Edarial is nine, and he's avoiding his mother again.
Exploring the palace gets old after a while, but the library's even worse, and he suspects that if he spent any more time in his room, he'd scream. So, exploring the palace it is. Berathyme's with him, anyway, so the palace won't be so boring. She tends to make observations he didn't notice himself, and that's always interesting, if not always useful. Corridor, corridor, guest rooms, oh yes that is the closet with all of the uncomfortably looking coats, he'd forgotten about that one. Berathyme observes that they've been used relatively recently, some poor souls must have suffered - and then he opens a door and there's something he doesn't recognize.
He stares at the bar in confusion, consults briefly with Berathyme, and then wanders in.
What exactly is going on here?
she_sells_seashells
She blushes, and briefly puts her face on his shoulder.
Then she stands on her tiptoes to kiss him again.
royal_obligation
Oh, good! He was a little worried, there, but this is a good end result. Kisses!
royal_obligation
Yeah, those are nice.
"You want this, too?" he clarifies, when there is a brief break in kissing. Stupid, he knows, but - making sure it's not for the door or Zevros is important.
"You want this, too?" he clarifies, when there is a brief break in kissing. Stupid, he knows, but - making sure it's not for the door or Zevros is important.
royal_obligation
"Good."
And now there can be more kisses! Hurray, the best solution for everyone!
And now there can be more kisses! Hurray, the best solution for everyone!
she_sells_seashells
It doesn't even particularly matter if Zevros decides to let them go anytime soon. They are quite occupied here.
royal_obligation
Quite happily occupied!
(The door's barricade is gone. It has been for a while now. Zevros is a ninja. A creepy spying rose petal throwing ninja.)
(The door's barricade is gone. It has been for a while now. Zevros is a ninja. A creepy spying rose petal throwing ninja.)
she_sells_seashells
But eventually it's dark and chilly and she tries the door again, shivering.
It opens! Hurray.
"...Now what?"
It opens! Hurray.
"...Now what?"
royal_obligation
It's something of a pity that just about every reply he can think of requires quite a lot of vocabulary that she doesn't have yet.
He goes with the one that doesn't. This involves holding her hand.
"I don't know. But I want - this."
He goes with the one that doesn't. This involves holding her hand.
"I don't know. But I want - this."
royal_obligation
"And you're cold."
Obvious solution: cuddles. Does she want to cuddle?
Obvious solution: cuddles. Does she want to cuddle?
she_sells_seashells
There is further kissing.
Eventually, there is enough vocabulary for Shell Bell to suggest very shyly that he could marry her and be king that way.
And Shell Bell looks lovely in a crown.
Eventually, there is enough vocabulary for Shell Bell to suggest very shyly that he could marry her and be king that way.
And Shell Bell looks lovely in a crown.
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