#but i had so much fun

[klayr-de-gall]

Happy Pride!

From Wrio with Love!

[olath124]

Today... As often does... Something happened.

The brilliant @cyberholic77 showed us a screen from yesterday's live of the most amazing Eliah Mountjoy and Minji Chang in the most amazingly meme-able pose saying: "It would be amazing drawing So Mi and Hansen in this pose!"

And of course I, who can't avoid doing something absolutely stupid, thought: "Let's rise to the occasion!"

I'm sorry for all of this. Of course I'll do it again given the occasion because I'm an idiot.

So here you have, So Mi shocked by the absolutely gigantic bottle of Hansen (don't know if in Hansen's case it's water or beer or vodka, but well, gotta stay hydrated anyway)!

[elinorasims]

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Hair

Elena Hair | Sehablasimlish

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Eyelids N3 - A Thousand Nights | Northern Siberia Winds Eyebags N4 - A Thousand Nights | Northern Siberia Winds Nosemask - 06 | RemusSirion Lip Overlay - N1 // Blush - N9 - Sisters Pack II | Northern Siberia Winds

Eyelashes | Learxfl

Vanilla Teeth | Saruin

Makeup

Eyeshadow - Scavenger | RemusSirion Eyeliner - N91 | Seleng Blush - N7 - Wild Cat | Northern Siberia Winds Lips - Polyclonal | RemusSirion

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[deerspherestudios]

♬ of mushrooms and men ║ a mychael 🍄❤️ playlist ♬ - playlist

Hi hi hello! After receiving an ask about it I finally made a Mychael-centric playlist! A few might overlap with the game's narrative playlist but overall, the songs can be pretty isolated on their own. There's a mix of creepy/cute and romantic/platonic vibes I hope comes across well. Some songs even hint at endings ;;-)

Feel free to have a listen <3 Let me know what you think, I'd love to know people's thoughts and theories <3<3

[justcommander]

If it’s okay with you, do you think you could draw John with lipstick kisses all over his face? He’s so sweet and deserves some loving

I know he deserves some love, Anon... but there's only one particular situation I can imagine with John ending up like that.

Imagine getting abducted by a serial killer only to find out she just wants to make her cult leader jealous.

And perhaps she managed to.

But mmmmmaybe not exactly as she expected who knows

[vtforpedro]

gotta travel on (1/1, 9392 words) Pairing: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield Rating: General Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Bilbo Baggins, Wizard Bilbo, Quest of Erebor, Internal Conflict, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, lore what lore, Arkenstone is not an issue, Healing, Fluff and Humor, Romance, Falling in Love, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: In which Bilbo Baggins has always felt connected to living things, from tomato plants to squirrels scurrying around his doorstep. Odd, those in the Shire called him. Odd, he’s always felt and longed for something different.

On the road to Erebor, Bilbo is named something else, shaking the idea of his very foundation. But… maybe Thorin Oakenshield can help ground him. --- Raffle fic for @the-game-is-up ! 💜 I hope you enjoy it!

[worldsokayestdragon]

GreedxLing Week Day 7: Campfire

Read here on AO3

Greed had never been camping before, because why the fuck would he? He demanded the finer things in life, and leaving your nice bed behind to sleep in the dirt in the woods was not one of the finer things.

Now he was stuck on an involuntary camping trip for months and months. All the way until the promised day, which wouldn't be until spring! It had been a week, and Greed was already sick of it. The ground was too hard to sleep on comfortably, the forrest was full of weird noises, and it got colder every night. Greed was pretty sure even people who like camping didn't do it over winter unless they were actually insane.

The people Greed was with were definitely insane.

Darius and Heinkle insisted that it wasn't that bad and it "built character." Greed had plenty of character, and it was that bad! Just because some people could grow fur coats on command didn't mean they all could.

Ed also said it wasn't that bad, and it was colder in Briggs. (fucking good for Briggs then, what did that have to do with Greed?) Ed also said that his teacher had sent him on a way worse camping trip when he was nine, and that he and his brother had ended up having fun by the end of it.

Fucking insane.

Ling also told Greed it wasn't that bad and he should stop complaining, but Ling was getting a free ride in Greed's head and didn't actually have to do any of the camping shit himself, so what did he know?

Greed was the leader of this little camping trip, so he had to stay present for it. No matter how much he hated it or how little he knew about "finding a good location" or "setting up a halfway decent campsite" or "tying the food up properly so it wouldn't attract wild animals, that's just common sense Greed, what's wrong with you?”

Animals didn't like to get close to homunculi or chimera anyway, so what was the big deal if he didn't want to climb halfway up a tree to store all their shit?

So Greed was the leader, but a leader didn't do all the work. He was more than happy to let the others make handle the minutia of day to day tasks and let him focus on the bigger picture. A good leader delegated.

And somehow he still ended up left in charge of building the campfire while the chimeras went on a supply run to a nearby town. Something about Ed and Greed not knowing how to be subtle or blend in. As if two giants blended in any better. But whatever, that town was too dinky to have anything worth Greed's time anyway.

That didn't explain why Ed couldn't light the damn fire, but the alchemist insisted he needed to "check their course," which just looked like wandering around to stare at the sky and check both sides of random trees, and occasionally making marks on a map.

Ling said what he was doing made sense, and Greed didn't actually know enough about maps to dispute it.

So Greed was left with a pile of wood, another pile of little sticks and dead leaves, and a box of matches. He had very little clue what to do with any of it.

You've been camping before, right? Greed asked Ling. On your way across the desert from Xing or whatever. Can't you do this?

Ling shook his head, or did the mental equivalent of shaking his head anyway. Greed could always tell even without turning his attention inwards towards Ling's soul projection, though it wasn't a sensation he'd know how to describe to anyone.

There isn't a lot by way of firewood in the desert. And it got cold at night, but it was still summer. We mostly just slept close together. The few times we did manage a fire, Fu and Lan Fan took care of it. Sorry.

He did actually sound a little sorry, which was decent of him. There was a reason Greed didn't mind having Ling around.

Greed groaned. ugh, fine. I guess I'll do it. I can totally do it.

Of course you can, Ling said, very matter of factly. We've watched Ed do it enough times. We can figure it out easily.

Right, Greed nodded and reached to pick up a branch. How hard can it be? Ed does it.

That startled a laugh out of Ling, an undignified snort that probably couldn't be considered quite proper for a prince.

Don't let him hear you say that. We'll have to sit through a whole rant about how he's a genius and none of us are on his level.

Yeah, that would be a pain, Greed said. But this really shouldn't be too hard. You just stack the big ones in a sort of a triangle shape and put the little bits inside and then light the inside first, right?

That sounds right to me. Ling agreed.

Right. That's easy.

Greed set to work.

It was not, in fact, easy. A sort of triangle shape was not an intuitive way to stack wood. The whole thing kept tipping over and collapsing into a big jumble.

By the fifth try Greed was growling to himself and barely resisting the urge to go find Ed and throw one of those stupid sticks at his head for making Greed do this.

Maybe I should try? Ling suggested. I probably have a more steady hand from all the swordfighting.

No, Greed snapped, glaring daggers at the stick pile as he started over. I will not be beat by a stupid heap of dead tree parts! I'm gonna enjoy lighting this shit on fire. It fell over again. Oh god damnit!

Oh-kay, Ling said slowly. You do it then. I think you almost got it a few tries ago. Just take a deep breath before you start over. It will only be harder if you're angry.

It'Ll OnLy Be HaRdEr If YoU'rE aNgRy, Greed repeated.

That was probably unfair. Ling had offered to help.

Greed took a deep breath before he tried again.

It took three more attempts for Greed to successfully arrange the large branches in a loose approximation of a campfire shape.

Greed used one of the matches to light a long, thin stick on fire and poked it through into the pile of twigs and leaves inside his branch pyramid. After a few long, nerve wracking seconds, the fire spread and the whole structure went up in flames.

It didn't burn as steadily or as brightly as the ones Ed made.

It's a little lopsided– Ling started to say.

It's on fire, isn't it? Greed interrupted. He was not in the mood for criticism right now. Whataya want from me?

You didn't let me finish, Ling said calmly. I was going to say that it looks good for your first time doing it. I don't think I could do better.

Oh. Now Greed felt kinda bad for jumping down Ling's throat. Well, thanks. I–

"You call that a campfire?" Ed tromped back into the clearing they were staying in and threw himself down across the fire from Greed. "It looks like crap."

He is such an asshole, Ling sighed.

"It's a fire. It's in the camp. It's a campfire. Now shut up about it unless you want me to set you on fire too."

Ed looked like he wasn't going to shut up about it, and Greed could feel Ling getting ready to beg him to let it go and not argue with the stupid runt no matter how much of an insubordinate little shit he was being, but Darius and Heinkle chose that moment to show up.

"The fire looks–" Greed glared at Darius. "...fine and normal."

“No it doesn't,” Ed said and ignored Greed glaring daggers at his head.

"Anyway," Heinkle cut through the tension. "The store in town was having a sale, so we got a little something special for tonight." He set down the bags of food he was carrying and started digging through one of them.

"I didn't say you could spend our money on unnecessary crap," Greed pointed out. Really no one was respecting his leadership tonight.

Don't you want henchmen who are smart and capable enough not to have to bother you about every little thing? Ling asked.

He did want that. Damnit.

"Whatever, it's fine. What did you get?"

Heinkle found what he was looking for in the bags and held up a few bars of chocolate, a box of some sort of crackers, and a bag of marshmallows.

"Oh, nice!" Ed said. "I haven't had s'mores since me and Al were little."

"Some more of what?" Greed asked.

All three of them turned to stare at him.

"You've never had a s'more?" Ed yelled. He sounded personally offended by the idea. "You're like 200 years old! How is that even possible?"

Do you know what he's talking about? Greed asked Ling.

Ling shrugged. No idea. Must be an Amestran thing.

Ed stomped over to dig through the pile of extra firewood, returning with a handful of particularly long thin sticks. He shoved one into Greed's hand.

"Here! Stick a marshmallow on this and hold it over the fire," he instructed.

Greed magnanimously didn't point out how rude it was of Ed to talk to his leader like that, because he was a great guy like that. And because he was really curious about these so-called s'mores by now. (Also, in the last week he'd been told no fewer than six times to "talk to Colonel Bastard if you want to know how I talk to a leader I'm disrespecting," and Ed did generally go along with what Greed told him even if he was a little shit about it.)

Greed stuck a marshmallow to the end of the stick and held it in the fire.

It immediately burst into flames, burning to a blackened lump as Greed watched.

"Now what?"

"Try holding it a little further from the flames this time," Darius suggested, handing him a new stick and marshmallow.

Ed shook his head. "No, setting it on fire is good, you just don't sit there like a dumbass and watch it burn after." He deliberately stuck his into the fire then quickly blew it out. "Faster that way."

Greed decided to go with what Darius said and held his second marshmallow above the fire until it turned brown around the edges and threatened to fall off of its stick. Then, copying what he'd seen Ed do, he put it between two of the crackers with a piece of chocolate and took a bite.

It was hot enough to be just on the edge of burning the crap out of his mouth, and also a total mess, marshmallow and melted chocolate squishing out from the sides as he bit down.

It was also really fucking good.

Greed tried not to react to the delicious taste, not wanting to give Ed the satisfaction.

Judging from the smug smile on Ed's face, he didn't quite succeed.

"So, do you like it?" Ed asked.

"It's fine," Greed sniffed, and then took another bite because it really was amazing.

Ed snorted a laugh, but kindly didn't rub it in Greed's face any more than that. He also didn't say anything when Greed reached for another marshmallow to make a second one.

It does look good, Ling said, a little wistfully.

Do you want to try?

Really?

Ling sounded pleased and awed in a way that made Greed's face burn for some reason.

Yeah, if you want. It's not a big deal, Greed muttered, and then switched places with Ling before he could answer.

"Ling?" Ed asked, somehow noticing instantly. "What are you–"

Ling completely ignored the Fullmetal Alchemist in favor of eating their second s'more.

It tasted even better than the first one, filtered through Ling's perception where Greed settled in the back of their mind.

After they'd finished their s'mores and–at Heinkle's insistence–eaten some real food, Greed and Ling got volunteered for first watch, even though they'd done all the work setting up the campsite. Ling didn't argue their case as hard as Greed would have, and Greed didn't care enough to push his way back into control of the body over it. He'd take over again in the morning.

The fire went out an hour before they were supposed to wake Ed for his watch shift.

Ling took his turn lighting it, and it went much better with Greed's now expert advice. They both agreed that the others didn't need to know about that.

[berryunho]

my thoughts mid concert

[heterophobicmaxanne]

sending you an ask cause you've sent me some <3 when do you think royjamie get together do you think it's during the time of the show or?

awwww, thank you, that is sooo nice!

i think there are honestly a bunch of ways they could get/could have gotten together but i think i'm going to focus on the canon compliant ones - and i think it largely depends on roy and on when and how he stops repressing his feelings for jamie and how much angsting he does about his role as manager and the ethical implications of dating someone on the team

i'm going to put this under a cut because it's def going to get long

so sort of the most obvious/maybe healthiest one is roy does some therapy and with the help of dr. sharon realises that he deserves to be happy and that the way he's repressing his wants and needs because he's afraid of the pain that would come from not getting them met is not in fact at all healthy and directly tied to his anger issues. i think then he'd probably need a couple more sessions until he could actually recognise the affection he has for jamie as what it is, namely a big fat crush - i think the fact that he's low key miserable about not getting to do one-on-one 4 am training with jamie anymore because he's to busy as manager plays a pretty big role in that realisation, and the whole fight over keeley thing also plays into it, like he'd recognise that seeing jamie and keeley hug made him afraid that things were changing and because he's a repressed idiot he concluded it was about keeley when in truth it was about jamie - and then he'd probably need to like lie down for several weeks to recover from the shock and the horror agonize about how to handle the situation ethically for a while, call in the diamond dogs for help and make a plan with them that he then presents to rebecca. and only then would he talk to jamie about it, low key expecting jamie to laugh in his face or tell him to fuck off, and i think he'd be genuinely shocked when jamie is immediately like "yep this is happening i am now Roy Kent's boyfriend"

and that's sweet and healthy and good but it's a little too hinged for me, like as good and sweet as that is, it lacks that certain je-ne-sais-quoi that makes their relationship so fun and fascinating, which is why i prefer a bunch of other options!

one option that i see that is also canon compliant is that jamie does in fact go to see his father in rehab. it goes well for a while and then james tartt turns out to still be an abusive piece of shit because it was never the addiction that made him abusive, james tartt is just like that so he says something shitty and terrible to jamie, maybe something homophobic about colin who's post-match kiss with michael has gone viral or maybe something shitty about jamie becoming a midfielder and no longer dominating on the field. jamie stands up to his father but doesn't feel entirely good about it - he's supposed to be forgiving him, helping him become a better person, the way people have forgiven and helped jamie and what does it say about him that he can't do the same thing for his father? he spirals out about it in a way that's similar to the start of mom city, roy notices, finds out what's going on, including about ted's advice and is just Absolutely Enraged. Completely And Utterly Furious. Cannot Speak Will Commit Murder Livid. he gives jamie the best advice he can give him through the rage blinders he gets, and then he facetimes ted and almost murders him through the phone screen. and ted realises his mistake, apologizes to jamie for the advice and for just walking away after the man city richmond match in s1, and the next time ted talks to roy he makes a suggestive comment about roy's feelings vis-a-vis jamie, maybe something about how he never could've seen roy and jamie's relationship developing into that direction when he got to richmond, and waggles his eyebrows and that does not go over well with roy. not at all. but jamie's doing better and roy's absolutely delighted about it and he can't stop thinking about ted's comment and finally, considering how intensely angry and protective he was and how delighted he is to see jamie happy again, he realises it's true and probably needs to like lie down for several weeks to recover from the shock and the horror again does the same "figuring out how to make a move on jamie that's ethical enough for him to do it"-spiel as in the first option

(leslie higgins voice) another one: jamie gets hurt pretty badly towards the final minutes of a match and roy's brain just short-circuits and only barely reboots enough for him to force himself to make it through with some semblance of composure because he's the gaffer and he cannot fall apart about jamie getting carried of the pitch on a stretcher. the second the whistle blows, roy essentially barrels into the treatment room and pulls jamie into a hug that is so fucking tight that jamie has to essentially tap him on the shoulder at some point because he's about to black out from lack of oxygen. and that leads to jamie making a dumb joke about how he's not dying "jesus grandad get your crap together you're going to make the medics think you're in love with me" and roy's brain is still rebooting which means the repression mechanism hasn't fully come online yet so he can hear that sentence, put it into the context of all the other emotions he's been feeling and realise that yeah that is essentially why he is reacting the way that he is reacting and even say "what if i am" which leads to a very passionate kiss, a number of death threats if any of this gets out and some vaguely traumatized richmond team medics

i can also see roy just being absolutely fucking miserable about no longer getting to do one-on-one training with jamie because 1) he does not have the time anymore (now that he actually has to read the fucking scouting reports and all that other shit he lied about as assistant coach) and 2) it would be way more unethical and favouritism and so on than it was when he was an assistant coach. but he doesn't make the connection because why would he, he barely even likes jamie no matter what phoebe said and no matter the fact that he looks at the kunt shirt and smiles like the biggest fucking idiot until phoebe points out that he's managed to swear so much in just a week that he owes her what he usually owes her after like two months and asks whether it's because he's no longer seeing jamie every day? and roy wants to say no fuck off but because it's phoebe he can't and unfortunately that moment of hesitation he has while he tries to find a nicer way of phrasing it is enough for him to realise that yeah actually she's right and that's not normal why is that happening and it triggers a chain reaction that ends with him realising his feelings

and for the fourth canon compliant option, we have jamie getting a little too drunk at the post-match celebration because he's no longer in training so vanilla vodka here he comes and then drunkenly telling roy that actually it was a fucking dick move to invite him for a beer and to butter him up only to then bring up keeley and ask jamie to "step aside" especially considering the giant fucking torch jamie's carrying for roy and roy is like "the what" and jamie tells him again that yeah he has always had a pretty big fucking crush on roy and how did roy not notice despite the poster and him pulling roy through richmond on a leash and amsterdam? and jamie admits that yeah he did act a little like a dick about it, esp to keeley, but roy was being a much bigger dick not just to keeley but also to jamie and roy is like yeah you’re right i was a dick and i’m sorry but I did mean the proud of you stuff I said and jamie tells roy nice cool good and he'll see roy once they start 4am training again in the preseason and roy's like "wait why do you still want to train with me don't you think this is awkward as fuck" and jamie's like "nope this changes literally nothing" and then fucks off to brazil for a bit and again roy is miserable but once the preseason comes closer he gets more and more excited about the prospect of seeing jamie again and at some point he internally scolds himself for acting like a schoolgirl with a crush and that's when he realises that whoops yeah jamie is not the only one carrying a torch

but also i think there are a few moments in the show that open up fun little avenues for canon divergent royjamie, for example:

jamie does not come back into his childhood bedroom when he does in the show, keeley summarily rejects roy, roy wallows in it a little but realises it doesn't even hurt as much as he thought it would and there's even a part of him that's relieved which is weird why is he relieved and why is that relief so tied to nothing changing between him and jamie and whoops yeah there it is the realisation he has a Feeling

there's the slightly more angsty option where roy only realises he has feelings for jamie when jamie gets hurt during the match against man city (which i'm SUCH a sucker for!)

roy is in the room for the "everyone looks at jamie after beards comment about there being more people in this locker room who are gay"-moment and when jamie says i'm flattered roy feels something like excitment and maybe even hope and like why is he feeling that those feelings make no sense there unless he was interested in ja - whoops okay he is interested in jamie someone kill him now

and of course, amsterdam! i can imagine like a very deeply cute moment where after learning how to ride a bike roy just looks over at jamie and feels deeply content and comfortable and happy and realises wait that's how it felt with keeley why does it feel so similar with jamie is it because - yes it is jesus mary and fuckface joseph and then he falls of his bike and when jamie's standing over him laughing his ass off about it he just either pulls him down into a kiss or lets jamie pull him up and then uses the momentum to barrel into a hug with jamie and during that hug he pulls back a little and just gives jamie a look and jamie immediately fucking kisses roy

and then there's the option i'm playing around with in my fic, where roy and keeley break up way earlier than they do in the show, roy drunk-dials jamie on accident and then things develop from there

[amethystsoda]

fem!Vash won the vote so here y’all go ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[justlookatthosesausages]

Miko + her strong lesbian flag energy

[allieisacrybaby]

the listening party I went to was so much fun besides the fact that THE PEOPLE IN THERE WOULD NOT SHUT UP😩

[doueverwonder]

2023 is the year I find all you other sabaton ppl and ramble about the concert I went to back in October bc oh BOY was it fun

[lured-into-wonderland]

"So, Miss Nunnally, if I may ask." The Queen spoke up again not long after their conversation had died. Their talks over tea and snacks were primarily light and meaningless, but she enjoyed getting to know her soon-to-be daughter-in-law: the Queen that would soon (hopefully) take her place. Though it was time to light a small fire and search for the answers everyone was wondering. "You and Hibiya seem to be moving... slower than your father put us under the impression you might be. Now, I'm sure this is something you and Hibi have discussed, but he's always running around as you know, and since I had you, I wanted to ask."

On the contrary, she knew her son, and was willing to put money on the guess that he hadn't dared decide on anything for the wedding, like if he was even going to go through with it. "We don't have a deadline thankfully, so there's no immediate timeline to stress yourself over. Even so, have you two made any plans you would want to share with us yet?" A warm smile as Kyouko took her cup of tea in hand as if to sign to Nunnally that she was done talking.

The meeting happened in the wrong time. Nunnally was still upset about her meeting with Hibiya, their conversation (if one could call it conversation at all!) and his apologies (were those real apologies? she could not decide). But the conversation with the Queen was superficial enough so Nunnally started to feel calm and secure again. Not that she could feel completely safe here until her union with Hibiya is either confirmed by marriage or broken, which was the occurrence she didn’t even want to think about. She was aware her father would be furious, although she wouldn't be necessarily the one to blame…Well, there would always be some blame on her.

So she enjoyed the snacks and the tea, and talking about things which didn’t matter. That was until Hibiya’s name appeared in the conversation. It took all Nunnally’s strong will (that was still left in the young woman) and her relatively strict upbringing not to react emotionally, and to remain calm and composed. With s polite smile on her face. Though listening to Her Majesty made her internally twitched.

(“Slower!” – “Well, of course we are moving slow.” – she wanted to instantly reply – “But it seems it is not slow enough for your the prince.”)

(“Ask the prince!”) – was another reply that immediately appeared in her mind, but of course that was nothing that could be said. Was the question coming from the earlier situation from Hibiya? Nunnally was not naïve and she knew that "their fight" (could that be called a fight?) would not have gone unnoticed (being a royal meant you are never alone), but she was not familiar how (and how quickly) gossips spread here.

(“I don’t even know if Hibiya wants this union.”) – might have been another reply if Nunnally was talking with a person who she trusted. But that was not the case. And she was not sure what to reply as obviously she and Hibiya had never really talked about the weeding.

(“Think Nunnally, think! You must give a light and cheerful answer but not with too much details and not with too much lies. In case Hibiya was or will be confronted.”) – she was desperately trying to make up something safe. She had that desperate thought that perhaps she should pretend to have a headache, excuse herself and head towards her chambers... But she knew that wasn’t the solution. The Queen’s statement that her father suggested she’d be more eager did not concern Nunnally. At least not too much. She considered it the small push (perhaps also a small advice?) that she should take the things into her hands. Well, she might have been willing to do that earlier today, but after all what happened?  No! She would not be the one to be considered that she cared. But Her Majesty was awaiting a reply, some reply, and one needed to be given.  

She smiled to Hibiya’s mother trying to look excited and happy: --

“We have not talked about the ceremony itself. At least not too much…” – not at all would be the honest reply, but Nunnally was certain they would have no say in how the ceremony would look like. That its details would be agreed and imposed on them by the ambassadors and other staff that would ensure that both houses, both kingdoms, are properly represented. After all the wedding was not about Hibiya and Nunnally, but about their houses and their power. Suddenly, a thought hit her... A disturbing one. Did Hibiya have anything to say about their engagement, about their union? She didn’t, but perhaps things worked differently here. Well, it didn’t matter. Hibiya knowing or not, accepting it or not, they were where they were. Engaged. And getting ready for the big day – “But we discussed other…issues. We agreed that Hibiya will start to introducing me into kingdom’s daily business…” – well, he did not so far, but they discussed it? So, stating that was safe. She’d have to demand it more firmly from her fiance next time they meet. Meaning immediately after this meeting? Or should she wait till tomorrow? – “And we also debated…how our future family should look like…” – would that be clear enough that they had discussed having children together? She hoped the Queen would understand what she meant. Should she look more embarrassed about mentioning this issue? But that was also something royal marriages were about, so being too shy about it wouldn’t be a good option either. But was she right in these assumptions?

She didn't have much more to say what wouldn't be a complete lie, a product of her imagination. But these were important topics. Perhaps more important than the wedding ceremony itself. Though it seemed it started to be a pressing, an important issue, and it seemed she should be the one to tackle it. She needed to talk to Hibiya. The sooner the better? She asked herself this question one more time.

“But of course certain issues cannot be neglected for too long. It…could give the wrong impression.” – Nunnally hoped that statement could be considered as adequate expression of her gratitude towards Her Majesty; for bringing up this subject into their conversation; the gratitude she did not feel as chatting about her and Hibiya was not something she welcomed or appreciated. Did it also suggest that she felt guilty that things were as they were? Should she feel guilty? Should she add something more? That Hibiya and her were exciting about things? No, that would be too much – “But I can assure Her Majesty that we will soon have something more to share.” – she would make sure of that. With Hibiya’s support or perhaps even against him.

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