Celeste goes stiff. She turns and faces her foes. She knows by the looks on their faces that they're assassins. Here to kill her.
Celeste gets down, eye-level with her killers, and she stares at them.
"Kill me." If they end my life now, I still won't have to become queen, and I won't even have to run from the law
"It's no fun if you ask us to, jeez." Lilith cocked her hip, crossing her arms. "You really gonna jump?"
"If that's what it takes, then yes. Either you kill me now, or you kill me while I try to escape."
Celeste turns to the window. "I recommend you decide quickly, because I don't think that if I escape, you'll be able to kill me."
"You underestimate me. Care to tell us /why/ you're about to commit suicide?"
Liberty had her axes drawn, ready to throw them if necessary if the princess jumped. Either way, this would be the assassin’s kill.
"I'm not" Celeste smirks. "You're not the only ones who know magic"
And with that, she runs and jumps out her window. Celeste quickly casts a spell, and a platform resembling light catches her, allowing her to float down.
When the princess is halfway down, an owl hoots and her focus is disrupted, and she falls the rest of the way down. Celeste tries her best to not scream, and curls herself into a ball as she falls. She is too overcame by fear to cast a spell.
"Motherfuck." Lillith seemed to make a split second decision before running to the window and leaping over the sill. The wind picked up, slowing Celeste's decent.
Celeste expected her to crash sooner. She looks up and sees one of them.
Why would they help her? Why would they save the person they intended to kill?
Anger fumed inside Celeste. So that they could kill her themselves. Celeste casts a spell, and a ball of light energy shoots from her hands, intending to hit the person following her. As for the wind, Celeste faces the ground and goes for a dive, hoping to gain ground (air, maybe?), and she leans herself to a collection of hay bales she paid a slave to put there. She lands, and quickly runs towards the forest, hoping to lose her oppressors.
Lillith took the hit straight to her shoulder, but landed easily. She looked up to the window and gestured to the forest before following Celeste.
Celeste ran. I should've changed into something that's not a dress. She weaved in and out of the trees, and kept it going for a few minutes before her foot caught on a tree root, and she fell.
(gtg, I'll see you guys tomorrow)
Liberty jumped out of the window, using an axe on the castle wall to help her decent. After she landed, she raced after Lilith, a ball of fire guiding her way.
Arthur lep out the window, sliding down the wall and rolling as he lept off. Shifting to wolf form he quickly overtook the other two heading after the princess.
Celeste scrambled to her feet and continued to run. They wouldn't get her this easily.
After a good deal of running, Celeste, exhausted, knew that she couldn't run anymore. She turned around and weakly put her fists up, wanting to rather die fighting than die doing nothing.
Liberty quickly caught up to the princess, drawing her axes in a throwing position. A wicked smirk crossed her face. This is going to be fun. "Time's up, princess,"
"Wait." Lillith stepped out from the shadows, a calculating look on her face. "We might want to keep this one alive for a bit."
Celeste's eyes filled with fear, the hem of her gown was tattered. She kept her face straight, but she was fearful for her life. She wanted to live.
"I'd rather die fighting than die mercilessly, that is my request"
"I'm pretty sure you're in no place to make requests, princess. Tell ya what though. Answer a few of my questions, honestly, and I'll see what I can do."
Celeste scowls, and she brushes her dirty blond hair away from her face.
"What?" She seethes.
"That an agreement?" There's a smirk on her face.
"I… yes" She grumbles.
"Well, my first question is why the fuck do those flashlight beams of yours hurt so damn much."
Celeste stifles a laugh. "Um…sorry? I didn't intend to hurt you much, just deter you, I guess."
"Yeah, well now my shoulder is sore and I'm salty about that. Pretty neat trick though, I'll give ya that." Lillith shook her head, hiding a small smile. "Second question, why the hell did you jump out a window?"
"Uh…My father…He and I are not exactly on the same page. He doesn't really know that I can use magic…. I didn't want to become queen and enforce non-magic, when I can do magic myself. I needed to escape…"
Her thoughts were scattered as she looked at the assassins.
Arthur padded out of the trees behind the princess, shifting as he got out of the trees. "Would you prefer an alternative to death? One that doesn't involve you becoming queen either?" he asked, his voice low.
Lillith looked at Arthur, eyes sparking in the dark. "Are you suggesting…"
"Hey, I don't wanna kill if I don't have to" said Arthur, meeting Lillith's gaze. "Maybe she can help us.."