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Rhajat grumbled loudly under her breath as she walked up the stairs. She was summoned to Castle Shirasagi and now had to deal with whatever they wanted.
In the main hall people were running about every which way sorting things, moving tables and decorations.
"No, no that goes over there." Caledori pointed "Next to the picture please."
"You rang?" Rhajat sighed walking up.
"Oh Rhajat thank goodness you're here." Caledori sighed "It's just terrible, the musician broke a shamisen and the chef called out sick, the party is going to be ruined."
"Party?" Rhajat asked.
"My parents anniversary party, I've been planning it for weeks!" the Hoshidan princess said.
"Oh yeah that." Rhajat let out a loud sigh "Well…see ya."
"Please I need your help." Caledori said "I can handle this but…please."
Rhajat rolled her eyes and followed inside to her regal bedroom, the large doors to the patio closed off as Caledori walked into the closet.
"This is just the worst part, I can't believe this happened to me." Caledori called out before walking out with two different kimonos "I don't know what to wear!"
"You called me here, in the middle of my work, to figure out which kimono you should wear to the party?" Rhajat glared.
"…yes." Caledori said "The Pink, or Red? I don't want clash with my hair."
"I don't care." Rhajat rolled her eyes.
"Please, I trust your sense of fashion more than anymore." Caledori begged "I just don't know which way to go, maybe if I see it on you I'll be able to decide?"
"It wouldn't fit me." Rhajat said "We're…different sizes."
"Oh, right." Caledori looked at her own chest "Haa…"
"Wear the pink one." Rhajat got up and left "It'll match your hair and the one your mother will wear."
Later
By evening it was time for the event, a lot of people where there which meant Rhajat was a little miserable, she just preferred to be left in solitude.
"Rhajat!" Caledori came over "It's terrible the party is going to be ruined."
"What now?" Rhajat groaned.
"We're short on sake, I can't have a party for adults with no adult beverages." Caledori was panicking a bit "I can't believe I let this happen, I wanted to give mother and father a wonderful party but now it's ruined, I'm pathetic."
"It's fine." Rhajat said "Everyone seems happy, relax for once."
"But I just-."
"Lady Caledori!" she snapped "If it's that big of a deal I will go get more."
"Rhajat."
"This is your party too, enjoy it with your family." Rhajat told her "You can…trust me I guess."
"Are you sure it won't be too much?" Caledori asked.
"I'll manage." Rhajat shrugged "You're my liege after all, some of your annoyingly perfect self probably rubbed off on me, oh by the way."
Rhajat touched her eyes "Don't get so worked up you cry, you make up will run."
"Thank you." Caledori took a breath.
"Hmph." Rhajat scoffed as Caledori went back to socializing "Sometimes working with someone who's perfect is nice, she does so much work I don't have to, but…she gets worked up too much for her own good frankly…she should rely on me more, so long as it doesn't interfere with my work."
AN
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Out of the three rehash kids from the Hoshidan side I like Rhajat the most, probably because of the three she's the most different from her inspiration, her and Tharja have similarities but Rhajat is a lot more personable than Tharja, and a lot more overt in her attempts to help people, she hides it but not to the same level Tharja did.
I also like the idea, that since here Rhajat is Hana's daughter, she has this bizarrely on point sense for fashion. If you read Caledori and Rhajat's in game support that shows too even if Hana isn't her mother.
Caledori and Rhajat are a fun pair to write together, Caledori is so on point with trying to be perfect and meet her own expectations that she over works, so I imagine as her retainer that Rhajat spends less time helping Caledori and more time focusing her on her tasks and cleaning up after her if she does too much at once and it blows up in her face.
Also on Caledori since Sakura is her mom here I tried to lean into the idea that she gets flustered and overwhelmed a bit, not that she's a crybaby like Sakura tends to be, but for her if one thing goes wrong it might as well be that the sky is falling. For Caledori I imagine problems come like dominoes, once one thing goes wrong for her she gets so worked up another thing goes wrong, and then another and another until she's just a wreck of nerves and panic.
Which is why I like Rhajat as her rock, that person who when the dominoes start to topple can ground her, stop the avalanche and just refocus her.
Wow this not ended up being almost as many words as the chapter.
Till Next Time!
