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Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope gave Naida an apologetic smile as she pouted and gave a small wave to her friend before she turned to leave. Crow seemed to have caught her subtle glance, which made the knight smile more earnestly as she began to walk towards the exit of the Great Hall. She purposely walked at a slightly slower pace than usual to allow the viceroy to catch up with her easily. As she expected, he caught up to her quickly. Looking over at him, she nodded her head and gave him a small, hopeful smile.

"I did." she confirmed then paused, shifting her gaze around to make sure no one was close enough to over hear them. Satisfied that most around were involved in their own conversations and dinner she focused her gaze back on Crow. "I started looking into ways to help with your nightmare problem." she told him, lowering her voice as an added precaution.

"First off, I talked to Eldon today and he did have some...solutions." the knight let out a soft sigh. "A medicine of sorts that he basically explained to be similar to a painkiller in the way that they make you hallucinate. He also claimed drinking could help." She shook her head. "I was rather certain you wouldn't like either of those options so I didn't even bother taking the medicine... Especially considering you still have quite a few enemies around here." Perhaps under different circumstances that knight would have pushed for him to try the medicine but it was too risky. Fischbach was likely still lying in wait to try and target the former thief again.

Penelope looked up at him and gave him a small smile. "I think I'm onto something though. Eldon said there were others that refused his treatment that might have a different way of dealing with it. Actually, that's why I'm speaking to Tybalt tomorrow... Word seemed to have reached him about me asking around about such things and he wanted to go over some alternative options. It sounds like he might have something that could work for you."

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Sorry I'm so flakey right now ^^' I should be on most of today though if you're free! :)

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope smirked a little in amusement as Crow seemed to forget his etiquette and responded to her with a mouthful of food. The knight gave a small nod in agreement with her words though, after Naidai spoke up, she wasn't sure his usual tutor was a better option. At least Udolf wouldn't give him any bruises though so she supposed that was one plus side.

She gave a small nod in agreement with Naida's words as the princess mentioned how it likely wouldn't be as busy once he was done with training. She took a bite of her food, chewing thoughtfully. It was likely that things would slow down a bit after that, provided the king didn't have plans to send him out on some mission right away. Penelope hoped that wouldn't be the case even though she wasn't completely sure she wouldn't be returning to the warfront. As Crow turned to her, she was drawn out of her thoughts and gave him a small smile.

"Well, luckily I don't have guard duty every day so that certainly helps." Penelope mused with a shrug.

"Yeah once you're training's over you'll have more time and more of an actual life in the castle that isn't just all work." Naida chuckled.

Penelope nodded and drummed her fingers against the table for a moment before taking a couple more bites of her food. Her plans for the following day popped into her mind, wondering what Tybalt would tell her to help with Crow's nightmares. He claimed not to want to use Eldon's methods so the knight was hopeful. Her green gaze flickered across the table to look at Crow, feeling a hint of eagerness to tell him about her discoveries. Even though she had no solid answers yet, she hoped that by tomorrow she would.

Having finished her meal, she gave a small stretch and slowly rose to her feet. "I better head off. Tybalt wants to speak with me about something tomorrow morning." she mused to Naida while casting Crow a subtle look.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

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lol Finally back!

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope gave an amused look as Crow answered Naida's question. The knight wasn't too surprised to hear her father had been a bit rough on him. After all, John still didn't appear overly fond of him and from what she could remember about her own training with him, he was a bit of a tough teacher. Tough meaning he wouldn't hold back completely when striking a student. She could only assume it was a bit worse than usual though considering his rocky relationship with the former thief.

"Oh it can't possibly be that bad!" Naida laughed and looked over to her friend for confirmation.

"I don't know.. When I was old enough to begin training, I remember getting quite a few bruises from it." Penelope replied with a smirk. She crossed her arms over her chest, leaning back slight as she spotted the servants making their way over with their plates of food. She gave a polite dip of her head as the one placed her plate down in front of her. Next to her, she noticed Naida wait for the plates to be placed down before turning backed to Penelope while Preston tested Crow's food.

"Really? I would have thought he'd go easy on his children." Naida mused. "Plus considering Collin's title.."

"Clearly you haven't been around my father very much." Penelope gave a small laugh and shook her head. She looked across the table at Crow and casted him a subtle, knowing smile. "I'm sure he didn't go easy on you." The knight gave a small shrug and took a bite from her food.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Honestly I love reading those lol
I think my favorite ones to write are actually Penelope and Olivia/Gavin as well as Penelope and Cedric right now lol he's such a douche it's terrible but also fun to write xD

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope arrived at the Great Hall and began to look around for Crow. She soon spotted the viceroy sitting at one of the tables and smiled faintly as she made her way over to join him. The knight sat down across from him and casted him a small smirk. While eager to tell him that there was hope for dealing with his dreams, she also remembered that he had spent the day training with her father. "Well, I'm glad to see you survived training with my father." she mused. "Hopefully he wasn't too hard on you."

She was just about to go on to tell him about how she might be able to find a way to help him when an approaching figure caught her attention. She turned her head to see Naida making her way over to join them with a wide grin. The knight's smile wavered slightly. While she was glad to see her friend, she had been hoping to speak a bit privately with Crow at least for a moment. It's not like I have any answers for him yet anyways so I guess it's not a big deal.. she thought.

"Hope I'm not interrupting anything." Naida grinned as she slid in besides Penelope.

"Of course not." Penelope rolled her eyes at her friend. "We were just talking about how his lesson with my father went today."

Naida blinked and then turned to Crow. "Wait, you're being trained by John?" she asked curiously.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Same xD it's a fun cast lol

nice haha

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

Penelope spent the rest of the day asking various guards, mainly older ones, about having nightmares about their experiences on the warfront. Many shrugged her off and a few others told her to go speak with Eldon. A couple gave her strange looks and clearly seemed to look down on her for even mentioning the dreams. As the time for supper neared, she let out a long sigh and leaned back against the wall of the corridor near the Great Hall. Though she didn't want to give up, she had to admit it was looking less and less likely for her to be able to help Crow.

The knight frowned a little at the thought and crossed her arms over her chest. There had to be a way. There were a ton of knights that worked in the castle, perhaps she had just had an unlucky day of not being able to ask the right ones. Still, it made her wonder how long it would take to find the right ones.

"Ah, Vermillion."

Lost in her thoughts, she nearly didn't even notice someone approaching her. Penelope blinked and lifted her head to see Tybalt walking over to her. She was a bit confused what the captain of the guard needed with her, especially since he had already informed her of her guard shifts. As he reached her, she dipped her head respectfully and looked at him curiously.

"Did you need me for something, sir?" she asked.

"No... But I've heard word from a couple other guards that you've been asking around about how to deal with a certain type of... dream." Tybalt responded.

Penelope cringed slightly at his words, figuring that he was bringing it up due to her upcoming guard shifts. While she wasn't too worried about what others might had thought of her—even though she wasn't really the one having the nightmares—she hadn't consider how it might look when it came to her work. Tybalt was likely worried it'd effect her shifts. "Yes but I'm getting it under control so really it's nothing to worry about." she assured.

"So you're taking Eldon's medicines?"

"No I—"

"That won't do then." Tybalt sighed. He paused and glanced around the corridor before fixating his gaze back onto her. "I have matters to attend to now but tomorrow morning, meet me in the great hall for breakfast. We'll fix this issue."

"Ah but I'd rather not use Eldon's methods.. I prefer to be sober and alert." she said with a small frown.

"As any good knight should." Tybalt mused approvingly. "I won't make you use his methods. But there are other options I'd like to go over with you. I'll see you tomorrow morning. Don't be late, I won't wait." He added strictly before giving her a small nod and then walking off without waiting for a response.

The female knight stared after him and felt a bit of hope stir in her again. It seemed her asking around would pay off, even though it wasn't quite in the way she had previously assumed. Penelope was a bit disappointed she wouldn't be getting any solutions that day but at least she might have something tomorrow. She smiled to herself and then pushed herself off the wall as she made her way to the Great Hall for supper.

Let Me Steal Your Heart [BuzzingBee + Dagger]

I do to xD They're a very interesting pair lol