Raptra

Ban the Person above you

Banned because all you need is love.

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"If you're not going to eat sit down until the others are done." The guard growl. It wasn't his job to make them cooperate. His job was to keep them from killing each other and escaping.

@KatherinWinter

Who was he addressing? I just want to make sure.

The Job af the Assassin and Life of the Prince

The noble woman and the prince parted, and as the former made her way down another hallway of her home, she ran into Eliezer's trusted knight. He addressed her with a "My lady," and attempted to walk past her, but she stopped him.

"Sir Hildebrand, was it?"

"Yes, my lady," he responded, curious as to what she wanted him for.

"I assume that you are aware of Prince Eliezer's recent affairs?"

Hildebrand wondered what this was leading to as the lady seemed troubled, but he did not wish to give away any information that Eliezer had trusted him to keep confidential. "Yes, is there anything regarding His Highness that worries you, my lady?"

Adelina looked at him with a tense expression. "He has told me everything, Sir Hildebrand. I know about his affiliation with the Moon Raven and the Lunarian assassins. Having known him for as long as I have, I am currently struggling to believe that this is all true. There is also now something about him that perplexes me. This is regarding his demeanor. We... had an exchange this morning, and for the first time, he raised his voice at me. I was hoping that you could shed some light on all of this."

The knight was slightly stunned. "I'm... sorry to hear that, my lady. I do agree that this is very unlike him. However..."

"However?" The noblewoman cocked her head at him, before sighing and thoughtfully looking away. "It was always rather surreal being around Eliezer as we were growing up. He was never upset or angry. He never cried, or shouted at anyone in temper. It was pleasant, but strange. He never laughed either, and he hardly ever had a smile on his face. It was like being around a plank of wood. When I saw that bit of emotion leave him this morning, it was... refreshing, I've never seen him so..."

"Human?" Hildebrand finished, before nodding. "I believe that this is the Moon Raven's doing. She has given him a heart."

"So they are in love then," Adelina stated, and then shook her head. "She's an assassin. Eliezer might have found his heart, but he has lost his mind."

Hildebrand immediately regretted letting that slip, but he did not show it. "On the contrary, my lady, His Highness's mind was never his own until recently. Now that he knows the truth, he desires to do what is right for Dainia. He is making decisions that he believes will benefit those he cares about. The people deserve to know the truth."

Concern was written on Adelina's face. "As far as I am aware, this would be the first time that Eliezer is acting on his own. I sincerely hope he succeeds in achieving what he intends to."

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Eliezer returned to his guest room to find that Raven was gone. He was afraid of her wandering about the estate and getting spotted by its guards or residents for a second, though, recalling what Raven was like, he relaxed, thinking that she would probably know how to keep herself hidden. He only hoped that she would not try to do something insane like find Adelina and speak to her by herself. He felt guilty that he had not told the noblewoman about Raven being in her home yet, but he did not know how he was going too. Adelina was already flustered enough with the information she had, and he was certain that she was not going to react well to finding out that a deadly assassin was on her property. He had to speak to somebody, but even his knight was not present at the moment.

Word association Game!

Colorful

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Blake was once again, rather amused when both the guard and the dark-haired girl responded to Blair's comment about a blanket in a serious matter. Miss 'Do not get in my way' attempted to elaborate on what she meant, but he could not help but feel that something was off about everything else she was saying. Shaming someone else for having no teamwork skills while admitting that one is also the same was sort of asking for it. When Blair addressed him again, he nodded with a contemplative smile.

"You're probably right. Thanks for the advice, that is quite sweet of you, but I can't be protected forever. It's better for me to learn more about the two of you here and now, than at some place and time that's less... convenient. After all, as pointed out several times already, we're going to have to work together."

Blake put his glass down as the girls resumed their argument. There they go again... He was certain that this animosity was going to continue throughout their training and eventually, the missions they would be assigned. It was not as if either of them seemed to have a soft spot for him for that matter, but the two were clearly rivals. He glanced over to one of the guards, shooting a nonverbal signal that nothing good was going to come out of letting this continue any longer.

@Always @KatherinWinter

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@Shadow Dragon@Raptra@Always made some changes to the description in the first post. Take a look at tell me what you think.

@KatherinWinter

Yep, it's alright.

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Blake had thought that he had lost the dark-haired girl's interest once again when she directed her attention to Blair. The two had another hostile exchange, and he was not expecting the former to address him right after. He wondered what was going on in her mind. He could not determine her feelings and intentions from what she was saying, because she seemed to be everywhere. Was she even aware of how she currently sounded, or was she trying to confuse them? He took a sip from his glass before looking at her with genuine curiosity.

"Where do you stand, exactly? I remember you just implying that you didn't want us in your way."

He then shrugged when he heard Blair comment on what he had to say in response to the other girl. He was unsure if she knew what a fit actually looked like. Sarcasm was not apparent in his demeanor or tone, though, it was in his words when he said what he did next.

"Scared? Maybe it's because I'm the most human out of all of us. Most I've heard while being here is the pair of you trying to be tough with each other, but hey, I'm the child here, right?"

He hid a smirk of amusement as he watched her put on that whole show of wanting to leave, only to be sent back to her seat by the guard. She was right about one thing though. The other girl did not seem like she was prepared to work together with them. He was sure that she had an answer to that, and he would be content just letting them resume going at each other. That is, if he did not find himself in the line of fire again.

@Always @KatherinWinter

Word association Game!

Barrier

Ban the Person above you

Banned for skipping over someone else just to ban me.

The Job af the Assassin and Life of the Prince

Hmm, it's alright as it is right now... Hey, I kind of have an idea too. Mind if I did something with this Moon Maiden character? Maybe not right away, like in a couple more posts or so.