IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[goei]

The Boss knows what's up!! We're all dragons now!

[supherb]

[Under his breath:]

I kinda liked the prince angle, though…

[beathollow]

... Dragon prince...


...


Oh, that's not Rin.

[supherb]

[None of you were supposed to hear that!!!]

Huh? Who’s that?

[beathollow]

Um. ... I'm... Len.

Mafuyu's innocence.

...

The yellow light is still hiding behind Yoon, though.

[supherb]

Innocence, huh…

[That’s cute. At least he’s distracted from his embarrassment now.]

Nice to meet you, Len.

[strawsandals]

Len? Nice to meet you. I'm Yoon.

Mm, you don't need to be afraid of Arven, by the way. He's a handsome prince here to sweep Mafuyu off of her feet!

[supherb]

H-Handsome??

[Come on you don’t need to go that far for him—]

[beathollow]

Like in a storybook...?

He actually sounds a bit excited about that! Enough so that a young boy flickers in to view for a moment... but resumes being just a mote of light hanging on Yoon's shoulder.

[goei]

You could be the prince and we're yer army of dragons?

[Thinks.]

Hm but then that makes it seem like yer in charge which ain't right.

[cirquedesang]

Hmmm... He should be nominally in charge. The prince rescues the princess.

[vogelfrei]

The prince rescues the princess in a conventional story, yes. But in a conventional story, the Queen would also not be evil unless she was a stepmother.

Do we want to play the story straight and live happily ever after with a royal couple? Or do we want to smash the narrative of the good and kind princess altogether?

[ Luka makes him believe the latter might be the better choice, no matter how much he likes heroic stories. ]

[goei]

Yeah yeah, the Mega Mafuyu Beam!

[DON'T REDUCE MCGILLIS'S DRAMATIC STATEMENT TO THAT.]

[strawsandals]

Mega Mafuyu Beam!

[ HE'S STILL ON BOARD!! ]

[beathollow]

KAITO's light lingers, but McGillis might detect that he is a bit peeved with the shenanigans. He's not cutting in though, because this, at least, seems important.

[vogelfrei]

[ You and McGillis both, KAITO..... ]

[cirquedesang]

Hm... Both, I think.

[Let him cook-]

Mafuyu writes, so we follow her example and write our own story. The Queen is evil and has the kingdom under her spell, but the princess, being genuinely good and kind, is given the confidence to break her spell by the dashing prince coming to rescue her. With his army of dragons. And loyal hound.

[supherb]

[You’re making him blush, help.]

[vogelfrei]

Does Mafuyu want to be a princess at all?

[supherb]

[This is quickly spiraling further than he intended.]

C-Come on, we don’t gotta go that far… I’m not a leader type.

[privatedomicile]

Now or never, yo. Boss has got head dragon energy.

We could be like a rebel dragon kingdom and overthrow the tyrant queen. Bit of both.

[cleansewithfire]

Are you not still her prince?

[ Sorry for the jumpscare, Arven. ]

[supherb]

—Sunrise?!

[WAUGH]

You guys weren’t supposed to hear me…

[cleansewithfire]

Oh.

[ Whoops. ]

That does not answer my question.

[supherb]

Oh.

[Right.]

…Yeah, I am.