Herb Kimura! Modern Day Prince of Nature (CRK AU)

🌹 Clipped Wings of Your Own Desire 🌹

TW: Major Character Death (Mentioned), Minor Violence, Indirect-ish Emotional Manipulation

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🦋 Clipping Your Wings for Your Own Desire 🦋
🛎️ Cookies: Earl Grey Isui and Marble Danish EnGarde 🕰️

May 200X
Hollyberry Kingdom, Cafe LeBlanc
Saturday, 2:03pm in the Afternoon

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Earl Grey: You wanted to see me, Marble Danish?

Marble Danish: Of course! Because I know that you'll always be there for the ones you love!

Earl Grey: Goodness, you always pick this place. Is there a reason for that?

Marble Danish: Oh! I thought Cafe LeBlanc was your favorite place here.

Earl Grey: You're not wrong. But you don't have to always think about me, we can go somewhere else if you like!

Marble Danish: My dear butterfly... I...

Earl Grey: ...

Marble Danish: ...

Earl Grey: Nevermind, I do apologize if I made you feel uncomfortable. If I'm allowed to ask you, what did you want to talk about?

Marble Danish: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot about that! It's about the gift Queen Hollyberry gave you!

Earl Grey: Hmm? What do you have in mind with the gift she gave me?

Marble Danish: Do you know what that gift can do?

Earl Grey: Yes, I do know what this hairclip can do. In terms of helping the wearer with their ideals.

Marble Danish: Good! That means you also know about the more powerful spells it offers the owner too, right?

(...)

(...)

Earl Grey: Yes... I know about THAT as well.

Marble Danish: Earl Grey? Why do you look so sad, my dear butterfly? You know how strong you and your family are despite your appearance that would say otherwise! Physical Strength, clever magic users, capability with using weapons, calculative intelligence, and highly crafted strategies. Even having your family's well-known feat when it comes to being extremely agile!

Earl Grey: sighs Marbs, I am NOT going to use these powers for my own desires. Hollyberry gave this to me for a reason. Knowing the promise I made not just to her, but to everyone I love!

Marble Danish: But, Earl Grey... I saw how much your uncle's passing hurt you. He crumbled for the sake of protecting you.

Marble Danish: Don't you miss him after all of that? You were close to him after all.

*SLAM!!*

Earl Grey: I've already made my statement, Marble Danish! Uncle Tea Knight crumbled in order to protect me. He crumbled for the sake of letting me live and continue what he knew was righteous!

Marble Danish: But with your newfound power, you could bring him back from the-!

Earl Grey: He crumbled for a valiant reason! Sure, Uncle Tea Knight taught me what I need to know about protecting my friends and family just as he did. His crumbling also made me stronger, giving me an even bigger reason to live.

Marble Danish: My dear butterfly... Don't you want your uncle back? I know you do, so you don't have to lie to yourself.

(...)

Earl Grey: If you didn't hear me moments ago, I'll remind you about the statement I made. Uncle Tea Knight taught me everything I need to know, so I can be strong enough to be there for my family and friends. Physically, mentally, and emotionally!

Earl Grey: Yes, I do miss my uncle... But simply thinking about the desire and possibility to bring him back will make all of his efforts be in vain! If I had to choose between the lives of many over one cookie I'm close to, I would go with the former.

Earl Grey: Because being righteous is thinking about everyone around you, both alive and gone. Rather than thinking about yourself because the desire of being with the one you looked up to.

Earl Grey: Unlike you, Marble Danish. Because you chose to save your own dough, and let Lady Sachertorte take the hit of your own mistakes.

Marble Danish: E-Earl Grey... My dear butterfly...! You're wrong!!

Earl Grey: How am I wrong?

Marble Danish: Sachertorte did break my family's vase! S-She must have tried to make herself look bad by telling that lie to-

*SLAP*

Marble Danish: Ow!!

Earl Grey: Oh would you stop lying or flipping the whole conflict around?! You're only thinking about yourself, and throwing other cookies out of the train to save your own!

Marble Danish: Are you...? A-Are you, um... Are you hearing yourself correctly?! That snake must've... Sachertorte Revanche must have... She's just awful!!

Earl Grey: Lady Sachertorte did nothing wrong! She helped you and the rest of House Danish by protecting all the treasures you've had for generations! You blamed her the moment you broke one of them.

Marble Danish: *whimpers* My d-dear butterfly-

Earl Grey: I'm NOT your "dear butterfly", knowing how many cookies you ended up throwing out of the train! It wasn't just Lady Sachertorte, but so many others! You may be the Heir of House Danish, but your actions are anything but righteous let alone noble.

*SLAM*

Earl Grey: shouts You are nothing but a COMPLETE COWARD!!

Marble Danish: My dear butterfly... I'm... I-I'm sorry... I r-r-really am...

Earl Grey: Apologizing won't make up the mistakes you made, for the desire of saving yourself. Lady Sachertorte told me that she once saw you as her very own child, until you used her as your own personal scapegoat.

Earl Grey: She's also great friends with my uncle long before my parents had me. And she knows that I've in fact grown stronger as an individual thanks to him.

*tip-tap, tip-tap*

Earl Grey: Even though I can use the butterfly hairclip for those desires I once had, my true desires is to be there for everyone I love. And to not let Uncle Tea Knight's efforts all be in vain.

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Marble Danish: now all by himself  Y-Your right, Earl Grey... I am nothing but a coward...

Marble Danish: sobs Wh-What have I done... I'm so sorry, Earl Grey... I'm truly sorry, everyone...

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