#sirensought

for what ? however long she could reasonably hold off anyone outside of her family knowing she's pregnant. not only that , but the longer they waited , the sooner into her new marriage a baby would be born. would her new husband believe it was simply pre-mature , even if fully grown ? they've been pushing for a quick marriage -- within two weeks , to be exact. that scared off most nearby princess who knew emma as the wild child she was -- why did she suddenly need to marry at seventeen when she had a world to explore &* people to flirt with ? they also knew she was recently in another relationship -- why had that one ended ? why had she been with the estranged son of rumplestiltskin to begin with ? HER REPUTATION WAS A LESS THAN STELLAR ONE AROUND HERE.

so they'd reached overseas , to a kingdom also eager to marry off their heir so that he might settle down. she had no idea what the guy even looked like. knew absolutely nothing about him ! but , given how the rest of the crew looked , she can boil it down to the youngest one with the man tailing him everywhere. there's no doubt he can assume who she is as well -- she's the only one around in a formal dress with her hair perfectly curled. notably , she still has a sword at her hip. even with magic , she preferred the more practical weapon. he's handsome -- a bonus , given the situation.

If anything Charlotte was a hopeless romantic. Ever since she was a little girl she had dreamt of the greatest of romances. Not with just any man, of course. No, there were a list of points he needed to check. Or more so, things that would make her draw to a certain type of man. Of course he had to be handsome - very important. But ambition ( meaning a good job ) and status ( some sort of title ) were also high on her list. Perhaps more subconsciously so.

And now she got the actual opportunity to bump into a prince for the matter. The blonde had allowed her mind to run through the countless scenarios that might occur. All of them in her favor, of course. How could he be anything but charmed by her after all!

Charlotte had chosen her most wonderful attire. Well, not chosen but custom made - the latest fashion with the embellishments perhaps a little overdone - feeling absolutely peach perfect. A sharp gaze had scanned the crowd and before she knew him she had spotted him; prince Eric. Gosh, he was dashing!

"'enemies' seems a strong word, no?" comes the entirely unbothered response, with a flippant motion of his hand as though batting a fly out of the air. after years of blowing off tutors and dukes and the like, he was not unfamiliar with being on someone's bad side. and it wasn't that he couldn't understand why he might frustrate some of the more uptight people around him, it is just that he didn't care. it was their problem they did not like him, after all, not his.

well, usually. until they decided to make it his problem.

[ avoid ] sender tries to avoid awkward conversation by staying away from receiver at a ball ( @ lavinia again ! ) @sirensought

Lavinia wasn't a fool, she knew there was tension between herself and Prince Eric, the last time they'd seen each other she'd been a princess and he had refused to marry her, maybe if he had married her her parents would still be alive and Lavina wouldn't have the pressures of the crown thrust upon her at such a young age.

But none of that had happened.

Eric had married another, and Lavina was queen of Glowerhaven, and now they were seeing each other for the first time, and Prince Eric was avoiding her.

As the dancers at the ball swirled around the dance floor, the queen approached the dark haired prince, it was in both kingdom's best interests to clear the air, no matter how Lavinia herself felt.

it's her first job of this type -- emma was normally hired to chase down people that broke bail , but this time , she'd been hired to keep an eye on some rich boy that was off on his own for the first time in his life. that meant showing up at his little shop more than once -- seemed he finally noticed her reoccurrence. it wasn't ideal to directly interact with him, but she has no choice now.

❛  doesn’t  anybody  have  any  faith  in  me ?    ❜ : @sirensought

❛   THAT'S NOT FAIR. ❜ a sigh leaves emma as she places her palms flat on the desk between them , her emerald gaze soft as she leans toward him. ❛   of course i have faith in you. but -------- eric , you're out of your depth here. ❜ she reaches forward , fingernail of her pointer finger tapping at the book laid between ------ a book of fairytales.