o a t h k e e p e r ;;

//I swear to god I’m going to crush you under my foot

Shifting he gently let the girl down, his finger scratching underneath his nose, that childish grin on his face. “Anyway, now that we’re face-to-face, I’m Elsword, dual swordsman extrordinare~,” Glancing off to the side, he made a motion for her to follow. “Come on, we need to get out of the castle before the guards spot me—and you too, I guess.” Because yes, yes he wasn’t supposed to be there.

At least at the moment. He kind of … had a ‘reputation’ among the guards of Hamel castle. One of which being a prankster, nuisance and just the bothering child who dragged Chung away from anything he was supposed to be doing. Or at least, that was what he knew to be true.

With a playful wink, “You can give me your name once we get out and I can show you around.” Then again, would he once he knew whom she was?What if she was some ambassador from another land? What if she was just visiting?

Even better!

His feet were careful and quiet despite the near gaudy amount of metal around his belt. He probably could have been put into a circus and not looked anymore out of place as the carnies. Though, getting to a wall, he glanced over to her, giving a slight tilt of his head. “Okay, ‘ve kin’a sorta done this a few times. I’ll distract the guards and you can get out. The billboard is right in the middle of the square, I’ll meet you there, alright?” But, before she could give anything more than a nod or question how or why he had done this a ‘few times’, he’d slipped out of hiding. Whistling innocently before tapping the men in armor’s shoulders.

     Despite his brief introduction, who did he think he was, anyway? Freely sneaking around the castle, doing such a fractious thing... It was hard to think of what whose decisions were more ludicrous. Yes, her brother often got her into ridiculous situations but nothing like this! ...Actually, the more it crossed her thought process, the more it made sense. They knew each other, most definitely. 

     Groaning inaudibly, the princess followed. It's not even as if she could go back without getting caught. So the charade would continue to be played, stealthily sneaking about the area. The more it played out, the more she thought... 

           Trust was absolutely something she had to work on.  

     ❝What do you mean you've--!?❞ And there he went. For a moment, her eyes watched him and the guards as the scene continued. But then it was remembered that there was a destination to be meeting at, whether she wanted to or not. Once again, no choice but to heed. How did she manage to get caught up in everything like this? It's almost like she hardly tried to not participate ... it was the effects of always told to try to have fun, wasn't it? 

For those who have met or those who haven’t

"Stay back! I don’t want to hurt you."

"Run, before it gets us!"

"We have to hide."

"You should leave. Now."

"Oh god, is that blood?"

"Oh my god! That man’s insane!"

"Did you hear something?"

"What happened? Where are we?"

"What do you want with me?"

"I’m sorry! Please, don’t hurt me!"

"I’ll kill you. That’s not a threat; it’s a promise."

"How dare you!"

"Leave me alone."

"What do they want with us?"

"Help! Please, don’t leave me here!"