Ren stared at the King incredulously, her grip tightening dangerously against the tin. The rats in the compound briefly stilled as a wave of uncontrolled rage rippled through them. For a moment, she had thought him mocking her, which would have been less infuriating than him having no idea. It was. His. Prison. Where his fucking prison slaves were trapped, and he didn't even appear to understand what a prison was. Who had suggested this to him? Grilka? Gareth? He thought it was a boarding school for criminal misfits, perhaps. She took a long, deep breath, and the rats continued their duties, spreading out to every shadowy corner of the compound, covering her planned escape route.
This was fine. This was good, in fact. He didn't understand what he was doing. Didn't realize that she'd escape and never come back as soon as she had a second outside the compound. He was taking her somewhere, and in this form, he'd inevitably get distracted, and she could run without him seeing and chasing her. All she had to do was pretend she didn't want to throttle him, and tomorrow Gareth could explain to the King what a fucking prison was.
The thought made her heart clench and her stomach roll with nausea. She shook the feeling off; this was a best case scenario she couldn't have dreamed of. She was the King's prisoner. He couldn't get in trouble for breaking her out. No one would have to get hurt. Gareth would be safe, and no one would have to die.
Another breath steadied her hands as she carefully, lightly, ran powder over the King's face with her fingers. She didn't have a brush, but she'd practiced with it in the mirror. He wasn't helping, just admiring his own reflection but that... seemed about par for the course, with him. It made him look... Well, kind of dusty to be honest, but it hit the pearlescence of his skin and in combination with the glasses, he would at least look like... Well, a rich man's son trying to slum it, thanks to those shoes, but it'd do.
Carefully, she applied some of a different powder to her jawline and cheekbones; the suggestion of stubble, the illusion of a more masculine face. It helped that she was somewhat androgynous to start with.
Quickly, not wanting to waste anymore time, she yanked on her best, tallest boots to add a few desperate inches, and scrambled to reach under the floorboard once more. She grabbed the necessities: a pouch of gold coins she'd pilfered, a rolled up piece of parchment that contained a map of the area she'd drawn from a combination of old political maps in books Gareth had gotten her from the library combined with her own memory of her soaring flight over the landscape with the King. She tucked both quickly into her vest and stood.
She thought to protest the humpback plan, but paused to consider their comparative heights. And he could probably jump or climb the walls easily. He was a fucking dragon. She nodded. "Very smart, yer majesty. C'mon." Not really thinking about it, she grabbed one of his gloved hands. "Stay close, 'n' move when I say to. I'll get us outta here without runnin' into any guards."
It was a tricky thing to do, filled with a few more pauses than he was probably comfortable with, given the hurry he was in, but it was the middle of the afternoon. They couldn't just walk out. Fortunately, once they got past the prisoner's wing, they were more likely to just be taken for any random two member's of the King's Guard on their way to one place or another.
Her rats fed her an updating map of the compound, and she was quiet with the focus of keeping it all straight in her head, a thousand different images to piece together into something coherent so she knew where the danger was. She pulled the King along and pushed him into shadowy corners when necessary--not that she could have done either if he hadn't been so eager to play along. He seemed to grasp the importance of being quick and quiet, and maybe even enjoyed playing prison escape with her, having her body pushed against his much larger one in darkened rooms.
"Here we go. This door is locked, but just..." she waved vaguely at it. "Like y'did with my door. On the other side is gonna be a courtyard, then the wall." This was the back edge, away from the city, away from anything. No stairs or doors to the inside of the outer wall. Useless for escaping, if you weren't planning on piggybacking a dragon to do it. "There's no guards right now, but we're gonna hafta move fast. Lemme climb onto your back, and pray. I'll be close enough to whisper if y'need to hide or go a different way, but we should be good."
She couldn't believe this was fucking happening. She squirreled under the King's cloak and jumped up, reaching around his shoulders. He lifted her up like she weighed nothing, and she adjusted her grip to be tight. It was a very painful strain on her arms and thighs in the position she was in, trying to not look like a person, and giving him use of his arms. But she was so pounding with adrenaline, she could have done anything, despite her starvation-fueled weakness.
This was fine. This was good, in fact. He didn't understand what he was doing. Didn't realize that she'd escape and never come back as soon as she had a second outside the compound. He was taking her somewhere, and in this form, he'd inevitably get distracted, and she could run without him seeing and chasing her. All she had to do was pretend she didn't want to throttle him, and tomorrow Gareth could explain to the King what a fucking prison was.
The thought made her heart clench and her stomach roll with nausea. She shook the feeling off; this was a best case scenario she couldn't have dreamed of. She was the King's prisoner. He couldn't get in trouble for breaking her out. No one would have to get hurt. Gareth would be safe, and no one would have to die.
Another breath steadied her hands as she carefully, lightly, ran powder over the King's face with her fingers. She didn't have a brush, but she'd practiced with it in the mirror. He wasn't helping, just admiring his own reflection but that... seemed about par for the course, with him. It made him look... Well, kind of dusty to be honest, but it hit the pearlescence of his skin and in combination with the glasses, he would at least look like... Well, a rich man's son trying to slum it, thanks to those shoes, but it'd do.
Carefully, she applied some of a different powder to her jawline and cheekbones; the suggestion of stubble, the illusion of a more masculine face. It helped that she was somewhat androgynous to start with.
Quickly, not wanting to waste anymore time, she yanked on her best, tallest boots to add a few desperate inches, and scrambled to reach under the floorboard once more. She grabbed the necessities: a pouch of gold coins she'd pilfered, a rolled up piece of parchment that contained a map of the area she'd drawn from a combination of old political maps in books Gareth had gotten her from the library combined with her own memory of her soaring flight over the landscape with the King. She tucked both quickly into her vest and stood.
She thought to protest the humpback plan, but paused to consider their comparative heights. And he could probably jump or climb the walls easily. He was a fucking dragon. She nodded. "Very smart, yer majesty. C'mon." Not really thinking about it, she grabbed one of his gloved hands. "Stay close, 'n' move when I say to. I'll get us outta here without runnin' into any guards."
It was a tricky thing to do, filled with a few more pauses than he was probably comfortable with, given the hurry he was in, but it was the middle of the afternoon. They couldn't just walk out. Fortunately, once they got past the prisoner's wing, they were more likely to just be taken for any random two member's of the King's Guard on their way to one place or another.
Her rats fed her an updating map of the compound, and she was quiet with the focus of keeping it all straight in her head, a thousand different images to piece together into something coherent so she knew where the danger was. She pulled the King along and pushed him into shadowy corners when necessary--not that she could have done either if he hadn't been so eager to play along. He seemed to grasp the importance of being quick and quiet, and maybe even enjoyed playing prison escape with her, having her body pushed against his much larger one in darkened rooms.
"Here we go. This door is locked, but just..." she waved vaguely at it. "Like y'did with my door. On the other side is gonna be a courtyard, then the wall." This was the back edge, away from the city, away from anything. No stairs or doors to the inside of the outer wall. Useless for escaping, if you weren't planning on piggybacking a dragon to do it. "There's no guards right now, but we're gonna hafta move fast. Lemme climb onto your back, and pray. I'll be close enough to whisper if y'need to hide or go a different way, but we should be good."
She couldn't believe this was fucking happening. She squirreled under the King's cloak and jumped up, reaching around his shoulders. He lifted her up like she weighed nothing, and she adjusted her grip to be tight. It was a very painful strain on her arms and thighs in the position she was in, trying to not look like a person, and giving him use of his arms. But she was so pounding with adrenaline, she could have done anything, despite her starvation-fueled weakness.
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