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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:21 pm
Abyace was hiding in the crowd of her family, listening to all of this. A smirk came upon her face as kien explained most of it. When the King finally asked for questions or comments, she flew up almsot instantly. "I have a comment." She said, a smiled flashing across her face. Her hornet wings fluttered carefully as she flew towards the front of the crowd. The King nodded, and waited. Abyace looked towards Gre, a hint of hate in her eyes as she spoke. "This is what the Swarm followers are talking about! Humans are dangerous. I would know that part of the story is made up in Steven's defense. I was watching at the fountian while this was happening."She said, crossing her arms. She glared at Steven, but with a smile on her face, then she looked towards Gre, a hint of disgust in her eyes.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:28 pm
King Morph nodded his head, "Continue Hornetfae." He knew where this was going once more. The politics of the Fae were complex affairs, but very simple in heart.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:42 pm
She nodded towards the king before returning to her story. "I, myself, was going to mess with the human's head, but Kien and Gre got to him before me, so I decided to sit and watch them play around. It was when Gre darted in front of Steven's face that the real game got into play. I giggled along with them. This would be a fun story to tell later on. Steven finally saw gre floating still, and grabbed him. Gre of course got hurt; he was an idiot for tempting the Human in the first place. Humans are dangerous. Even look over Gre to see what I'm talking about." Abyace said, pointing towards Gre. Most of the Swarm followers agreed almost instantly, her family included.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:50 pm
Gre stood up straight on that one, "Are you saying I let myself be caught and injured? Playing with humans is more fun than tipping beetles! Beetles get boring after a while, yet humans are always interesting!" Gre had his arms crossed defiantly across his chest by the end of this. Humans where the greatest form of entertainment Gre had ever known, despite the risks.
Steve could actually be seen cracking a smile on Gre's reaction. He couldn't hear all the quiet talking, but Gre he heard loud enough.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:58 pm
Abyace growled at Gre's outburst. "I'm saying that Humans can't be trusted! Beetles have no interest in this court hearing! If you got bored, you could've pestered some birds or something! Humans, despite being interesting, are dangerous!" She argued, fluttering up to him to stay in front of him, glaring. She glanced towards the Human and saw his smile. She turned back towards Gre, and looked at his damaged wing. "He's even smiling about hurting you! Can't you see that?" She asked, her glare never leaving his eyes.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:05 pm
Steve couldn't help it, he burst out laughing, "You two are funny!"
Gre stopped his arguing and started to laugh with Steve, "He's right, you know that? Humans are dangerous, yes. But they are also a lot of fun. Even you have to admit that some of their items are fun to take. Plus, if it wasn't for humans, we all would be very board. Their the most interesting creatures we have ever known!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:12 pm
Abyace rolled her eyes, let out a giggle or so. "I beg to differ. Human Children are interesting. Adults have before betrayed the Fae trust, have they not? So, yes, Humans are interesting, but only the children would be spared if the Swarm had their way." She said, shrugging. Looking towards the king.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:17 pm
Imogen bristled involuntarily at the insults to the Dragonfae. "And this is a child before us, Abyace. You yourself said you intended to play with him if the Dragonfae hadn't arrived first. It could just as easily be you on trial."
She cursed Abyace silently. This was not the time to so blatantly insult the king.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:22 pm
"But humans start as children and grow up! You can't blame the whole human race for something like that. If only we could stop them from aging." Gre didn't completely understand this aging thing. All he knew was that he sees a child and overtime they seem to get bigger as years pass by. Unlike the Fae who seem to only grow so much and then stop.
King Morph took the floor once more, "As you have kindly pointed out, children can be trusted. Steve is still that, a child. Unless someone else has anything else to say..." He kept the sentence trailing in case anyone else wanted to make a point or add in a word. He was sure more of the swarm would take this chance, as well as those from the Kingdom. The debate was perfect feeding ground for the war to pick up in full force.
(This must occure between the two comments. I shall play it as such.)
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:23 pm
Abyace heard her name and the words. She smiled softly, trying to control her anger in front of the King. She decided not to answer, hearing the King's Words now. She looked towards Gre, a smirk on her face.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:30 pm
Imogen smiled tightly at Abyace, and turned to address the King.
"This trial would be completely unnecessary if the Fae lived openly, as the Swarm has suggested for so many years. As a unified force, living openly would afford more freedom, while preserving safety by organizing a single, complete defense system."
She didn't bring up dominating the humans. The question of slaughtering all the humans was one that came up occasionally amongst the Swarm, but it wasn't a widely popular one, as dominating the humans was. But internal politics were a matter for after Faerie had been unified.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:33 pm
(Editing to match above post...)
"Last time the Fae tried that, adults were catching us and placing us in jars. No, I think is still best to follow our ancestors in hiding. Human adults fear what they can't control, and capture what they can't understand."
"Well, from what I have heard, on your side and the three others. I can only come to one conclusion. Steve, kneel before the stump." King Morph started. The swarm probably would not like this, but it was better than wiping the mind of the child.
Steve did as he was asked. He felt odd kneeling before a dead stump, but the awe of the Fae had him doing the task just because.
"Steve, you are to take vow never to reveal our existence to anyone, not even your parents or your friends. No one is to know of us but you. Do you so vow?" king Morph did not leave this to the court to fully decide. The debate would go on for too long, and the Swarm would feed off this incident no mater how it was resolved.
Steve, in as strong a voice as his small body could muster, with everyone watching him said, "Yes you majesty. I do vow."
"Then it is done. You can visit us at any time, so long as no one else knows of our existence. Remember, we will appear as nothing but a collection of insects to anyone anyway." With that the king was done.
"I think court is settled for the moment then. Till next time, keep safe my people." And court was dismissed.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:36 pm
Abyace nodded, agreeing with Imogen. "This single, complete defense system would be consisted of mostly HornetFae's and BeeFae's. Human's wouldn't be a danger then." She said, taking a glance at the MothFae. Maybe, just maybe, she could become friends with her. Or something of the sort.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:38 pm
Imogen nodded at Abyace. "A unified Faerie would be a force to be reckoned with." She smiled absently, but couldn't help being distracted.
The Dragonfae was irresistably interesting, even if he was Kingdom. She tried to think only of the trial, to consider it in a positive light. The fact that he was allowed to keep the knowledge of the Fae was a step forward for the Swarm. One human who knew of them would lead to more, as human children were terrible at keeping secrets, and more would mean that Faerie would have to band together to make sure that they would be secure in the event of something bad happening, and that would lead to the logical ascension of one of the Swarm to the throne. Considering the implications of the trial, though, paled next to considering the Dragonfae. He was . . . mesmerizing.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:40 pm
King Morph turned to the parties of the Swarm, "That will have to be decided upon some other court meeting. I see little in how it could affect the case in front of us. A single human child means no harm to us, though the Bee and Hornetfae work hard to protect us, and I am grateful to your tribes."
All the rest of the court were still hanging around, for they were all interested in how this would turn out between the King and the Swarm Party currently in attendance.
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