Part Twenty-Six
Very Brief Recap
- They decide it would be best to give up on eloping and just head back to the castle and deal with things there.
- But what's this?! Bandits attack?! Aaaahhh!!
- Wimpy Yuuri goes Maou, but he still gets kidnapped... What's up with that?? Plot device, Mr. Frodo! Plot device!
Warnings
- Yuuri's being an emo little brat...
- Wolfram needs to work on his anxiety issues... although it's quite understandable...
- HO' MUFFINS!! There's like... blood and stuff. :D
Characters
Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Jade - Guine
Hale - Guine
Murata - Mikage
Covering the Bases
Part Twenty-Six - How Could Things Possibly Get Any Worse??
Murata - *is able to force himself up after a while/dazed/looks around and realizes that Yuuri is missing/looks around for him frantically* "Shibuya!!" *obviously, he's not longer there* "Shit!"
Jade - *has managed to make her way over to Wolfram, ignoring her own pain/trying to see if he was okay* "Your Excelle-- Wolfram!" *obviously people respond better to their names when unconscious*
Hale - *just getting up as well/curses himself for not being able to stop them/goes to see if his sister is alright*
Wolfram - *knocked out cold/he has a pretty ugly wound at his right temple, which is bleeding quite a bit, red trickling down the side of his face*
Murata - *forces himself over to Wolfram as well, keeping an eye out for any more danger/kneels on the ground beside him and inspects his injury/curses again, loudly* "Shit!" *looks him over for any more wounds, but finds nothing else, though he'd probably have a few bruises as well* "This is bad..." *okay, so maybe that was the understatement of the century, but he's allowed a few moments of panic*
Jade - *holds out her hand for her brother to give her something and is handed thick piece of fabric/quickly holds it in place over Wolfram's wound* "Head wounds bleed more than other wounds of the same size and caliber... As long as we stop the bleeding..." *trails off, thinking it was obvious*
Murata - *unintentionally snaps at her* "I know that!" *curses once again, looking around some more/forces himself back into his calm, cool, and collected mindset* "We need to get to safety... and then we need to find out where they've taken Shibuya."
Jade - *nods at him, not at all bothered by the outburst/ holding the fabric tightly to Wolfram’s head* "If I am correct in assuming our current position, I believe a village is located within an hour's walk from here...."
Hale - *frowns at how his sister can go about taking care of other people with an arrow sticking out of her shoulder*
Murata - *notices Hale's concern/quickly takes the girls place in holding the fabric to Wolfram's head* "Before we do anything, you need to take care of your shoulder." *looks at Hale then* "And you... make sure you bind the wound on your leg. Will you be able to walk?"
Jade - *grumbles under her breath* "Concern is irrelevant..." *but starts tending to her own wound for a bit*
Hale - *nods at him/already working on wrapping the wound*
Murata - *turns his attention back to Wolfram/calls out to him* "Von Bielefeld!" *when that gets no response, he tries his name* "Wolfram!"
Wolfram - *still passed out*
Murata - "Come on, wake up. Shibuya is going to skin me alive when he finds out what's happened to you."
Jade - *can't do much else to her shoulder than make sure the bleeding was stopped for now/would have to get the arrow removed once they got into town/leans closer to Wolfram, tapping his cheek lightly with the back of her hand* "Wolfram!"
Hale - *moves closer, but still far enough away to give the blond some air*
Wolfram - *no response*
Murata - *curses yet again/glances around once more* "I really don't want to move him, but we've got to leave now, not later."
Jade - *nods to him, before glancing him over, noting the blood* "Your arm is wounded..."
Murata - *looks at his arm, and finds that the bleeding has already stopped on it's own* "It's fine. I'll be alright." *moves to pick Wolfram up off of the ground, extremely careful with his head, slipping his other arm under his knees to lift him*
Jade - *stays close, ready to help catch him if he fell/watches him with worry* "Are you sure you have him, Ken?"
Hale - *ready to catch him too*
Murata - *nods* "I'm fine. I've got him. He's not too heavy."
Jade - *nods again, getting up as well/nods down the way they were headed before stopping* "The village is down that way..."
Murata - "Right. Let's go." *begins to walk, being extra careful with Wolfram*
Jade - *follows, doing her best to ignore the pain in her shoulder* "If you grow increasingly weary, then just inform us and we shall rest..."
Hale - *limping closely behind his sister*
Murata - "The same can be said for the two of you." *they continue on, stopping only once to rest/Wolfram still remains unconscious, which begins to worry Murata quite a bit, though he doesn't show it/eventually they arrive at the previously mentioned little village, where he immediately makes his way to the inn/leads the twins inside, then turns to Hale before going up to the front counter* "Can you hold him for a minute?"
Hale - *nods, leaning down as best he could to carefully take the blond from Murata*
Jade - *makes sure his head isn't moved too much in the transfer*
Murata - *turns to head towards the front desk to speak with the lady take reservations and handing out room keys/serious* "Does your village have a town militia?"
Lady - *stares at him in surprise, looking over his traveling companions, and her eyes widen at their injuries* "Y-yes..."
Murata - *reaches up to tug his hat and wig off, exposing his hair/at the same time he reaches into his jacket and takes out a royal crest to further prove his identity, and a handful of gold, slamming both onto the counter* "I want them stationed around this establishment. I also require a room and a doctor."
Lady - *her eyes widen even more/gapes at him/speechless*
Murata - "And I need a message sent out to Lord Conrart Weller. He should be in a village close by. Tell your mail man it's in emergency, and that, if possible, I'd like to meet up with him tonight."
Lady - *sputters some, but turns to grab a key, handing if off to him* "Y-yes. Right away!" *scampers off to do as he'd instructed, but not before pocketing some of the gold*
Murata - *turns back to the twins* "Alright, then..." *begins to head towards the stairs*
Jade - *impressed with how he took care of things, but quickly gets her expression straightened out as he turn to her/nods to him, following him up the stairs and into the room they were given, watching her brother as well to make sure he was okay climbing the stairs*
Hale - *rolls his eyes at his sister, but goes back to paying full attention to carrying Wolfram up the stairs and to the room*
Murata - *once they've entered the room, he closes the door behind them/the room itself is fairly decent, with two large beds, a table and some chairs, and a fireplace with wood already inside, another little pile stashed in one of the corners if needed/turns to Hale* "Put him on one of the beds. We'll have to wait for the doctor to get here."
Hale - *does just that, carefully placing him down on the bed*
Jade - *hovers a bit around him before pulling one of the chairs up next to the bed to try and help with Wolfram in anyway she could*
Murata - *paces around the room, going back to cursing and wondering how things could have turned out like this/how the hell had he let something like this happen?!*
Wolfram - *after a few minutes of just laying there, he begins to come around a bit/his head hurts like hell/he groans pitifully*
Jade - *jumps up, relieved that he seemed to be coming around/softly, brushing one of his cheeks to pull him more into focus* "Lord Wolfram...?"
Hale - *looks up as well/had been trying to get his sister to let him look at the stick in her shoulder*
Wolfram - *groans again, before whimpering in pain/tries to open his eyes, but his vision is blurry* "... Yuuri... Yuuri..."
Murata - *goes over to his bed side/extremely worried*
Jade - *stares at him for a moment before reaching out to take one of his hands, trying to comfort him/doesn't really think it would be best for them to tell him about Yuuri just yet*
Wolfram - *weak and delirious* "... Yuuri..."
Jade - *trying to keep her expression composed and not show just how worried she is/gently rubs the back of his hand, trying to get him to stay calm*
Hale - *watching as well, though not really sure what to do*
Murata - *he also watches/quiet, though he's still in deep thought*
Wolfram - *tries to lift his head a little to look around, but can't really do much of anything at the moment seeing as he's got the worst headache he's ever had in his life/starts to panic a little bit, as he can't see or hear Yuuri anywhere* "... Yuuri... where..."
Jade - *still trying to keep him calm, though extremely worried, therefore trying to keep herself calm as well* "Shhh... Save your strength..."
Hale - *paces a bit, finally speaking softly to Murata* "Isn't there anything we can do...?"
Murata - *sighs a bit and shrugs at him* "There isn't much any of us can do until we've been seen by a doctor, and then until Lord Weller arrives..."
Hale - *growls lightly at not being able to help/turns and limps out of the room, shutting the door carefully behind him*
Jade - *still petting the back of Wolfram's hand, but turns to look worriedly at Murata*
Murata - *looks back at her, just as worried, and beginning to show it a little now*
Wolfram - *tries to move again, panicking more/manages to lift his head and look around the room, but can't make out anything with his eyes so blurry* "Yuuri..." *attempts to tug his hand away from the girl, shifting on the bed just slightly, and is hit by a wave of nausea/groans in discomfort*
Jade - *lets his hand go, not wanting to be a bother to him/continues to watch him, slipping slowly out of her composed mask*
Hale - *comes back through the door with much shorter man held at the back of his jacket/well, everyone is much shorter when compared to Hale/frowns at him, pushing him into the room*
Doctor - *in a bit of shock from being dragged around like a rag doll/eyes the really tall boy with a bit of panic before readjusting his hold on the box he had with him* "S-someone sent for a doctor?"
Murata - *glances at Hale for a moment with a raised eyebrow, before turning to the doctor* "Yes. I did. We're in need of your help." *motions towards Wolfram, knowing the rest of their injuries aren't nearly as serious as the one to his head and can wait to be taken care of for a little while longer*
Wolfram - *still weakly trying to move* "Yuuri..."
Doctor - *quickly moves away from the skinny giant and around to the other side of the bed/face pales quiet a bit at the sight of the arrow in the girl's shoulder and now blood soaked fabric that was still on the blond's forehead* "What in the world happened??"
Hale - *still growling lightly/goes to sit in one of the empty chairs, keeping an eye on the doctor*
Jade - *sends a small glare at her brother before turning her attention back to Wolfram/ignoring the doctor completely*
Murata - *continues to watch the doctor warily, hoping they would be able to trust this man, although he didn't see what other choice they had at the moment* "We were attacked by bandits on our way through the forest." *decides not to mention that one of their group had been abducted*
Wolfram - *flops back against the pillow, unable to hold himself up any longer with the piercing pain ringing through his head, becoming even more nauseous with every small movement* "Yuuri, I... I want Yuuri... I'm... 'M gonna be sick..."
Jade - *sends a warning glare at the doctor/obviously not happy about him just sitting there*
Doctor - *flinches back a bit at the intense glare/quickly goes about checking Wolfram's pulse and temperature before carefully pulling back the cloth to inspect the wound, then covers it back up for a bit before digging through his bag to pull out clean bandages and antiseptic to clean and dress the wound/a bit nervous about the hostility he seemed to be getting, but doesn't ask any more questions*
Hale - *still carefully watching him*
Murata - *places himself near the doctor to watch his every move* "He's pregnant. Check him over to make sure there's no risk to the child." *eyes the doctor a bit, before turning his look upon the two twins as well* "You're all sworn to silence."
Doctor - *blinks in surprise, but nods and quickly digs through his bag again for a small bottle of liquid and a needle/Guine's just going to assume things about medicine in their world now/carefully pulls out some of the medicine to inject into the blond's arm, but pauses, making sure it was okay with Murata* "This is just for the pain... It'll help calm him down as well."
Hale - *also in shock about him being pregnant, but tries not to show it*
Jade - *expression doesn't change at all/apparently not at all surprised - she’s a woman, after all*
Murata - *nods to the doctor, motioning for him to continue* "As long as it doesn't pose any threat to the child..."
Doctor - *quickly shakes his head* "No, it won't hurt the child at all." *goes back to focusing on injecting the medicine, pulling back after he was finished and taking some of the bandages to place over the needle puncture/goes back to cleaning his head wound*
Wolfram - *lays there, pretty still now, though he opens his eyes again in an effort to continue looking around for Yuuri/looks confused at seeing the doctor, as he has no clue as to who he is and why the stranger is so close to him/weakly* "... where's Yuuri...?"
Murata - *stands by the doctor’s side and remains silent/doesn't think it would be a good thing to discuss Yuuri's whereabouts at the moment*
Jade - *doesn't say anything as well, just continues to keep a close eye on Wolfram and the doctor*
Hale - *silent, though that's not much of a surprise*
Doctor - *a little confused at the boy's questions/wasn't Yuuri the name of the king?/doesn't say anything and goes back to cleaning up the wound, carefully covering it with a thick pad to stop the bleeding before starting to gently wrap the bandages around the boy's head to hold the pad in place*
Wolfram - *moves away from him just slightly, though it's difficult* "... no... I want... I want Yuuri..." *can feel panic starting to bubble up inside of him again, though he can't react on it, his movements weak and sluggish*
Doctor - *finishes with wrapping his head before going back to check him more, gently touching small pressure points to make sure the baby was okay as well as making sure nothing was broken and whatnot/turns, nodding to Murata when he was finished* "He should be fine... he was lucky... the wound is deep, but as long as he rests properly he should be fine... There has been no danger to the child, as well...."
Hale - *huffs/doesn't really like not being able to help with things*
Jade - *sighs in relief that he would be okay* "Good..."
Murata - *nods back to the doctor, motioning towards Jade with his head, figuring the arrow still stuck in her shoulder was a bit more serious than the cuts he and Hale had* "Please, see to the girl next."
Doctor - *nods to him, quickly standing up and gathering his things to go inspect the girl's shoulder, taking out a cloth to stop the bleeding before carefully removing the arrow, holding the wound with the cloth as soon as it was out*
Jade - *closes her eyes to keep her expression as calm as possible, not moving and trying not to cringe in pain as the doctor took care of her*
Murata - *keeps a careful watch on all of them, making sure Wolfram didn't try to move too much, and that the doctor was seeing to Jade properly*
Jade - *unbuttons the top part of her shirt, pulling the collar over her shoulder so the doctor could inspect the wound better/holding her breath, still trying to ignore the pain, but shakes her head when the doctor offered the same medicine he gave Wolfram*
Hale - *gets up to hover a bit around his sister, making sure the doctor didn't do anything suspicious*
Doctor - *getting a little flustered from being watched so much/continues to clean and dress the girl's wound*
Wolfram - *doesn't like how he can't see anything very well/he can hear voices, but they're a bit muffled, and he can't really pick out Yuuri's anywhere*
Doctor - *easily finishes up with the girl before moving on to the scary, really tall guy/cleans and dresses his leg wound as well*
Jade - *lets out a small sigh when he was finished, relieved to have him away from her/quickly pulls her shirt back to how it was supposed to be worn and buttons it up again*
Wolfram - *tears quickly build in his eyes/why won't Yuuri come to him when he calls for him?* "Yuuri..." *lifts a hand as if to reach out for him*
Murata - *sighs to himself, watching the others before turning back to Wolfram/really doesn't want him to move, nor does he feel like breaking the unfortunate news to him at the moment/shrugs to himself and plucks his colored contacts out, figuring he has no real need for them anymore/peels his fake moustache off as well, tossing the little sticky pieces off to join his previously disposed of wig and hat/takes a step closer to the bed, sitting against the edge and pulling Wolfram's hand into his own/grumbles about how Yuuri would murder him for this if he was here, before speaking to the blond* "I'm right here, Wolfram." *tries to make his voice sound like Yuuri's, though it's difficult since they sound completely different/hopes Wolfram is delirious enough to not notice*
Doctor - *easily getting more flustered/this guy wasn't the king, was he??/obviously had never seen him in person before, just knew he had black hair and eyes*
Jade - *watches Wolfram sadly, also not wanting to break anything to him*
Hale - *coughs to get the doctor's attention so he would stop gawking at Murata and go back to doing his job/grumbles about stupid people*
Wolfram - *stares at Murata in confusion for a moment/why had it taken Yuuri so long to come to him? where had he been?/sighs lightly in relief and shuts his eyes* "Yuuri..."
Murata - *continues to hold his hand, lifting his other hand to brush at his hair, figuring it was something Yuuri would do to comfort him* "Shh... just rest." *well, this was a bit awkward, and he really wasn't looking foreword to explaining all of this when the blond was no longer delirious*
Jade - *forces herself to look away from them, feeling her eyes sting a bit*
Doctor - *finishes with Hale before nervously moving back around to Murata/extremely nervous and not sure about it, but asks anyway* "Y-your Majesty...??"
Hale - *rolls his eyes*
Murata - *is almost tempted to laugh, but manages to hold it back/spares a smile at the doctor, feeling just the slightest bit bad for him* "Not quite."
Doctor - *blinks at him/extremely confused and still really nervous, but manages to nod at where he had been hit by the arrow* "Y-your arm..."
Murata - *glances down at his own wound again/releases Wolfram's hand long enough to remove the top half of his costume so the doctor can get to it easier, then immediately returns to his spot on the bed and retakes the hand/holds his other arm out a bit for the doctor to examine*
Doctor - *quickly goes to work doing the same for Murata as with the others, cleaning and bandaging the cut/has no idea what to say, nor does he understand what he meant by "Not quite"...*
Jade - *finally can't take it and has to get up from her chair to move over to her brother, burying her face in his chest-- er... stomach... close enough*
Hale - *holds his sister, awkwardly patting her back, trying to comfort her some*
Wolfram - *opens his eyes long enough to look at 'Yuuri' again/can feel him holding his hand, but just wants to make sure he really is there* "... Yuuri..."
Murata - *turns to Wolfram to smile a bit, feeling a little bad for doing this... it was weird, though it's not like he could complain much - Wolfram was exceptionally pretty, after all* "Rest, Wolfram. I'll-" *was about to say 'I'll be here when you wake up,' but couldn't force himself to lie that much* "I'll stay here with you. Get some sleep."
Wolfram - *manages a soft smile through his worry and pain, nodding his head just the slightest bit before closing his eyes again/quickly drifts off to sleep*
Jade - *extremely embarrassed that she couldn't hold back her tears any more and quickly moves away from her brother, pulling open the door to leave, only to run head long into a man already standing outside, getting ready to knock on the door*
Conrart - *blinks down at her, confused/slightly out of breath from running*
Murata - *looks up at the girl as she ran to the door, relieved to see who was standing on the other side* "Lord Weller..."
Jade - *stares up at him for a moment before nearly bursting into silent tears, didn't know where she would run to, anyway*
Hale - *quickly moves to pull his sister back inside, sitting down in one of the chairs and pulling her into his lap to try and comfort her some more*
Doctor - *getting overwhelmed with everything and as soon as he was done with Murata, quickly packs up his things, getting ready to leave*
Conrart - *gives Murata a quick nod before spotting his little brother on the bed, taking the few short steps to the edge rather quickly/frowns worriedly at him and wondering why Yuuri wasn't there* "What happened?"
Murata - *eyes the doctor a bit, but figures it won't cause much harm if he happens to overhear on his way out* "We ran into a bit of trouble in the forest. Shibuya... encountered a situation he's experienced before." *code for "the king's been kidnapped... again"*
Conrart - *eyes widen in worry* "How long ago?" *pauses, watching his brother worriedly, nodding to him* "Is he okay?"
Murata - *nods* "He'll be fine." *pauses to try and calculate how long it's been since the random bandit attack* "It couldn't have been more than a few hours ago."
Doctor - *watches them nervously still, though a bit curious now/a low growl from Hale made him hurry on his way out the door though/he had to make sure he got his money from the lady at the front counter, anyway*
Jade - *still crying silently, clinging awkwardly to her brother/apparently not very comfortable with any kind of physical contact*
Conrart - *watches the doctor leave before turning back to Murata* "Where?"
Murata - *honestly has no idea what to tell him/shrugs slightly* "We spoke to a priest who claimed there'd been an exceptional amount of attacks this winter, so we made sure to keep on our guard. We stopped in the forest when Shibuya and von Bielefeld complained of hunger. They attacked as we were about to leave. We hadn't seen nor heard any sign of them until they had us surrounded." *pauses again* "They were humans, though I have no idea where they're currently headed."
Conrart - *curses under his breath, though still watching his brother sleep* "We'll head out right away... They couldn't have gotten very far." *pauses before turning to leave, just incase there was anything else he needed to know*
Yozak - *makes his way into the room, having been following Conrart, but ended up trailing behind a little bit to speak with some of the militia men around the building, the lady at the front desk who was happily counting a rather nice stack of gold, and the nervous doctor who'd stumbled down the hall on his way out* "Would you mind informing me of this plan of yours, Captain, or are we just going to go off and blindly search? There's a storm already starting up outside; their tracks will be covered within the hour."
Conrart - *curses again* "We'll find them..." *turns back to Murata* "Which direction were you coming from? We'll start the search that way. We'll send everyone out to bring him back safely."
Yozak - *shakes his head at him, lifting his arms up and shrugging* "Fine, don't listen to me."
Murata - "We were attempting to find the two of you and make it back to the castle, so we were heading south-east, coming in from the north-west."
Conrart - *nods, turning to Yozak* "What would you suggest, then? They can't be too far. If we hurry..."
Yozak - "If we hurry the only thing it'll do is get us caught up in the middle of the storm. If they were a few hours away from here when it happened, then the snow's already started to fall there and their tracks have been covered. They probably planned the attack based on the coming storm." *shrugs again, sounds a bit unconcerned, though those who were already acquainted with him knew that's just how he was/truthfully he was just as concerned as the others* "Our best bet would be to wait for the storm to clear, then post soldiers along the roads and nearby villages, and wait for them to attack again, then follow them from there."
Conrart - *frowns/trying not to lose his cool, but it was difficult when he knew a group of bandits now held their king hostage/takes a deep breath, knowing they also couldn't just rush out into a storm with no clue as to where to look* "Very well..."
Wolfram - *mumbles in his sleep* "... Yuuri..."
Murata - *continues to hold his hand, squeezing it a bit tighter/looks down at it for a second/... his hands were tiny...*
Conrart - *turns back to watch his brother, moving to sit down on the edge of the chair the girl had been previously using/sighs deeply/quietly* "We'll get him back, Wolfram... Don't worry..."
Murata - *nods in agreement* "Shibuya's been through similar things before. He'll be fine." *as long as he didn't worry himself to death thinking about Wolfram the entire time/turns to glance at the twins/feels bad for the poor girl* "I apologize for getting the two of you involved."
Jade - *slowly claming herself down, brushing her tears away and moving away from her brother to go curl up on an empty chair/shakes her head* "Your Eminence has nothing to apologize for... I should have been paying more attention... I was fully aware that, by stopping, there was a possibility of placing His Majesty, His Excellency, and Your Eminence in danger…” *trails off, starting to hate herself for not following her initial instincts*
Hale - *sighs, but turns to watch the two new people curiously*
Murata - *shakes his head at her* "We would have ended up stopping whether you had said something about wanting to or not. Von Bielefeld is stubborn; he would have made you."
Jade - *shakes her head again* "It was my responsibility to keep them safe... I... I should have kept going..."
Conrart - *listens to them, a bit curious, especially since he didn't know the full story, but is more focused on watching his brother sleep*
Murata - "It wasn't your fault."
Yozak - *walks further into the room, shutting the door behind him so no one else would be able to bother them* "Trust me, kiddo. If His Excellency wanted to stop, he would have stopped with or without you." *moves to lean against one of the walls* "And I'm assuming His Majesty tried to be heroic again."
Jade - *gawks up at him, feeling her eyes start to sting a bit again/how could he be so casual about it??*
Hale - *shakes his head/has nothing to say/knows his sister is going to try to blame it on herself, she was almost as stubborn about that as Yuuri*
Murata - *sighs again, still watching the girl* "You're welcome to go back to your family if that is what you wish. We can provide an escort to make sure you arrive safely."
Jade - *quickly shakes her head* "No! I can be of assistance in some way! If there is anything I can do..."
Yozak - *watches her as well* "What do you expect to be able to do? As of now, there's nothing even we can do." *starts talking to himself* "That kid is always getting into some sort of trouble."
Jade - *falls silent/doesn't know what she could do, but her guilt for what happened wouldn't let her just leave without making sure everything was okay*
Conrart - *still frowning worriedly down at his brother* "How many were there, would you say?"
Murata - "Maybe about two dozen, give or take a few. Von Bielefeld was his usual stubborn self and tried to fight even when Shibuya ordered him not to. Then Shibuya transformed and it all went to hell from there."
Jade - *has to bury her face into one of the pillows on the chair to hide her face, as well as her tears*
Conrart - *curses under his breath again, still frowning at his baby brother/quietly* "Why are you so stubborn...??"
Hale - *feels a bit awkward about being there, but isn't about to just leave his sister*
Murata - *laughs lightly, though there's very little humor in it* "I think stubbornness is a trait that runs in your family. Shibuya fits in quite well in that respect."
Conrart - *not very amused* "At least you are all okay..." *for the most part- it was really "good thing none of you were killed" though he was still extremely worried about Yuuri*
Murata - *shrugs* "We're fine." *meaning he and the two twins, though he was a bit worried about the poor girl/she seemed more traumatized with guilt than anything else* "Shibuya will be fine as long as he doesn't do anything stupid. The bandits didn't seem as if they wanted to kill him. I'm assuming they're in it for the money; they probably intend on using him for ransom. As for von Bielefeld... he'll be fine as well, as long as he doesn't pine away and forget to take care of himself."
Conrart - *nods at him, though it doesn't make him feel any better/cautiously reaches out to brush at his little brother's hair some, wishing he had been able to find them sooner, or at least before all this had happened*
Jade - *still curled up on the chair, though not doing much other than keeping herself faced away from everyone*
Hale - *sitting quietly like always*
Murata - *falls silent as well*
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Bandits - *elsewhere, the group of bandits had bravely rode out the storm, strapping the demon king onto a horse with his wound bound by wads of fabric, staunching the flow of blood/they didn't want him to die, just weak enough so that he wouldn't cause them too many problems/the stupid boy remained passed out for most of their journey, which they thought was a good thing, else they'd have to forcibly knock him out again/eventually, after a few hours had gone by and a cold, snowy night was upon them, they arrive at an old manor, just across the border in the human lands/and thus begins Yuuri's period of imprisonment…*
Yuuri - *completely out of it for the ride/didn't really have a choice since not only was he low on energy, but the sudden blood loss and cold was making it difficult for him to come back into consciousness*
Bandits - *stop outside the manor, sliding off of their horses/the leader bandit un-straps Yuuri, then steps back a bit to watch and laugh as he fell to the ground*
Yuuri - *still completely out, though he would probably be able to feel the effects of that when he was conscious*
Female bandit - *probably the leader's girlfriend or whore or something/glares at the stupid men out in the cold* "You better have brought back something good this time. I'm tired of waiting on you bastards all day..."
Leader bandit - *glares at the woman/stupid whore thought she could yell at him and tell him what to do and still get away with it/well, he'd have to teach her a thing or two later; right now he had things to do/he had to prepare the demon king for his master's visit/grins at that, before once again glaring at the woman* "Shut up, you dirty whore." *bends down to skillfully lift the boy, carrying him over his shoulder/it was a bit difficult/the brat was heavier than he'd thought*
Female bandit - *glares at him still, apparently not bothered by the insult/turns to go back inside, not bothering to help*
Yuuri - *still out/mumbles in his unconsciousness* ".... Wolf..."
Owen - the Leader Bandit - *laughs lightly at him, carrying him into the manor as his men went about taking care of the horses and securing things after their journey/walks through the halls and up some stairs, finally arriving at a door/pulls out a key from his pocket to unlock it, before pushing it open and walking inside/it's a pretty decent room for a prisoner, with a large, wide bed, a table and chairs, a desk, a bookshelf full of books, and a few tall windows - all of which were securely barred to prevent escape/he glares at the girl currently taking up residence inside*
Girl - *she has long, curly blond hair and bright purple eyes/her clothing is a bit wrinkled, torn in various places, and she has a few scrapes and bruises/she looks up from her place at the table - where she's seated with a plate of mushy looking food in front of her - with a fearful look on her pretty face*
Owen - *laughs at her as well* "You have company." *moves to drop Yuuri onto the bed, not particularly carrying if it aggravated his injury any/once he was through, he began heading for the door* "Watch out for him. Take care of his wound. If he dies, you'll be in for it when the master returns."
Yuuri - *groans a bit, but still pretty out of it/mumbles again* "Wolfram..."
Owen - *shakes his head* "Worthless brat..." *eventually leaves the room and shuts the door behind him, locking it*
Girl - *waits for Owen to leave, obviously terrified of him, before slowly and cautiously moving over to the bed/as she moves closer to the injured man, she gasps at the sight of his black hair*
Yuuri - *whimpers pitifully again, wondering why he was in such pain/slowly waking up*
Girl - *without a word she goes into the tiny, darkened washroom that's attached to the room, quickly rummaging around for the antiseptic and bandages she'd had to use in order to treat her own wounds over the last two months/once she finds the supplies, she goes back out into the room, carefully walking back towards the bed, setting them down onto the little table by the bedside*
Yuuri - ".... Wolfram.... where... " *starting to remember what had happened, trying to force himself to wake up*
Girl - *squeaks lightly in surprise, but moves towards him again/speaks to him quietly and nervously* "Shhh. You shouldn't talk." *begins to remove the bloody rags against the wound at his side, wincing at how deep it was*
Yuuri - *winces at the pain/can hear someone talk, but it didn't sound like a familiar voice* "... No... Wolfram... need help..."
Girl - *doesn't reply to him/knows who he is, and easily recognizes the name 'Wolfram,' but has no idea what's happened/pauses a bit in her task, before reaching out to gently begin undoing his upper clothing/she flushes brightly as she does so, but there isn't much she can do for the wound with it in the way*
Yuuri - *his breathing is labored, and he’s still trying to force himself to wake up/can feel someone near him, but he doesn't really care what happens to himself as long as Wolfram is safe*
Girl - *carefully removes his outer jacket, struggling a bit to slide his arms out without moving him too much/she tosses it aside once she's managed it, letting the bloody article of clothing fall to the floor/blushes deeper as she begins to unbutton his blood soaked shirt*
Yuuri - *can still feel someone close to him, immediately thinking they were there to help him/shakes his head as best he can without feeling too sick* "No... help... Wolfram..."
Girl - *does not speak to him, but continues to remove his clothing, gently peeling the side of the shirt away from where it stuck to his skin from the blood/allows that to drop to the floor as well/turns to grab a clean cloth, trying to keep herself from blushing so much as she wets it and gently begins to clean around the wound*
Yuuri - *finally forces his eyes open, though they were extremely blurry/quickly tries pushing himself up, trying to see where Wolfram was, whimpering at the pain/still breathing heavily* "Wolf...??"
Girl - *places a hand against his shoulder to gently push him back down/quietly* "Your Majesty, please stay down and rest." *finishes cleaning the wound/winces at it again as she looks at it, moving to retrieve a needle and some thread*
Yuuri - *whimpers again at the pain/can't do much more than fall back onto the bed since any movement made his head spin/lays still, trying to control his breathing and figure out what was going on and where Wolfram was*
Girl - *swallows hard, nervous/cautiously approaches the man with the needle and thread/takes a deep breath to prepare herself, before threading the needle and speaking to him softly again* "Try not to move, Your Majesty. This'll be painful, but I have to close your wound."
Yuuri - *has his eyes closed and can barely make out what the girl is saying, but he nods his head, though a little confused as to what she was talking about*
Girl - *grimaces, preparing herself for a bit of difficulty, but begins to stitch the deep gash in his side*
Yuuri - *cries out a little at the sudden pain, but quickly clenches his teeth together, gripping tightly to the fabric he was laying on with his fingers, going back to focusing on breathing properly as well as the image of Wolfram safe and sound*
Girl - *flinches a little at his cry, but tries not to lose focus, continuing to slide the needle through, making the stitches as neat as possible/softly starts to hum, hoping that it will calm him at least some what*
Yuuri - *winces some more at the pain, but is otherwise silent, holding as still as he can/tries imagining that it was Wolfram humming to him, throwing in a small comment of "You're such a wimp." every now and then*
Girl - *continues stitching, trying not to cause him too much pain, though she imagined she wasn't doing a very good job of that/her humming eventually changes to soft singing* "Oh, it’s become hard to breathe; I cannot see the sky/I do not understand where it is that you’ve gone/The wind blows through my hair, the sun’s held safe in your hands…”
Yuuri - *slowly calming down, though still wincing every so often/a little upset that it wasn't the right voice, but still tries to focus on it anyway* "Wolfram..."
Girl - *hardly notices his words, so focused is she on closing the wound, still singing* "The evening clouds are dark; night has fallen upon me/With you things are easy, with you I am beautiful/And my heart starts to pound, beating in time with yours…“
Yuuri - *calming down a little more, relaxing his grip on the fabric some as he became more used to the sharp pain, but keeps his eyes closed*
Girl - "I release into the sky, autumn leaves that have dried and turned to gold/I remember our letters, our final farewell, the silly words you said…" *carefully ties the thread off, finished/she then places the needle and remaining thread aside before taking hold of some bandages*
Yuuri - *straining to listen to the words, only to start feeling the tears in his eyes well up, even though they remained closed/it wasn't the right voice... he wanted Wolfram... he wanted to know Wolfram was okay, and that's all he cared about*
Girl - *gently begins to place the bandages over his injury, her hands touching him softly* "I release all of my tears, blurring my eyes, sliding down my face/Under the curtain of stars where are you, what do you dream of?”
Yuuri - *it wasn't the right voice.../starting to lose it again as tears began to leak from behind his closed eyelids/forcing himself to remain still, wanting for this to be over with so he could help Wolfram*
Girl - "Too early to be true, and too late to believe it/I find it‘s difficult, to measure all of my love/Behind the window; the sun, it declines with you..." *finally finishes up, trailing off to hum again/glances down at the bloody clothing she'd taken off, thinking it would be for the best to leave them off*
Yuuri - *crying silently now, longing even more to at least just hear the blond's voice again* "Wolfram...."
Girl - *looks up at him at the sound, immediately becoming concerned when she sees his tears/moves to wipe them away, ceasing her humming* "Your Majesty..."
Yuuri - *forces him to open his eyes again, looking around to see who was with him/his heart skips a beat at the sight of blond hair, but his hopes are instantly dashed as the girl speaks/shakes his head, closing his eyes again* "I'm fine..."
Girl - *pauses to stare at him for a moment/doesn't really know what to say/nervous and unsure of herself/scared, too/what was the king doing here? was he to become their new toy? were the men who'd taken her going to kill her now that they no longer seemed to need her?*
Yuuri - *whimpers some, trying to push himself up again/almost completely conscious again, though confused as to where he is, and even more worried that Wolfram isn't with him/turns to blink a bit hazily at the girl* "Thank you... What's...." *pauses to wince at a sudden throb of pain, but tries to ignore it* "What's your name...?"
Girl - *surprised at his question/not many kings cared to know the names of commoners/blushes faintly* "I... Iris..."
Yuuri - *blinks even more hazily at her/smiles a bit, able to tell that she was nervous/and he was trying to hide just how worried he was, himself* "That's a pretty name..." *okay, he was still kinda out of it*
Iris - *blushes more* "I... thank you..." *her eyes widen then, noticing that he'd been trying to get up, and she gently pushes him all the way back down against the large mattress* "Your Majesty, you shouldn't try to get up! You need your rest!"
Yuuri - *whimpers at the movement, but not having enough strength at the moment to fight her* "No... I have to... Did... did they bring a blond haired boy here too...?"
Iris - *shakes her head, keeping a hand on one of his shoulders to make sure he stayed down* "I don't know. Owen brought you in here. I didn't see anyone else."
Yuuri - *his breathing is still irregular/getting more panicked about what could have happened to Wolfram/stares at her for a bit, though his vision was still a bit blurry* "You're... the girl they kidnapped... aren't you?"
Iris - *looks to the floor sadly, shifting a bit on her feet* "I... yes... I was... traveling to a neighboring village to see a friend when they... they thought, because of the way I look, that I was from a wealthy family... they thought they would be able to get money for my return, but..." *tears slowly fill her eyes/quietly, sorrowful* "They won’t be getting any money..."
Yuuri - *lets out a sigh of relief, laying his head all the way back on the mattress* "Thank goodness... you're alive..."
Iris - *shakes her head/would honestly rather be dead than spend any more time here*
Yuuri - *tries to take a deep breath, but is stopped by a sharp pain in his chest/winces some before turning his head to look at her again* "I promise... I'll get you out of here... I'm sorry... had I known earlier..." *trails off as a wave of lightheadedness hits him, closing his eyes to block the spinning*
Iris - *shakes her head again, upset/was of the opinion that she would never get out of this place*
Yuuri - *pauses for a few long moments before trying to push himself up on the bed again, determined to find a way out*
Iris - *immediately moves to push him back down/her tears begin to fall* "Please, Your Majesty! You need to rest! You could break the stitches! You've already lost a lot of blood!"
Yuuri - *winces, but reluctantly lays back down/blinks at her, feeling guilty that she was crying* "I... I'm sorry.... "
Iris - "You shouldn't apologize."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, doing his best to ignore the pain and spinning* "You... are you okay? You're not hurt, are you...?"
Iris - *forces a small, sad smile onto her face, tears still falling down her cheeks* "I'm fine... now..."
Yuuri - *watches her worriedly, though still extremely worried about what had become of the other blond/forces himself to lift his hand to brush away some of her tears* "I'll get you out... I'll take you back to your family..."
Iris - *blushes lightly at the touch of his hand* "I don't have much of a family to go back to, Your Majesty." *takes his hand into one of hers and gently places it back upon the bed* "These people won’t be getting any money from my family for my safe return..." *stares sadly down to the floor again* "... my parents are dead. I'm on my own."
Yuuri - *stares at her, feeling even more guilty* "Then... I'll take you back to the palace... you can live there, if you'd like..."
Iris - *quickly looks up to stare at him in surprise/doesn't really know what to say to that* "I... I wouldn't know what I could do, I..." *struggles to control her tears, but they've begun to fall harder now at his kindness* "I couldn't stay there without doing something... to repay you..."
Yuuri - *starts to panic a bit, not meaning to have upset her* "It's okay! There's lots of things to do... I mean, you don't have to... but if you get bored..." *pauses, wincing in pain again, laying his head back down on the mattress* "You don't have to worry..."
Iris - *notices his wince, feeling guilty for getting consumed in her own problems when he was obviously in pain* "You shouldn't concern yourself with me."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, trying once again to control his breathing* "I'm fine.... you helped me... so I'm going to help you..."
Iris - *shifts awkwardly* "All I did was stitch your wound... anyone else could have just as easily..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head again* "Iris... it doesn't matter... I want to help..."
Iris - *nods lightly, lifting a hand to wipe the tears off of her cheeks on her own* "But first... you should rest. Lord Dimitri will return by the end of the week, and... I'm sure he'll want to speak with you..." *looks away again, wishing this 'Lord Dimitri' person would stay away longer*
Yuuri - *groans lightly, not wanting to wait much longer to leave/still had to find out if Wolfram was okay and being looked after*
Iris - *shifts a bit uncomfortably on her feet at his groan, looking back to watch him/she blushes lightly again as she slowly looks him over*
Yuuri - *closes his eyes for a bit, trying to calm down some and get over the pain he was feeling, as well as the spinning/opens his eyes again to look up at her, worried* "Are you tired....? You can lay down too, if you'd like..." *wishes he could somehow find out if his fiancé is okay*
Iris - *blushes darker* "I couldn't! I mean..."
Yuuri - *blinks at her/curious* "It's fine... it doesn't bother me..." *tries moving over to one side to give the girl more room*
Iris - *puts a hand to his shoulder to stop him* "You shouldn't move..." *looks down at where her hand is resting, flushing more and quickly pulling it away/it hadn't been so awkward looking at and touching him when he'd been out of it, but now that he was fully conscious...*
Yuuri - *blinks at her again, still ignoring the throbbing in his chest* "But... I'm taking up the entire bed..."
Iris - "I..." *quickly looks around the room* "I can... use one of the chairs... or sleep on the floor... I'll be fine..."
Yuuri - *frowns at her* "That'll be very uncomfortable... it's fine... just... lay down next to me..." *feels his heart throb a bit, wishing even more desperately to see Wolfram*
Iris - *shakes her head quickly, blushing even more, though she does feel a little guilty that she kept denying him* "Your Majesty, I really shouldn't."
Yuuri - *confused* "Why...?"
Iris - "I... well... it... I mean... you and... I just... it wouldn't..."
Yuuri - *feels a tiny little smile suddenly break across his face* "You sound just like Wolfram... at least how he sometimes sounds... mostly when he claims how improper things--" *pauses suddenly, looking up at her worriedly, feeling really stupid* "I... I didn't mean to upset you... I... it would just be easier for you to sleep on the bed... "
Iris - *blushes more/the king was comparing her to his fiancé?!/didn't really know what to say/it would be more comfortable on the bed, but highly improper, and she didn't want to accidentally irritate his injury in the middle of the night*
Yuuri - *still feeling stupid/trying to figure out what he could say to make her feel better* "But... really... it's okay... If you're worried about me doing anything to you..." *remembers what Wolfram had told him about what Kings were expected to do* "I promise... you don't have to worry..." *well, this didn't have 'awkward' written all over it...*
Iris - *flushes more than ever/squeaks nervously/had he just suggested what she thought he did?!* "I... it's not that!"
Yuuri - *whimpers a bit/close to just giving up* "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to upset you!"
Iris - "I..." *after everything that had happened to her in the last two months, and after everything the people here had done to her, she has to say this is the strangest situation she'd been in yet/it was almost mortifying...* "I just... wouldn't want to... impose on you, or..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head again* "You won't be imposing on me... it's fine... I promise... I just wish you'd let me move over some to give you more room..."
Iris - *looks to the few chairs in the room, then to the floor, and knows that neither of them will be as comfortable as the bed/she didn't want the king to worry about her, especially when it seemed as if he were already worrying enough as it was about other things/still flushing, but manages to look at him without sounding too stupid* "I... I'll help you. You should be careful. It wouldn't be good if you hurt yourself more, Your Majesty."
Yuuri - *sighs in relief, glad she seemed willing and wasn't going to make him worry about her sleeping on the floor* "That's fine... I'll be careful..." *he pauses, about to try to move by himself, but decides it would probably be better if she helped*
Iris - *her face feels hot as she moves to help him, maneuvering him as best as she can onto one side of the bed while being careful of his injury/quietly* "Try not to roll onto your side..."
Yuuri - *tries not to wince too noticeably as she helped him move/smiles lightly at her* "Yes, ma'am."
Iris - *flushes more and stammers* "Oh, you shouldn't... I mean... you don't have to... Your Majesty, I... I'm not..." *feels like a fool for stuttering so much* "I'm just a commoner... you shouldn't feel the need to..." *awkwardly trails off*
Yuuri - *blinks, tilting his head a bit* "I'm sorry... I keep upsetting you, don't I...?"
Iris - *quickly shake her head* "No, I'm not upset, Your Majesty! It's just... I... I've never met someone of noble birth before... besides Lord Dimitri... but I don't think he counts for much..." *stares off to the side, still lightly flushed* "I've never met a king..."
Yuuri - *blinks at her again* "Ah... you don't have to worry... Most kings are pretty nice..." *pauses, thinking about it/smiles lightly at her again* "At least I won't bite..."
Iris - "I..." *forces herself to look back at him/hasn't gotten onto the bed yet, but continues to stand at the side* "Thank you, Your Majesty, I... I don't mean to be any trouble, and... if it gets uncomfortable for you at all, I'll gladly remove myself from the bed..."
Yuuri - *sighs lightly/this was one of the things he didn't like about all this 'king' business... a lot of people were so nervous around him/smiles at her still* "I promise you'll be fine. I won't get uncomfortable."
Iris - "I... alright..." *shifts a bit on her feet before blushing again and sliding up onto the bed, making sure not to get too close, staying near the edge*
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "You're going to fall off..." *has to stop himself, feeling his heart throb again at being reminded of Wolfram*
Iris - "I... I didn't want you to feel smothered..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, forcing himself to pay attention to her* "I promise I won't... I just don't want you to... fall..." *trails off again/for some reason his eyes were starting to sting again*
Iris - *notices his sudden change of mood/slowly moves closer, just a bit, staring at him in concern* "Your Majesty? Are you alright?"
Yuuri - *blinks, forcing himself to listen to her again/shakes his head* "Yeah... I'm fine..."
Iris - "Are... are you sure?" *easily remembers his wound* "Are you in pain?"
Yuuri - *hopes the tears in his eyes weren't very noticeable* "No... I'm fine... thank you..."
Iris - "But..." *sees his tears, but doesn't think it would be very prudent to mention them*
Yuuri - *smiles lightly, ignoring the tears* "I'm just...." *pauses, slowly shaking his head, looking away from her as water in his eyes started to build up more* "I'm sorry... I'm just worried... I don't know if... those I was traveling with are alright..."
Iris - *finds herself immediately curious* "You were out traveling, Your Majesty? In the winter?"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly, feeling stupid since she wouldn't know what had been going on* "Wolfram and I decided less than a week ago to run away and elope... We didn't want to have to plan a big wedding..." *close enough* "Of course, the Church wouldn't marry us... so we were heading back to the palace when..." *trails off again*
Iris - *even more curious, though she knows this is upsetting for him* "You and Lord Wolfram were going to... elope?" *surprised* "I... I was under the impression that the engagement was... just for show..." *or at least that was the rumor she'd heard the last time she'd been at home*
Yuuri - *laughs lightly again* "Yeah... we were going to elope..." *has to fight back the tears even more now*
Iris - *immediately feels bad/wonders if what she'd said had been upsetting to him* "I'm sorry, Your Majesty... I didn't mean to pry, I just..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, quickly lifting a hand to rub at his eyes as a couple tears escaped* "You don't have anything to apologize for... you didn't do anything wrong... I'm just... really worried... I never thought I would be this far away from Wolfram again... I... I don't even know if he's okay..."
Iris - *feels really bad for making him think about those sorts of things/she hadn't realized that there were actually feelings between the king and his fiancé/the last she'd heard before being kidnapped was that the king was still refusing Wolfram's advances/quietly, unable to stop herself from apologizing, even if it wasn't her fault as he'd said* "I'm sorry..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head again, unable to stop the tears now/feeling really stupid for being so emotional, but he was really worried*
Iris - "Your Majesty!" *feels absolutely horrible/reaches out a shaky hand to nervously brush some of his tears off of the side of his face* "You... you shouldn't worry. I'm sure that... that Lord Wolfram is fine... I..." *has no idea what she's talking about, since she didn't really know everything that had happened/merely wants to reassure him*
Yuuri - *tries turning his head away from her so she wouldn't have to see how pathetic her king was, but it hurt his neck/instead he simply closed his eyes, trying to stop the tears that way* "I don't know what to do... I was supposed to protect him... I promised him he wouldn't have to worry when he was with me... and now..."
Iris - "I'm sure it wasn't your fault, Your Majesty. These... these sorts of things just happen." *continues to awkwardly wipe his tears away/doesn't really want to mention that, he being the king, Wolfram should be the one protecting him and not the other way around*
Yuuri - *shakes his head again, getting annoyed with himself* "These sorts of things shouldn't just happen! They shouldn't! I don't want the people to be in danger like this... I never wanted... I should have known... I should have stopped this long ago...
Iris - "Well... I... it wasn't very bad long ago, Your Majesty. Lord Dimitri, he..." *slowly shakes her head, not really wanting to talk about him at the moment* "And you couldn't have known that things would turn out like this."
Yuuri - *just shakes his head again, starting to wonder just what he had been doing all those long hours in the office when people in his own kingdom were getting kidnapped*
Iris - *falls silent for a second, slowly stroking the side of his face, removing all traces of his tears/tries to turn the conversation to lighter talk, hoping not to worry him more* "I... I've heard that Lord Wolfram is very beautiful..." *of course, she'd never seen him before, but it's what everyone always said about him*
Yuuri - *tries to calm himself down some, nodding at her comment* "He is..."
Iris - *unable to stop herself from being curious* "Is it true that you proposed to him the day you first met?"
Yuuri - *snorts/not expecting that* "Yeah... he insulted my mom... I know that, at least where I'm from, slapping someone isn't very manly... but his face was so pretty... I couldn't just punch him..."
Iris - *confused* "So you proposed to him... because he insulted your mother?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I didn't know I was proposing..." *pauses, frowning lightly at the memory* "I also didn't know all that stuff about duels..."
Iris - *considers him for a moment/he seemed to be a very strange king* "So... you didn't want to propose to him?"
Yuuri - *laughs, a bit bitterly* "No, I didn't... but he wouldn't break it off, nor would he let me break it off..."
Iris - *didn't see how anyone could make a king do something he didn't want to do/can't stop herself from asking:* "Why were you eloping, then?"
Yuuri - *pauses, opening his eyes to look at her for a moment* "Because I love him..."
Iris - *flinches a bit, looking away* "Oh, I... I had assumed that... I mean, well... everyone always talked about it back home, and..."
Yuuri - *blinks a bit/curious now* "What...?"
Iris - *flushes a little again, awkwardly picking at the bed sheets/feels stupid for paying so much attention to silly little rumors* "They always said you liked women..."
Yuuri - *blinks at her, feeling himself blush a bit* "Ah... well... that changed, didn't it...?"
Iris - "I... I suppose..." *feels even more nervous now* "And they said that... that you didn't love him..."
Yuuri - *frowns sadly* "For a long time... I didn't think I loved him either..."
Iris - "Oh..." *still looking away, feeling so stupid/wonders what the king thought of her for trusting so much in rumors* "What... what is he like? I've heard he's... spoiled..." *winces a bit, realizing that was pretty insulting for someone like her to say about the king's fiancé*
Yuuri - *laughs lightly at that* "Yeah... well... he does get his way a lot of the time... I guess I can be blamed for part of that..." *pauses, thinking* "He's very passionate about things... It's almost impossible to win anything against him... He's more stubborn than a rock..." *pauses again, smiling* "But that's who he is... I wouldn't want him to change at all..."
Iris - "Oh..." *awkward*
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New Characters
Lady - Mikage
Doctor - Guine
Conrart - Guine
Yozak - Mikage
Bandits - Mikage
Female Bandit - Guine (aka; lame excuse to try and be a bad guy... D: )
Iris - Mikage