The Monster & the Maiden Fair

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the monster & the maiden fair meme



There's a long precedent in folklore and myth of beautiful young people - both men and women - being kidnapped by monsters: dragons, beasts, goblins, demons, elves, vampires, wolves, or even evil humans. In the end, however, these prisoners are almost always rescued and brought back to civilization to live a normal and happy life.

But what if they didn't want to leave their jailor?

They've seen behind the surface and have begun to sympathize with this "monster;" no, more than that, they've fallen for them. Will this story have a happy ending? Will the monster believe that anyone could love them? Most importantly, though, can the two of them be left alone without any attempts at a "rescue?"

how to play

• Comment with your character, your preference, and what role they'll play. Feel free to AU characters to your desire role.
• Reply to others.
• Thread anything that could remotely fit under the umbrella theme. Was the kidnapping just that, or did both parties know (and care) for each other before, making it a collaborative, mutual effort? Perhaps you'd prefer to play the actual Beauty and The Beast-style getting to know each other or seeing behind the grizzly facade. What about an attempted "rescue?" Or maybe you could thread out a scene where the prisoner runs away from the society they were forced back into and returns to their beloved beast! It's all up to you. You could even do smut if you wanted to, but this isn't a smut meme.

Meme was last posted (as far as this mun is aware) by processions, awesome artwork is by chewy

Comments

[reincarnivorous]

Please. They're important to me. [Please don't casually maim them or anything either--it doesn't occur to Kite to make this request at this time, too bad. They're only just getting to know one another, after all. In fact, Colt would probably have taken that initiative, except someone's arrived at the door with food and he's being weirdly deferential. Pitou probably sensed their approach (and quick withdrawal).

Food turns out to be something like reptilian meatloaf, arranged like regular meatloaf, and not like a raw meat sphere with miscellaneous body-parts in. It seems like they're going to take their meal separate from everyone else, for today. If Kite eats hers a little fast, it's probably just because a part of her is still reacting like a prey animal.]

Now I... have a few questions for you, as well.

[royalmeow]

[They're someone important to someone who is important to it. Pitou understands this feeling now, although it doesn't feel...quite the same about Kite as it did the past King. There is still loyalty as strong as ever, but there's something missing that it can't quite explain.

As it answers, it knees and bows its head.] I'll answer any questions you have, King.

[reincarnivorous]

[Maybe some of the magic gets lost if you've already popped someone's head off at least once? The ways in which Kite falls short of being an ideal king are myriad, but the pressure is there now to meet it so she doesn't react when Pitou kneels, except to frown, visibly assessing. The time for Meruem's destiny is past and buried, but she won't deny the title again.]

To start, I want to hear more about your abilities. I've learned some from humans who fought you and more through other means [...bodies?] but I would like a more complete picture of what you're capable of.

[royalmeow]

[Pitou lifts its head as it speaks again.] My Nen? Certainly.

[Hopefully Kite was prepared for a lengthy, if extremely casual explanation. Pitou doesn't waste its words, explaining its three Hatsu in efficient, but not saturated detail.

Once it's complete, its tail swishes as it awaits its next command.] Is there anything else?

[reincarnivorous]

[There is, but it seems to take Kite a while to choose her words. Probably because there are SO MANY. And they circle and circle without rest, but come out slowly, deliberately, clicking into place like tiles on a board.]

What do you hope for in this world? You're my Guard [and that's right, for what instincts she hasn't lost, that feels right] and you agreed to follow me. But you must guess that my ambitions are not the same as the- as Meruem's.

I'm not asking if you'll obey me. You will. But things will be very different, and, I think, require more sacrifices from you than before. So I want to know what you hope for. Do you think you can be satisfied with this life?

[royalmeow]

As long as I can serve Your Majesty, I am satisfied. That's all I hope for. [Pitou bows again, resolute in that decision. Of course it wants the best for its King, it wants a kingdom, soldiers, and servants--but there's nothing Pitou can do if Kite truly wishes against that.

Like with Meruem, part of Pitou understands that sometimes, there are things one finds more important than all of that to someone. Meruem showed an almost complete disinterest in all the work the Royal Guards had done for him, as Pitou had slowly begun to realize, and that's because he cared for something else.]