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It was quiet in their space. The rustling of pages, the occasional sigh, the drag of fabric as they leaned into each other. It was calm, and it was peaceful, and Laurella couldn’t settle until Wren would finally stop staring at her and then looking away when she caught him.

“Laurella,” he began, and she felt both immense relief at the break of tension and horrible dread.

“Yes?” she asked, and then cursed her traitor voice which cracked under the strain of her panic.

He reached out and took her hand, rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. “Laurella, I... I think you have autism.”

Laurella’s forehead furrowed. “You - what?”

“Hear me out!” Wren scrambled to say, despite Laurella’s surprise that stopped her from doing anything more but blinking. “I’ve just noticed you have some symptoms, that’s all, and it’s nothing bad, it doesn’t change how I feel about you, I love you -”

“Wren,” she interrupted, “why do you think I have autism?”

He winced, took a deep breath, and began to rattle off a list of everyday actions: her lack of eye contact, her difficulty reading a room and understanding social rules intuitively, the fact her hands were always rubbing at her sleeves or fussing in her hair. How Laurella’s hands had minds of their own when she was happy. How loud noises and strange smells overwhelmed her, how her schedule calmed her, how routine was a balm to an overly anxious soul.

“That’s just,” Laurella began, “that’s just. Me. Just me being me.”

“I know,” Wren soothed. “The only thing this changes is that we might be able to help more, now that there’s more of a pattern.”

Laurella studied her dress very carefully. A dusty pink with gold trim - a favorite, even with her admitted preferences for deep reds. She didn’t know what to say and tears burned the back of her eyes. What did it matter? Wren was going to leave now anyway. Now that these weren’t just quirks, now that there was a name and something to fix, there was nothing to stay for.

“Laurella, can you breathe with me?” Wren murmured.

She shook her head.

“Can you try?”

She hesitated, then matched her breaths to his. In 4, out 4, hold 4, she repeated to herself, over and over until her heart retreated from her ears back to its place in her ribcage.

To be fair, the name did help Laurella some when she could breathe again. The fact that she hated whole groups of foods because of their texture, that she avoided fabrics that folded against the back of her neck, her continued problems with facial expressions and voice modulation to capture tone. She wasn’t - she wasn’t broken or lacking in some way.

She was autistic, it felt like a piece of her had settled into place.

“I can still be in the group, right?” she asked so quietly she was afraid she might not be heard.

“Of course you can,” Wren replied firmly and planted a kiss on her forehead.

Laurella’s eyes closed. He wasn’t leaving, she could stay, and she was okay.

if i remember my twewy correctly she kept her items so uh. yeah.

Adrien: What possessed you to send in such a spooky pun?

Mirintala: Perfect crime if no one thinks there was one. But that depends why she was killed.

Bina: 1) (If the killer is more of a free-agent assassin) He realizes that this fake queen must have some kind of shapeshifting magic, and wants to use it for himself. If he can catch the fake alone, he might be able to use her magic for more assassin-y or self-servey deeds. Outing the fake and killing a potentially useful tool would be against his interests.

2) His only problem was with the old princess as an individual. Even if there's still a queen, he only cared that that specific woman was dead.

3) (If the killer is actively against the monarchy) He realizes that this fake queen being unprepared and incompetant might be more effective in turning the population against the monarchy than creating a dead martyr princess every would.

4) The fake queen is actually doing a pretty good job, and the lives of his family/friends are better off than they would have been with the original crowned princess. Thus he has no intention of ruining the improvement in his life/his friend's lives.

5) To be spiteful, he's waiting for the fake queen to bungle badly enough that she gets found out by the public. He might consider the queen being torn to shreds as the result of her own failings to be more satisfying than calling her out himself.

6) He wants to make money/have power/influence/etc. If he can inform the fake that he knows she's a fake, then he can blackmail her pretty effectively with that info and get whatever he wants, depending on the disposition of the fake queen (can correlate with #1).

7) (Depending on how prominent the killer is in your story) The killer's younger sister/brother/lover/mother/etc is SO enamoured with this queen, that to oust the queen in public and potentially have her killed for treason would break their hearts.

Werew: The first thing that came to my mind is, what evidence does he have? How does he know? If he comes forward to out her, he's going to have to have a reason to suspect... and that might bring to light the fact that HE is the killer of the true princess/queen!

Constablewrites: "Hey, you can't be the queen!"

"How do you know?"

"Because I killed the real queen!"

"...uh, okay, you're under arrest then."

Mirintala: "But if you arrest me you admit I killed the queen which means you aren't the queen!"

"We're both getting screwed here."

Constablewrites: Seems like a damn good reason to keep your mouth shut to me. I'd honestly be more perplexed as to what the killer would gain from coming forward, since there's basically no way they can do that without implicating themselves as well.

I could imagine the killer continuing to go after the fake queen if they were helping to implement a specific plan that required the queen out of the way, but going public seems like a not particularly helpful way to achieve that goal.

MareeB: Yeah, I think the imposter would be in far more danger of murder than exposure

Thanks for the great question! Best wishes with your writing.

Hey y'all.

So it’s been about three and a half years since I started this blog, and that’s crazy to think about. I joined in like August 2013 and I hardly ever used tumblr. It was just some funny website I went to every once in a while. Then, I dunno, I got some followers and after getting into The Walking Dead Game I fixed up my blog a bit and searched through some tags about The Walking Dead. I got real into it and met some nice folks, and in late 2014 I ended up getting Borderlands 2. It was a super fun experience and I fell in love with Krieg as a character, and the Borderlands 2 community as a whole. Then, in late 2015, I was invited to join an awesome blog dedicated to my favorite YouTuber, Northernlion! I had been watching NL since 2013, where I would come home from school, heat up some chicken in the microwave, and sit down to watch his newest Wrath of The Lamb video.

So what’s this have to do with anything? All these experiences with these different fandoms has helped me come out of my shell a bit, so I just wanted to reflect and say thank you. My Krieg RP blog is nearing it’s 1 year anniversary and that’s crazy to think about. I want to give huge shoutouts to @badgershite, the best Telltale blog I know. Seriously, go check them out! Then I want to thank @borderlinesyberian for always being an amazing blog and half the reason I got into Borderlands in the first place. Discussing headcanons with them has been so much fun, and they helped me out so so much in early 2016 when I was going through major depression issues. Such a wonderful person! I’d also like to thank @sm980 for inviting me to join the shitnorthernlionsays blog and for being a genuinely funny and laid back dude. His blog is a haven of shibes and shitposts and it’s wonderful. And to Jesse, for being my friend for nearly four years! To @xburntchildx and @white-bird-ripped-wings and @hyperions-angel and @cakeengland and @karalorade and absolutely anyone who has ever interacted with me on any of my RP blogs! I am honestly so lucky to have met all of you, and I’m so sorry that I don’t always talk to all of you as much as I would like to. All of you are wonderful! Thank you all so much for being in my life.

Thank you to every single one of my followers too, even if we aren’t mutuals! I’m so happy to know all of y'all and honestly so honored you followed this little blog! And now I’d like to say thank you to my wonderful, amazing s/o Reece. I am so, so happy I met you. You make me smile every single day and every time I read your messages my heart flutters and I feel so incredibly happy. I love you, so so much.

I guess just reflecting on everything, I realize how lucky and thankful I am to have such great friends. I hope everyone who reads this has an amazing day. Thank you so much!

Much love, Jakob

Against all that was expected of her, Laurella found she had fallen in love with the ice prince.

It was the way he smiled at her. It was truthful apologies and thoughtful plans. It was the way she felt safe with him. It was that trust ran both ways, and was earned. Deserved.

Staring down at the flowers he had sent, she laughed and twirled around her room, fingers clutching the stem as one might a national treasure. A note laid on the table: For my dearest Laurella.

She loved him. She loved him! And he loved her. He loved her. She hoped - no, she knew - she would never take her Wren for granted.

I love you, she sent silently across the distance between them. I love you. Stay safe.

You’re my: friend! pal! buddy! writer friend!How I met you: on the wff forums! we first really interacted with the ML RP iirc, but i think we interacted before? but that’s the first time i was like ‘oh let’s be friends’Why I follow you: I_Just_Think_You’re_Neat.jpgYour blog is: it just feels very YouYour URL is: a fun reference! :3cYour icon is: one of my faves - Blake Is WonderfulA random fact I know about you: you have adopted a cat recently!!General opinion: you are incredibly creative, kind, funny, and just someone i’m glad to have in my life!A random thought I have: i think i share most of my random thoughts abt you/what you’re up to in our dms so. idk? you have good discord names i’ll go w that!