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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 14:15:35 GMT -5
The other man was unstable and woozy, and so it wasn't too difficult for Elric to stop him from passing him, blocking the hallway as best he could.
"Come on, Keegan, stop and think for a moment. Why would I help a rival prince grow only more powerful? Why would I let the prince of another kingdom get to the point where he could overthrow my kingdom by removing all opposition in his way? What good could helping your brother possibly do me? Keegan, I'm a man of logic. I don't do anything that won't benefit me. If you stop panicking and actually think about it, you'll see that I can't have anything to do with this, I'm begging you to see reason, Keegan. I know you're scared, because I am too. But any threat to you right now is also a threat to me. Please don't do this"
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 14:20:02 GMT -5
Keegan stopped, his smaller body trembling as he eyed the prince warily, backing away to still put a good amount of space between them. His body was shaking like a leaf, but he was tense, clearly ready to pounce if he saw any form of a threat coming his way. But he didn't run, a good sign for Elric.
"Wh-why was that l-l-letter th-there th-then?" He bit out, swaying lightly as the adrenaline left him, leaving him weak and barely able to stay on his own two feet. He didn't let his guard down yet, but seemed to be willing to listen to the prince.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 14:24:57 GMT -5
"Now that," Elric sighed "I can't answer you. My only thought is that it's a threat. Your brother has eyes somewhere in this palace who know that you're here and know that I'm helping you. Maybe he wants you to be suspicious of me so its easier for him to get to you. I don't know. All I know is that we're both in danger and it would be totally stupid for us not to stick together right now. We have better odds of survival now if we work together. We can't let him divide us."
Elric was scared, but he just couldn't let himself show it. He didn't have time to be afraid.
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 14:37:59 GMT -5
"N-not staying in th-that room." He said firmly, although the distrust was still clear in his eyes. If Elric even breathed funny he'd be getting another left hook and he'd be out of here within a few moments. That punch had just been to throw him off guard. He knew how to knock someone out easily if he wanted to. He'd been trained in hand to hand combat, it was his speciality.
"Wh-what gain d-do y-you have in h-helping me?" He asked suddenly, narrowing his eyes despite his weak stage. He felt his weaker side- his right side- begin to tremble, an indicator that he'd be going down any moment, but he still wanted to look proud and strong, despite how he looked the opposite. Honestly he had a feral gleam in his eye, making him look desperate, wild.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 14:44:27 GMT -5
"It doesn't matter what room you stay in, he'll find us" Elric replied "As for what I gain for helping you, the first thing is doing the right thing, helping someone who is clearly innocent. Of course, there are the more selfish reasons, like helping someone who could stop Duncan from getting too powerful and taking over my kingdom. Stopping a rival prince from growing dangerous. Not throwing away something I've spent years working on and compiling evidence for. I'm not working with Duncan. I promise you. Now please, just come back to your room. If you really want I'll find you another one, but I honestly don't think it makes a difference at this point"
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 15:06:45 GMT -5
Keegan listened to the reason, his green eyes narrowed into slits as he clearly tried to find some lapse in his explanation. He found none, and the comment of his brother finding him either way made his face pale once more. But he nodded slowly, knowing his body wouldn't be able to keep up with the fighting anyways. "A-alright." He said quietly, sounding almost defeated as he did so. Suddenly his nausea was back ten fold, and he stumbled to a small window, vomiting again, his body relaxing now that it was empty once more. He used the window pane to keep himself propped up, body trembling from exertion, his right leg threatening to give out on him as he tried to stand. If it weren't for the stone windowsill he would have been on the ground, but he was still standing, worried that his body would try to get rid of the contents in his stomach, even if it was its own bile.
(So for the "evidence" i was thinking that Duncan made a mistake and used his right hand to stab their father, and Keegan's right side is weak because when he was little he suffered from a stroke so there isn't any plausible way for him to have stabbed his father multiple times with his right hand.)
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 15:11:18 GMT -5
"Alright, good," Elric replied as he moved to help Keegan.
He helped comfort him in whatever way he could while he vomited before he slowly led the man back to his bedroom, on high alert that he would try and run off again at any moment.
His nose was still bleeding and he was still pinching it, but the flow of blood would stop soon enough, he was fairly sure. He just had to keep pinching it for as long as he possibly could to make sure it wouldn't start bleeding again.
For someone who was barely standing, Keegan certainly had a mean punch on him. Elric hadn't expected that from him, even though he knew how good of a fighter he was.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 15:13:14 GMT -5
[Okay I like that. Maybe that's an epiphany Elric can have when they've been captured and taken to D'ra? Like maybe they've fully given up on escaping because they think there's no point since they can't prove Duncan's guilt, and then Elric realises that key piece of evidence]
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 15:26:43 GMT -5
(Sounds good to me!!)
Keegan at first shied away from the help, still nervous about others touching him, until he realized that Elric was trying to help and finally allowed it. He was practically depending on the prince to get him back to the room, even though they were fairly close, too weak to even stand without assistance. At this point it was obvious it wasn't just him not used to rich foods, having thrown up water and how warm he was compared to the man helping him.
Once they made it into the room the former prince paused, uncertain as to where he was being led. Eventually he found himself on something soft- a bed, and a small smile broke out when he realized he was sitting on it. He glanced up, the smile fading when he saw Elric pinching his nose.
"S-sorry about y-your nose," he muttered, although he wasn't feeling completely guilty, although he'd feel that once the prince proved that he was actually completely trustworthy. But he didn't yet, some of his walls back up for the time being. He was on the edge of the bed, hunched slightly over as he held his stomach, which started to twist again. His other aches and pains weren't helping, either, making his body on high alert even when he was just sitting.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 15:31:25 GMT -5
"Hey, don't worry, I'd have done the same, were I in your position. But, still, if you could not punch me again, it would be greatly appreciated." Elric replied, letting out a little chuckle at how ridiculous his voice sounded when he was pinching his nose like that
He had guided the other man onto the bed, hoping he would be able to relax now and sleep off whatever this illness was.
"You should try to just sleep. I'll try and find out a bit more about what's going on. Though I doubt your brother will have made it very obvious. He isn't the type to make it easy for me to work out what's happening"
[sorry for length]
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 15:39:52 GMT -5
Keegan eyed Elric, still seeming to expect the other shoe to drop, that either he was mad abut Keegan punching him or something else. But he chuckled and somehow that helped him relax a little. But he didn't want to rest, he wanted to help, his entire body was shaking from what he thought was a nervous energy and, although he couldn't stand, he couldn't rest either. He was beginning to look green again, nausea coming into him in another wave.
"I-I wanna h-help," he mumbled, still trying to stay upright. He felt cold all of a sudden, shivering lightly from the fever but he still looked determined. (Same lol)
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 15:43:52 GMT -5
"No," Elric said firmly "The last thing you need right now is stress and exertion. Please just stay here and tr to sleep off this fever. Please? Just trust me to get this done."
He didn't want Keegan stressing himself out about this. He would just prefer it if the other man was just resting rather than running around with Elric trying to solve this whole thing. He didn't want the young former prince to make himself iller or hinder Elric's progress with his illness, as awful as that sounded. He would just rather try and solve this without dealing with a man who was weak and constantly puking.
"Just lie down and go to sleep, please. I'll sort all of this out."
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 16, 2017 15:53:12 GMT -5
Keegan eyed the man, clearly ready to argue until he heard the sense in the mans words. Really in Keegan's condition he'd be a hinderance, not a help so he just gave a small nod, before hesitantly slipping under the covers of the comfortable bed. To him it felt as if he were sleeping on a cloud, even if it wasn't one of the nicest beds in the castle, having slept on the ground for four years. He slowly put his head on one of the pillows, as if he were trying to figure out how this "sleeping thing" worked. Soon he shut his eyes, though, and he was out. His face was still scrunched in pain, but he was too exhausted to wake up by it, shivering at his steadily rising fever. (Where do you want to skip to?)
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 15:54:10 GMT -5
[I'm not sure, we can skip ahead a few weeks, a few months x Thoughts?]
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 16:22:43 GMT -5
[We could skip to another clue if they wanted to, though I don't think they need any more to figure out what's happening XD We could just skip to a late point]
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 16:27:28 GMT -5
[We could do that or we could just skip from here and go straight to the kidnapping. I don't know, either way I'd skip a couple of months. What do you think?]
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 16, 2017 16:51:22 GMT -5
(Okay, sure, then x How do you want to start it?)
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Post by Solstice on Jun 17, 2017 10:44:33 GMT -5
(hey guys, sorry, I was really busy yesterday, What did I miss?)
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 17, 2017 11:03:29 GMT -5
[Hey Solstice.
Basically, I think we're time-skipping ahead a little bit to try and move on with a sub-plot with Keegan and Elric where Keegan's brother Duncan is going to kidnap the two of them. We're all going to have characters in Duncan's kingdom and we can also have out characters back in Erudium rping the general chaos that ensues after the kidnapping
The kidnapping isn't going to happen quite yet, we're just setting things up with subtle clues and hints]
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 17, 2017 11:09:06 GMT -5
{Agreed, Clover x I'm replying now]
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 17, 2017 11:11:02 GMT -5
Elric pushed open the library door, hoping to get a little bit of reading done. He wanted to take a little bit of a break from princely duties and just study for a little while, something which would usually help him relax a little bit when he wanted to get away from work.
As he entered and grabbed the book he needed from the shelf, he noticed Keegan was reading. How far the other man had come in learning Erudian. It was impressive that he was picking up a book. Though to be fair, Elric had found that the only barrier between Keegan learning Erudian was simply confidence, and Elric had been able to help build his confidence over the last month or so.
"Hey," Elric greeted as he sat beside the other male, smiling "How are you doing?"
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 17, 2017 11:52:48 GMT -5
Over the past month Keegan had been slowly but surely getting better. He'd gained back some of his weight, still skinny but he at least didn't look like he was about to die on Elric. He'd shaved and cut his hair off, making him look much younger and less feral. More human. He was still wary around the crown prince, but the trust seemed to have slowly been built back up after the first week. He'd started lesrning Erudian slowly, always second guessing himself when he was learning but at least he could read basic level books now, and was currenrly reading a book on mythology written for ten year olds. His face was scrunched in concentration, head closer to the book so the words wouldn't be so blurry.
He jumped at the voice, blinking for a few moments as he let the world focus around him and offered the prince a small smile. "Hello. I'm well, how has your day been? " he said, rubbing his eyes lightly. His accent was heavier than usual, too lazy to mask it.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 17, 2017 11:58:38 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm fine. You seem to be doing really well at learning Erudian," Elric commented as he let his eyes fall over the book "Let me know if any colloquialisms confuse you or anything."
One of the biggest difficulties with learning a language in the way Keegan was would be trying to learn slang and colloquial terms. That's where Elric and his siblings could help.
It was quite a relaxing feeling, Elric noticed as he looked down at the book he was reading. Quite calming, being here with Keegan. But once again things has been awfully quiet. Neither of them had heard anything more from Duncan since the letter, and that make Elric somewhat uneasy. He couldn't be sure of what was actually going on around him, and it made him a little nervous.
But in that moment, it was quite easy to forget everything that was going on.
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Post by sweetclover1 on Jun 17, 2017 12:19:31 GMT -5
Keegan blinked, blushing a little at the comment before shaking his head, tapping the thick paper thoughtfully. He wasn't quite sure what "colloquially" meant, so he'd make sure he'd ask about what that meant. The book he was reading was fairly simple, at least in his mind. He'd started reading this book a week ago, and was still on the first chapter. He wanted to be sure that he was translating everything correctly.
"Um, colloquially?" He asked finally, unsure of the word. He straightened his back slightly, peering at the prince with curious green eyes. He loved working in the library, mostly because no one but Elric and his brother, Artemis, came so he never had to worry about being around other people. Elric he was still a bit wary of, but he found himself calmer, less anxious with him around. He felt like his brother would attack at any moment, so it was nice whenever Elric was around because having two people made it seem like they could fight the attack, whenever it came. If anyone else entered the library he'd just hide himself in the stacks, and Elric was the only one who knew he could actually speak. Everyone who he'd met after (the ones he couldn't hide from.)assumed he was mute.
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Post by ƤαƖƖαѕ ✧ on Jun 17, 2017 12:29:54 GMT -5
"Oh, sorry," Elric smiled before repeating the word in Keegan's language "Colloquialisms, slang words and phrases, they're often the hardest to translate, because there often aren't good equivalents in other languages for them."
He sometimes forgot that some more complex words were harder for Keegan to understand in Elric's language. That was okay, Elric had been determined to be patient with the other man and help him learn this language. That was the best way to do it. Otherwise, the other male might get discouraged, and Elric didn't want to do that.
Elric pointed out a word and knitted his eyebrows in concentration for a moment.
"You see, that word is slang. There isn't a good translation for it in your language, but it means something like..."
He paused as he tried to think of a decent translation in his head, finally coming up with something in Keegan's language that didn't sound too terrible, only a little clunky, a clear sign it had been translated almost directly from another language.
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