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Kingdom of Aeraya
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Posted: Sat, 05/12/2020 21:50 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sat, 05/12/2020 21:55 (3 Years ago)
Feeling the sharp pain of her own teeth dig into her lower lip, she followed after the strange lady, her senses thoroughly aroused. She knew that there was something wrong with this, that she shouldn't be going this way, but she had no other option. Somehow, the world seemed to descend into a bitter darkness as she walked away from her home, as if the light were being swallowed by the numerous hags that glared at her as she passed. After a while of following in silence, she head footsteps behind her - fast, as if they were trying to catch up. Then a shout, which sent her heart doing it's own fluttering dance, as it did every time she heard the smooth rumbling of it;
"Esmerelda?"
The footsteps behind Esmerelda and Dallas sped up, sending small shock waves through the farmer's body. "What're you.. doing?" He looked towards the person that Esme was travelling with, quite confused. A princess shouldn't be this far away from the castle, let alone this far from the guards. Timothy had happened to be passing by with friends when he had seen a well-dressed lady with someone of much lower status, a village commoner, by the looks of it. His friends were now watching from a little way off, not having the bravery to confront the duo with him. So he stood alone, looking like rather a fool, though he slowly shuffled towards the Princess, enjoying her presence.
[sorry for spelling or grammar mistakes, this was done in a rush]
Posted: Sat, 05/12/2020 22:31 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sat, 05/12/2020 23:25 (3 Years ago)
Noticing his mother's empty absentminded expression, Elliot's eyebrows furrowed as he pursed his lips. "Mother?" He asked gently, hesitating to reach out and touch her. "Is... everything alright?" Worry began to fester in his chest, eating away at him, gaze flickering between Marigold and Noah. Both his brother and mother were acting strange today and he couldn't shake that fundamental feeling of wrongness. The familiar ugly pit of helplessness sat heavily in his stomach, and Elliot was bitterly reminded that he was only one person barely on the cusp of adulthood. He couldn't solve everything that plagued his family but he'd be damned if he didn't at least try.
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Posted: Sat, 05/12/2020 23:42 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 00:32 (3 Years ago)
Dallas cocks her head like a confused dog, but confusion doesn't linger in her eyes, instead there is annoyance. Her fists clench as the boy quickly approaches them. She lifts her eyes up to glance further down the street and notices two more people. Witnesses... Normally she wouldn't care, but in this case she had to. She had to change her tactics. She steps in between Esmerelda and Timothy. She draws her dagger and raises a hand up towards Timothy.
"Who are you? How dare you approach the princess? Stand down!" Dallas snaps
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 00:47 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 09:31 (3 Years ago)
Taking a step backwards, Timmy's eyes widened as the dagger was drawn. He cast a desperate glance towards Esmerelda, but managed to keep his voice steady as he said, "Ma'am, please put down the dagger. I'm a friend of the Princess, and I was simply asking what she was doing." He paused before the word 'friend', trying to think of a suitable phrase to describe them. His eyes now held firmly on the dagger, he casually reached a hand into his back pocket, where he always hid a pocket knife - usually for work on the farm, such as cutting ropes and amputating diseased limbs, but he supposed it would be useful in a fight, if it were to come to that. He also realised how vulnerable to blades he was, parading around without a shirt, but he was used to fist-fights rather than full-blown bloody knife fights.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 14:25 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 14:55 (3 Years ago)
For a few seconds, the Princess simply stared into space, quite in shock at the ordeal. She shook her head, regaining her senses and realising that she had been asked a question. Due to her blissful nature, she didn't notice the tone in Dallas' voice, seeing it only as a question rather than an insult.
"Yes. Yes, she was taking me home," she agreed, her voice still trembling slightly. Somewhere inside herself, she knew that the person was most likely not taking her home, but this was far too buried for her to notice it. She took a step towards Timothy, around Dallas.
He, too, removed his hand from the premesis of his pocket knife. His eyes slid between the two. Though he had heard it from Esmerelda's mouth, he still didn't believe it - perhaps the stranger bewitched her. And, worse yet, he realised that the castle was behind him; the opposite direction of where they had been travelling. The spite in Dallas' voice as she spoke the word princess sent small shivers down his spine. No matter what happened, he certainly wasn't going to let this person take Esme to whatever doomed lair they lived in.
He nodded. "I thank you for that, but I shall escort Esme from here," he said, his voice stern and his eyes hard, almost daring her to challenge him. He took Esme by the hand, letting her come willingly to his side, and as they stood there, hand in hand, he simply waited. If he had to fight, he would - and besides, his friends would most likely join him once they saw the situation.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 15:03 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 15:23 (3 Years ago)
Being found by Timothy had certainly increased her confidence and happiness, and the poor lady looked so lonely, so she figured that she should at least try to make a positive impression to perhaps brighten her day.
"As do I," she replied, smiling. "Thank you for your kind offer of taking me home. I wish you joy for the future, should I not see you again." Her shoulders set, she gave Dallas a final, joyful smile, before turning, still holding Timothy's hand. It wasn't often they did this, but she guessed that he was doing it as a protection method, or possibly reassurance. Either way, it worked.
The farmer's son followed Esmerelda without another word, leading them back towards the castle, his hand still firmly in her's. He cast a single, poisonous glare over his shoulder at the ghoul. He didn't like the way that she had looked at him; as if she were planning something, challenging him to a game of patience rather than a fight. He'd need to watch his back.
Setting their pace to a fast walk, he led the Princess back into the lighter, happier parts of town, and soon enough the castle had come into their sights. Though he kept glancing over his shoulder, and, in extreme cases, hiding in alleyways, he couldn't stop feeling paranoid that they were being followed.
Once there were many guards in sight and the castle couldn't be missed, he said his farewells to Esmerelda, watching her gracefully skip back to the castle for a while before turning back into the village, marching through the crowds towards the area where his friends had promised they would be.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 16:10 (3 Years ago)
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Quill sat still, bow on her back, and looked out over the village. A mask resting against her face, different from the others she had worn prior, she looked unrecognisable. A whetstone at one hand and an arrow in the other, she scraped at its edge until it sliced through light like warm butter, then swapped it for a different arrow. She repeated this process methodically, her eyes remaining down and not flickering up to watch anyone else.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 16:52 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 17:22 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 17:23 (3 Years ago)
Cooper finished up his work gardening. He went back inside and began to roam the halls. He stumbled upon the hallway where all the royals seem to have met. He stayed off toward the side, waiting in case a royal needed something.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 17:24 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 18:18 (3 Years ago)
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 18:25 (3 Years ago)
"wHAT HAPPENED TO THE CODE?" They ran behind Noah and tried to catch up.
Posted: Sun, 06/12/2020 18:25 (3 Years ago)