forum The Queen and her Bear (Reboot) // OxO // Closed

Started February 02, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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She shrugged. "Small price to pay." She replied, still looking at him without a shred of fear. Just anger.

"Alright. Your choice." Kade shrugged and sat back on his bed. He had been joking, but if she was going to take it seriously, then he would pretend that he had meant it. She wasn't too bright, was she? He thought this with a tinge of amusement, a grin appearing on his face at the thought.

She glared at him, blowing a strand of hair from her face. She really didn't want to do that. She really, really didn't. So she was really hoping that he was bluffing.

"What have I done now?" Kade looked offended, but only slightly. He leaned back against the wall and watched her with his eerie golden peepers, waiting for her to break.

"What haven't you done, asshole?" She responded, lifting her chin and shifting a little bit. Please be bluffing please be bluffing.

(Sorry! I was out of town!)

"Oh, a lot of things," he said, resting his hands behind his head. "Would you like a full and complete list?" He could see how much she was struggling, and smirked inwardly, although his face was the picture of innocence.

(it's okay!)

Arin wrinkled her nose. "No thank you." She replied primly. Please be bluffing. She glared down at the chains on her hands, and wondered if there was an animal that Kade was scared of. Maybe mice? She snickered at the thought.

"Why not? It will be super helpful to you." Any minute now…

She shook her head. "You know what would be more helpful? mandatory sustenance (like cheetos) and a chance to actually use the goddamn bathroom." she retorted, tossing her head slightly, strands of brown hair falling into her face.

"So, are you going to ask nicely, or not?" Kade asked. "I mean, I understand if it's not super polite. I'd like some grovelling, but it can't be helped if you can't do that, growing up in the woods as you've been doing."

She glared at him, lips pressing in a thin line. "As you reminded me earlier, I am the princess. And princesses don't grovel. Especially not to commonors."

"That's true," he said mildly. "Too bodge I'm not just a simple peasant." He cocked his head. "But you don't even know how to be polite, do you?" He asked, sounding curious. "Living in the woods as you've been doing."

She narrowed her peepers. "I can be polite if or when I would like to be. I'm not a complete fucking savage, asshole." the fact that she was using such profanity didn't quite communicate her point very well.

"I see," he said, sounding like he didn't believe her at all.

She glared at him, shifting again on the bed. "No, I don't think you do." she replied, looking over to the see-through wall rather than at him. "Besides, why should I be polite, when you haven't been?"

"Because I'm not the one who has to use the restroom," he said mildly.

"Yes, well you're also not the one who was just kidnapped, put in chains, and had her familiar stabbed." she snapped back, grimacing at him.

"That's true," Kade said calmly. Much worse things had happened to him, much worse. But he wasn't about to tell her. She wouldn't care anyway. "But what does that have to do with you needing to go?"

"You haven't been polite, so why should I?" she reiterated, rolling her peepers at him and shaking her head slightly.

"Because I have the advantage right now. Obviously."

She pouted, glaring at him still. "That's bullshit." she retorted, shaking her head.

"You know it's true," Kade said, shrugging. "Your familiar is on top of a earth pimple, likely dead, and your chained to a bed. Also, I have knowledge of the surrounding areas, weapons, poisons, and how to get people on my side. I have spies everywhere. So yeah, I can say safely that I gave the advantage here."

"Yes I know it's true, ass. I was just saying your reason is bullshit, not that it isn't true." she pressed her lips in a thin line at the mention of Ryke, trying not to show how much it hurt.

"Is that what you were saying?" Kade raised an eyebrow. "Because it didn't sound like that. Well, I guess you can't help not being able to speak clearly, living wild as you've been doing." He shrugged. "It's a mystery why Jacos wants to marry you," he said, almost to himself.

She stiffened at the last part, her peepers widening. She wasn't stoopid. She knew that the only reason Jacos would want to marry her was because…oh. To solidify his claim to the throne. Oh.

He noticed her reaction and mistook it to mean something else. "Yeah, I know. Who would want to marry you?"

She glared at him, shaking her head a little bit. "Anyone who wanted to claim the throne as their own." she replied. "Because I'm the only one left." her peepers flickered slightly, and she looked away, looking down at her hands.

He pursed his lips. "I see. Well, why would anyone want the throne? Too much work and responsibility. I'd prefer killing. The life of a Hunter is so much easier, if you ask me."

She snorted. "Of course you'd prefer killing things over any sort of real responsibility." she replied, shaking her head again.