Double Rainbow

**Date Completed:**6/10/2021
**Previous Role-Play**:
**Users Involved:** User:Katokonia
**Setting:** Principality of Alleile
**Date:** June 3, 1510
**Characters Involved**:
* Alleile Iris
* Plutia Iris
* Sarina
* Pyta Ceres (mentioned)
* Saturn Rezka (mentioned)

**Metrics**: Double Rainbow/Metrics

## **All The Way**

It was just another day in Katalia, the capital, and only, city of the Principality of Alleile. Merchant ships entered and left ports, bringing with them all manner of goods both purchased and yet to be sold. The streets were lively, townsfolk walking freely along the cobbled roads, some stopping by stalls and shops featuring a variety of goods on display, from food to foreign exotica. Outside, there were musicians busking at multiple locations along the main road leading towards the castle that soared above the rest of the city in the distance, and artists could be seen sitting on stools painting upon canvases.

The winds blew smooth, with a perfect amount of shade provided by the clouds overhead, who moves slow and steady through the sky.

Plutia Iris danced along the streets, marveling at the artistic splendor that protruded from every nook and cranny within the city. She had arrived the night prior, staying at a small hotel, but at night there had been rather little activity in the city, most people being assuredly asleep. Though now was a complete opposite scenery, there were rows upon rows of beautiful artworks, each with a smiling, and passionate face behind them, some beckoning others to come take interest in purchasing their works, though others simply feeling joy in having them shown to the world.

Iris came to the Alleile on business, though, as she began strolling towards the castle within which the Princess of Alleile was said to reside. Iris' friend and crewmate, Saturn Rezka, had told her to come here to offer the Princess an offering of friendship, and with a token to signify the event. Iris wasn't well-versed in politics or the like, so all she got out of it was "be friendly and give this to the Princess." "This" referred to a wrapped sword that Rezka had given Iris to gift to the Princess, he had said to handle it very carefully, as it was a Spellblade of fire. In other words, it wouldn't be pretty if Iris accidentally activated it.

Rezka had given Iris a time limit of a week, so she assumed the extra time was for her to relax and have fun. Ceres had driven Iris here, and she was slated to arrive again in exactly a week if Iris didn't flag for any SOS's or anything of the sort.

Iris hummed, growing closer and closer to the castle. She neared it, but suddenly an extravagant and delectable scent invaded Iris' nose. It smelled of freshly baked pastries, and was practically inviting Iris to follow the trail back to it's origin. Using her nose alone, Iris briskly walked off the main road and into an alleyway, passing through various twists and turns through buildings before finally reaching where the wonderful smell was borne.

It was a well-lit single-room building, and two people could be heard talking and laughing cheerily inside, all the while artistically styling and designing pastries, drizzling upon them with hot, melted chocolate, and adorning some with candies and frostings that Iris had never seen before.

A voice was heard from inside, "Hey Iris, want to try the finished product?" The voice laughed.

Iris thought for a moment, *"How did this person know I was here, and how do they know my name?* But the promise of a sweet treat trampled over Iris' common sense, as she flung the door open to the building, and said "How kind of you! Sure!" As Iris licked her lips.

When she got inside, though, she saw two girls: One of them looked to be in her early 30s, with long, brown, hair in a loose bun, wearing an apron as well, though it seemed to be straight out of the washer as it was completely clean. The second looked to be in her early 20s, and has slightly shorter hair with a beautiful blue hue. She wore a small black hat adorned in what appeared to be peaches, and an apron as well, though hers was stained with what looked like chocolate and a few other ingredients here and there. But more importantly, she was about to plop a pastry delight right into her mouth, her free hand cusped under the treat and mouth wide open, though she paused as Iris entered.

The two girls and Iris had an awkward stare-off for a moment, before the brown-haired girl asked politely, "Um, maybe you have the wrong place darling, but who might you be?"

Iris blinked at least 4 times before responding, "My name's Plutia Iris, I thought you just asked me to try out one of your pastries?"

The blue-haired girl began to laugh in response, and the brown-haired girl looked mildly amused. The blue-haired girl responded, "My name is Iris too silly, but in honor of our meeting I'll allow you half?" The blue-haired girl, who coincidentally was also named Iris, split the pastry in two and offered half to Plutia Iris.

"I feel like this is going to get real confusing..." Iris commented, before snatching the half that the new Iris offered her, gulping it down in a single bite/

"Now THAT is what I call good food!" She exclaimed happily.

"You know, most people wouldn't just barge into a random building and ask for food, but you know what...I think I like that!" The blue-haired Iris said to Iris, receiving a snicker from the brown-haired girl, "Yea, maybe because it reminds you of yourself."

Blue-haired Iris made a pouting face, but she laughed it off. "So Purple Iris, what brings you here, other than this delicious cuisine of course!" she asks, laughing at her own joke.

Plutia Iris thought for a moment whether or not it was ok to simply tell them why she was here, but they had been so welcoming that it just slipped out of her mouth, "I'm here to deliver something to this country's Princess. On that note, I should probably get going soon, but I did enjoy that pastry! It was one of the best I've ever had!"

As Iris motioned to leave the room, she felt a tug on her shirt. It was the blue-haired Iris, who spoke in a much more hushed tone this time, asking, "You might not have to go very far for that...actually." She muttered, before standing up straight and putting her hands on her hips. "That is because, I, Alleile Iris, AM the Princess of this country!" She exclaimed triumphantly, as the brown-haired girl sighed. "And this here," Iris pointed to the sighing girl, "Is one of my favorite maids, Sarina!"

Sarine bowed her head slightly at Plutia Iris, "Nice to meet you, Ms. Iris."

At this, Plutia Iris began to laugh heartily, "Really??? This is a first. Well it saves me the trouble I guess haha." She unslung the packaged sword from her shoulder, kneeling down and presenting it to Alleile Iris, "My name is Plutia Iris, and I have come to present to you this is a gift from my dear friend Saturn Rezka, he sent me here on courier duty to gift this to you in hopes of establishing a friendship!...Though I honestly don't understand the subtleties in the words..."

"Well met Plutia Iris," Alleile Iris said with a regal tone, "I shall accept this gift from you, let your friend know that I am willing to discuss terms and agreements with him in the near-future..." Her voice trailed, "...and with that out of the way let's see what present we got!" Alleile Iris said giddily, quickly unwrapping the Spellblade. "Ooo a sword? This is really cool! I love the design!" Alleile Iris began examining the blade, unsheathing it and trailing her fingers along it curiously, "Oh? what does this button do..."

Plutia Iris quickly realized that Alleile Iris was about to activate the sword, which would make flames spread from it's blade. "Wait! Don't touch tha-"

The warning came to late, as Alleile Iris pressed the button, spreading flames from the blade's edge which quickly began spreading to the ground, where the sword still touched. "EEEEK WHY IS THERE FIRE?" She yelped in panic.

Luckily, her maid Sarina was ready, and quickly tossed a bucket of water, dousing the fire, before grabbing the hilt of the sword and pressing the button again, shutting the flames off. "I just KNEW you were going to try burning down the place again!"

Alleile Iris started whining to Sarina, "Hey it wasn't from the baking this time though, you can't say it's my fault!!"

"No excuses my lady, you are much too careless when it comes to these things." Sarina replied, taking the sword from Alleile Iris and re-sheathing it and grasping it in her left hand, while her right hand fended off an Alleile Iris who was desperately grabbing at the sword trying to get it back.

"I apologize for the trouble the lady almost caused for you, Ms. Plutia. How would you like to join us at the castle to commemorate this event? I can have the staff prepare us a feast." Sarina said to Plutia Iris, who was standing there in shock at the situation at hand, seeing a maid obstructing a Princess.

"Oh it's alright, I think that's all I needed to be here for....wait. Feast? That sounds like a great idea Sarina!" Plutia shifted her tone mid-sentence, savoring the thought of even more wonderful food to be had.

Sarina flicked Alleile Iris on the forehead, which stopped Iris from grabbing at the sword. "I'll give this back to you later, for now know your place and act like a proper young lady. Especially now that we have a guest for dinner." Sarina began walking out of the building, beckoning both the Irises to exit, which they complied, before turning off the lights and locking the door.

She then led them off on the road towards the castle, as passersby looked on and whispered amongst themselves as they saw the Princess walk past alongside Plutia Iris, who was, in their eyes, just some casual-dressed foreigner. Commenting and pointing, though mostly simply out of curiosity.

## **Across The Sky**

When the three finally arrived at the castle, which resembled more of a palace than a fortification, maids and other servants were already scurrying around making various preparations for the feast. Sarina called over to one of them, whispering something in their ear, before the large double-doors to the inside of the building began to open.

A row of servants were lined up beside a long red and gold carpet, chanting and bowing in unison as the doors opened, "Welcome home Princess Alleile."

Alleile Iris stomped inside, and shouted as she walked forth, pouting, "I told you to stop calling me Princess!!!" Before turning her head back to Sarina and Plutia Iris, "Come on, the dining hall is this way."

Plutia Iris stepped inside with mild awe. The room they were in resembled an extravagant hall larger than most buildings, with a grand staircase on the far side of the room leading up to a throne. Each side of the room had about ten doors, though none matched each other in size nor design, and to the sides of the throne were two additional sets of double-doors, though these were rather small compared to the entrance. They shimmered of gold and platinum, dazzling the eyes as they reflected light from a host of chandeliers lining the ceiling.

Plutia Iris was still looking around when Alleile Iris grabbed her hand and started tugging her, "C'mon, half the food is already done, let's eat!" Alleile Iris said both joyfully and impatiently, as Plutia Iris let herself be led by her to the dining room. The dining room was to the left-side of the room facing the throne, and was marked with a crossed pair of utensils, a knife and a spork, both plastered on a giant golden plate.

Sarina, who had at some point gone ahead of the two Irises was already there opening the door inside, awaiting the Irises to make their ways through.

Rows upon rows of all sorts of foods and delicacy lined a long table, mostly pastries and flour-based, and neither Iris decided to even bother taking a seat, as in unison they sprang forth into the room and started gorging down on anything they could get their hands on. Eventually, Alleile Iris noticed that Plutia Iris was eating just as much as she was, "Hey, you're not doing half bad over there!" She called through a muffled voice due to an overflowing biscuit in her mouth. Plutia Iris responded, "You're almost better than me at eating, but you're definitely not the best I've seen." She said in an even more muffled voice, her face stuffed inside a giant cake.

Before they knew it, the entire table was spotless, empty plates scattered across without even a speck of crumbs remaining. Both of the Irises plopped themselves on the ground in exhaustion, letting out huge sighs of relief having endured the trial by feast.

Alleile Iris was beginning to drift off to sleep, "Hey Iris...tomorrow can you show me how to use that sword?..." She asked before completely dozing off.

Plutia Iris responded, though she too was about to fall asleep, "Sure thing Iris..."

Come morning, Plutia Iris found that she had been carried over to a large bed where she now rested. *"Thinking back, it must have been getting pretty late huh?"* She thought to herself, as she looked around the room. It appeared to be a guest room, albeit a fanciful one. There was a mirror in the corner of the room, and Iris got up to go check on herself. She looked fine, albeit maybe a half-pound heavier. Smiling reassuringly at herself, she strut towards, and out of, the door leading to the hallway. When she exited, Sarina was already there waiting for her, greeting her good morning and telling Iris to follow her.

It seemed that Alleile Iris had been waiting for Plutia Iris to wake up so that she could try out her new sword, which the two had promised that they would do the day before.

Sarina led Plutia Iris down a long hallway, and after a rather lengthy walk, the two exited through a small door. On the other side was a massive rolling grassland, completely opposite to the developed and cluttered city of Katalia. In the distance, Alleile Iris looked like she was playing with a deer of some sort, before spotting Sarina and Plutia Iris, waving at them at shouting "Morning!"

Sarina let a slight wave back, and Plutia Iris waved happily back. She looked at Sarina for a moment, "I'll make sure she gets the basics at least." Smiling, though she didn't expect a response when Sarina said, "You best be careful, the Lady is gifted with swords in her own right." Before Sarina walked over to a nearby bench and took a seat.

Though Plutia Iris wasn't fazed at all, instead her smile actually widened, "Really? Then maybe we can have some fun!" As she skipped off towards Alleile Iris.

When she finally reached her, Alleile Iris pulled out the Spellblade and offered it to Plutia Iris, "I'll watch closely, so can you show me all it's tricks? Pretty please?" She gave puppy eyes even though Plutia Iris was more than willing to show off the Spellblade. Plutia Iris chuckled playfully as she took the blade and cleared her throat.

"Ahem, so the first feature of this bad boy," Iris waved the blade around, then pointed it's tip to her side. She pressed a button ingrained into the hilt, and upon pressing it the blade of the sword became engulfed in flames. "Ta-da, a fire sword! But that's not all..." While the blade was still ablaze, making sure Alleile Iris could see where she was about to press as she flicked a switch that was hidden next to the button. Plutia Iris pointed the blade straight towards the sky, and upon flicking it, the flame burst from the sword into the air, sending a massive ball of fire upwards before it exploded, scattering harmlessly into the air, too far up to cause any damage to the grasslands below, though impressive regardless.

Alleile Iris' eyes lit up in awe at the sight, and Plutia Iris continued to talk. "And the flames even come back a couple seconds after that!" Sure enough, the blade began to re-ignite itself, enshrouding itself in flame once more, "Though don't do it too much in succession or else the recharge starts taking longer. Next, in case you think someone might grab this beautiful sword of yours," Plutia Iris flicked yet another switch on the blade, which immediately shut off the flame. "You can set a vocal command that locks the blade from producing flame, though by default it doesn't have a phrase, or else how would I have done it just now?" Plutia Iris laughs, then asks Alleile Iris, "So, what shall your command be milady?"

Alleile Iris thinks for a moment, before replying "Can you just make it something simple, like 'douse'?"

"Sure thing my fellow Iris, just a moment," Plutia Iris whispered into the blade the word "Douse." as a rune-like pattern lit up for a short moment before disappearing. "Now how about you try it yourself? Oh, and say the word 'ignite' to re-activate it, that one is preset."

She hands the blade to Alleile Iris and takes a few steps back, letting her try out for herself the powers of the Spellblade.

"Right then!" Alleile Iris shouts, before swinging the tip of the blade up and pressing the button to ignite it. Though nothing happened. She looked confused, looking at Plutia Iris for answers, though she simply smirked at Alleile Iris, waiting for her to figure out the problem herself.

"Oh! Ignite!" Alleile Iris said, though still nothing happened. "What the hell?" She said frustrated, "What did I do wrong?"

"Try pressing the button again." Plutia Iris stated simply.

Alleile Iris followed this instruction, and the blade lit itself on fire just as Plutia Iris had initially showed her. "Ooooo" Alleile Iris said, marveling at the flame. She then clicked the hidden switch that Plutia Iris had showed her, as it flung a fireball similarly-sized to the first one into the air, with the same result. Alleile Iris then pushed the button she used to 'turn on' the blade, and the flame sheathed itself back inside the blade smoothly. "Aaaand 'douse'!" She said, as a different-colored rune showed up this time. It appeared to display a prompt of some sort.

Plutia Iris noticed and quickly ran over, "Oh right, sign on it to confirm yourself as the master of the blade. It won't accept vocal commands from anyone except for you if you do that."

Alleile Iris nodded in understanding, tapping her finger onto the prompt before asking, "How do I sign?" Though merely tapping it displayed a giant checkmark on the prompt, which then faded as quickly as it had came.

"So what do you say Princess, want to test out your new skills?" Plutia Iris asked, awaiting Iris' response.

Alleile Iris grinned, hopping a few paces backwards, "Right on Iris! I've been told I'm a good fighter, can you say the same?"

Plutia Iris grinned synonymously, slowly drawing her purple katana and holding it in one hand, lowered to the side. "I'll let you decide how you want to attack, though I'd think carefully if I were you!" She shouted over to Alleile Iris, letting her make the first move.

Alleile Iris responded, "Your mistake." Sticking her tongue out at Plutia Iris before her face became more focused. With her new fire Spellblade in hand, she dashed at Plutia Iris, igniting her blade in flames as she slashes at her opponent, who had yet to ready their guard.

Plutia Iris let out a short laugh as Alleile Iris approached, as she said, "Bad move Iris." As Alleile Iris was aiming for a wide slash, Plutia Iris dropped her sword to the ground, refusing to connect the blades, and instead dashed straight forward at the other Iris and said **Boda Slam**, as she connected directly with Alleile Iris, sending her flying back. Plutia Iris then walked back to pick up her sword, though still refused to put it up to guard.

Alleile Iris tumbled backwards, as her flaming blade grazed against the grass around her, lighting it on fire. She panicked for a moment, as she tried to stomp out the growing flames.

Plutia Iris called over to her, "There should be a function that let's you suck the fire into your sword! Look for it!"

Still panicking, Alleile Iris searched frantically for how to do it, finally finding it before the flames spread too far and wide. As she activated the ability, the flames from all around her began getting sucked into the sword, which grew even brighter and hotter from the action. "Alrighty time for round two!" She exclaimed, dashing at Plutia Iris again, this time lunging. As she neared her target, she launched a ball of flame from her blade, which momentarily flickered as it started to re-ignite.

This time, Plutia Iris readied her own blade. Suddenly, a violent wind erupted from it's tip, destroying the fireball in it's entirety, scattering it into dying and diminishing flames. Iris then rushed to meet her opponent's blade head on, parrying it as the two entered a clash of blades, with Plutia Iris' blade constantly putting out the flames that arose from the fire Spellblade.

Alleile Iris tried to push Plutia Iris' blade away with her own, but the two's physical strength was surprisingly even. Realizing that she wouldn't win like this, she turned off the flames to her blade, which were being wasted when contesting Plutia Iris' blade of air, and dashed to Plutia Iris' side, while still maintaining weight on her blade. She then dropped herself lower to the ground and lunged forth to try and catch Plutia Iris offguard.

Plutia Iris seemed as if she was ready for the maneuver, though, or if she wasn't her reaction time was simply that fast, but she didn't move to dodge or parry. Instead, she actually lowered her blade, and chanted **Po Troja**. When Alleile Iris struck her, instead of Plutia Iris receiving the damage, the force of the strike instead went back into Alleile Iris, which caused her to jump back with a yelp of pain.

She fell to the ground, trying to nurse a wound that wasn't there. Plutia Iris crouched down beside her, sheathing her purple sword, and offered a comforting hand to Alleile Iris who was in obvious distress. "I'm going to teach you a technique that makes the pain go away, ok?"

Alleile Iris looked at Plutia Iris in curiosity, nodding her head as to say *"Please."*

With the affirmation, Plutia Iris whispered, "All right, I want you to try and relax your body as much as you can. Once you feel as relaxed as possible, I want you to imagine yourself relaxing faster, and faster, and faster, if that makes any sense to you. Then just imagine yourself floating in the air, like a cloud, seeping in the cool breeze as it makes you feel aaaallll better."

Alleile Iris tried to do as Plutia Iris said, though it seemed as if she was still struggling with the pain from the force of her own strike.

Plutia Iris noticed this, then continued to say, "Now chant the words that wrap all these feelings together, Sei Mystic."

Alleile Iris looked at Plutia Iris confusedly, *"I just have to say the words to wrap the feelings together? How does that make sense?"* She thought to herself, but regardless uttered the words "Sei Mystic." Miraculously, the pain suddenly waned, as if it were a wave receding from the shoreline. Iris sat there in amazement, feeling around her body that had been encompassed with pain that was no longer there, and looked Plutia Iris in the eyes, asking, "How did that work??"

Plutia Iris simply smiled cheerily, "See? All better! Now do you want to keep going? Or should we go do something else?" She paused for a second, remembering that Alleile Iris was the ruler of the nation she was standing in, "Or maybe you actually might have ruler-stuff to do...?" She asked somewhat less enthusiastically, as if not wanting her sparring partner to leave abruptly.

"I want to keep going, but I don't want to just fight. I want you to teach me more. I want to learn how to do things like what you just showed me, and how to fight on your level. I hate to admit it, but I'm nowhere near as strong as you right now..." Alleile Iris initially made puppy eyes, though they quickly shifted to a serious face, as if she was willing to do what was necessary to make herself stronger, though as to her drive, Plutia Iris wasn't quite sure.

"Oh? Yea sure I can teach you a bit! It'll take more than just a day though you know, but I happen to have another 5 and a half to spend here, might as well do something fun!" Plutia Iris responded, agreeing to Alleile Iris' request.

"Really?" Alleile Iris' eyes sparkled, before she jumped up to hug Plutia Iris tightly, but inadvertently tackling her to the ground. The two laughed before letting go of each other. In unison, they said, "It's a deal then!" They started laughing, both sitting in the grassy fields which had, in the wake of their fight, returned to a feeling of peace.

"Ahem."

The two turned to see Sarina looking down at them. "You can do this training and fighting all and well, but first," She turned towards Alleile Iris, "You have a meeting with the envoy from two separate nations today....and you're already late for the first one!" Sarina grabbed Alleile Iris, slumping her over her shoulder and began to carry her away.

Alleile Iris looked back towards Plutia Iris and waved happily, "See you later!"