Palace Game 6/3

[fujimaru]

The Dreamer In The Grand Temple
Humanity Foundation Value: ????

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Comments

[fujimaru]

The man on the throne only laughs. It's not a friendly sound, but it might be somewhat familiar; it sounds a lot more correct in this deeper voice than it did in Ritsuka's.

"Now you falter? After you've made it all this way?"

[eggstinction]

I am not faltering! I am complaining! It is different.

[starts climbing]

[fujimaru]

"You may complain all you wish! Are those really such a bother to you?"

He sounds more amused than anything, though he does not straighten out of his lounging position as Moon approaches.

[eggstinction]

They are not really. I could fly if I wanted to.

[but he's still just climbing]

[fujimaru]

"Then, why don't you? A king should be willing to display his power, where he has the opportunity."

[eggstinction]

There is grace in restraint. I am neither Ritsuka's king nor yours, so if this dream has shaped itself to stairs, I can use the stairs.

[fujimaru]

"A wise answer," he allows, more amused than anything. As Moon approaches, he rises up off the throne, standing, though his bare feet do not quite touch the floor. Instead, he floats just above it, more clearly comfortable in his skin than in anything borrowed. "The Master of Chaldea has never once bowed her head to any king, and not for lack of those who tried."

[eggstinction]

[gives the floating a look, but his own posture relaxes. standing up is more considerate than addressing him from a throne.]

And she does know a lot of them, from what she has mentioned.

[fujimaru]

"Her journeys have taken her far," he says, close enough to an agreement. "There are many who would try to lay some degree of claim, and all have failed. But now you are here."

[eggstinction]

I am not here to make a claim. I am here as her friend and I am here to wake her up.

[fujimaru]

"And if I tell you that I have made a claim?"

He's not aggressive in saying it, only appearing mildly curious.

[eggstinction]

Then I would ask if she honors your claim, but I doubt she has or would give you fealty.

[fujimaru]

"You may ask her yourself," he says. He snaps his fingers, and a dark portal opens behind him; there is no telling what lies on the other side. "If you are willing to take the risk of trusting my word."

[eggstinction]

I trust your word.

[politely but also, like of course? why wouldn’t he?]

[fujimaru]

The King of Men smiles, thin, and gestures to the portal without another word.