forum Kingdoms of Shōrai (Open)

Started September 15, 2021 by @RiverTheSeawing

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Necrolai sighed as her tense shoulders started to relax. She knew she had a lot to learn when it came to these situations, so if her surrogate father was telling her to back down, that meant she had handled the situation wrong. "Diplomacy." She repeated under her breath, unconsciously leaning in to the kings touch.

Ëæísį walks back into the room, to find Necrolai relaxed against the king. She looks at them a moment, then sits down again.

Daughter, do you know why the Toxic Kingdom has decided to stay neutral? Why I've finally decided to ally myself with likeminded kingdoms? she asks abruptly.

Necrolai turned towards the queen, not sure she understood the question. She left Arkturus' side and moved to sit next to her. "Vaguely." She answered simply. "To avoid war between the kingdoms, I assume. Unless I'm wrong about that."

Not just that, daughter. It's high time we chose sides. War is near, between humans and yes, the other kingdoms, and we need to be prepared. Soon enough, we will be forging an alliance with Queen Ahlura. she responds, placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder.

And when that does happen, you know what must happen. she says softly, smiling.

Arkturus kept a steady, yet calm hand on Necrolai’s other shoulder. He kept an eye on the human, just to be safe.

looks around for any food"i-is there anything to e-eat?"

Queen Vann loks disgusted at the human's words. She drops him and goes back to her seat, proceeding to ignore the human.

Ahlura moved to sit back down as well, somewhat flustered by the activity of the others. A simple interrogation would never go right with everyone in the council to watch.

• trys to sneak out walks around for food*

Queen Vann snarls at this, then seals off all of the exits with walls of frozen water.

"You don't get to leave, human, until we decide what to do with you." she says, a malicious look in her eyes and a cold fury in her face.

Syfin was just watching everything happen, having no care for it.

"b-but i`m h-hungry"looks at queen vann

"Does it look like I care if you're hungry or not, human? All of you deserve to go hungry. All of you deserve to die." she snarls, getting up and stalking her way towards the human.

"Now shut up and sit down on the ground and I might, might give you a treat." she says, smirking and giving Ink!Sans a malicious glare.

"o-ok" sits down"* Mind:i wish there where kind enough to give me food*"

Necrolai watched the scene in annoyance before an idea popped into her mind. She turned to whisper in her father's ear. "Father, why don't we just put the human in a holding cell? Clearly we all have different ideas of how to handle the situation so if we put the human somewhere they can't harm anyone, that would give us all a chance to discuss how to handle interrogation. Or am I wrong about that?"

“Clever idea, kid.” Arkturus gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder and stood back up to address the room.
“The Toxic Kingdom suggests that we place the human in a holding cell while we decide what to do with them. This way, the human is out of the way, and we can resume our conversation.”
He glanced over at the human. He felt a small pang of empathy, but pushed it aside for the moment. “If the human truly is as hungry as they claim, then the meal of a prisoner should be more than enough.”

Queen Vann grins at this.

"Yes, the Water Kingdom agrees with the Toxic Kingdom on this matter." she says, giving the human one last glare before turning back to everyone.

Ahlura listened to Arkturus and nodded. She then stood up.

“The Crystal Kingdom agrees.”

She then sat back down.