A Royal Announcement [OPEN]

Zandrophin bowed his head slightly in acknowledgement. He replied,

"The honor is mine, Sir. In fact, I have you to thank. I must admit, the goods which come to me from Starfort are allowing quite the profit margin. I trust our services are up to your standards. If not, I'd be more than willing to see to it myself. As for the health of my business...the old phrase 'another day, another dollar' applies very well...and there have been many days. My men have mentioned that you now have a sophisticated electrical system. I must compliment you on your resourcefulness...most have little knowledge how to do such a thing."

He sighed slightly and looked around before continuing, but as he looked around, a slight look of concern crossed his face. His next message was telepathic

"Tell me, Master Carter....have you any idea as to why we're here?...I've had a lot of experience with these royalty types...there's always an outside objective...aside from a simple get-together."

As Eira entered her home in front of Akane, she was surprised to see Zandrophin also there with Z. She was unsure of what the two men were talking about, but she was sure that Zandrophin must be in some kind of business relation with Z since Z's home was growing so exponentially.

"It is good to see you, Zandrophin, I apologise for not being here to greet you when you arrived," she said with a slightly bow towards him, being careful not to aggravate the dizziness that came with her pregnancy. "I am glad that you were able to make it out while being as busy as you are."

Cloud floated over to her from his perch above them so that she could lean on his comfortable fluff and get some of her steadily growing weight off of her feet.

"The festival will officially start soon if you wish to walk around or you can also stay here where it is warm until I announce the start of it," she told her guests with a tired smile.

"I'm quite alright, Z, there's no need to worry," Eira reassured him with a small laugh, trying to not let it show just how tired and dizzy she was. She took a deep breath and stood taller so she could address the two. "Thank you for your concern though. Akane, do you think that I should inform them of the reason for this festival ahead of time? I'm sure Mentus has already guessed as to why everyone is here."

She tried to smile at the Psychic type, trying to not let the residual feelings of fear come through as she addressed the Pokemon that used to terrify her. She had been working hard with Shimmer to get used to Psychic types in the last few years and could now even communicate every now and then with Shimmer. She was just grateful that Shimmer wasn't very talkative so she didn't have to be put into that kind of situation very often.

Grace was outside with Bullet, working on her defensive moves and his offensive moves. She was getting better at not having to have her protect up constantly and anticipating when Bullet was going to use Bullet Seed. She was still not at the point as some of the others when it came to battles, but she was getting much better.

"Thank you. Publius and I found that the additional space was really needed now since he had to move in here and bring a lot of his work with him," Eira told them with a small smile as she glanced towards Akane before addressing Z once more. "Well, that and because our family will be starting very soon and a nursery is going to be needed soon enough."

Bullet noticed the newcomer to their fight and changed his trajectory ever so slightly so that his seeds bounced off of Grace's protect and towards the very large Pokemon. He had never seen this creature before and was not about to let a hostile Pokemon harm his new sister.

”Lady Eira, Mentus never guesses because he simply doesn’t have to. But if Zandrophin doesn’t already know, Mentus is simply respecting your will to surprise us.” But it seemed her advice was without. Eira could never keep secrets as big as this for long, but then again, they were among friends and Mentus would have already detected the extra heartbeats.

The red haired woman was almost jealous of Queen Eira, she finally had someone to happily share her life with-something the red-haired fellow queen could never imagine it working out so well for herself. Images of her sister and many of her potential suitors passed through her mind. Though she was wearing her political mask, her eyebrows gave off a glint of discomfort. She decided she would go and speak with Preistess Maya to forget about her own faults and to see how she was handling her new… responsibility.

”High Preistess Maya, so wonderful to see you.” Akane could feel a rift, like something was off about her. So it begins, and now I doubt she could even let go of that orb. The red queen smiled politely but not overly so, recognizing the seeds of fear, and gently placed her hand upon Maya’s shoulder to lead her out into the festival area away from everyone else.

”Keep your defenses up. Mentus is more than powerful enough to read us from here. So. How is your little… problem?” She offered Maya a cleanse tag, and finally settled on a spot out of view from everyone else. ”The visits more or less… frequent?” Though cryptic, her voice was smooth, as if nothing was wrong and she was simply mulling over some boring paperwork or something.

"Well I thank you nonetheless for keeping this to yourself even for a short time, Mentus," Eira said with a large smile that was strange since she was addressing a Psychic type, which would indicate just how happy she was if her fear of Psychic types wasn't even dampening it. "Publius and I were wanting to keep as much of this a secret from everyone as we could, but I view you as long time friends at this point, so I thought I would tell all of you before we make the big announcement later."

Bullet leaned back slightly and eyed the larger Pokemon as Grace waddled over to Scorpio to give her greeting to him, happy to see her older brother figure. *What are you doing here? Mama didn't tell us we were going to have friends come.*