Viva la Vida

Maid for Revolution

As the days went on, Arulet often found herself in the castle library. She had been reading to distract herself as of late, and occasionally been reading up on family names of revolutionaries she knew. Her thoughts had yet to leave the small organization at the tavern, and she had made plans to sneak out once again that night. She had found the history of her kingdom interesting, and to think she played such an important part of it was baffling to her. She knew that no matter the outcome, the battle here would be written down somewhere and used in the future for history books.

"Andeyo, darling, bring me some tea, would you?" she called to one of the maids. Andeyo was a loyal, beautiful girl, olive eyed with ebony hair to go with her golden skin. The maid, who had been reading herself, nodded and stood, returning soon after with tea, enough for both of them. Arulet took a cup and poured some for herself, as well as a cup for the cat-like maid, who took the drink graciously. Andeyo was the only member of castle staff aware of Arulet's compromising position, as well as the only member of staff aware of Ralton's true personality. The queen had many a time considered informing the maid of the revolution, but decided to avoid the subject, believing the maid wouldn't want anything to do with such a topic.

That is until she walked into the meeting only to see said maid sitting at the table among the others. They locked eyes, and for a moment, no one said anything. It was the olive eyed girl herself who broke the silence.

"Greetings your majesty. I was not expecting you here tonight," she said with her usual calm smile.

After a moment of confusion, the queen sighed and relaxed, telling herself that she honestly should have expected this and that the maid being apart of this revolution actually benefited her. "Hello Andeyo. Needless to say I wasn't expecting to see you here either. A pleasure to know I'll be having a friend in the castle." This small continued on for a few more minutes as everyone got themselves situated before Zuzlin took to discussing plans. Apparently they were simply waiting for the next large event, planning to take out a couple officials amidst the chaos of a party. Andeyo spoke at this time.

"I overheard from some of the council members the other day that they are planning a festival soon, within two weeks if my memory serves me well. I believe that would be a lovely time to rid Alurn of corrupt judges and other such members of authority," she stated, keeping the same calm look about her, as always. This shifted the discussion, bringing Arulet to state that she will begin attending council meetings more often so as to retrieve information on the upcoming event.

The meeting soon came to an end, and with her extra time, as she needn't return to her room in the castle for another 2 hours, Arulet wanted to explore the town a bit so as to see what had changed over time. As she explored the streets of what she used to call home, she found herself completely unaware of the 4 sets of eyes watching her from the shadows.

Unaware, that is, until she found herself snatched into said shadows.