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Post by Johanna de Chagny on Oct 3, 2008 14:05:02 GMT -5
((Every exotic king needs one!))
*It was hard to say how long it had been since she was seized on the streets of Paris, but Johanna finally found herself herded into a room filled with her fellow captives. She had little idea as to where she was or why she had been taken- the whole thing felt more than a bit surreal.*
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Post by Anastasia on Oct 3, 2008 14:27:27 GMT -5
*Anastasia stumbled in moments after Johanna, still dazed not just by the trip here but by how she'd ended up in this place to begin with.
She sat down heavily on a cushion, numb*
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Post by Johanna de Chagny on Oct 3, 2008 14:30:44 GMT -5
"What's going on?" *Johanna whimpered, not seeming to direct the question at anyone in particular.* "What's going to happen to us?"
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Post by Anastasia on Oct 3, 2008 16:14:11 GMT -5
*Anastasia was staring straight ahead, but she answered, even if it wasn't directed at her*
"I think I know. And I wish, I really wish I didn't." She shuddered.
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Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
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Post by Xerxes on Oct 3, 2008 16:27:02 GMT -5
*A hulking eunuch entered the room full of terrified girls.*
*cough* *rips dialogue from the movie*
"Welcome. Walk forward to a brand-new life. You enter as a peasant, and leave a princess..."
*He went on to explain his position as the head of the king's harem, and that the girls would be subjected to a year's worth of beauty treatments before each in turn would be presented to the king, one being chosen by the king himself to be his queen. The queen of all Persia.*
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Post by Johanna de Chagny on Oct 3, 2008 17:32:38 GMT -5
"And- the rest of us?"
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Xerxes
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Post by Xerxes on Oct 3, 2008 17:37:59 GMT -5
***EUNUCH***
"...did I say there would be two groups of you?"
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Post by Johanna de Chagny on Oct 3, 2008 17:40:47 GMT -5
"The ones he doesn't choose?"
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Post by Anastasia on Oct 3, 2008 18:05:44 GMT -5
*Anastasia hadn't felt this trapped since the days of hiding from the revolutionairies back in Russia. One hand, she could protest that she was already a Princess, but then...that could be dangerous. She didn't know where this place was, and if anyone so much as knew her real name...
She kept quiet. She'd wait and see. There would be opportunities to escape later, surely.*
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Xerxes
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Post by Xerxes on Oct 3, 2008 18:24:01 GMT -5
***EUNUCH***
"...you will take your place as a princess...in the king's harem. No luxury will be spared in your accomodations."
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Post by Adrienne on Oct 3, 2008 18:44:46 GMT -5
*Adrienne hung towards the back, drawing no specific attention to herself. Eventually her father would send someone to get her out of this and she would go home with a scandalously delightful story. She held her head high. She would have resorted to magic already if it weren't for her utter fear of exposing them all--she hadn't even told her brother or father about magic school. They'd been under the impression she was at an elite girls' boarding school.*
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Post by Anastasia on Oct 3, 2008 18:50:51 GMT -5
*Nobody was moving, which would likely irritate the man and probably bring more trouble than any of them wanted. Slowly, Anastasia stood up.*
"I...I will go."
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Xerxes
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Post by Xerxes on Oct 4, 2008 0:39:37 GMT -5
***HAGAI, OKAY, IT'S HAGAI BECAUSE IT'S SO TOTALLY WHO IS IN MY HEAD SAYING THESE THINGS***
*The eunuch chuckled richly.*
"Thank you for your willingness, my lady...though reticence or lack of it will not alter anyone's fate. You will go. You will ALL go."
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Post by Johanna de Chagny on Oct 4, 2008 0:54:20 GMT -5
*Johanna whimpered, edging to the back*
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Xerxes
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Post by Xerxes on Oct 4, 2008 0:59:54 GMT -5
"EVEN YOU," *boomed Hagai in stentorian tones, looking directly at Johanna.*
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