pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"King Triton lounged on his throne playing with the flower Ariel had stuck in his hair that morning. "Let's see now...oh, who could the lucky merman be?" he chuckled to himself. Ariel. He was slightly saddened, this meant his little girl was growing up…and yet he was so happy! Her daughter had shown no interest whatsoever in the matters of romance up until now. He was just happy that she was happy. So much like her mother.
He sat up feeling a presence in the room and saw Sebastian loitering in the entry. He cleared his throat and sat up straight hiding the flower behind his back trying to make himself look more like a king and less like the giddy father he was inside.
"Come in, Sebastian."
As Sebastian took a deep breath to steady his quaking body and nerves Triton checked to make sure the flower wasn't being crush behind him before straightening his trident and body waiting with a regal air around him for his confidant.
Sebastian approached and his shoulders slouched a little bit. "Yes!" He cleared his throat as his voice had gone up about five octaves. "Yes, Your Majesty?" His voice came back down in its normal register if not a little hoarse.
Triton's eyebrow raised at the little mishap with the voice but ignored it. Sebastian was assigned to watch over Ariel, he would have to know who she had fallen in love with.
"Now Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel," he said slowly leaning back and fiddling with his trident, "Have you noticed she's been acting…peculiar lately?"
Sebastian shifted nervously unnoticed by the king who voice was getting lighter and more teasing. "Peculiar?" Maybe if I just feign innocence! I don't know anything. I don't know anything.
"You know, moaning about, daydreaming, singing to herself…" He raised an eyebrow looking at Sebastian. "You haven't noticed, hmmm?"
"Oh, well…I-" he said sheepishly.
"Sebastian…" he teased waving a finger at him to get him to come closer. "I know you've been keeping something from me…"
The little crab swam up and sat on the arm of the king's throne with a nervous gulp.
"Keping….something?" He grinned awkwardly as his eyes shifted trying to look anywhere but Triton's face.
"About Ariel?" He wiggled an eyebrow at Sebastian causing his legs to shake and rattle with fear.
He quickly grabbed hold of them before it was noticed. "Ariel?"
"In love?"
This time both the king's eyebrows went up as he pointed at Sebastian with his trident, a triumphant smirk on his face and Sebastian finally broke.
"I tried to stop her sir!" He grabbed onto his beard and fell to his knees. "She wouldn't listen! I told her to stay away from humans, they are bad, they are trouble! They-"
His words confused the merman but then their meaning sank in. "Humans? WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?" His trident flared to life with an angry glow as he rose from his throne glaring at his consort.
Sebastian released his death grip on the king's beard with an apologetic shrug. "Humans?"
He didn't know? He didn't know! Maybe I can still fix this!
He back peddled and shrugged trying to laugh it off. "Who said anything about humans?"
Maybe I can fix this, maybe I can fix this, maybe I can fix-
His thought was cut off by the king's hand around his body./pre
He sat up feeling a presence in the room and saw Sebastian loitering in the entry. He cleared his throat and sat up straight hiding the flower behind his back trying to make himself look more like a king and less like the giddy father he was inside.
"Come in, Sebastian."
As Sebastian took a deep breath to steady his quaking body and nerves Triton checked to make sure the flower wasn't being crush behind him before straightening his trident and body waiting with a regal air around him for his confidant.
Sebastian approached and his shoulders slouched a little bit. "Yes!" He cleared his throat as his voice had gone up about five octaves. "Yes, Your Majesty?" His voice came back down in its normal register if not a little hoarse.
Triton's eyebrow raised at the little mishap with the voice but ignored it. Sebastian was assigned to watch over Ariel, he would have to know who she had fallen in love with.
"Now Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel," he said slowly leaning back and fiddling with his trident, "Have you noticed she's been acting…peculiar lately?"
Sebastian shifted nervously unnoticed by the king who voice was getting lighter and more teasing. "Peculiar?" Maybe if I just feign innocence! I don't know anything. I don't know anything.
"You know, moaning about, daydreaming, singing to herself…" He raised an eyebrow looking at Sebastian. "You haven't noticed, hmmm?"
"Oh, well…I-" he said sheepishly.
"Sebastian…" he teased waving a finger at him to get him to come closer. "I know you've been keeping something from me…"
The little crab swam up and sat on the arm of the king's throne with a nervous gulp.
"Keping….something?" He grinned awkwardly as his eyes shifted trying to look anywhere but Triton's face.
"About Ariel?" He wiggled an eyebrow at Sebastian causing his legs to shake and rattle with fear.
He quickly grabbed hold of them before it was noticed. "Ariel?"
"In love?"
This time both the king's eyebrows went up as he pointed at Sebastian with his trident, a triumphant smirk on his face and Sebastian finally broke.
"I tried to stop her sir!" He grabbed onto his beard and fell to his knees. "She wouldn't listen! I told her to stay away from humans, they are bad, they are trouble! They-"
His words confused the merman but then their meaning sank in. "Humans? WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?" His trident flared to life with an angry glow as he rose from his throne glaring at his consort.
Sebastian released his death grip on the king's beard with an apologetic shrug. "Humans?"
He didn't know? He didn't know! Maybe I can still fix this!
He back peddled and shrugged trying to laugh it off. "Who said anything about humans?"
Maybe I can fix this, maybe I can fix this, maybe I can fix-
His thought was cut off by the king's hand around his body./pre