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Kalliope Cataractes

"Hey, I have an idea..."

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a character in “A Heart Close to Home”, originally authored by Alyx, as played by RolePlayGateway

Description

Name: Kalliope Cataractes (Cat)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Eye Color: It changes. Either grey, green, blue, violet, or a combination or variation in the shades of those colors.
Hair Color: White
Picture: Image
Kingdom: Her kingdom is descended from sirens, one would say. They do not need to stay in contact with the water constantly or eat humans, though. All are blessed with good voices, and the royal family in particular is noted to have eyes the color of the ocean. They are very musically inclined, as well as diplomatic, but do resort to war if needed. Her kingdom is almost, but not quite, an island, and has a large amount of coastline. Many of them have tattoos.
Personality: She is appallingly lively. She is always running around, gettiing underfoot, getting into trouble, etc. She drove her nursemaids crazy, and she continues to drive people crazy with her insatiable curiosity and immense energy. She almost never gets tired and is always ready for a new adventure. Anyone who comes into contact with her should have deep reserves of patience, and energy. She's also filled with ideas, most of them ones that will get her in trouble, and probably the people around her as well. However, when forced into social situations, she is sarcastic, rude, and annoying. She ignores people she doesn't like unless she's trying to jibe them. She can be very cold and abrupt. However, with people he knows well, she is rather cheerful and kind. She's also prone to pulling pranks all the time. She's got a good heart, but doesn't like strangers, and changes moods very quickly.
History: She was born into her family as the first, and only, princess. She had one older brother that she clung to, and he encouraged her curiosity about things. He also encouraged other aspects of her personality, and not entirely the good ones. She's somewhat spoiled, but she loves her brother and always followed him around when they were younger. She also cooked up various schemes. One day, she dressed as a boy, and spent all her time with her brother while people all over the castle went crazy trying to find the girl, who was at another town. She always gets into trouble, no matter where she is. She had a good childhood, and grew up to be quite accomplished in several subjects such as playing violin and piano, and in the use of knives. Her latest scheme is to convince her knight to dress as a prince and she as a maid, once they reach the Castle.
Other: She loves the violin and is skilled at drawing. She insists that she be called Cat.

So begins...

Kalliope Cataractes's Story

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#, as written by Alyx
Kalliope felt the briefest surge of pity for her knight of about a week and a half, Nuu Katari. He had been stuck with her, and she was hard to deal with. Everyone else either learned or washed out. Most people washed out.
She looked down at her outfit, which she very much liked. Navy blue boots that laced up, a knee length rich blue dress, a white scarf, and a blue ribbon for her hair. She had only been able to change into it today. Yesterday, she had left the palace, and her mother had made her wear a dark purple brocade dress. The trip from the capital to Evermor Castle was an entire day, and a few extra hours, presuming the road conditions and weather were fair. The thought of the dress made her shudder. She looked back at her knight and the outfit he had. It was all lovely: grey and white and gold. She had "convinced" the tailors to make it. Of course, her tactics were a little underhanded.
She smiled. "It honestly won't be that bad, and I doubt we'll be able to last more'n a few days. Acting like royalty is annoying. Being a servant or a maid is much more fun and you have such comfortable clothing! I used to do this, before Ma caught me at it. She doesn't know that I still do it, just I do it when I know she won't be around."
She liked this knight, as far as strangers went. She usually didn't like them, but he was nicer than some people. Even after hearing about her reputation. She swung her feet back and forth. "I think we've a little less than an hour 'fore we get there." She had completely ditched the formal speech that she had been forced to use at the palace.

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#, as written by Fencer
Nuu wasn't very comfortable with his ​​outfit it was nice and all but it wasn't for him, he wondered whether it was appropriate to have a member of the royal family using the type of clothing that the princess was wearing, he was beginning to think that the idea of the princess had to do more with her own amusement than with safety, he sighed, now had to act like a prince.

"It honestly won't be that bad, and I doubt we'll be able to last more'n a few days. Acting like royalty is annoying. Being a servant or a maid is much more fun and you have such comfortable clothing! I used to do this, before Ma caught me at it. She doesn't know that I still do it, just I do it when I know she won't be around."

Throughout the week and a half he has been with the Princess Kalliope ​​the mental image he had of royalty crumbled completely, though Nuu was surprised to discover that it was much more comfortable having to deal with someone like her rather than with a magnanimous and pampered princess, the only problem is that the princess is much more clever than him, and in the short time she was able to convince him into wearing this outfit and in exchange roles.
"I'm glad you consider fun to be a servant, because I only feel pressure" soon they would meet a group of royals from other kingdoms and no doubt they would discover everything, "Wait a minute," said remembering something "For what I know the number of princes and princesses are equals, how do you plan to explain that I'm not a woman?"

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#, as written by Alyx
Kalliope giggled. "I've some very, very, very good ways of doing that. I can convince folk and I've already got a tale ready. We've one of the farthest, if not the farthest capitals, so news is a little weird, by the time it gets to the other capitals. And I do have an older brother. And, I just can. So from now on, you'll be Prince Katar. Can't use your real name."
She used her powers much more than most people thought. She was just more subtle with it, so not many could catch it. That was how she'd convinced the tailors. That and threatening to make them the subject of her next line of pranks.
"Oh, lookie, it's Evermor Castle and people are already here. Don't worry, if anyone gets inta trouble for this, it'll be me." The carriage hadn't even stopped when she leaped out, one hand on the blue hat she had just put on. She turned to face Nuu. "Come on out. Actually, you should prob'ly wait for the carriage to stop. Then come out."
If her knight suspected that she was having too much fun with this, then he was right. Kalliope was having too much fun with this. She hadn't even needed to convince him with her powers and he had gone along with what she'd said.
She waited till the carriage stopped and grabbed the bags. There weren't all that many. She did pack light, for now, and the rest of the clothing she had kept was coming in the near future.

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#, as written by Fencer
So she had it all figured out, Nuu sighed resigned himself, now he could only rely on the cunning of the princess and pray that everything goes well, he keep silence as the carriage stopped once it reached the castle and the princess grabbed the bags.
If his superior found out what the princess was doing they certainly would lock him up, took some bags and said "At least let me carry something Princ- I mean Cat", that was close, if he wanted that this whole farce will work the least he could do was not to call the Princess for her title, luckily she liked being called Cat, though despite that Nuu, who by now was the Prince Katar, felt uncomfortable when called her that way, 'They don't teach anything like this in the army' he thought and walked along the Princess "I hope you don't want to talk to others immediately," he said fearing that the answer is yes, that would be the most likely considering his personality.

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Kalliope giggled. Oh, this was very good. She'd even managed to make him stop calling her Princess. Why hadn't she thought of that before? "No, I can carry them all, but if you insist, you might as well." As long as he wasn't carrying her bags, it would be alright. Her bags were filled with things that shouldn't be touched by other people. More likely he'd confiscate them, since she was planning on making trouble.
She pressed her lips together and looked up for a minute. The rooms, where were their rooms, in particular? She couldn't remember. "Hey, Prince, d'you remember where our rooms are? I just plain forgot."
Hearing him ask if they were about to start talking to the others she shook her head, her white braid whipping from side to side. "No, course not! I want to unpack, then go exploring for a while." Kalliope would have crossed her fingers if she were able. She did want to go exploring, but she was going to go around causing trouble so she could go home without being married. As if she'd want to be married.

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"Perhaps I'll wander a bit before dinner... I'll see you then Albion, right?" Albion looked back with a relieved smile and said, "Of course, I'll see you at dinner. Oh, and your room will be B-1 then. Have fun."

After the Princess left he went to work and began unpacking all their things. He ended up finishing quite quickly, and decided to explore the castle a bit before dinner. He walked back down the stairs down into the foyer where a few more groups made there way inside. Albion decided to talk around a little too, considering one of these royals could be the Princess' suitor. There was one group that seemed quite deep into conversation, well, at least his maid was. So he silently passed them, only giving a small nod as a greeting. When he got outside he saw another group, looking slightly lost, and not nearly as troublesome, at least that's what he thought...

"Hello, would you like some help?"

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When the princess said that wanted to explore Nuu felt like the weight of the world fell on his shoulders, something he was warned was to not let the princess explore alone since that would only cause problems, he was thinking how could convince the manipulative girl without falling again in one of her schemes when a blond man approached he was little older than him,

"Hello, would you like some help?"

the offered his help but Nuu didn't won his title of knight by luck, it was his own strength and one of the things that he was proud was of his skills of observation, by the way he walked leaving no opening, he could say that person was quite capable, but his movements weren't consistent with a warrior or knight, it were more secretive like a those of a spy or a assasin.
Nuu changed the expression on his face, he couldn't dismiss the idea of someone wanting to make use of this oportunity and send an assasing willing to kill the royals of different kingdoms gathered here, he stood at the side of the princess and extended his left arm to prevent the princess from moving, "I'm the Prince Katar and she is my maid Cat" introduced himself and the princess in a firm tone using the false name "Before offering help, state your name"

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#, as written by Alyx
Kalliope watched the tableau interestedly. Her knight seemed to be holding up alright, and he did have the attitude that made it sound legitimate. Now it was up to how the other man reacted.
A servant approached her and she turned away for a minute. "Here's your keys, miss."
She smiled. "Thankee." She looked at them and smiled a little. "A-2 and A-3."
While Nuu was distracted she quickly grabbed their bags and stowed them, taking A-2 for herself. She made sure to hide the bag filled with her pranking materials somewhere no one would ever even think of looking.
And then the dinner bell rang. She looked at her outfit and smoothed it out so it looked presentable before heading there herself. She was a maid, and she was sure Nuu could handle himself.
She saw two girls along the way, both with pink hair. "Hey! Why're you two here?" Surely those two girls weren't supposed to be betrothed, they didn't look all that old to her, and they were princesses.

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Aliyah and Aleina turned to look at Kalliope at the same time. Aliyah: "Who's asking?" Aleina hit her sister on the arm before saying, "I'm sorry m'am. My sister and I, as you can surely tell, have been sent here by our mother and father to become more ladylike. If we get lucky, there might also be some... younger.. suitors." Aleina blushed as she said this. Aliyah looked at her sister before returning her gaze to Kalliope. She tried to use her manners. "Um.. yes. We would just love to spend time with young princesses and princes. You are all so beautiful and elegant that we, uh, would love... to learn... from you." Aliyah plastered a smile in her face with difficulty, and Aleina was still blushing at the ground. After a few seconds both girls said, "We're the twins." Aliyah raised her hand and said, "I'm Aliyah Winsdor, 8-years-old." and curtsied. Aleina curtsied before saying, "And I am Aleina Winsdor, 8-years-old." Finally both looked at Kalliope and said at the same time, "It is a pleasure to meet you m'am." They curtsied once more.

Aliyah's thoughts: I'm going to puke, I'm going to puke, I'm going to puke. Why couldn't I have been born a boy?!
Aleina's thoughts: I do hope we make a good impression... all the better for future plans...

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#, as written by Alyx
Kalliope giggled. "If there's one thing I've ever learned, it's how to find a liar. You two are miserable, and it's right proper for you to be. And asides, I'm not one of 'em grand folk, I'm just a maid. I've several names, but everyone who I like calls me Cat, and I'd like it if you'd do the same. And it's nice to meet you, Aliyah, Aleina."
She shuddered slightly as they called her m'am. "I'd probably slap someone who called me by a formal name, if it weren't for the fact that I'd get in trouble."
Then she looked at them both, a plan slowly working its way to her mind. But there were people close to her who would overhear her and other complications. She leaned down towards their height, smiling slightly. "Would you like to sit with me?"
She didn't usually like strangers, but she absolutely loved kids, which perhaps explained why she wasn't being rude at all to the two. And she found them kind of cute, talking together as they did.

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#, as written by Fencer
Nuu glanced at the Princess Kalliope while the man introduced himself as personal knight of another princess appeared and a cold sweat ran down his back when he realized she was no longer at his side, he had put too much attention to the man and now he'll have to do a major feat, find the princess and if that weren't complicated enough had to do it without raising suspicion.

"If you don't mind me asking, which kingdom did you come from?"

Hell, the questions began, well at least it was a question he could answer "I'm from the Kingdom Est, is quite far from here, if you want feel free to visit my country when this is over, our music is the best of world and we always welcome people of another countries" began to talk while remained concerned about the princess, or rather on the poor souls who could become her next target, but still added in a threatening tone, "That if they come with good intentions"

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Nuu sighed of relief when the man left, the princess was right it was easier to be a servant, at least in this type of situation the conversation would have been more enjoyable if he didn't have to pretend, but at least the man left without suspecting anything, or at least so it seemed to the knight.

Now the problem is the whereabouts of the princess, "Have you seen my maid? she has long white hair" Asked to a servant who was nearby, "Yes, your Highness, the young lady left as soon as she received the keys to your rooms, no doubt to accommodate your belongings prince" then bowed and after tell him where was his room she retired.

He opened the door of the room A-2 and saw the Princess's bags so assumed that the A-3 would be his, he lay in bed with his eyes closed for a moment, wasn't the most comfortable situation he had to behave properly to avoid suspicion, but he didn't like it much, besides the princess was who knows where doing who knows what, he got up when he recalled that it was time for dinner with some luck the princess would head to the dinner room, but this thought don't made him happy, dinner would be the hardest without a doubt every royal on the castle would be present and also his manners leave much to be desired. "Come what may have to come" he said and left the room toward the place where the dinner would be served.

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Aliyah and Aleina regarded Kalliope with great suspicion. Aleina paused before saying, "Excuse us for just one moment." She pulled her sister off into another room. "I don't know about this... isn't it bad to sit with people you've just met?" Aliyah rolled her eyes. "EVERYONE we meet are to be people we're meeting for the first time. Don't be such a baby. Besides, this woman seems the most normal. She isn't snotty or mean either. C'mon Aleina, let's just give this a shot. What do we have to lose?" Aleina sighed. "Fine, but if we get in trouble I am blaming this all on you." Aliyah nodded in approval. "That's okay with me." The two headed back towards Kalliope and said, "We would be honored to sit with you. Thank you for your kindness. We can learn much even from a maid."

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At first, it seemed like the twins were suspicious of her, so Kalliope let them have their quiet discussion. When they came back and said they would, she was a little pleased. It wouldn't hurt to figure out how they felt about things, and see if she could use it to stir up trouble.
Kalliope smiled. "That's great. I get the feeling that being with you two is going to be an education of its own." She had figured out by now which was Aleina and which was Aliyah, and she had also figured out that Aliyah was the more tomboyish one and that Aleina was the more well-behaved of the two. All the same, it was a bit disconcerting how the two princesses behaved like she had when she was little, although she hadn't had a twin.
She shook her head a little, realizing that she had been daydreaming. "Shall we go, then?"

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"Yes!" the girls said cheerfully. They both watched Kalliope as they followed her down the hall. Aliyah's thoughts: I wondered why she even bothered speaking to us. We're just kids. I thought everyone here would ignore us and focus on finding a lover. Aleina's thoughts: This woman seems nice. I wonder what we'll talk about. Maybe there really will be some younger suitors here... I hope so. Aleina blushed again, embarrassed but hopeful even at the thought. "So um, whose maid are you? If you don't mind me asking? What do you think about this place?"

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#, as written by Alyx
Kalliope turned and smiled. "Like I said, my name is Cat, and I'm from the Kingdom of Est, serving Prince Katar. Most people in Est have strange hair, blues, whites, purples, greens, greys. That's how you recognize us. As for this place...well, I don't like it much. I don't like the fact that all the royalty have to become betrothed to someone. Any other person 'cept royalty or nobility can marry for love, and they should too."
She lowered her voice after looking and seeing no one nearby. "And that's why I'm planning on somewhat sabotaging this place. I don't know if you want to help. I just want the Prince to end up happy."
Basically translating to, she just wanted everyone to leave her alone so she could grow up to be an old spinster.

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Aliyah and Aleina's eyebrows raised at the mention of the word "sabotage."

Aliyah's thoughts:Well well... what do we have here? Some maid says she wants to "sabotage" this place? I highly doubt it... I bet she just wants to find some reason to get us kicked out so she doesn't have to deal with us little kids... then again, she does seem really nice. She's the only person who has said hello to us, and she hasn't written us off just because we're kids either. I think we can give her a shot.

Aliyah looked at Aleina and grinned, a sign of her approval. "Okay then Cat! Welcome to the team! We could use some new ideas around here." Aliyah and Aleina reached out to shake Cat's hand. Both: "May the fun and games begin!"

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Kalliope grinned. "Oh, this is going to be good!" She shook their hands. She was mentally imagining just exactly what she could do with a team of three people, and two of them kids.
"I had to hide my kit because I've already gotten into trouble back home. What kinds of tricks d'you two have?" She had lots of standard tricks including fake bugs and slime, but most pranksters also had their own special tricks. Kalliope probably had more than the normal amount. Not to mention that she had several somewhat dangerous ones.
She stood back to let the twins enter, then entered herself, making her face a blank. She hated social situations, even if she were a lowly maid.

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Nuu kept his expression calm but inside panicked, a real princess had just bump with him, she was much more princely than the one who abandone him at the first opportunity to explore or so hoped the knight that the Princess was doing.

"Oh... Sorry!" she paniced, quickly backing up a few steps. "I should watch were I'm going... Again, I'm really sorry.."

This blond princess sincerely apologized as he got red with shame, Nuu felt refreshed and decided not to think about how would have reacted his princess and put serious effort in continue his role this time was a princess so she could find out if he made a halfhearted attempt "Its okay, no need to apologize, in this strange situation it isn't surprising that some of us are somewhat bewildered, after all we're on a unknown place" he bowed and then somewhat reluctantly introduced his false identity,"I'm the Prince Katar of Est, May I ask your name? ", it seemed strange a princess walking alone without her knight, at least she didn't seem the type that would use tricks to circumvent her protection, once again felt some regret at the thought of what the princess Kalliope would be doing, I could almost hear her laugh while planning something.

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The Twins looked at Cat. "Where should we sit....?" The room was large, with waiters bustling in and out. At home, the twins had always sat with each other next to the king and queen. Now, in such a large room, they had no idea where to go. Aleina looked a little worried. "I don't want to take anyone's seat or anything. What if they think we're weird and have to sit by ourselves just because we're kids?" Aliyah rolled her eyes. "We may be kids, but we're royalty too." Aliyah took a seat at the middle of the table and her sister followed. They had both hidden woopie cushions at the head chairs of the table.