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Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope's just used to it at this point XD

Nice lol
Ok cool! That sounds good. I was thinking that or the father could have been one of Albin's main supporters when he first took to the throne since it would open up the viceroy position
And yeah I could definitely see them doing that xD
I'm good either way too actually lol I don't mind creating them if you want.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

As they walked, Penelope listened as Crow recounted various stories. She enjoyed hearing him talk about his past experiences, both because she usually found them to be entertaining to some degree as well as because they made her feel closer to him. As a plus, it even seemed to cheer the thief up by the time they reached Wellspring as they spoke about his childhood memories. As the inn came into view the knight couldn't help but feel a bit relieved to see it. She was rather tired after a long day of walking and was glad they had no trouble in getting a room.

She stepped into the room after Crow and closed the door behind her. Turning to see the thief collapse on the bed, she smirked in amusement and shook her head at his dramatic words. She began to take off her armor for the night and let out a small chuckle. "Well, on the bright side you probably won't be traveling anywhere for awhile after this." she pointed out. Setting her armor down neatly, she moved to sit down at the edge of the bed to take her boots off. Once she had, she went ahead and did the thief a small favor by slipping his boots off for him as well, seeing as he had just flopped onto the bed without doing so first.

With that done, Penelope shifted onto the bed and crawled up next to him, laying down on her side so she was facing him. "On the downside though, most of your job will be traveling so I'm afraid you won't be able to just sleep sleep forever." she pointed out to him with a small sigh.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope enjoyed that xD

Also I had a small idea that could come up during their time at the castle cx I was thinking we could introduce a character who was aiming to be the next viceroy. (I have a small idea that he actually doesn't care that much about the position but his father does so that's why he acts upset about it.. Sorta like a Draco Malfoy situation if you've ever been into Harry Potter lol)

I figure those two could really be trying to get Crow out of the position (trying to catch him stealing and such the most probably). I was also thinking they might target Penelope (and maybe Preston too??) once she starts hanging around him more at the castle. They'd figure they couldn't go after Crow or Naida since he's got the king's favor and she's a princess so the next best option would be the lower ranking friends for information xD

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope returned his smile and nodded her head, glad that he seemed to like her idea. The knight leaned into him slightly as he held her closer only to be caught off guard as he suddenly kissed her passionately. She blinked in surprise but quickly eased into the kiss, closing her eyes and wrapping her arms around him as she kissed him back. Her heart began to beat excitedly in her chest at his touch.

As he pulled back, she returned his dazed grin with a smile and gave a soft giggle at his words. "Well, I certainly didn't mind it." she mused, reaching to brush a loose strand of hair out of his face. Penelope grinned as he pressed a few more kisses to her cheek and nose. At his words, she gave a small nod of agreement, however, not being eager to put distance between them again, she leaned in a touched another kiss to his lips.

"We better get going then." she said as she pulled back. Releasing him from her embrace, the knight moved to get up to her feet, stretching a bit as she prepared for the long walk ahead of then. Penelope turned back to Crow and offered her hand to him. "Ready?" she asked.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Aww cute cx
Penelope would definitely be supportive of that move cx

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope smiled and nodded as Crow insisted on helping out as well. She figured the thief would want to pitch in as well, after all she was certain his care for the outer villages greatly outweighed her own. Even though he was leaving them, they'd always be part of him since it was where he was born and raised. She looked ahead as they reached his childhood home and stepped inside as he held the door open for her.

Her gaze swept over the inside of home. It felt a bit strange to be visiting it in broad daylight after having usually seeing it during the night. Penelope watched Crow as he stepped over to the bed and sat down. Walking over to join him, her gaze briefly fell on a tear in the mattress that he was looking at. The knight was a bit curious where it had come from but she didn't get a chance to ask as he spoke up again.

"I suppose so." she agreed with a small shrug. She stepped in front of him and leaned down to press a kiss to his forehead before moving to sit down besides him on the bed. "I see no reason to hurry to a conclusion though. I'm sure you'll figure out what to do with it eventually." Penelope leaned back on the palms of her hands and looked over a few holes she noticed in the decaying home. "We could even plan to fix it up a bit before you make any final decisions."

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

A reasonable thing to be upset about XD

meanwhile penelope's really excited to go back to her original plans lol

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope looked over at Crow and gave a small shrug. "I'm not sure you'll just be able to order physicians out here as you'd like too but your title will certainly care some weight." she mused. An eager glint sparked in her gaze and she smiled at Crow. "But that's exactly why I need to get started on organizing my plan to get help out here. The villagers might not be able to afford to pay for a healer but a noble or two easily could."

Her gaze swept over the village as her expression turned a bit more serious. "I want to help as much as I can out here and not just with repairing damage from the war." she sighed then gave a determined smile at Crow. "If I can get enough people involved and raise enough gold, I'm sure we could convince a physician or two to visit the outer villages.. Perhaps even take on an apprentice or two during their time out there so that the villagers have a healer of their own to turn to when the physician ultimately returns to the inner kingdom."

She shrugged her shoulders. The knight had a few ideas already brewing on how to achieve that but first off, it was going to take quite a bit of gold. Penelope had been saving away her coins before she left with her battalion so that they'd have a reasonable starting point. However, it still wasn't enough. After all, one noble alone couldn't afford to fix one outer village let alone all of them. She still held onto her belief that she'd find others who cared enough to contribute as well as convince those that didn't.

"I'll figure it out somehow... I'm hopefully that we might even get the king to see reason in at least some form of change." she mused with a sigh as she looked ahead as they neared his old, worn down home.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Nice xD

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope gave a small nod as he replied and was about to return to glancing around the village when he nudged her. Turning back to him, her gaze followed his gesture over to the farmers reclining in the shade and swept her gaze over the boy he had pointed out. The knight listened as he recounted being help by the family and others during his childhood. While it was warming to hear how the villagers looked after each other, it was also saddening to know orphaned children weren't an uncommon occurrence.

Though Crow seemed to be looking back fondly on the memory, it was difficult for the knight to imagine bouncing around various households with no familial ties. Sure her family wasn't always the most loving, or accepting at times, but she at least still had them and a home with them. Still, she could understand the gratefulness he must have felt towards the villagers that helped him survive while he was still young.

"Hearing about how everyone takes care of each other out here never ceases to amaze me." she mused, glancing at passing villagers. It certainly wasn't an aspect that one would be able to find amongst nobles. Of course, orphaned children weren't very common. If there was a case where a child lost their parents at a young age, usually they had other family to go to and gold to fall back on. However if a child was truly alone, she doubted anyone would help care of them, aside perhaps from the servants of the household.

Penelope looked up at Crow and smiled at him. "Hopefully Hazel can help make orphans a less common occurrence around here... And if that medicine from the court physician really works as well as he thinks it will, we can figure out a way to get it to Hazel and the people here." she added on an optimistic note.