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[not_lugosi]

Bela arrives, moving a little more slowly than usual, but with her familiar smirk. It's been an interesting day. In the end it was a quite profitable one, even if she's paid for it in bruises.

Ghosts can be so pesky when you try to take their treasures.

Tiny tag: Bela Talbot, Cal Chandler

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[kitchen_maid]

"He was a year in July," says Amy. "Weren't you, darling?"

"Beeeeeeeeeee," says Merry happily.

"We had quite the celebration."

The worst of the rationing was over by July, and the kingdom needed a party.

[not_lugosi]

Oh dear God... The cute is terrifying.

"The kingdom needed a party?"

Shit. Is she a queen or something?

[kitchen_maid]

"Yes," says Amy. "We'd had a rather difficult year before, and the first birthday of the crown prince seemed a good time to focus on the fact that things are getting better."

So, yes. She is a queen (there's no or something).

[not_lugosi]

"Oh, I see. You're the Queen of Ambergelder. And... you come here?"

This does not seem to be a suitable hangout for a queen. With a toddler.

Is bringing a kid even allowed? If you're a queen, then apparently so.

[kitchen_maid]

Oh, Bela. You have a lot to learn about Milliways.

"Yes. I've met most of my closest friends here. And it's nice to not have to be the Queen of Ambergeldar all the time."

But she can revert, when she has to.

And something about Bela makes her . . . feel like acting a little queenly.

[not_lugosi]

"It's an escape for me, as well."

She folds her arms across her chest. Then she thinks better of it, and lets them fall by her sides once more. Usually she doesn't allow her discomfort to show in her body language. Milliways makes her much too relaxed.

"Although I'm certainly not royalty."

[kitchen_maid]

Amy smiles. "There used to be rather more royalty than there seems to be of late. At least, in my acquaintance. But all sorts of people visit here, and I think many of us find it, as you said, an escape."

[not_lugosi]

She nods. "I haven't seen any babies in here. I did see a teenager tending bar once. I guess things are different here."

Hey, queens can do what they like, but Bela's more into adult-only establishments.