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[romanfalling]

“Not my fault, I swear!” Roman had turned around as soon as he’d heard the crashing noise, stepping backwards with his hands up as if to prove his innocence. He’d promised his parents he’d keep the trouble at a minimum after all, what with how worried they already were about Kate. Or at least the trouble they’d find out about, and breaking Buckingham Palace was definitely that kind of trouble. “Wait, are you okay?”

[carpediem-hq]

To say Angelica was bored was an understatement, it felt like there was nothing to do in this palace, she had wandered into a common area and plopped down on the couch, not really noticing the other person in the room. Angelica mused “Is there anything interesting to around here? seriously the most interesting part of my day was someone asking me if I wanted bangers and mash and I thought they said bangers and hash thinking it was finally something interesting I said yes, you know what I got? A random sausage and potato dish.”

[ofhabsburg]

it was bittersweet to be back at buckingham after the events of the past few months. the young princess still wasn’t back to her usual self after her trauma and it was clearly showing to those around her. the summit was the last thing she wanted to think about and just wanted to see how james was but couldn’t bring herself to do it just yet. still feeling incredibly guilty for her part in all of this she attempted to clear her mind with a walk in the gardens. as she headed towards the door to outside her mind was so distracted that she didn’t even see someone coming the opposite direction before they collided. “oh no, i’m so, so sorry,” she lamented, “i suppose i need to pay better attention to where i’m going around here now.”

[ofbrabant]

“my face was just made to be on a stamp or currency, right?” nat laughed, jumping into various poses to show off her features before ultimately brushing the idea away entirely. “but that’s reserved for the actual monarch and even if i wanted to be the queen of belgium i don’t know how everyone else would feel about it.” again she just shrugged the thought off, speaking to whoever would listen. “all i know is whoever gets to marry this face is one lucky lad, am i right?”

[daniholsteiin]

          ‘ at last, here we are. ’     daniella said loudly, though it wasn’t directed at anyone in particular as she stood with her hands on her hips in the middle of the garden at the front, looking up at the buckingham palace.  a sheepish grin appeared on her face before she made an elaborate hand gesture towards the building, her tone resembling a bad imitation of hagrid.     ‘ hogwarts. ’

[adriiankennedy]

          ‘ so, what, is this gonna be what our lives are all about for however long it takes to get done with the shenanigans ?  bumping into someone wherever you walk, stuck in this old, gloomy, boring place – ’     he huffed out, sitting up properly on the grass as he looked over the building before him.     ‘ bullshit. ’

[oliver-taylor-blog1]

Anxiety, large crowds, and jet lag led Oliver to jogging in a park. The park was small and rather secluded. It took him a bit of stealth and dodging to find somewhere no one else would be. He just needed time to himself in some fresh air. The flight has him exhausted but his racing thoughts and a desire to have a somewhat stable schedule left him unable to sleep. He was trying to run some of the anxiety out, not really paying attention to his surroundings when his shoulder clipped someone else’s. “Sorry about that. I need to pay more attention when I run.” He said rubbing his shoulder. “ You okay?”

[vittoriadarling]

Mizuki laughed, the sound carrying through the hallway like ringing bells. She’d been spending the day trying to meet as many of the arriving people as she could– if she was going to be spending the next few months with them that was surely for the best, wasn’t it? Not that was going to be a challenge– they’d all been wonderful so far, including the person in front of her.

“You’ve got to tell me what happened next,” she insisted once she’d managed to get herself under control again, though the smile still remained on her face. “I’ve never heard of anyone getting that lost– especially now that there’re cell phones, right?”

[fyodordolohov-deactivated202208]

Sanya startled at the interruption, dropping her cigarette to the group and crushing it under one heavy boot. She pulled the leather glove she’d taken back on in one equally swift motion, quickly regaining composure even though it was quite clear she’d been surprised. 

It felt odd to be away from her usual entirely military surroundings, even though no palace was truly a civilian place. She didn’t quite know what to say without the usual flurry of salutes, so despite her best attempts to practice English before she made the trip she was left staring blankly for a minute.

“Are you lost too, or do you know where there’s coffee around here?”