When they finally got on the land Zeref could see the man had obviously been one of the first to get off and hugging a little girl who looked more than happy to see him. Roslyn narrowed her eyes at the girl, seemingly eyeing over her future 'friend'. The guards weren't going to let Zeref or Roslyn through till the man had given his news and from what Zeref could see the man was going to make them wait. Roslyn of course was no waiter and walked straight up to the two, managing to have slipped past the guards. Zeref sighed as Roslyn walked up to the two who were talking.
"Can we play some hide n seek before you talk to mother Corvo?" The young girl had asked as the man from beforehand, Corvo, actually looked in thought on this. Roslyn interrupted, looking straight at the young girl. Corvo looked unhappy for a split second looking at Roslyn who had interrupted.
"You fight?" Roslyn huffed.
"Me?" The young girl said surprised by the question.
"Yes you!" Roslyn huffed.
"Not really." The young girl said a bit confused.
"Hmpf. I thought so." Roslyn huffed.
"Show more respect to the princess." Corvo hissed as the young girl sighed rolling her eyes at him.
"I'm a princess." Roslyn scoffed. "And I already know more than you." Corvo narrowed his eyes at Roslyn before giving a quick scoff crossing his arms.
"Come on Corvo don't be such a grump." Emily sighed seeing Corvo's actions.
"Hm. You like hide and seek?" Roslyn chuckled.
"Well the guards are pretty bad at it but Corvo is great at it, it's actually fun to try and find him." Emily said happily.
"I'm the best at it. Hands down." Roslyn said proudly.
"I don't know. Maybe you can play a quick game with us and see." Emily said with a smile as Corvo didn't like this idea by his facial expression
"You bet!" Roslyn said proudly as Zeref sighed. Corvo huffed irritatedly as Emily had already started to head towards an area out of the way. Roslyn followed closely after her, having to hold her nice dress up to not ruin it. Corvo had stuck as close as a shadow to the two watching Roslyn's every move as they walked to the said hidning area. Roslyn disappeared pretty quickly, as Emily was taking a bit longer to find a good hiding spot. Corvo had grudgingly been picked as seeker much to his dislike. He sought out the two, easily finding Emily, letting Roslyn wait a bit for being found. Corvo hadn't looked pleased at all when he found Roslyn, weather that was from where she was or his distrust in her wasn't apparent.
"Well it's my turn to be the seeker now." Emily said happily.
"What! What rules are you playing by?!" Roslyn huffed.
"Whoever is found first gets to be the seeker." Emily said. "Thought everyone went by that?"
"You play till the seeker gives up!" Roslyn huffed.
"Well what do you think Corvo?" Emily said looking over to Corvo. Corvo sighed and gave a shrug obviously not caring much about the rules than just spending time home again.
"Hmp. 'll play by your weird rules." Roslyn sighed.
"Well then you and Corvo hide." Emily said looking away from the two. Corvo had glared at Roslyn before quickly finding a hiding spot, which in all honesty was obvious. Roslyn had come running, about to hide in his same spot before seeing him and huffing. Corvo huffed a bit back giving a small hand gesture to go away. Roslyn huffed running off to hide somewhere else just as Emily called she was ready.
"You have to be over here." Emily said running over to a spot that could have been a hiding spot but to her dismay no one was there. Corvo could see Roslyn was covering her mouth, holding in a giggle. Corvo narrowed his eyes seeing Roslyn hold back the giggle staying quiet and still. Roslyn kicked a nearby rock into a far wall, drawing Emily away. Corvo had rolled his eyes seeing the act as Emily had carefully approached where the sound came from. Roslyn chuckled a little before covering her mouth in horror. Emily had apparently heard her chuckle and started her way over to where she thought she heard the chuckle, Corvo had simply smirked at Roslyn's chuckle. Roslyn huffed looking around for somewhere she could hide before realizing what a corner she'd backed herself into. Emily was only getting closer to finding where Roslyn had been hiding. Roslyn sighed accepting her defeat as she came out of hiding.
"Found you!" Emily said happily. "You know it's harder to find someone if their silent."
"Well I came out so it doesn't count." Roslyn huffed proudly.
"Okay." Emily said with a nod. "Now to find Corvo."
"I know where he is." Roslyn huffed annoyed. Corvo had glared at Roslyn but stayed put.
"I'd ask but that's kind of cheating." Emily said.
"Oh he's closer than you think." Roslyn chuckled looking directly at Corvo.
"Really?" Emily said looking over at where Roslyn was. Corvo stayed still even with Emily looking straight at him.
"... I don't see him." Emily said confused as Roslyn looked startled. Corvo only smirked looking directly at Roslyn as he had still stayed still.
"He's right there!" Roslyn huffed pointing him out.
"Right where?" Emily said trying to spot where Roslyn was pointing to. Roslyn huffed taking her hand much to Emily's surprise. Corvo narrowed his eyes but stayed still as he had been.
"Right. Here." Roslyn huffed pulling her right in front of Corvo. Corvo gave a very awkward smile.
"See." Roslyn huffed as Emily looked surprised.
"Hey Princess." Corvo chuckled as Emily then gave a defeated smile. "But I do have to cut our game short."
"Wah?! C'mon. One more round." Roslyn huffed. Corvo shook his head no as he stretched his legs a bit from being still for so long.
"Mother's talking with the Spymaster." Emily sighed disappointed that Corvo had to stop the game of hide n seek.
"We've gotta talk to your mom anyway." Roslyn sighed picking herself up and straightening out her dress.
"So you're one of mothers visitors today." Emily said as Corvo had already started to make his way back. Roslyn followed closely behind looking around at what appeared to be what remained of the Empress's court. From the looks of it you wouldn't have expected a plague to be going on.
"Who's that guy?" Roslyn mumbled looking at a man posing to be painted.
"Oh that's high Overseer Campbell and the artist there is Anton Sokolov" Emily said as Anton had grumbled as Cambell seemed more focused on Corvo.
"Welcome home, Lord Protector!" Campbell said with a wave to Corvo who simply nodded to him.
"Stop moving Campbell. You Corvo welcome back, from wherever you've been" Anton grumbled not taking his eyes off his work.
"Hm. Canvas doesn't match him." Roslyn scoffed looking over Anton's shoulder.
"That's the point." Anton grumbled. Drawing his eyes away from his work to look over at Corvo who was slightly chuckling. "Bet the Empress will be happy to see you, eh Corvo." Anton said with a chuckle as Corvo looked away with a huff.
"We're going to talk to her mom and we're gonna help everyone get better!" Roslyn said proudly.
"Bah! We don't need help my elixirs will get the job done." Anton huffed going back to painting Campbell as Corvo had started to walk off.
"I'd pipe down on that if I were you." Roslyn huffed suddenly serious.
"Well your not me so I don't have to worry." Anton huffed.
"Anton's kinda a grump, just don't mind him." Emily said softly. "Corvo wait up!" Roslyn and Emily ran after Corvo as Roslyn could see up ahead Zeref was waiting to be introduced to the Empress. Corvo had walked past Zeref as Emily had ran past. The Empress was talking with another man who Roslyn could only assume was the Spymaster.
"She's alright." Roslyn sighed sitting next to Zeref.
"Well do you think you two can actually get along?" Zeref asked quietly.
"I'm not seeing it. Not as long as that protector's around." Roslyn said quietly. "He keeps advising her against me. It's quite annoying really."
"Well it might be because he's suspicious from what you almost gave away earlier." Zeref sighed softly looking at Roslyn.
"You'll need to be rid of him if you wanna get the Empress." Roslyn mumbled quietly.
"I know. Shouldn't be to hard." Zeref said softly.
"How do you mean that?" Roslyn looked curious.
"I have a plan." Zeref said softly.