Xander//human, hunter//location: Ember, castle//tags: Kenji, Aralynn, Alejandro/Adrien, Akihito, Theo
quote(Adding on) The ranger continued to listen carefully and stay still as the queen spoke, surprised at the treatment but definitely not speaking out about it. At the break where she spoke to the suspiciously hooded figure Xander looked with wide eyes back to Kenji. With an attempt to catch the general’s glance he moved his mouth and eyebrows in exaggerated movements to relay his message: “What the hell do we do?!”
Once the royal and her acquaintance looked back to them, the marksman straightened his stance and allowed his expression to fall back to that of steadied confidence, a stark contrast to what it had been only seconds prior. When they took their leave in a bit of a hurry the man shot a look after the man with her and turned to talk to the dark-haired man next to him. He had only just opened his mouth when he moved his head to peer down the opposite hall at the sound of a bark, followed shortly by a large, wolf-like dog and... the prince? Too many strange things were going on at the moment for Xander to gather his bearings and bow. “Wh- a dog?” He sputtered out, sounding more genuinely confused than angry.
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Theo//vampire, civilian//location: Ember, castle?//tags: Akihito, Kenji, Xander, Aralynn, Alejandro/Adrien
Theo’s ears swivelled back at Akihito’s inquiry of why anyone would want to overtake the throne. “Well you see, a throne has power, yes? And though your guardian rules as she feels fit there are others that oppose her message.” The black dog paused as he allowed hims ears to be stroked, his eyes closing very briefly before looking up at the prince and continuing. “I don’t pay too much mind to politics and war- it’s all too boring if I have little to actually care about. Now that- uh, now that I’m fond of you, I believe it’s about time I find out what’s going on.” The canine shook itself before pricking his ears to hear what was going on only to hear steps heading in the other direction and whispering. Though Theo could not exactly make out the words it still told him that at least one of the other vampires was aware of him.
“Let’s go!” Theo whispered harshly, silently commanding the heir to follow. He let a loud bark cover his words. “They’re onto us.”
The shepherd made sure to keep his pace slow enough to not leave Aki behind but charged ahead, only stopping when he came across a vampire and human soldier in a hallway. He barked again, this time in confusion at the sight, though quickly stopped and glanced back to Akihito. It did appear a perplexing sight, however the queen and another accompanying vampire were still taking their leave. The pair did not sound like there were in a hurry.
Theo whined, then panted and sat at Akihito’s feet as he waited for him to catch his breath. He did not want to speak and completely give away his disguise to the two guards(?) standing nearby. His whines and suspicious nose-gestures to the two along with the corridor to the queen’s chambers made his intent clear enough hopefully. Now, he had little direction as to what to do next, and though he doubted Akihito had much of a plan, was looking to him for answers.