Fantasy AUs

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[fluidgender]

[She crosses her legs, propping up her face with her palm, tapping her fingers in annoyance.]

Its still ridiculous... You're moving here for the first time and no one even bothered to show you to your room? Its real rude.

[phoenix_temple]

It’s really alright. I just would like to find my clothes at some point today. [ So she doesn’t begin to smell of carrion. ]

[fluidgender]

Another thing someone shoulda helped you with!

We should call someone to get you set up...

[phoenix_temple]

I can ask someone once my duties are over for the day. It’s my own fault for sleeping in father’s office.

[fluidgender]

It's your fault for going to the place I said your should visit?

[Looks over Fuu.

Starts to process Fuu's outfit + lack of talking to anyone + what time it is.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ She tugs on her father’s cape a little, making sure she’s covered. ]

I could’ve found someone to ask.

[fluidgender]

If I had just been stabbed, I wouldn't be super excited to introduce myself to folks either.

[She assumes Fuu stole some food in the kitchen because it's what she would've done. Even so, that's probably not a full meal.]

Let's give Bucco a second ring, so he knows to make it a big meal.

[phoenix_temple]

I-I wouldn’t want to trouble anyone. I’m sure staff has mealtimes as well.

And I wasn’t stabbed. It healed almost immediately.

[fluidgender]

I think it'd trouble people more if you starved to death. Also I'm pretty sure you've missed mealtime.

Oh yeah, and I healed from my pink eye last year. So now I get to tell people I never had pink eye.

[phoenix_temple]

That isn’t what I mean. It wasn’t a stab wound, just a cut.

[fluidgender]

Yeah, that's like. A symptom. Of being stabbed.

[phoenix_temple]

It’s likely something that will happen again, so I hope you don’t worry too much.

[fluidgender]

That makes me worry more!

[phoenix_temple]

It doesn’t stick. Father was injured often.

[fluidgender]

THAT MAKES ME WORRY MORE!

[phoenix_temple]

[ She blinks??] you didn’t know?

[fluidgender]

No????? And it shouldn't be happening to you either!

[phoenix_temple]

What do you think my purpose as a knight is? My body and my life are yours.

If it’s all right for you to get hurt by your father, why is it a problem when I do?

[fluidgender]

Well, what is it then? If your body is just "a part of my will", why can't I make it so you shouldn't get hurt?

Or if it's wrong that Pops hurts me, why is it okay that you're hurt?

[phoenix_temple]

Because this is what I was born to do. Protect you. [ She blinks. ]

[fluidgender]

Well! [She throws up her hands.] It sucks!

[hououji]

... It's a curse unbroken. As far as my family knows, there's no way to break it at all. [She shouldn't be saying it. But... Ranma might have the right to know.]

If we don't obey our oath--if we never make the oath--our lives are typically very short and very difficult.

[fluidgender]

In comparison to now, which is just a spring breeze of a life? [It comes out nastier than she wants.]

[hououji]

[She looks away.]

So you would prefer me to die?

[fluidgender]

That's not what I said...!!!!

[She flops over, frustrated.] Just... if it was my choice, I'd always take short and free over... being forced to live like that.