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okeyo mwezi crown heir of kenya

[okcyo]

“ one person i’m actually happy to see.  are you free?  or do i have to schedule something with your assistant. ”  ( @yvsmins​ )

[okcyo]

“ have you been screening your mom’s calls?  she won’t stop calling me and telling me to do x y z to ensure you’re in good health. ” ( @jclvni​ )

[okcyo]

mincnhlc​:

“ morocco’s nice. yes. ” he couldn’t miss out on an opportunity to rub it in her face, could he ? “ how’s yasmin ? ” she inquired over the rim of her glass. was it morocco he was visiting or the crown princess ? the detail was far from inconsequential. the most annoying part about okeyo was that he would have been fairly easy to get along with had the circumstances been different. not too serious but not a complete clown either. exhibit a: his easy-going laugh. “ mh… what happens on new year’s doesn’t count. sounds pretty fair. ” the more drinks she had the more happened and when things started happening with minnie, she usually had a pretty hard time slowing the process. she had a lot to gain from a bit of good will. “ you’re not planning on doing karaoke though ? ”

“ yasmin is good. ”  what else is he supposed to say?  if he says anything else,  he might slip and give minnie exactly what she wants to hear.  the missing substance in his own reply itched at his throat.  “ tried to convince her to join.  we’ll see. ”  whether she relays this information to reggie or not,  it doesn’t matter to him.  it’s not like the guy has done anything considered important during his stay at the program.  he’ll carry on hanging out with his so-called friends and being irrelevant.  plus,  it’s more pleasing to receive a retort from minnie anyway.  “ so it’s settled.  new years is off limits. ”  he raises his glass as if doing a toast.  “ does anyone ever plan to do karaoke?  don’t most people get drunk enough to the point where they don’t care about making themselves look stupid? ”

[okcyo]

mincnhlc​:

“ why would you assume i have you number ? ” maybe because she did. but what was that but a piece of irrelevant information ? “ morocco… ” she didn’t like it. if the mwezis were successfully expanding their influence to north, the zulus had a lot of catching up to do. a friendship with uriah went a long way but he was no golden goose. opportunistic and, most notably, temporary. her eyes looked past him and she lifted a brow. hmm… maybe tekla would genuinely want to know. “ i think i’m fine. for some reason i don’t believe that anything worth knowing about would happen during ‘call me maybe’. ” she turned back to him. “ though if i caught you doing that, i might record it. it’d make pretty good blackmailing material. ” 

did the joke go over her head?  “ wishful thinking. ”  he shrugs,  if she doesn’t play along,  he hopes it at least causes some offence.  “ yeah,  you’ve been? ”  the added touch of the moroccan crown heir being reggie’s ex was great motivation for okeyo to make the trip. and seeing the zulu’s lack of reaction gives him mild satisfaction.  he would like to think he struck some sort of chord.  for once he agrees, and instead of vocalizing it,  he shakes his head with a laugh into his glass before taking a drink.  “ hey hey hey.  it’s new years eve.  let’s have a truce for just tonight.  any other event or day is free game. ” 

[okcyo]

mincnhlc​:

“ oh i did miss you. a lot ! ” bantering with him was a relatively entertaining way to kill time. she could admit that. “ no but in all seriousness, i’m nosy. where were you ? ” 

“ i’m only a phone call away,  can’t guarantee i’ll answer though. ”  he grins,  grabbing two drinks from a passing by waiter and handing one to minnie.  “ i went back home with asali and took a stop in morocco. ”  he answers truthfully.  he doesn’t elaborate further knowing minnie can read between the lines.  “ anything else you’re nosy about?  just saying i don’t have all the answers if it’s the kind of gossip you like. ”  he tilts his head toward the dance floor where jelani and his ex are dancing to a carly rae jepsen song.

[okcyo]

beaufort-a​:

andrew watched as fumiko took her leave, a frown appearing on his face. “i didn’t even bring up the idea of skinny dipping so i’m not sure where the idea that i am keen on it came from.” he folded his arms against his chest, rolling his eyes at the newcomer. “boy? what, am i thirteen? this has all gotten absurdly out of hand. not the splash i wanted to make.”

@jclvni​ @okcyo​

“ you sure?  she doesn’t look like the type to lie. ”  and he certainly looks like the type to be eager to skinny dip with someone like verona.  “ nah,  you pass for fifteen. ”  he laughs to pass it off as a joke.  he turns to jelani.  “ this guy is all talk,  isn’t he? ”  ( @jclvni​ )

[mvrcellc]

“Hey!” He narrowly stepped out of the way as someone rushed past him. “You shouldn’t run in the corridor!” The warning was loud but he was sure it was going to reach deaf ears. “Porca puttana…” The curse was a mumble as he stared at the few drops of liquid that had spilled onto his cuff. ( ** @hshqstarters​ )

[jinxiuying]

“ working on new years eve ! ” she exclaimed, after connecting the voice to the italian. “ must be awful. tell me, do you get ANY holidays ? “

[okcyo]

“ damn,  and i thought your sister was charitable one.  didn’t expect this caring side to you,  xiuying. ”  he looks to the guard.  “ my guess is hallway patrol only gets five paid vacation days. ”  ( @mvrcellc​ )

[okcyo]

fvmikc​:

jclvni​:

“there’s nothing brave about that. if anything it feels more about stupidity than cleverness but…” he pursed his lips. “i’m not one to turn down a dare. and if you are skinny dipping, your dress would be just fine. just saying.” he looked towards the other. “well, what do you think?”​

“ you think you don’t need to be clever to get the princess regent of italy to skinny dip with you ? ” his arms cross over his chest. stupidity, yes, but some wits and bravery were also required in the equation. “ don’t drag me into this. you were the one claiming to want to shake things up a bit, ” he lifts his hands in surrender before tucking them into his pockets. 

his fixation on skinny dipping is beginning to chafe. “ i understand why you are keen on stripping. ” only a year younger than her, but it felt like several more. “ women tend to have more at stake when they shed their clothes, if you don’t remember from last year. i’ll keep my dress on. ” sniffing delicately, fumiko turns in a swirl of pearls to find her friends. “ good luck with the princess regent – i only said into the pool, there’s no need to disrespect what she may prefer to keep private.  happy new year. ” ( @beaufort-a​ / @jclvni​ )

“ ah,  no need to be so hard on the boy,  he just hasn’t seen a naked girl outside of his computer screen in a while. ”  he says as fumiko walks away.  “ if you’re not one to turn down a dare then do the dare.  simple as that. ”  ( @beaufort-a​ or @jclvni​ )

[mincnhlc]

“ did you see my name on the seating chart and decide the wedding wasn’t for you ? i didn’t think you’d be so cowardly. ” [ ;; @okcyo​ ]

[okcyo]

“ eh... ”  he shrugs giving her a non-answer.  “ a funny way of saying you missed me. ”

[okcyo]

giorxcci​:

｡      “The guards probably did it.” He grins around the rim of his glass as a precursor to a low chuckle. “Connections can get confusing, I know, but she doesn’t have the honor. It would be convoluted considering her sister is married to a Hungarian prince and my brother has a Hungarian princess of his own.” 

he looks to the ceiling,  head slightly bobbing side to side,  trying to map out this confusing web of relationships in his head.  “ i can’t fucking keep up with any of this shit.  oh shit,  yeah,  jelani’s croy.  or — was jelani’s croy.  is the arrangement legit?  hard for me to believe you’d let any of your siblings marry into a family with minimal influence. ”

[okcyo]

giorxcci​:

｡      “No –– no,  you should’ve shown earlier. You missed out on what some might call ‘prime entertainment’ back in Canada and I don’t mean the broken window incidents.” The rumors were quite entertaining, to say the least. “Only three months too late,” he answers immediately at the gesture, “I never took the bitch-ass anjous as a very petty bunch but I’m starting to have second thoughts. Have you ever met the Bragança one? Goes byIsabela?”

“ how the fuck hasn’t the world’s most high profiled security protection program not found out who broke the window? ”  he laughs into his cup.  “ mm — ”  he nods,  swallowing the drink.  “ your — what is it — aunt-in-law?  i haven’t officially met her. ”

[okcyo]

rcginald​:

he nearly chose to not hear him. maybe his suitcase was too noisy … why didn’t he put his headphones back on when he stepped on the elevator ? “ yeah. got some friends in spain. “

“ right. ”  that’s all he has to say?  nice to know his conversational skills are still dry.  “ you’re here for friends. ”  he nods,  looking to his suitcase and then back up at him.  “ and it’s not because yasmin ghosted you again? ”

[jclvni]

asali › okeyo.

“ we have plans for the december holiday, don’t we ? okeyo, you have that uh… ” he waves his hand in the air, grasping for their input, “ you know. help me out here. what was it again ? ”     * / @okcyo​ · @asvli​

[okcyo]

he looks to asali,  she would be the one to know if they were booked for the holidays.  “ who’s trying to cuff you? ”  ( @asvli​ )

[okcyo]

“ shit,  you’re back again? ” — ( @rcginald​ )

[okcyo]

asvli​:

          “   look harder.   ”     it wasn’t entirely impossible to make someone essential yet disposable,   surely okeyo has done more with much less.   asali makes a face,   okeyo is nothing but coercive with his words   –   as unwilling as she is,   he has made his point.   as annoying as it is,   she knows he is right.   she presses a hand to her temple.     “   minenhle zulu is not who i am worried about.   uriah on the other hand   ;   poses no guarantee that he will work with us,   not kindly,    anyways,   if he thinks there’s nothing to gain.   what do you have in mind to persuade him ?   ”     apparently tanzania’s treasury had little appeal to the nation of drc.

he leans forward,  arms against his thighs, clasping his hands together as if pleading to asali.  “ everything we have planned is still going to happen  —  the drc and south africa have to be dealt with first. ”  he knows much of an inconvenience this is to her.  asali doesn’t have nearly as much patience.  he leans back into his seat.  “ we have to trust our family.  they’re doing what’s best for us. ”  he nods,  listening intently.  second chances are hardly given out by asali,  she’s too prideful.  “ nah,  don’t worry.  there’s no way he’ll risk professionalism and stand you up again.  and if it does happen again...  who’s to say he hasn’t done this to others?  a rumour like this can be influential in the right places. ”  he shrugs,  not too worried.  

[okcyo]

mincnhlc​:

“ unity and community ! two things i love. but i need the other person to match my energy. i’m not sure if you and kenya really have what me and botswana need. you’d need to convince me. can you convince me ? ” she didn’t have the slightest clue what a mwezi could say to make her even consider a partnership… but she quieted for a moment and with a pleasant smile on her face, expected okeyo to at least crack a joke for her entertainment. “ oh ? you think you’re in a better position to talk to him ? i don’t think so. ” she grinned at him. “ i most certainly am not, he has an eye for icy russians. can’t turn into one, can i ? ” no, no, she was sunny and positive ! 

two things she acts like she loves on a surface level.  convince her?  she wishes he cared enough to.  he stifles a laugh.  “ unity and community,  but i’m the exception to it...  huh.  doesn’t sound very inclusive and it doesn’t sound like something i want to waste my time with. ”  the zulu lacks depth.  “ i thought you’d be the smarter one in your family.  any business i have in mind with botswana,  i’ll contact kaone. ”  maybe it’ll be his next pet project,  getting dirt on botswana to hold some sort of leverage over the crown heir for no reasons other than to be petty.  “ nah,  not me,  asali. ”  now someone who is closer to uriah’s type than the zulu.

[okcyo]

asvli​:

     she rolls her neck,   feeling the tension pull the muscles there tight.     “  i’ve been playing nice,   practically kissing his ass at this point.   ”     her gaze deters from her cousin’s persuasive prose.     “   there must be someone else,   i’d feel more convinced with a guaranteed means.   ”     who knew when uriah would fuck them over again.

“ if we haven’t found this someone else,  it means there is no one else. ”  the only possible someone else would be asali’s ex,  the vice president of namibia.  however,  he’s not nearly as important or relevant as uriah.  “ think about it this way,  there’s no competition here.  it won’t take a lot of ass kissing for him to want to work with us.  i know we can both agree minenhle zulu is not a threat.  she’s the most useless zulu representative next to reggie. ”