The Midnight Prince

[GamesMaster]

"I used to be an adventurer, of sorts. It's a real shame neither of my girls inherited my legacy. It was enriching, getting out and meeting people, saving lives, pushing myself to get better at my craft..."

[Rokag]

Rokag blinked. "Wait...you were an adventurer?! So you went out and fought monsters and found treasures?" There was a large amount of interest in Rokag's voice. So much that when she speaks again, it's absence is noticable. "I...sorry. I was just...not expecting that."

[GamesMaster]

"Oh yes. I was hired as a shrine maiden to guard the Prismatic Shrine in Haverton. It's a pantheistic shrine, and they get a lot of graffiti in the dark god parts, plus some nefarious folks trying to use it for practicing summons magic, so I had a lot of mysteries to solve and I got paid a good amount. Plus what I could get on my own, running little quests for people here and there."

[Rokag]

"So...wait, so you didn't always live on this island, or one of the other dancing islands?" Rokag looked a little shocked. "Huh...guess it's not as impossible as people kept saying."

[GamesMaster]

"I ran away from home  as a teenager. I wanted to see the world. The shore was about as far as I got. Eventually I came back when I wanted to get married -- Shisou's father was a commoner, and I wanted to give him a better life than he would have had on the shore as a fisherman. Seiya's the spitting image of him."

[Rokag]

"Huh...I kinda figured Tsuki was the closest to anyone I knew from there." Rokag laughed a little. "Probably was a lot different than you thought, tho."

[GamesMaster]

"The shore? Absolutely. At first I was totally lost among their ways. But I adapted." She sighs, sipping her tea. "Forgive me, I am growing old and lost in memory."

[Rokag]

"If it helps, a lot of the shore thinks a lot of things about the lake. Mostly about magical food that doesn't ever spoil and being able to find people who can see the future."

[GamesMaster]

"Food spoilage is greatly reduced with proper preservation, but it is not impossible. And the future cannot be fully known, but it can be glimpsed -- as it will be when we divine your child's race. After the wedding."

[Rokag]

Rokag took a long breath. "Oh...that's..." Fucking terrifying "Good to know. I would have thought that was going to happen before and I was trying to figure out if I could find one of those people so I knew before it happened."

[GamesMaster]

Kuronue hesitates. "You could fetch a higher bride-price if we do it before... or you could show my husband how little you're worth. I assumed you would prefer after, when the marriage is sealed and your vanishing would be a shame to the family."

[Rokag]

I'd like to see the fucking Eel try! She took a moment to breath, a small bit of fog flowing from her mouth. "Okay...that is a point. At least if it's after, he'll have to do something other than just making me disappear."

[GamesMaster]

"Good. I am thinking a week from tomorrow for the wedding date. That's as soon as I can reasonably expect Seiya to attend to be your second bridesmaid. Agreed? Or is there family somewhere you need to invite?"

[Rokag]

Rokag had a sudden look of shock and...pain? It was odd since she seemed to either have indifference or, at least in this conversation, curiosity and exitement. "N-no...no there isn't anyone." She looks down at her tea I can't...I can't think about that now. I have to live and the best way was out here, right? It...she probably is...

[GamesMaster]

"I'm sorry," she says quietly. "But that makes things easier. We'll go ahead with the wedding a week from tomorrow. And... I'll do what I can to keep Indou distracted until then."