characters are in a fantasy/medieval setting and having a courtly romance.
How to Play - Comment with your character, preferences, etc. Also, be sure to include what "role" your character will be taking on in this little affair.
Lord/lady
Knight (gender neutral, of course)
Prince/princess
Bard or poet
Servant
Commoner (for the ultimate "forbidden romance")
Prompts
When I First Saw Your Face: You are meeting your liege or your knight for the first time. What you see takes your breath away.
Lovesick: Your pining for your beloved has made you ill! You can't eat, you can't sleep, you're in loves throes.
Playing Hard to Get: If you're of nobility, you at least have to pretend you're not interested.
You're So Coy: The art of flirtation is just getting started, but you have to be subtle about it.
In Your Honor: Be it a jousting match or a battle, you're going to win this for your lord/lady's name!
A Token: You must give your knight something for good luck.
A Gift: This is the reverse of the above. You must give your love something.
Keep a Secret: Kisses behind columns, holding hands under the table. You must sneak away little moments together, but you have to keep others in the dark.
Back from War: Your knight has been away in combat, and now they've returned. You want to shower them with affection.
Consumate: Believe it or not, courtly love could have a physical angle, as well. Sometimes physical affairs happened.
To Defend Your Honor: Someone has insulted your fair lady or lord. You know what that means! DUEL.
I'll Protect You: The lands are under an attack, and you must protect the person you love!
Breaking the Rules: You've decided to abandon the pretense of courtly love and actually be with this person, even if that means running away.
[Keith nodded in return. He gently guided Allura back to the bed, staying as close as he could during the movement, and then only separated from her long enough to remove his shoes and get comfortable before pulling her back against him in his arms.
[Keith gently rested his cheek against the top of her head.]
It is.
[He took a breath, inhaling the fragrance of her hair for a moment.]
I never thought I'd ever find something like this. And, somehow, it fell in my lap. It's odd, but, as much as I hate how it came about, I'm grateful for having to marry you. You've given me so much more than I could have possibly hoped for.
So have you. [She buried her face into the collarbone, taking in the scent of his shirt and skin and the beat of his heart just as deeply.] And now...
[She took a shuddering breath, on the verge of weeping at the thought of finishing that sentence. Now they were facing the empire that caused them both so much misery... but also looking death in the eye, with no guarantee either of them would survive, that she could keep Keith in her life.]
I love you, too. [His voice was soft as he responded, returning her kiss easily. He pulled her closer, trying to fall asleep.
It didn't go well. Sleep was difficult for both of them. But, they did get some rest. When morning came, preparations began. Keith adjusted his diet that very morning to compensate for his planned intensive training. He wasn't going to go into this unprepared. They had time, but not a lot, and he planned on using all of it to get himself ready.
Lotor was an impressive opponent. If he was going to fight this contest himself, Keith knew it was going to be difficult. They were both good, but he had yet to best Lotor in a fight. He often let his own temper get in the way. He knew he was going to need to work on that.
He wasn't even thinking of honing any of the strange abilities Honerva had developed in him... In many ways, Galra druids were a lot like Altean alchemists. It was one of the reasons that Honerva had been able to develop her inner circle the way she had. Because he was half human, Keith's own druid bloodline had been altered, and she'd been intrigued to see what she could do with it. It was raw and untapped, and Keith was a little scared of it. His show of power during his argument and subsequent challenge the day before had been rare, but he'd been unable to quell his temper in the moment.
Now, as he stepped into the training deck of the Castle, he focused on his breathing, pausing long enough to close his eyes and attempt to focus on what he had planned for his morning session.]
[Allura's focus would be no less intense. Of course she still had her royal duties, and she had to make legal and military arrangements should she or Keith not survive this, but every fiber of her being was fueled with fear and rage at the thought of being separated from Keith, or leaving her people defenseless. It was a varga and a half into Keith's own session that the deck doors opened and Allura entered, jumpsuit donned, hair pulled into a high bun, quarterstaff in hand, and eyes burning with unspent energy.]
[Keith was focusing on fighting one or two opponents at a time for this. He was expecting a proper duel, and, as cut-throat as the Galra Empire could be, the arena was a source of pride. He knew they wouldn't cheat, even if they wanted to.
He paused the simulation when he heard the door open, looking back to see Allura standing there. He held his transformed blade in his right hand, another borrowed Altean weapon that resembled a long-bladed version of a katar in his left. His expression shifted slightly, softening slightly at the sight of her.]
Is everything settled?
[Keith knew she had duties to attend to first, including the paperwork and official documents about their current situation and making contingency plans should something happen to one or both of them.]
[She gave a solemn nod, gradually relaxing her tension and becoming more weary as it sunk in.]
No one is pleased that such things are necessary, of course [especially not herself], but we need to be thorough. I've also been researching the rules and protocols for such duels... and trying to think of ways Lotor could bend or break them.
[Because unlike Keith, Allura absolutely expected some form of cheating from the Galra side. Honor might have been an important part of Galra culture, but Lotor was a cunning, often ruthless general in battle, and all was fair in love and war.]
[Keith nodded. He wouldn't be surprised if Lotor did try to get around things and find loopholes, to be honest. But, he would likely do it just inside the rules so he couldn't be accused of outright cheating.]
He'll look for loopholes. He's always on just skirting the edges so he can't be outright caught. Another option is that he'll get someone else to do something for him to keep his hands clean. That person will likely be very willing to take the fall on Lotor's behalf so it can't be proven it was him.
[Keith didn't think that something wouldn't happen. It just wouldn't come directly from Lotor.
After shifting his blades to free one of his own hands, Keith reached over to take Allura's.]
[A deep breath... and then she lunged at one of the robots, staff spinning to deflect any counter-attacks, hard and fast and aggressive as she dove for any opening their mechanical opponents left.]
[Keith easily settled into fighting as well, moving easily through the forms with a blade in each hand. Which, having separated the two bots between them, was easy enough to keep ahead. Eventually, though, the bots started fighting together against the couple, which was what the two of them needed to work on... fighting together.]
[Right... it was then that Allura's tactics switched to defense, blocking any attacks aimed at Keith's side or back with just as much intensity as when she'd been attacking solo, striking hard enough to leave small, ringing dents in the bots' plating. Nothing was going to leave so much as a scratch on him.]
[Keith found it easy to fall into sync with Allura, fighting side-by-side, protecting each other while still managing to take out their opponents. It was like they knew how to do this already... like it was predestined in another life. He was just as determined to watch her back as she was his.]
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May we?
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He sighed softly.]
Better?
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As much as it can be. [A deep, sighing breath.] It's almost strange... how important you've become to me in such a short amount of time.
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It is.
[He took a breath, inhaling the fragrance of her hair for a moment.]
I never thought I'd ever find something like this. And, somehow, it fell in my lap. It's odd, but, as much as I hate how it came about, I'm grateful for having to marry you. You've given me so much more than I could have possibly hoped for.
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[She took a shuddering breath, on the verge of weeping at the thought of finishing that sentence. Now they were facing the empire that caused them both so much misery... but also looking death in the eye, with no guarantee either of them would survive, that she could keep Keith in her life.]
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Get some rest. We're going to need it.
{OOC: And we still haven't really gotten to the actual prompt. LOL... do we want to time jump?}
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I love you, Keith...
[She sealed the statement with a gentle, slow, deep kiss.]
{Pffft prompt schmompt! XD But yeah, timeskip sounds good!}
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It didn't go well. Sleep was difficult for both of them. But, they did get some rest. When morning came, preparations began. Keith adjusted his diet that very morning to compensate for his planned intensive training. He wasn't going to go into this unprepared. They had time, but not a lot, and he planned on using all of it to get himself ready.
Lotor was an impressive opponent. If he was going to fight this contest himself, Keith knew it was going to be difficult. They were both good, but he had yet to best Lotor in a fight. He often let his own temper get in the way. He knew he was going to need to work on that.
He wasn't even thinking of honing any of the strange abilities Honerva had developed in him... In many ways, Galra druids were a lot like Altean alchemists. It was one of the reasons that Honerva had been able to develop her inner circle the way she had. Because he was half human, Keith's own druid bloodline had been altered, and she'd been intrigued to see what she could do with it. It was raw and untapped, and Keith was a little scared of it. His show of power during his argument and subsequent challenge the day before had been rare, but he'd been unable to quell his temper in the moment.
Now, as he stepped into the training deck of the Castle, he focused on his breathing, pausing long enough to close his eyes and attempt to focus on what he had planned for his morning session.]
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He paused the simulation when he heard the door open, looking back to see Allura standing there. He held his transformed blade in his right hand, another borrowed Altean weapon that resembled a long-bladed version of a katar in his left. His expression shifted slightly, softening slightly at the sight of her.]
Is everything settled?
[Keith knew she had duties to attend to first, including the paperwork and official documents about their current situation and making contingency plans should something happen to one or both of them.]
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No one is pleased that such things are necessary, of course [especially not herself], but we need to be thorough. I've also been researching the rules and protocols for such duels... and trying to think of ways Lotor could bend or break them.
[Because unlike Keith, Allura absolutely expected some form of cheating from the Galra side. Honor might have been an important part of Galra culture, but Lotor was a cunning, often ruthless general in battle, and all was fair in love and war.]
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He'll look for loopholes. He's always on just skirting the edges so he can't be outright caught. Another option is that he'll get someone else to do something for him to keep his hands clean. That person will likely be very willing to take the fall on Lotor's behalf so it can't be proven it was him.
[Keith didn't think that something wouldn't happen. It just wouldn't come directly from Lotor.
After shifting his blades to free one of his own hands, Keith reached over to take Allura's.]
Ready?
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[Because Lotor was absolutely not beyond using scapegoats as well as willing assistants.
Her deep frown softened just a little as she took Keith's hand in hers.]
As much as I can be. All the technicalities are settled but... this won't be easy.
[Of course she was worried, even as she tried to keep busy and have things prepared so she wouldn't.]
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You're right. It won't. But we can do this.
[They had to.
Keith reluctantly released her hand then, ready to restart the training sim.]
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[A deep breath... and then she lunged at one of the robots, staff spinning to deflect any counter-attacks, hard and fast and aggressive as she dove for any opening their mechanical opponents left.]
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