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AND WE WILL NEVER BE ROYALS

[Wednesday evening, as the posters promised, it is time for a group dinner!

Corrin and Asgore appear to have gone all out on this. There's not many materials to decorate the dining hall, but someone has found the candles in the storage closet and set them out on the long tables to try and replace the flickering fluorescent lights with something a little more peaceful. The spread is simple, but fairly varied; there's a few different kinds of soup and sandwiches, and even what appears to be a few simple homemade pies.

For now, the mood is warm and mellow. The hosts and helpers are milling around, making sure that everyone is comfortable and well-fed, but this is just a dinner party for now. Games and entertainment can come later, after everyone has utterly lost their minds from boredom!]

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[Sakura knows how to deal with kids, at least. She folds her hands and looks down at her.]

You aren't used to this?

[Arietta's focused on the table. She shakes her head.]

I- I wasn't made to go to many...dinner parties...

Ah. For your job, I suppose.

[She nods timidly.]

Nowadays, um- I mostly fight, and that's not...fancy.

That's quite alright. It's good to get accustomed to a variety of things. You never know when you'll need to attend such a function.

...I don't think I like them. They're...restrained.

Much of life is. This is a tame one, as they go. Thirty people, a dingy hospital, and no attempts to make it look anything but what it is.

Life is restrained...?

Don't worry about it. It's simply that one can't always do what one wants.

...Oh. Then, I agree. But I hate it.

Don't we all, really. Even the head of a large company like myself has some things in her way.

A large company? [She wrinkles her nose.] Isn't it boring?

I wouldn't say so. There's always something new to deal with.

What kind of company is it?

An environmental science group. We're devoted to carrying out the will of the planet -- that is, saving it from its current decline.

Ohhh... My group's trying to save the planet too.

Ah, is that so? Are you a scientist or activist, something along those lines?

Um... It's a military group for the church...but I think we could be called activists.

[YOU'RE THE MINI-BOSS SQUAD ARIETTA.....]

So it's tied to religion. I'm finding that's the case for a few. Augustra's title as "Saint," for example.

Yes...but we're a little more independent.

Such responsibility. Almost like me at your age, aside from some obvious differences.

[Oh no.... She's been praised.....]

Um... Thank you.

It's no problem at all. You seem to have a lot on your plate.

No, there isn't all that much.

[...Glances down at the food. ...Looks back up.

Blushes intensely oh no that's not what she meant arietta wants to hide]

Simply a colloquialism. There's no shame in not having heard it.

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