location: hearts kingdom, front of the palace @cwnmei

Jangmi stared out the big glass windows of the extravagant carriage at the passing scenery outside the window, feeling like she was in a fairytale movie. Usually she would have chosen a sleek black limo or a dark mahogany carriage, but she heard when she heard that the Royal that she was going to have to meet was from the Hearts Kingdom, she opted for the white carriage with gold accents to showcase her consideration to the Royal who she was looking to bargain a deal with for the upcoming art gallery events. The Hearts Kingdom and their light colored aesthetics were definitely a contrast to the Spades Kingdom and even though the lovely elegant lighter colors weren’t exactly in her aesthetic repertoire, Jangmi couldn’t deny that it was still a beautiful aesthetic. She may have her own preference, but she could always appreciate beauty no matter the form.

She inwardly sighed as the carriage came to a stop in front of the palace. Not that she was nervous. No, in fact the truth was, she was actually now debating if the trip was going to be worth the travel. Maybe she should have just kept the communication through emails like she usually did with other potential business partners. She usually only made trips if the closing deals were going to include other types of negotiations. But now was too late for regret as the carriage came to a stop. Maybe she could find a quickie while she was here for the next couple of days.

The carriage door opened and Jangmi got up gracefully about to step down from the carriage on her own when she saw the knight in front of her. And when Jangmi made eye contact, she felt a shiver of excitement suddenly run down her spine when she saw the beautiful goddess in armor in front of her, staring back at her. Halting in her tracks, Jangmi held onto the carriage door frame with one hand to steady her balance as she smoothly moved her other hand out for the knight to take. Trying to stay a professional princess, she asked gently,

“Won’t you be a dear and help me down from this tall carriage?”

sooin is watching. silently. observing. debating. what was her best approach here? 

she tosses the apple in her hand, catching it before tossing it again. it’s a repetitive manner she keeps as she tries to figure what the outcome of each approach she takes will end up.

option a. if she verbally announces herself, it takes away all the fun and surprise. and who wanted a dull announcement of their presence? not sooin, that’s for sure. it definitely wasn’t her style. she always came in big and made herself known. so option a, no go.

option b. if she sneaks up, there’s a chance of her actually getting maimed with how she reveals herself after sneaking up. the chances of mei attacking her out of defense was likely even if she did realize who sooin was immediately. was sooin in the mood for fighting? not really. if she wanted a fight all she had to do was bug the shit out of royal advisor lee. 

and then she stops tossing the apple, taking a good look at the solid fruit in the palm of her hands. option c.

the apple was much more a fidget toy than a meal anyway.

pulling her thumb up to steady her aim, sooin raises her arm back with the apple firm in her hand before she throws it hard.

the next few seconds are a bit horrifying. horrifying but funny as sooin watches the apple fly past mei’s head and smack into another knight who just happened to be walking by.

“shit!” sooin swears out loud, hand immediately covering her mouth as she tries to figure out what to do. one thing for sure, she was having a good laugh.

sooin never was really adept with long range fighting. archery was the one thing she spent the least amount of time training on considering she enjoyed a physical fight much more and the satisfaction of throwing someone down with brute force. so the fact that the apple had completely missed mei’s torso like sooin had planned and completely wiping out a lower ranked knight… well, even sooin had to say she wasn’t surprised.