Not all of them! Just ones from families with high aspirations.
[She taps her chin, thinking of the best way to elaborate on that.]
You see, a family's worth is determined by how many rankers or princesses they have. In order to become a ranker, you have to pass a series of increasingly difficult tests of strength and strategy... Well over one hundred tests in total. And princesses are even more rare! One is only chosen every few hundred of years to represent the greatest family in the tower, the Jahads.
Well! [ mischief brightens up his expression -- gu yun makes an exaggerated motion of bowing where he's sitting. ] My dearest apologies, your highness.
I've met a few princesses in my time, but this is the first I've met one who was a princess by combat. Are you wanting everyone around you to know that you're royalty, or is that a secret?
Haha. You'd think this sort of thing would be mentioned in those little 'contacts'.
[ then again, everything makes more since with an explanation, so. he winks. ] Your not-secret's safe with me. We've got more royalty here than I was certainly expecting - I have to wonder if there are any other secret princes and princesses in our midst.
You know what they say - go big or go home. I suppose it's a compliment.
[ maybe. ] Though I'd be quite interested to know how they were able to learn about us so thoroughly, especially considering how very different everyone's worlds seem to be.
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No, not particularly. Are all children trained to battle where you're from? No scholars?
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[She taps her chin, thinking of the best way to elaborate on that.]
You see, a family's worth is determined by how many rankers or princesses they have. In order to become a ranker, you have to pass a series of increasingly difficult tests of strength and strategy... Well over one hundred tests in total. And princesses are even more rare! One is only chosen every few hundred of years to represent the greatest family in the tower, the Jahads.
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gu yun listens to this, his attention caught, dissecting the information... and then, that grin on his face spreads a little further. ]
And I'm speaking with one, aren't I? Miss Jahad.
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You're correct! I'm one of the girls who managed to qualify for that position.
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I've met a few princesses in my time, but this is the first I've met one who was a princess by combat. Are you wanting everyone around you to know that you're royalty, or is that a secret?
[ im getting deja vu and i hate this ]
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It's unbecoming to mention it out of nowhere! But I'm not making an effort to hide it, either.
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[ then again, everything makes more since with an explanation, so. he winks. ] Your not-secret's safe with me. We've got more royalty here than I was certainly expecting - I have to wonder if there are any other secret princes and princesses in our midst.
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[ maybe. ] Though I'd be quite interested to know how they were able to learn about us so thoroughly, especially considering how very different everyone's worlds seem to be.
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Omnipotent, maybe? They certainly seemed powerful, considering how they brought us all here.