[en!fic] Arcane – dead princess – PG | Guest of honour

[malurette]

Title: Guest of honour
Author: malurette
Fandom: Arcane
Character: the princess from Mel's flashback
Rating: PG / K+
Disclaimer: Riot Games & Fortiche studio

Prompt: Day 14 – "Celebrations" for halfamoon
Word count: 100

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She’s dressed in her ceremonial best. They’ve stopped pretending they’ll win this war and that the ostentation is for glory purposes. She knows all too well they’re losing and she can hope to save only face—nothing else, no one else. Assimilation is coming.
Her enemies make a big show of her defeat—well, of their victory rather. They parade her as a trophy, a hard-won prize. They don’t care about her as a person, barely as a symbol; they only care for her state’s riches.
They make her a guest of honour in their triumph party… and then what?

Comments

[flo_nelja]

Yeaaah, tu as écrit sur la petite princesse, comme prévu ! Et un angle que je n'avais pas imaginé du tout ! C'est cool ! (mais déprimant bien sûr)

[facethestrange]

Daaaamn, this one hits HARD. :( Also this is literally THE most minor character of all minor characters, I love that you gave her a voice and how well you did it! ♡

[malurette]

Oui ! Oh, tant mieux, ça veut dire que j'empiète pas sur tes plates-bandes ?
Merci ♥

[malurette]

Thank you! She may be the most minor character but she's so so striking, I really wanted to do something about her.
(Now on to my way to hunt for AU fics in which Mel manages to save her? ...maybe it'll hurt even more, knowing that it cannot be...)

[facethestrange]

Eh, the canon story is just as fictional as an AU of it, so either of these stories can be true if you say it's true. :D

[cmk418]

This is amazing and terrifying all at once. Well done!

[malurette]

Thank you! I'm very happy I managed to do something with this one.