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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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.

Do you think? I mean here?

It doesn't hurt to try, does it? Every little thing helps, sometimes.

I guess. I just wish I was trained in something useful.

I'm sure you are, dear. What sorts of things do you know?

Mostly just how to utilize resources to keep a kingdom running. Maybe a little political backstabbing too, but I'm not proud of that.

That's not uncommon. I certainly wouldn't judge you by that skill. And resources... isn't that something we need to keep track of here? Where people are, what everyone has for skills? It may not be trading or anything like that, but it's still vital, and there can never be too many people working at keeping things organized.

I guess. Still, I know brother did all that and he lead from the front.

[She lets out a sigh]

Well... think of it in the way that everything is the front here. Sometimes psychological torture doesn't have any enemies you can fight face to face.

So is that what this place is? Psychological torture?

I don't think I've seen anything to convince me otherwise.

I see. I kind of hoped that was over.

[She lets out a breath]

Can I be extremely cynical for a moment and say it's probably never really over, not anywhere? All most people get is periods of tranquillity, when they're lucky.

No, cynical is all right. I'm trying not to end up being like that myself, especially with everything that happened at home, and now being here instead of being able to rebuild, and well... Brother.