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(Should we have the rebellion kind of start at some point early in the morning? Just to get it going lol) Anya made it to her room fairly quickly... she definitely felt watched, though. It might have just been the old castle walls... or maybe her nerves were getting to her again. She'd only really just settled down, and she'd exhausted herself, so she was likely imagining things. Once she'd closed the latch on the door, the girl quickly got changed into something slightly more comfortable before curling up in bed... she was out pretty much out as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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(yeah we can do that!) Sage slept for quite some time, though he woke up rather early. It wasn't unusual, per say, but something seemed...off...about the entire castle. Just...too quiet. He frowned and looked around, then peeked out the window. Nothing seemed abnormal...maybe it was just nerves. He lay back down and tried to go back to sleep, but something kept gnawing at his head. Eventually,he opened his eyes and sighed. The chill in his spine just wouldn't go away...and he tended to know when something bad was going to happen. He started pacing the room, biting at his nails, which was a bad habit he'd picked up on. He found himself looking back at the gates again, then towards the door of the doctors office. Then he realized where he's seen the man he'd made eye contact with before....he was in the streets too. He was one of his father's closer companions, which meant there was no way this meeting was really for a peace treaty. His breath caught in his throat and he whirled around, taking off, running into the doctor as he came out of his office. He took one look at Sage's face before grabbing him by the shoulders and asking about what he was doing, quite clearly worried. He explained it rather quickly, and the doctor hustled off to prepare the ward for the fight the was inevitably coming while Sage raced down to Anya and Luthers room and pounded on the door. They needed to know this, so they were going to have to get up if they were still asleep.
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Once the girl was asleep, the girl didn't wake up again. Well, not until she heard banging on the door. She gave a bit of a groan before looking to the side, only so see that Luther still hadn't shown up. He'd probably passed out while putting Att to bed... he'd done that once or twice now, normally with a child's book on his lap and sat on a beanbag like chair on the corner. She'd locked the door too, so it could be Luther wanting in. The girl gave a bit of a groan before forcing herself up and waddling to the door, still rather exhausted looking. "Hang on," she murmured softly as she fiddled with the latch before carefully opening the door, only to see a very worried looking Sage. She shook her head slightly before cocking it, her her brows slightly furrowed. "What's up?" She girl opened the door a little wider so that he could come in if he so pleased... she hadn't ever seen him banging on her door in the middle of the night, so she supposed something had to be wrong.
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Sage slipped into the room and grabbed the girls wrist, dragging her towards the bathroom and flipping on the water faucet before turning back towards the girl and crossing his arms. "I figured it out. Those men, the ones I pointed out yesterday, in the corner? They're from the slums. I thought the one looked familiar...it's because he's got ties with dad. I think this rival kingdom somehow got involved with the rebellion." He scowled and pursed his lips slightly. "I highly, highly doubt they're here for a peace treaty," he informed the girl. "Something's off. The castles too quiet, and I have a really bad feeling about all of this." He shook his head slightly and looked over at the girl, knowing he couldn't expect her to believe him based off of a feeling, but he had given her evidence so .. hopefully she trusted him enough to believe him. "Where's Luther? He needs to know this, too."
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Anya let out a type squeak when he dragged her along to the bathroom, but followed along anyway. Though, when he started to talk about how he felt something was going wrong, she just frowned at him. Of course, she'd felt like something was off too, but she wasn't going to act unless she knew something was up... it might make things worse. "Sage," she breathed, "Just because you have a feeling something isn't right, doesn't mean it's wrong. I highly dout that this man is from the slums, too..." she trailed off with a small sigh before shaking her head. "Luther is probably with Att... I haven't seen him since last evening," she told him with a slight shake of the head.
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Sage pinched his lips together and nodded slowly. He agreed that taking no action right away was a good idea, on the off chance that this other kingdom really did want peace, and these other men were just...there. even if the rebellion did happen again, they had no proof this kingdom was connected to it at all. His father was manipulative, maybe he'd drawn them in and they couldn't get out, though he doubted it. "I know," he sighed. "I just....be prepared, that's all I'm saying. If they try something, I want to know you and Luther and Att will all be alright," he murmured. He did wish Anya would trust him a bit more, but there was nothing he could do about that. But unless he really thought she may be in danger, he wouldn't have stormed all the way across the castle to wake her up in the middle of the night. "I'll go see what Luther thinks," he sighed, turning the water off and slipping out of the girls room. There wasn't anything else he could do for the girl ...it was up to her about what to do now. He should talk to the king and queen, but he wasn't going to wake them up...he'd probably end up with a noise around his neck before he could even warn them, or at the very least shoved away crossly. He sighed slightly, peeking his head into the nursery and smiled softly when he saw Luther and Att asleep together, but he walked over and took Att from Luther, tucking him into the bed, and whacking Luther's shoulder with the book lightly to wake him. "Luther," he hissed. "Wake up but be quiet".
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Anya pursed her lips slightly when Sage walked off... she should trust him, and he wouldn't do this for no reason... so why was she so mistrusting of him? Well, she didn't know, and she couldn't answer that one. Still she went to sit on her bed again, attempting to get herself back to sleep... but it wasn't quite working. She was feeling watched again... and she was, admittedly getting more and more nervous about it as time went on. Luther woke up pretty much as soon as Sage took the boy from him, pretty much getting ready to jump at whoever had taken the child. Though, when he saw Sage he just shook his head. "What do you want now?" He asked with a frown. "Is everything alright?" Luther was obviously a lot more relaxed than Anya had been... or maybe more able to think was a better way to put it.
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Sage pursed his lips at Luther's question, sitting down next to the other teen and shaking his head. "No. I don't know." He wrinkled his nose slightly and sighed. "I'm pretty sure the men we pointed out before dinner yesterday are from the slums...some of dads friends." He rested his head against the wall behind him and glanced over at Att to make sure he was still sound asleep. He didn't want to wake up the boy, and he definitely didn't want him to get upset or start running around causing panic in the middle of the night. "Anya and I agree that we shouldn't act...we're not for sure that this kingdom is allied with the rebellion, but I have a really bad feeling about all this...and Anya seemed nervous too. Even if nothing happens, we should be aware it very well could," he I formed the boy. "Keep yourself armed, and I want one of us by Anya all the time, so you'd best get you butt back to your room," he told the boy, the last part in a bit amused tone of voice. It was pretty amusing that Luther had fallen asleep here, he had to admit that. He stood up and looked over at Att. "Maybe have someone watch him, or bring him to your room. Or I could watch him. I don't want anyone alone for now, though," he hummed.
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Luther hummed for a moment before looking back at the child... in truth, he'd much rather say with the boy than go back to Anya. If anything happened to her, then she'd me more likely to handle herself than Att would. "It's smart to keep things quiet... if they found out someone knew, then they'd be more likely to react before we have time to prepare." The boy noted solemnly. He did want to have another chat with his guards, though... make sure they were doing their job properly. "I'll have someone tell the king and queen, just so they're on their toes," he added after a moment. He kind of clicked his tongue in thought before shaking his head. "I'll stay here with him. If we have him come to our room it could freak him out a little.," he noted before giving another sigh. "I'll let Anya sleep. She can look after herself as far as I'm concerned. We don't need to get in head with any of this, she's already worried," He noted after a moment.
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Sage nodded and sighed. "Thanks," he muttered. "I really didn't feel like trying to talk to the king and queen," he chuckled slightly. He did understand why Luther wanted to stay with Att, so he waved goodbye before heading out the door. "If you catch wind of anything, let me know," he called to the boy before slipping out and closing the door behind him. He walked back to his room quietly and decided ded to just sit and draw Att in his suit. It may help out his mind at ease.
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