𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝒪𝒩𝐸𝐿𝐼𝐸𝒮𝒯 || a selection roleplay (closed)

𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔲𝔫𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰

it was dark.

it was cold.

and he was so... so...

it was dark.

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irene's world had been turned upside down. she had exactly one day to mourn. one day to learn how she was going to live her life without her older brother in it. one day to grasp the fact that she was going to become queen.

it wasn't that she didn't want to become queen, she just never expected it. to become queen would mean she would have to lose jaxon. and irene didn't want to lose jaxon.

now she had. he was gone. irene was going to be queen. had it not been for the fact that her brother was dead, the idea of being queen kind of excited her. she always hated just feeling like she was sitting around the palace. she wanted to be involved more. she wanted to make a change. and now she could do that.

so, whether she liked it or not, she was given one day and then she continued with her duties. the country wouldn't last long without a leader. people would go berserk. they were vulnerable. so she began to train and learn quicker than anything she'd done in her entire life. irene had meetings all the time, then lessons in every break.

did you know 7% of irenica's population lived in poverty?

how had jaxon not done anything to fix that? that was much more than their should have been! it could have been worse, but irenica had a huge population, so 7% was much higher than it should have been.

but then facts and facts and processes and papers and laws and all sorts of things were shoved down her throat day after day, night after night.

okay, she understood. she really should have cut jaxon more slack. he was still learning, trying to keep things stable from their father's reign and give everything a smooth transition. she understood why he never slept. there was always so much on his mind, always something new to try to figure out. and now it was her turn.

she was going to be queen!

it wouldn't be an easy role, but once she married dante she would have the help jaxon didn't have. of course their mother helped, but she'd been fading more and more every day. she was practically absent with the loss of jaxon. so irene decided that her mother was useless. she needed a king. she was set to marry dante, so luckily that wouldn't be too far away! and, fortunately, a marriage with a queen was much stronger than with a princess. she shouldn't have to worry much about their ties with italy when dante would be a ruler of irenica.

there was one thing she didn't understand, and that was the selected. why were they still there? irene was more than happy to have the company, but she would have expected them to flee. the palace was dangerous! besides, with jaxon gone there was no more selection. it was over. she considered telling them as much, but figured it would be nice to have them stay for the funeral at least. she didn't push them away. she didn't want to be alone. not right now. so irene let them be while she worked on her own things.

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a week had passed. it was finally time for jaxon's funeral.

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sorry to break y'alls hearts! so this chapter is going to contain multiple events because i realized it would simply work out better that way. as each chain ends, i will post the next chain for the next event. for now, no individual chains with me on this chapter, but i will keep slowly responding to the other chains from the previous chapters and in locations, but obviously this take priority <3. you guys are more than welcome to make your own chains whenever and wherever! if you want anything drastic to happen, just let me know. i just won't be doing any individual chains on this chapter right now.

WHAT TO DO:
   •  join each chain as it pops up. i'll tag! the first chain, the one for the funeral, isn't required if you guys need a break from the torture. the other chains will be required, though!