Lunar Boot Camp

[Ebiris]

"Truthfully? I'm not really sure," Rei admits, "We only teleported in and out the one time, and there's no guarantee that Queen Serenity will even be in the throneroom when we get there, since she seemed rather fatigued when we left, and may have went for a rest."

Briefly, Rei considers trying to simply trust her luck and hunt down the throneroom, since most palaces tend to follow a fairly similar layout with regard to important rooms, but decides it isn't worth the hassle. Instead, she looks around for a nearby servant she can have guide them.

[Brian]

Nodding quietly, Makoto falls in line behind Rei. "We'll have to find someone and ask them," she agrees.

The palaces on Metis, Callisto, and IO had all been quite different, though the palace they were in was most similar to the estate on IO.

[Corwin]

"Calm down! Please calm down!" a silver-haired teenager in a flowing white gown repeats unsuccessfully. "Honestly," she mutters, walking towards the gates. "It's not like they're cannibals!"

Noticing the trio of princesses and Filia, she approaches them, and curtsies. "Hello, are you here to see Mom?" the girl asks.

[Ebiris]

Rei eyes the girl who is no doubt Princess Serenity... the girl she was initially told she would protect on the Moon.

If she were in a better mood, she'd probably try flirting with her, but as things are right now... "Yes, we're here to see the Queen," she says, before tacking on a belated introduction, "I am Princess Rei Aresion, recently arrived from Mars."

[Corwin]

"Oh, I know that!" she replies. "I had to take all those boring classes about unimportant royalt-- right, forget I said that. So, can I help you?"

[Halbarad]

"It's rather urgent that we see the Queen as soon as possible." Ami halts for a moment. "Forgive me, I should have introduced myself first. Princess Ami Hermesia, of the planet Mercury." She gives the silver-haired girl a small curtsy.

[Corwin]

"I knew it!" Serenity exclaims. "You just had to come and see Mom!" Picking Ami, she hugs her close to her chest, and sighs in happiness. "How cute...."

[Halbarad]

Ami silently fumes as the older princess hugs her like a doll. While the thought of the Lunarian submerged in a tub of ice water is a pleasant one, making it a reality at this point would definitely not be the wisest course she could take. Instead, she submits to the embrace stiffly, although she is unable to hide the rising flush of anger on her cheeks.

[Ebiris]

Unimportant royalty?!

With a huge effort of will, Rei keeps from lashing out at the ditz, but makes a mental note to secede from the Silver Millenium when she becomes Queen of Mars. If she lives that long, what with Metallia...

Oh well, she consoles herself, at least if I die, I'm taking you losers with me!

[Brian]

Makoto nods knowingly. "Yes, well, when you are fifth in line to succession, you are unimportant," she agrees. "But, since you know who we are, could you please take us to see the Queen again?"

[Corwin]

"No problem, Princess Makoto!" Serenity chirps, and leads the way, whistling a merry tune and cuddling Ami.

During a fairly short walk -- Serenity seems to know all the passages and shortcuts in the palace -- the four princesses and Filia, who hangs back, arrive at a large, oval-shaped room. The Queen is there, looking completely different from how Makoto and Rei saw her earlier. While her dress is the same, the manner of speech in which she addresses a dozen of officers gathered around her mark her as a leader. Her tone is confident and firm, and she holds herself majestically.

OOC: You basically hear Serenity Sr. alert the fleet, support the police in case of riots breaking out in the capital, and basically reassure her top military aides.

[Ebiris]

Rei smiles tightly, rather impressed with how the Queen is handling her subordinates.

Keeping herself in the background, she waits until the Queen dismisses the officers. It wouldn't do for them to hear what she had to say to their Queen, after all.

[Halbarad]

With a slight effort, Ami manages to wriggle out of the younger Serenity's grasp and turns to face the queen. She waits patiently for a chance to introduce herself as the monarch issues her orders to her advisors.

[Brian]

Seeing that the Queen is busy, Makoto takes advantage of the opportunity to study Serenity, wondering what it's going to be like now that she's been assigned the duty of -- among other things -- protecting this girl. I wonder how old she really is.

[Corwin]

"Mom is cool, isn't she?" Serenity whispers to the other girls, looking at her mother in awe.