"Yes, yes, very droll," Nakhta says, concealing a yawn behind one perfumed-glove-clad hand. "Truly, I never tire of the minor embarrassments and scandals of my own nobility, so why should I not be intrigued by those of a foreign court?"

As she turns to step away, that hand now hides a growing smirk. "Such petty concerns may be beneath my notice," she murmurs to herself, "but they're not to these inevitably bickering nobles. Why, I could use this for many things. Depending on how this Duchess feels about him, and I can't imagine she has much pleasant to say, this could be an excellent icebreaker. Or if perhaps I need something to distract him or unsettle him, why, I need only procure the...ah, but you're getting ahead of yourself..." She chuckles.

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Sometimes you can only confide in yourself, which is what the queen is doing at the moment as she stands in front of the mirror. "Calm yourself. Yes. You are confident. You are important. The most important person in the kingdom, remember? Possibly the world. We'll see." She sighs and adjusts her own ruff as well. "None of those people out there have any idea that you refuse to sleep without a light source somewhere nearby. And anyway, it's not childish, it's just prudence. Assassins lurk in the shadows, you know."

After listening to what he just heard, all Chris could do was clear his throat. Sure, it might have just been a rumor about a royal, but it wasn't all that bad. It could be worse.

"Sometimes I fear the dark myself," he thought. "After all, the darkness is a major source of all my problems." Endless nights of him staring up at the ceiling and contemplating his existence came to mind. "The possibility of getting murdered in your sleep is never an outlandish thought at 2AM... though turning on my lamp doesn't help my case either. Well, as long as it works for her, it's fine. If only it were that easy for me."

"People do know that I can play piano... but not a lot of them have heard me sing. Both Peter and I had singing lessons when we were growing up, and I guess... they've stuck with me. He keeps telling me to upload some of the secret videos I've made of my own piano covers, but only my boyfriend has them... and for good reason, I suppose."

The demon ran her fingers though her bangs in a rather unconvincing attempt at a casual gesture as she tried to put the proper words together. After a moment, she dropped her hand to her side and with a long sigh, she spoke again, "My sister, Ami, is a lot better at this sort of stuff than I am... The whole, comfort-ish thing. But I can say this: I know how hard it is to feel good about something you think you're bad at... And you don't have to sing in front of anyone. But, you shouldn't be so quick to assume you're bad at something." Norian gave the man a weak thumbs up.

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"A fact about me huh?" Norian grinned as she crossed her arms and thought. "I'm a hell of a liar you know!" She chuckled. "Pun intended. How can you trust me? I mean, I lie all the time for my jobs. Like the classic 'Oh yes, I'm definitely super into you and don't just want to get you alone so I can steal a key card!' I'm such a good liar, I'm awful at telling the truth. Like I can lie all damn day but the second I have to say something I really feel. I'm done." Her grin faded as she realized what she was saying. "I... Whatever."

"a good liar?" she puts her hands on her hips. "is that something to be proud of, honey? what if in a life-or-death moment, you had to tell someone you loved them? they wouldn't believe ya." realizing her obsession with cheesy romance came out a little bit, she awkwardly played with her hair and stared down the demon before her. "listen, i'm not sure who you think you are, but being a good liar isn't a good thing." shrugging, she turned to walk away. "i do enjoy a good love story, though."

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kelsey is an a forbidden relationship! does your character believe that love prevails?

"Neat."  Lorant says, simply.  

"Not gonna lie I'm definitely not gonna try that.  Sounds like a lot of work to put in to get an effect you aren't even sure is there.  I'm more into the...flashier kind of magic."  He smiles, emphasizing his words with jazz hands.

"Maybe I'll pass it on to some of the old ladies I know though, you all are pretty into 'health hacks' like that, right?"

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He thought he wouldn't have to deal with this anymore after graduating high school and leaving those pointless introduce-yourself-to-the-class activities behind, yet here we are.  He falls back on his usual tactic of saying something weird enough that his questioners will no longer wish to talk to him.  He looks up from the knitting you've interrupted and puts on a very fake smile before speaking: "I summon demons for fun.  Sometimes I give them knives."

“Summoning demons and giving them knives?” Sir chuckles, “That sounds like exactly what I did to get my partner here. Though I’m sure there’s wildly different circumstances.”

He tilts his head, “I assume you get to be the boss of them, like, the ultimate boss. Not like I am, sometimes I wish I was, but killing people ain’t so fun. Especially doing it for Satan. But, I guess we all have our hobbies.”

Regarding his partner, Cam, he used to be a total dickhead to them. He yelled and cursed at them, but he had a sudden change of heart and now the two are dating. Though the relationship is pretty healthy, how’s that make vvvv feel?

"Do you look upon your prior years with fondness? I could not imagine speaking to my partner harshly. Still; perhaps I misinterpret. You were not dating at the time, correct - I hope? How can you reconcile what you have done, to yourself, if so? You held within your hands a gentle light, and rather than tend to its flame to keep it alight, you chose to spit on it. I should hope that you are treating your lover better now, and to do so with conviction: to wholly dedicate yourself to atoning for such a misstep. Still, perhaps it is not my place to judge you. I will cease."

"A fact about myself? Very well, I will concede." Jedana places both hands in his lap, and gives a rather fond smile. "I find myself, often, lost in my thoughts, in the habit of considering the wonderful smile of my partner. A close friend has asked me if, perhaps, I needed to seek something else to occupy my thoughts with. I remarked that I do not know if there is anything else that could make the cut."

"You're right. You will be teased for it. Piano lessons are for pussies. I once fucked a person who played the piano and wrote music, much like your ex. And you know what. He was a huge pussy. Instead, this is what we do for you my man." Marcus wraps his arms around Lucky and smacks his chest hard, roughing him. "We take your ass to the bars, get you filthy drunk, and forget about that ex. For the love of your God, she's just a woman."
Marcus attempting to make Lucky feel better. "I'm sure you are already an excellent pianist. No need to seek out lessons just so you can relive some memories with hat woman. You probably only enjoyed playing the piano because you enjoyed the time you spent with her. Everything is always more tolerable when you are sharing that experience with the one you loved. Now let's forget about the music, forget about the woman. And get some beer in that belly. Because I know how much you love alcohol. And I know how much I love a good beer." He finally takes his arms off around the casino owner, just to tightly squeeze the back of billionair's neck once, then pats his back. In an attempt to rally the boy up. "Come now. You can tell me the terrors of your ex. Tell me how bad she was. Because I know how much us men can't stand a woman. HAHAHAH!!" 

( Marcus is a dick. LOL )

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"I am man enough to admit this fact about me. And you are lucky enough to hear it because I will only speak of this once. I am terrified of them magical fantasy faries. I know you know what I'm talking about. Those tiny colorful creatures that can shoot rainbows out their asses and bring an entire nation to its feet. I avoid them at all cost. If I were you, I'd avoid them too. No good ever comes out of them. They are extremely unpredictable and mighty. Their powers and abilities are beyond me and that is what frightens me. They are the things that man made weapons can't destroy."