[quote=@PaulHaynek] "[color=0072bc]HA! I knew it! I knew there was something in the Lapen Mountains! Thinks always told me there's nothing there! Oh, the look on his face![/color]" [/quote] Tristyn tried his best not to show his amusement at the outburst, but he had to admit that it was quite an interesting display. He certainly wasn't able to look away from that. [color=a187be]"Erm, yes, I don't know who that is, but that is a common assumption. It would have been a problem if we were actually detected at any point over the course of maybe hundred years, so there are a lot of precautions in place to prevent that..."[/color] He cleared his throat, not really wanting to get into the finer details at the moment. There was plenty to deal with here first. [quote=@PaulHaynek] "[color=0072bc]You should feel honored. To be in the company of the Queen of the Moon Kingdom herself for an unknown number of days. You better make my stay here pleasant alright?[/color]" "[color=0072bc]Say, is there any way for me to send a message to the outside? I mean, it's undesirable if my knights attacked you on sight right?[/color]" [/quote] [color=a187be]"Um...possibly. I-it would be worse if they even managed to get that close, to be honest, b-but maybe..."[/color] He trailed off and fell silent as he let what she had just said sink in. [color=a187be]"W-what? I...I thought...Q-queen?"[/color] [color=a187be]"...Oh gods. I kidnapped the queen." "I kidnapped the Moon Kingdom's queen!"[/color] As if the world had suddenly crashed down around him, he began clutching at his head with wide eyes staring at nothing and stumbled backwards a few steps. His breathing quickened to the point where it really shouldn't have been very effective and he found himself kneeling with his face turned toward the ground, journal forgotten beside him. [color=a187be]"Oh gods, oh gods! I messed up! There's actually an army coming...I didn't know she was queen already...I thought it was the princess...not much better, but at least it's not the ruler...oh gods, so many political issues, what if market prices increase...Why, just why..."[/color] The young man kept muttering, the words coming out faster and faster until they blurred together between ineffective breaths.