[hr][center] [h3][color=PaleGreen]Princess Elaisse Hardin of Sliabh[/color][/h3]
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[color=PaleGreen][b]Location;[/b][/color] Kingdom of Abhainn
[color=PaleGreen][b]Interacting With;[/b][/color] Queen Mira {[@MissCapnCrunch]}, Prince Jaxton {[@Polaris North]}[/center]
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Elaisse found that she did not particularly mind the journey. She spent the first half of it sleeping against her brother’s shoulder before waking up and quietly sketching. Though that was a bit more difficult with the bumps. She was just glad she had managed to bring some materials in there with her.

[b][color=PaleGreen]“Of course, mother,”[/color][/b] Ela responded softly to the questions posed, meaning for it to be an answer to both as she barely glanced up from her drawing of a flower. She was trying to prepare herself for when they arrived. She knew that there would be a lot of people though hopefully she wouldn’t have to talk to many. The attention would be on her aunt after all. 

They stopped all too soon for her liking. She inclined her head slightly to show that she had heard her mother’s instructions and a forced a smile onto her lips. It was a bit shaky but she had enough practice at faking a smile. She scrunched her hands up in her dress as she exited the carriage and stuck close to Jaxton as he followed her out. Even with the attention not being on her there were far too people around. She could feel the familiar sense of panic rising but fought it down. Nobody would pay attention to her. She just had to stand there with her family and look respectable. That was something she could do.

She carefully smoothed out her dress as she calmed down, forcing herself to stay still and put her hands at her side. She urge to tug at her hair or continuing smoothing it was quite something but the sharp glances from her mother stopped her. So instead she turned to look at the nobles that were out to greet them. King Maddox was just like she’d been told – dashing and looking the part of the King. His charms didn’t invoke anything in Elaisse but it had clearly worked for her aunt. She was more curious about the younger royal anyway, the Prince who was close to Jaxton’s age. There wasn’t anything that stood out about him – but maybe that was a good thing. If he was flashy it would be harder for Elaisse to talk to him, at least. She caught his smile towards her and smiled back with a slight nod – it was nervous, but genuine. She then turned her attention to Amaranthea as her brother mentioned her.

[color=PaleGreen][b]“Oh, yes, that would be nice,”[/b][/color] Elaisse responded softly with the slightest hint of a blush. She only had a few memories of the handmaiden, but none of them were bad. The lady was even more beautiful than she remembered. [color=PaleGreen][b]“I’m glad there is someone our Aunt knows that will be staying with her.”[/b][/color]

She continued to watch the interaction curiously, tugging at a loose strand of hair when she was sure her mother wasn’t looking. She could still feel her initial nerves and knew they were unlikely to go away until they were somewhere quieter. She just hoped that this didn’t take too long.

[color=PaleGreen][b]“I’m not sure any kind of party will be better,”[/b][/color] Ela laughed quietly as her brother joked, covering her mouth slightly with her hand to make sure their parents didn’t overhear them. She doubted their mother would tolerate them wanting to leave. [color=PaleGreen][b]“I would quite like this to be over soon, though. Too many people. And it will be nice to look around somewhere we’ve never been.”[/b][/color]

Though she had forgotten there was likely to be some kind of celebration later in the evening. While it would be a good opportunity to talk to people individually it wasn’t something that appealed to Elaisse. It would just be more crowds. 

[color=PaleGreen][b]“I wonder if someone will show us around at some point,”[/b][/color] she added to Jaxton as an afterthought.