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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 1d

“Al…cohol? …what exactly is that? I’d assume it’s a type of drink given what Liam and Damian talk about but I don’t believe I’ve seen it before…how peculiar”

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 2d

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-It seems she’s come to at least some form of a compromise, it definitely wasn’t the most convenient of solutions but it was a start at least-

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 2d

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“Firstly it’s rude to insist I’d sell my people to you! …now traitors on the other hand are fair game and it would clear up our prisons…but usually we end up killing and executing traitors anyways.

But we can keep your weird floating thingies alive as long as you verify you’re not with them” —>

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s not like I need there permission exactly, they simply know more about this stuff than I. Bellanda for example loves war, she and I make battle plans every chance we get in case of an uprising!”

-she exclaimed, clearly excited about her kingdom. She thought for a moment on his offer…-

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𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙵𝚛 𝙵𝚛 @pochitasvessel.bsky.social · 6d

"𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗' 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝."

➪ The offer relatively simple. Of course that can work on a grander scale. Eventually even put her above her sisters.

“𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗'..?"

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 6d

“I wonder why my serfs are so upset with me today? I haven’t done anything to warrant it!”

-just don’t mind the bloodied m throne room and the very bloodied edge of the guillotine in the center of the kingdom-

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 6d

—> The mermaid thought for a moment about his question…she was never big on dealing with boarder stuff after all. Usually that was reserved for her sisters-

“I’m not sure, I’m sure bellanda or laudanda know much more about what is needed for proper precautions…”

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 6d

“Yes! My sisters have even started testing me currently by giving me a small piece of territory to run by myself to see how well I do!

So far it has gone well! Most of my territory is still alive after all!”

-most…? Well that’s better than all of it being dead…

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𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙵𝚛 𝙵𝚛 @pochitasvessel.bsky.social · 7d

“𝙸 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗' 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?"

"𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝚖 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗' 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝."

"𝚁𝚞𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝?"

➪ As she said, she hadn’t come up here to fight. So maybe something else?

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 8d

—> -She quickly pulled out her phone…logic be damned on how it still worked after presumably being underwater the whole time and showed him a picture of her sisters-

“Theres Laudanda, Bellanda, and Amanda! And of course there’s me right there as well”

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 8d

—> Whatever these demons are there wasn’t a hint of fear coming from her. Whether it was I Stupidity or if she had the skills to back her talk up was anyone’s guess…-

“And I have said the name of my kingdom several times, The merkingdom! A beautiful underwater kingdom run by me and my sisters”

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 8d

“Demons or no, they should be no match for me. I’ve fought in wars lasting weeks on end…however usually my sisters put me on separate duties due to needing different roles.”

-she seemed confident in her abilities…almost too confident as she spoke. As if she had dealt with demons before

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

—> I suppose Scott, Polly, Vicky…most of my friends do end up doing life threatening things in order to as they say “Get laid” and they have come here before so I’m not the most surprised.”

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

—> “But as I said before humans were the ones invading above the merkingdom. We simply cannot risk a surprise assault from those conspiring with the air people!”

-Her expression turned to one of confusion as she heard the topic of monsters being brought up-

“Monsters here? —>

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

“As much as I would love to see your body bloodied from battle…you do have a point. I didn’t come up here to do battle anyways”

-The menace from her voice dissipated, her bubbly yet naive tone returning back as she spoke. She wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but she wasn’t a complete idiot- —>

𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙵𝚛 𝙵𝚛 @pochitasvessel.bsky.social · 9d

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚙 𝚞𝚙. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎."

"𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗' 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕."

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

—> “I have no quarrels with you humans…you invaded OUR territory first! But if you do wish to fight me it will be worse for this place~

The merkingdom never forgives attempts of assassination and we will stop at nothing to ensure your head is ours should you go through with it~”

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

—> -Her tones was a bit Venomous, her distain for the air people being very much prominent as she spoke. She knew humans wouldn’t understand…that’s what all of her monster friends have said anyways!

Once she heard a threat to her kingdom however, she turned. A glare being put on Denji-

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 9d

“Of course I was referring to creatures of the sky! Those damned feathered beasts don’t belong to the skies!

I’m not dumb, I know humans are weak and frail and lack the feathers of them. That does not mean humans and air people cannot be in some sort of alliance however”

—>

𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙵𝚛 𝙵𝚛 @pochitasvessel.bsky.social · 9d

➪ Least that was his guess.

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗' 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎.."

"𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚜? 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚕𝚢."

➪ She could certainly put on the pressure. It caused his brows to furrow just the slightest.

“𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕."

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 11d

“There are many reasons why! They could be threatening your kingdom with a riot or revolution. Or they could threaten your throne in which they must be made an example out of!”

-She said so with such a cutesy and bubbly tone that it was both hard to take her seriously yet it was creepy as well-

Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 11d

—> either way she smiled seeing the princess place her head back on its stump. Some of the blood getting onto her heels but Miri didn’t seem to mind much-

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 11d

“Ah, so someone else killed you…well that’s rude! I bet he didn’t even kill you for a good reason! At least I would’ve beheaded you for one!”

-Was…Was the other princess jealous of not getting to kill her? What and odd thing to be jealous over…

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 11d

Is ‘Princess’ her name or her title? What if it’s both? Could you imagine being named Princess Princess?

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 12d

“O-oh um…who exactly did that? It certainly wasn’t me, I would’ve delighted in seeing another beheading after all…”

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 12d

—> -She definitely wasn’t the most sane that’s for sure, her gave the blonde a wink but it wasn’t a flirty one. Instead a much more cocky wink-

“But I know you wouldn’t go up against us like that right….RIGHT?”

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 12d

—> -…wait what? Was she not referring to humans but instead…flying creatures? What an odd character she was, truly-

“Eat humans? Oh no no, we’re far above eating humans so instead any human that tries anything traitors will be publicly executed in front of millions”

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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 12d

“Yes the air people! Those vile and evil creatures that are nothing but traitors for our kingdom!”

-Yikes…she must not like them one bit. From the way she spat vitriol and spite at them-

“They’re feathered bodies and how they always rule the sky…it’s something that cannot be tolerated!”

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𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙵𝚛 𝙵𝚛 @pochitasvessel.bsky.social · 12d

➪ He eased back a step with how easily she could switch emotions on the dime.

“𝙽𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗' 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗' 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎!"

"𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚜, 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕!"

➪ He proudly puffed out his chest, jabbing a thumb into it.
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Miranda Vanderbilt @merkingdomprincess.bsky.social · 13d

—> “and if anyone tries such a thing I’ll make sure they are subjected to the execution they rightfully deserve for such traitorous acts~ surely you understand Denji…Right~?”

-There she goes again, tone shifting but this time to something much more gleefully murderous than slightly threatening-