Evil Overlord Victor 2

Stephen groaned and slowly sat up from his bed. “Fuuuuuck, I hate Mondays.” He whined as he rolled out of bed, He dragged himself into the shower, and about an hour later he walked out of the bathroom with his hair fluffy and curly. His outfit for the day consisted of a light jacket, some jeans, and a collection of 4 crystal necklaces hanging around his neck, each one beating with a similar, but not exact or synchronized, rhythm. He hummed as he headed over to his alchemy bench and prepared his chemicals for the day, tucking his potions and the like into the bandolier hidden in his jacket. He stepped away with a sigh. “Alright, time to face the day.” He whistled and started walking out the door, slowly slightly to let Reggie the rat jump onto his shoulder from the top of one of the bookcases. As he left a skeleton greeted him at the door with a clipboard that he took with a thank you. “Let’s see… gotta see to the animal pens, see to the labs, and talk over advances with Eliza. Easy enough.” He rubbed the back of his head with a yawn as he walked.
	He smiled as he walked in and saw the animals jumping at the metal bars of the large cage happily. “Hey guys, how are you doing?” He smiled wider and stepped through the door of the cell, laughing as a snake that let out small licks of flame whenever it flicked out it’s tongue  slithered onto his shoulders next to Reggie, who climbed onto Stephen’s head to hide in his hair. A big dog with floppy ears blinked out of existence only to reappear with his paws on Stephen and his tongue lolling out. A Badger with ice shards growing out of it’s back was flopped on the floor being lazy. Stephen had the biggest smile as he pet the Blink Dog and Fire Viper. “You guys seem to be in good health at least! Come on you know the drill.” He crouches down and made a circle with his finger, the command being followed by the Blink Dog who rolled onto his back. He rubbed it’s belly as he gave her a once over. “Alright Langley you dont seem to have anything wrong with you.” The dog rolled back over and licked his face. He laughed and smooshed her face as he pet her and stood up. The Viper curled around his arm and rested there as Stephen examined him, checking scales for anything wrong. After a few moments of this he was satisfied and lifted his arm up to the branch to let the snake up to slither up. “You’ve got a good bill of health yourself Sparky.” The Ice Badger huffed out a small stream of ice shards against the ground as he went over to him. “Come on lazy butt, check up time.” The Badger plopped to lay down as Stephen picked him up, refusing to take part in this willingly. “Gods Snowcone you act like I’m gonna poke you with a needle.” He rubs the ice crystals on it’s back to make sure they were solid and not growing anywhere they werent supposed to. “Come on, open wide.” The badger gave him a look of disdain and opened his mouth, revealing a set of teeth made of ice, one of which was growing too much. “There we are. Come on, we gotta get the file.” The badger started squirming in his hands as Stephen pulled out a file and pried his mouth open. “Come on! This doesnt hurt and you know it!” The badger continued to squirm as he filled the excess ice away into powder, letting go after it’s done and holding Snowcone in his arms. “That wasnt so bad was it?” He scritches it behind the ear happily as it huffed out more ice shards. Stephen smiled and put him back on the ground. “Come on, it’s chow time!” He grins and goes around to everyone’s bowls, feeding them in turn. He heads out of the gated area after petting everyone again and heads to a small door leading to a backroom. There’s a small cardboard box with blankets in it laying on the floor that he sits down next to. “Hey little guys, how you holding up?” He peeks inside to see 4 small kittens padding around the box. They had 6 legs and small tentacles coming out of their backs. He picked up a grey one with a white spot over one eye and smiles. “Hi Patch, you doing alright?” It meows in his face. “Good.” He gave it a kiss on the forehead and put it back in the box as he gets two bowls and starts filling them up with food and water. “Gotta make sure you grow up to be big and strong! And Snuffle dont you dare bully Lily out of food again. You’re lucky Cream knows how to share or you would have been in big trouble.” They all meow and rush for food and water. Content that the baby Displacer Beasts are happy, he heads off to check off the next item on his list.