>>173711
Alright. Lets go. Nina can catch up.

Rachel 2010/05/05(Wed)20:30 No. 173997 ID: 1f16e5
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Okay, I've thrown a cloak and some bandages on Mum so she looks a bit like a plague victim - that should keep the guards off our backs for now. I don't think she's in any condition to steer, so I'm holding her reins.

>>173716
>"Daniella, we are going towards the forest. Can Nina find us in there."
>"Yes."
>"Leave her a message just in case."
>"As you wish."
>"Princess, are you ready to go?"
>"*Nod*"

we may need a distraction too. tell Daniella to hang back and prepare to create a distraction if any guards try to stop us.

Rachel 2010/05/05(Wed)20:56 No. 174003 ID: 1f16e5
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>>173999
Good idea.

>"Daniella. Make a diversion for us to escape."
>"Er... Okay... >_>"

We've moved behind the inn... the forest isn't too far from here. Daniella is trailing behind.

>"Excuse me, Mr Guard?"
>"Yes?"
>"Please stand back..."

*Sounds of fire*

Oh. Wow.

Rachel 2010/05/06(Thu)04:42 No. 174051 ID: 3ad92e
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Hey Gion... Sorry we got cut off... I couldn't hold you and steer for both Mum and myself at the same time.

We're somewhere in Carta forest, but I don't know exactly where. We set up camp here and the horses are tied to a few trees.

Daniella managed to hold off the guards for some time with her firesticks. She nearly got surrounded, she said, but Nina came and drove the rest of the guards off. They caught up to us just after we entered the forest.

Mum's sitting on the other side of the tent. She hasn't said anything to anyone since we got here, but I gave her some food. She said she wanted to be left alone.

Nina is sitting against a tree. I think she wants to be left alone too. She's playing with a knife. At least, I think it's playing.

I thought since we stopped, I could take the time to make the brooch setting for you. I don't think that anyone would follow us here.

Nadia says she thinks that the city watch was alerted because of us - or at least Daniella translated that as what she said. I'm... not so sure about that.

I'm tired. I don't know what to do. We're all tired... and I'm scared.

>>174051
Don't worry, we'll be fine.
Now that you've created a disturbance we have a few options.
The first is that you continue along a straight line away from the castle until you reach another town, then create a disturbance there before heading off on a wildly divergent course. Hopefully, this would cause the high prince to deploy forces along that route, leaving fewer of his agents elsewhere.
The alternative is to melt away - stay away from towns, sleep only in secluded areas, don't have campfires. Send the maids off to get supplies when you have to pass close to a town, but have them change their hair color and clothing each time so guards couldn't recognize them. Stress the importance of them acting perfunctorily on their outings. Naturally, you would still be deviating from your previous course.

Spend some quality time with Nadia. The more time you invest in bonding with her, the more convincing your sister act will be.

Oh, and hand us to her. We'll snag a bit more understanding of her sign language for her.

[Grab some of Rachel's understanding of the commoner way of life]

first, give your mom a hug and tell her you love her. i don't care if she already knows, tell her. then you can leave her alone for a little.

Rachel 2010/05/06(Thu)18:20 No. 174242 ID: 1f16e5
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*Metal sounds*
Just a moment, let me set you in here...

*Twang*

>>174054
*Shuffling sounds*

>"Mum?"
>"Yes, dear?"
*Rustling*
>"What's all this about?"
>"I love you, Mum. I really do."
>"I love you too, honey."

>>174052
We really should come up with a better name for the Princess. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed lady named Nadia is sure to arouse suspicions.

[Data on commoner living acquired! There seems to be twice as much data acquired than previously.]

I don't know what we should be doing, but I'll think about it. To be honest, I'm not keen on spending the rest of my life in hiding.

>"Your Highness, please take this."
>"No."
>"They insist and have important information for you."
>"*Siiiighs* Very well."

What do you want?

first, brace for a headache.
[upload commoner knowledge and download sign language.]
second, if you tell us EXACTLY why your brother has to wait until he is 21 to become king then at least 'I' PROMISE to assist you in getting him there regardless of what it was, even if the others voices think it's a bad idea.

>>174363
Sorry about before; some of us are jerks, and even more have no sense of tact.
We do have your best interests at heart, although our methods are often crude or cruel.

>>174372
*Rurrrgh* @_@

>"Madam Puzzle, I wish to talk to you about something..."
*Muffled discussion*

>>174399
Apology accepted.

*Siiiiighs* If you must know, my brother did nothing wrong. My uncle merely argued to the council that he needed more experience and guidance before the coronation. I was not at the council meeting - I was...distracted.

>"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
>"... but..."
>"GET AWAY!"
>"Please consider my offer."

>>174717
oh great, what was that about? from how load she yelled i think someone just said something really stupid to her.

>>174738
addendum: don't check with Ella, check with whoever it was that talked to her. want to know what happened before we approach her.

[Sign language uploaded]
>>174739
>>174738
The person who spoke was Nina. I do not think it prudent to approach her now. She has disappeared into the forest.

*Exhalation*

*sigh*, i guess you have to give us to her, don't like going in blind (no offense) but that sounded important.

>>174772
I would gladly give you to Nina. She is not responding to my signals. She must not be in the vicinity. I am tired. Daniella will watch over Madam Puzzle tonight. I will return you to Miss Puzzle henceforth.

>"*I return this to you*"
>"Oh. Thanks. *Yaaawn*"

wait no i meant-!

oh, hi rachel. i was trying to say give us to your mom but i used the word 'her' and she got which of you girls i was talking about. want to figure out what nina said to her that made her throw a fit, need to get the situation stabilized before sleeping. cause during sleep is when short term memory is turned into long term so going to sleep angry will be REALLY bad for her.

>>174781
[Upload sign language]
What was that about? Who made an inappropriate offer to who?

Rachel 2010/05/07(Fri)22:03 No. 174851 ID: e44fad
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>>174836
Hi... Gi-gaaaaah~! Owww. @_@

>>174805
Er... Well, Mum's staring at the fire and... well, I'm not sure it's a good idea to bother her.

Nina took her aside just now to discuss something and Mum told her she was sick. I don't know what they discussed, though.

I'm not sure if Mum's in any condition to talk to you. She seems oddly calm now that she's talked to Nina, though.

>>174851
I could hazard a guess at what they spoke of, but it's not something you want to think about.
Not that it's bad, just that you wouldn't want to think about it.

>>174854
could you enlighten the rest of us onto what you think it is? really seven, you need to tell the rest of us these plans you keep having cause otherwise one of us could screw it up by you not being here and us telling them to do something else

>>174884
Crude forms of birth control. Judging by the response, Nina suggested scraping it out. Not very effective, but technically better than nothing.
It's not something bad, but it's certainly something Rachel doesn't want to think about. We really don't want her to dwell on what happened, since we need her to keep her emotions under control.

>>174889
okay, thanks. makes sense.

well the key point is to make sure her memory of this day isn't remembered as worse then it really was. so if she is calm then she MAY be alright, but she could just look calm on the surface and be feeling horrible underneath. so maybe just tell her 'gion says falling asleep while feeling strong negative emotions will color your memories and make everything seem worse.'

>>174894
obviously say it with more tact then that, but i'm not a professional at this.

oh, and add that you and us are open to anything she wants to say. she could just scream cursewords at us for an hour or something, may help her get out something bad.

>>174896
Tonight you're going to want to snuggle up with her while she sleeps. A comforting presence will do her a lot of good.
Fair warning, she'll probably thrash around a bit and you'll need to gently get her to calm back down. Keep your nose to the side of her head so she can't headbash it.

Rachel 2010/05/07(Fri)23:54 No. 174906 ID: e44fad
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>>174854
No, I'll ask her myself. I don't want to get worked up over a speculation that could be wrong.

>"Hey Mum?"
>"Yes, dear?"
>"What was that you and Nina talked about...?"
>"Oh, are these the herbs for the hair dye? I'd better get started on making some."
>"...did Nina say something to upset you?"
>"Oh, look at the time. You'd better get some sleep, honey. I'll be fine, I can do this by myself."
>"I... er..."

She's totally ignoring me...

forget about that and say 'no, you need help with the back, you can't see it so you could miss some.'

>>174906
Gah! No! Don't talk about it to her! She's not ready to think about it yet!
If you must know, then wait for Nina to come back and ask her!

You should spend some time hanging out on IRC, Selphie. Would be fun.

Rachel 2010/05/08(Sat)04:47 No. 174969 ID: e44fad
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>>174938
Well... why didn't you say so earlier! Anyway, it's too late now so I'm just going to run with what I've got.

>>174909
>"You'll need help with the back, Mum."
>"No, I've got this... Just... go to bed. Please. I've got this, okay?"
>"I'll... sit up and wait with you."

Hey, Gion... I think... well, your advice is pretty good and all, but uhm... I'd like some time in my head to sort some of this out... You don't mind, do you? I mean... I just... need some time to spend with Mum.

k.
Hand us off to danielle.

yeah, last person to talk to tonight.

>>174970
>>174977
All right...

>"Danielle, please take this."
>"Very well, Miss Puzzle..."
>"So, Mum..."

[Danielle's mind is either very quiet, or simply blank.]

well then, do you happen to know what Nina asked Ella? want to know since it made Ella yell and keeping a rape victim stable for the first few days is important.

*Soft music plays*

>>174984
Ah? Oh. Hm. Nina? Madam Puzzle? Ah. Well.

Maybe she offered Madam Puzzle a position with the sisterhood?

>>174985
were you just asleep? i highly doubt Ella would say:
>"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
to an offer to join your group.

sorry for asking questions you don't know the answer to.

>>174986
I was awake, but... I just don't know how Madam Puzzle would act, given her current condition. She might have felt insulted?

hmmm, guess only person we can ask are Nina and Ella. and i would much rather ask Nina but she seems to not want to talk right now.

*sigh* so, anything you want to talk about?

Me? Talk about something? Uhm... The weather is fine this evening. I am watching Madam Puzzle?

>>174992
Would you please ask Nina what she asked Ella?
Also your mind seems almost blank, while Nina's is constantly going over tactical information. Why is that?

Also do you know how to keep Ella from getting preggers from her rape?

>>174994
you could have asked with a bit more tact. but yeah.

>>174994
>>174996
Sure. I will when she returns.

Oh. Er. Well. See. I don't think a lot. I just do.

Isn't that up to Madam Puzzle?

*Soft music*

where is that music coming from?

>>175124
My head?

huh, that means you think in music instead of words. would make practically immune to mind readers.

>>175141
I never thought about it. I guess you're right?

*Dischord* The smell from Madam Puzzle's cooking pot really isn't very good.

it probably tastes bad too, but it is also more then likely REALLY healthy. it's funny how that works. healthy things usually taste bad.

Daniella 2010/05/08(Sat)17:45 No. 175194 ID: e44fad
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>>175152
Healthy things taste bad?

*Shuffling noises*

>"So, Mum... are you... Hey?! What are you...?!"
>"Don't eat that!"

*DISCHORD!!!!!!*
>"PLeagh... ugh... yerrch..."
>"Uh... Daniella, that's hair dye."

*Clatter*

>"It's okay... it's mostly not poisonous."

*DISCHORD! Shuffling noises.*

>"Blearrrgh... Uggh.. aAaahhglllfrhh..."

[No, Daniella is not very smart. Not at all.]

.... normally you don't just jump in and grab some, should ask the person cooking if you could have some. the good news is; doing something really silly probably cheered Ella up a little.