Basically just Regicide but from another POV.
Character POV: Soleil
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My head has been pounding all day. It's really bothering me. I know I've been snapping at the servants and consorts, but I can't help it. I want to cut open my own skull, bash it against a wall until it cracks open. I've also been hearing mutterings and whispers, but nobody else seems to hear-they're loud but quiet, with an extremely deep voice speaking in a language I do not understand, yet sounds so familiar to me. I hate this. I just want to go back to bed and maybe sleep forever, but I have responsibilities that I need to take care of.
My brother, Taiyou, approached me earlier while I was watering some of the window plants and asked me if I was feeling alright. When I turned to him and told him I was feeling fine (I'm far from it, but I didn't want him to worry-he gets anxious very easily) and all of a sudden he turned white as a sheet, stuttered something and then walked-almost ran-away. A bit of a confusing experience, but I'm sure everything will be okay by tomorrow. If this damned headache isn't gone by then, I'll see a doctor.
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My mother has been murdered.
Apparently, it was a burglar. Apparently, I also stumbled upon her corpse and blacked out. Apparently, Taiyou found us both and then called for help.
Apparently. I don't remember a thing. My brother has been acting bizzarely cold to me for the past 14 years, as though I was the one who did it-I would never do such a thing! I have no reason to! He attempted to tell me so, but for obvious reasons I didn't believe him, and told him so.
He's been acting a bit stranger than usual as of late, though. He's been jumping at shadows and keeps looking around rapidly as though someone is there-once he even turned around and shouted at nothing while we were talking. Hopefully he's alright-he's gone on an expedition with the guard, so I wouldn't know of his current state.
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