A royal visit [closed]

[Izzyshipper]

"We would however need to ask your royal highness and your royal prince, gentlemen and ladies if you wished to continue in the dinning hall as we would assume that your royal highness would be quite hungry after the journey?"

The King asked, and Sophia had to admit that the cheese she had consumed in the journey to the Palace was quite long ago, and her stomach was making it's empty state quite well known to her. "His Majesty does once again honour us with his hospitality, and we are indeed in most dire need of nourishment."

[Imeriata]

"His Majesty does once again honour us with his hospitality, and we are indeed in most dire need of nourishment." the queen said and the high king smiled as it would seem as if his guess was correct and he himself know how painfully far away the royal aeroharbour was from the city itself, but the idea of having those contraptions flying over Imerbürg and endangering his subjects with the risk of them crashing was a idea that he liked even less.

"We do thank your royal highness for your royal highness kind words but that is only our duty as your host!" the king said "We did however foresee that this would be the case so we have prepared a meal for your royal highness and your royal prince to join us in if your royal highness would be so kind to follow us!" he continued as he turned for the royal visitors and his wife to follow him to the smaller dinner hall that were located only a few corridors away with the excellent view over the lake that lay at the southern end of the royal garden.

The room itself were as most other they had entered decorated on the walls were paintings depicted two great views over some far of landscape that had been placed there during the countless years it had taken to build the palace itself, but it was not that which caught the kings attention as the sight were just as familiar to him as the view that sadly was hidden by the night.

What really caught his eyes were the large table filled with delicacies both from the many cultures that made up the federation and Izzyshipper herself.

[Izzyshipper]

it took all of Queen Sophia's self control not to run over to the table, where the combined smells of the myriad of dishes available causing her stomach to rumble in anticipation, which caused her to wince. She was surprised at the variety of dishes on offer, and if the Queen was not mistaken she was sure that the Izzyerian dishes of pastas and breads all served in rich sauces were a theme in this meal, as well as unfamiliar dishes she assumed to be Imerian in origin. Although the Queen was quite anxious to begin the meal, she was unsure of the Imerian tradition or etiquette when dining with the King.

Waiting for the King to sit down before she did, the Queen then moved to pick up an goblet of wine, and raised it slightly, "To His Majesty the High King!2 she toasted.

[Imeriata]

"To His Majesty the High King!" his guest toasted which made the king stop for a moment as joining her in a toast to himself would seem rather egocentric while being quiet would simply be rude.
"And to you your royal highness as well!" He said and raised his own glass as he decided to sit down after his wife had done so as he were not sure how much of Imerian table manners that the queen knew and decided to spare her any embarrassment that might come to her if both of them simply standing and looking at one another.

"while our son was su-" he began rather apologising as Primus and his daughter in law was both supposed to wait for them there even if they were nowhere to be seen but he were interrupted as the young couple hurried in through the door even if the high king had to admit that it was something wrong with his son that looked paler than he usually did.

"I am sorry my royal highness and your royal highness for our delay but we had... some matters to discuss!" the prince stuttered as he gave his wife's stomach a worried look as he pulled out a chair for her and sat down beside her.

"Well it would look like that everyone have finally arrived!" the king said as the prince turned his eyes away from his wife and looked shamefully down on the table
"So it would be rude of me to ask anyone to wait so feel free to take part of our meal!" he said as two servants took place behind them so that they could bring the various meals to the smaller group around the table.

[Izzyshipper]

The Queen nodded, looking most curiously towards the Crown Prince and Princess, and smiled almost deviously as she suspected the young girl had finally informed her husband of her closely guarded secret.

Taking an small bowl of pasta and bread she enthusiastically began to tuck in, trying to hide her ravenous delight in the food so as not to appear unseemly. "I must say Your Majesty, this fare does indeed boast well of your Majesty's staff's hospitality and skill." She complimented, before turning to the Crown Princess, "Tell me Princess Aula, how is your meal? I do believe that under your present condition that certain meals bears no attraction to you?"

[Imeriata]

"Tell me Princess Aula, how is your meal? I do believe that under your present condition that certain meals bears no attraction to you?" Sophia said which made Aula look up from the plate of kroppkakor that she had decided to cut in on.
"It is fine your royal highness!" she said more coldly than she had intended as she was still a bit annoyed that she had tipped of her husband so she had been forced to admit that was wrong with her like that as she had planned... well she was not sure what she had planned but anything would be better than pressed against a corner like that, granted she had been under a bit of stress over the whole thing as she was terrified how her husband and his people would react as they were so obsessed with acting all prime and proper and pregnancy was not something she were all that sure how they treated.

After all she was still a outsider in the place as she struggled with her Imerian and when she resorted to use English were she often met with annoyed glares from the person she spoke to, she did of course not felt all that better when conversations abruptly ended when she came closer or when she could hear someone say "damned black" or some similar words that were used to describe her people which was something she heard far too often.

With her husband being the only source of happiness in her life as he had so had it been even worse as she had feared how he would react, something that now that her secret had come out had not been what she had expected as he had simply hugged her and then been speechless which made the whole situation even worse.
"but yes your royal highness is correct!" she quickly added in a more cheerful manner as she didn't want to appear rude as she was sure that her parents in law would most likely be less than pleased which the expressions on the faces of the high king and queen and her husbands told her was the case and the last thing she wanted now was more reasons for the nobility to speak behind her back.

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OOC: sadly so must I admit that I am not really sure how properly to play as someone pregnant as I have no personal experience to draw form since I, surprisingly enough, never have been pregnant myself.

[Izzyshipper]

“Excellent, your Royal Princess, I know when I was in your Condition I detested many things that previously I enjoyed,” The Queen said smiling, she was enjoying herself immensely. It was not usual that she managed to make such fun and teasing out of her position, and now that an opportunity presented itself she was bloody going to do it as much as possible.

Turning to the King she enquired, “How is your Majesty’s own affairs? I do hope that your own Kingdoms is not presenting Your Majesty with too much troubles.”

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OOC: So you say *suspicious glare*

[Imeriata]

The princess gave the queen a rather annoyed look over the comment as she was not that happy about being patronised like that, after all in her "condition" so were she worth some care and not some damned mockery.
“How is your Majesty’s own affairs? I do hope that your own Kingdoms is not presenting Your Majesty with too much troubles.” the queen said which made the king chuckle a bit

"well not all that troublesome your royal highness, the Taranakans are fighting themselves and our own pure blooded Imerian colonists about staying in the federation or withdrawing, Christians and followers of the holy chronicles are not all that happy about each other, The catholic church are demanding to have their own army, the negriods in Africa are causing trouble over their tribal conflicts, Barbaric foreigners tries their best to vanquish the very light of righteous civilization that our glorious federation is, our colonies do have one trouble or another, anti slave groups and constitutional movements do protest in the streets and do more than often get into engagements with our more proper subjects, the inferior species seems to have the idea that they should be left without our benevolent and needed care, The royal merchant guild are complaining about the alarming amounts of territories that are conducting piracy against slave transports, Liberal and conservative members of court are scheming against each other and the Erathians and Vedians are constantly at each others throats over the rather troublesome history between the two people," he counted before he took another sip of wine
"Why you are even tolerating that those mountain monkeys your royal highness I will never understand!" the queen cut in as she as a Erathian were not all that happy over her peoples traditional enemies.

"Well käraste we must point out that they have been members of the federation longer than Ertahia have been!" the king said with a smile to which his wife simply snorted and returned her attention to the dish before her as the high king turned towards his guests.
"So as your royal highness can surely understand so are the absolute royal federation in the situation it has always been and in the situation our son's Grandchildren will hopefully inherit it in!" he said which caused Primus to chuckle.

"Hopefully not your royal highness, after all with the expansions made during your blessed reign so do I hope that my grand children will rule all corners of the world!" the young prince said cheerfully to which the king smiled
"Hopefully!" he said before he turned back towards his guest "We must however inquire how your royal highness own domains fare in these troubling times?" he asked.

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OOC: one of the countless advantages of using protection.... or not having a life... or being considered a arrogant jerk by most people, I mean can you imagine, me, the greatest thing to ever happen to this planet, being considered arrogant?

[Izzyshipper]

"Hopefully not your royal highness, after all with the expansions made during your blessed reign so do I hope that my grand children will rule all corners of the world!"

Prince Primus said, causing the Queen to raise an eyebrow as she took a sip of wine. "Well your Royal Prince, I do hope such grand ambitions do not include my own humble dominions" she said, a small smile upon her lips, although the look in her eyes were of an more dangerous quality, "I dare say my own inheritors would not be so happy for such an occasion, no?"#

The Queen took another bite at her pasta, forcefully stabbing the pasta shell with the prongs of her fork, as if stabbing the hearts of invaders to her Throne.

We must however inquire how your royal highness own domains fare in these troubling times?" The Imerian King asked, causing the Queen to smile.

"Well your Majesty, we ourselves do not have such an Empire to administer to, but as always we have much to do. Our possession of the Strath Islands are currently compromised with the uprising of nationalistic feelings, so we have had to ban the Strath Assembly petitioning to me for Independence. The colony of Sophiana is currently undergoing progress well, despite some problems with establishing telecommunications. Of course we must always deal with our Parliament, it was called only a few weeks ago and I must admit I did not find the experience a pleasant one."

[Imeriata]

"Well your Royal Prince, I do hope such grand ambitions do not include my own humble dominions" Sophia said which made Primus pale a bit as he realised how what he said could be taken by a foreign ruler
"Ohh dear heavens no, your royal highness!" Primus added quickly, after all they would not be her dominions by then even if he would prefer that the more civilized states would simply see reason and join the federation voluntary when the time came.

"Well your Majesty, we ourselves do not have such an Empire to administer to, but as always we have much to do. Our possession of the Strath Islands are currently compromised with the uprising of nationalistic feelings, so we have had to ban the Strath Assembly petitioning to me for Independence. The colony of Sophiana is currently undergoing progress well, despite some problems with establishing telecommunications. Of course we must always deal with our Parliament, it was called only a few weeks ago and I must admit I did not find the experience a pleasant one." Sophia said to the high king as answer to his question andhe could not feel that there were something familiar about all of it.
"Yes our own exploits in Gustavsland seems to be rather slow moving as well, especially in the eastern parts of the realm were we have not established a proper rule!" he confessed, granted establishing "a proper rule" were something of a understatement as they had not even gotten around to explore the eastern lands due to angry natives and more interest being directed towards the lush jungles and silver rich mountains in the north "Although from what I have heard so were our own vassals quite pleased about your royal highness own vassals in the region as they were quite likeable from what news have been given to our royal court!" the high king added as it would seem as if his guests men did something right in that case.

[Izzyshipper]

"Indeed," The Queen said, placing her plate to the side, and pulled a few grapes towards her, "The Lord Protector has certain . . . attributes that would mean he would fit in well with the Imerian Court." Sophia said, popping a grape in her mouth, silently musing to herself that like the Imerians the Lord Protector had an automatic superiority complex that placed him above all others, one of the reasons Sophia has been keen to get rid of them.

"However our own progress with negotiations with natives have gone rather poorly, The Lord Protector reported that my offer of absorbing their tribes into my Kingdoms protection have gone down rather poorly. They seem to be rather reluctant to allow a woman to rule them, I am considering making a visit there myself to see if I can help assist in the development of the nearby land, and negotiate a treaty with the natives."

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OOC: one of the countless advantages of using protection.... or not having a life... or being considered a arrogant jerk by most people, I mean can you imagine, me, the greatest thing to ever happen to this planet, being considered arrogant?

OOC

I notice a lack of a uterus is not among those reasons

[Imeriata]

"Yes we do share those trouble with the natives ourselves in those far away lands as your royal highness faces!" the high king said as he remembered the tales of large warbands raiding small federal outposts, expeditions inland disappearing without a trace and even military conflicts with the niggers that were forced back by the superiority of the federal royal guardsmen's weapons and training.

"Not to mention that, that knight lieutenant led both him and his men into silverheim!" Primus pointed out which made his father give him a more than annoyed look as the incident of the coalition of tribe's victory over a lone hussar regiment had made more than a couple of eyebrows been risen in surprise and the complains had been many as commoners and noblemen alike had argued for both negotiations and a full scale offensive as a reply even if the king himself were more than happy with the low cost of the slow advance they made with settlers, missionaries and patrolling cavalry, as it gave the negroids a chance to slowly accept what they could not resist without too much bloodshed and uprisings in the future as they hopefully would bow before the Imerian high culture and accept the advantages it would bring them.

"if my royal highness would listen to me so did he show that those savages with dreams of independence cannot be allowed to continue their deliberate insults to their high king and betters, Just move in and crush them quickly would be better than a longer conflict and to be left with their barbaric ways I say!" he said and took a sip from his wine goblet as the whole matter were nothing more serious than if the rose bushes in the royal park died without explanation, which it then again was as Primus were more than assured that the royal guardsmen both Vedian and their allies of the Uwoto tribes that now ruled over the western land could take out a couple of annoyed negroids with spears to which the king only shook his head as they had been over the conversation a couple of times and he were more than satisfied with the small revenge attack they had launched after that defeat and the minor attacks they continued to launch when their forces were attacked even if their push inland had once again slowed down and had not moved quicker than how civilization spread eastwards.

"We must ask your royal highness!" the king asked as he pushed his son's requests for a more aggressive stance against that rebellion out of his mind "are your royal highness not afraid that a request for negotiations would be seen as a sign of weakness on your royal highness part by the natives?"

OOC
I notice a lack of a uterus is not among those reasons

OOC: well if you take my ability (or lack of it)* to talk to the ladies so is that the least of my concern when it comes to my lack of success in becoming a mother.
* Shockingly isn't it?