Meelu the Bold: "The Prince is not yet adept in any other field," Kaigo agreed. She smiled airily and curled a bit of her hair around her little finger. "Should he survive, he may be better prepared for the next strike. Is it true that the second blow does not sting as badly as the first?"
xXPantherHeadXx: "Survive!  Surely I didn't make it sound ( Read more... )

xXPantherHeadXx: The sun shone brightly on the Prince's manse in the hour before noon.  Early in the morning, an imperial messenger had arrived with the Emperor's summons for the Prince and his two bodyguards, so the Prince departed hastily after donning his formal court garb.  Life in the walled manse should have gone happily on as it did when the ( Read more... )