The Selection: Semi-Advanced Roleplay discussion

Addie hated feeling helpless. She always tried to be graceful and regal. She never asked others for help. So it was obvious that she was frustrated when she couldn't find the way to The Great Room. Awful palace is so huge, she muttered, peeping in a room to check whether it was the great room, they should have given us maps to navigate it. And there wasn't a single person in sight, whom she ask, if she wanted to stoop that low.

As she turned, she spotted a person in an empty room. Finally! She slowly entered the room and cleared her throat and asked, as sweetly as possible, "Excuse me, can you show me the way to the Great Room, please?"

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Addie crossed her feet uncomfortably as she saw the guard - she presumed - give her a head to toe look. She was feeling awkward enough in this thing already, and the heels were no help. All she wanted to do was run back to her room, which was as large as two rooms conbined back at her home, although to run would be a challenge in these wretched shoes, and jump onto the soft and unthinkably huge bed. Well, that would have to wait.

"I was hoping you could show me the way to the Great Room? I got lost and I'm unable to identify my surroundings," she said, this time not as sweetly as before. Asking for help did take a lot of effort on her part, she was bound to get a little snappy.

((It's okay))

"Well, yeah, but my maid's yet to make an appearance, so I would have to make do with the guards," said Addie, a small smile gracing her lips. This guard seemed much more at ease and friendly than some of the stuck up ones she had seen on the day of her arrival.

She followed him to the door and asked, "Well, what's your name? Since you're being my maid for the time being, I think I should know it."

[ Scout I really thought I replied I am so sorry ]

Addie watched him curtsy with a wry grin. "Adele, although I prefer Addie," she said, as she walked out of the room. Adele had been her grandmother's name, and all that remained of her was her dilapidated house. Addie hadn't even known her properly.

She wasn't terribly excited to meet the other Selected girls. She'd heard of the drama that took place in the castle. She doubted she would make friends here, or that the other girls would take an interest in her. All she wanted was to go back home already.

She smiled. "Oh my.. I would love to be wearing flats right now. Or boots. but I'm not that tall so everyone would be looking down at me." She said with a smile. It was true, she did not like to look up at others while talking to them. That gave them some kind of power and her pain in the neck.

Lisbeth shrugged. She wasn't exactly tall, but she wasn't small either. " so you're small for four age then?" Having forgotten how old sloane was this seemed like an okay question to ask.

She shrugged. "Yeah, well I stopped growing a while ago. And I am not small. Just not tall either. But all those girls are wearing high heels and then they are like extremely tall. And I am just average." She said with a smile. She was 18 now..

"Okay. " Lisbeth shrugged. That was how she'd felt at breakfast here, but hopefully the other girls would get sent home soon so she didnt feel like that... Or, even though the chances were almost 0 to 1, the prince might like people who didnt coat themselves in makeup and jewellery and didnt pretended to be something they weren't.

She smiled. "Maybe I will just start wearing flats with like double layers in it. So I will still be taller, but my feet don't hurt." She said with a grin. "Or maybe this scared the other girls off and we will be the only ones left and or hight won't matter anymore!" She said with a wink. Maybe.

"Or maybe they're dead. " Lisbeth replied with what was probably a bit to much energy and conviction in her voice. She didnt want them to be dead and certainly hoped they weren't.

Sloanes eyes widened a little bit with that. It was kinda harsh to say. But she as well had thought it, but just did not say it out loud. "I certainly hope not, but it is a possibility. I think the highest classes will be in the most danger." She said with a frown. They don't ever have to do something themselves, so they would easier panic and run.

"Definitely. Anyway, if they rebels had done their homework and knew who we were they'd probably try to recruit me..." She trailed off. Being the lowest caste girl in the selection did present opportunities like that.

"Yeah, And I would probably be killed too.." She said with a frown. "The good thing is that I was born in a lower caste. So I am not defenceless like they are." She said with a small smile. She was not really happy about this realisation. But she would not let them kill her that easily. She would fight.

Lisbeth just nodded, leaning against the wall, her hand gripped around the gun butt. She figured that if they ever got out of here she'd have a hard time handing it over. The safety was still off and she had no intention of putting it back on.

She looked around and closed her eyes. She had no idea how long they had to stay here and if they would even find their way back. She sighned. Well they would be here for a while they could maybe make the best of it. Get to know each other.
"Where did you learn to shoot a gun?" She asked curious.

"Nowhere." Lisbeth replied, utterly taken by surprise. She hadnt memorised the law but surely it was against it to have one? Let alone practice with it? And where would she find the money for a gun or someone to teach her how to use it?

"Really?" She asked as well in suprise. "WOw, It's cool that it just went well immidialtely then." She said with a smile. Thinking of the laws against having guns. Where could she have ever learned to shoot a gun outside the rebelgroups.

"I suppose. But not really the sort of talent a possible future queen should have. " she frowned. Would the prince be glad she could defend herself, or send her home in shame? Her and sloane would have been dead by now if she hadnt mastered one quickly.

"Maybe it is. It sure is usefull at times like this" She said with a shrug. "I think that it would be good that the royals could defend themselves. In that way no other people should risk their head for them." She said with a smile.

"They would do that anyway. " she replied , thinking of the guards. How many were lying dead out there? How many were risking their lives? It was there job. Many people wouldn't have a job if the royalty didnt need protection.

She nodded. "They would. But it would still help i think." She said with a frown. She wanted to be able to protect herself, but also be close to guards. She wanted to be safer than safe.

Lisbeth shrugged, leaning against the wall and removing her shoes. Yes, there was no heel on them, but the flimsy soles rubbed her feet and were starting to give her blisters.

((Would you two mind if a selected girl and a maid joined you here? We could go elsewhere, but it might up the activity to have more people here? :)))

(Fine by me. :)

((Thanks :) ))

Ally dragged Rose down the hallway without a backward glance. She could see the safe room door... It was just ahead. Five step, four, three, two, one. She punched in the code, and shoved Rose inside. It wasn't exactly a harsh shove, but it wasn't polite, either. She needed to get that girl into the safe room.

She hesitated, biting her lip, hand on the door, and risked poking her head in for a look, looking for her own face in the crowd of people already inside. It wasn't there. She felt her heart sink, although she knew Kenna would be downstairs, in the maid's safe room. There was no reason for her to be here. Taking a deep breath, she began to close the door behind Rose.

Rose entered, or got shoved, into the large safe room on the main floor that probably wasn't the safest, but it worked fairly well and would keep them sade. She was still breathing very shakily, and she couldn't get the immense feeling of fear out of her head. Rebels were here... Rebels could kill...

Rose, calm down, She told herself. Breath in... One, two, three, four, five. Hold... One, two, three, four, five. Breath out... One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

After the twenty seconds of calming down, she turned around to see Ally standing beside her. She almost forgot she was here. Gosh, was Rose losing her mind?! She looked around some more and saw many other girls. They, like Rose and Ally, probably didn't have the time to get to the lower safe rooms. At least they were safe now... Or were they?

(Do you want to do a four way rp or two separate ones btw?)

((Four way?))

((oh hey! Yeah it is fine by me too. Are we gonna roleplay with you or is it seperate.))

((Oh wait that is exactly what Alice asked.))

Alice wrote: "Lisbeth shrugged, leaning against the wall and removing her shoes. Yes, there was no heel on them, but the flimsy soles rubbed her feet and were starting to give her blisters."

"You know they store the saferooms so there probably is still a bit food and stuff in here." She said thoughtfull. Looking around if she could see any.

(I'm not really sure what to post now...)

((We could do separate, if you wanted? Or we could move...))

(I was just wondering what you wanted to do really. So I could base my next post round it. We can do it four way if you want I don't mind. :)

((I'm not trying to but annoying and I apologize if you think I am but mel can you please go look at the character I made and approe it?))

(((EY))