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Post by Sasumi Sanzo on Nov 18, 2015 22:58:44 GMT -5
Sasumi hadn't been willing to budge for someone calling themselves a Queen, but this was kind of difficult. Raion was taking the Queen's side just enough that there would have to be some compromise on Sasu's part. Being the politician that she was Raion had managed to propose just such a compromise that didn't seem to be out of the question at all. Quite acceptable really. Until the Englishwoman was given a favor from Sasumi, which made the rebellious girl blush. Sure Raion had praised her but now she was lending Sasu's strength to someone who the rebel didn't totally trust. Not yet. Yet that girl went out of her way to try and clear things up so that there was no idea of domination of others being floated. Pretty reasonable. So despite herself the rebel ultimately was willing to let herself go along with the proposed terms, since she wasn't one to back down from a challenge she'd set out.
"Your highness, your terms are.. acceptable. Very well, I agree to owing her a favor if I am to lose this challenge..." Sasumi responded somewhat defiantly, turning her head to the side dismissively. Then she realized something horrible. Something incredibly strange and horrendous. A challenge had been issued on her part.. and she had lost it already. That dress the blonde picked out was fairly pretty and definitely suited her looks more than she'd cared to admit.
Without warning she stormed up to Raion, took her by the arm and led the redhead off a few steps. With panic playing out across her face the rebel leaned in and whispered, "Lion d'Icendie... I.. I.. I.. like this dress.. and the outfits you picked... does that mean I lose?"
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Post by Raion Honoo on Nov 18, 2015 23:28:33 GMT -5
Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it all I've got Gotta live to win, get up, get out, get even Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it one more shot Let the game begin, need something to believe in Ready to roar!R A I O N ╜───────╓
Aha. It was written on her face before she began pulling Raion away - she had been baited into an automatic loss. Raion was no fool - she knew full well what she was doing. The challenge itself had turned into a friendly game that neither of them outwardly even truly remembered.
Outwardly.
Raion had been expecting it to go that way. And when she had already won, she would remind Sasumi of the challenge. To this, she gave herself a mental pat on the back. She wasn't usually okay with silent victories, but she would take this one because it guaranteed that Papillon Rebelle would want more. She would, with hope, be driven to compete against the Lioness again thanks to this. One small victory would launch them into many more battles, and that was the goal.
So naturally when she was pulled aside, she simply nodded.
"I'm afraid so. But don't worry, Tori is not one to make light of things like this. She will treasure the opportunity and probably challenge you again herself eventually."
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Post by Sasumi Sanzo on Nov 18, 2015 23:46:36 GMT -5
Sasumi's face paled as she was told that she had indeed lost this challenge to Lion d'Icendie. Once again she'd fallen short against perhaps the greatest challenger she'd ever gone up against during her Vincennes days. There was no shame in losing to that sort of competitor. It was more that she had issued a challenge, then lost it when an unexpected third party had intervened. An element she couldn't possibly have counted on when she'd thought up the challenge. What had been the point of the hcalenge in the first place anyway? Just to get some new outfits to try on and increase her femininity? Prove that she wasn't just a rebel prince girl who had admirers despite her lack of interest in them or intent on creating such a reaction? Whateer teh case, she'd lost and owed the Queen a favor. There was a silver lining though -the promise of future challenges with both of these aristocratic girls, which allowed the possibility of her triumph.
She meekly nodded, "Okay, I concede defeat.. but.. I kind of want to keep a couple of these outfits. Nobody's mistaking me for a prince if I'm wearing them."
Then she perked up and added, "If she does not, then I certainly will challenge her once again. The power of the common girl has to be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt! One setback does not keep the revolution down!"
Finally she quieted down and asked, "Lion d'Icendie.. do you think boys might pay attention to me.. if.. um.. I dressed like this more often? And are you sure the ll.. er.. alpaca scarf is a no?"
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Post by Raion Honoo on Nov 22, 2015 12:33:06 GMT -5
Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it all I've got Gotta live to win, get up, get out, get even Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it one more shot Let the game begin, need something to believe in Ready to roar!R A I O N ╜───────╓
"The idea was that you keep them." she made a tch sound and shook her head. "I thought that was the point?"
Raion wasn't one to really think less of someone for the financial status, but it was a strong element to Sasumi, and so she usually kept her opinions to herself to provoke the finest challenge she could. This was no exception - Her ravings of the common girl were heard surely, and to a degree Raion agreed that willpower and determination trumped birthright, but she had also been given both sides of that coin and was in a position of privilege. She knew this, and thus stayed quiet on that topic. There was no fun to be had in admitting a shared philosophy, even knowing their friendship could deepen. She would rather forge their friendship deeper with combat than affection and agreement. That's just how they were.
It wasn't too long before she stammered out another question, and that deflected the need to respond to the common girl statement entirely.
"Boys and more, I'd say." she nodded. "And I wasn't even aware that that was an option until recently. You've nothing to worry about." she closed her eyes and turned her head slightly. "Not that I'd know, I'm just offering some encouragement."
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Post by Sasumi Sanzo on Nov 23, 2015 17:24:41 GMT -5
"It's only the point if we establish it in the terms for the challenge. I don't recall us doing that when the challenge was issued or modified, so I got kind of confused. It's not like I wanted to ask for permission to keep them or anything!" Sasumi pouted, turning away from the redhead with her arms still crossed over her chest.
She couldn't appear too eager to accept the outfits that both girls had picked out for her. A champion of the downtrodden who would not simply accept the charity of upper class types who thought everyone needed their help and couldn't succeed without it. She still hadn't quite gotten over being pointed to and referred to as the 'Tourist' who wasn't a real student at her own school no matter how much she tried to meet expectations. That chip on her shoulder took some effort to get past and she wasn't quite there at the moment. Probably because of the blonde's arrival during what should have been a meaningful reconnecting moment between friends. She wasn't about to say anything about that because this blonde was apparently Lion d'Icendie's girlfriend, which made criticizing her presence a bit uncomfortable. For now she'd just accept her defeat and hope for a chance to defeat the foreign girl later. Any chance to prove the power of a commoner against royalty was going to get her blood going.
"Of course I have nothing to worry about. I'm sure that.. whoever you're referring to.. would certainly consider a common girl like myself before someone who thinks they're above others.. present company excluded.. partially.." Sasu began to respond, losing track of her thoughts fairly quickly, "Your encouragement is appreciated, though. I... have had doubts about myself and my desirability lately..."
Then she recovered enough to announce, "I will change into one of the outfits you selected, Lion d'Icendie, as you are the one who won this challenge.. you may pick which one if you'd like."
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Post by Raion Honoo on Dec 10, 2015 12:18:15 GMT -5
Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it all I've got Gotta live to win, get up, get out, get even Ready to roar, ready or not Ready to give it one more shot Let the game begin, need something to believe in Ready to roar!R A I O N ╜───────╓
So, she was having doubts and she would change into one of the outfits right now? One of those things was not okay, and the other was perfectly acceptable.
"Your doubts will pass when you spend more time on campus, I promise." she folded her arms. "Unless you're a lost cause for confidence, but I doubt that."
She turned to Tori, then back to Sasumi, then to the sky for a moment as if thinking. She even rolled and cracked her neck a few times, before finally deciding on something.
"Stick to the final one. Not because it's the best, but because it's probably the easiest one to adjust yourself to the style. The casualwear I picked out is too similar to what you're used to to be considered breaking your comfort zone."
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