Prince
Immigrant
Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 3, 2012 5:29:47 GMT -5
(Prince before leaving 3.5 years ago) (Prince arriving today) Prince stood at the entrance of Arthera, staring at the vicious city before her. It have been over three years since she had been in this city, but the wickedness inherent in it had not changed at all. She could tell that by simply looking through the 'front door' of the city.
Standing tall with her hands at her sides, Prince confidently made her way into the city of criminals that she called her home. Forgetting that she was female, she was a little taken aback at various whistles and comments she was getting from men who passed her in the streets. A glare formed on her face as she walked past such people and her hand ended up being placed permanently on the handle of her gunblade.
Prince's expression relaxed as she finally reached the stoop of bounty hunter headquaters. She stood in front, staring up at the building for a minute or so, before finally heading for the door and pulling out her keys to let herself in.
Prince unlocked the door and slowly walked inside, closing it behind her, heading the familiar sound of the door locking itself behind her. She stood there in the entrance for a moment, a smile forming on her face as she scanned the area.
The first person she spotted in the main office front was Eve, sitting at the front desk taking phone calls. Prince smirked at the familiar girl and made her way over to the desk as she finished with a call and began to write a few things down.
Prince stopped in front of the desk with a charming grin on her face as she leaned over towards Eve, placing a hand on the edge of the desk. "Hello, my dear Eve." She said in her gentleman-like voice that only bordered on sounding feminine.
"It has indeed been a very long time, yet I see you are still as beautiful as ever." Prince said with her charming grin. Despite her almost manly tone of voice and familiar boyish grin, the clothes that Prince was wearing that accentuated her female form made the fact that she was a woman quite glaringly obvious. (Tag Eve for now + other hunters later)
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Post by NPC: Female on Aug 3, 2012 11:58:57 GMT -5
"I'm very sorry all the available hunters are out at this moment, and since your problem doesn't border inside the emergency section, I can only write it down for now and stick it up the bounty board. Yes, so soon when the hunters are free, they will attend to your request. Yes, please inform me of your basic information so we are able to contact you soon. ...Okay. Thank you."
There Eve sat, at the front counter taking in the numerous phone calls all by herself. The number of bounty hunters are severely decreasing due to the unfortunate deaths during missions and senior hunters retiring, so Eve had to pitch in in doing the mundane tasks like taking phone calls.
She was scribbling on the paper as soon as she finished her call in order not to forget the caller's information. In fact, she was so absorbed, when she heard a voice calling for her in front of the desk, Eve raised up her other hand to signal in giving her a few moments till she finished writing.
Once she was done, Eve finally raised her head to see who it is. The voice sounds a bit familiar, so Eve had to take a while to wait for her memory to click. "Do I know you?" She finally asked while ripping the paper she had written on and about to skip off to the board to stick.
When hearing this man hinted that they haven't met in a while and throw in a compliment to her, Eve takes a second look of the strange visitor. She stared for the longest time before finally outbursts, "Prince? Is that......you?"
Eve is already standing up from her seat as she unconsciously made her way around her desk, the paper with the written information still in her hand. That is when she saw Prince's outfit and immediately gasped.
"Prince! I can't believe it! Did you.... I never knew you like women so much to the point in changing into them! What have you done to your body?!?" Eve immediately stepped in close to Prince and alternate her attention to his face, then his body, then to his face again. "Prince!! You go away a man and come back home as a woman!? I'm shocked!"
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Prince
Immigrant
Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 3, 2012 13:12:40 GMT -5
When Eve questioned about knowing her, Prince held her other hand in front of her heart. "Why Eve, my dear, do you really not recognize me?" She said with her charming gentlemanly smile but with a hint of a pout written onto her face as well in play.
Prince's gentlemanly smile lit up as Eve finally questioned her identity as Prince. "Indeed I am, my dear." She said with a slight bow to Eve in a gentlemanly fashion.
A bit shocked by Eve's sudden outburst after that, Prince stared at Eve as she went on, then started laughing in a voice that only bordered on sounding female when she suggested Prince changed her sex. "Ahh, my dear Eve. It IS indeed nice to see your familiar face again."
Prince leaned in towards Eve a bit with her gentlemanly smile and took her hand lightly and placed a kiss upon the backside of it. "I assure you, my dear, I have not changed anything about my body... I have simply changed my clothes. Or rather, was coerced into changing them." She said then, her eyes shifting to the side when she said she was coerced then looked back at Eve again.
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Post by NPC: Female on Aug 3, 2012 15:11:09 GMT -5
Eve was so absolutely shocked by this brand new female Prince in front of her, she was unable to speak for a while. Eve stepped back a foot when Prince approached her, only to take her hand and kissed it.
"P.....Prince!!" She could only yell, blushing. Eve looked up at her curiously now, still blushing, as Prince explained of what actually happened to her. Eve could not believe what she is hearing. The famous princely bounty hunter is actually a woman all along?
"How..... How come we didn't even.....know.." Eve's brain had clearly overheat itself with how Prince is charming her and at the same time knowing the whole truth behind it all just know. "Y-you.... And I had such a big crush for you back then too!"
Eve is obviously making so much noice, Jean came in the scene.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2012 15:13:00 GMT -5
"What is with all this noise? Eve, I thought I told you to keep it down on the phone, why must you yell so loudly every time you're in phoning duty?" Jean stepped in from his office. He is overworked and there are apparent dark circles under his eyes. This causes him to be rather irritable as of late, especially of loud noises that can disrupt his work.
He took one look at Prince and his memory clicked instantly. "Is that....who I think it is?" He questioned more to himself, but sounded rather loud that they could both hear him. "You can't be.....but..are you...?"
Even Jean is confused by this change of a fellow bounty hunter, but that is only for a short moment. He managed to keep his poise after straightening his mind up and held up his hand to shake. "So Hunter was right. Welcome back, Prince."
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Prince
Immigrant
Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 3, 2012 17:59:52 GMT -5
Prince thought it a success whenever she was able to win a smile or blush from a beautiful woman. She smiled brilliantly in response to Eve's blush, definitely glad to see her familiar pretty face turn so red because of her.
When asked why they never knew, Prince carefully released Eve's hand and stood straight at her tall height of five foot ten. "My apologies, my dear Eve. I did not mean for it to be such a closeted secret, but it was the only way I knew to live before. Besides, with Faun around then, any mention of my true gender would have thrown him into a fit." She said, still smiling that gentlemanly smile, not holding any hard grudges towards her father for being the main cause of this problem in the first place.
Eve admitting her crush on Prince from before caused her smile again to brighten a bit more. "I thank you for your feelings, my dear Eve. I apologize that I have turned out different from your expectations, but I always only wished to see your beautiful smiles lighting up the room."
When she heard Jean's familiar voice bellow from his office as he emerged, Prince turned to face the man. Her posture changed from that straight Princely stance to a more relaxed stance with her hip partly out and her arms crossed. There was a grin on her face that was very different from her Princely smile that she had just shown to Eve and, had it not been for her clothes revealing her real sex, she would have looked more like a guy right there.
"Hey Jean. It's been a while." She said rather relaxed and in a voice sounding almost more male than female. "I'm finally back and ready to return to work here. Kind of missed the place, you know?"
Prince's grin turned a bit into a smirk as Jean figured out who she was and held his hand to shake. She reached out and shook Jean's hand firmly, like another guy would. "It's good to finally be back." When she finally released the handshake, Prince put her hands at her hips and leaned her body back slightly in a relaxed stance as she glanced around the room.
"You really did do a good job cleaning this place up a lot. I hardly recognize it from before." She looked back at Jean at that then shrugged. "I guess I was just used to the way it was... change didn't really suit me." She said then chuckled a bit in a boyish voice, hinting slightly to the fact that she's come back looking very differently. Obviously revealing that she's finally ready to embrace change.
"Well then, chief, do we need to fill anything out or prepare anything for me to be able to get back to work here?" She said, hesitating a little bit on the word 'chief' but maintaining her boyish grin.
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Post by NPC: Female on Aug 6, 2012 13:25:00 GMT -5
Eve was surprised by Prince's apologies and the reason behind it. "I can't.....I still can't believe it.." Eve hasn't joined the organization as long as Prince here, so she knew little of Faun. She joined only a few years before Jean was given the title, so she's familiar of Prince and has developed a small crush on him.
That is before she knows he's actually a woman all along. Eve was so embarrassed, her face stays blushing like that. Prince's smile and charm can do this to her, and any other women. Fortunately, before Eve could even utter a sound out of her mouth, Jean had made his prescence known.
"Chief!!" Eve called, turning her whole body to him. "Did you know all these while that Prince is a woman....?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2012 13:26:13 GMT -5
"No Eve, I'm as surprised as you are." Only that Jean was able to keep a calmer composure of the surprise. He is also perceptive enough in noticing how Prince's style had shifted considerably from how she acts around Eve and to how she faces him.
They shook hands after that, and Jean's eyes never left Prince of how boyish she's acting. Even her grip around his hand is firm, very similar to a man. He nodded in acknowledgement of her remarks about the place.
"Yes.. Thank you." He said, still internally as shocked as Eve is of Prince's real gender, but Jean is more preoccupied by what that realization is branching into when he vaguely recalls facts about Faun. Being chief bounty hunter now, Jean has immediate access to information regarding the bounty hunters. Before he can figure out about Prince though, she left.
'I see.... So she's the one called Claire...' Behind his glasses, Jean gave a downcasted glance to Prince. He knows it isn't his business, but knowing about how this woman is directly affiliated with Faun made Jean sympathized her in a way.
"I'm sorry." He said to her, not really explaining in detail of what he apologized for. Though his quick thinking made it up. "That you didn't like the change. I suppose I was trying too hard to re-organize this organization, but I assure you, all I'm trying to do is to try and settle peace in Veyyard to benefit everyone. This might sound like a ridiculous dream.....but at least I'm trying. We all are."
Jean then gave a smile to Prince. "I believe I speak for everyone here that we're very happy to have you back with the force." He sensed how uncomfortable she is to call him like that, so he made an exception for her. "It's alright. When we're not in missions, it's fine to just address me as Jean."
"And yes all I need you to do is update your information, such as your age and anything else we need to know after all these years. I'll lead you to the office. This way Prince."
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Prince
Immigrant
Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 14, 2012 2:06:13 GMT -5
"Hm?" Prince gave a confused look to Jean's suddenly apology then smiled as he said his reason for it was. Prince laughed a bit at this in a boyish manner and grinned at Jean. "It's fine, Jean. I just needed to get away from it back then for a while."
She glanced to the side as she spoke and placed a hand at the back of her head as her smile fell a bit. "I don't really know why I felt so uncomfortable about it... but that can happen when you're too used to one way." She said, referring to how different it was when Faun had been in charge before.
Prince then smiled at Jean again, one that looked almost feminine with a kind and confident look in her eyes. "It doesn't sound ridiculous. I'm behind you all one hundred percent now."
Her smile widened a bit back into a boyish grin as Jean said they're happy to have Prince back. "It's good to be back." Prince felt a bit sheepish as Jean recognized her hesitation on calling him chief and her smile fell a bit then picked back up again. "It's fine. You don't have to make a special exception for me, chief. It just still feels new, is all." She said, calling him chief without hesitation that time.
Prince smiled still as Jean said he just needed an update on her information. "Alright then." She said as she followed Jean into his office.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2012 19:37:40 GMT -5
“No no just hear me out. I felt like I needed to apologize to you, not only was it the respectable thing it was the right thing. And yes you are correct sometimes you do need to step back and take a break, it happens to all of us but we all know eventually we’ll have to come back and face our responsibilities sooner than later.”
Jean smiled at Prince and he wasn’t harsh with his words to her at all, he was straightforward but he was polite about it. He was glad that she was back to join the team, and he was looking forward to this new adventure that they were all about to embark on. The chief, silently chuckled to himself because things had changed for him, he was a father. He didn’t really make that announcement to Prince yet, so he just enjoyed imagining her reaction.
Leading her into the office everything was organized and not scattered the files were neatly lined up beside each other in a library format, so that he could have easy access to them in the event of an emergency. Jean quickly scanned to the file that had all of the bounty hunters personal records and sure enough he found Prince’s file. He placed it in front of her, and allowed her to have a moment to look it over and to fill in anything that needs to be updated. He also placed a pen beside her file for her to use.
A few minutes later Jean’s cellphone rang and the person on the line was his daughter. She was just calling to update on any progress she was making in her wedding research, as of course Jean was the dad so anything she needed help with, he would be there to assist.
“Excuse me Prince I need to take this so please don’t mind me.”
“Hey Dad it’s Miki. Okay so I need your advice on something. I don’t want to go over budget. I mean Zero and I need extra money for anything else we may need for the wedding and even beyond that for when we decide to move in together you know. So what do you think I should do?
“First thing you need to do is go over the budget, and figure out how much you can afford. Once you do that you stick with those numbers. Also as you do your research you should find cheaper alternatives. I know you are an elegant type of bride but you can still be classy and save money all at the same time. The more money you save the better it is after the wedding is over. I truly don’t want your wallet to be crying in agony remember I will be helping out too so don’t freak out okay? And DON’T STRESS!”
“hahaha Dad I am not stressing I just needed advice. I also should go over the guest list too huh with Zero? I’m thinking about buying my own invitation kit so I can make them myself. Considering that I am artistic that is a great alternative for me. Anyway I’ll be home a little late if Zero comes before I do, please let him know okay, I love you dad.
Jean smiled at himself. For a bride to be Miki sure was calm but as a dad he couldn’t help but remind her to try and remain stress free. Because after all she has all the help in the world.
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Post by NPC: Female on Aug 14, 2012 19:54:35 GMT -5
Eve just stood there shocked. She couldn’t believe it, all this time her crush was a SHE. Not a HE but a SHE. She thought that she finally found the knight in shining armor but she was so wrong. Oh so very wrong. Going red in the face and acting out the shock Eve started to mumble to herself., as she started to write on a few documents as each call came in.
“Did anyone ever tell me she was a girl? No. They choose to torture my poor fragile soul! I don’t know whether I should cry, or kick and scream at somebody!
Because Eve was making such a racket with her voice, the other bounty hunters told her to be quiet and from there all she said to them was:
“Oh shut up! What if it WAS YOU that got your soul tortured?! No wonder they call it crushes… People do get crushed literally sometimes.”
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Prince
Immigrant
Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 15, 2012 23:12:27 GMT -5
Prince followed Jean into his office and the first thing she noticed was how clean and organized everything was. She grinned very slightly at this as she recalled the state of the chief's office back when her father was in charge. A part of her actually missed the man, despite how harsh and easily angered he was most of the time. If he could see her now, dressed as a woman, she was certain he would refuse to accept that she was Prince.
Prince sat down where Jean had placed her file and a pen for her to update her information. She quietly looked over it with a small, nostalgic smile and filled in what needed to be filled in. As she was almost finished filling it in, she heard a phone ring. She hadn't had a cell phone since she left without it three and a half years ago, so she looked at Jean for a moment as he answered his.
"It's okay." She replied with a grin at Jean then finished filling in the form as he talked to someone on the other end. At hearing the word bride, Prince's curiosity was piqued. She quickly finished filling in what was needed in her file, then placed the pen down and leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms and grinning at Jean as he got off the phone.
"So.. are you finally getting hitched, Chief?" She asked with an amused grin at Jean.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 19:03:13 GMT -5
Jean’s cheeks flushed a hint of red when Prince had asked him if he was getting married finally after all these years. While that did sound like a nice thought for him someday he shook his head no and chuckled.
“Prince, Prince, Prince. You do not know this but I do have a daughter, SHE is the one getting married not me. That was my daughter that called me to ask for advice about her wedding plans. So if you see all of us hustling and bustling it isn’t just because of missions, it’s also because of my daughter’s wedding.
We haven’t had an exciting event such as this in all our years of bounty hunting and living in Arthera. Wait until you meet her. There is no doubt in my mind that you two will become fast friends, and hey there maybe an wedding invitation for you too.”
Little did Jean know Mitsuko and Prince had already met and were already on a friendly basis with each other. The chief looked at Prince’s file for a second to mentally confirm everything she filled out, and then put her file back on the shelf.
“Since you have been gone for so long, do you feel the need to update your equipment at all? Or is it still functional? We have new handcuffs too if you need a new pair. Handcuffs do last long but I just want to make sure none of your equipment is worn down. It wouldn’t hurt just to double check everything that you use right? You can never been too safe or too careful, especially on a mission.”
Jean went over to his office coffee maker and turned it on to brew a fresh cup. He was of course cutting down on his coffee intake but sometimes you just need it to have that quick energy boost.
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Prince
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Somewhere between discovery and contentedness.
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Post by Prince on Aug 18, 2012 2:24:09 GMT -5
Prince's faced immediately turned to confusion as Jean said he had a daughter. "A daughter?" She questioned quietly at first as she wondered how he had a daughter of marriageable age after only three years. "Assuming you're not marrying off a three year old, did you adopt someone in the time I was gone?"
Prince then grinned when he spoke of meeting his daughter. "Well, I'm sure she's as beautiful as an angel." Prince said, rather interested now in meeting another beautiful girl and making her smile, which shouldn't be hard considering she's a blooming bride to be. "Who's her fiance?"
As Jean went on to ask about Prince's equipment after taking her file away, Prince stood up and grinned at him. "Thanks Chief, but I keep my equipment well maintained for as long as I can. Haven't had a problem yet."
Although Faun made sure that his hunters had the equipment they needed, he would often get angry at anyone who claimed their equipment wasn't in good enough condition to use. He always pushed his hunters to take better care of their equipment and would always blame them if their equipment lost its value and usefulness. He didn't like having to restock if he could help it as that would require more money and more paperwork he didn't want to bother with.
Prince then chuckled at Jean's comment on never being too safe or careful on a mission. "You really are a much more caring chief." She said as she lifted a hand to the back of her head, glancing to the side, then lowered it again and grinned back at him. "Thanks for the offer. If I decide later that I need to upgrade anything, I'll come talk to you about it."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2012 9:10:25 GMT -5
The sounds of the coffee maker brewing the coffee were heard in the background and Jean had to step away from the machine in order to answer Prince’s question to him. He sat across from her on his office chair and chuckled at what she asked him. She hit the nail on the head as they say.
“Yes I did adopt her. She was being mistreated so terribly by her father that it got to the point in where a incident happened. An innocent visit to the cattleman’s stakehouse in Sougen turned deadly in where her father caused a scene and she protected a little girl, as well as civilians from getting hurt. My daughter and her father fought but there was one attack that he did that caused her to fall through the window. Shards of glass were everywhere when we got there on the scene.”
Jean closed his eyes, inhaled and exhaled silently before he continued.
“She was hurt that she ended up being hospitalized for quite sometime, but from that day I decided to take it upon myself and adopt her because she deserves a good father, and not someone that hurts her, or even tries to murder her. And since I adopted her she is happier to know that she has at least a parental figure in her life that is genuine. She doesn’t deserve to feel alone ever. And now she is getting married to the person that she has loved for a very long time.”
Then Prince asked who was her fiancé.
“Oh you’ll know who it is when you see him. I don’t think I should give too much away. Let the chemistry speak for itself when those two are in the room together. I can tell you that they have known each other since they were children, but they love each other so deeply that they can’t be without the other. This is a love story you have to see for yourself, just like the rest of us has seen it.
“I do what’s best for everyone working for me and everyone deserves respect. People need to work as a team and trust each other. Yes people will die in bounty hunts but we must still remain strong together. I take pride in what I do, but I make sure that all of you are taken care of as well. In a way I treat you all like my own children.
But let me know if you do need more equipment. As much as we can take care of them, things will get old, things will need a tune up because we use our weapons often. And on the battlefield we can’t have things not working especially in a dire emergency.”
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