solarhussyalert | 6th Royal loss

[First the Prince got droned, her brother didn't even know he was her brother. This put Lym in a dark mood, but when the next day Lyon also was acting the same weird way her mood worsened. She was moving in a slow way and it looks like she cried herself to sleep the next morning as she left the house]

Action 1 - Home to School

[Lym is going to school, not because its interesting, but more because being around Drone Lyon feels like she was kicked in the teeth. That being said she's just sort of shuffling there not paying much attention. If she bumps into someone, she just stares at her feet and moves around them before continuing on in a mechanical fashion.]

Action 2 - School

[Are you in the elementary school? Do you have a class with Lym? Maybe you teach one, who knows. But at the beginning of every class she asks if anyone knows anything about attaching a rune, then is generally quiet and sulky through the class before continuing her depressed shuffle to the next one.]

Action 3 - Park

[Its late and Lym hasn't gone home. She's really just sat in a swing not swinging since she saw a few drones on the way home from school. She's probably not going to be moving at this rate either but she looks utterly miserable]

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Brother... He stopped knowing me... Now Lyon is the same way. She's at home and...

Oh... droning... I'm sorry to hear that. They may come back, you know. Not all of the dronings are permanent.

Brother's rune is gone. I was told...

[She hesitates a moment, before deciding to just apply optimism.]

There's still a chance. Even if not, you'll see him when you get home again, right?

People said you don't leave, this place eats your soul.

Don't believe that. No one knows if it's true or not.

Then why do people say things like that? Its terrible.

They don't have any hope. That's why. But you should, okay? Everyone should have hope, or they'll just go crazy here.

Why? I don't know what to do! I can't even wear the sun rune and stop caring that way!

[She stares down at her feet]

Oh, runes are hard to work...

But you don't have to stop caring. You just need to be strong and maybe take a day to try to forget about it, and then you just go back to being strong and you can make everything better.

I can't do anything here. I'm just a queen with no country. I have one rune, but it makes whoever wears it a monster and that's it. I'm just 12 other than that.

And I'm a country without people. [Not necessarily true, as she does have a few. And by 'a few' she means 'three, tops.' It's meant more as a way to try to connect to the other than anything else.]

That doesn't mean I'm giving up. You don't need your runes or anything to get through, trust me on that.

I'm just tired of being helpless. Its always been that way.

Then keep your head up and prove you're not helpless.

And.... Do... What?

What do queens do? They lead, don't they? At the very least, they don't give up.

I... Uh... Yeah.

[She sighs and looks even smaller]

Um, I'm still new to that too.

Every ruler's new at some point.

I guess. I just... My ascension was... A sick joke. I'm just lucky it all turned out right.

No matter how messy things start, you can clean them up. [Canada pauses, looking over at the girl.]

Do you want to talk about it?

My kingdom had a tradition to determine who married the next in line. I abolished it but...

There was a games and the winner or the owner of the winner was betrothed to the princess. This guy... Cheated. Then killed my parents and tried to kill my brother. There was a messy civil war and almost nothing I could do.

I feel about as helpless here as I did there.

Ah... I'm sorry. Thrones can make things complicated. In fact, they almost always do. But that doesn't mean you're helpless. There's always something, even if it's just supporting the people around you. Sometimes, that has to be enough.