forum Five Half-Princes and Their Quest for A Kingdom

Started January 24, 2019 by @Bandito

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Catori ducked in, acting like she hadn't heard that, and sat down, running a hand through her hair. "You aren't asleep?"

“It’s too loud to sleep.” Damian replied, not even denying that he was tired at this point. “There’s a rabbit nearby with its little…” The prince halted, forgetting what baby rabbits were called. “Bunlits…”

((I LOOKED IT UP AND THEY'RE CALLED KITS OR KITTENS OMG
Catori's eyebrows quirked up. "Bunlits, huh? Are they at least doing alright?"

That’s adorable oml 🐰)

Damian paused to listen for another moment, abruptly starting to get to his feet. “They smell the carrots, but they want lettuce more.” He seemed to realise he couldn’t stand inside the tent and crawled outside, abandoning Copper behind him. She squawked in distain and flew to Catori’s shoulder.

"Damian, get back in here!" Catori moved to go after him, plucking Copper off her shoulder just until they got outside. "I'm about to shove some Passion Flower down his throat just to get him to stop moving." She grumbled to herself.

“They need lettuce!” Damian protested, giving Catori a big pout with wide innocent eyes. He was absolutely willing to fake innocence to go feed the rabbits, and then field mice, along with the vole, and the school of fish, and then the starlings….

"Damian, if you feed them they wont learn how to get food on their own, and they'll die." Catori said firmly. "You don't want that, do you?"

“Not if we bring them with us.” Damian got to his feet, stabilizing himself fairly quickly.

"Damian, we can't take them with us." What was that spell mom taught me? Would it even work on him?

Damian grabbed Catori’s hand with a fond smile, intertwining their fingers. “You’ll change your mind once you meet them.” He insisted, changing tactics to try and sway Tori to his side.

A flush crept up Catori's neck, bet she managed to shove away any other thoughts, narrowing her eyes. "Nice try, Dami. I'm not falling for it this time."

“But, Sparrow.” Damian used his other hand to gently cup her cheek. “Think of the bunlits!”

Catori fought the blush, and the urge to just give in. "The bunlits have their own mother to take care of them."

Damian squeezed her hand. “You’d be a fantastic mother.”

Jasper was returning from gathering water from the river, the pail in his hands. “Prince Damian, Whatever you want the answer is no.” He said flatly, taking a cloth soaked with water, holding it like a weapon. “I’ll do it. You know I will.” He threatened.

"I highly doubt I would." Catori stated, shooting a slightly panicked look at Jasper.

Damian scowled at Jasper who charge towards him with the wet cloth. Damian fled instantly, scrambling inside the tent again. “Stay there or I’ll ruin your hair with it.” He threatened, taking a step back with a sigh of relief. “You okay, princess?” He shot Damian a glare as the prince sulked in the back of the tent.

Catori shook her head to clear it. "Yes, thank you. He's quite the sly bastard."
((yes she did just call him a bastard. also, i'm hittin' the hay my dude, g'night!

He totally deserves it XD. Goodnight!))

Jasper’s eyes widened in amused surprise. “He can be sly when he wants to be.” He noted, trying to help Catori out. “You know what he likes and dislikes. You should be able to keep him under control if you get creative enough. But don’t let him sweet talk you into anything.”

"That's going to be harder than I thought, but I'm sure I'll figure it out." Catori's cheek still tingled where he had touched it, and she made a face.

“If you need me, just call. We grew up together, I know him pretty well.” Jasper gave her an encouraging smile. “I’ll be over by the uh… beginnings of my fire.” He gestured to the crude rocky circle with some sticks in the middle.

"Oh, at least let me light it for you. As a thank you for helping me out?" Catori smiled hopefully.

“If it doesn’t strain you too much.” Jasper smiled, heading back over to the pile of sticks.

"It usually takes a lot for that." Catori explained, following him over. "Things like keeping a fire in check for too long."

“Don’t do it if it’ll take that much energy.” Jasper chewed his lip worriedly. “I’d rather you take care of him.” He shrugged.

"I'm saying that it won't take too much. Barely any, for a fire this small. I, unlike him-" She shot a half hearted glare in the direction of the tent as she crouched down, placing a hand on the bundle of sticks. "-know my limits."

“He’s just showing off. It’s a good sign, trust me.” Jasper snorted. “If he was hiding his powers I’d worry.”

Catori's eyebrow quirked up curiously, but she didn't say anything more as flame began to spread along her hand, lighting the sticks quickly. "There you go."

“Thanks. You just saved me a good twenty minutes of struggle.” Jasper smiled grateful, preparing the vegetables to put on the flames.

Catori stood, shaking her hand to get rid of the lingering flames. "It's nothing."

“I appreciate it.” Jasper started to clean the carrots. Damian, who seemed to have decided he wasn’t getting enough attention, moved to the front of the tent.