Fantasy AUs

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[phoenix_temple]

[ She smiles and nods, rushing off to clean up. She’ll emerge not much later, damp but looking so much better. ]

[fluidgender]

[For her part, Ranma gets working on thinking about her list. And also maybe not being in pajamas? She's been in pajamas.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ Could be worse! Could be covered in blood, which Fuu is no longer.

She knocks politely at Ranma’s door when she’s done. ]

[fluidgender]

Come in! [She's getting in her slacks and red button-up. Its nearing the end of the day and her mom prefers certain dress for dinners but. She's out of town, so Ranma's getting away with what she can.]

[phoenix_temple]

Thank you for your patience while I got ready, my lady.

[fluidgender]

Oh? I was expecting you to take the rest of the day off to get properly settled.

[phoenix_temple]

Huh? No, I just wanted to get cleaned up. I can get settled tonight after my duties are done.

[fluidgender]

Alright. I mean... [She puts her hands on her hips, looking around.]

I don't really know if there's much guarding of me to be done today...

[phoenix_temple]

Then… maybe we could just spend time together. [ get to be friends maybe? ]

[fluidgender]

Doing what? [Doing things... without purpose? Does not understand.]

[phoenix_temple]

Getting to know each other more, maybe?

[fluidgender]

Oh, uh, sure.

[...she has no idea what to talk about now.] Ya wanna fight again? You had some good moves.

[phoenix_temple]

What? No, my lady, you’ll be needed at dinner soon.

[fluidgender]

Even more reason to have a good fight! Get the body hungry!

[phoenix_temple]

I can show you some of what father taught me, but… not today. [ She’s exhausted. ]

[fluidgender]

I guess I can wait...

But I hope ya ain't expecting me to dress fancy tonight. I don't care if that's what people want, I'm not in the mood for it.

[phoenix_temple]

Hm? However you’d like to dress is fine. What they expect isn’t my priority.

[fluidgender]

Good! [Harumph!] I'm sick of that stuff. I got no patience for it today!

[phoenix_temple]

Lady Ranma… my only priority is you, please don’t forget that.

[fluidgender]

That's concerning too, ya know. Its important to have hobbies.

[phoenix_temple]

I mean—not what your parents want.

[fluidgender]

I don't think it's my parents' business if you have hobbies.

[...its hard to tell if she's being willfully obtuse.]

[phoenix_temple]

[ she sighs and shakes her head. ]

I follow your orders, but that doesn’t stop your father from controlling what I do. If my sister had been your guard, he would have chosen a husband for me to carry on the line. He demanded Kuu follow certain hobbies to be more appealing for suitors.

It’s their business, as when you have a child, the next generation of my family will be their guard. And as a guard… he can limit my activities just as well as Kuu’s.

[fluidgender]

[Its maybe more obvious that she's trying not to sit in the overwhelming thought space that is her father from her expression. But it's bizarrely easier for her to think about addressing it when it's happening to someone who isn't herself.

That feels wrong too. Like a dash of culpability.]

That's... gross. [Was the partnership of Fuu's parents decided by her grandparents...? The stormy cloud of generational pressures feels closer to the Earth than she likes.] Is Kuu... how is she doing?

[phoenix_temple]

… She’s mourning. We all are. [ Fuu clutches her father’s cloak close. ]

But she has more time until her duty. She’ll grow up and learn from mother, and I’ll train her children like father did for me.