B E A C O N
[member="Alric Kuhn"]
All she needed was his confirmation that he'd be there - it trumped the fact that Danger and Myra would be as attending as they could - for the biggest smile she'd worn in a long time spread across her face faster than any grin she'd made before. In all honesty she was extremely anxious for the whole ceremony to happen and get it over with. She'd done hundreds of one-on-one talks with high-ranking officials in various governments, she'd talked with corporate executives of rivals corporations, and even made a short speech to ring in the new financial quarter to the majority of the team at Koros.
But she'd never once had to be broadcast across the entire system, perhaps even throughout other parts of the sector, for something that she was the center of. She'd been on a live holofeed a number of times, usually because of paparazzi, when she was younger and was in public with the two of her parents, but facing the entirety of the system to be crowned their empress was just.. it was surreal. She was happy, but at the same time afraid that she'd do something dumb and look like an airhead over the holonet forever. Kind of like how she felt - anxiety-wise - before breaking the news to her father.
"That's great! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lily answered, a tad bit more enthusiastically than she'd meant to, with a lunge for a hug. "I won't be able to see anyone until after the festivities begin, before the ceremony, but I'll make sure to find you right away." She explained, nearly forgetting that she'd been told that there wasn't to be any contact with her until she'd been properly dressed and prepared with traditional clothing and dress for the coronation. Why she couldn't have her father of all people with her while she got ready was lost on her, though she had the sinking suspicion that it was some kind of way for the "old" government to give her and her family trouble. 'Well he'll still be there!'
"I've been cleared to invite a few people that I couldn't use business or family for a reason as to why I wanted them there, assuming they show I'd like to introduce you." Lily added, still a bit energetic after that burst of happy enthusiasm. She hadn't been lying earlier - or omitting the truth, really - when she had said she wasn't seeing anyone yet, but she did have possibly the biggest crush on someone that she had hand-selected an invitation for. When she'd told Emil why she knew him, and why she wanted to invite him, the aide was dumbfounded by her rationale.
'He ruined your most expensive pair of pants and you're inviting him because of that?' She knew it was just the deep-rooted prejudice he had for people who weren't rich, powerful, and influential - basically the common rabble - and the eye-rolling she received when she tried to explain the naive-bordering-innocent way the boy had conversed with him had nearly earned him a smack on the back of the head, but it did sum up her own internal confusion over why she wanted him there.
"I think you'll like them. Hard working, values what he has, and finds my taste in expensive clothing absurd - right up your ally!" She said with a smirk, picturing the blank stare the half-Mirialan had given her when she'd accosted him verbally for ripping her pant leg several months prior. Wage-gap and influence aside, she was certain her father would at least be more okay with her cozying up to him rather than some arrogant Krath noble. Not quite a lady-and-the-tramp pairing, perhaps rich city-girl meets country bumpkin.
All she needed was his confirmation that he'd be there - it trumped the fact that Danger and Myra would be as attending as they could - for the biggest smile she'd worn in a long time spread across her face faster than any grin she'd made before. In all honesty she was extremely anxious for the whole ceremony to happen and get it over with. She'd done hundreds of one-on-one talks with high-ranking officials in various governments, she'd talked with corporate executives of rivals corporations, and even made a short speech to ring in the new financial quarter to the majority of the team at Koros.
But she'd never once had to be broadcast across the entire system, perhaps even throughout other parts of the sector, for something that she was the center of. She'd been on a live holofeed a number of times, usually because of paparazzi, when she was younger and was in public with the two of her parents, but facing the entirety of the system to be crowned their empress was just.. it was surreal. She was happy, but at the same time afraid that she'd do something dumb and look like an airhead over the holonet forever. Kind of like how she felt - anxiety-wise - before breaking the news to her father.
"That's great! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lily answered, a tad bit more enthusiastically than she'd meant to, with a lunge for a hug. "I won't be able to see anyone until after the festivities begin, before the ceremony, but I'll make sure to find you right away." She explained, nearly forgetting that she'd been told that there wasn't to be any contact with her until she'd been properly dressed and prepared with traditional clothing and dress for the coronation. Why she couldn't have her father of all people with her while she got ready was lost on her, though she had the sinking suspicion that it was some kind of way for the "old" government to give her and her family trouble. 'Well he'll still be there!'
"I've been cleared to invite a few people that I couldn't use business or family for a reason as to why I wanted them there, assuming they show I'd like to introduce you." Lily added, still a bit energetic after that burst of happy enthusiasm. She hadn't been lying earlier - or omitting the truth, really - when she had said she wasn't seeing anyone yet, but she did have possibly the biggest crush on someone that she had hand-selected an invitation for. When she'd told Emil why she knew him, and why she wanted to invite him, the aide was dumbfounded by her rationale.
'He ruined your most expensive pair of pants and you're inviting him because of that?' She knew it was just the deep-rooted prejudice he had for people who weren't rich, powerful, and influential - basically the common rabble - and the eye-rolling she received when she tried to explain the naive-bordering-innocent way the boy had conversed with him had nearly earned him a smack on the back of the head, but it did sum up her own internal confusion over why she wanted him there.
"I think you'll like them. Hard working, values what he has, and finds my taste in expensive clothing absurd - right up your ally!" She said with a smirk, picturing the blank stare the half-Mirialan had given her when she'd accosted him verbally for ripping her pant leg several months prior. Wage-gap and influence aside, she was certain her father would at least be more okay with her cozying up to him rather than some arrogant Krath noble. Not quite a lady-and-the-tramp pairing, perhaps rich city-girl meets country bumpkin.