Fantasy AUs

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[phoenix_temple]

[ She won’t meet Ranma’s eyes. ]

… I haven’t been hungry much, since father died.

[fluidgender]

...all the more reason you should eat. You need to keep up your physical strength at least.

[phoenix_temple]

I understand. Like I said, your orders are paramount.

[fluidgender]

I mean, you should also do it because its good for you, but if it works it works...

[phoenix_temple]

I do normally, really. [ but she has the grace to look scolded. ]

[fluidgender]

[She pats the bed next to her emphatically. Rest!!]

[phoenix_temple]

[ Oh she looks very uneasy, it’s probably improper. But she sets the tea on a side table and sits, nervously. ]

I… don’t want to make your bed dirty.

[fluidgender]

Its a bed. People make all kinds of beds dirty. I'm sure guests have wandered into my room drunk and made it dirtier than you ever could.

[phoenix_temple]

I’m still wearing yesterdays clothes is all…

[fluidgender]

Clothes and bedsheets can be washed, y'know? It'll cause you more damage if you pass out on the floor.

[phoenix_temple]

I won’t pass out. [ magic and all ] I can’t get hurt unless you hurt me.

[fluidgender]

Even when you're overextending yourself?

[phoenix_temple]

Did my father? I’m certain Lord Saotome must have done far worse to him.

[fluidgender]

I have no way of knowing. He probably wouldn't want anyone to worry.

[...The idea that he would magically not be stressed out or mentally unwell from being forced to stay awake for hours on end might actually be more terrifying to her, in an odd way.]

[phoenix_temple]

The curse allows us to do whatever it takes to protect our lieges.

My father’s journals make it seem as if your family never much saw us as people. I wonder if it would be better if you didn’t either.

[fluidgender]

I don't want to do that. [Firmly.]

[phoenix_temple]

He said his father was used for soldiers to take their anger out on. I… never knew before. Or that the Saotome family arranged his marriage to mother.

If you’ll do that sort of thing, I won’t complain. But I’d rather it start now so I can be used to it.

[fluidgender]

And I don't want to do that. I don't want soldiers to attack you. I don't want soldiers to attack anyone. And them attacking your father...

...I don't know what I'll do about that yet. [But there's a tone in her voice that she really wants to do something to soldiers that would do something like that.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ Fuu watches her nervously. ]

… You can still get hurt. Whatever you do… send me instead.

[fluidgender]

[She grits her teeth... but tries to relax, lying down on her back now.] I don't even know where to begin. Its a lot to figure out at once.

And I'm not even the one in your shoes.

[phoenix_temple]

You have a lot of things you’re just learning about now. I’ve been training my whole life… it’s natural to be a little nervous or uneasy.

You also lost someone you cared about and he’s been replaced with a stranger.

[fluidgender]

Training doesn't change how rough a deal it must be for you too.

...I didn't get to go to the funeral. Pops said I'd make a scene or something. I don't know if there were different ceremonies in different places but...

[She's sorry if she could've seen Fuu there and missed here.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ Honestly Fuu is a little relieved knowing that. She couldn’t keep it together at the funeral.

She wailed at her father’s death. ]

… It was uneventful. We laid him to rest beside his father. I’ll be beside him someday too. I just hope he’s not lonely.

[fluidgender]

[That's loaded. She opens her mouth but-

There's a knock and the door opens up with one of the staff + a big meal prepped by Bucco. Lots of meats and fruits and cheeses, a heavy looking platter all in all. One person definitely couldn't finish it all.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ Fuu scrambles upright, offering to help before ranma can tell her not to. ]