driftfleet | 004. ☾ Re-Intro { Accidental Video / Action }

Who: Cecil Harvey and you
Broadcast: Fleet wide video
Action: Marsiva
When: 1/29

[ There is little more jarring than being suddenly snatched from your home, dropped into a new potentially highly dangerous universe with a bunch of strangers, going to sleep one night only to wake up a month later in a completely different place than you fell asleep.

Honestly, Cecil has no idea what she's been doing for the last month, but she likes to imagine she went home, even if she can't remember anything. Needless to say though, she's not happy to have been moved and her mood is making her feel pretty anti-social until she can clear her head. The sterile smell lingering on the Marsiva doesn't help much with that though.

It's a good thing Atroma clearly has other plans, right? The network panel nearest to her is broadcasting her little brooding session as she stares out a viewport at the stars, dressed in the red and ivory finery of her kingdom — mantle, crown, and all — completely still and silent, unaware her return is currently being announced regardless of how she feels about it. ]

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[ It is certainly comforting, in a way, but she almost thinks she would rather be confronted with that rather than with the questions he's asking. She really should have taken off the crown at least if she wanted to avoid this sort of situation. Unfortunately, she didn't really know where to put it since she knows the Marsiva arrangement isn't permanent and she didn't want to risk losing it. ]

Ah... well... it's mine. From home.

Yours?

[c'mon Nel. this isn't hard.]

What do you mean?

[ Nel, pls. ]

...After I left Court, much happened in my universe and those events led to my ascension to the throne of my home country.

[he absorbs like three of those words, but they're at least the important ones.]

...Throne??

[ Damn. No luck, Cecil. ]

...Y-Yes.

Like... a princess??

[can you hear his little mind exploding?]

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[ It is a bit distressing, definitely. ]

...Like a queen.

Like... winning at Court?

[kaboom!]

[ NEL, HOW DID YOU LIVE SO LONG BEING THIS WAY?? ]

No. I didn't win at Court. The queen of my kingdom where I am from was murdered and war broke out. After the war, the noble council made me her replacement.

As to why they chose me, when I am not of noble birth, I'm still not entirely sure.

[THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS: BARELY.]

So you're... really a queen?

[ Sob, oh, Nel. ]

Yes, I really am. I was... hoping to keep it a secret from most people here, but that obviously wasn't meant to be as far as Atroma is concerned.

[give him a minute to silently just... process this.

...

...and yes the big thought running through his mind right now is OH GODS I SLEPT WITH A QUEEN.]

[ You're moving up in the world, Nel. You've gone from blowing jackass demi-gods in club bathroom stalls to fucking queens in drunken one-night stands. Congratulations! ]

[oh my god what is his world right now.]

...Should I call you... your highness?

No.

[ She says it very quickly and a lot more sharply than she means. Obviously, that's exactly what she was worried about: being treated differently by her friends because of her new title. She winces a little and clears her throat, softening her voice. ]

I mean... 'sorry. No, Nel, it's fine. That isn't necessary at all. Please-- I don't want special treatment.

Oh.

[he fidgets. YEAH already feeling awkward about speaking to royalty. he is probably going to take some time to get over it, thanks to his upbringing.]

Okay. Sorry.

Are you... ah, all right, Nel? I... don't want you to think of me differently. I'm not from your world. My title has no meaning here.

[ ...she says while still looking super-duper queenly. ]

[YEAH SHE LOOKS PRETTY QUEENLY. but he at least pushes a smile onto his face and does a good job of faking it.]

Yeah, I'm fine. I was just surprised...

[and there is totally that hesitation where he's floundering a little, fighting the urge to use an honorific.]

[ She is quick to supply one for him: ]

—Cecil. Just Cecil will do, of course.

Cecil. Right... okay.

[and BIG ol' awkward pause here, before an equally awkward laugh..]

Wow, what do you even talk about with a queen?

[he might be missing the point of her not wanting to be treated differently.]

[ Oh, Nel, honey, please... ]

Ah, well... just what we would normally talk about. How are you? Has... anything new happened to you lately?

I'm okay. Not a lot is new...

[though some of that might be because he's still trying to think of what a queen might be interested to hear.]

I went to the hot springs, and that was cool. ...And did you see the snow planet?

I briefly saw the ice planet. I... spent more time inside the ships at that point, due to missing crew members suddenly.

Oh... well... then I guess you haven't missed much.

[oh, but then he gets a dumb smile when he thinks of something.]

Oh! I fed one of those tall birds, right from my hand.

[not that it's exactly of high interest to a queen, but it's still something that happened. a new experience, at that!]

[ She is genuinely so pleased to hear something so mundane from Nel as if it were extremely noteworthy. It might be a sign of progress!! ]

Did you? Do the new waystations have those birds too?

[ They remind her of chocobos— just way less personable. And less useful since apparently they don't heal or restore one's mana pool. Or fly. ]

Did your new friend have a name?

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I AM LAUGHING SO HARD HELP ME

LOL You're welcome. CX

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