“I’ll be fine,” Amelia assured Emily. “Can I eat and go to bed now?”

Elind’s smile widened. “I’m so glad,” she said.

(What a good personal guard, already wandering off before her replacement arrives, that's how assassinations typically happen)
"Good luck topping this next year." Amondel joked as he finally started eating again.

Emily said "Dad...I gotta stay here"

Vxal sighed "Your replacement for the night will be here shortly..." Emily glared as Vxal caved "Fine" standing next to her.

(Im down for a ts soonish if other ppl are)

(Works for me)

A grand spectical was on display inside of the castle ball room as King Richard the Fourth was in his most regal attire, looking to his left he saw his son and his fiance chatting about, and saw Vxal actually mingling for once. That was harder to do then he expected it to be, the man is loyal to fault. He needs to unwind now and then.

The only thing that was missing was the birthday girl.

Speaking of, Emily was waiting outside for Princess Amelia to get dressed. She'll be guiding her downstairs and won't leave her side no matter what.

Elsewhere, in Hollow, Bair and Veronica were on an evening stroll once again. Veronica looked at Bair and whispered "What's troubling you?"

Bair sighed "That obvious?"

"It's Ryker still, isn't it?" Veronica whispered as well. "He made his choice, Bair."

"He can still come back" Bair said defensively.

Veronica held his hand and shook her head "It's okay Bair..."

Morgan, in the meanwhile, had exited the Lost Woods and headed towards an old abandoned town as Morgan was utterly silent while the shadows leaned in.

In Fellythr, Alyssa had left with her newfound bear pet. She decided to name it after her father, after learning it was male, and called him Kaos. Kaos and Alyssa were still on a journey, the good news is that it looks to be a nice day, as nice as the former land of Azorah can be admittedly. However, she was undeturned, she will prove herself to this land's King and Queen and restore honor to her family.

Syon was outside Fellthyr, patrolling the snowy landscape for any tracks that may imply scouts spying on the city. Just because he hadn't found any yet didn't mean there wasn't any, and he was eager to make a corpse of any wandering Elodesian spies.

Amondel was currently standing outside the castle with two guards flanking him, having one of his "casual hearings" he tended to do which wasn't much more than hanging around and discussing matters with the citizens in a non-official manner. He loved to get the civilian perspective, and hard questions were simply delegated to the "I'll bring it up with Elind" pile. Didn't mean he actually would, but it seemed to satisfy most people who just wanted to feel heard.

"There it is, Makon." Galahad motioned as they stepped close enough to the city to read the welcoming sign. "Should be some refugees here, let's get our information and get out of here. Stay alert with your powers for anyone that may not approve of us, Percival." He ordered, which led to Percival only nodding along due to his lack of desire to argue over if he was being treated like the delegated leader or not. "Already on it, you take the lead since you know who you're looking for."

"Thaaat's good, could I see Princess Amelia?" Will asked. "I wanted to give her, her present privately, cause it might get lost amongst the pile of presents at the party," he said, laughing in embarrassment as he ran a hand through his hair.

Amelia looked over to the door to her suite, hearing Will, and hurried over, pulling open the door. "Will! Hi!" She said, grinning at her best friend. She was so excited to see him, someone who understood her!

"Haha, hi! Amelia! I just wanted to catch you before the party insanity," Will said. "Can I come in?" he asked. He'd visited her front room a few times before, a room meant for visiting guests, so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary or breaking customs.

"Of course, yes, I was just finishing an entry in my journal and then we can head to the party together," Amelia said, welcoming him in. "It'll be just a few minutes," she said to Emily before heading to the small copse of couches with Will, leaving the door open.

"I don't know how well it will be received. What if they don't receive it? Or think it's some kind of trap?" Elind asked. "There's no harm in trying," Selena insisted.

Ryker had gotten up early this morning, his goal today to figure out what was going on in Makon to make people fear the town guards so much. He was posted up near the entrance to the city outside of a bakery, eating quietly as he watched the gate guards and people traveling through the town. The marketplace was nearby, and he kept an ear on the noise from there too, to notice any change.

Emily stood at attention as she whispered to herself "Well if she's gotta be betrothed, I know my pick"

Veronica asked "So, not that this isn't romantic, but why are we really out here?"

"How did you know?" Bair said confused

"Because you just told me" Veronica stated with a clever little smirk "Come on Bair, what is it?"

"Your parents want me to help talk to a new council member, a Spynx, they feel my reputation will help convince them" was Bair's comment to the issue. "They sent a messenger, but the messenger couldn't find them."

Veronica sighed "Okay" a bit annoyed that this wasn't just a date

Alyssa paused as she heard a rumbling and gripped her longsword.

As Percival listened to the surroundings, he caught the notable whisper of a mind, speaking of Galahad and following them. He wasn't focused on it enough to fully take in what was said, but he knew well enough that meant they were recognized. Percy increased his step only slightly in order to close the gap between him and Galahad some. "I don't know from where, but it seems we've been recognized in some way. I heard your name specifically. I'll work on figuring out who it is while we travel, as they said something in their mind about following us." He spoke in a hushed tone.

"Gender? Age range?" Galahad asked without turning his head.

"Probably male, past puberty at least." Percival replied.

“Anyways, I just wanted to give you your present privately,” Will said, holding out the neatly bound package he had brought along. “I’ll admit, it’s pretty standard as far as my presents go, but there’s a little something extra,” he said and Amelia laughed quietly. Of course, how could she forget. He typically got her a new journal every year to replace the last one, usually with a sweet note scrawled within. She opened the wrapping carefully, revealing an ornately decorated journal, this time secured with locks. “So, this bracelet, here,” he said, revealing a dainty ruby bracelet with a sun charm on it, “if you press it into the matching space here,” he said, pressing the pendant into a sun shaped carving, “it’ll open the journal.” The locks popped open, revealing the journal.

“Oh wow, Will, this is incredible! I love it!” She said, running her hand over the gemstone studded, metal cover, before taking the bracelet to look it over. “You’ve really outdone yourself.”

“I’m glad you like it,” Will said, swelling with pride at her reaction. “Go on, read your first entry,” he said.

Ryker pushed off his post, stretching some, before railing the two at a distance. He wondered what brought them to Makon, if perhaps there were the new beginnings of the rebellion brewing here. Maybe that explained the harshness of the guards? No, that didn’t quite match up.

Emily was again silently shipping them.

"Ulg, that's a walk...I'll call Nightmare" was Veronica's response as Bair suddenly scooped her up off her feet. "Bair what are you doing?"

Bair said "I volunteered...to help your parents with this"

Veronica paused and said "OKay..." she then asked "Not that this isn't cute, but..."

"I have a selfish reason why I did so" was Bair's response.

Veronica paused and said "What are you talking about?"

"I love you" was Bair's response as he just took off running with Veronica in his arms.

There was a silence as the rumbling was moving away as Alyssa paused whispering "There's only one thing that scares a predator," She slashed up and blocked the talons from a wild Griffin. "A more dangerous one"