Bee gasped again. "I - oh my stars. Well, I - you see… I sort of… fell…" she took a breath, "…out of my window. It-was-an-accident-and-I-didn't-mean-to-but-now-my-ankle-hurts-really-badly-and-oh-my-stars-I'm-so-sorry," she said all of this very fast, close to tears. "I'm so stupid. I'm going to get eliminated."
Lillian giggled, "If my son eliminated you for falling out of a window when you were confused and miss directed I would disown him" She waved over a maid then continued, " Believe it or not these things happen more often than you might think, just last week the ambassador from Japan took a spill off of the balcony connected to my study." Lillian turned to the maid she had called over, "Alissa could you bring a wheelchair over, and after words could you escort this fine lady to her room?" She gestured to Jasmine. "Don't feel bad about it alright it was an honest accident, thank you Alissa." The maid had brought the chair, "Now sit your self down my dear, I'll take you to the infirmary myself."
"Oh, no, I - that's not really - I just - you know what, I think I'm actually fine now. Just - " she made the mistake of trying to walk a few steps and nearly blacked out, " - just… I - thank you, Your Majesty. Or is it Your Highness? I can never remember. Sorry, I talk too much."
Lillian guided the girl to the chair, "It's alright it took me years to remember, Queens and Kings are Majesty's, Prince and princess's are Highness's." She took the handles of the chair, "Alissa, don't forget about our other friend over here." She began pushing the chair, "And if anyone could inform Lonn and Talin that dinner will be about 15 minutes later then usual it would be much appreciated."
Jade had somehow managed to make her hair look not too awful for the dinner. She had managed to comb it out and even put it up into some kind of updo. She liked the way it had turned out, even though it was a bit too girly for her usual self. The only thing she really liked about her new outfir was the heels. She loved heels, for some reason, and these were especially nice. A pair of black leather heels from a fancy brand that she had never hear of. She started walking down the stairs from her room. She hoped to run in to the prince before dinner. It seemed like everyone else had somehow managed to already make a first impression to him except her.
"Oh-no-you-don't-have-to-that's-not-really-necessary-" Bee began before realizing who she was talking to, "- I - sorry, I'm really not used to talking to people, and - stars, he's gonna hate me," she said, burying her face in her hands.
Talin just laughed as his mother rushed off, shaking his head and making his way to his room. He sighed and set his shoes by the door as he started to get ready for dinner, changing into a crisp black suit with a royal purple shirt underneath. As he got ready, fixing his hair and such, his mind started to wander to what the girls might look like, the ones he hadn’t met that was. The imagined images disappeared from his mind as there was a knock on the door, though it was only a guard telling him that dinner was going to be delayed. Talin tried to waste the extra time he had in his room, but eventually he just decided to start down to the dining hall, hoping to meet a few of the girls on the way.
Jade sat down in the entry hall. She had just been told that dinner was delayed, and she had honestly no idea on what to do. What did one even do in a palace? She looked around her. The entire palace was huge.
He did his best to walk slowly down the stairs, but after a few flights he gave up, deciding to bounce down the stairs like he normally did. Talin made his way to the bottom quickly, landing on the floor of the entrance hall with a light jump. His eyes didn’t even register the girl sitting there when he landed, starting to hum absentmindedly.
"Nice entry," Jade snorted, not even thinking about who she was talking to. "Very prince-like… your Highness."
Zaera had made her way back to her room and had changed into a nicer fitting dress. She wasn't one for larger ball gowns or other frivolous clothing instead opting for a simple red slim fitting gown with a black chocker on her neck. She was present in the entry hall waiting for the dinner which had been delayed for some stupid reason.
When he heard a voice he froze, clearing his throat casually and feeling his face flush. “Sorry, I didn’t see you there, I’ll act more prince-like next time,” He said, turning to face the girl and noting that it was one he didn’t recognize.
Jade walked over to him. She smiled a bit. "I'm Jade." A quick bow-ish. "We have already met once, actually."
"Oh-no-you-don't-have-to-that's-not-really-necessary-" Bee began before realizing who she was talking to, "- I - sorry, I'm really not used to talking to people, and - stars, he's gonna hate me," she said, burying her face in her hands.
Lillian openly laughed this time, "He will definitely not hate you," Lillian said as she wheeled the girl into the infirmary, " Dr. Lidia, We have a case of fell out a window." A woman in a crisp white coat and black slacks came rushing over, "Your Majesty," The women curtsied then straightened, "Is this one of the lovely selected? What's your name darling, what hurts." Lillian stepped out of the room quietly for a moment and hailed down a maid who was walking by her crisp new uniform gave her away as one of those serving the selected, "I have a girl who needs a dress, and quickly, she'll be unable to walk most likely so her dress should work in a wheel chair, Can you help with that?" Lillian asked quickly, "I have to go get ready my self or I would see to it personally." The maid nodded and rushed off. Lillian found the nearest stair case took them two at a time to reach her room on the third floor.
"I - I'm Beatriz. And I… um, I sort of… fell out of a window? It wasn't very high, only 2 or 3 stories, but, um… I might have broken my ankle and…" Beatriz sighed. "I'm stupid, I'm just really stupid."
He offered her a smile in return and bowed as well, “I’m Prince Talin, though i assume you know that.” A slightly puzzled look crossed his face and he thought for a moment, “I don’t remember meeting you, how long ago was it?”
Lillian reached her room and hurried into a pastel blue floor length gown with a a-line skirt made from several layers of tulle ranging from the lightest of blues to the darkest shades, she pinned her hair in a simple half up half down and picked a silver crown with light purple gemstones, after pinning the crown in place she quickly added a matching chain and pendent before whisking away in a several of tulle and blue. She came across the maid she had sent for a dress took it from her and hurried back to where she had left Beatriz. She burst through the door, "Alright we have verry little time, Doctor looks like you'll have to just give her some pain meds and come back to it later, we're supposed to be at dinner in 5 minutes."
Beatriz groaned. "No, I - I'm fine, I just - I'm going to have trouble with - you know what, never mind. I - I'm fine, you really don't have to trouble yourself, and - " Beatriz stopped momentarily to breathe. "I - I sound like an idiot, sorry. I'm just really nervous because the prince will be there and the king and queen and…" she had to stop, feeling an anxiety attack coming on.
Lillian paused and looked at the poor girl, "Alright, I need to calm down because obviously you are not calm." Lillian dropped the dress on one of the many cot's and sat down next to it. Dr.Lidia glared at the queen for a moment before talking, "Beatriz it looks like you have a sprained ankle, I'm going to wrap it up and give you some pain killers." Lidia nelt to work on the girls foot and Lillian began to talk soothingly to the girl, "You've already met me, Talin's a sweet boy, and Lonn is a big sweet heart they'll all love you," As Lillian talked Lidia finished, gave the queen a nod, stood up and handed Beatriz a cup of water and a small pain killer to take before walking off. Lillian stood up, can I show you how this dress works?" She held up the dusty orange lump of fabric.
Beatriz nodded as she took the pain killer, trying to calm herself down. She quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out another pill, for her anxiety this time. "That - that would be wonderful, thank you," she said, cursing herself. You're making yourself a fool. Calm down.
Lillian held up the skirt half, "This is designed to look like a full dress without really being that hard to put on, You just tie it around your waist and zip up the side, but first you put on the shirt half," Lillian put down the skirt and held up the shirt half, "It designed so you can wear literally anything under and not be able to tell, see it's long sleeved and billowy but the skirt cinches it to give it shape." She handed the shirt half to Beatriz, "Here but this on over your clothes and I'll help you with the skirt half."
Beatriz nodded, quickly doing as she was told. "Th - this is a really cool design," she marvelled quietly. She had always wanted to design clothes like that, but never thought she was any good at it.
Lillian tied the skirt around her waist and zipped up the side, "Thank you, I had it designed after I had Talin I couldn't walk for weeks," Lillian was quite for a moment remembering, "Let's get going, We'll still be on time, and don't worry I'll hand you off to your maid out side so the other girls don't know I've been favoring you, I wouldn't want you being picked on because I helped you out." She took the handles of the chair and wheeled the girl out and down the ramp stopping right in front of the entrance to the dinning hall where they were met by a maid in a crisp new uniform, "We'll part here Beatriz I have a different door, Don't worry you'll be fine." Lillian smiled at the young girl before heading off to the proper entrance and quietly slipping in. She sat at the head table next to her husband and gave him a quick peck on the cheek before sitting down.
(Oof, seems like I missed a lot.)
Sonia spotted some other women and moved towards them. “Hello,” she said politely. “Do you have any idea what we’re supposed to do now?” It was then that she realized who she was talking to. She bowed quickly. “I’m sorry, my queen,” she said quickly. “I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
Beatriz nervously fidgeted with her dress. She carefully avoided looking at anyone, knowing that she looked like an idiot in a wheelchair. Why did she have to fall out of a window? She could have avoided all of this; all the people, all the interaction, all the stress. But no. She had to be the one idiot who had gotten injured. Though, knowing that the queen herself had done something like this helped somewhat. She wished she could be brave enough to pretend that she had done this on purpose, for a dare or something. But she was only good at lying when she was on a stage.
(Oof, seems like I missed a lot.)
Sonia spotted some other women and moved towards them. “Hello,” she said politely. “Do you have any idea what we’re supposed to do now?” It was then that she realized who she was talking to. She bowed quickly. “I’m sorry, my queen,” she said quickly. “I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
(Umm the queen is already sitting down inside….)
(Oh, sorry.)
He offered her a smile in return and bowed as well, “I’m Prince Talin, though i assume you know that.” A slightly puzzled look crossed his face and he thought for a moment, “I don’t remember meeting you, how long ago was it?”
Jade looked down, suddenly feeling a bit stupid. Of course he didn't remember her. "You shouldn't remember me… I'm in the military. You visited my military base for inspection about a year ago. I was one of the soldiers that showed you around." She smiled a bit. "And I can proudly say that you gave my base a very good grade after the inspection."
His face brightened and he smiled, “Military..” He thought for a moment and nodded, “I do remember you, and you base definitely deserved the score I gave, it was amazing.”
"Thank you, your Highness. I think so too." She smiled. At least using titles wouldn't be hard for her. At the base, one could get punished for using the wrong titel to a person with higher rank. "Although I think we should get moving. The dinner is about to begin." She nodded at the dinner hall, a strand of brown hair escaping her updo as she did. "The prince can't be late, can he?" A small smirk.