Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20170609225054/@comment-28358106-20170616183313

In the cloister, Regina enters Asja's room as she awaits the beginning of the ceremony. She smiles as she shuts the door behind her.

"The royals have started arriving," she says, approaching Asja from behind and standing next to her as she looks at herself in the mirror. "It won't be long now."

It's a moment before Asja speaks. "Do you think that they see me with the same level of respect that they do Lady Grey?"

Regina gives her a sympathetic look. "I...I really don't know, Asja. I would like to think they do."

"Lady Grey has been absent from the realm for a year, now," Asja says, adjusting a bit of her corset. "While nothing has gone wrong, that is not a good metric of whether or not anything has gone right. I have no idea how they see me, or what they think.  I...do not have the same emotional instincts as most Mamono.  My wedding is possibly the best way for them to see me for who I am in the Regent's stead.  Everything must go well.  It has to."

"It will, sweetheart," Regina says, patting her on the arm. "You're just nervous. That will go away soon, trust me."