Masquerade - These Masks We Wear

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

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After Masquerade ends - Guard will have to leave eventually - is there any interest in me writing out every few days what happens to Caden and Riva? I'll be writing it anyway, it would be cool to post it. I wouldn't post it here, I'd make another thread. 

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

5 minutes ago, DramaQueen said:

Leina began walking away, hoping that Wendy would follow. "So, how long have you been working here?"

"A month or so? Not incredibly long."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

1 hour ago, Zephrun's Imperium said:

"Alright, fine. If you don't tell me what you're doing, I won't find the sword for you. I will not aid any evil mission."

Umbra shrugged. "I mean, I'm not going to force you to do it." She put her feet back up on the desk. "You don't have to collect your birthright, gaining the indisputable power to rule and the power to deal with any who dispute its indisputability. You don't have to bring your brother back from the dead. You could forget all about this and live out however much of your life you have left before those in power do to you what they've done to all your ancestors. It's all your choice."

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Get the sword, and this woman won't be able to do whatever evil thing she might have in store. You could stop her. You could make everything orderly and right. You could bring Darrin back... 

"I'll plan a meeting with the king and try to find it. And... maybe I do want that spike after all."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Just now, Zephrun's Imperium said:

Get the sword, and this woman won't be able to do whatever evil thing she might have in store. You could stop her. You could make everything orderly and right. You could bring Darrin back... 

"I'll plan a meeting with the king and try to find it. And... maybe I do want that spike after all."

Umbra shrugged and closed her eyes. "Make sure you can focus when you use it. If you die, it's not my fault."

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"If I die?!"

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

1 hour ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"A month or so? Not incredibly long."

Leina nodded. "Is it... always as awful here as it seems to be now?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Certainly can be, but not always."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

13 hours ago, Zephrun's Imperium said:

"If I die?!"

"If the king has you executed. Although if you take the spike that shouldn't be a problem."

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Maverick sighed. “I already said I’d take the spike,” he said through gritted teeth.

Edited August 10, 2021 by Zephrun's Imperium

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

16 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Certainly can be, but not always."

"Sounds like most places. I just... I left my home in the hopes of finding somewhere better. I thought working in a palace would be some glamorous experience, but..." A lump caught in her throat. "The terrible people are there, no matter what. The ones who hurt other people to get what they want, and don't even care about the consequences."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Allivia's a nutcase. I don't know how she happened to exist here."

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

"She's...far worse than most I've met. But that doesn't change the fact that terrible people exist no matter what."

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

22 hours ago, Zephrun's Imperium said:

Early that morning, Nicolae stirred, waking. The effects of a hangover made his head feel like a marsh; stuffy, wet, and humid, crowded with fog. It was miserable and the deep gash on his torso did nothing to ease that. For a moment he lay half in dreamland, suspended in misery, unsure why other than the nebulous idea that this was what he deserved. As he emerged into wakefulness, however, memories began to return, last of all his conversation with Fischer. The memory - clouded by alcohol as it was - felt far away and formless. 

The light peaked through the Praetorium guard's eyes as Fischer tried to stifle and yawn. The side of the table that he had been leaning against dug into his side until he groaned and shifted. When he did, he saw Nico stirring and sat up immediately, trying to blink away the sleep that tried to hang onto his eyes. "Nico, are you awake?" Fischer whispered softly, trying to keep it low enough to avoid waking the man up if he were asleep.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"Yessir." Nicolae groaned, trying to sit up.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

1 hour ago, Zephrun's Imperium said:

Maverick sighed. “I already said I’d take the spike,” he said through gritted teeth.

Umbra let out a snore.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

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Wait, a snore? Like she's asleep?

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

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Yep. The Shade Knight will show Maverick out.

 

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

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HEATHER ALBANY SNORES, EVERYONE

"Are you... Is she asleep?" Mav sighed, shifting Forge to his other arm. "Not even going to stay awake to talk to someone. Rude..." 

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

8 minutes ago, Zephrun's Imperium said:

"Yessir." Nicolae groaned, trying to sit up.

"Woah," Fischer lifted his hand to stop Nico. "Ya still need some rest, not even the general could shrug off somethin' like tha'."

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Nico winced, putting a hand on his stomach. There was a bandage around his torso and putting his hand there suddenly made him hyper-aware of his shirtlessness. He blushed.

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

"Oh calm down," Fischer said with an eyeroll, "I've seen more shirtless men ven I can coun'." Despite his words, he made it a point to keep his eyes only on Nico's face.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Nico pulled the blanket up anyway, panting slightly. Trying to sit up had been a mistake and he was now in quite a great deal of pain. "I'd ask ya not to tell Wendy I's 'ere, but she'll figure it ou' 'ventually. She'll be... worried."

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

"Wha's be'ween you two?" Fischer asked, raising an eyebrow.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"We's really just friends. Good friends, but, I doesn't like her like that." He paused. "I... didna say otherwise las' night, did I?"