scene 46: the actress hasn't learned the lines you'd like to hear.

[charmedillusion]

It's like writing a poem on water

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[sword_and_quill]

...You would make a decent writer.

...You seem-- Did something happen?

[charmedillusion]

Thank you.

...Do you like poetry?

[sword_and_quill]

If it's not terrible. I can appreciate it.

Is it a hobby of yours?

[charmedillusion]

Poetry explains things better sometimes. Like this -

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

That's what it feels like.

[sword_and_quill]

...Someone important to you you know left the City?

[charmedillusion]

Exactly.

But it's all right..or it will be. I knew this was going to happen one day. And if it had been up to me, I'd have chosen this, anyway.

[sword_and_quill]

I suppose no one wishes for the people they care about to be stranded here.

Although when loose ends are left behind, that can be unsettling.

[charmedillusion]

There were loose ends, but they all led back home, and I knew that. I knew that, as a king, he'd always have other things that had to come first.

There are some loose ends here, too, but...

It's not important. The important thing is that his kingdom will survive.

[sword_and_quill]

...That's almost like how Rue felt when Mytho returned for a while.

People rarely leave of their own choosing, though. Perhaps he'll be back again soon.

[charmedillusion]

I don't...I don't think so.

I had made a mess of things, once. And they need him there.

I don't know if he's allowed to leave again. It might change the story.

[sword_and_quill]

...I see. I don't think this city cares whether you're allowed to leave or not, however.

You came...from a story?

[charmedillusion]

He did. He came from a story.

I...kind of ended up there by accident.

[sword_and_quill]

Did the story have a name?

Hn. That's somewhat similar to the situation most of those from my world were involved in back home. But now the story is over. How did you manage to get out? ...There could be more story-spinners out there.

[charmedillusion]

I remember...Rue and Autor had told me a little bit about it. They said to never, ever talk to Drosselmeyer about it, though.

Yes, it did - The Labyrinth. It was my favorite for the longest time, though he's not restricted to it, I don't think. There are lots of myths and legends that involve him, or pieces of his story.

I managed to call on the King of the Goblins for help - I hadn't meant to, but I did - which landed me in the middle of a challenge. If I couldn't solve it, if I couldn't find my way through the Labyrinth, he would have won.

In the end, I won.

That was the last I ever expected to see of him.

Until I came here.

[sword_and_quill]

Oh, they did? How much did they-- ...Yes, stay as far away from that lunatic Drosselmeyer as possible. He's not trustworthy in the slightest.

...Hm. I've never heard of it. Though perhaps I'll have to check it out. And this friend of yours is from multiple stories? That's interesting...

...Does that make him like the story-spinner from inside the stories? How odd. Maybe it works differently in other worlds. Won what, exactly?

[ ooc: Sorry for the slow tags! x_x; Unexpectedly busy weekend. Egads. *dashes offfff* ]

[charmedillusion]

He certainly seems...odd.

Oh, not many people have. It's not wildly popular where I'm from, either.

Won the challenge, but it was more than that - there were several things at stake. My little brother's safety, my safety, my friends' safety, my freedom. Because, you see...

I had..I had said something, the night I accidentally called him. I added something of my own to the story, and it...

Well, it came true.

[ooc: No worries! <3]