week 7

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[For the first time in several weeks there is no new memorial in the garden. No new body in the morgue, no bloody mess for the roombas to clean. Choromatsu is still in need of time to heal and constant vigilance but he's alive. They're all alive for once on a Sunday and, even with the terrible realizations their returning memories may bring, there's a sense of hope for the first time in a long time.

There is no new floor this week.

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 6, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[scourgingstars]

The Crownsguard are effectively the Lucian army, more or less. Among them, the ones kept nearest to the king are his glaives, ever at hand to guard and and fight with him.

[And sometimes, it came down to no more than three. He heard his own voice distantly, must be a fine feeling, having friends--felt a brief echo of something spiteful and envious.]

Among them the Shield of the King is a personal guard, as the name implies. It's a position that has existed since the founding of Lucis itself.

[serrata]

[ There's a pause -- and then she smiles, understanding gleaming in her eyes. ]

And that's what Church is for you. Your Shield.

[ A statement, not a question ]

When we were talking on Monday, just after I gave out all the bookmarks, he called himself your "Shield of the King".

[ it sounded gayer when church said it, she promises. ]

[scourgingstars]

[Ardyn laughed softly, running a hand through his hair.]

I was joking, the first time I called him that. But you're aware how foolish he can be--he simply took that and ran with it farther than I could stop him.

[Gladiolus petals. Of all things she could have chosen-]

...I suppose we both take it too seriously, now.

[serrata]

[ She shakes her head. 'Foolish' is the last thing she'd call it. ]

No, even if it was a joke, I don't think there's such a thing as taking it too seriously in a hellhole like this.

Everyone needs someone. I'm glad you've got someone like Church.

[scourgingstars]

[He just shrugged, smiling faintly and fidgeting idly with the ring on his right hand.]

...I have all of you, not only him. We're together in all of this, a true Crownsguard and Kingsglaive even for one who long since ceased to be king.