"Here it is..." Alexis pulled out a packet of papers as well as a sealed container. The container was a cylinder around 6 inches long and wrapped in a rough brown cloth. She grinned as she took off the covering. The strange element inside started to glow erratically in shades of green and silver. "It was a good idea to bring you along..." Alexis wrapped the cylinder again, the glow ceasing immediately. She placed it on a desk located in the room.
"I wonder what Princess Planet will think of this. And to think I found this strange resource in my kingdom. I wonder what it is. And what we can use it for." Around a few weeks ago, this new element was discovered in Zenith, the Arian city of Fire Flowers. A innumerable amount of it had been located under the old city hall which was being torn down for reconstruction. The element was found as a glowing group of rocks that felt soft, almost spongy, to the touch. There were no signals the rocks were harmful... Yet. However, the leader of Zenith sent some to the capital for testing to see if they were useful. The Arian Kingdom had kept it secret but now Alexis wanted to know what it was.
Alexis sighed. Princess Planet sure was taking a while to get there. She began thinking of her other allies. The Queen would need a formal response for her acceptance of becoming the main general. She should probably have to consult Prince Cancer over military positions as well. Not to mention Prince Virgo...
Alexis ran a hand over her face before pulling out some blank sheets of paper, an inkwell, and a quill. In rushed, spidery strokes, Alexis wrote down three letters. Her words were scrawled on the paper, barely legible. However, they were elegant in their own way.
For the Queen, she wrote that she accepted the office with great honor and would not fail as the general. For Prince Cancer, Alexis asked that they strategize on how to station their forces. After all, they were greatly outnumbered in troops and getting their facts straight would be crucial to winning this war. A meeting could be arranged while they were at the castle. If not, they would have to visit each other's kingdoms to plan.
And Prince Virgo... She stopped for a bit on his letter, wondering what exactly to write. Alexis first, and most awkwardly, congratulated him on his position as... Public relations? Was that right? She hoped it was. Alexis continued to inform him that as his senior as war, she would help improve his own army by sending some of her generals to his kingdom. With his permission, of course. Alexis would also try to ask Prince Cancer to send naval officers for sea battle. She would not let any of their allies fall.
As she finished her third letter, she rolled them up and tied them with a brown string. Just as Alexis had completed tying them off, a knock came in the door. Those were her bags. The servant came in, placing several of her bags in the room. She nodded and handed the letters to him. "Deliver these letters to the ones who are addressed." He nodded and went off. Alexis smiled, closing her door and turning to her bags.
She quickly took apart the elegant labyrinth of braids and clips to let her hair out. Immediately it poofed up. Alexis sighed a bit before tying it in a messy ponytail. In moments, she also changed into a long sleeved tunic, black leggings, and long boots. She was already feeling better. Her hands slowly brushed against the leather gloves in her bag and cringed. She never liked wearing them. But it was necessary to do so when not on royal business in other kingdoms as a sign of respect. Alexis begrudgingly pulled them on, flexing her hands to get used to the leather. They were restricting and she couldn't feel anything properly.
As for forms of entertainment, she didn't feel like going over papers but she couldn't walk around when she had invited Princess Planet to her chambers for the projects. Alexis exasperatedly flopped down on her bed, staring up at the ceiling with a frown.
"...I'm bored."