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Who: The Queen(?) and you!
When: Day 1, throughout the day
Where: Anywhere she can find you!
What:

[someone wearing a trench coat, a baseball cap, thick coke-bottle glasses, and knee-high polka-dotted rainboots, approaches you. sketchy, right? also horrendous, i mean, you can't make this outfit look good.

maybe you were still getting a feel for the town, or you're getting a knock on your door at the inn, or maybe you're not even IN town when this person finds you! it's hard to make out who they are from their ridiculous disguise, but their enlarged eyes (thanks to the coke-bottle glasses) seem to familiarly reflect galaxies...]

Well, well. We—I have been looking forward to getting a proper one-on-one with you! The council was a struggle to escape, but I hope they'll let bygones be bygones when they've figured out my trick. It's not like this is the first time!

[she laughs—] Ahem! [—then outstretches her weird trench-coated arms in greeting]

...welcome!

((OOC: You're not obligated to tag this post, but maybe you want to get to know the Queen on a first name basis...? Anyway, I'll be tagging this post for a long while to come, so tag in late or keep tagging for weeks, whatever works for you!)

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I wish I had thought to bring a textbook or two with me. There have been clearer explanations written.

[nods to her, then stands a bit straighter]

May I ask why you reached out to us to call for help? I met a few others and it seems that very few of the people called have any military experience -- or even just combat experience. What exactly were you looking for in your recruits?

Really?

Hmm... I don't like bossing people around that much, so you may simply consider it a suggestion.

[she smiles]

I'll gladly accept your apology! But you shouldn't bow like that—someone just might come across this exchange and be suspicious of an outsider simply bowing to someone dressed like this!

And this is a good question as well!

We don't actually know anything whatsoever about these labyrinths—my people, the council, the scouts, myself. Not a single one of us know what's going on inside. At this point, I am grateful enough to get the assistance of anyone who responded. The first step is discovering what is in these labyrinths, and I wanted was anyone who was brave enough to step foot inside one of them, first of all.

From there we could take further action, but... I think the lot of you are entirely capable, too. More than a military unit. Don't you think?

Edited (I SWEAR I'M DONE EDITING) 2015-08-15 23:13 (UTC)

[she stretches her arms out overhead]

I have the power to grant everyone's wishes—but, the only reason I can't give pigs wings is because the farmers would become understandably upset, you know! Our pigs would fly away, and then we'd have a pork shortage, and between you and me I really like bacon!

So you were looking for mere bravery...We'll have to wait and see to find out if our group is truly capable. As it is, if we know nothing about the target of our mission than we can't tell who would be best suited for handling it. As it is now, simply having scouts brave enough to venture inside will have to do.

If you don't mind another question: Is there something keeping you and your people from venturing inside as well?

There is something stopping us, but we don't understand it. My sorcery attempts don't affect them at all, and my people cannot venture in! All they can do is uncover the entrances, which is a very recent development—when I observed the scouts seemingly running into an invisible wall, I realized I'd have to rely on those from other worlds.

I hope you forgive me for thinking that calling people from other worlds would be the best solution was a bit of a leap...But until you called me I had no idea that other worlds even existed, so the idea of reaching out to them still seems like a grand one to me.

[giggles]

Forgiven! I shall utilize whatever solution I can get my hands on without making things worse! It's all about being resourceful, you know?

And it's thanks to my predecessors that the majority of my world is aware of other worlds existing. Not that this means much to them, of course.

But how would pig wings taste?

Mhm, of course.

Do you mind telling me more about your predecessor? And what the other worlds do mean to your people?

[As grateful(???) as he is to be out here, Barakiel can't quite feel at ease around such a powerful being.]

...Thanks?

[and she is just so happy to see you]

How does it feel being out here? Was the trip okay? Are you settling in just fine?

My predecessor was my mother! And before her was my grandmother! And before her was... my great-grandmother! And so on, and so on. This kingdom, like many others in this world, is a monarchy involving royal inheritance of the throne.

The other worlds hold meaning to us, but on that same note we refrain from getting too involved. One time we tried with a particular world leader and it was met with disbelief. I never heard of you, they proclaimed! They denounced us, too, and, well, long story short, we respect the other worlds, but we don't try to get too involved in their affairs. Things like that.

I see...A matrilineal line of succession at that.

A shame that the potential alliance was brushed aside so easily...I suppose that's all the more reason to ensure that our alliance succeeds.

I'm very eager to form an alliance for that reason, too! We can prove that otherworldly alliances can exist, you know! Think of all the development that can come of it!

Maybe they'd taste like chicken...!

[ !!? ]

Hello again, your majesty. [Kohaku will automatically... at least nod respectfully, if not bow. He was somewhere near the edge of town where the landscape gets less lively, maybe futzing by the sea. Wh-why are you here?]

I didn't expect to see you again in such a... personal capacity, at least for some time.

I know, right?

[she's really casual about this, lowering her glasses to wink]

The council thought so otherwise, but I sure proved them wrong, huh? So, what do you think!

Or like both at once!

No way, we have to keep it separated here!

[Why is she adorable?]

Of your people? Your kingdom?

Tes. I'll be working at the library for now.

[ Kara can't help it, she lets out a soft laugh at that. ]

You're starting to remind me of someone. [ A deep breath. ] If you don't know, that's alright. I like helping people.

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