♦ XXI ♦
Enough is certainly enough. This City has played me for a fool enough times now that I might have trouble keeping count. A man of my stature fell prey to one such yet-to-be-named house cat due to that ridiculous curse that reduced me to naught but a mouse's height. If only Basch had taken it with him upon his departure.
Yet it is in his absence and the redundant tick-tock that runs asunder in my head that my thoughts ring clear. I am an Emperor of a country, and these are no happy times. War has been ended, yes, but what of those not satisfied with such a development? And what of the aftermath left in it's wake? Of the vitreous balance that I must uphold?
My rule is still precocious at best, and I can not risk losing it. For the sake of Archadia and those in our alliance, I will do what I must to stay alive, and to keep them strong. My brother did stray, but he understood the cardinal rule. For the greater good, sacrifices must be made.
You will prepare yourselves.
[ OOC: ...Yeah. He's actually pretty good with his sword, but he's not that awesome with magick. He can last awhile due to his Hi-Potions, but still--any immortal with m4d skills could pwn him by his lonesome. ]
Yet it is in his absence and the redundant tick-tock that runs asunder in my head that my thoughts ring clear. I am an Emperor of a country, and these are no happy times. War has been ended, yes, but what of those not satisfied with such a development? And what of the aftermath left in it's wake? Of the vitreous balance that I must uphold?
My rule is still precocious at best, and I can not risk losing it. For the sake of Archadia and those in our alliance, I will do what I must to stay alive, and to keep them strong. My brother did stray, but he understood the cardinal rule. For the greater good, sacrifices must be made.
You will prepare yourselves.
[ OOC: ...Yeah. He's actually pretty good with his sword, but he's not that awesome with magick. He can last awhile due to his Hi-Potions, but still--any immortal with m4d skills could pwn him by his lonesome. ]