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Edmund Loveguard

That pain in the neck of a prince does not deserve that royal title.

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a character in “Royal Pain”, originally authored by KuruLesperance, as played by RolePlayGateway

Description

Edmund Loveguard

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Age
15

Gender
Male

Class
4A

Appearance
Raven-haired and generally skinny, Edmund has the appearance of a younger individual. His face being more uplifted per se, and his cheeks more flushed unlike most older charges, he looks like a shy young man. The boy stands at a height of 5'7, and his weight is 117lbs. His skin being pale usually, simply because he's not very advanced in athletics, he prefers to stay inside than go outside, but he takes into thought that sometimes he has to. His eyes are a cat-like gold, along with his hair being naturally curly. On the top of his head, he has a small cowlick which is difficult for Edmund to flatten.

Freetime Clothing
In Edmund's free time, he will normally wear the clothing in the picture or wear a simple white collared shirt with black boots and grey skinny jeans, along with a black and white Juzu bead bracelet.

Likes
Cats
Flowers
Silence
Music
Music Boxes
Piano
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Dislikes
The 'Prince'
Dog
Cake
Getting Stalked
People Constantly calling him "Servant Loveguard" or "Sir Loveguard".

Favorite subjects
Science and Biology

Personality
Q::U::I::E::T: The raven haired boy is usually to himself, or just generally shy, usually trying to stray away from serious conversations, resulting in him being slightly socially awkward. Sometimes, though, he will be found sitting in the back of the room because of his odd disposition. Though, because of this trait, he's also unusually naive and will practically trust everyone.

I::N::T::E::L::I::G::E::N::T: Edmund is found to be extremely intelligent, academics and street smarts. Common sense is one of his most weakest subjects though, and because of this, he constantly acts impulsively without a thought and is normally asking the most stupidest of questions. On the other hand, Edmund is discovered to be very advanced in the two subjects of Physics and the science of Alchemy, along with varieties of different subjects. Give Edmund a math problem, he'd solve it and then hug you, most likely. Also, he's very advanced in piano, and loves to conduct music with that beautiful instrument.

T::O::U::C::H::Y: The smart boy tends to be very clingy and touchy around friends. You'll either find him hugging you, holding onto your arm, leaning on your shoulder, or something along those courses of actions, and the reason he does this has to do within his background, a very delicate subject with him, also resulting in Edmund being such an emotional boy.

General Explanation
To simply all sum it up, Edmund is to be found having distinct chunks of his persona, meaning Edmund has a mixture of all different types of vivid words to describe him, and his reactions to anything are nearly unpredictable because of a certain part of his personality: he can be quite impulsive as explained above.

Edmund could also easily be explained as nostalgic, easily making one feel sentimental if he goes deep enough into his conscience. Not generally being the romantic, though, he can be quite schmaltzy as you can tell, and a soft-hearted boy. Edmund is one to easily get a gash in his emotions, basically meaning he takes mental destruction to the core, and constantly will over-obsess a predicament unless you comfort the poignant boy, but despite all his flaws and barriers, he's a very sweet and eleemosynary child, that just has deeply personal issues.

For the most part, the raven-haired child will defend his companions, impulsively and without a deep thought, getting himself into the most dangerous of troubles. Giving a quick example, Edmund would most likely stray in front of a man with a pistol, that is pointing it at you, and spread his arms out and try to defend you, and insist to "shoot me instead and spare an innocent life".

When Edmund converses with a guilty individual, his words are usually robust and influencing, though every once in awhile his pathetic speeches won't help the predicament, only to get himself injured along with his comrade(s). That's the results, of what happens with Edmund when he becomes an over-protective, mindless fool, but an amiable one at that, proving his courage to stand up to a complete stranger, and risk his life for one of his dear colleagues. Edmund will also protect young children and elders like this.

The boy can also be easily described as wise and mysterious in a way. He's seemingly clairvoyant, or some people may say, or perhaps thaumaturgic, though he really isn't psychic in any way, it's just once in every while he'll spout out a piece of data out of the blue, and not know why afterwards, but it's usually data that has to do with the subject of their conversation.

Oddly, he once gave dating tips to his master when he was 5.

Background
Edmund Loveguard came from the base of Cheshire, England, and used to linger in a manor, called Loveguard Manor (of course). His family originated from Durham, though moved to Cheshire to establish a manor. The boy's ancestors were in many different wars with different generations of families, since his family wasn't the nicest. Edmund came up to a rank as a servant back in Cheshire, and would serve his master quite well, though his master was kinder than most.

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Edmund was rarely embraced or praised by his parents, or really any part of his family, and because he was a servant he was scarcely noticed, and seldom would they glance at him. What effected him the most, was the fact that his master asked Edmund's parents why they were ignoring him. The servant boy would chase after master and try to stop him from asking, but apparently he was too late, only to come to hear his father say he's a filthy servant, and his mother state that "he's only a hindrance to the Loveguards. It'd be much less stressful if he never existed to begin with". Edmund got affected by this so much, he refused to speak for atleast a year, until his master finally influenced the servant to speak.

His master had to go to Japan, and Edmund and his master got separated. His master supported Edmund and established a smaller version of a mansion quite a way off from Shinoda High, though Edmund walked wherever he went. Edmund's master currently is staying in Japan for good, and the servant boy lives by himself in the mansion with a black cat named Cheshire, but Edmund is doing quite fine in the mansion by himself. It gives him time to think over important deeds, and information.

Clubs
None at the moment.

Precious Item
Edmund is usually found carrying around a music box in his school bag. It tends to play this tune when opened.

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Voice Intonation
Sounds exactly like the singing individual, through and through and to the vocal cords.

Edmund's Intonation & Vocals

Quotes
"Please, listen to the music box. It will relax your tension and make all the stress dissipate."
"Don't hurt them..hurt me instead."
"If you take my music box, I will make you shout bloody murder. That item is the most precious thing to me, do you understand?"
"Don't you dare treat your child like that!"
"I am one with your soul, like a linked heart."
"Sorry for the interruption, but, please don't mention my birth guardian and her slimy lover."
"Oh, my apologies. I'm not used to this foreign food yet."
"Would you like a rose? I fancy the green ones, how about you?"
"Leave me to my duties, I wish to not be a burden."
"I dislike my guardians with a passion, but inside, I can't help but not stop loving them."
"H-huh? Oh, apologies. I was zoned out into the realm of literature."
"My pleasure, milady. One moment, you're the same gender as I? M-my apologies, milord!"
"Thus starts a revolution. Whoopdie-flippin'-do."

The music box is such a graceful item, as it soothes your vibrations and warms your heart..♥
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So begins...

Edmund Loveguard's Story

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Yukiko rushed down the hall, she had spent her whole lunch time trying to compose a song on the piano that she had completely forgotten to even eat. She had already woken up late that morning barely making it to homeroom, but now Yuki had tripped and her 'masterpiece' had flown all over the hallway "Oh no!" she cried out to herself as she pushed all the papers back together, attempting to catch the ones that were still in the air.
One paper flew over and around until Yukiko reached out her hand before realizing she had knocked down a girl (Nodoka). The composition had once more flown all over the area, she rubbed her head and looked to see who she had ran into, unfortunately she had knocked down a girl and almost a boy (Edmund). Yukiko scrammbled to her feet "Oh, oh my I am so sorry, i didn't see you and i was trying to get my papers!" she bowed several times, the guilt hung around her "I really am sorry, I should have been paying more attention!" she reached down to help the girl up, hoping that she wouldn't be upset with her. "I didn't hurt you did I?"

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Yukiko reached for her composition sheets "I'm so clumsy, even my father told me that! I should really pay more attention to my surroundings." One her hands had been fully grasped around the music sheets she nodded "Yeah i play piano since i was a child, I go to compositions and stuff, I was going to send these to my father to see his perspective on it." She blushed, usually she hadn't met anyone except for at competitions that were actually interested in her music. Whenever someone liked her music or even really cared about classical music at all, it was usually grownups who emphasized that she was just like her musical father, who was a 'musical genius'. "Do either of you play piano?" she asked the boy and girl before cutting herself off "Oh my I forgot to ask you names, that was really rude of me, knocking you both down and then not even mentioning my name. I'm Yukiko Wong, but everyone calls me Yuki for short." Yuki shifted her feet, she felt to awkward to hug them like she usually did when she meets people.

When the boy held a picture in her hand he started blushing like a madman, from her perspective at least. When she couldn't help but reach over a pluck the picture from his chest to see what it was, her eyes widened at the sight and placed it back into his hands, now she had been the one to blush crazily. "U-u-u-m, you should you know, put it in a lock-k box, o-o-r just somewhere where no one can see it." Yukiko shifted in her shoes, her face had been flushed.

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(Wow. This is just a conga line of awkward stuff happening. XD)

A quiet groan came from the floor directly behind Edmund, perhaps breaking the two out of the their embarrassed state. Nodoka slowly pushed herself to a sitting position, rubbing her head as though trying to drive away the pain of having struck the floor so hard during her fall. It didn't work. Her head was pounding, and she would have a lump there for sure.

"W-what happened...?" Nodoka murmured, as though confused. She couldn't exactly describe what had happened to her. One moment she thought she had been having a conversation with Mamoru, now she was on the floor. From what she could see, Edmund was talking to some little girl, and both of them were blushing a lot. Nodoka wondered if they knew each other. Judging by how much both of their faces were flushed, if they did know each other, they must have been pretty close...

Ah! It's none of my business! Nodoka though quickly, dismissing the idea as she sat up. She glanced downward, avoiding contact with their faces as best she could, embarrassed by the thought. However, when she stared down into her lap, she noticed something, something which quickly prompted a surprised, embarrassed squeak and a flurry of movement. She had fallen a little way behind Edmund, and had done so quickly enough for her skirt to fold over on itself. If Edmund turned around or had looked at her before, he'd be able to see...!

Hurriedly, she jumped up, forcing her skirt down with both hands, clutching them together tightly. She was blushing now more than both of them combined. Slowly, carefully, as though afraid of what she would see, she turned her eyes toward Edmund. Had that been why he was blushing? Had he seen...?

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((OMG XD))

Yukiko had felt her cheeks burn up, "U-u-u-u-m-m, i-i-i-it's o-okay I-I u-understand." She pressed her figure to her lips, guiding the sleeve of her uniform to cover her red cheeks. with her other hand she adjusted her skirt, and avoided eye contact with the boy. Seconds later she was given a paper by the boy, his name had been Edmund Loveguard 'how fancy' she thought to herself. She could feel the awkwardness lingure in the air between the three, Yuki looked over at the girl to see that she too had seen the picture. All three of them had been so embarrassed she thought to herself 'why not just even the odds and make things less awkward.' She breathed in and let the calm soothing air come from her mouth.

"If-f it helps I dressed as a boy in one of my Junior Male Piano competition. I pulled my hair back into a hat and everything, s-so try not to be too embarrassed, I mean everyone has secrets right?" Hoping that her words would calm everyone down a little, she stuttered along and tried to get everything onto another topic. Yukiko turned to the girl "Um you never said your name." she told the girl, hoping that everyone got the idea to shift the subject.

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Nodoka let out another squeak as Edmund turned around. She wasn't fast enough! He had seen! She might have collapsed again just to save herself from feeling this much embarrassment, had it not been that if she did, the raven-haired servant might get a closer look. Unintentionally, to be sure, but he still might. Still, she couldn't help but have overheard part of their conversation. What were they talking about, anyway?! Something about Edmund being forced to... crossdress? Slowly she crept back toward them, trying to see what was going on. When asked her name, she stopped in her tracks, not sure if she should give it or just hide behind Edmund. She was nervous.

Just then, however, introducing herself was put in a back seat to other pressing matters. Edmund had spun around frantically, almost causing her to run right into him. As he did so, however, she, too, could now see the picture in his hand. A photograph of Edmund wearing a french maid outfit was almost too comical to be believed, even when seen. However, it was also incredibly embarrassing, given that the unwilling subject of the photo was standing right in front of her. Quickly, she, too spun around, hiding her blushing face behind her hands as she apologized as best she could.

"S-sorry... I shouldn't have l-looked..." She said weakly, almost unable to continue speaking. She was too worried about the answer she might get to her next question. However, she had to know...

"Err... A-ah... D-did you s-see... too?" Nodoka stammered, not able to turn her eyes away from the floor for shame.

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"Oh..." Nodoka murmured, still staring at the ground, trying in vain to conceal the redness engulfing her face upon seeing that one nod. So he had seen... She was so embarrassed! Silently, she crept up next to Edmund, standing at his arm and sizing up the strange person that he seemed to have started talking to when she had her conversation with Mamoru- Wait a minute! Did that mean that Edmund had heard her talking to her brother as well?! Oh no... He probably thought she was crazy now.

Embarrassed, worried and humiliated beyond belief, the shy one did not even offer an ounce of resistance to the plan to walking with the girl - Yuki, apparently - the following day. Hearing Edmund introduce himself, Nodoka felt compelled to do that same, although she didn't have the heart at the moment to force the words out very well.

"I-I'm N-Nodoka," She stammered quietly. "I-I... like... playing the piano... too."

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Yukiko watched as Edmund ran into the bathroom, she too was tempted to run into the bathroom. Then watched as he ran from the bathroom and began to introduce himself by grabbing her hand, she blushed and smiled. "I would be happy to join you on a walk!" Yuki said happily, the girl introduced herself as Nodoka. Yukiko turned to her and smiled "Its a pleasure to meet both of you!" she was finally happy that she could make new friends.

"You both play piano, how long have you guys played piano?" Yukiko smiled and pressed her compositions to her chest. "I do competitions all over the world, but this year their hosting the International Junior Piano Competition here. Its coming up soon so i have to figure out what to play, do you guys enter any competitions?" She felt a bit proud of herself, she finally met people who had a similar interest in piano like her. Yuki pushed her sheets of music out for them to see "But till I find out what I'm playing I just compose music for my dad."

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Yukiko nodded her head "I compete for my dad, he use to tour the world when he still was recording his music, now I'm like the newer version of him." She smiled, "I also play violin, but not as many competitions, you guys should come see me in the junior competition, I can score you seats." She had never brought anyone, but her father to her competitions, though it would be a new horizon to explore.

Yuki nodded "It's really pretty outside as well." she raised her hand to her mouth and gave a laugh about Edmund's comment about charming the teachers with excuses, she looked at Nodoka "Nodoka-Chan do you want to go outside?" All she needed was her approval and then they could go outside.

When Edmund talked about getting ice cream you would be able to see stars floating in her eyes. "Ice cream! i love sweets especially ice cream its perfect for this weather." she smiled and gave a childish twirl "I'd be happy to join you for ice cream, oh how exciting!" Yukiko turned to Edmund and lifted a figure in the air "Edmund you don't have to call me Miss Yuki, just call me Yuki." she smiled "No need to be formal with friends."

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"A-ah..." Nodoka stammered, looking at the ground. "I...I'm not very good, actually..." Again she was being modest. While it was the only instrument she could play, she was also adept at it. She had never actually played for anyone before, and would have been too nervous to do so anyway. So she lied, saying she was not skilled at it, to prevent anyone from asking her to play for them. "If I entered a contest, or something, I'd probably lose... badly..."

"Hu-h? Outside?" She asked, glancing up. "Y-yeah...s-sure..." So it looked like they were skipping class after all. She could probably get away with it, given how much she was known for missing class, but she wasn't sure about them. "Won't you get in trouble, though?" She asked concernedly. She didn't want them to get detention or anything just for her sake. They both seemed like nice people.

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Yukiko gleefully pressed her hands together and under her right chin "I like all fruit flavors, cotton candy, bubble gum, classic vanilla, and more!" Ice cream had so many flavors it was hard to choose a favorite. "What flavor of Ice cream do you like Edmund?" She asked

Yuki than looked over at Nodoka "I think that everyone is good all you need to do is practice, in fact if you need any help come to me." Yuki gave a friendly smile to Nodoka.

"Is it really going to rain? Oh how much fun, I can't wait for it to start pouring then i can run outside. Its actually really fun to play in the rain, but you get sick easily." she smiled then gave a worried look, "But since it's happening later at night I might wake everyone up." Yuki gave a puzzled look, "I guess that would be a problem." She mumbled to herself, she picked her lip, an old bad habit.

Yukiko looked around "Lets get going, before we get caught." she smiled childishly at Nodoka and Edmund, and shifted in her shoes. "But we can't go in our uniforms, i have sweatshirts in my locker."

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"I-I m-mostly like strawberry and vanilla..." Nodoka murmured, not seeing the point of revealing random information but also not wanting to disappoint the ones who had prompted her to do so. "Y-you don't need to h-help me, though... I'm sure it would be t-too much trouble," She quickly added, not wanting her excuse to backfire on her and cause her even more trouble than what she had made it to avoid.

"A-anyway... I don't think skipping is a good idea..." The quiet one said nervously, pressing her index fingers together repeatedly as though testing their strength. "You might get in trouble... M-maybe we should just go a-after school...?"She spoke with zero confidence in her voice, as though afraid that her friends might grow angry at her boldness now that she had given them advice instead of following their lead with no objections.

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"A-ah, it's n-not-I j-just!" Nodoka cried nonsensically, flailing her free hand about in what might have been called a placating manner if it were not so hasty. As it was, she bore more resemblance to an out of control windmill than someone trying to assure someone they were wrong. Immediately, a blush sprang out across the shy one's features. She didn't quite understand Edmund's teasing, but she knew one thing. If she denied his query, he might take it as an insult. But if she didn't, she would be in for a great deal of embarrassment. She didn't know what to do! She didn't want to be embarrassed, but she couldn't just insult Edmund. There was no right way to answer this!

No, there was a correct way, she just didn't want to admit it. She had always been less important than others, and her feelings were the same way. She knew what she would have to do.

"A-ah... er...." She stammered lamely. She just couldn't say it! "Err... I never expected..." She fumbled about with her words, unable to find a place to begin. She couldn't bring herself to answer in the affirmative, it was just too embarrassing. Her face grew to be almost unbearably hot, a feeling of pins and needles spreading across her skin. She couldn't say it, but she had to. What was she supposed to do?

She had to say it, or Edmund might be insulted. She had to do it fast, too, because if it seemed too forced, it still might be taken as insincere.

"A-h... a-ah.... Er.... M-maybe?" She stammered weakly, more of a query of its own than a reply. Mentally, she kicked herself. That was NOT the right answer. Now she had just embarrassed herself and screwed things up anyway! She was such an idiot...

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Yukiko giggled "You two are too cute! But you guys make everything sooo dramatic with the perfect movement of the wind and the holding of hands and all that silence." she looked at Edmund "You look very handsome Edmund" she said in a playful tone, but somewhat serious then held up a finger "Wait here I'll go get a sweatshirt for me and Nodoka, no one will notice if we are wearing a jacket over our skirts." she twirled away and came back to the group holding two dark stripped sweaters, she threw the brighter one to Nodoka "I think you'd might look better in brighter colors." she pushed her stripped sweater over her head.

"You guys blush a lot, do you like eachother or something? or are you guys dating?" Yuki pushed her hair up into a ponytail and twirled into a circle "Now how do i look?" she gazed at the two, she hid her small jealousy of them holding hands. "Its clean with no dirt or anything on it."

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"A-ah... Err..." Nodoka stammered. She might have tried to quickly explain herself, but then Edmund began talking. She didn't really understand half of the things he said, but she began blushing anyway. Passages such as "love her as a friend" jumped out at her. No living Human had ever said they loved her before, even if it was only as a friend. It surprised her, and, quite honestly, improved how she had been feeling, the dark cloud of her previous panic attack being blown away, leaving her thoughts pure and clear.

Still, someone had noticed that she was blushing a lot, and had misinterpreted it. That only further embarrassed her, so she quickly pulled the sweatshirt she had been handed over her head. The sleeves were a little long, ending up covering part of her hands and giving her a rather comical, tiny appearance. Just then, Edmund hugged her and called her sweet, and the blush she had been trying to hide returned full force.

"Ah... ah..." She stammered, forced to turn her head toward Edmund due to the tightness of the hug, ending up setting it on his shoulder in a manner she felt was MUCH too close to be considered remotely embarrassment-safe. "T-thank you...?" Nodoka said nervously, not sure how to respond to the compliment. For once her voice would be entirely audible even though she only spoke in a murmur, for her words came forth right next to Edmund's ear.

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"Th-thanks..." Nodoka stammered again, slowly walking outside, her small, slumped form silhouetted against the cherry blossoms whipping about in the wind outside. It was a different slump than the one she had sported that morning when she had first appeared to Edmund. At that point, she had looked like a scared animal creeping as best it could, hoping not to be noticed by a terrible, invisible predator. Now, however, it looked more like she was clutching precious happiness tightly to her chest, her head only down to hide the blush upon her features. She was happier today than she had been in her lifetime, and so overwhelmed was she by this that she still moved with no small fear, as though afraid that her happiness might be snatched away by the gusting wind. She needn't have worried, though, and she knew it. Her happiness had been brought to her by a single individual - a boy, standing by her side at that very moment. Edmund was someone who she doubted would be leaving her. He was just like her brother - she knew she could trust him, could believe in him, could clutch onto him like a lifeline hauling her out of despair, just as she believed in her beloved brother.

A thought struck her at this juncture. He had given her plenty of hugs, and had otherwise shown his intent to become close to her. Maybe she was supposed to return those gestures so he didn't feel left out? No, she couldn't just give him a hug out of the blue. That would be so embarrassing. She had almost no experience in the field of social interaction, meaning she was just winging this, but she felt that she had to do something... Nothing too ostentatious, but she still needed to let him know she was counting on him, something she doubted her weak words could convey.

Then, a realization came to her. She knew exactly what she would do. Gently, tentatively, she reached down as Edmund walked out the door, and, placing her hands on his arm, walked alongside him. She did not clutch him tightly, or do anything that might be uncomfortable. She did not even speak - to do so would ruin the entire purpose of the gesture. Instead, she just let that silent, gentle touch carry her message to her first and arguably only friend.

Sorry... I might have to lean on you a bit. If it's a bother to have me counting on you, just say so. And above all... Thank you for being my friend, Edmund.