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|| Flaws || Bastille ||
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|| Flaws || Bastille ||
"The pleasure was mine," Cress bowed to the Queen, her heart was racing, but Cress remained calm. She smiled, turned, and left, getting into the pod with Aya and waiting for Serpina before the pod took off back towards Serpina's house. It was only back in the room, alone, that Cress threw a fit, ripping apart an entire pillow in her rage. She calmed herself, breathing hard and attempting to clean up a mess but one of Serpina's woman cleaned it up for her, helping Cress out of the dress and wig so that her hair was short once more. Good, having long hair, being looked at by greedy men who only wanted your body for a political pawn, it was disgusting.
Back on earth, she would have slapped men like that. Men who touched girls like they were property and not people. Cress didn't care what anyone said, she would change fate, make them all regret taking Ellie here. Yes, Cress would make every one of them pay. She'd tear down this monarchy, plant trees in the rubble tier, ensure that the people below would flourish as a way of protest. She turned towards the dresser, where Serpina had, had his people lay out a pair of clothes for Cress so that she would fit in. Her old pajamas had been thrown away, only her hiking boots remained which she tied up with relief, standing in her much more comfortable shoes. Heels were dreadful, how anyone managed to wear them was beyond her.
Finally, they were back downstairs. Cress had hardly touched the food at the ball but now she was ravenous and ate what was spread out before them, knowing that she probably wouldn't have a meal this good in a long time. Finally, the pressing question came. What could she tell them about the Princess? Where to start? Cress sighed, taking in a breath and a long drink of water. Finally, she spoke, starting from the beginning. "Ellie came to us after I was in a car accident. I lost my Dad, but I gained a cousin. We were the same age, or so we assumed. She was an undocumented citizen and not a one person knew where she had come from. My Aunt took her in, she was going through a tough time too."
Cress stopped, hesitating. "After the accident, we moved to my Aunt's house in Sierra Nevada, California. Ellie, she was so timid at first, although in retrospect it makes sense considering she had no memory." Cress scratched the back of her head. "She's weak, Ellie. Her mental fortitude is strong but physically... She was never a great fighter. I tried to teach her everything I knew, I used to wrestle with my brothers a lot and I was always outside climbing trees and stuff, gardening. Ellie was more of an indoor sort of person, she liked fooling around with technology and sewing. She's smart, Ellie, but she has a bad habit of shutting people out."
"I'm the only person she opens up to. Or at least, I used to be." Cress's shoulders slumped a tiny bit, she took a long drink to avoid talking, wiping her mouth on the back of her arm. "We took dance lessons one year, I remember she was so patient and good at everything and I got really frustrated and would snap at everyone. She would come over and show me what I was doing wrong." Cress felt so bad now, looking back, yelling and Ellie having to calm her down every time she acted up. "I was her protector but I guess now... She doesn't need me."
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|| I'm on Top of the World|| Imagine Dragons ||
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|| I'm on Top of the World|| Imagine Dragons ||
The servant was all too happy to leave. She followed after the Princess, waiting patiently. Once they were in the room, the setting on the collar switched automatically and Shiro could speak freely once more. She watched the Princess curiously, wondering what she was doing with all of those gadgets. "Princess, if you need tools I can simply fetch you some?" She suggested although the girl seemed perfectly content to stay in place and hide with Nee in her room until all of the guests left. So Shiro watched quietly, wondering if the Princess wanted to get into her nightgown.
Shiro went into the closet, pulling two nightgowns down from the racks. "Would you prefer the light or the heavy gown tonight Princess?" Shiro asked, knowing it could get cold. The two were identical in color and cut, only the material was different, one good for summer nights, the other for colder winter nights. If Shiro remembered correctly, right now on Earth, where Ellie had come from, was a season called summer. That meant heat right? Here though, it was different. The highest tier had its own weather seeing as to how tall it was. Shiro herself sometimes had to carry around a sweatshirt, tying it around her waist when it was no longer used and she couldn't spare the time to go back to her room.
The Princess didn't seem to be listening though. She was building something, holding it up proudly and saying that it would throw off any spies in the room. "That's brilliant Princess," she praised with a smile, wondering what she wanted it to be used for. Shiro blinked in confusion, realizing that the Princess wanted her to tell her things. Secret things that happened in the tiers below. Shiro thought about it, she placed the dresses down on the bed, careful not to allow them to touch any of the things the Princess had built. "There are a few rumors, but nothing confirmed." Shiro hesitated, knowing it would be forbidden for her to speak of such things. "I do know one thing that's real. The rebellion, they've gained a new leader. Her name is Xion and she comes from the middle tier." That was all Shiro really knew, anything else was simply rumors.
Regardless, Shiro told the Princess everything else she knew, every scandal, every rumor, any whisper from the servants although she was careful so as not to spread any unnecessary rumors.