DON'T Call Me Roxanne, Chapter Twenty-Six
Author: Moonstar00125
Story Summary: This is a Total Reversal AU, in which our beloved Roxanne Ritchi is sent off to the planet Cerul when planet Earth is devoured by a black hole.
Chapter Summary: Roxanne has a pleasant experience, sororicide is mentioned, Mendje and Macklnn approve, and I hate on transition chapters. Enjoy!
Previous Chapter.
"And that is why politics is the most boring game this side of the Void Galaxy!" Macklnn asserted, causing everyone to laugh, Roxanne and Gilda included.
The dinner table was ten times more animated than Roxanne had ever expected. It was very obvious that Mace's charisma, energy, and sense of humor were paternal, where his open disregard for some very basic rules (like, say, not inviting an alien to the school dance) he got from his mother.
Roxanne decided that she liked his parents.
"How about you, Aida?" Mendje asked the girl. "What's your take on politics?"
Roxanne blushed and looked down. "Well-it isn't my place to say," she said quietly. Much as she liked them, it didn't change the nervous anxiety she felt at being anywhere near here, or the quiet, shy nature she'd been imbued with the moment she began school at the age of three.
Eye contact was one of the first things her peers had taught her to avoid, especially when speaking.
"But I think Overlord Cadrid is doing as well as any Overlord can be expected to do. There haven't been any uprisings during his rule, Cerul continues to run smoothly, and the peace treaty between Cerul and Crypt holds well. Unless he does something drastic, I don't see any assassination in his future, nor any pleas for such an action."
"See!?" Macklnn demanded, gesturing to Roxanne. "Even Aida agrees. You're the only one with any thoughts to the contrary."
"I just don't see the taxes as sitting well with the lower class," Fid insisted.
"Fid, no one likes taxes," Idna pointed out. "Ever. But they're much better than they were thirty years ago, and that's what counts."
"Overlord Fanwllk did an excellent job siring children," Mendje agreed. "But he did a terrible job with the planet's treasuries."
"Children?" Mace asked. "I thought Overlord Cadrid was a singular child?"
"He had a twin sister," Macklnn replied. "She was a really sweet girl, too, if I remember correctly-everyone loved her to pieces, and she was on the HWP frequently as a teenager, working in shelters and volunteering at hospitals. But when their parents died, she just sort of dropped off the face of Cerul. No one's seen her since."
"Do you think she was killed?"
"Anything's possible. They were twins, so the title of Overlord would have been decided between the two of them. If she wanted it, but he wanted it more…"
"That's just horrible," Gilda said from her place between Roxanne and Minion. Roxanne agreed wholeheartedly. She could see hating your sibling enough to not want anything to do with them, but to actually kill them? That was just sick.
"Let's just change the topic," Mendje decided. "No one wants to talk about sororicide at the table. Aida, Mace tells us you're going to be on Wave 16 in a few weeks?"
"Oh. Yes," Roxanne agreed, nodding her head in the affirmative. "I'd almost forgotten."
"It does sound like a lot has been going on lately," Macklnn agreed. "How is Gilda feeling? Better, I hope?"
"Much better, Sir," Roxanne agreed. "Thank you for your concern."
"I heard your parents pressed charges. Is there going to be a trial?" Roxanne nodded.
"The trial is set for Fanadastday."
"Minion and I are going to be questioned as witnesses," Mace added. This surprised Gilda and Roxanne. Macklnn and Mendje were not so fazed.
"We wish you the best of luck," Mendje extended. Roxanne nodded.
"Thank you," she accepted.
"So you want to be a reporter?" Macklnn asked, switching topics suddenly and without warning. Over the course of the last half hour or so, Roxanne had come to understand that that was normal. She was fine with it.
It kept things from getting awkward.
The rest of the evening passed quickly and without too much fanfare. It was rather pleasant, and Roxanne enjoyed herself.
The meeting had gone a lot better than she had expected.
When she and Gilda headed home, they declined Mace and Minion's offer to walk them home, but stood in the doorway waving until the girls disappeared from sight.
"She's a nice girl," Mendje said, coming up behind Mace and setting a hand on his shoulder.
"I honestly always thought you'd bring home a girl with a little more spark, though," Macklnn admitted, scratching at his chin. Mace grinned.
"You should see her when she's angry. It's like an inferno."
"Well, try not to light her fire too often, Son," Macklnn chuckled, clapping Mace on the back. There was a short moment of silence before you spoke again. "You realize you two can't be alone in the lab anymore?"
Mace's face turned violet.
Author Comments:
UGH. TRANSITION CHAPTER. I HATE YOU.
I would have skipped over it altogether had I not wanted to do that last little exchange there at the bottom. (FYI, the lab walls are soundproof.
)
Next chapter will be in court. Just a heads up. WE GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CERULEAN JUSTICE SYSTEM!! What will my demented mind come up with? Let us find out...
Sorry again about taking so long. Life. School. Homework. >.< (I'm procrastinating on a project due Tuesday as we speak. -.-)
Story Summary: This is a Total Reversal AU, in which our beloved Roxanne Ritchi is sent off to the planet Cerul when planet Earth is devoured by a black hole.
Chapter Summary: Roxanne has a pleasant experience, sororicide is mentioned, Mendje and Macklnn approve, and I hate on transition chapters. Enjoy!
Previous Chapter.
"And that is why politics is the most boring game this side of the Void Galaxy!" Macklnn asserted, causing everyone to laugh, Roxanne and Gilda included.
The dinner table was ten times more animated than Roxanne had ever expected. It was very obvious that Mace's charisma, energy, and sense of humor were paternal, where his open disregard for some very basic rules (like, say, not inviting an alien to the school dance) he got from his mother.
Roxanne decided that she liked his parents.
"How about you, Aida?" Mendje asked the girl. "What's your take on politics?"
Roxanne blushed and looked down. "Well-it isn't my place to say," she said quietly. Much as she liked them, it didn't change the nervous anxiety she felt at being anywhere near here, or the quiet, shy nature she'd been imbued with the moment she began school at the age of three.
Eye contact was one of the first things her peers had taught her to avoid, especially when speaking.
"But I think Overlord Cadrid is doing as well as any Overlord can be expected to do. There haven't been any uprisings during his rule, Cerul continues to run smoothly, and the peace treaty between Cerul and Crypt holds well. Unless he does something drastic, I don't see any assassination in his future, nor any pleas for such an action."
"See!?" Macklnn demanded, gesturing to Roxanne. "Even Aida agrees. You're the only one with any thoughts to the contrary."
"I just don't see the taxes as sitting well with the lower class," Fid insisted.
"Fid, no one likes taxes," Idna pointed out. "Ever. But they're much better than they were thirty years ago, and that's what counts."
"Overlord Fanwllk did an excellent job siring children," Mendje agreed. "But he did a terrible job with the planet's treasuries."
"Children?" Mace asked. "I thought Overlord Cadrid was a singular child?"
"He had a twin sister," Macklnn replied. "She was a really sweet girl, too, if I remember correctly-everyone loved her to pieces, and she was on the HWP frequently as a teenager, working in shelters and volunteering at hospitals. But when their parents died, she just sort of dropped off the face of Cerul. No one's seen her since."
"Do you think she was killed?"
"Anything's possible. They were twins, so the title of Overlord would have been decided between the two of them. If she wanted it, but he wanted it more…"
"That's just horrible," Gilda said from her place between Roxanne and Minion. Roxanne agreed wholeheartedly. She could see hating your sibling enough to not want anything to do with them, but to actually kill them? That was just sick.
"Let's just change the topic," Mendje decided. "No one wants to talk about sororicide at the table. Aida, Mace tells us you're going to be on Wave 16 in a few weeks?"
"Oh. Yes," Roxanne agreed, nodding her head in the affirmative. "I'd almost forgotten."
"It does sound like a lot has been going on lately," Macklnn agreed. "How is Gilda feeling? Better, I hope?"
"Much better, Sir," Roxanne agreed. "Thank you for your concern."
"I heard your parents pressed charges. Is there going to be a trial?" Roxanne nodded.
"The trial is set for Fanadastday."
"Minion and I are going to be questioned as witnesses," Mace added. This surprised Gilda and Roxanne. Macklnn and Mendje were not so fazed.
"We wish you the best of luck," Mendje extended. Roxanne nodded.
"Thank you," she accepted.
"So you want to be a reporter?" Macklnn asked, switching topics suddenly and without warning. Over the course of the last half hour or so, Roxanne had come to understand that that was normal. She was fine with it.
It kept things from getting awkward.
The rest of the evening passed quickly and without too much fanfare. It was rather pleasant, and Roxanne enjoyed herself.
The meeting had gone a lot better than she had expected.
When she and Gilda headed home, they declined Mace and Minion's offer to walk them home, but stood in the doorway waving until the girls disappeared from sight.
"She's a nice girl," Mendje said, coming up behind Mace and setting a hand on his shoulder.
"I honestly always thought you'd bring home a girl with a little more spark, though," Macklnn admitted, scratching at his chin. Mace grinned.
"You should see her when she's angry. It's like an inferno."
"Well, try not to light her fire too often, Son," Macklnn chuckled, clapping Mace on the back. There was a short moment of silence before you spoke again. "You realize you two can't be alone in the lab anymore?"
Mace's face turned violet.
Author Comments:
UGH. TRANSITION CHAPTER. I HATE YOU.
I would have skipped over it altogether had I not wanted to do that last little exchange there at the bottom. (FYI, the lab walls are soundproof.
)
Next chapter will be in court. Just a heads up. WE GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CERULEAN JUSTICE SYSTEM!! What will my demented mind come up with? Let us find out...
Sorry again about taking so long. Life. School. Homework. >.< (I'm procrastinating on a project due Tuesday as we speak. -.-)