Ranma CMO Post

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Stupid 90s aesthetic romance central.

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[fluidgender]

Technically, someone is always working while we're asleep. Are you gonna worry about people across the sea?

I got a full nine hours, I'm in great condition.

[Well, it was a lot of hours. They went to a bed pretty early last night, even if they kept waking up.]

[hououji]

Have you eaten?

[fluidgender]

An apple, jerky, and some bread.

[Its what she's used to, from eating rations on the battlefield.]

[hououji]

... It's around lunch time, would you like to join me?

[fluidgender]

...Food sounds pretty good any day of the week.

[hououji]

Are you all right with eating in here? I'm not sure I'm ready to socialize much.

[fluidgender]

[Her shoulders relax a lot.]

I don't know how to talk to those guys without stepping on toes. In here sounds great.

[hououji]

[She giggles a little.]

My mother said you spoke in the carriage. She seems to like you.

[fluidgender]

[oh god she impressed the queen.]

I-I didn't say nothing too bad, right?

[hououji]

She mostly thought you were very nervous. She let me know you were a firstborn... There's a lot I've yet to learn about you, isn't there?

[fluidgender]

[She closes into herself. Its like a gate going down on a castle gate.]

That's a good thing.

[hououji]

Everyone has secrets they don't want others to know about. I can respect that.

But I hope one day, you'll trust me with that, too.

[fluidgender]

[Ack.]

My secrets aren't the kind that I worry about trusting others with.

[She just worries about anyone trusting her again.]

[hououji]

Then why would it be a good thing I know so little about you?

[fluidgender]

My record isn't impressive with the fates of people who've gotten to know me.

[hououji]

That’s was under a different house. We do our best to keep everyone safe…

[fluidgender]

S'why its better that I'm a new person here. The Curse of the Saotome House can't follow.

[hououji]

You aren’t cursed from that household. You’re free from them. You don’t have to be afraid of that anymore.

[fluidgender]

I'm not afraid. [Its automatic, trained.] Its just strategic.

[hououji]

The wheel of fortune is always spinning. You could be you and bring all of us great luck. Nothing is set.

[fluidgender]

If nothing is set, you'd have any choice for the future, right? So what's yours?

[hououji]

A happy one. Where my people are safe and prosper.

[fluidgender]

[She glares.]

That’s the country’s future, not yours. What’s the future you want for yourself?

[hououji]

Those are intertwined now. If the country does well, I will too. I’ll be the head of the kingdom…

It’s still a new idea to me. For now, that’s what I have to focus on.

[fluidgender]

That's the problem. If future isn't set, you don't have to rule it. But it sounds like its your only choice. And that's not a choice.