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The Crown
After countless numbers of Council and Embassy meetings, I prepare myself for the Kyngdom Coucil, where are the leaders and royalty of Kyngdom will be meeting in the East. I brush my fur, although it's not like I have hair like an anthro, and select a black halter gown with gold speckles along the bottom trim. It's simple, yet elegant, and although I'm not a big fan of dresses, I don't mind wearing this one. I then take the Crown. Taking a deep breath, I put it on. Master Nova used magic so that it would take the form of a tiara. It's pretty, and it shows me to be a queen of some sort, but it's also a risk. But it would be hard for any agent of Catastrophe or Catastrophe himself to tell that it was the Crown--after all, all other leaders and royalties will be wearing crowns and tiaras or other distinguishable items.
I take a deep breath and step out of my room, while my guards push past the crowd of people and I head to the large room where the Council is meeting.
(Is it possible that any Pur whoevers or anyone else will be here? That way we could also RP on here. Also, representatives will be here too, so if you guys represent a species or group of people, you are invited to attend.)
submitted by Mina
(July 11, 2017 - 11:48 am)
(July 11, 2017 - 11:48 am)
I look up, scanning the battlefield again. I'm afraid to look, but I know I have to.
Then my eye falls on a cat-like figure on the outskirts of the battlefield. They are hunched over, clutching something. It's Mina.
I slowly move away from Kristjan, and his arm falls to his side. He waits before following me, keeping his distance.
As I get closer to Mina, I see that she is clutching a piece of fabric that looks like a cloak. She looks up when I get near and her face is twisted into a mask of grief and pain.
No, not Mina. Don't let her suffer like this. Oh Celesti no.
I reach her and crouch down next to her. I know that she doesn't want to cry, doesn't want to show weakness. So I will for the both of us.
I put my arm around her and begin singing one of the parting songs I know. I've known it since I was a baby, but I don't know how. I've had to sing it several times, each one a new heartache. But this time I am singing it for someone else's grief.
My voice is awful, and I'm half-crying while I sing, but I keep going. If I stop, then I know that I will break.
I wish it didn't have to be this way.
(October 23, 2017 - 7:18 pm)
I love Sprocket. She’s one of my dearest friends.
But I can’t stand singing.
Shadow, Sprocket, Leva. They all had that problem. Did they really think the singing would make the hurt go away? It works on other people, but I have a heart made of stone.
I push her away and jolt up, walking away slowly, still clutching his cloak. She had Kristjan to go to. I don’t have anyone. Where is Baron? Where are my sisters?
Why did it have to end this way?
(October 23, 2017 - 9:33 pm)
I watch Mina walk away. Note: no more singing. People must hate it as much as I do.
Kristjan comes up and takes my hand. His head is down, and neither of us talk.
She needs to be alone, I project into Kristjan's head. It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and I drew away from his thoughts as quick as possible.
As I expect, he stiffens and whirls to face me. His eyes are wide, and he's shaking slightly.
"Sprocket-" he croaks.
"Yes, Kristjan," I say wearily. "I'm a vamp."
I bare my teeth slightly at him, showing sharper canines.
He walks over to a tree and slides down it. I sit down next to him.
"There's a lot I need to tell you about," I say, breaking the silence.
"You're dang right about that," Kristjan says. "Why don't you start now?"
(October 24, 2017 - 7:29 am)
Sprocket sighs.
"This is going to take a while."
She starts at the beginning. Making Cobalt, getting involved with Elliot. Becoming a vampire. With each new addition to her story I am astonished that so much could have happened to her while so little happened to me.
The cleanup continues on. We watch, each of us living the past as Sprocket tells us. In some parts it sounds like she might cry, like when they froze her arm.
But she doesn't. I know Sprocket. She doesn't like to show weakness. Including today, I've seen her cry three times. The first was when I met her.
She finishes her story and I whistle.
"And to think that while I was making swords, you were fighting to save a city."
I laugh slightly, then move slightly to face her.
"Why did you sing? I know you hate it." My question hangs in the air.
Sprocket clears her throat and then begins.
"Ever since I thought you died, I've been singing the parting song you taught me. You don't know how I felt when I couldn't find your body and sing the song for you. The one thing you had asked me to do, and I thought I had failed it."
She laughed slightly.
"I guess Mina and I both loathe it."
(October 24, 2017 - 5:26 pm)
Nygrune~
I spot General Mina standing alone on the battlefield, so I head over. My vision spell is still in effect. I notice that she doesn't look happy, but I'm pretty sure that's normal.
"General Mina--you're injured!"
She exhales sharply, somewhere between a laugh and a hiss. I dig a healing spell out of my satchel. My voice continues to form words, and I let it.
"Let me help you. We can't have you wounded, even minorly. This is one of my stronger spells. I'll leave you be in a moment. Here, it won't hurt."
"Stand down," she begins, but I've already released the spell. Swirls of golden light expand from the wound, a little aesthetic touch of mine. The General looks down at it, probably annoyed. I take a step back.
~End RP. Was that okay? It just kinda happened. It got me wondering, though, what's Nygrune's position in the Resistance?
(October 25, 2017 - 7:35 pm)
Also, I'm guessing it's early morning of the 24th or 25th of September now, probably two-ish.
(October 25, 2017 - 7:39 pm)
Wait, since when was I injured? And Mina isn’t as mean as everyone thinks, she’ll accept help if she needs it. Only in special circumstances she won’t. Please keep that in mind.
(October 26, 2017 - 8:13 am)
Earlier on this thread! Page 10, Baron said you needed to go to the medical tent, though you told him you were only nicked. A poisoned arrow to the shoulder, if I remember correctly. Also, while looking, I saw that you gave the crown to Ronan and transformed into a human (redhead) and have wind and light powers.
(October 26, 2017 - 6:54 pm)
It barely got the shoulder. And it would have healed by then. I specifically compared it to the poisons SOCS gave me for a reason. My body has become immune to half of them. And correction, I didn’t give the Crown to Ronan. I actually have him a decoy, if you read that. Also, I’m not sure if I currently am using the wind and light powers, but I’m honestly too tired to go back and look.
(October 26, 2017 - 7:36 pm)
It's only been half a night, and it was poisoned. Unless you have strong magic speed-healing powers too, that's going to take a few days to get better on its own. And regular poison can still kill you, or at least make injuries worse. This wasn't necessarily a poison you're immune to. But either way, Nygrune saw blood and reacted accordingly, and I just want to make sure I wasn't controlling.
(October 27, 2017 - 7:01 am)
I get that, but I go to bed at 10:00 or 11:00 because of homework and projects, and wake up at 6:00 for school, so please be careful not to determine how my schedule is too much. And I made a comment because you were controlling how Mina reacted. And actually, she is genetically modified, so she is not affected by all poisons. Thank you for attempting to understand. :)
(October 27, 2017 - 10:19 am)
I think she meant half a day in Kyngdom, right?
(October 27, 2017 - 9:14 pm)
Yes.
(October 28, 2017 - 9:00 am)
Oh hey, I get up before the sun rises and go to sleep long after it sets, too. But that's not what I meant. I know she's immune to some poisons--unless you mean all of them? That seems a little OP... Anyway. I'm sorry for controlling; I assumed she would wave him off because of how she responded to Baron. So, how would she have reacted, then?
(October 28, 2017 - 9:06 am)
Oh okay, just the way you worded it sounded like that. And I never said she was immune to all poisons, only a few. Okay? And she would have tiredly reacted and just let Nygrune heal her, not paying much attention to it. After all, she doesn’t have enough energy to fight him, she doesn’t want to waste her time doing that.
(October 28, 2017 - 10:12 am)