Cimmarian tried to bite back a smile as she heard someone enter her room, no doubt to wake her for her morning breakfast and training with Captain Cross. Judging by the heavy footsteps, it was Horror, one of the three who took turns babysitting her while her papa was busy. Wasn't he in for a little surprise though. "princess? princess cici, you awake?" No sooner did he open the young heirs curtains, did she swing down from above and plant her feet into his chest, sending them both flying back. Cimmarian lost her grip on the curtain bar and went down with him, but it didn't really bother her in the slightest. She smiled at Horror, and he grinned back, a proud glint in his crimson eye. "Good morning, Horror." She was smirking as she sat on his broad chest. She was pretty proud herself, Horror was a big guy, usually not easy for someone as small as her to take down. "good morning, princess. you did good, the king'll be proud... but" Before Cimmarian could react, she found herself on the floor with a hand holding her down. "you gotta long way to go yet, princess."

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In the Moon Empire, the whole castle ate as a family. It was one rule her papa insisted on, and she certainly didn't disagree with it. Her babysitters, the messenger, the Captain of the guard, and even her papa's grumpy advisor had always been there like family and would continue to be as Cimmarian grew into her role as ruler of the Moon Empire. Though her papa always assured her that she could take her time to be a kid, it was a big role to fill. She wanted to make him proud and did whatever she could between lessons with Error and training with Cross to make sure she was prepared. "i heard you took down horror this morning. good job, cici." She smiled eagerly at her papa's praise. "Thank you, papa, er, my king..." Error gave a nod of approval while Nightmare frowned in displeasure. "you can call me papa." Cimmarian took a moment to think on her words carefully. "Error says... that in a public place, I must address you as everyone else does." Nightmare scoffed and gave Error a look that the advisor didn't flinch away from. "this isn't public though, is it? call me papa among family."

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Cimmarian wasn't in trouble. Her papa made sure to let her know that and invited her to his study after her training and lessons to read to her, oh how he loved to read to her. "how has summoning your magic been? any fruitful results?" Cross asked as the two stretched before training. "I can hold my crossbow for a whole minute!" Cimmarian stopped to summon the weapon to show Cross. "oh, wow! it's looking even more solid and detailed than when we started a week ago- i bet you'll be firing bolts out of that thing in no time!" He examined it a little more, before looking back to her. "unless you already can?" Cimmarian shook her head instantly. He nodded and the weapon fizzled away. "how about bone attacks and blue magic?" Cimmarian chuckled uneasily and rubbed the back of her neck. "I, uh, didn't practice those. I was so excited about the crossbow- woah-" Cimmarian dodged some bones as they flew right at her. "nows a great time to practice then!" It seemed that they were jumping right in... that was fine by her! She dodged more bones and went to fight back.