A Bustling Castle Greeting | 039

[cavaliering]

[It's a dark and rainy night.

Seriously, who thought traveling in weather like this was a good idea...?

Thankfully, at the end of the road, there's always the Clarines castle, inviting to those who need to get out of the storm. Inside is certainly much brighter, bustling with people doing their own tasks and doing them well.

Everyone can be found here, if you look around hard enough. There are even snacks set out, so surely someone intended to eat those but perhaps got sidetracked--

Just don't make a mess. Prince Izana won't be pleased.]

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[succinct]

Keep up with me, or I'll leave you behind.

[ She wouldn't. Not when it mattered.

But he doesn't need to know that. ]

[cavaliering]

[by the smile on his face, he probably has a good idea. But he doesn't call her out on it, as is their habit, and instead catches up, walking quickly by her side, as it should be.]

I'll do my best to be faster, then. Someone has to watch your back--and make sure you don't catch a cold from facing down all of the knights of Clarines in the rain.

[succinct]

That again... just the thought of all the smothering you'd do is the greatest remedy.

[ Not that Kiki gets sick all that often. ]

[cavaliering]

[Thank goodness, because he probably would go into mother hen overdrive...]

Ha, how cruel...Well, if it keeps you healthy, I suppose I can't much complain.

[succinct]

Shouldn't you be worried about all the other guards out in the rain?

[ In before Kiki actually gets a bad cold and hates everything for a day. ]

[cavaliering]

I suppose I'm concerned for their healthy, but none of them is my partner.

[That he delivers easily because it's true, clearly--

But oh god that would be an Unfortunate Day and Mitsuhide would Panic.]

[succinct]

... Really, you'll make yourself sick before I even catch a thing.

[ but there's a smile. Today might not be so bad, for a quiet day. ]

[cavaliering]

[Aha...... He shakes his head at that.]

I'll just have to work extra hard to avoid that, then. I can only imagine how troublesome that would become for Prince Zen.

[since he...likes to go trapaising around without a care.

and since clearly we know that it's poor Kiki's turn for suffering.]