~ Chromatober 2024 ~

Day 29: Peace/Fight

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Series: RQ

AU: Rainbow King

Characters: Sabre, Time

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I hate this. I hate it. I hate it. I HATE IT.

"Ughhhhhhhhhhh. Why do I have to suffer with the looming war, Quibli-Almond???" My puppi chirrups and nuzzles my head as I was flopped onto my bed. My mind was racing with the fact that we were correct. We did have a warring country on our borders and we would most likely have to fight.

On one hand, I could attempt to sort things out peacefully. See about a peace treaty between our countries. On the other hand, the prior aggression we've had reported back, was saying otherwise.

Another groan escapes me as I rub my face with both of my hands. Just- Why. Why did I have to face this now?

A knock on my door sounds and Quibli-almond yips at it. I just flop over onto my stomach and turn my head to the side, resting my cheek on the soft olive green sheets. "Come in." Once the words left my mouth, the door creaks open and I see a familiar face enter in.

"Time-?" He chuckles as Quibli-almond takes my motion to lick my face. I shut my eyes and mouth so that his tongue wouldn't be in places I didn't want it to be. "Yes- And I see you have a new pet?" Time's gentle voice greets my ears as Quibli-almond whines a bit, wanting attention. I just groan and then use what energy I had to make it so that I was curled around Quibli-almond on my side.

My fluffy comfort pet curls into my stomach, purring, as I cuddle him close. I open my eyes to watch as Time comes over to sit on my bed next to me. "Well, they are adorable. But I came over because I heard you've been in your room for a couple days now. You alright?" I just let out a sigh as I hold my fluff-ball close.

"If I'm not obviously stressed out from situtations at hand, I hope it's obvious now," I say with a bit of sarcasm and hide my face into Quibli-almond's floof. Time lets out a soft sigh and rests his hand on my head, gently rubbing it.

"I legit have to choose whether or not I should fight or try to make peace- Cause it's either I throw my kingdom into war because of the threat at our borders and sacrifice some of the lives of our people, or I try to make peace with the people at our borders and avoid conflict! However there has been obvious signs of aggression so my choice should be to fight because of it, however I don't wanna do that. I'd rather solve things peacefully. But I know I most likely wont be able to. However I don't want to fight-" I just sigh out and groan, knowing I had been at this for literal days now.

My friend softly sighs and continues to rub my head. "I know. It is a hard choice. Have you tried to send a messenger with a message about peace and the army at the borders?" With a sigh and my pet purring against my chest, I answer my friend.

"No. I haven't. We're worried because our scouts have reported that they've started doing armed patrols from our presence near them. So Yellow Leader and Blue Leader have advised against the messenger for now."

"Well, perhaps you should."

"I... maybe I should go myself."

"What?"

I hadn't thought about it before... But perhaps to avoid the war, I should make my presence known as a king...

And go myself.