video; un: altea

[juniberries]

[She's been thinking about a past conversation she's had before coming here, about promises made before waking up from stasis, and...well...

The video feed shows her sitting in her bedroom, wearing all black with the Royal Guard insignia pinned to her chest, and while ordinarily she'd make herself look prim and proper for a video conference it's kind of hard to do so living in a hovel and not in a Castle-ship. Still, she's trying.]

Upon first waking and learning of the Storm, I had been told that my friends are being held in quarantine, and that continues to remain true for now even as we make do on Olympia. I cannot be the only person here who has animal companions and wishes to reunite with them in the near future.

If anyone here has been reunited with their animal friends, my ears are open as to how you got them back. I... [she hesitates, and then rephrases whatever it is she was going to say.] There are not many living things from my homeworld left, even in the universe where I am from. The space mice had been a great comfort, especially in unfamiliar territory such as this.

[She begins to undo her hair from its updo and...it's a lot of hair for a bun that was so neat and orderly.]

I also wish to inform those I know that I am currently assisting the Royal Guard in the Noble District. It is strange interacting with the nobility here when your own title holds no weight.

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[juniberries]

[In all fairness, she's just gotten off her shift. But the outfit she chose is no different from her usual standard affair so to her, it's not uncomfortable to sit around in.]

No different from nobility I have met on other worlds, honestly. I've mostly spent my time around The Sanctuary, so it is nice to see the ways the rich and poor converge and to know the clinic is welcoming to all.

[and it seems like she'll leave it at that, but...]

I've noticed some can be...let's say, abrasive. [brats. she wants to say brats.] But they respect those of us in the guard.

[personalwar]

The Sanctuary, huh? Their methods seem pretty primitive compared to what I'm used to.

[ Still, maybe it'll be for the best if someone can start teaching Lysa and her "daughters" about the miracles of modern medicine.

Abrasive isn't the description that he would have expected. Snooty, entitled, those are more what comes to mind. It's good to hear that his uniform might earn him more information, though. Might make the whole thing worth it. ]

How many worlds have you been to?

[juniberries]

Compared to what we had on the Castle-ship, the facilities are rather primitive, but again it is good to know that they provide for all citizens of this town instead of a select few. I'm unsurprised things here are not as advanced.

[Mind you not everywhere has Altean alchemists at their beck and call, so...]

And I cannot say an exact number. Space travel was incredibly common where I came from, and my father and I did travel quite a bit during my diplomacy training.

[personalwar]

[ She makes a good point. There's still classes here, there's still a divide between rich and poor, but if everyone is at least offered something like basic medical treatment, that's a step in the right direction.

Diplomacy training. Sounds like his first guess about her had been right, then. ]

So you're some kind of space royalty? How does that work?

[ How do you have reign over a whole galaxy? ]

[juniberries]

My father, King Alfor, was the ruler of my homeplanet, Altea. He would often meet with fellow rulers and leaders of other planets to help maintain peace and security throughout the galaxy.

[it still feels wrong to talk about all this in the past tense.

and no. you can't or shouldn't have reign over a whole galaxy. that's what they're trying to stop.]

Even though my planet has been gone for quite some time, there were many in my universe who still respected my title as Princess of Altea.

[personalwar]

[ 76 makes note of the past tense. Not just in regards to her father, but even in regards to her planet. All of them are homeless now, true, but this sounds like something that happened before the Storm came along. ]

What happened to your planet?

[ Okay, it's probably rude to ask and they're way off-topic, but given that they're now all victims of a world-destroying Storm, he wants to learn more. ]