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Crown Prince Wilhelm ♛ ([personal profile] ordinar) wrote2022-06-08 03:52 pm

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thedevilwhorose: (the unexplainable)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-06-02 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
No, we don't, and the only way to get a Summoned in there thus far is to ship someone off to school for a few months.

I don't see anyone taking up that mantle.

Nor do I think we'd have any way to fund that enrollment for someone.

Yes, they seem to support the Crown. But I don't know if the money from the university is circulating outside of Hayle. That city looked rich. Castle Thorne itself isn't without its own surplus in some aspects, but nothing so stunning as Hayle, and then there's the incredibly impoverished Nott. Certainly I don't think Nott wants help from the rest of Thorne, desperate to be separate and not indebted to anyone, but...

I don't know how the different education systems worked on Earth, let alone Abraxas, but I would think Hayle would be required to give Thorne some of its earnings.

[but maybe he's wrong????]
blackeyedprince: (unsure)

[personal profile] blackeyedprince 2023-06-04 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like sneaking out from the castle to see how it feels to walk around the city without all the guards watching over your every step. Drink, flirt, get into fights. Stupid things like that. Rhy would invent the most outrageous of disguises for us, but we always got caught or recognized anyway."

Kell smiles. He snaps his fingers. It turns his usual black coat into a ripped and dirty jacket stained with soil and soot, darkens and weathers his pants and boots. A poor man's clothes. The thing underneath doesn't change. It's just an illusion, a little trick or air and light.

"Because Rhy wouldn't get caught dead wearing something like this. Never would have sacrificed looking good for believability, and always insisted on keeping all his jewellery."

Kell lets out a sigh, a call out to those many times when he tried - and failed spectacularly each time - to convince Rhy to be a little less conspicuous.

"No matter how many times I told him, he'd look as beautiful in more modest clothing, and will be a lot safer looking less obviously wealthy, he never listened. He loved coming up with all those ridiculous disguises. We did get robbed a couple of times, threatened and beaten. It didn't change his mind. I think he liked the risk element involved. Knowing I would never let him get seriously hurt."

Because that was the truth. Even when they were children, Rhy could test the limits of how far Kell would let him push, but he knew he'd never be in any serious danger. Kell could get annoyed, he'd complain all the way, but as soon as he decided things go in the wrong direction, he intervened. Most of the time, all he had to do is reveal who he really was. And watch grown up men flee with a genuine dread in their eyes from one spoiled princeling and one feral creature that protected him. It took Kell time, and no small amount of chastising from Tieren, to stop going all out with his magic in those moments. This part was always his fun part in their illicit outings. He liked the feeling of power. He liked seeing adults fear him. Same adults that would otherwise laugh at him and mistreat him because he looked different from basically everyone in the city. Scrawny, pale and foreign. Tieren had really tough job convincing him to reign his impulses in, but even the guards knew Rhy is safer with him than he'd ever be with them.

Kell snaps his fingers once again to make the illusion dissolve and he's back in his regular Thornean clothes.

"We got in trouble a lot."
londonbound: (fifty.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-11 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rhy beckons him to sit, laughing and shrugging casually. ]

Same as usual: I asked very nicely. [ He has also gone out of his way to be kind to the lower class staff around the castle, but that goes without saying. Rhy seems an embodiment of the old adage that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar; he's all honey, and barely seems to realize it.

Unfortunately, it does occasionally get him into trouble. Such as right now.

Once Wilhelm sits and pours his tea, Rhy's smile slips a little, not gone, but slightly less bright. Anxious, more than anything.

He stirs his tea with one of the tiny spoons provided, watching the color change from dark brown to creamy tan with the milk. ]


Thank you for coming out here to meet with me.
londonbound: (twenty-six.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-12 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rhy takes a moment to set down the spoon and try the tea -- barely a sip, more to get his thoughts in order yet again, as they keep scattering, than because he really cares how it tastes.

He meets Wilhelm's eyes, afraid to see the emotion in them, but knowing this is not the time to be a coward. He owes Wille that much. ]


We have been friends for some time now, you and I.

I fear I have pulled that friendship all out of shape, so carelessly, into something it should not be. I've been horribly selfish.

I haven't been mindful of your feelings, and for that, I am deeply sorry.

[ There's a catch in his throat at the last, but mostly, he managed to say it all solemnly, without letting emotion overcome him now. He must resolve to keep this up regardless of Wilhelm's reaction. ]
blackeyedprince: (the mask i wear)

[personal profile] blackeyedprince 2023-06-12 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It was always an attempt to break out of the corset of expectations, a shot at pretending they are not who they are, to maybe try on a life that does not carry this weight. In hindsight, Kell is happy they weren't going for a more convincing disguise. It would have been unfair.

"I bet you would, and I would have dragged both of your asses out of anything that would look too dicey, no matter the complaining."

Kell raises an eyebrow in open disbelief to Wilhelm's innocence act, but then follows along clutching his chest with a mock gasp.

"You? No way."

He's also absolutely awful at keeping a straight face so can't hold it for too long and just bursts into laughter bare minutes later.

"Of course I do. That's just the thing I'd imagine you getting caught at."

It's also something he often intervened at when Rhy got in trouble. It's eerie how Wille reminds him of Rhy at the most unexpected moments.

"What was it about?"
blackeyedprince: (sometimes i wonder)

[personal profile] blackeyedprince 2023-06-12 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Kell was just about to say that getting into fights in bars is a time honored tradition for all princes. Nothing gets the stress out of your system like a good bar brawl. No amount of sparring with the guards could compare.

Wilhelm's reaction turns him serious in an instant. He knows the feeling all too well. Even a year after anything similar could happen to him or Rhy, he still gets the chills at the memory.

"A spectacle. An object. An achievement to score."

He looks Wilhelm straight into eye. There's a set to his jaw that tells of countless times of withheld fury. The bones he did not break, the hearts he did not rip, and all those that he did.

"You were right to react."

Kell shakes his head slowly. He's actually mad at Wilhelm's parents. They should have protected him from such situations. Not blame him for trying to protect himself where they failed. They should have stood behind him, teach him how to deal with it himself or have someone who would do this for him. Kell trained from his earliest age to be someone like this for Rhy.

"I've broken quite a few arms, shins and fingers, on people who tried to touch Rhy inappropriately. You should have had someone like me. It's wrong that you didn't. Nobody has the right to touch you if you don't allow it or how you don't allow it. Whoever doesn't understand such a simple rule, just forfeited the right to keep their bones intact."

Kell says all this in a calm and serious tone. Like it's the most obvious thing in the word. Because it is. It should be. He dragged Wilhelm to have fun and relax, but this is too important topic to just let it slide.

"Would you like to learn how to disarm someone that makes them look not dangerous but stupid? So they won't ever try touching you again in fear you'd make a laughing stock of them again?"

Gossip and ridicule are excellent weapons when you know how to wield them.
londonbound: (twenty-nine.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-12 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Wille--

[ Rhy's voice, thick with emotion, cuts in instantly to stop Wilhelm from that line of questioning. He shakes his head. ]

Nothing at all. I'm afraid I did you wrong.

Letting myself enjoy your company without thought to your feelings. That wasn't fair. It isn't.

So I should ask, first: How do you feel about me?
londonbound: (fifty-five.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-13 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rhy watches him with warm, sad eyes, and tries not to let Wilhelm's verging tears bring any of his own. He reaches out, gently laying a hand on top of Wilhelm's. ]

I hear your words, but I have eyes also.

I can see it isn't true. I should have seen it earlier.

I'm sorry, Wilhelm. I do not have the freedom to give you what you desire. I cannot tell you that my heart is yours alone. I will not lie to you.
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (the good luck charm)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-06-16 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, a bad student, color me surprised. Did you just get bored, or kicked out? I do mean this as a compliment either way, sign of your rebellion.

But that does sound like the likely scenario.
londonbound: (thirty-one.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-18 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rhy feels it, the way Wilhelm's hand tenses beneath his touch. He draws away, pulling his hands back to his edge of the table. ]

I care about you and your happiness.

If we can be friends, I'd like that.

If that would make you unhappy, I'll do my best to give you as much as space as can be afforded in our limited living situation.
thedevilwhorose: (to make you feel the hurt)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-06-22 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Forgive me for not knowing how old schooling is.

I don't actually know how old you are.

Or where you're from for that matter.

So I'm guessing age and schooling depends on the country.
blackeyedprince: (this is bs)

[personal profile] blackeyedprince 2023-06-22 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Kell scoffs, waving his hand dismissively. Seriously, he can't understand why this was such a big deal. If anything, they should be happy their heir is able to stand his ground.

"And they should have been. You weren't causing an international incident. You punched a guy who was getting handsy. Maybe you shouldn't have been there at all, but you were. And you dealt with a situation the best you were able to. I do wonder if they would have you politely apologize if this was a foreign assassin trying to take you down, and not a guy being too friendly."

Kell grins. This is his second set of skills. He's an Antari first, but he was trained to be the heir to the throne and future king's protector. He hated the context, the way he was basically raised to do it, but he never hated the role itself. Nor the skills that he learned with it.

"I'll give the worst, but also the right answer, only because you're smart. It depends." And before Wilhelm rolls his eyes at him for such an obvious non-answer, he continues. "Let's say you're dealing with an average bully. Not really a bandit, or anyone even remotely trained. There are few things more humiliating than getting dragged down by your ear. Most people have spatial awareness of what's going on with their body concentrated in front of them. A lot less with the sides. So it's easier to grab them from the side. Especially, if you're looking straight at them. If they're trying to intimidate you, they wouldn't want to be the one to look away first. So you can use this to your advantage. Work wonders on people with earrings."

Those were the first and the most obvious things that came to his mind, but Kell wonders if Wilhelm was ever even taught how to protect himself. Or allowed to fight dirty.

"I could teach you a few more tricks if you like."
londonbound: (seventy.)

[personal profile] londonbound 2023-06-25 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ He hates to be the cause of Wilhelm's pain. His chest aches. Rhy swallows thickly, and moves to stand as well. ]

I understand. You needn't apologize.

Take all the time you need, Wille.

[ Rhy plans to stay out of his way for a good long while, if it can be helped. With how often he's making trips to Nott these days, it shouldn't be too hard to avoid him.

He just hopes Wilhelm can forgive him someday, and they really can be friends. ]
thedevilwhorose: (I never heard before)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-06-29 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
What's the age of being considered an adult in Sweden?

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