PEACE WEEKEND

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[It's your first week here, and you've been offered a fantastic prize for killing someone: an all-expense paid vacation! It's a pretty standard prize as far as reality game shows go.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), this isn't exactly a game show.

It seems that no one has died this weekend, and the deadline for the prize is now expired. There's no announcement from the Overseers to that effect; in fact, none of you have seen either of them since Tuesday. Maybe they'll make a reappearance soon, but for now, it seems that you've got a moment of peace.

Hopefully nothing happens to it.]

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[quadjumps]

So...you feel like you owe her for saving your life.

[ that....well, yuri can't say he'd feel the same, but it makes more sense now that he's heard his story. ]

[batfortheprincess]

Yes. It's why I have sworn my loyalty to her and the royal family. I... wish to be someone she can rely on.

[If his profile weren't any more obvious about how he felt towards her, it. Probably is now.]

[quadjumps]

You like her, don't you?

[ CALLING HIM OUT ]

[batfortheprincess]

[yells internally?!]

I-I... respect and admire her greatly. And regardless, it would be inappropriate for me to think of her in such a manner, considering our positions.

[quadjumps]

But it doesn't change the fact that you like her.

[ DRAGGING SLAINE SO HARD ]

[batfortheprincess]

[Opens mouth. Closes it.

He... he can't lie about this. Because the alternative is saying he doesn't like Princess Asseylum and that's just not on the table?? But at the same time it feels improper to just... say it like that because what he feels is sort of more than that and he's also honestly not sure if just saying he 'likes' her suffices. But he knows when he's fighting a losing battle and as such, oh so quietly:]

Yes. I do.

[you win this round yuri]

[quadjumps]

[ AHA. there we go! yuri's smirking now, pleased that the cat's gotten out of the bag. ]

So what? You're not gonna tell her?

[ i mean. the whole master-servant thing means nothing to him, apparently. that idea's so outdated!! and while he's not into all this lovey-dovey stuff, he's kind of having fun teasing slaine about this.... ]

[batfortheprincess]

[cries harder on the inside]

N-no, of course not! Her Highness has much more to concern herself with than my feelings. Besides, she...

[There's the flicker of... something in his eyes when he trails off.]

[quadjumps]

[ he catches that, and his eyes narrow. slaine...what are you thinking? ]

She's what?

[batfortheprincess]

[He looks pretty hesitant to say anything but he manages to speak up quietly.]

...She's been captured. They're... they're probably going to use her to negotiate politically.

[so he kind of couldn't confess even if he wanted to...]