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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 02:50                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

Regina gave him a small smile. "I can't argue with that. But you should probably consider that the king should be more concerned about his safety and yours then who could be listening. It's my job to protect him from prying eyes," She made a small gesture, "and ears. Shouldn't you be devoting your time to more important things?" She shrugged. "But I don't entirely fault you, though it seems more prudent to wait to talk to your father instead of eavesdropping."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 02:56                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

"Of course, Your Majesty. I'll summon messenger Imps and Vigilance Spheres posthaste, and a set of beasts to accompany your family. No section of the castle will remain unseen, and no individual unaccompanied." Another salute and bowed head, and the Mirror Ghoul awaited the dismissal that would signal it and the Mage could leave, return to the summoning circle, and select more sentient beings to guard the castle. The Evolution Beast stood up behind Tirik, slowly gaining a brain and sentience. Stepping forwards, it swiped at the Mirror Ghoul, dismissing it before the King could respond. The Seeker half started on it's slow path towards the Stationary, and Tirik whipped around. "Apprentices, I'm afraid your tour will have to be conducted by Opal alone. I have urgent matters to take care of." A few brisk steps with the Evolution Beast in tow, and he was gone. The creature had teleported him to his workshop. Once there, there was no hesitation before a small coin was tossed into the runic circle and summoning began.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 03:20                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

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Wincing, Elliot gnawed on his lip and nodded sullenly. "I understand, Captain. I'm... sorry." The apology was gritted out, the ugly feeling of regret and guilt weighing heavily on him. He sighed and gripped his sword tightly, letting the familiar groves imprinted into the handle calm his raging emotions. Ugly and unsightly, those abhorrent emotions.

Wincing at Regina's offhand comment on his work, Elliot wondered if those who weren't his immediate family knew how he was covering Noah's work as well as taking on some of his father's work in secret. More important things? Everything he did was important, he worked himself to the bone, past the marrow and out the other side with work relating to the kingdom, running it and lifting some of the burdens off his parents' shoulders. All he ever did was important things, was he not allowed to rest for a moment and do his own things? His rage simmered for a second before Elliot firmly placed a lid on it and shoved it away into a dark corner never to be revisited again. It wasn't right of him to get mad at Regina since she was busy enough with her own work. He couldn't expect everyone to know everything. Getting angry over such an offhand remark would do no one any good. "In my defence, that was my original intent. I spotted an unfavourable contract between us and a neighbouring kingdom and wished to bring it up with father." He finally settled on saying, waving the stack of creased papers in his hand

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 04:27                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

Regina nodded. "I've known you for a while, Prince Elliot. You are a thinker-shame you are the younger brother. You would make an amazing king one day. I know that you can make good decisions. Now, why don't you explain what you mean by an unfavorable contract while your father is finishing up? Unless you consider it a private matter, of course. But even though I'm not a royal, I have been around and seen enough to at least understand."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 05:58                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

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"A simple loophole within clauses, that's all." Elliot shrugged, face flushing slightly under the fact that Regina believed that he could be an amazing king. He didn't really get compliments like that very often, mostly because of his own isolationist tendencies. "In this agreement, the neighbouring kingdom is obliged to provide a cut of its harvest, profit from its exports, and loyalty in return for access to a major water source on our territory which also includes quite a few natural resources nearby. This contract will maintain its power for five years before it can be reassessed by both parties and renewed. That in itself isn't odd, but the real loophole comes within our neighbouring kingdom's laws."

Shuffling the papers around, Elliot pulled out a second piece of paper on which the neighbouring kingdom's laws were transcribed with Elliot's careful legible handwriting. "See, in this clause, it states that any resources gained from a treaty belong to the royal family and the royal family only. Therefore, any profit made from the resources farmed around the area won't be included within the percentage of which is owed to us. A large cut of the neighbouring Kingdom's economy comes from the land given to them by us and through this clause, they're able to escape heavier reparations than what should be owed." Flipping over the transcribed clause, Elliot also showed Regina rough calculations that he had mapped out, of gains losses and estimates. It was clear that what the neighbouring kingdom was sending over was well under what would be expected.

"I'm not surprised that Father hasn't caught this though." He finally finished, organizing his documents into a tidy pile organized by importance. "The clause was created recently, around two years ago. Right when the contract was re-newed last."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 06:10                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

Regina nodded. "So how do plan to approach them about it? Obviously, you're going to have to do it in a rather diplomatic way, since you're going to have to approach them properly, even if you plan to end the deal. In that case, you're going to have to make up for the financial losses in some way. How are you going to be able to properly recover if you end the deal?"

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 06:25                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

William nodded, “Good work. Looks like I got a lot of work ahead of me” he said to Tirik and himself while stretching. He started to walk in Elliot and Regina’s direction. He needed to prepare the royal family and the castle.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 06:28                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

Regina looked up. "Your Majesty!" She bowed once. "There's a proper guard being created, but for now, I'll be on your watch. If you wish, I can find someone else, but with this threat upon your life, we know that you need to be guarded at all times."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:05                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

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"That was where I was unfortunately stuck on. Usually, I bring these issues to Father and we sort them out together and sometimes if they're available, we enlist the aid of Mother and the rest of the advisors." He sighed, rubbing his eyes. Ah, the wonderful side effects of staying up late and learning about foreign politics while squinting under the low light of slow-burning candles. He did stiffen when he heard Reigna address his father, his hand immediately falling down by his side as he stood up straight all signs of wry exhaustion melting away.

He was about to greet his father when he heard what Reigna had said. Threat upon his father's life? Was that the reason for the grim atmosphere which permeated the halls of the castle? He supposed the royal spies found evidence of such a scheme hatching within the shadows, he also couldn't rule out the possibility that a threatening letter was sent. While he appreciated the warning so that they could at least prevent it, why would anyone choose to announce that they were going to kill the king? Oh, you know. The most important man in the entire kingdom? Either these people were extremely confident in their abilities or they were plain stupid.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:12                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

Regina noticed his expression. "I..probably should have put it a different way. I apologize. Yes, the royal spies received a tip-off that supposedly says that someone is planning to assassinate the king. Which brings me to my next point. According to your father's preference and my own discernment, there is to also be a guard on each member of the Royal Family. You'll be meeting your assigned officer soon. It's for your own safety."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:12                                                (4 Years ago)
                                            

"Noah are you-" Everything went by too quickly for Ava, but they thought they caught a glimpse of Noah... crying? They weren't sure if it was just because he was laying face down on the floor, but they didn't want to take any chances. It was their job to cheer him up now, forgetting the mess in their chamber. They looked around trying to figure out something and their eyes hit a pile of sock puppets collecting dust on the floor. "Bingo. This will totally work" they grabbed one and headed towards Noah's bedroom, making sure to take off their hat as to not annoy him in his dwelling session.

They lightly knocked on his door, not waiting for a reply and instead opening it a little and peeking the puppet's head in

"Of course of course" he slightly rolled his eyes as his brother exclaimed his genius. He's gonna have to knock down that ego one day. He looks at the map intently, or well, it at least seems like he's paying attention. "Roger that, I'm in"

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:30                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

As she joyfully took a bite out of the slice,her bliss was cut short due to the multiple troops standing guard around some parts of the Kingdom. Maybe her brain wasn't still fully functioning as it was morning,but they definitely seemed more than before. "Sir Philip,do you perhaps know why they have increased security measures?" Even though Joy's body was quite unexpressive as she always thought of her next move very carefully,it was quite clear from her voice that she was worried. As far as she can remember, there weren't many occurances in which they needed to do that,other than emergencies or drills. They seemed serious,from their posture and the way they have one hand on the handle of the sword,ready to unsheathe it at a moments notice. She kept quickly glancing around,trying to spot what could possibly happen. The civilians were acting normal however so there mustn't have been an incident here.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:39                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

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"All I ask is that whoever is unlucky enough to be assigned to me doesn't mind sitting in the library for hours on end, watching me work. I understand that simply sitting there with unchanging scenery can get quite old quite fast." Elliot agreed easily shuddering at the memory of the last time he had been assigned a guard. The foolish knight didn't even last half a day before Elliot was pestered to do something other than work, study, or read. Granted, he was naught but a child back then and probably should have spent more time outside with his brother and sisters, but Elliot was nothing if not stubborn. Besides, he went out plenty enough, what with chasing down his brother and occasionally training with his sword even if his pale parlour suggested otherwise.

Personally, Elliot preferred if his guard was male so he could attempt to fluster whoever was assigned to him through mild flirtations but he didn't dare voice that out loud. His father had enough headaches to deal with in addition to yet another assassination attempt, but let it be known that the trickster nature runs within the Sapphirus bloodline and even the uptight second son wasn't immune to occasional bouts of tomfoolery.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 07:52                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

"I see. In that case, you'll probably be best with...Erica. She's actually a lot like you, really.But she'll do fine as your guard. You'll meet her later today, once I can send a notice to her commanding officer."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 09:38                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

Valentin looks around confused. Tirik isn't very easy to read emotions on, but it seems like something was... off. He looks at Kalinda, seemingly gaining some confidence of having a familiar person in the room with him. He turns to Opal and says loud and clearly, "If it would not trouble you, can you please explain what is going on?"

Lovino gapes his mouth at Feliciano, offended. "Don't roll your eyes at me, you absolute clown!" He karate-chops him on the head properly and snatches a book from his hands, opening and examining it. He begins walking briskly, not caring to check if his brother follows along or not. When he reaches the point of the map he spotted, he takes a few steps back.
"Ew, there's guards all over the place. Pretentious fools. They probably don't even know what weapon they're holding."
He turns his head slightly backwards, still not sparing his brother any looks. "You ready or not, sheep? We're starting with the song on page 41."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 15:55                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

rosaline watched as thea gave her father a last goodbye. she waved slightly, and smiled as thea came walking back. "wanna see the palace or your place of stay first?" rosaline linked her arm with thea's, walking forwards waiting for an answer.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 16:19                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

Vigilance Spheres, inactive in a corner, floating in a massive, compact cube. Messenger Imps had been dispatched, their targets being the Royal Family and their message simple. 'In the current state of emergency, a powerful Summons will be placed as an extra guard over every Royal Family Member. These guards can be dismissed or refused, but they will offer insight to anything happening around you.' And those guards were being summoned, bound to a coin for each Royal. The coins depicted the face of a Royal on one side, and the 'face' of whatever would be guarding them. Collecting the Summon Coins, Tirik tossed something to his Evolution Beast. Almost immediately, the creature absorbed it. Then, it spoke. "Sta-ate of emer-mergency?" Tirik nodded. "A threat to the King's life has been discovered." The creature seemed not to care. Nonetheless, it leapt to the Magus, wrapped the man in shadow, and carried him briskly to the King, releasing the man in front of William. The Mage knelt down, placed a fist over his chest. "Your Majesty." After a moment, he stood, then held out a thin golden coin. "As a precaution, I've summoned powerful entities to guard each of your family." The coin glimmered for a moment, then evaporated as something took form. It was split down the middle, two halves clinging to each other by gaseous strands. "Ignore the appearance it takes, my Liege."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 16:29                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

Kalinda nodded. "What's happening here? Should we uh... go?" She asked. The atmosphere seemed to have shifted to a much darker one than she had expected. But she stayed positive. Maybe she was just overthinking things.

Noah sat on his bed. His clothes were still damp from the water punishment, and he stared at the ground. He didn't know what to do. His usual smile was replaced with a thin line. Maybe it isn't good for me to exhibit this behaviour. My younger brother acts more mature than I do. What if father dies, and I have to take over? He forced the last thought out of his head. Nothing bad will happen to the King. He has armies for a reason. He reassured himself. But the thought kept coming to him.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 16:54                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

"Noah?" Ava was now fully in the prince's room "Well, the lack of attention is a little discouraging here!" They laughed, a laugh that didn't last that long and came to a sudden stop as they seem to have realized the seriousness of the situation right now. They usually are too oblivious for this but Noah is their friend, they know him. They went and sat next to him. "You know, if something's reaally troubling you, you can tell me." they brought up the ambiguous animal sock puppet and made it speak, too "Yeah! That's what they're here for!" Even then Ava couldn't help but try to lessen the suffocating tension "Thanks for the support, Tabby." They looked to Noah with a small smile.

"Ow!" Feliciano sadly couldn't do anything about this physical abuse. "Sure, I'm ready, goat... how did that song go again?"

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/11/2020 17:00                                                (3 Years ago)
                                            

Noah knew that Ava was in the room now, and he moved his gaze up to the wall in front of him. "Do you think these pranks are childish? Do you think I am even worthy of being a prince if all I have done is make people miserable?" He asked quietly. His hands began grabbing and releasing the bedsheets below him in a stressed manner.