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BELLARINO
Bellarino smirked at Kyuubee. Sure, pulling pranks never failed to amuse him…but why should he go to the work of setting them up when he had a perfectly capable servant right in front of him?! Besides, ordering people around was one of Bellarino’s favorite things to do.

He watched, eagerly anticipating the entertainment of watching Belladon fall prey to Kyuubee’s spell. When an obnoxious melody briefly sounded loudly throughout the hall he immediately checked his phone, a sinister smile on his face when he read the message. “Kyubunny, the loser is on his way, hurry up!” he warned, pocketing his phone.

To his surprise, the prince caught in the trap was not Belladon, but Belisario! Bellarino watched Belisario fall to the ground, like a complete moron, and begin to cry. He laughed at the scene before him, pleased with the turn of events. “Hahaha! You’re such a dumb bastard!” he jeered at Belisario.

When Kyuubee retrieved the rose, Bellarino felt smug once the flower rested in his hands. The plan was a success! He could not wait to show Belvedere and conjure up plans on how to best torment Bellerophon. But the prized rose would no remain in his hands for much longer. Bellarino heard body hit the floor with a thud and his eyes widened at the sight of his twin fallen amongst the trio. 

“Belvedere?! You stupid Kyubunny, what the hell did you do, fix him now!” he cried out, the flower forgotten as it slipped from his hands in his rush to Belvedere’s side. Unfortunately for Bellarino, common sense seemed to flee at the sight of his twin’s distress, and when he reached out to pull him up…Bellarino tripped over Belisario and ended up in the trap with them.

“What the fuck?! Kyubunny you’ll pay for this!” he shouted, the gross feeling of cold water enveloping him.

EVELINA
Evelina could have held back Bellarino back if she wanted to, but she could not resist watching the brat princes getting a taste of their own medicine. “Don’t speak, it activates the curse.” She informed more for Cordelia’s sake, but she had a feeling most of them would not hear her. Once she saw the protector begin to calm, Evelina eyed the fallen rose on the floor. The ridiculous rose had caused this entire scenario and Evelina decided it would be best to pretend she did not see it.

CORDELIA
Cordelia was surprised when she fell to the ground alongside the two princes.  The spell was simple, yet difficult to see through. She knew her magic was no match for Kyuberos; apparently it was the same for his brother. 

She panicked when she heard the distressed cries of both her charges and tried to bury her shame in allowing them to get caught in a prank. Thankfully her fellow protector brought her to her senses and Cordelia took a deep breath as she readied herself to prepare a counter spell, gripping her wand. She began to mutter a spell, steeling herself against the sensation of freezing water pouring over her, trying her best to ignore the effects as she continued her casting. She was unsure if the curse had deactivated on its own from the time limit, or if her spell was actually helpful, but she felt relieved when she no longer felt the water.

The curse’s removal did not seem to soothe the twin’s wrath, however. Cordelia grimaced as she heard Prince Bellarino, who was clinging to Prince Belvedere’s arms protectively, yelling at Kyuubee for letting them get caught in his prank. She sighed and turned to Prince Belisario, helping him up and apologizing profusely for allowing all of this to happen.

“I’m so sorry, Prince Belisario! Even if it was a simple prank, I should not have allowed things to escalate this far…”

VALEXANDER
“Hah? You mean…bullies?!” he asked alarmed. But before Valexander could demand their names so he could tell their mother to beat them up, Valalee’s next words halted his questions. He immediately felt relieved and gave her a reassuring smile. “Oh, you beat them up? That’s great! You’re so strong now, just like mom!” he exclaimed, proud of her winning a fight.

But his eyes once again caught sight of the mark on her cheek, and his worries resurfaced, along with new suspicions. Now that he saw it up close Valexander could recognize a burn; Belshazzar, after all, constantly hurt himself with his weird science experiments and his burns were some of the injuries Valexander saw frequently. “Okay, let’s go visit grandma! She should have some herbs to help that burn on your cheek.” He agreed.

Plus, he also wanted to avoid going home right away…with him getting arrested by that lame protector and running out of the house without warning…Oz help him he would be in so much trouble with their parents. “You might have to plan my funeral soon though…” he mumbled, and prepared to step forward, before pausing. Valexander turned his head in all directions before smiling awkwardly at his sister. “Haha hey sis how do we get to the shop from here?”

LAVELLE
Lavelle quietly stepped through the infirmary door, unable to hide the concern in her features over the entire situation. She had been standing outside the room monitoring the entrance until another guard finally arrived just now. “How is she?” She asked softly, gazing at Bellona. The queen seemed to have fallen asleep and Lavelle figured she must have been exhausted from recovering plus the endless amounts of concerned visitors. Lavelle had to personally escort Prince Arius away three times before he finally decided to leave after seeing Valiant arrive, believing she needed privacy with her brother. 

ABIEL
As soon as he stepped through the door, Madriel immediately addressed him and he could sense underlying paranoia in his words. Abiel nodded and tried his best to push down his own fear over their upcoming mission. With a flick of his wand he did a quick spell to assure they would not be overheard before he spoke, “Yes, the arrangements have been made and he’s already prepping the Cupcakes for their mission. Phase one has already begun. We just have to wait for phase two to begin.”

 Phase two, and their only remaining involvement with the plan, was escorting Noem and staging the attack. Phase three was Noem escaping the castle through the planned escape route, and it would be up to him alone to successfully reach phase four. The final phase is to find the Cupcakes at the meeting point and have them brought to Candiland in disguise. Abiel hoped the plan would go smoothly, but he knew things rarely ever do and dreaded having to deal with any complications.

“If there is nothing of concern to address, we can head to the cell now…”

JUDICAEL
From the Wizard Council building, Judicael stared wordlessly at the file in front of him. His signature was the death warrant for all those charged with execution. With slight hesitation in his fingers, Judicael scrawled his name across a dotted line and finalized the paperwork of the execution. His eyes looked back to the name of the damned written at the top of the paper: Noem Siran. 

He left Noem at the castle dungeons during his arrest; determining that it was too dangerous to immediately transfer him to the council building. A powerful wizard like him, not to mention his understanding of how the prison and restraints worked, would no doubt manage to escape his cell without extreme precautions. Judicael had to personally restrain him with magic draining cuffs to weaken him in order to prevent his escape. Once he was sufficiently weakened, Noem could be transferred to the execution site without high risk. Judicael believed that wizards strong enough to become the royal protectors of the king or queen would easily find a way to overpower any guards he assigned to them when imprisoned. Noem was no exception.

At the prince’s request, Judicael had assigned Bellerophon to be the executioner but he had not arrived to report in yet. Judicael frowned as he thought of the prince’s tardiness and sent him a short text, demanding an explanation. Before he could investigate further why Bellerophon was not present, his attention was shifted when he heard a knock on his office door. “Enter.” He called, and stared at the executioner who stepped into his room.

“Priest Symphony reported his completion of his duty, with no issues with the prisoner.” Explained his subordinate, and Judicael nodded as he listened to the remainder of the report but stopped them from leaving.

“Any news of Executioner Black’s whereabouts?” he asked, and frowned when he received a negative response. There was no answer on his phone, either. Once his subordinate left his office Judicael decided to send the message ‘Where is Prince Bellerophon?’ to Kyuberos instead. The execution would be delayed if Bellerophon was not present, but Judicael was hesitant to anger the prince by switching executioners.

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