reactions to ch.6 the raven prince
Augus stared at the man without looking away, eyes shimmering in horror, a gleam of something that could have been hope.
‘What?’ the Raven Prince said dismissively. It was a flippant answer to his name.
‘Gwyn! Gwyn what are you doing?! Gwyn! Stop! STOP!’
I dare you. I dare you. Do it, do it and watch me tear you apart even without the ability to speak.’
Make no mistake,’ Gwyn stared down at the Raven Prince. ‘He can still do magic. Gag him.’
‘What did you do?’ Augus said, staring past him. ‘What did you…dare do to the King?’
‘I am your King!’
Augus blinked bright green eyes back to Gwyn.
‘But…now that he’s back...’
Gwyn right now, offended:
‘Raven Prince,’ Gwyn said, pushing up from the ground and turning away from Augus. ‘I, Gwyn ap Nudd, hereby take whatever status you are now, and return you to underfae, where you belong.’
TRP:
Stop,’ Augus said. ‘You…you can’t treat him like this.’
‘Should I continue to listen to your nonsense?’ Gwyn said.
Prince’s eyes trailed to Augus, and Mosk couldn’t read the expression on his face anymore, it was softer than before.
He left his hand on the unbroken chain and stared hard at the Raven Prince, but the Raven Prince still watched Augus.
‘Don’t look at him,’ Gwyn said. ‘You don’t ever get to touch him.’
‘No,’ Gwyn breathed.
Augus: Hoe don’t do it
Gwyn: it was suicide by proxy
Augus: ohhhmygod
His eyes went wide, and a sharp, quickly masked scent of fear punched into the air before fading.
And of course,’ he looked up, ‘this is untenable. In what year do I find myself? What season? How long has it been since my reign?’
The Raven Prince squinted at Gwyn for a long time, and then looked at Augus, then back at Gwyn.
‘You’re Gwyn ap Nudd, that churl of the An Fnwy estate.”
Are fae able to change alignment again? Ah, I can talk about it. Is the geas broken? Can I talk about dragons? Ah, I can. I can.
He looked at Augus for a long time.
‘Satisfying,’ he murmured.
‘The debt,’ the Raven Prince said. ‘The debt I owe. Debts are a…peculiar event, with Mages like Olphix and Davix. Best to leave this realm instead of pay one, I find. Best to…find a way out.’
Did no one teach these guys about the consequences of taking on debt?
The Raven Prince looked to Augus and then closed his eyes slowly, as though he couldn’t bear to see what was before him.
‘Did the Oak King also owe a debt?’ Gwyn said.
The Raven Prince looked at Gwyn then as though he was a marvel, eyes shining with pleasure. ‘Why, I have no idea what you’re talking about.’
‘He was born Unseelie,’ Eran said.
‘Eran,’ Gwyn said, staring at him.
If you are the Unseelie King, then who rules the Seelie? Crielle?’
‘Albion,’ Ondine said.
‘Albion?’ the Raven Prince said, laughing.
You were meant to be mine all along. You belonged to me and my Court, and your magic was mine. They withheld you from me. I’ll not have you continue what they started.’
‘I didn’t belong to you,’ Gwyn said.
‘He concealed it,’ the Raven Prince said. ‘What did he say exactly? That I was on sabbatical?’
[ᴄᴜᴇ ʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ]
So that if my body or self felt the Kingship vanishing from my body, I would stream all of my souls elsewhere.
*nervous laughter from the harry potter fandom*
‘And Augus?’ the Raven Prince said.
‘My consort,’ Gwyn said.
‘So you, who in truth actually belong to me, also took my-’
Gwyn walked up to him calmly and backhanded him across the face with such force that the sound smacked hard into the air. The Raven Prince slumped, unconscious, in the ropes.
‘Fucking absolutely,’ Ash said. ‘There’s no love lost between him and me.’
‘I know,’ Gwyn said. They both shared hard smiles.
Me during this chapter:
