( * song of the sea )

purnelle hawthorne. pollux winnell. pandora kron. pyros heo. his crown lit up the way as we moved slowly past the wondering eyes of the ones that were left behind. though f a r away, though far away, though far away, we're still the same, we're still the same, we're s t i l l the same.

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&&. MASAMUNE !!

                      oops , seems like his sharp tongue had irked yet another person. this was why he preferred to be away from the public           he always had difficulty keeping the rough side of his personality in check. masa smiled innocently , acting as though there was nothing amiss. “ lovely weather we’re having , no ?  ”

                WHAT A SCOUNDREL, PYROS thinks to himself. he’s a cheeky man, but he can see how an elderly woman might find him... endearing. ❝ perhaps if you were a fan of the seaside climate. ❞ he gives a shrug. ❝ wasn’t too fond of kradaeca, i’m not entirely in love with teshayra. ❞

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&&. ISABELLA !!

The kind words brought a smile to Isabella’s face, and she played a harmonious cord in response. “I’m glad you think so. I was starting to think my strings need to be returned and I was suddenly tone deaf,” she chuckled. “It is good to know it was appreciated at least.” 

           ❝ WHERE DO YOU HAIL from ?? ❞ she asks, genuinely curious. ❝ i am a musician myself, ❞ she explains, ❝ — from kradaeca, but i’ve never heard a song such as that. it was played beautifully. ❞ 

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&&. MARQUIS !!

     not one to miss such an opportunity, marquis paused in his steps, turning to face purnelle with an unrestrained smirk.  “ humour me, will you ? ”  he insisted, his voice a breathy mess of an imitation. marquis instantly broke into a laugh as he continued towards the beach.  “ but really  —  if it took me damn ages to get here by boat, i can’t possibly be swimming in a single droplet of the same water, can i ? ”

                AS HE TURNS HER words against her, she sticks out her tongue, blowing a raspberry at him.  ❝ if a message in a bottle can make it from one shore to the next, who’s to say that water doesn’t travel as well ?? never bet against the odds. ❞ 

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&&. MIKHAIL !!

                    that was clearly a lie , && it almost made mikhail laugh. he had kind of been hoping for some brutal honesty from the man , but instead , he got the opposite. “ oh ? ”  he mused , tucking the book under his arm. “ your expression says otherwise. ”

           A BROW QUIRKS AS he frowns. ❝ you read too much into things. ❞ although he was peeved, he wasn’t going to start a war because of someone startling awake.

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&&. DERREK !!

                  THE WORDS HAVE NO TRUE AFFECT ON HIM, he’s seen men’s intestines spilling out of them and much worse. it’s disgusting and the image doesn’t ever truly leave but after so long in the ironhaven army, he doesn’t think anything will ever affect him much. he does empathize however, mostly because the last time he was here derrek had been hurt as well, his side bandaged up. it was annoying.  ❝ you could always abandon the bookmark all together. folding the edge of the paper is just as useful, if a bit… uncivilized. as for the injury, i won’t tell if you decide to ignore the nurses wishes.❞

               TCH. HE HISSES LIGHTLY, sliding the marker into the thin pages. he’d never been in the business of defacing books ( even if dog-earing a page was hardly considered that ). pyros didn’t consider it uncivilized, rather finding it... lower class. ❝ but would you reckon ignoring my nurse would do me any good ?? because i feel as if it may be detrimental. ❞

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&&. OPEN !!

                 SANDA MEL WROUGHT A strange feeling in pollux’s gut. in past years, they were spent with his late fiancée, lavishing her in precious stones and beautiful dresses. then, after it became a mourning day. he mourned her death, mourned his mother’s — because of all the days in the year, nate had to break the news on the day of love. this year, however, he now, once again, looked to love as he hunched over a rock, quill in hand and parchment on knee.

                 ❝ come, ❞ he says, looking up from his page gesturing for his new companion to beckon forth, ❝ but you mustn’t let sybil see. ❞ 

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                                                                                    —  T A S K   T W O  —

                                                                                ch ; pyros desdamian heo

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&&. MAGNUS !!

“I think in any place it should be essential, I know the other kingdoms think we go too far but when it comes down to it, we are the ones with the stronger army, they know that too.” That sounded a little too much like his father for his liking and he almost winced “Anyway, I came here for another reason though..”

            SHE FIGURES THAT MAGNUS is truly his father’s son thanks to the eerie similarities that could easily be traced with a quill. still, king octavius, despite his occasional disillusions ( ?? ), was a good ruler. if magnus were to echo him in the slightest, there was hope for ironhaven. ❝ oh, ❞ she was with a curious raise of her delicate left brown. ❝ such as ?? ❞

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&&. LUCREZIA !!

             ❝ oh, my apologies !! these are not for sale but a gift to those who would want one. ❞ she can understand the suspicion, understand the question of a girl who seemingly appears to be selling goodies. while she can understand the fear, that’s all the more reason to spread some happiness to those who have lost their’s. lucrezia smiles, pulling back the cloth covering most of the pastries for an easier look.

                THE GRIMACE ON HER face is not meant to be rude, but rather a genuinely shocked reaction to her generosity. the closest pandora’d ever been to humanitarian work was when her parents decided to donate a sum of money to an orphanage a handful of years ago. ❝ why ?? ❞ she asks, befuddled as to why anyone would be so... selfless ??

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&&. CORIN !!

“sorry to hear it, mate. hope she recovers soon.” now he’s gone and called a prince ‘mate.’ corin waits – not quite with baited breath, because this prince does not strike fear into his heart – to see if it will go unnoticed, or at least uncontested. “take her to the shore. that’s the best fresh air i know of.”

                 ❝ T’IS NOT A BAD idea, ❞ pollux says, a grin edging onto his face, ❝ mate. ❞ he feels so childish, pleased with the idea of someone calling him mate. it’s always been ‘ your highness, ’ or some other semi-insulting form of respect.

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&&. DOHUI !!

                                                                              ❝  do you…  ❞

     conversation was an inanely difficult task, but for some reason silence felt worse. it was admitting failure. so dohui pursed her lips, fighting for a topic and squeezing absently at the white object in her hand until the idea came to her.

❝  like eggs ? ❞

                   POLLUX GIVES A RAUCOUS laugh at the unexpected question. ❝ eggs ?? ❞ he echoes, looking over at the lady. ❝ i prefer the poultry to the source. ❞ 

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&&. MARQUIS !!

     “ hey now  —  i did not get so far in life by slacking off. ”  marquis tried to assert, but ended up just choking his words behind a laugh as it was hard to take his words seriously when he held the oh-so-noble rank of ‘scullion’ for about a decade now.  “ the beach it is, then ! i say it doesn’t count as the same sea if we’re looking at it from a different angle. ”

               SHE GIVES A ROLL of her eyes — such playfulness only available to her closest of friends. sometimes, it seemed as if hard work got one nothing. marquis, more than anyone she knew, deserved more. and yet, fate would be so cruel. ❝ i feel like logic might disagree with that and say it’s simple a new perspective. ❞ she gives a shrug. ❝ but if you’d like to go with that, then by all means.. ❞ 

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&&. ISABELLA !!

“I usually charge people to listen, you know,” Isabella called out to her audience. She had been playing her lute for a good few minutes now, singing a song of her own composition to accompany the tune, and nobody had offered her so much as half a piece of bread, though her jovial tone belied that her words were little more than pandering to gain a reaction from the crowd. “If money is short, I’ll accept applause and compliments. My ego is quite wounded.” 

               AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, purnelle did not have her violin with her and it was a darn shame. the girl before her was a talented musician and skillfully played the lute. purnelle wouldn’t have minded playing a jig alongside her. with a beaming smile, she softly claps. ❝ fret not. the music was enjoyable regardless. ❞

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                                                                      ch ; cygnus alexander pollux winnell

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&&. DOHUI !!

     “ you’ve forgotten me. ”  there wasn’t much venom or sorrow in her tone — mostly as dohui was simply an impossible person to read — but the words stung nonetheless. she crossed her arms, looking away and mumbling a begrudged,  “ how embarrassing. ”  her gaze returned to pyros, considering leaving right then and there, but even an ounce of familiarity felt welcoming, and so she swallowed her pride.  “ i would be dohui an, sole daughter of the giri manyusha branch. surely you’ve had enough schooling for that much to ring a bell or two ? ”

                    HER WORDS STING HIM for some odd reason. usually, pyros is unfeeling towards others’ sensitivity but the bluntness to her words hurt in return. he stands awkwardly as she recalibrates, figuring out how to work the situation in turn. his eyes widen. ❝ manyusha ?? ❞ he echoes. suddenly, he feels like an idiot. ❝ dohui manyusha. of course. ❞ pyros nods, a sheepish look growing on his face. ❝ i was wrong to forget a name such as yours. ❞ 

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&&. ROSALIND !!

       A SMALL SMIRK IS brought to her lips as she watches the bookmark fly past the man. rosalind stands still, not retrieving the item as she knows the duke is rich enough to simply buy another. besides, it’s a stupid bookmark, who cares ? she hopes he loses his page.   ❝   is that so, sir pyros ? then perhaps i should take a seat next to you,   ❞   she says, already taking her place.

          IF IT WEREN’T SO much effort to rise and hobble away, he would’ve. instead, pyros settles further into the bench, now lifting the book to block his view of her completely. perhaps if he ignores her, she’ll leave him alone to die in peace.

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&&. MAGNUS !!

“Well you saved that duchess didn’t you” he smiled and sat down “But also, that only shows how unprepared some of the people from other kingdoms are.” She was sure most people from Ironhaven no matter the rank could at least use a dagger or break free from being choked. 

                     PANDORA NEARLY LETS HER head fall onto his shoulder, tired. but, she restrains herself because although she’s always been reckless, gods forbid she be in her tent unattended with the king. ❝ i suppose it is pathetic. ❞ she gives a shrug, considering. ❝ i think that in this new world, military training is an essential. ❞