AU/PSL THINGS

[upmoving]

[cw for Ariel shit?? incest, violence, all of that]

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[upmoving]

Okay. I don't have anything plain, though...

[HHHmmmm where could they find something like that? If they're meant to be ordinary, it doesn't have to fit perfectly, right?]

[newworldorder]

Don't worry. I already have something.

[upmoving]

Do you sneak around a lot?

[newworldorder]

Maybe.

[ Yes. ]

[upmoving]

That's just like you.

[And so charming. Ariel grins, thoroughly enchanted.]

Let's go then, before someone catches us.

[newworldorder]

Come on.

[ Jupiter takes Ariel's hand-- and there's a brief pause, where it feels strangely electrifying to do so. But then he pushes past it, squeezing the hand and pulling Ariel along... to the kitchens? ]

[upmoving]

[There's definitely a mutual jolt there. Ariel just watches Jupiter while they walk, all too aware of... well, just about everything about him. He's so fascinating. Ariel's world would be tiny and drab without him. Jupiter is, to him, everything bright and colourful and interesting in the world, and Ariel can't keep his eyes off him.]

Here?

[Well, he supposes you couldn't keep secret sneaking clothes in your room.]

[newworldorder]

[ Ariel's gaze burns into Jupiter's back, but he tells himself it's nothing. They've always been this way. ]

Right. There's spare uniforms, servants in town aren't an odd sight.

[upmoving]

Oh, that's true. You're pretty striking for a servant, though. They must wonder where we got you.

[He laughs lightly, an innocent tease as he goes to look for uniforms that'll fit them.]

[newworldorder]

Jeez, don't kid. Anyway, you'll want to change in the closet and shove your clothes into the back.

[upmoving]

Right.

[slipping into the closet! He's obviously very excited about all this. He's never been outside, except in protected circumstances, arranged and planned.]

[newworldorder]

[ Cute... ]

[upmoving]

[...He takes awhile. He's not used to dressing himself and doesn't know how it all goes together.

But eventually he emerges, dressed and not looking too rumpled.]

How's this?

[newworldorder]

Not bad. We don't need to disguise anything else about you either, no one really knows what you look like.

[upmoving]

That's true. What about you?

[newworldorder]

Usually I have time to dye my hair, but not today... did you know a spell to cast on it?

[upmoving]

I might, if you don't mind the chance of someone noticing it. What colour?

[newworldorder]

Up to you.

[upmoving]

Okay, then.

[He thinks a moment, gestures -- and Jupiter is dark-headed now, opposite his usual colour, the spell simple but flawless.]

[newworldorder]

[ The change probably makes him look more striking, because it's something so different from what Ariel is used to seeing. Jupiter doesn't seem to have a problem with it either, running his fingers through it and nodding, before ducking into the closet to change himself! ]

[upmoving]

[He pokes at things while he waits, just getting a look at a room he never otherwise sees.]

Where should we go?

[newworldorder]

[ Pops out of the closet! Hair mussed in a way that makes him look like a punk more than a noble. ]

The markets.

[upmoving]

That sounds fun.

[reaches over to ruffle his hair even more!]

[newworldorder]

Now follow me.

[ Because he's going to show you to a secret passage and there will be tons of twists and turns and avoiding people and then they are out and at the harbourside of the city, so far from the palace. ]

[upmoving]

[It's so exciting! He's never snuck around like that -- he's never done anything bad, and it's absolutely exhilarating. So he's smiling giddily by the time they come out, and stares in wonder at the busy city.]

It's so big...