The Royal Paladins are like... hm. The face of knighthood, all white, platinum and shining justice. The Gold Paladins are more general, usually having more presence in smaller areas and tackling inhuman threats like monsters and helping with disasters.
We Shadow Paladins do the nasty, necessary things. Infiltration, spying, assassination. A bit of everything else, too, but that's the difference between us.
It wasn't a place where "light-hearted" things happened very often...
...
Well, perhaps... there was the time when all of the dead were able to return for a day, as ghosts. We all decided to show up right when Todomatsu set up a kissing booth on the living side, to surprise him.
... Don't tell Todomatsu that I told you this.
[ it's an embarrassing story, for him... everyone else had a lovely time. ]
[ oh. hm. that somehow wasn't what he expected of her origins at all. mordalion observes with a tilt to his head... there's a lot happening here. morphs, like shapeshifters? and a house overrun with them.
... I gained a lot of allies. I spent weeks building trust with people around me, working my way up in that twisted aristocratic system, trying to free people from the powers that controlled them...
But everything I worked for was lost in an instant.
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The division of knights that I'm part of. There are three different ones in the Sanctuary.
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We Shadow Paladins do the nasty, necessary things. Infiltration, spying, assassination. A bit of everything else, too, but that's the difference between us.
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[ says the shadow? ]
Do you have a specialty among those things? Or do you do it all...?
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[ makes a flapping shape with his hands. ]
My Deputy Leader is a ravener. He trains High Beast birds to spy and communicate for us.
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I see. We used birds in Scawwy to communicate with the overseers... They're surprisingly reliable.
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[ glances at her. her game... ]
Did you have anything interesting or embarrassing happen in Scawwy, Kate?
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Er, perhaps... I'm not sure what you would consider interesting...
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Well, perhaps... there was the time when all of the dead were able to return for a day, as ghosts. We all decided to show up right when Todomatsu set up a kissing booth on the living side, to surprise him.
... Don't tell Todomatsu that I told you this.
[ it's an embarrassing story, for him... everyone else had a lovely time. ]
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[ like that. his ears lift, a faintly amused upturn to his lips. ]
That is extremely funny. I won't tell him.
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but anyway, another wind comes along and they are subjected to a memory of kate sneaking into the Shadows House. ]
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and kate, who isn't quite the same? ]
You were risking a lot to blend in, weren't you?
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Looking back, it was really reckless...
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Did you find your answers, eventually?
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There are things that I need to do... that only I can do.
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Do you have allies? Friends, that can help you with this?
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... Yes. Some...
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But everything I worked for was lost in an instant.