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Daily Short: Charlotte 01
🕑 Added 2022-11-11 08:43:23 +0000 UTCCharlotte watched the demoness sink into her shadow, like dropping through a pool of liquid water. It was disturbing like learning reality didnât conform to general understanding. As long as Ralph was healed and returned, it wouldnât matter. However, during the intermediate time, things might get a little dicey.
Looking at the two older women in front of her, Charlotte questioned whether they would be helpful. They didnât look combat capable at all. The one introduced as Bennie had a madcap quality like those few cousins who took too much of the herbal tonics. Even worse, the one presented as Iantha looked like she wasnât all there at the same time and place.
Once again, it is up to me to carry the day. Charlotte thought with a sigh. I wish Iâd had a chance to convince Ralph that another course of action was better. She shrugged. If wishes were fishes, sheâd own the entire food supply. Now wasnât the time to get bogged down in sentimentality. Hungry nobles were waiting for the opportunity to stick a metaphorical, quite possibly literal, knife in her back.
âOur introductions were a bit short; might I have the honor of knowing who I am working with?â Charlotte asked politely of the two women Eve had thrown at her.
âIantha, Captain of a starship that no longer exists. My specialty is seeing the future.â Iantha said with a smile.
âHow much of the future?â Charlotte asked, her eyes sparkling.
âAll of it,â Iantha replied.
Charlotte gaped at the woman. There were seers, and there were Seers. Good to know. Restoring her expression, she turned to the other woman who said, âIâm a mind doctor. Bennie, High Priestess of the Silver One.â
âOh, is your deity strong?â Charlotte asked. Priests and Priestesses were a bit of a mixed bunch on power levels. Some were obscene within the Church; others could barely light the candles for departure.
âYou can ask her when she gets back,â Bennie said.
Charlotte paused before the connection clicked in her mind. âAre youâŚserious?â
âAh, that expression. I had that same expression when I first learned the truth. How the time flies.â Bennie said with a tone of schadenfreude.
Sheâs not joking. Charlotte thought, looking at the woman grinning. Well, since Eve never mentioned it, Iâll ignore this revelation. Yes, thatâs the best option until she says it to me personally. She clamped down on the gibbering sensation of reality unwinding with iron-clad ruthlessness.
âIantha, would you mind advising me going forward?â Charlotte said.
âOf course, Empress,â Iantha said.
Bennie glanced at Iantha, curious as Charlotteâs face paled. Sheâd never told anyone her endgame. Yet this woman knew it as casually as one would acquire gossip on the street.
âOh, Iâm sorry.â Iantha apologized immediately. âI didnât see any future where you didnât wear the crown and lived. I assumed you already had plans ready.â
Charlotte took a deep breath before letting all the tension fade. This was not the time to be terrified. This was not the time to panic as the safety blanket of a goddess was ripped away. She was Charlotte Abigail Munchester Zienfer, the greatest Duchess ever lived and future Empress.
Let the play commence. As she turned to exit, Charlotte thought, with the two women unconsciously following her. I do not need to make excuses. I merely manufacture evidence. I am the Zienfer now, and my word is the law!
Comments
Mr. Bigglesworth
What could possibly go wrong?
Relint
I think it's funny that Eve goes: "Let's just let Charlotte have access to a Seer that can see the future of ALL, and a High Priestess that's starting to become a fanatic."
Mr. Bigglesworth
*nod*
Thefluffypuppy21 Lol
Charlotteâs like mid teens right? So as a form of entertainment you could say sheâs a diy grow your own tyrant kit
