Snippet #1640746

Bianca immediately went into pouty mode as soon as the coin she was playing with was taken away from her, putting the saddest looking scowl on her face that she could. Wait...was it the saddest or the cutest? Well, either way, she made sure to look as unhappy as possible while remaining as cute as possible.

“No, I’m not Artur’s kid,” Bianca replied for him. “I’m the member of a noble family, but I belong to no one. If anything, a peasant like you should belong to me!”

She sighed, harrumphed, and crossed her arms, turning her head to the side to try to generate some sympathy. And it seemed her ploy worked. The caped man stood up before Artur or the second mean man could even respond in full.

”Do that again and you shall run the risk of incurring my wrath...” The man stated, causing Bianca’s head to turn. Her jaw nearly dropped when she heard him threaten mean man number two, asking him to return the coin or suffer the consequences. His voice was so commanding, so authoritative. It scared her just a bit to see him like that. Still, she neither voiced her surprise nor showed it in her expression. Instead, she simply leaned over the table and snatched the coin back out from the second mean man’s hand, who was assumedly stunned by the caped man's gesture. She smiled at him afterwards, giggling a bit at him before turning to the caped man.

“Thanks for the help, but, you know, I think I can take care of myself,” She stated. “I might be cute and pretty and sweet and all, but I’m not the damsel in distress that most girls are.”

Then, suddenly, she had a thought. An almost devilishly evil though.

“However...” A sly grin crossed her face. “...since you’re so willing to stand up for me, maybe you should become an honorary servant of mine. Lord knows you’d be a better one than all the other incompetent ones I had before. And that goes for all of you,” She waved her hand at the rest. “You should all become my honorary servants. I imagine the rest of you are competent enough. Hehe...”

She chuckled to herself and went back to flipping her coin, enjoying her little joke. No, she certainly wasn't expecting any of them to agree to such a ridiculous gesture. She just thought it’d be funny to see what kind of response it would elicit from these folks. They all seemed rather...independent and ‘powerful’ people. The kind that’d get indignant at her statement, which is exactly what she was expecting.