reposting from my old blog that i'll be deactivating soon!
Prince Aventurine
You consciously spend the most time with him by far - from the moment you open your eyes, there's breakfast, tea parties, lunches with him alone and dinners with his family. Up till the very moment he escorts you back to your room, leaving you with a kiss on the back of your hand at the door, you spend nearly every waking moment by Aventurine's side. It's undeniably comforting in many ways, knowing that you can rely on a familiar face if anything else.
But on the other hand, it's a little... suffocating. He's absolutely lovely towards you, but there's a certain way he looks at you - like he can't decide whether you'd look better in a birdcage or in a wedding gown.
Dr Veritas Ratio
Though not nearly as important as the prince himself, you're not spared from the pain of compulsory lessons - to get acclimatised to the history and politics of your home-to-be, so you're told. Your lessons are the few times you're apart from Aventurine (though not for lack of him trying to sit in. Ratio tells him he'll be a distraction and threatens to hit him with a book.)
He's a strict but frighteningly effective teacher, and you leave every lesson happy and knowing something new. He can be surprisingly kind too, giving you some leeway if you had a social engagement the night before and hadn't had time to revise.
Until butler Sunday comes looking for you in an urgent summon, citing a situation that relates to you personally. On your way, he tells you that he's never seen the professor so gentle with any of his students before, and that he never spends so much time on anyone personally.
You're not quite sure what to do with this information.
Sunday
You don't spend so much time with him as you do around him - he's a constant, lurking presence, waiting to attend to Aventurine when he's around, or looking after you when the prince gets busy and can't be by your side.
He's more unsettling than his prince is, and a lot more perceptive; but nonetheless, you find yourself making small talk with him sometimes. Sunday appears to gain special joy from fetching and carrying for you: making your favourite teas and cakes or perusing the library with you. Unusual for a butler, Sunday talks a lot, but you're content to listen and he offers you insights on a vast host of topics.
Boothill
A famous bounty hunter slash mercenary, with too-sharp teeth and a too-bright grin. He's charming but kind, and his company brings you some semblance of the days where you could walk the streets without need of a bodyguard. You're not naive enough to get close to him, however - everyone knows bounty hunters have their fair share of secrets, and you're sure so does he. You're not really sure what important things he might be doing in the palace, however, except for finishing all the toast at breakfast and following you around like he has nothing better to do.
Boothill spends most his days lounging around the gardens, shaving an apple with his knife and generally just giving the maids a scare. But when Aventurine can't be by your side, he tends to "just happen" to bump into you, quoting boredom and needing someone to pass the time with him. You let him accompany you to the library then, and tell him about inconsequential things, like the interesting bird you saw outside your window that morning or the new variety of Ratio's threats and insults.
i should talk more about college au dr ratio.. yandere edition
stoic, mean veritas ratio, an architecture student most infamous for making his professor cry after picking apart their design on his first semester with them.
this situation makes its rounds only second to the sculptures of him littering the art artelier every so often. at first the art students assumed that it was someone deeply infatuated with his face and figure, but after much finger pointing and head scratching, ratio walks out one day, unabashed, cradling a bust that he’d just done of himself.
handsome, mean, and eccentric. that’s all you know of veritas ratio. his eyes are a very deep and very dark purple - charming, yes, but only visually. when you’re thrown into a group project with him, he’s both infuriating to work with and also a godsend. he won’t let you contribute at all and refuses to do things anyone else’s way.
you realise he likes staring at you a lot. at first you’d thought that there was something on your face and you’d excused yourself to the bathroom when you receive a text from him telling you to take your time in there so he could work on the project in peace. how rude! you go to the professor, and just your luck, your options are to start from the top alone or to stick with him. so you return to ratio’s side with your tail between your legs, resigned to suffer for the next few weeks.
one day the school is shut down for a couple of days because someone had detected asbestos in the halls. asbestos? in this day and age? where had it even come from? and while the school authorities scramble to investigate, veritas ratio smugly invites you to his house to continue work on the project, because in his words, “slacking off is for lazy people, and i will not tolerate anything less than a perfect grade”.
you suppose it’s hard to argue with that, and drag yourself over to his place.
something something drugs… spiked drink… suddenly you’re dozing uncontrollably and veritas is helping you into his bed, tucking you under the warm covers, massaging the nape of your neck, his hands wandering under the hem of your clothes…
reposting from my old blog that i'll be deactivating soon!
Dr Veritas Ratio
Royal tutor. Not much older than the prince himself. Both tutor and ambassador from the Intelligensia Guild. A sharp, mistrustful individual, no one's spared from the wrath of his tongue - except maybe you. Maybe.
Prince Aventurine
Prince of a large, wealthy kingdom. Has a friendship (?) with his tutor, if theirs could ever be called a friendship. Charming, intuitive, if a little flamboyant. Likes to dote on people he likes... though definitely not as much as he dotes on you.
Sunday
Aventurine's butler (threat). Despite his polite hands and smiles, everyone gets the feeling that he's hiding something, but no one knows what it is. You try to avoid being alone with him too much. He thinks having a new person around the palace is fun... maybe even adorable. But you don't need to know what he thinks of you.
