The Truth Of Strength (mystic)

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Aylee pushed Castalia's hand off for a moment as she struggled to kneel down and pick Xanatos up. "That wasn't nice, Castalia. Apologize to your brother or go. You aren't going to be ugly to him in here."

Ariel nodded. "Doesn't surprise me either." He said with a laugh. "He has never been one for parties."

[Kiknessa]

Castalia pouted "I caught him. I wasn;t being ugly. we were playing" she said angrily
"I ok" Xanatos said looking at Aylee rubbing his head and sniffling

Violet smirked "But he'll be back" she said "As much as he hates them, he loves Adara and he;d never miss her birthday"

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Ariel nodded. "As always." He said with a soft laugh.

"Yes but you were playing to rough." Aylee said. "You have to remember that Xanatos is not as strong as you physically so you have to be careful when you play so you don't hurt him."

[Kiknessa]

Castalia made a face at her then glanced at Xanatos "Sorry" she mumbled, obviously not really meaning it
Xanatos smiled happily at the apology

"Look who it is" Azura smiled happily as they walked up to where Ariel and Violet were shopping "Good to see you out of the castle" she said softly, happy that her friend was doing better
Violet smiled "Has Aiden been being nice to you?" she asked, smirking at her brother "I heard he was chasing you all over town"

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Aylee shook her head slightly. "Alright, off you go, both of you." She said, rubbing her stomach slightly. "I need to sit down for a bit."

Aiden laughed softly. "If that is the way the nobility put it." He said, not surprised that word had already reached the castle.

[Kiknessa]

"I sit?" Xanatos asked with a sweet smile, wanting to spend time by his big sister. Since Jakie and Clark got back he had not been around his two older sisters as much as before because they were spending their time with their husbands

Violet smiled "I was said in many ways. By different by people. I know most people were happy to see you were not as uptight as they thought" she told him honesty

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Aylee nodded once. "Alright. But no bouncing around." Aylee told hm as she moved to sit down and rest her feet for a bit.

Aiden nodded once. "And for others it was probably more that they wanted me to remain proper." He shook his head slightly with a soft smile before looking towards Azura. "Perhaps we should head back towards the castle? I don't want you to get to cold." He said, knowing that the cold bothered her.

[Kiknessa]

"boring" Castalia said before running off to find some other trouble to get into

Xanatos climbed up beside his sister and smiled up at her happily

Violet laughed "you'd think between dad, aunt adara and myself they'd be used to royals not acting 'proper' "

Azura smiled at Aiden "if you'd like" she said softly, content doing whatever he wanted

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Ariel looked towards Violet. "Nobility will always have some idea of what they believe the royal family should do and act like." He stated with a slight shake of his head. "You find it everywhere." He smirked before glancing back towards Aiden and Azura.

Aiden smiled slightly. "That's not what I asked." He stated with a slight shake of his head before looking towards his sister then back at Azura.

Aylee smiled and let Xanatos talk if he wanted to, simply enjoying the time with her little brother, despite the large age difference.

[Kiknessa]

"I know" Azura smiled "but I want to know what you want to do"
Violet laughed at this "join us for dinner?" She asked, looking at her brother

Xanatos leaned against her a little and simply smiled not really feeling the need to speak much

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Aiden glanced towards Violet. "Alright." He said, glancing towards Azura to make sure she was okay with that.

Aylee wrapped her arm around him and just relaxed.

[Kiknessa]

Azura just smiled at him
Violet looked at Ariel "that's alright, right?" She asked. She wasn't sure if he had wanted to be alone with her or not but since he had originally invited Kenneth she figured it was fine

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"That is perfectly fine." Ariel said with a smile as he looked towards Violet.

Aiden glanced between the two then nodded once. "Lead the way then." He said to the two.

[Kiknessa]

Violet slid away from Ariel's side and took her brother's arm, kissing his cheek softly "I've missed you" she said, feeling like lately there had been so much going on they never spent time together anymore

Azura smiled watching the two and looked at Ariel "So is everything going alright back in Lumia?" she asked curiously, wondering if Sandra and them were more settled in than they had been when they visited

Adara knocked on Alyee's door and peeked in, smiling seeing Xanatos sitting next to her "How are you feeling?" she asked, figuring she'd check up on her since Clark was away

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Aylee looked up towards her mother. "I'm okay. Sore, but I am guessing that is to be expected." She said, rubbing a hand on her stomach before looking towards Xanatos with a slight smile. She looked back towards Adara.

Aiden glanced towards his sister with a raised brow. "Life has kept us busy." He agreed, his way of saying he missed her to. "Hopefully things will settle down for a period, especially this summer. Though I doubt it much with the multiple different wedding that will be taking place."

Ariel nodded once. "Sandra is doing well. Has riled up the nobility there quite a bit which is good for them." He stated. "They don't care for Jade much but many are starting to come to respect his knowledge of things."