hotel: rupert

[shaft]

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[shaft]

[ THE USUAL... ]

But you didn't. And you managed to break the curse anyway?

[agleam]

[he nods]

Yeah! It turns out the answer was not fighting at all. It meant one kingdom as in, like, unity, not as in conquest.

[shaft]

[ that's so cute ]

So all that fighting... for no reason. [ not so cute ] And your fathers are still gone?

[agleam]

I mean, I sure hope so. They were the worst.

[rupert]

[shaft]

[ HELP ]

I'm sorry, that must've been difficult for you growing up.

[agleam]

Hm? Oh... No, I've only met him the one time. He was, uh, stuck there being a tree while I was a kid.

[PLEASE save claude]

[shaft]

He became a tree after you were born right?

[ sorry the question just comes out ]

[agleam]

Uh, I don't know the exact timeline, but I definitely don't have any memories of him from when I was a kid, so it had to be at some point before I was a couple of years old. Probably after I was born, though, yeah.

[shaft]

[ how was... Rupert conceived... ]

So you must not miss him much.

[agleam]

[stop he said after he was born]

Yeah, somehow the whole attempted forced death match thing at our first meeting didn't really make me very fond of him. Imagine that.

[shaft]

[ that gets him to laugh ]

Yeah, fathers can be pretty terrible. So you're ruling your kingdoms together now?

[agleam]

Yeah.

[...]

Well, no. Uh, more stuff happened since then, but - that's the plan, once we get everything figured out.

[shaft]

So who's ruling the kingdom's now...?

[agleam]

[another awkward pause.]

Well, the thing about that is that there's, uh, no kingdom to rule anymore. Long story.

[shaft]

[ stares at rupert like

girl help ]

[agleam]

...Long story.

[he repeats, as though that clears anything up at all]

[shaft]

[ he grabs Rupert's shoulder ]

We need to sit down for drinks sometime.

[agleam]

[nods slowly]

Sure, yeah. Any time.