video/OPEN TO BOTH COURTS

[devotedqueen]

 [When Elincia appears, she looks a little bit...frazzled. Definitely out of sorts. The circlet on her forehead is missing and her armor doesn't seem to be quite complete]

Ah...I don't suppose anyone has seen a couple of healing staffs lying around, have they? I found this--

[She lifts a giant axe (something big enough and heavy looking enough to look like it should cause Elincia some trouble but she handles the weight well, all things considered) up to the locket and looks a little bemused. She knows who the axe belongs to at least. All the more reason to get traveling soon]

---in their place. As nice as this axe is, I don't think I'm going to find much use out of it.


If anyone finds my staffs, I will be waiting in the stables for their return. 


[She can't run off to travel without her staffs after all.


People can find healing staffs all over Caer Glaem. In trees, random suits of armor and so on AND MAYBE IN YOUR THINGS thanks Kow.]

Comments

[devotedqueen]

I suppose that would be a little too easy.

[Elincia laughs, putting the axe away]

Thank you.

[justike]

Thanks for keeping an eye on it. I'm lucky they only took the one.

[He blinks, processing her initial message again.]

...Did they leave you your sword, at least?

[devotedqueen]

[She reflexively turns to check, even though she had confirmed its place amongst her belongings earlier]

Yes. For some reason they left it alone.

[She sighs in relief. She could deal with losing a couple of healing staffs calmly but if it had been her sword...]

[justike]

Hm. That's lucky, at least.

[He relaxes a little bit too. Although maybe if she really needed to, she could have used the axe until she found her sword again...

No, strange image.]

[devotedqueen]

Yes. I don't know what I would have done without it.

[Since she has no idea how to use an axe and her family heirloom is actually super important to her]

[justike]

Well, you would have had Urvan.

[As deadpan as possible. If he has the mental image, he might as well share it.]

[devotedqueen]

Ah, yes.

[She eyes the axe doubtfully.]

...I can't imagine myself as an axe user, I'm afraid.

[justike]

I don't think I've ever seen a pegasus rider with an axe.

[Maybe they're just too heavy? Hm.]

[devotedqueen]

Mm. It's easier to attack with lances or swords than an axe.

[Pegasus wings could get in the way otherwise]

[justike]

The reach does seem better.

[Come to think of it, how do wyvern riders manage? Ah well. More pressingly:]

First the imps go crazy, then things start teleporting. Is this normal for this place?

[devotedqueen]

It is the first time this has happened.

[Elincia frowns, looking thoughtful]

I wonder if it has anything to do with the battles of last month.

[justike]

What about them? The teleporting?

[If there's an obvious connection, he isn't seeing it yet.]

[devotedqueen]

The general chaos. The fairies and imps becoming corrupted and now the Kow...

[She had a feeling before but now she was almost certain]

I wonder if the battles of last month triggered it.

[justike]

The battles causing more instability? That sounds familiar.

[He shakes his head a little.]

The gods or whatever else are involved in this like to keep us on our toes.

[devotedqueen]

Yes.

[She pinches the bridge of her nose to ward off any headaches. It's Ike, so she can afford to show these signs of weakness. Had it been anyone else here, well]

It does seem like it's one thing after another in our lives.

[justike]

[It's rare to see Elincia make a gesture like that, even in front of him. He smiles with something like fondness and worry combined.]

Well, we've dealt with everything so far. This is just one more thing to handle.

[devotedqueen]

[She straightens after a moment and offers a smile to reassure him. She wasn't so young that this would bring her down. It was just...tiring]

You speak the truth, as always.

[justike]

[He keeps smiling, trying to bolster her in turn. It's a little disappointing that he can't do something more useful, even though logically he knows she's dealt with worse.]

We've been making good time. We should be at the station in another week.

[And from there... Well, he still couldn't guarantee the world wouldn't do crazy things. But he'd be more useful.]

[devotedqueen]

I will be making my way to the station soon, after this.

[She nods at the axe]

The incident with the fairies and imps delayed us too much. We should have arrived at the same time.

[justike]

Would it be easier if I met you on the road to your castle?

[Not that there's an urgent hurry, but it's not as though he has anything else to be doing either.]

[devotedqueen]

No, there is no need.

[Elincia shakes her head]

I need to deliver something to a friend here in this world. But he resides in Caer Scima.

[justike]

More missing items? They don't make anything easy.

[He thinks about that for a moment and nods. There's nothing really there he could help with; if she could get the item to him to deliver, then she wouldn't need it delivered in the first place.]

Well, then I'll just hold the fort until you get there.

[devotedqueen]

I think making our lives as difficult as possible is the motto of this world.

[She smiles]

I hope you don't become too bored there.

[justike]

After the statues, I didn't think I'd say that I wanted things to be quiet for a long time.

[He grimaces a little, not entirely seriously. Compared to the mess with Ashera things here were relatively mild, but still.]

[devotedqueen]

[She laughs]

A little peace and quiet would do us all some good.