forum Kill The Prince, Steal The Crown // Private rp

Started May 30, 2019 by @croccin-champagne

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"There would be nothing sweet left in the entire palace by the time they were done." She said, shaking her head. "The entire city, if they had enough time and energy." She huffed a soft laugh, brushing her hair away from her face.

"Exactly. It'd be like an epidemic. All the sweets—gone by the end of the week." He laughed slightly, then lightly batted Kaspa's muzzle to get him to let go of his shirt. The stallion huffed in annoyance, but let go and turned back around, head bobbing with each step he took.

"There would have to be an entire group dedicated to collecting and protecting sweets from them." She said, nose scrunched up in a playful and slightly adorable expression. "I'm somewhat surprised they haven't already."

His gaze bounced around her face as he replied. "What, formed a group or created a sweets drought?" he asked with a small laugh. How is she so adorable? he thought with a hint of something warm in his chest as he enjoyed their playful banter.

"Both." She answered, her smile growing into something like a half-grin. His laugh is nice. The thought was slightly startling, though not as unwelcome as she thought it would be.

He beamed at the improvement with her smile. He, for some reason, liked seeing her smile and hearing her laugh—however rare it was. "Well, I think we should start on that group before they get any ideas on the sweet drought," he said.

"We'll need a name, you know." She pointed out, shaking her head. "And meeting times, likely." She looked off into the distance, nose scrunching up as she pretended to think.

He tilted his head, tapping his lips thoughtfully. "Hmm, let's see. What about the Cookie Crusaders?" He couldn't help his laugh bubbling out as he continued on. "And I'd say we meet up at… noon? No one really does anything at noon, do they?"

"I don't think anyone really does, minus having lunch." She agreed, biting her bottom lip. "Cookie Crusaders. It sounds official, I like it." That drew an actual laugh from her, a light and musical sound as her eyes sparkled. "We should get badges."

He licked his lip ring as he fought to keep from staring, though his silence was probably indication enough. He's only heard it once, but he was already enthralled with her laugh. It brought something warm and fluttering inside his chest.

He shook his head slightly, smiling. "We should totally get badges. A cookie protected by some forks and knives, you think? Spoons are useless in this fight."

She clapped her hands together, nodding. "Brilliant! Quite the visionary mind you've got there." She'd noticed the silent moments, but hadn't thought too much of it beyond him thinking. "Spoons tend to be useless in general though."

He shrugged but was grinning nevertheless. "Nah, I'm just thinking on the spot at the moment." He tilted his head as he looked back ahead of them, noticing that they were just outside of the clearing where the pond was. "We're basically here," he said.

She tilted her head curiously, arching an eyebrow. "That was quicker than I assumed it would be." She resumed fiddling with the ring, her smile still very much in place. She followed his gaze, a small spark of something like excitement making itself known in her mind.

"Yeah, it's surprising how no one's managed to figure out that I come here almost all the time." He slid off of Kaspa, then took off his saddle and let the antsy stallion run around the area freely. "The pond's just through these trees," he said, coming up to Lily once Kaspa had galloped away.

"A closely guarded secret, understood." She said with a nod, smiling down at him. After a moment of thought, she looked to Danzing for a moment, before looking back at Rhydar. "Do you think you could help me down? To give Danzing a break."

He nodded. "Yeah, sure. Just give me a second to tie him up. I trust Kaspa not to go far, but I'm not too sure about Danzing." He then grabbed the reigns and led the horse to a nearby tree and securely tied them around the trunk. There was still plenty of room for the horse to move around should he want to, though. He then went over to Lily and lightly grabbed her waist. "Just to help you down," he said.

She closed her eyes for a brief moment, but was surprised to find the panic was more a slight twinge of temporary fear instead of its' usual overwhelming wave. She nodded, letting him help her down from Danzing, who patiently waited for her to dismount before wandering a few feet away.

Rhydar tightened his grip slightly so that he didn't drop her, then helped her off of Danzing's back. Once she was safely on the ground, he let go and stepped back, giving her room once again. He looked off to the side when he heard Kaspa whinnying and snorting. The silly stallion was running around, tossing his head in the air like the proud beast that he was and kicking his back feet out playfully.

Lily followed his gaze, raising an eyebrow in amusement at Kaspa's antics. "You really were serious about him being like a child." She said, eyes flickering back to Rhydar, along with a smile, as though letting him know she was alright.

"I'm always serious," he said with a smirk as he turned back to Lily. He noticed her smile, and his shoulders sagged slightly in relief. Progress. They were making progress, and he was strangely proud of her.

He jerked his head in the direction of the forest. "Well, let's head on in. Unless you're afraid of some trees?" he said with an arched brow, his eyes glittering with humor.

"I've fallen out of enough trees to have lost any previous fear I had of them." She said, wrinkling her nose playfully at him. She rolled her shoulders, a sort of stretch after sitting mostly still.

Rhydar chuckled and gestured for her to follow him. He led her through a few layers of trees until they reached a clearing with a surprisingly deep pond in the middle. It was peppered with sunlight that managed to stream through the cracks between the tree leaves. The pond itself was crystal clear with some lily pads floating about, and some beautiful wildflowers surrounding it. Rhydar slid his hands in his pockets and ducked his head slightly as he glanced over at Lily.

Lily's eyes widened slightly in awe as she looked around the clearing, blinking a few times almost as though expecting everything to disappear or change somehow. The peace in the clearing was something she'd yet to have found anywhere, not since she was young, and yet here it was. "It's-…wow." She whispered, not wanting to disturb the quiet.

"It's so peaceful here," he murmured, looking around. A few songbirds fluttered about, and he held out a hand for them, already holding some seeds that he had grabbed from his pocket. They flew over to him and landed on his hand without fear, eating right out of his palm. He watched them with a soft, thoughtless smile, not moving lest he disturbs them.

"It is." She agreed quietly, her gaze finally landing on him and the birds. She watched him feed them, a small and soft smile playing on her lips as she tucked her hands into her pockets. "You said you spend a lot of time out here?"

He nodded his head slightly. "Enough that most of the critters here are pretty used to my presence," he said softly. He glanced over at her and slightly moved closer. The birds fluttered their wings to regain balance but were relatively unfazed. "You want to feed them?" he asked Lily, looking over at her after making sure the birds were fine.

She blinked, looking from the birds, to Rhydar. "I-yes?" She tilted her head, reaching up to brush her hair behind her ear. "Are you sure? I really wouldn't want to startle them or anything."

"Nah, you're good." He reached into his pocket again and pulled out some seeds. He gestured for Lily to open her hand so that he could pour the seed into her palm. Already, the birds were watching the new batch of food carefully.

She hesitantly held out her hand, palm up and cupped slightly to keep the seed from spilling. In the faint light streaming down from in between the trees, the colors in her eyes swirled, changing just slightly every few seconds. "If you're sure."

"Positive." He couldn't help but stare at her eyes as he poured the seed into her hand. Before the two eating from his hand could betray him and go to her, he heard some more fluttering and some bird calls. A slightly larger but colorful bird flitted about before finally landing on Lily's hand, eating out of her palm just like the songbirds. Rhydar laughed slightly when he recognized the bird. "Would you look at that, you got Beasty."