Once Upon a Time - Medieval (open)

[confliction]

{ okay, get ready guys. Loongg post with lots of words. another reminder: please write at least three or four decent sentences. I've been noticing some pretty short posts.. }

{oh wow - fixed it thanks :3
it is an interesting word to spell...

i am so so sorry for the really late reply. :C}

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Kaelyn's eyes widened and she stared- how rude of her. Her mouth formed an 'O', in complete shock. So she wasn't seeing things, this was a prince, and obviously everyone else seemed to think so too. Then it suddenly dawned on her, this was her dream, to be in the presence of a royal and heck- she got a prince!
Kaelyn swept her wide eyes around the kitchen, it seems everyone else had the same reaction as herself. She imagined the prince actually noticing her- like that was ever going to happen. To him, she was probably just another maid.
She now stared at her hands, they were pale and stone-cold. A feeling of utter depression crept into her body and her skin prickled. The sound of his delicate footsteps on the tiles made her body stiffen and she moved her gaze to face directly opposite him.
A scuff and the soft click of his shoe connecting with an object made mer perk up, turning back around. The prince's bowl , and it's steaming contents, came falling towards her.
As the soup struck her, Kaelyn burned- with shame and the undesirable heat of it. She stood, cheeks flushed a rosey colour, and aimed a sharp guesture towards him.
“How- How dare you?!”
Kaeyln's voice was tainted with disgust as she questioned the prince and examined her drenched clothing.
“Do you know how long it took to wash this?”
The soup now soaked into her socks, through her thin shoes.
“And the floor I just washed!”

ＥＬＹＡＤＯＮ ♚ ＴＲＩＳＴＡＮ
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Tristan flinched as the reprimands began. His soup had entirely drenched the poor woman, a mushroom caught on her shoulder, which he would have laughed at if the time had been right. But he had no reason to laugh at the maid, whom he had literally thrown his soup at. He hurriedly glanced around for a towel or mop of some sort, not bothering to use the cloth she had been scrubbing the floor with. It too was soaked with hot stew. "I am so sorry, miss. Here." The words came out a bit strangled, pushing a scrap of dry cloth into her hands. He glanced behind him, expecting stares. They were there, but no one offered to help. So the prince ignored them, and went back to mopping up the mess with a few stray towels, the liquid seeping through the useless material. He supposed it must have been a sight, a prince kneeling on the floor, sopping up a mess, and a maid practically screaming at him. He must have apologized at least twice, and an awkward stutter kicked in whilst he was on his third apology, so he completely stopped talking. Stuttering was not something he regularly did.

In the background, he could hear the rest of the kitchen resume their former activities, while he continued to awkwardly dry everywhere but the area where the girl sat. "Could you stand, please?" He offered a hand, warm from the hot soup. He hoped she hadn't been burned too badly. She seemed fine, besides the redness of her face and her look, as if someone had dropped a bucket of water on her head. Well, spilling a bowl of hot soup was nearly the same.

Sᴇʀᴇɴᴀ Aʟɪᴄᴇ Jᴏɴᴇs ~~ Eʟᴅᴇsᴛ Pʀɪɴᴄᴇss ᴏғ Eʟʏᴀᴅᴏɴ
Serena gave a small nod towards him and smiled sadly, carefully taking his hand before she turned around, starting to head towards the kitchen to see if they had some food left. Serena hadn't had the chance to eat during the dinner due to all the commotion, and was pretty hungry. The last time she had eaten something was in the garden, when she and Kaleb had discovered Alexander and Crystal were 'together'. She had ate a tiny piece of cake, and felt she was hungry now. The princess remained silent as she walked towards the kitchen.

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As the prince gradually made his way to the kitchen, a rare place for such highborn folk to dwell, his anger slowly drained out of him. What was the point anyway? Alexander would be punished, the maid would be banned, if not already. It was true, the two of them would be the talk of the season, and perhaps many seasons more. Their audacity to present themselves as a couple to the highest of all was too appalling to even think about. That night was supposed to be their night. His and Rena's. Their engagement and wedding was to be announced and the whole court would clap and cheer for them. But no, Alexander had to ruin the whole thing with his little show of what he had called a "girlfriend".

As Kaleb stepped across the threshold of the kitchen entrance, he felt at least a dozen eyes swing over in his direction. And why wouldn't they? He was, after all, a prince in the servants' kitchen with his fiance, a princess. It had been quite a while since his last visit. Perhaps three or four years. Since then, everything looked a bit dirtier, a bit darker. The cracks in the walls were longer and in between the tiles in the floor were lines of dirt and debris. Your average servants' kitchen. "Another prince. Strange, isn't it?" He heard a female servant murmur to the person beside her. Someone else had come down here too? He wasn't surprised. Dinner hadn't worked out, and where else had they to go for decent food?

Bird
“Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.”
-Roger Tory Peterson-
-Gypsy-Elyadon-With: Cassia-
Bird matched Cassia's steps as the king beckoned the two of them forward. Her heart was pounding against her ribs furiously. She should not be here. She was a thief, a rogue, a threat. Her entire life she'd been taught to run from those in authority. If they caught her, she would be thrown in jail. That was the life she knew. But now, here she was standing in front of the greatest authority she could imagine. When Cassia introduced her, Sparrow dipped her head briefly and respectfully to the king. She kept her lips sealed while Cassia spoke, this being the first she was hearing about the prince Nickolas as well. Sparrow's lips quirked into a smirk when dinner was mentioned, remembering the scene that had been caused earlier by the youngest prince. As the king listened, Sparrow took in all that she could about him. He seemed tired, weary and exhausted almost. His son had been captured, and now he had to deal with that on top of what had happened between the prince and the maid earlier in the evening. His next words shocked her. He was asking them to decide Alexander's punishment? It was preposterous! Bird opened her mouth to utter a retort or to dispute the sheer absurdity of the situation, but the king had already left the chamber, the door swinging closed behind he and his guards.
Bird whirled on Cassia. "Is he insane?" she hissed, gesturing at the door through which he had just exited. "We can't decide that! We don't even know the kid or his situation. How are we supposed to decide what happens to him? Why would he put that on us to decide? I don't know how much he knows about you, but he doesn't know the first thing about me, that's for sure!"

nun - protector - avalon - 19
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Cassia frowned as the king exited the room. Didn't his majesty know she had other important things to tend to? He had so many other people who could judge his unfortunate son. The Royal Inquirer, a priest, perhaps even the Pope himself! Why would he ask such a thing of two young women? Ah, perhaps the king wants us to go soft on his dear son. We are, of course, but girls who would understand the romance of the situation. Her frown darkened a tad bit before she straightened out her reaction and turned to answer Sparrow. "The king knows nothing of me, nor you. But when a kings asks a "favor" of you, you have no choice but to follow through. Else you may find yourself in a dungeon, perhaps in the same cell as the prince." She sighed, straightening her velvet hood so that her face lay just behind the shadows. "It's best we get this through before dawn. I'd like to get a few hours of sleep tonight, if that's possible. Come," she said, beckoning as she silently left the room.

The soft soles of her weathered shoes barely made any sound as she hurriedly rushed through the narrow corridors. When you're a spy, you'd like to keep as unnoticeable as possible. It's fairly hard, when you're a nineteen year old woman with a mysterious hood concealing your face. But her cloak meant something to her, and so she kept it with her at all times.

"His Majesty has sent Prince Alexander to the East Tower. So to East Tower we shall go," she said.

[Tianuki]

Nickolas Nathaniel Jonathon Charles ~ Prince ~ Elyadon ~ Age 15

~Born when the first star appeared in the night sky,
This boy will never lie.
And no matter how they try,
This curse will not die.~

~But when he turns eighteen,
It has been foreseen,
That the curse will be lifted,
And he will be one of the gifted.~

The sweet melody of a violin continued to play and gradually grew louder as Nick continued down the corridor, in search of that mysterious creature or human who played it. Rounding a corner and entering what seemed to be a large chamber, he saw a ghostly figure of a man playing a violin, standing and staring into the wall, where a flame flickered inside. As the tune grew louder, the flame flickered stronger and when the tune became softer, the flame barely even flickered within the wall.

Nick took a step towards the man. The music stopped. The man turned around slowly. Nick's heart started beating quicker and quicker as more of the man's face was revealed. Aiden. His brother's face stared back at him, emotionless. The violin that Aiden had loved was situated in Aiden's hands, with the same ghostly appearance as Nick's brother. The silence grew louder, until it almost overwhelmed Nick. He took another step towards Aiden.

"Brother..." Nick said. That single word appeared to hang in the room. No one moved for a minute, and then both of them broke into a run towards each other. Aiden pulled Nick into a brotherly hug and warmth spread throughout Nick's body. He had thought that never again would he see Aiden, or be able to talk to him, that his brother would be gone forever, resting peacefully under the ground.

"Nick, it is, I must admit, quite nice to see you here," Aiden let go of Nick, "I must say a few things before you go, your time here is limited as it is impossible for the living to stay here. This is not hell, yet it is also not heaven. It's somewhere between the two, where souls of the dead go to if they need to speak to the living. This will perhaps, be the only time I can or will make contact with you or any of our siblings, as my business with the living world will be finished once I speak to you.

"I know I have been cold, reserved and serious to everyone when I was alive, with the one aim of doing what I believed was right. In some ways, I was alike to you all, but in others, I was quite different. I never did become the closest to you or any of our siblings and I have come to regret that. But, to see the rest of you Elyadon siblings tied with the strongest bonds a family can have, I know that I can leave the world peacefully. There will be hard times ahead Nick, that I won't hide from you, but be careful of who are your friends and enemies. Your gift will be a powerful one, once you turn eighteen, but for now you must trust no one. Friends and foes will be revealed the day your curse is lifted." Aiden stopped and placed his violin back on his shoulder, lifting his bow to gently draw it across the string.

"It's time for you to go. Disruption among the royal families has already started to occur and when you go back to the living, you will need to help to sort out everything. Be careful Nick and remember, trust no one." Aiden drew his bow along the string slowly and then picked up a quick, angry tune, attacking the violin with vigour. The walls started to shake and the fires within became bigger and rose higher. The brightness of the flames pierced Nick's vision until there was only brightness. "Good bye Aiden," whispered Nick, and then it went black.

Nick opened his eyes quickly and rolled his neck. He was slumped against a wooden table, seated on what seemed to be, one of the most uncomfortable stools he had ever been seated on his entire life. He glanced around the room and the short, troll-like man Cassia had called Ferston stood near the only door to the room. Nick stood up and turned towards Ferston. "I need to leave immediately for the Palace of Avalon."

((Back for around 6 days. Here's the post that I had started before I left and just never finished. Read through all 30 pages worth of posts... well, most of them and it seems that the role play has progressed quite a bit. And yes, the posts seem to have become shorter in some cases and remember that correct grammar and punctuation is always helpful. Thanks.))

[Komaniac]

Sᴇʀᴇɴᴀ Aʟɪᴄᴇ Jᴏɴᴇs ~~ Eʟᴅᴇsᴛ Pʀɪɴᴄᴇss ᴏғ Eʟʏᴀᴅᴏɴ
Serena felt Kaleb was calming down a bit, and was relieved about that. Of course she had also felt annoyed, knowing their engagement had to be announced, so the court could clap and be all exited. She had been through it before, when she was engaged to Zerrick, but then they both weren't happy about it. This time she would be. She would be the happiest woman in the kingdom.

As she entered the kitchen, she noticed the servants staring at her and KC. She turned her bruised cheek away from their sight, hearing the servants whisper about them being here. It was such a difference compared to the Elyadon kitchen. Serena came there often, to help servants preparing things or to get some left overs of the giant dinner they had, and hadn't been touched, so she could give them to the poorer people in the city. All in secret, of course. If anyone found out she would probably get a lecture. But Serena couldn't help it. It wasn't like her to watch other people work themselves to death while she wasn't doing anything at all.

[GwimmyTales]

Azure Kray, HK of Elyadon
Azure watched Kaleeb and Serena enter the kitchen, then followed slightly and stood by the open door, out of the way for any passing servents and kept the two in his sight, his hand laid on the grip of his sword's handle and he glanced around the room a few times, satisfied that noone was about to be a threat he sighed in relief, but kept his guard up. Azure wasn't one to drop his guard around higher ranked citizens, he made that mistake before, but not again

[floki,]

Victor Rayz, knight of Elyadon
Victor stood and helped Crystal up, he lead her otside the castle to some where near the wall. A small lake that stretched to the end of their sight and surrounded by trees, at that time the moonlight made the water seem to glow, and there was a light breeze over the lake. Victor smiled once they arrived "welcome to Elya Lake"

Crystal Swan~Knight
She followed outside of the castle wall. Crystal wondered where he was taking her. Then she saw it. A lake with many trees. She looked around awed by the sight.
"It is beautiful." she said with a smile. Crystal's eyes wandered around the lake and the trees. This was beautiful. She had never seen anything else like it before.

[GwimmyTales]

Victor Rayz, Knight of Elyadon
Victor smiled and looked at her "thought you would like it, you kind of reminded me of this" he walked down the hill to the eddge of the watter with Crystal, he stopped at the waters edge. "I usually come down her to practice, nice, quiet, amazingly beautiful.. like you"

[floki,]

Crystal Swan~knight
Her face grew red and it started to burn as she blushed. But she quickly looked towards the ground trying to hide it.
"Do you really think of me.... like that?" she finally asked still looking at the ground and not at him. She was afraid that he would see her bright red face.

[GwimmyTales]

Victor Rayz, Knight of Elyadon
Victor moved some of her hair so that a portion of her face was visible "yes, I do.. I think you are so cute that.. that.." he couldn't explain it, he knew what he want'ed to say but couldn't get the words out. So instead he gently turned her face to his and kissed her

[floki,]

Crystals Swan~Knight
She was surprised by the kiss, then she relaxed into it. But finally she made a small step back.
"Your so sweet." she whispered making sure only he heard. "And very handsome." What she said was truthful and from the heart. Crystal had this time kept her eyes fully fixed on him and nothing around them. Right now, she felt like it was just them in the world, and nobody else.

[GwimmyTales]

Victor Rayz, Knight of Elyadon
Victor smiled a little, happy that she didn't push him away "as are you.. well not handsome, but beautiful" he kept his eyes on her, ignoring their surroundings. wanted nothing to ruin this time together, not a guard, or an animal, or anything, just the two of them