Grace Bridgewater-Edan/Grace and Caelum II

## Encounter (Continued) (12/3/17 - 5/4/17)

(OOC: I'm gonna try and conclude Victoria's storyline, so this will be one part of it)

(**OOC:** Ooh, okay~)

## Meetup (5/4/17 - 7/5/17)

Seojun nodded, his stance tense. "I am not surprised. The Edan influence really reaches to all the corners of the world, doesn't it?" he replied. "We should go now. The water kni—I mean Akane is waiting."

"Seems only logical," Seojun commented, speaking for the second time that morning.

Upon witnessing Akane open the door, Seojun shot her a friendly wave and a teasing wink from where he stood, the back, his expression between amused and excited. He followed the rest into the house, subtly inching a little closer to Akane, making sure no one noticed.

"...And the percent is going to rise if we don't act now," Seojun continued. "Victoria works hastily, she's a very impatient person. It's a flaw we can exploit if we use it correctly to our advantage."

He shrugged nonchalantly. "To an extent. She's starting to get suspicious though. It's most likely paranoia."

Seojun blankly ignored the other two standing in the room and walked over to Akane, his brown eyes trailing her face. "Hey sweetheart," he greeted her quietly. "Miss me?"

He lifted his hand and let his fingers dance on her cheek, caressing it. "You look shorter than the last time I saw you. Or is that just me...?"

"Oh! I didn't even notice that." Seojun stepped back to study Akane's uniform. "Ah, cute. Is this what all the Water Knights wear?"

"It suits you," he hummed in approval. "You do look smaller than usual though. Hey, guess what ended a day ago?"

He smiled, a mysterious and devilish grin. "Our game of Hide and Seek. And just in time too. It would be a shame if I had to save the Fire Kingdom from collapsing and then get my head chopped off in another. Very inconvient for my busy schedule." He mockingly shook his head.

## The End of Victoria's Dream (7/5/17 - )

Seojun arrived last, probably the most casual looking with a pair of black sunglasses, a beanie over his mint green hair and a latte in his hand.

He smirked a little and shrugged in response. "Didn't feel like changing and I'm not wasting a good latte just because I didn't have time to finish it."

He glanced at Caelum and then himself. "I dunno about Ky, but I'm fine."

He shrugged and took a sip of his latte. "Depends. It's bad to fight on an empty stomach, but if you overeat, it slows you down."

"Kay." He tugged his beanie further over his bangs and took another sip of his latte. "Lead the way."

### Lunarbucks (13/5/17 - )

"I suppose." Seojun sat in a chair, toying with it by spinning around. Caelum facepalmed at him and held in a chuckle.

"Isn't there like a bunch of fire kingdom guard uniforms in the Drama club's room? I think they did a play on the Fire Kingdom awhile back. We could use it to disguise the mercenaries."

"Nah. The chick's insane but she knows her stuff. They've placed like a million security measures around the castle. Even if we manage to get the mercenaries in, Akane is going to be a whole different level of difficult."

Seojun frowned, much serious than before. "You're not doing that Akane," he countered, a hint of anger in his voice. "It's too dangerous, I refuse to let you try."

"No!" Seojun growled. "You're not doing it. I don't care whether you had training or not Akane, that's not the issue." He clenched his fist, digging his fingernails into his palm as he fought to keep himself from yelling. "I... I can't let you do it."

He cast his eyes away from her. "Something like that. Just, please, don't do it. If not for your own safety, do it for me, okay?"

"I'll take care of that. I have an idea now. Anyway, about Erraline 'surrendering'. The Lunar Kingdom has generally been seen as a shady place for obvious reasons. Victoria is going to be suspicious so we need to pull this off as smoothly as we can."

"Sounds likes something Victoria would get upset over."

"She wants to take over the damn planet. She's anything but reasonable."

"Is that so?" He asked, twirling the drink, "last time I checked, she's currently only working towards her own kingdom. I think the planet is the distant future."

Even Seojun was slightly confused, but he didn't saying anything, just drank his latte.

He looked at Caelum, "if you're going to start plotting Victoria's downfall, I'd check your surroundings. You're in a cafe. Anyone can overhear," he replied and winked at the girl, "the one and only."

He fought the urge to strangle Nate and walked up to Akane, resting his free hand on her shoulder, while his vision flickered to Erraline.

"I should probably look to see if it's open. Rather inconsiderate, aren't I," he mused, "most things are usually open for me. Regardless," he said, looking at them, flickering at Seojun's hand, "hey! You found a friend! How nice, proud of you, little cousin. Do remember to keep it...ah...wrapped up. Anyway, is it Victoria?"

He smiled a little, chuckling. "Yes, another Edan. Erraline, I believe you know Nathaniel... My cousin who I'm not very proud to be related to. Especially with... the amount of *double meanings* he's been pushing in this short conversation."

He grinned, "surely you're more proud to be related to me than other people who I think you know who I'm insinuating. I do prefer to go by Nate," he replied, glancing towards Erraline, "and Seojun is overplaying it, he rather likes me." He regarded her for a moment, "I'm not that into killing family members. Or bring them down. Sue me, family loyalty." His words were rather open ended, though, and ambigious.

"I'd be more proud to call the insane chick trying to take over the Fire Kingdom as we speak my cousin, then you. Don't take it personally, you're just... Not good... friend material I guess I should say," Seojun replied casually before taking another sip of his latte. "And to be more accurate, I fairly dislike you. Not enough to be hate, but I can't really say I like you when I don't. And stop acting like you don't actually care. You're eventually going to do something else by yourself that delays Vic or help us."

"Will I?" He asked, "I killed my older brothers. So why would I turn against Vicky after all that?"

Seojun really couldn't hold back his laughs anymore. "Killed them...? Hardly!" He shook his head as he began to calm down. "Well, I'm going to let Erraline take it from here because if Nate says anything else I'll probably die from laughter."

"Scooby-Doo vibes indeed, Dange."

He smirked, "you've forgotten one thing, Victoria believes I'm on her side. So why on Earth would I be banned from accessing her place?"

"I already have access," he said, flicking a packet of sugar at her before ripping it up to start making patterns from it on the table, "do you guys actually have a plan? Or is it just get in there and somehow convince people to arrest her?"

"Very nice, very nice," he said nodding, "what if the knights..ahh...get out their pointy sticks. I know some of you are duchesses and dukes and whatnot, but good luck fighting skilled knights. The fire kingdom does pride themselves in their army, of course." The sarcasm dripping from his words clearly told his thoughts about that priority. "I'm sure one or two of you are great fighters. But..." his eyes skimmed over them, "three against twenty to thirty? Yeah, my bets with them. Hey, where's goldie locks? Grace."

He grunted, "and what about the soldiers controlled by the knights?" He asked, "are you absolutely sure mercenaries can fight long enough against soldiers? Not that I care, but I'd think through this sort of thing. I'd make sure goldie locks is protected. She's the first person I'd target trying to get to you lot."

"Hey, hey, I'm just pointing out things," he replied, "I would think someone of your caliber to know better than to go charging in." He looked at Erraline, "I'd like to know how a lunar duchess got involved," he mused, "it's a strange sight. Regardless," he yawned, "I suppose I could. What I would do is sneak in, gain information that you release to either the public or the current rulers. Force their hand to do something. Of course, any information that'd be useful would be kept close by the instigator themselves. Really, I'd get one of the royal heirs to do so, as they the jurisdiction to get anywhere in the palace and have the same power as the other person. I would have thought going to someone in the same position would have been your first point of call. Though who's to say you can trust anyone outside of your little group. I certainly wouldn't." He beamed at them.

"You do realise that if Victoria goes, I'm the heir," he pointed out, "I'd think this through, asking for my help. You'll be in my debt."

"I could be worse than her, you know," he replied, "psychopathy could run in the family, I might just be better at hiding it. Did that ever occur to you?"

He shrugged, "I'm just making sure you know what you're in for. I also hope that the others won't disrupt me," he said, his eyes flicking to Seojun, "I can get you in there. I can get the information to my parents and I can order the knights to step down. If your word speaks for everyone then..." he trailed off as he stood up, dusting the sugar off his jeans.

He ran a hand through his hair, "how a water knight also got involved is also beyond me," he muttered before clicking his fingers, "I know I'm not much of a royal but I don't exactly want to see the kingdom collapse into a civil war. Meet me at the palice gates in two hours."