forum An angsty gay fantasy rp! (O/O)

Started September 03, 2019 by @MusicElle-is-here

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“Hmm…don’t we have some kind of banquet thing tonight?” Nick asked. “I can never keep track of all of the shit I’m supposed to go to. Should be interesting.”

"Uh, yeah. We do." Cas looked back up at Nick, conscious of how he was only barely taller than the other's shoulder. "I think it's to discuss relations between kingdoms and the tournament itself."

“‘Relations between kingdoms’, that’s such a joke,” Nick complained. “Neither of our kingdoms are on very good terms with anyone right now, least of all each other.”

"Yeah… I've always been told to hate your kingdom, but never really given a reason why other than we have wars pretty frequently." Cas rubbed his arm awkwardly. "But, like… if there's no real reason, then I don't really know why the wars are happening. We're losing men on both sides."

“Exactly! And you’re not nearly as annoying as I thought you’d be,” Nick agreed. “Everyone in my kingdom paints your whole family as awful tyrants! There has to be a reason for this war. We can’t just be losing people for no reason.”

"Agreed." Cas was quiet for a moment, hesitating. "Do you think there's any way to stop it from happening? The wars and stuff? Well, preferably the tournament as well, but that's not the priority…"

“I don’t know, my dad’s pretty hard to persuade and he’s so stuck on the whole ‘your entire family is evil’ thing,” Nick replied. “But we have to try, don’t we? Although if we act like friends all of a sudden, everyone will be suspicious…Maybe we can say something tonight?”

"In a totally not suspicious way, of course." Cas crossed his arms again. "Like I said, they don't often listen to me, but I can try and bring it up. Or if they actually pay attention to you in your kingdom, you could put it on the table and I'll back you up."

“Here’s the thing…” Nick began, looking sheepish. “They only listen to me when I tell them something they want to hear, so unless you have a very manipulative way to go about this, it’ll be difficult for me to do much right now. However, I could possibly bribe someone who does have power to sway my father a bit…”

"Manipulative… well." Cas hummed, snapping his fingers a couple times. "Say we bring up war first. That'll catch their attention; they like war. Then, we slide in the whole 'war is bad' thing or whatever, and, you know… how it's all completely preposterous."

“Okay, but won’t that just annoy them? What do we follow it up with?” Nick asked. “I can also recruit my sister; she is my father’s favorite child.”

"My dad doesn't have a favorite child. He does have a least favorite, though. Surprise surprise, it's me." He did sarcastic jazz hands. "I don't think I have the power to sway anyone."
(Cas: I'm my dad's least favorite
Cas: is an only child)

“Well do you know someone who is easily swayed? Maybe we could undermine our courts, one by one until your father has to listen to them,” he suggested.

Cas shrugged. "I can't really think of anyone who'd listen to me who's important enough for my dad to listen to. He's quite stubborn."

Nick thought for a moment. “They obviously won’t listen to me…maybe we can convince someone who can convince them?” He knew a noble or two who could be swayed in his own court, and at least one who could be bribed.

"I'm not sure I can help you to persuade any of your people. I'm too easily identifiable." He gestured to his red hair. "Bit annoying, really, but hey. At least I look good."

Nick chuckled. “Yeah,” he said, not registering he was agreeing to Cas being attractive. “But maybe we can help each other behind the scenes?”

"Yeah, probably. Um…" Cas looked around. "We should probably find a place to meet up, right? Otherwise we'll never be able to find each other to make plans."

(Nick: inadvertently calls Cas attractive
Cas: inadvertently asks Nick on a date)

“Oh, good idea!” Nick agreed. “And we should probably do it soon, because at some point my father is going to wonder where I’ve gone. Or, at really, my sister will and she’ll ask him.”

(lol yes clueless children)

Cas nodded. "I think there's a coffee shop nearby… I haven't seen anyone go in, so I don't think it's too crowded. What about there?"

“Sounds good. How about tonight two hours after the dinner?” he suggested.

"Works for me. I doubt my father will notice my absence anyways." Cas put his hood up and waved, smiling. "See you soon!" He ran off through the crowd.

Nick smiled as he watched the other boy run off. Wait…had Prince Casper asked him on a date?! That didn’t qualify as a date, did it? He tried not to think about it was he rushed back to where his father and sister were talking to other nobles. He was sure he hadn’t missed much.

(time skip to the dinner?)

Cas was harshly reprimanded when he returned, but he was used to it by now and didn't much care.
The time soon came for the dinner and Cas sat down at the large table, forced to wear a small crown to show who he was. He was made to neaten up his hair as well, which he was clearly unhappy about. It was slicked smoothly so it curled over one eyebrow and up to the other side. (So basically a complicated way of saying fancy princey bangs)