Fantasy Moments in Time

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

"Okay." Sen sighed in relief. "What do you want?"

Katsuya
The Story | Characters | OOC
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[Katsuya]

"Spades' Castle"​

". . ." He pondered. "Unlock my chains?" The older man tugged on the heavy cuffs, rattling the metal chains. "And help get Earnest's daughters back."

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

Sen nodded at his brother, then gave the nod to Minnie that she'd know meant, get ready. "Needless to say, any suspicious actions, any attack, and you will be immediately taken down."

The man still had cut tendons and broken arms, but Seth was still wary. Still in disguise he approached and unlocked the bindings on the man watchfully.

"Now, tell me how we can stop the assassination." said Sen.

Katsuya
The Story | Characters | OOC
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[Katsuya]

He winced from his broken arms being loose and free from the cuffs, same with his legs. Still he sat on the floor, not really wanting to move.

"Thanks." He said to Seth before looking at Sen. "Okay, the Leader is planning to place three assassins at the highest places facing towards the princess on the concert debut. I'm assuming the stage since I heard she will be singing with a violinist?"

'Oh! Those were her lyrics!' Serena thought, glancing over at Milk and Sebastian. When she heard about being part of the peace treaty, the blonde had owl mail from the singer herself; she showed the lyrics to Seth too. She didn't know Milk could sing.

The silent princess nodded in confirmation and Minnie sighed, aiming her arm at the older man. Just in case he had any funny ideas.

". . . How did you know that the Princess would be singing?" Sebastian asked suddenly and the man looked at the silhouettes. "Leader told us. He told us that the princess loved to sing to her deceased betrothed long ago."

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[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

"You were angry about that." said Sen. "What happened to her betrothed?"

Katsuya​

 

[Katsuya]

"He's missing." He started. "Prince Cadbury, along with a small few others, had gone missing for years. As much as I want to hope for him to be found alive, I really doubt he is now . . . and it's all because the Princess didn't even try to search for him!"

The older man glared at the silhouettes. "She had stopped the search for the Prince after the evil dragon was defeated. Leader had told us she didn't want to be together with the prince - - - She could have just canceled the wedding, not stop the search-! It was like she didn't care for what our hope for our state was."

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[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

"Alright. Help will come to the State of Hearts, and we will include a search for Prince Cadbury as well." said Sen earnestly. "Now, you haven't told me anything to help stop the assassination yet. Where are the high places, who are the three assassins, and who is your leader? It's all very vague right now."


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[Katsuya]

"I know the three assassins are red heads, one of them is a woman name Poppy. The high places, those are easy to spot from the stage. I couldn't really tell you exactly where since I don't know Spades much." He sighed.

"Leader . . . Actually, now when I think about it, he never showed his face to any of us. All I know is that his name is Gravitas."

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

"Okay, what's he trying to accomplish assassinating the princess? Are you willing to lead me to him?" asked Sen.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

"It's not just the Princess of Spades; It's every royal in Tarot that he wants to murder." The old man looked at Sen gravely.

"He wants to unite the states together into one state by getting rid of the Tarot Royals. No, I'm not willing to lead you to him - - - but I'm willing to show you how we go in and out of Hearts, if you let me?"

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

Sen looked at the man disappointed. "How many possible high places are there for the assassination?" he turned to ask Sebastian.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Serena Lock & Minnie von Ironheart -
"Spades' castle"​

The man looked away from Sen's disappointed stare.

"Three, I believe. I'm sure even Ms. Lock has seen them as well?" Sebastian hinted and the violinist perked up, pausing on her playing. "Oh yeeaaa~ I've seen them! They are really close to the stage too."

If Sen is done questioning the now silent man, Sebastian lit the torches again after everyone left the room. The Princess seemed to be feeling guilty of what she heard and left the group, saying she needed to take care of some things. The butler lead Earnest his own guest room, telling him he can relax inside and that he's safe for now; a guard stands in front of his door. "There will be a guard for our prisoner as well. We don't know if someone from the assassination group will kill him since we have him in custody." Sebastian reasoned.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare lunch." After giving Minnie the first-aid kit, he left as well; leaving the four alone in the hallways of the castle.

"Okay-!" Serena loudly exclaimed, lightly poking Seth's cheek. "Before we do anything else, I vote for napping first-!"

Minnie stood there, staring at the first aid-kit in her hands before looking up at Sen. There's a worried glint in her teal blue eyes.

". . . Rest, injured person." She quietly muttered, using the same words Sen has said to her long ago when she had a bad fever after their little pirate treasure-hunting adventure together.

"Please?" She added.

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[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" Spade's Castle "​

Sen sighed. They didn't get much after the interrogation. Before the princess left, he asked her if she was going to handle the three possible places the assassins will be nesting during the concert, perhaps put traps there and some vigilant watchers that aren't obvious, make them think they don't know they will strike from there before it's too late. He noticed the guilty look on her face, but he needed to settle this important matter immediately.

He wished he had more people. There was so much to do. They needed to investigate this Poppy and Gravitas, they have no idea what these two are capable of combat and connection wise, not even a weapon. They didn't even get a last name, there's probably more than one Poppy in the Tarot Kingdom. He felt annoyed, it was like they progressed so little, and Serena was playing her violin so the assassin couldn't be lying. They weren't able to find out where Earnest's kids are too.

He felt that this prisoner is wasting their time, not exactly giving them progress and there's only one and a half days left . . . Maybe he should resort to threats or torture . . . promising help to the State of Hearts doesn't seem to be enough to make this guy actually give them something they can use now . . . All he could see was a hostage situation where Earnest's kids might be used against them. If he followed the assassin alone to the State of Hearts he could lead him to a trap and then he will be the hostage. The State of Hearts is big, Sen was sure, since they were the most populous . . . he'd just be wasting time trying to search for their hideout . . .

"I'm sorry, Minnie, but I want to stay and question him some more." he told her stubbornly outside of the dungeon where he was trying to keep his impatience from getting the better of him by having some fresh air. He had tired eye bags, but his eyes were determined.

"Mm." Seth nodded at Serena, taking her hand. He followed her up the handsome staircase, when Sen called for them. "I'll be back." He went down, yawning.

"Brother, we need to find out as much as we can about this Poppy and Gravitas, I think we have to go the State of Hearts immediately. Maybe leave the assassin nests to you Minnie and Serena?"

"I'll ask her, she really wants to sleep right now." said Seth. "Anything else?"

"I'm going to question the man some more, could you go back to Meeto's and ask him if he and his old gang and all his friends can find info on Poppy and Gravitas? And keep a look out on them in town and send word to the palace?"

"Okay." nodded Seth. "What time are we going to the State of Hearts?"

"Hmm . . . Minnie, could you ask the princess if she could have someone take us to the State of Hearts tonight?" asked Sen. "We'll go as soon as possible, Seth."

"Okeydokey." And with that Seth ran up the stairs three steps at a time to tell Serena he was going back to Meeto's and that him and Sen will be going to the State of Hearts tonight.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

-Minnie von Ironheart-
"A gunwoman's worries"​

Milk nodded, saying that he read her mind before she left.

Minnie sighed, looking back down at the first aid kit. There it is. The Infamous Pendragon pushy stubbornness. It was at these moments that she didn't know what to do other than follow Sen's orders. The problem there is that Sen is now risking his health . . . again and she didn't want to ignite the possible bomb that's called his anger. The sniper blinked when Sen had asked her to go to the princess and sighed again.

"Sen," she started quietly after Seth left. "I understand you want to know more from the old guy, but being in here will not help you. I'll go ask the princess but can you please walk with me around the castle? It might help calm you down a bit . . ." Her brows furrowed, openly expressing how she's feeling at the moment with a frown: Deep worry for his health.

"I heard from the guards that the garden is relaxing . . . or we could go to the castle's workshop?"

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

"But I can't waste time like this, Minnie." said Sen. "I need to know things now. There's just one and a half days left and we need to search for Earnest's kids too." he said, rubbing his tired eyes and blinking at the sunlight blearily. He noticed her frown. "I'll walk around for ten minutes." he relented.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Minnie von Ironheart -
"Gunwoman's worries"​

Minnie perked up a bit, her frown shrinking to a straight line and looking relieved.

"Okay." She held his hand, squeezing it affectionately.

"Come on. I know of a good place to help keep your mind off of things." The sniper lead the inventor around the castle to the garden she mentioned. There's narrow path that she has heard from the servant ladies yesterday with the lush blue and green trees arching over their heads and they can hear water streaming through somewhere. The louder the water sounded, the closer they got to seeing a small bridge going from one side of the river to another that had a stone path leading to a simple gazebo. With flowers around it and vines crawling up the pillars.

Minnie smiled softly as she looked at Sen. ". . . I know it's not a boiler room, but you did say you needed fresh air . . ." If he let her, his fiance would tug him closer to the gazebo and sit together underneath it's nice shade; placing the first aid kit beside her. A light rumble of thunder can be heard close by, yet the sun still shined beautifully.

"Here . . . Let me just . . ." With a click from the small white box, she took out a small roll of bandages, wanting to wrap his finger with it.

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Seth & Sen Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

Sen felt his tightness loosen when Minnie perked up and squeezed his hand affectionately. He smiled softly back, feeling his stress melt away as she led him to the garden. He breathed in the fresh air.

"It's pretty here." he sat together with her under the nice shade. "It looks like it might rain." he muttered, looking at the direction of the thunder. He gave Minnie his injured finger, feeling warm as she wrapped it. He watched her quietly for a couple of minutes, before leaning in to kiss the side of her head.

"Thanks." There was more to it. Not just for the bandages. Sen scooched closer and rested his head on her shoulder, closing his eyes. She could feel his body relax more. "Minnie, what do you want me to do?"


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Minnie von Ironheart -
"A gunwoman's worries"​

Minnie delicately wrapped his finger, pecking it lightly before innocently muttering: "A kiss to feel better - Hm!" She blinked in surprise, teal blue eyes stared at Sen as he leaned away. Her cheeks growing warm and red from his kiss to her head. Then she smiled warmly as he relaxed on her shoulder, her metal hand lightly caressed through his hair.

"For now? To be with me and rest. Recover your head for now." She kissed the top of his head, her caressing hand cupped his cheek. Soft pitter-patters of rain hit the gazebo's roof, rolling down to hit the dirt in a drizzle. "You don't need to sleep if you don't want to, but please breathe."

Spoiler: Rain

 

[Zer0]

- Sen Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

"Alright." muttered Sen, smiling comfortably on her shoulder. "I'll be with you, Minnie, and rest." He nuzzled against her palm, his hand with the bandaged finger held hers. As the soft rain pitter-pattered on the roof, his other hand wrapped around her waist and he snuggled closer. And before the ten minute mark, his hold on her hand slackened, his breathing slowed, then Sen, despite himself, actually fell asleep.

It wasn't until an hour later that Seth returned to the castle and up to his and Serena's room. He took quick shower, and then happily leapt into bed with her, muttering about what Meeto said when he told him about Poppy and Gravitas. It had been a loooong night, and Seth hugged Serena tight, rubbing her shoulders. "I hope lunch has hot soup." he muttered. "With croutons and some cake . . ." eventually, he too dozed off.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Minnie von Ironheart -
"A gunwoman's worries"​

Her smile soften, lovingly observing Sen as he squeezed her waist and snuggled closer. Before the ten minute mark was over, she felt his hand slack and Minnie was able to lower his head on her lap so he can be comfortable. Her hand affectionately squeezed his again as she gently played with his hair.

"See? I knew you were tired, my stressed inventor." Minnie smugly whispered, not wanting to wake him up juuuuuuust yet. The rain drizzled a little harder, the rumbling of thunder was heard again and the sniper continued to pay attention to Sen; not minding the beginning of a spring chill. "Sweet dreams, Sen." She was able to send the princess a note when one of the guards saw her, a finger on her lips to keep him quiet as he chuckled at how cute the couple was.

Meanwhile, Serena blearily stared out the large windows from the bed as she waited and jumped when Seth came back. Turning around and lifting the covers in time for her newly bathed apple to jump in easily, the violinist tucked him in and rubbed the back of his neck and upper back; listening as they hugged and cuddled in bed.

Meeto has heard of Poppy and Gravitas; Poppy more then the leader. He said her name is Poppy Seed, an infamous informant of the assassin group. Rumors has it that she and Gravitas might be the same person and one of the names is fake to throw off their enemies.

"Sounds like we have to be careful while dealing with these guys. If that's true, that means this Gravitas person is good at disguises and manipulation." Serena commented.

As Seth dozed off, the blonde grinned warmly and kissed his nose. "It would be nice . . . to eat soup when it's raining . . . " She listened to rain hitting the glass windows as she fluttered her own tired eyes and yawned again.

When it was lunch time, Sebastian left a cart filled with food; two bowls of soup with croutons and a tray full of different cakes with cold water and milk. There's a note saying: "One of the chefs left a spell to keep the soup perfectly warm for a while. Enjoy."

Same thing at the gazebo; Sebastian left them a small food cart as well along with pillows and a blanket. He passed a sleepy Minnie a note written by the princess. "Let me see what I can do to get you inside." was written on the note.

"Thank you, Sebastian."

"You're welcome, Ms. von Ironheart." Her teal blue eyes rolled over to the butler who came closer to push the cart under the gazebo and blinked.

She thought Sebastian's eyes were dark brown, not vibrant red . . . was she hallucinating from sleep deprivation?

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[Zer0]

- Sen Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

Later, that mid afternoon, the wind ruffled Sen's hair as he dozed peacefully on Minnie's lap. "Sea sailor's got my wallet . . ." he muttered absently. Suddenly he stood up, swaying in place, his eyes still closed. "That boat, the one fishing . . ." he pointed at a wooden pole.

This was normal. Sen sleep walking commonly happened when he was so engrossed in an important project that wasn't finished yet. Minnie would usually find her beau sleep walking to his workshop, only to sit on his chair and slump over the table asleep. He would usually have funny dreams, most of them involving flying.

"Okay . . ." he sat back down at the bench, his jaw slack. He suddenly slumped sideways, back on Minnie's lap, clutching the bullet necklace she gave him close to his chest.

In Serena and Seth's room, the twin was happily tucked in his violinist's warmth. He had melted in her arms, and fell asleep caressing her golden hair. Now he was curled up under the crook of her neck, one leg flung across hers. Seth's stomach grumbled, and his eyes fluttered open to the familiar shadow of fair skin, swirling golden locks and Serena's scent. His nose snuggled into her skin, sniffing enthusiastically. Then she was going to feel ticklish kisses.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Minnie von Ironheart -
"A gunwoman's worries"​

"Hm?"

Minnie slowly woke up when the precious weight is off her lap and looked up when said precious weight stood up, pointing at the pole. The blanket she tucked him with rolled off him and on the bench. She giggled quietly as he suddenly plopped down and leaned over to her lap again, shaking her head in amusement. Taking a deep breathe, she played with his hair and coyly rubbed the outer shell of his ear with a gentle pass of her finger tip.

"Sen . . ." She whispered. "Sen, my sleeping inventor, your rumbling tummy is crying out for food and I want to cater to it's needs. Wake up, my dream-flying pilot. Time to land on the waking world and tend to your tumbling tummy." Used to seeing Sen sleepwalking, Minnie is just happy that he didn't go over to the jail cell like this. Who knows where his head will land on in the cold stoned dungeon.

Her teal blue eyes wondered over to the food cart again, glad to see a light steam coming from the soups still as she waited for Sen to wake up. Then she remembered that strange thing . . . with Sebastian's eyes . . .

". . . I could be just seeing things." She muttered and sighed, rubbing Sen's hand gently.

Meanwhile, in one of the occupied guest rooms, Serena squirmed; smiling silly. Then she cackled, trying to lean back from the ticklish kisses but was trapped by his comfortable and warm arms. "S-Seth-! Snk-! Hahaha-Hueueu-!"

She opened her bright azure blue eyes before closing them again as she laughed loudly. She retaliated by tickling his sides and teasingly pecked his nose. "Nomnom-!"

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[Zer0]

- Sen & Seth Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

Sen smiled in his sleep when she rubbed his ear. He turned, whining happily, then snuggled into her tummy and wrapped his arms around her waist. He seemed to be awake, but wanted to sleep longer. "What things?" he mumbled sleepily, fingers giving her hand a squeeze, before rubbing it back.

"Hello, Minnie." he grinned at her, when he opened his eyes. He noticed the tray, then pulled it close with his foot, not wanting to let go of his gunner yet.

In the castle, Seth jerked to the side, laughing, staying as still as he could when Serena pecked his nose, liking it. He rubbed her shoulder blades amorously, kissing her chin up to her nomnoming lips. He smiled at her, then noticed the delicious smell from the tray of food in the room.

"Do you want to have a quickie, Serena? Or do ya wanna' eat now?"

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Minnie von Ironheart -
"A gunwoman's worries"​

Minnie giggled her chirpy laugh when Sen snuggled in her tummy, paying with his hair. "Hello, Sen." Her teal blue eyes looked up in case anything on the tray didn't fall off the cart. Her warm smile changed to a confused frown.

"Sebastian's eye color . . . it's dark brown, right? Not vibrant red?"

In the castle, Serena seductively arched her back like a cat when they wanted to be petted as Seth's hands massaged her shoulder blades amorously; humming when he kissed from under her chin up to her lips. She kissed back, sipping on his lips. "As much as I would love a quickie, we need food first. Especially since we haven't ate breakfast or yesterday's dinner." The blonde straddled Seth on his lap, rubbing her nose on his.

"Let's eat, shall we?" Then she leaned over to reach the cart and drag it close to the bed's end, licking her lips when she saw that the soup is still warm.

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- Sen & Seth Pendragon -
" A gunwoman's worries "​

Sen thought a moment. "I hadn't really paid attention . . ." there was silence for a while, as he sat up, and poured them both bowls of soup. "Yes, I think he had dark brown eyes, I thought they were black. Why?" he blew on the spoon and took a sip.

"Okay." said Seth, dazed, rubbing those legs. He stretched out to get some cake first, when suddenly he dropped his food on the floor with a clang. His jaw dropped, and his face had turned into that of disbelief, and then anger. "Soup with croutons and cake. Is there some sort of spying rune in our room?!"

He quickly covered Serena 's shoulders with the blanket.


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