2.5: You Are Cordially Beknighted
Being friends with the Heir Apparent came with some great benefits. For one, it made Mimi the de-facto leader of her peers, and taking after Princess Meara's example, she used it properly - to have lots of fun with everyone. As such, the mob of children ran haphazardly with their leader (who they had taken to calling Boss for reasons Mimi did not understand but also didn't really care about) towards the docks to greet family who was arriving back in time for the wedding. The United Water Unicorn (U.W.U.) had finished the transfer process to resupply Avaluna with water, and Mimi's dad was a member of the crew, so that meant but one thing.
"Daddyyyyyyyyyyyyyy~!" exclaimed the little girl with a 'safe' sword flailing slightly as she ran to leap into a man's arms. He was tall and built like most laborers, with reddish hair and golden-brown eyes, and he easily caught the flying girl into a hug and spun her around with a laugh.
"I missed you so much! How's my favorite daughter?!" asked Hiram as the children swarmed around, those not greeting people mostly hovering around Mimi and Hiram, much to Hiram's confused amusement.
Mimi began animatedly talking about several things at once, including that her bestest friend was getting married to Prince Gwydion and that Mom was helping cook for the wedding, and Hiram began to look more and more confused.
Meanwhile, while Iliza had gone to greet Ilydir, Irina had elected to welcome those who had been mostly absent on work since her fellow refugees arrived on Avaluna and also keep an eye on Mimi as a favor to Sylvie, who had been giving her a shoulder to cry on when Iliza wasn't available for mutual commiseration and her parents were busy. And there had been a lot of crying. Meara had said she would work with Queen Valerie and Prince Gwydion to see if she could find a way for them to still be together - officially if possible - without causing problems for everyone, but she was careful not to promise that it would be a guarantee.
But there were other things to focus on right now, like this poor man's confusion. Approaching Hiram and Mimi (and wading a bit through the children), she said, "Hello, Hiram. I believe Mimi is talking about the wedding of Princess Meara and Prince Gwydion. You have arrived back just in time to take part in the upcoming festivities. All of Avaluna is bustling with excitement. Lady Freyr has returned as well."
Having heard of the engagement between Meara and Irina from his wife Sylvie, Hiram was about to ask, but wisely said nothing. The brief conflict and desire to ask crossed is face, and Irina did notice, but she was thankful he did not bring it up. "A Royal wedding, huh? And my Sylvie is cooking!" he exclaimed with excitement, "Well, we can't let her do all the work alone, now can we?"
He gave Irina an enthusiastic smile and asked, "How can we help out? We may not be nobility, but we've got energy to spare for those who still lose sleep helping us common folk."
The gaggle of children (also Hiram, Miri, and Irina) had been moving along away from the ship so others could come in and out as well, and it just so happened that the mass bumped into a Knight who had been discreetly working his way past the chaos, causing him to drop the box he was holding.
Time froze as Sir RHY-S32 looked down at the box that had now been squished by a falling child (who was very apologetic and a bit scared). The chocolates for Freyr were going to be a bit different, now.
"Sir RHY-S32! We are so, so sorry. Is there-" Irina began before he picked up the box with a laugh.
"I am glad to see that everyone is in high spirits! Now I will have a story to tell when I deliver Sir L1-4MNT's gift for the Lady."
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