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Title: But Politics is Thicker Than Blood
Author: purplekitte
Theme: Family--"Blood is thicker than water"
Genre: Angst, Dark
Version: Manga
Rating: PG-13
“Just stay quiet. And when you get to the Moon Kingdom, you can get a job as a servant, maybe a page.”
“Aren’t you coming, Mother?”
“Of course I am, Vulcan,” though his mother wouldn’t meet his eye. “Remember--”
“I don’t know Vesta. She’s ‘Sailor Mars’, not my sister.”
“Good boy. Now stay quiet.”
* * *
“Vulcan, why are you here? And why if you’re here are you pretending to be a servant?”
“You must know Prince Ares became king back on Mars.”
“Yeah. So? You’ve never met him.”
“He knows about me. He’s killing off all the old king’s bastard children.”
“That’s stupid. Why would he want to kill people like us?”
“To secure the throne.”
“But we didn’t even know Mother had been the king’s mistress until…”
“Until you went and became Sailor Mars. That’s why Mother’s dead and I’m in hiding and you’re only safe because of your vows of allegiance and chastity to the Moon Kingdom. I hate you. This is all your fault.”
Author: purplekitte
Theme: Family--"Blood is thicker than water"
Genre: Angst, Dark
Version: Manga
Rating: PG-13
“Just stay quiet. And when you get to the Moon Kingdom, you can get a job as a servant, maybe a page.”
“Aren’t you coming, Mother?”
“Of course I am, Vulcan,” though his mother wouldn’t meet his eye. “Remember--”
“I don’t know Vesta. She’s ‘Sailor Mars’, not my sister.”
“Good boy. Now stay quiet.”
* * *
“Vulcan, why are you here? And why if you’re here are you pretending to be a servant?”
“You must know Prince Ares became king back on Mars.”
“Yeah. So? You’ve never met him.”
“He knows about me. He’s killing off all the old king’s bastard children.”
“That’s stupid. Why would he want to kill people like us?”
“To secure the throne.”
“But we didn’t even know Mother had been the king’s mistress until…”
“Until you went and became Sailor Mars. That’s why Mother’s dead and I’m in hiding and you’re only safe because of your vows of allegiance and chastity to the Moon Kingdom. I hate you. This is all your fault.”