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idk if anyones brought this up a domsub au before, so I'm gonna do it right now.
but anyway, Magni's abuse of potions and experimentation on himself probably fucked him up to the point that commands don't really work on him anymore, which he's quite happy about, don't need anyone telling him what to do and distracting him with a veil of pleasant fog whenever he subdrops. He can easily ignore the slight tug at his mind whenever someone like Altare issues something at him, always unintentionally, Altare's usually in check of himself to never abuse his status.
life with tempus is easy and never provided him any problems. its only until he goes a bit too far in teasing his favorite target, axel, that everything gets thrown into the trash. it wasn't even all his doing, really, the gladiator was already having a bit of a rough day and hadn't eaten, so he wasn't in the mood for being toyed with. not that Magni knew any of that, of course, he just knew that the second axel walked into the kitchen, he was gonna get a funny little potion spilled onto him, but before he could even move, axel had grabbed his forearm in a bruising grip and glared right into his soul, snarling at him, 'not in the mood Maugni, now be a good boy and fuckin quit it.' in that moment, some synapses in Magni's brain just. clicked. and he goes limp, only prevented from crashing to his knees by axel's hold. brain turned to mush and eyes fogged listlessly.
Axel would freak the fuck out afterwards, and go find vesper to help, spilling Magni's secret to the guild. Prior to 'the event' he'd been able to easily ignore all his instincts and needs, but now he's unable to go long without seeking axel out. It's only Axel's commands and praise that work too, no one else can put him in that state and feed his new hunger.
