his sleeve, Ruzen tried not to exclaim at what he thought he would see next, “Can you change your forms to a varying degree?” his feet were jumpy as he moved around each form waiting for something to happen. 

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The fact that all three forms were his King’s, that all three were the same people, Ruzen got a really big surprise there.  

“Look,” Mozen said, as the first form started to change into a taller figure, which was bulkier and more oppressive. The pressing enersym had Ruzen buckling under pressure, yet he wasn’t rattled about it, he was even pressing his shaky finger against the wider shoulder blade, gaping when he felt them shift to accommodate him. Ruzen flushed, “I am sorry, but this is very interesting.” 

The King made an agreeing sound, “Take a closer look at Our second form,” and Ruzen did, with a rapt attention that was very amusing to see. 

Ruzen felt his heart beating faster in a rare anticipation, his eyes flickering over the second form which started to shift, the change was just as big as that of the 1st one. “This is!” Ruzen couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the final result. 

The Second form was smaller than Ruzen’s, his face slightly younger, and his hair was shorter. He looked like a teenager still in high school, his entire build was on the slender side, a little cute and androgenous. This transformation was really very unique.  fEmnM2

“What will you do for the third form?” Ruzen couldn’t help but ask, letting himself pinch the youthful King’s cheeks, cooing when the youth nudged his fingers away with slight laziness. “I have to say, all your forms are so enthralling.” Ruzen tried not to choke on his inner thoughts that supplied, ‘tempting’. He was not going there, he was going to stay sane for this.  

Mozen did not hint at his third form, he curiously watched Ruzen watching himself changing, it came so naturally to him but Ruzen seemed to be very excited about this, it was quite interesting. 

“This! Amazing!” Ruzen laughed, clapping as he revolved around the new third form with delight, he was even tripping on his robe in his excitement. “I can’t even recognize you my King… amazing!” Ruzen was at a loss of words. 

The third form was that of Ruzen himself, yes, the King totally mimicked Ruzen, down to his hairline. Ruzen couldn’t tell the difference, it was so strange but so astonishing, he feared if someone else saw them both next to each other, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.  goPkRL

“My King, can you take the form of a female as well?” he wouldn’t be surprised if that was also possible. 

But this time the first form of his King shook his head, “We have tried before, We didn’t succeed.” 

Then the second form said, “Only Kings and Spirits can morph forms and identity,” his voice was thinner, high in pitch and a little different in tone, “Noble Gods can also change their physical features but it is difficult for them to make separate forms like Us.” 

Ruzen laughed mischievously, “You can have an advantage over them, sounds fun.” Then, he stopped laughing when he heard another laugh, a perfect mimicking of his own sound. He turned to look at the third form and saw the other Ruzen smiling at him, “I can have more forms at once, if you want to go out, I can always change into anyone you prefer, and we can shop together!” He was so… adorable that Ruzen was speechless.  7LGayW

Did the King saw him like this? A happy little guy with sparkling eyes hiding naughtiness? It was absurd but so him when he was really happy about something. He didn’t think he was this relaxed when he was with his king, but it rang true at times, and it was really baffling, this whole mimicry. 

“How about it? Shall we have fun? Ruzen?” his own voice asked, as the third form hid a small grin, the entire person looked assertive, which was certainly something Ruzen only felt occasionally.  

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Bright, happy, confident. 

He belatedly realized that the third form performed by the King was not perfectly him, he wasn’t so cheery all the time or this bouncy with energy. However…  wJ6Inm

He turned to look at the first form of the King, a silent question in his eyes, his cheeks flushing when he heard the soft sound of agreement.   

“This…” he chuckled nervously, “You like these traits in me this much?” 

The third form, the other Ruzen, stepped in front of Ruzen, and he smiled shyly, “I like all of you, this is who you are. But I rather like your happy countenance, the energy with which you go after something. It is rare on you, but it looks good on you.” 

Ruzen hid his face behind his hand, “Can we not do this, please talk properly. It feels like I am flirting with myself.”  FSHyTN

The other Ruzen grinned, a calm about him that the current Ruzen envied, “Why? Ruzen is afraid he would love himself even more? But isn’t it good to love yourself?” 

Ruzen groaned, the King was teasing him, this was unprecedented! A variable he couldn’t see the heads or tails of. “I don’t like you, go away!” he whined, his voice coming out muffled. 

The other Ruzen laughed, twirling around him with a smug smile on his face, Ruzen dared not notice too much, like how his hand had the same set of nails, or how his skin had a similar texture and color. Such detailed mimicry, the King must have watched him, mapped his body for a long time to perfect this duplication. The other Ruzen still wore a dress so not much was visible, but his arms and face were enough to give away the exact features. 

After a while of fighting with his other self, Ruzen miserably hid behind the first form, hoping the King would not enjoy behaving like him as much as he did. He could tell it was all a behavioral enactment, which the King mustn’t really understand very well, still, it was easy to say that the King really did watch him carefully, it was kind of making him nervous. He would have to be at his best behavior from now on, he thought to himself.  cwiaJm

“Come, We will show you another thing,” the first form said, as the second form vanished and so did he himself. Only the third form remained, making Ruzen wonder what was going to happen next. 

“Are you ready my Keeper?” the other Ruzen asked, his face flushing slightly, the tone of voice and addressal sounding similar to when Ruzen called for his King. This pattern… Ruzen curiously shifted closer to the other him and stared curiously. 

The other Ruzen vanished, and then… and then he felt strangely out of control, because he dumbly felt his own hand stretching out and touching his cheek to pinch it. In his mind he heard his King’s voice saying, “This is called Ghost Possession. Does Ruzen think this is ‘amazing’ as well?”