The prince is getting serious. Depending on perspective, this is either admirable or so unusual as to be scary. He sits on the edge of his bed, lost in thought for some time
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She's really not steady. He should get her somewhere safer; the middle of the hallway might still be dangerous if there are any aftershocks.
"Come this way." He reaches to steady her with a firm grip on her arm. "It should be over now but you need to rest if you're dizzy." Or so he assumes from those wavering legs.
He nods. "I'm fine. But what about everyone else?" His family, the shitennou, even the servants. "Are they in safety?"
He doesn't answer the second question. He doesn't know how. He has to wonder if this is what the doomsayers mean when they talk about tragedies. But how can being in love make the earth shake?
A love that can move mountains might not be all it's cracked up to be.
He shakes his head. "No. It's nothing." Any of the shitennou would only advise him to listen to those nagging worries and even cut off contact with the Moon. He's not ready to do that. He's not sure he ever will be.
"The servants should be cleaning up, so let's spend awhile out of the way." His room maybe? Out in the fields or the woods?
There's a girl kneeling silently in the hallway near the wall where there's nothing that can fall off and hit her, and her head is covered with both hands, just to be safe.
When the tremors stop, she stands very slowly, and lowers her hands. The girl finally gets a good look around, and those nearby (namely Endymion) can get a good look at her.
"EH?!" Princess Loof Merrow looks around wildly. "Where is this?!" What the--?!
Loof Merrow again? No, she looks younger. An alternate, somehow?
"You are in the Earth Palace," Endymion tells her, coming nearer. "There was some sort of quake. Is your head hurt?"
For once it's not a sarcastic question, but a response to her posture. He might suspect her of memory loss, but she probably just hadn't expected the nexus.
There's a look of bewilderment. The Earth Palace? But wasn't that oceans away? And--she lifts her gaze to Endymion. He's...very handsome. But there was something in his tone of voice, that sharp gaze.
Loof Merrow shakes her head. "I'm all right. I'm used to minor earthquakes. It is something of an automatic reaction, to duck like that." The princess turns around slowly. "But, how did I get here?" Selkie may accuse her of being naive, but even she won't believe that earthquake made her fall all the way through the earth. (Even if Kern might encourage such beliefs.)
"Used to it? Then do you know how to stop them? Prevent them?" If that seems like grasping at straws... it is. But he needs to know. If she can tell him some way to stop this, some way that it isn't the Moon's fault...
He apologizes a second later. "I apologize. I'm troubling you when you've already had a shock." Oh, Loof. Be glad you met him in an emergency situation or you'd be getting so much snark instead.
"Owwww ... Didja get the number of the car that hit me?"
Usagi groans as she cradles her aching head in her hands, positive she can see stars. The culprit - an ornamental vase - lies next to her on the floor. Fortunately it didn't break in the tremor, but Usagi's going to have a nasty headache for a few hours.
... There's no way he'll convince anyone she's blameless, or that he didn't know she was here. And even in the heart of the palace, only a precious few know about different worlds and alternates.
This is bad.
"Princess!!"
Firm arms come to wrap themselves around Usagi as if he's just helping a victim, but he'll bring her somewhere secluded where no one will see her if he can.
Usagi's far too out of it to realise a) who's helping her, or b) just what kind of danger she could be in, but either way, she's grateful to her rescuer. "Thanks," she manages to get out, shaking her head to try and clear the dizziness.
The room he gets her to has a divan, a few padded chairs, and a bed that dominates a large part of it. He lays Usagi on the bed, but withdraws after that. When her head starts to clear, she'll find him over by the windows, looking out.
Kunzite's memory of this palace was a little hazy, or maybe that was just because everything was shaking. But he recognized it as the Earth Palace, and he knew what that meant. It doesn't take him long (with a pause or two when the tremors got a little more noticeable) to find his king prince.
"Endymion-sama!"
The shitennou comes closer when the man ducks out of the room. He didn't look hurt, but just to make sure, "You're all right?"
A nod. "It's fine." The palace, anyway. And his body, at least. But his thoughts keep going in circles and he can't find the answer to break it out of them.
"Kunzite, did these sorts of things happen in your world, too?"
Well, he must be all right. Endymion recognized him as Kunzite rather than Zoisite this time. His expression becomes serious then. "Once, long ago, yes. They became much more severe than this, and quickly."
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"Hey- hey! Are you alright?" He hurries towards her, recognizing her only once he gets a bit closer. "Loof Merrow??"
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"Come this way." He reaches to steady her with a firm grip on her arm. "It should be over now but you need to rest if you're dizzy." Or so he assumes from those wavering legs.
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He doesn't answer the second question. He doesn't know how. He has to wonder if this is what the doomsayers mean when they talk about tragedies. But how can being in love make the earth shake?
A love that can move mountains might not be all it's cracked up to be.
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"The servants should be cleaning up, so let's spend awhile out of the way." His room maybe? Out in the fields or the woods?
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When the tremors stop, she stands very slowly, and lowers her hands. The girl finally gets a good look around, and those nearby (namely Endymion) can get a good look at her.
"EH?!" Princess Loof Merrow looks around wildly. "Where is this?!" What the--?!
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"You are in the Earth Palace," Endymion tells her, coming nearer. "There was some sort of quake. Is your head hurt?"
For once it's not a sarcastic question, but a response to her posture. He might suspect her of memory loss, but she probably just hadn't expected the nexus.
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Loof Merrow shakes her head. "I'm all right. I'm used to minor earthquakes. It is something of an automatic reaction, to duck like that." The princess turns around slowly. "But, how did I get here?" Selkie may accuse her of being naive, but even she won't believe that earthquake made her fall all the way through the earth. (Even if Kern might encourage such beliefs.)
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He apologizes a second later. "I apologize. I'm troubling you when you've already had a shock." Oh, Loof. Be glad you met him in an emergency situation or you'd be getting so much snark instead.
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Usagi groans as she cradles her aching head in her hands, positive she can see stars. The culprit - an ornamental vase - lies next to her on the floor. Fortunately it didn't break in the tremor, but Usagi's going to have a nasty headache for a few hours.
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There's no way he'll convince anyone she's blameless, or that he didn't know she was here. And even in the heart of the palace, only a precious few know about different worlds and alternates.
This is bad.
"Princess!!"
Firm arms come to wrap themselves around Usagi as if he's just helping a victim, but he'll bring her somewhere secluded where no one will see her if he can.
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Now what should he do?
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"Endymion-sama!"
The shitennou comes closer when the man ducks out of the room. He didn't look hurt, but just to make sure, "You're all right?"
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"Kunzite, did these sorts of things happen in your world, too?"
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"How can it be stopped?"
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