"I hope I'd notice a dragon shrinking in front of me. I'd be worried about my eyesight if I didn't!" She grinned, pleased with herself and her ability to joke about said dragon. Everyone in Aeris seemed to be (rightfully) terrified by their King, but until she saw him in the flesh, Tiff genuinely had no scale with which to appropriately adjust her fear levels. It was better to be bold and unafraid until you had due cause, right?
Or maybe she was being too cavalier about it, if the expressions flitting across Bridget's face were any indication. Was it the eyesight joke? Did she not appreciate her king being compared to an iguana?? Her own smile faded somewhat at Bridget's obvious concern, and she shifted uneasily, tugging at one of her gloves. Normally she'd be chewing on her fingernails by now, even though they'd already been gnawed down to the quick. For obvious reasons, that was not something she could be seen doing right now. "Uh- alone? Why not? There can't be anything worse than being eaten, right??" Was there something worse than being eaten? If he shrunk, was he going to slow roast her first? Or maybe that meant he was planning on taking his time, eating her alive bit by bit, piece by piece-
Suddenly she was a lot more terrified of the King! That was probably why everyone was scared of him, if he shrank to eat people slowly!
Her slowly encroaching panic was interrupted by the assistant's tired announcement, and Tiff's head turned towards the door as it swung opened. "Oh! He must be ready for-" Her voice was high with just a smidgen of fear in it, but she doubted Bridget heard it as the woman immediately turned away from her to practically jog through the doors. It was difficult not to feel somewhat slighted, despite herself. Tiff had really thought she was doing okay being friendly and normal.
She followed at a (only slightly) more sedate pace through the doors, only to immediately stop dead as soon as her and two others made it through. It was massive. Indescribably massive, and beautiful, shining like gemstones and yet radiating power and wealth beyond her wildest dreams. It was staggering. She'd never seen anything like it, the beams arching high over her head to vanish into shadow-
...Oh! Yep! That was definitely a dragon at the end of the hallway that Bridget was marching towards. Wow that was a dragon. No wonder the throne room was so massive, if the King was that big. His voice rumbled through her chest, deep and loud enough to rattle her bones, and his words struck her with a horrifying conclusion: Was she supposed to bring a Tribute???
This was why she didn't trust word of mouth! People left out important things! If there had been some kind of rulebook for petitioning the King, it probably would have mentioned the fact that she needed a tribute, as Bridget clearly knew what she was doing and probably had an absolutely incredible tribute planned. Shoot. She was absolutely going to get slowly eaten and/or laughed out of the throne room. Possibly laughed at and then eaten, which would frankly be the worst possible option.
Watching the other people who had come in as well, Tiff anxiously followed their lead and copier what they did, her eyes lingering on the King and his lazily twitching tail. Hopefully, she could just follow Bridget's example and perhaps not get eaten in an incredibly agonizing manner.
Or maybe she was being too cavalier about it, if the expressions flitting across Bridget's face were any indication. Was it the eyesight joke? Did she not appreciate her king being compared to an iguana?? Her own smile faded somewhat at Bridget's obvious concern, and she shifted uneasily, tugging at one of her gloves. Normally she'd be chewing on her fingernails by now, even though they'd already been gnawed down to the quick. For obvious reasons, that was not something she could be seen doing right now. "Uh- alone? Why not? There can't be anything worse than being eaten, right??" Was there something worse than being eaten? If he shrunk, was he going to slow roast her first? Or maybe that meant he was planning on taking his time, eating her alive bit by bit, piece by piece-
Suddenly she was a lot more terrified of the King! That was probably why everyone was scared of him, if he shrank to eat people slowly!
Her slowly encroaching panic was interrupted by the assistant's tired announcement, and Tiff's head turned towards the door as it swung opened. "Oh! He must be ready for-" Her voice was high with just a smidgen of fear in it, but she doubted Bridget heard it as the woman immediately turned away from her to practically jog through the doors. It was difficult not to feel somewhat slighted, despite herself. Tiff had really thought she was doing okay being friendly and normal.
She followed at a (only slightly) more sedate pace through the doors, only to immediately stop dead as soon as her and two others made it through. It was massive. Indescribably massive, and beautiful, shining like gemstones and yet radiating power and wealth beyond her wildest dreams. It was staggering. She'd never seen anything like it, the beams arching high over her head to vanish into shadow-
...Oh! Yep! That was definitely a dragon at the end of the hallway that Bridget was marching towards. Wow that was a dragon. No wonder the throne room was so massive, if the King was that big. His voice rumbled through her chest, deep and loud enough to rattle her bones, and his words struck her with a horrifying conclusion: Was she supposed to bring a Tribute???
This was why she didn't trust word of mouth! People left out important things! If there had been some kind of rulebook for petitioning the King, it probably would have mentioned the fact that she needed a tribute, as Bridget clearly knew what she was doing and probably had an absolutely incredible tribute planned. Shoot. She was absolutely going to get slowly eaten and/or laughed out of the throne room. Possibly laughed at and then eaten, which would frankly be the worst possible option.
Watching the other people who had come in as well, Tiff anxiously followed their lead and copier what they did, her eyes lingering on the King and his lazily twitching tail. Hopefully, she could just follow Bridget's example and perhaps not get eaten in an incredibly agonizing manner.
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