Baird walked around the space one last time, checking if there was anything else he wanted to take with him. Empty dresser, empty closet...he sighed as he vaguely glanced at the fancy desk. Would he need paper where he was going? No, not really, he never really wrote many letters anyway. He certainly wasn't now, he knew that much. It would be too cold, too crisp, too Imperialistic.
He grabbed the sack and slung it over his shoulder, heading to walk out the door. He nearly tripped on the carpet as he did so, a vague smile playing on his face in this tense time. It was like it wanted him to stay but then again, it had done that so many other times, maybe it got bored without people nearby. He stopped personifying the furniture and kept on his way, passing through the hall and then down the stairs. It was quiet here and while sometimes that benefitted the man of the night he sometimes was, it had begun to feel more eerie. More literal of how he felt about them all.
Back just a few months ago, he had been so scared to approach them all, what few lived in Regalia anyway. After their transformations...he still vaguely gave a shudder as he remembered. But after he'd decided to get closer to them, he found them nowhere. They were all gone, always busy, so very busy and he was left to his drinks and companions. But all those drinks and companions had certainly gotten him somewhere now and considering how the rest of his family had now fallen, he had no intention of being dragged down with them. Family was important to him but...they didn't seem to care about him. Einarr barely spoke to him, so busy and what had it gotten him? Removed from his post and the family downgraded in standing, he couldn't understand it.
He approached the door finally and gave one last look around. No, he didn't understand it but he would be better. He had to be, for himself and his future. Once he had been nothing but it wasn't his family that had ultimately made him something, it was himself and in such a quick time. Free of them, he was sure he could do even better for himself. With that, he left his home, his family and his last name behind him.
I definitely didn't write this all credit to @HydraLana <3
