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"Okay….."
He says hesitantly as he looked at her, studying her features. Admiring her beauty that he didn't pay attention to before.
"Well…..what're you doing all the way out here?"
A weird idea
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She caught the man's stare, and held it without any hostile feeling. "I'm exploring. And, I haven't gotten time to myself in about half a year. I needed this," she said with a shrug. Suddenly, her eyes lit up with an idea.
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He tapped his lip a few times trying to comprehend everything that had just happened, playing with his lip ring slightly.
"I guess that makes sens- what's with the face?"
Perceptive, then. "I've got an idea. Since I've entered your area," she started, gesturing gracefully to the peaceful lake beside them, "you should get to enter mine."
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"W-wait……really!?"
His eyes light up and he steps closer, not able to control his excitement.
"Are you sure? I mean i dont want to be a burden….."
"I'm the one who offered," she protested, eagerly taking his hand and leading him into the treeline. It was exciting, seeing her palace as something new.
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"Oh….okay!'
He says with a little smile, letting her lead him to her palace. He felt actually quite special somehow! The fact that a mere peasant. A rodent. A feind…..would get invited into the very palace its self? And by the queen nonetheless!!!!!
She nodded, smile giving way to a sober, serious expression. "Very well. Follow me now." She turned and walked into the trees, not bothering to check if her companion was following her.
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"Oh, Uhm….okay"
He says pressing his wings fully to his back with a little smile as he followed her. Every now and then glancing up to the palace. He could just fly up there. But she didn't have wings so he guessed he would just walk with her.
She stopped walking a couple minutes in. “Wait. You can fly, right?”
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Stopping, a smile appearing on his face as he spreads his wings and putting his hands on his hips.
"sure can!"
In the blink of an eye, she'd disappeared in a flash of dark smoke.
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"Wait….what?!"
He turns around looking for her, or where she might have gone. Then piecing the puzzles together, he shoots up into the air, looking over at the palace.
"Maybe she went over there"
(Heads up, I'm going to be gone up until Sunday!! I have to go on a school trip, but I'll see you in a week <3)
Iris appeared sat down on the top step, staring out into the forest. She smiled triumphantly, though hoping he'd find his way over.
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(Oh okay! Have fun! <3)
He hesitantly, yet quickly made his way to the Palace Steps, greeting her with a gush of wind and a cute smile.
(Hey!)
She tried to suppress the excited chuckle wanting to be let out, but failed.
She offered her hand, sobering. "Remind me of your name?"
Her voice had taken on a new quality nearing the palace, a sort of quiet yet authoritative confidence only emphasized by the echo of the domed entrance gates.
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(Hey! Did you have fun!?)
He laughed a bit at her expression and ran his fingers through his grey hair, though looking white in the sunlight.
"I'm Canyon"
He says with a smile. He didn't have a last name to go by. Only his first. Only the royals could have last names. That was the way it was. Though he hated it.
"I'm Iris."
She led the man, Canyon, forwards, and with a cough from her the enormous wrought gates started to open.
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"Woah, number one, that's a really pretty name! And number two….howd you do that!!??"
He says looking at the gates then back at her with wide eyes.
"I'd rather not say," Iris said after a pause. She walked in, waiting for Canyon to follow before getting the doors to close again.
(tell me if you find her too op, btw, and I'll adjust!)
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(Okay. I'm sure shes not. And wings aren't all my character has, so…yeah that's a thing)
"Oh okay…sorry"
He says following her still in awe of just the huge gates that stood in front of them.
(Agh sorry school :'( )
They walked out into a vast entrance hall, of marble walls and cherry oak floor. A circular raised platform in the center of the room held a veiled sculpture whose shape couldn't be told beneath the thick white cloth.
Iris walked forward, her mildly heeled boots echoing against the domed glass ceiling.
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Canyon looked around in awe of the huge building. The structuring itself was absolutely gorgeous to him in every possible way.
"Oh wowww," he says to himself as his eyes beamed at the marvelousness all around him.
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(It's totally fine! Take your time <3)
(Thank you!)
She distractedly led him up the grand stairs, barely paying attention to the luxurious surroundings.
The top of the stairs split off into three hallways, and they walked into the one to the left.
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"ooh, so where are we going now?" He says with a big smile on his face.
He wasnt even paying attention to where he was stepping. He was just following her wherever she led him.
"It's a surprise," she muttered with a small smile. They walked into a slightly darker corridor, the walls blanketed in portraits of people. As they reached the end of it, Iris's own came into view.
She grimaced, walking past it without stopping.
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"Woah! Is that you!" He says with almost excitement in his voice.
"Goodness! she's beautiful!"
He mumbles to himself as they walk down the hall. He hated to admit, but he was scared of the dark. And almost all spooky things. So walking down this creepy hall….
Well he had to distract himself somehow right?