Hearing that breakfast would be on the road, Marianne paused in her happy skipping. Well, it [i]did[/i] make sense to eat food on the run, what with a war being waged. With that in mind, Marianne scanned the many carts available, eager to take the one that held her beloved fearless leader.

Spotting his sleeping form, she grinned widely and chose that one to settle in. Climbing into it, she was about to head for Jacob when something made her freeze. The sight of the princess placing his head between her lap and stroking it ever so gently caused a surge of malice to spike within the Dark Mage.

She was…stroking his hair like…like she was some kind of…Marianne understood that the two were siblings. And yet...were siblings supposed to act [i]that[/i] close? It was unnatural. Absurd even. Disgusting. She was touching [i]her[/i] fearless leader, [i]her[/i] kind, and smart, and devoted, and [i]interesting[/i] Jacob.

A crooked smile twisted itself onto Marianne’s lips and she approached the two resting royals uneasily.

[color=a187be]“Ah, good morning Miss Princess. I see you’re…taking good care of my fearless leader.”[/color]

As she said those words, a mild killing aura began to engulf her core, making the tension rise in the air. It took a good majority of her will and control to not strangle the princess or maybe perhaps toss her overboard right then and there. Instead, she remained with that oh so sweet smile of hers.

[color=a187be]“Eheh, while I understand that you two have had little contact with each other, do you have to be so [b][i]C.L.O.S.E.[/i][/b] to him? Frankly, it [b][i]bothers[/i][/b] me. A lot. Quite a lot actually. I hope you don’t mind if I politely ask you to [b][i]S.T.O.P.[/i][/b]”[/color]

Reaching into her dress pocket, she fumbled for one of her breakfast meal’s ingredients, eventually revealing the shard of glass stained with the reddish-black material.

[color=a187be]“If you stop now, I promise not to stuff this glass [b][i]down your throat[/i][/b] or jab it [b][i]through your nose[/i][/b], ok?”[/color]

She remained smiling.