[center][color=9e0b0f][b][h2]House Tallurian[/h2][/b][/color]
[color=9e0b0f]Meliri Tallurian & Visia Tallurian[/color], [color=0076a3]Alexia Valian[/color], [color=ed1c24]Alais Duvard[/color]
[color=9e0b0f]Royal Palace, Old Rianis, Tellaria
05.04.1200 AU[/color][/center]

“Oh come on Visia, it'll be fun. Haven't you ever wanted to get out and see what things are really like without the guards?” The red haired girl in a red and white dress looked across the table in the archives at the identical face of her sister, an identical face that was currently frowning at her.

“No, and I'm busy.” The other girl pointed to the large book in front of her. “I'm studying. You know, like you should be. Just because mother's away doesn't mean we stop following the rules.”

But the first girl looked and her sister and shook her head as if disappointed. “That's exactly what it means! Avalia is in charge and she won't even notice, she's too busy trying to be Queen.” It was however clear that her pleas were falling upon deaf ears however and after another minute of failed attempts to convince Visia, Meliri gave up. Visia was such a stick in the mud lately, but Visia was just the first person on Meliri's list. She had a plan...

But, where Meliri had failed, she’d also succeeded. Alais emerged from behind a bookshelf in a whirl of curly pigtails, having heard Meliri’s plot to escape the confines of the castle. 

“I, on the other hand,” she proclaimed, “have all the time in the world! I’ll tag along as usual, Mel.” She gave Visia a disappointed look and added, “These tomes will always be here when we come back.” She stuck a book as wide as her torso back into the shelf and skipped to her friend’s side.  

Well that was a pleasant surprise and the disappointed Meliri’s face lit up again. “See Visia, you’re going to miss something fun!” She called to her sister, but Visia just lifted her book up and seemingly ignored her. It would be good to have Alais along as she was mostly game for adventures even if she was constantly mooning after Morion these days, and Meliri knew she could get Alexia to come along. She even knew where to find her.

There wasn't much green in Rianis, there wasn't really any ground or soil for things to grow on atop the waters of the lake, but there was one place where a lone plot of soil remained. The garden in the palace. Meliri made her way to it and began to look around, it wasn't big and normally Alexia wasn't hard to fi… Ah there she was.

Meliri ran up behind her friend and wrapped her arms around her in a hug. “Hi!” she called out cheerfully afterwards as she let go again. “Do you want to go on an adventure?”  

There was a high-pitched yelp from the black-haired girl as she found her current activity, a sort of meditation, interrupted by her friend’s sudden appearance in the gardens. Alexia Valian didn’t really have a proper response to Meliri’s surprise antics as she found herself utterly flabbergasted as she lost her complete train of thought. This however was not really surprising behavior for Meliri, who had always had this sort of spontaneity about her and despite living the majority of her life in Rianis, Alexia had found herself surprised consistently when she knew Meliri could’ve been around the corner planning out some way to jump her and scream ‘adventure’. 

“M-M-Meliri! You cannot sneak up on me like this!” She half-stammered as a reply.

“Why not?” The red haired girl asked as she cocked her head to the side slightly and smiled in that winning way she had.

“W-Well for one thing, it’s kind of…. impolite? What if I was doing something important?”

“Were you?” She sounded genuinely curious and her expression was a bit less radiant than. “Why is everyone so busy?” 

Alexia bit her lip as she wondered if she had upsetted Meliri with her response to her sudden presence. She liked Meliri’s company quite well and she didn’t want to disappoint her by rebuffing her aspirations for entertainment. “Well… no, not really. I can meditate anytime, I suppose…” 

“Well then…” Meliri seemed to bounce back from whatever brief flash of disappointment had manifested as her smile returned. “Do you want to go on an adventure?” She repeated her earlier question. “Come on, it’ll be fun! I promise.”

“In the castle? Like, are you going to try to sneak into the dungeons again? That didn’t work out so well last time...” Alexia half-heartedly commented as she recalled the incident; though to be air it had been the [i]worst[/i] incident that the girls had gotten rounded up into doing. She still remembered the scolding the Queen of Tellaria handed out personally, refusing to allow such dalliances go unlectured. Did they want to risk the same consequence again?

“Okay…” Meliri paused as she kicked at the ground a bit at the mention of that particular ‘adventure’. “But that was the exception! You can’t tell me that you haven’t had fun almost every other time.” 

Alexia nodded, she did have a good degree of fun in these kind of situations despite the lectures that came afterwards but it wasn’t for the reasoning of enjoying Meliri’s absurd activities either. Though she still didn’t really enjoy the end results of these [i]adventures[/i] as her friend called them. The Valian girl was a honored guest and she knew very well that anything she did reflected on House Valian as a whole. How was she supposed to be on her best behavior when Meliri was just so convincing though?

“Alright.” She stated, albeit defeatingly. 

With the confirmation that Alexia would be coming Meliri’s face lit up again in a radiant smile as she spoke again in what was half a cheer. “Yay!” A few seconds later. “I think you’re going to really like this one. It’s right up your alley.” Meliri nodded enthusiastically. “And Alais is coming too!”

“Mel can’t go on an adventure by herself!” Alais said, stepping out from behind Meliri. “...and if she did she would never get away with it....” she teased. “I think you’d be better off meditating [i]after[/i] we get scolded.”

Alexia wanted to say something about Meliri avoiding consequence being wrong but she decided not to interject. 

“Exactly! And mom is away so Avalia is in charge. We might not even get in trouble this time.” Meliri’s infectious smile stayed on her face. “And I promise, no dungeons or smelly tunnels. No getting scolded for dirty clothes!” 

Alexia looked at the two with a quizzical expression; had they lost their minds? “[i]Might[/i]? I don’t like where this is going.”

But clearly at this point Meliri had decided it was time to set out on whatever adventure she had planned as she took her friend’s hands and half leading them set off, talking as she did so. “We should be okay this time Alexia, don’t worry.” She spoke in what was doubtless meant to be a reassuringly upbeat way. “Alais isn’t worried, right Alais?” Meliri glanced towards the other girl as she asked.

The Duvard shook her head, grinning. “I only worry if I have to,” she chimed. “Although, you still haven’t told us where we’re going.”

“Shhh” the red haired girl replied, “It’s a secret.” She teased before laughing and continuing. “We are going to the shore by ourselves, no guards to stifle the fun!”

“The shore!” Alais exclaimed. “I’ve always wanted to go there, since I first came to Tellaria. It’s so romantic!” she floated after Meliri, visions of warm sands and glistening water in her head.

Alexia’s eyes widened a bit by the suggestion. [i]No guards?[/i] The idea that Meliri had concocted a way to get around the royal guard assigned to make sure they didn’t get into trouble was a worrying precedent. Still in a bit of disbelief as the Xandrian girl found herself led down what felt like the twisting hallways of the castle. 

“How?” She murmured, finally.

“We take my boat.” The Tallurian chimed happily as if that answered everything. It was common knowledge that she often went out on the lake, though that didn’t really answer how they were going to dodge having to take a guard along with them.  “Don’t worry Alexia. I’ve got a plan.” She gave her friend’s hand a reassuring squeeze.

“You always have a plan…” Alexia muttered under her breath.

“Of course I do.” Meliri chimed out happily as the group emerged from one hallway only to find their way blocked by a figure who perfectly mirrored their leader. Meliri for her part took it in stride. “So you are going to come too after all? 

And her twin nodded after a long moment. “Someone has to keep you from being too crazy.” But Visia was smiling, even if it looked somewhat reluctant as she said it. And then, the group of girls, now four strong set off once more upon a grand adventure.

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Collab between myself, Gowi, and Aristo