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[The device is set up so that it captures a dramatic shot.

There is a dark haired man, back facing the camera. He’s dressed mostly in dark purples with a black cloak that flutters in the cold morning breeze, feathers making the lining ruffling. There is an intricate sword unsheathed in his hand and a silver circlet rests upon his brow. Next to him is a flag, pole wedged into the ground with this creature embroidered into the cloth.

Who the hell is this mysterious stranger?

He turns to face the camera and --

Hold the fuck up.

It’s Andy.

No, seriously, it’s Andy.

He looks serious, but as soon as his face comes into full view of the camera a smirk quirks at the corner of his mouth.]

It has been many winters since I’ve been banished, but winter is coming once more and I refuse to remain forgotten any longer.

It is time I reclaim my throne.

[His eyes flash with determination before he clicks the device off. The journey begins now.]

((ooc: Feel free to action it up or hit him on the network! Andy is not cursed per say, he's just going to consider this one big old LARP and is going to go with it, darnit.))

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[Andy sighs dramatically, a look of sadness passing across his face. Boy is damn good at this.]

My mother died when I was but a little boy and my father remarried soon after... They had another son and my stepmother convinced him to cast me away so that her own child could have the thrown.

My father did not have the heart and banished me instead, so... I have come back to take my kingdom.

It weighs heavily upon my heart that it must be this way, but so things pass.

That's terrible. [ And reminds him of Cinderella. Without the singing mice. ] How do you know your, um, stepmother won't try to stop you?

[He might have a glass slipper somewhere...]

Ah, if she tries, well...

[He raises his sword.]

Then I am prepared.

[ O:! Don't wear it! Impractical and life-threatening! ]

Really? [ Gulp. ] You'd kill her?

[But it'd make a good shiv!]

...Should it come down to it and would rid my kingdom of that vile cur, then yes. I would.

[ Not if it's stuck in your foot! ]

....Vile cur...?

[ Whut? ]

[He's going to break character for just a moment, leaning in close to the camera and whispering:]

It means a dog, Li!

[And then he quickly straightens up as if nothing happened at all and resumes character.]

Yes, a vile cur. An apt description for a woman such as herself.

[ Oh. ]

Oh. [ ... ] What about your half-brother?Does he die too?

It depends upon the side he chooses, as it does with my father. I would like not to, however.

[ Andy, Andy, Andy. You should administer poison to the father and son, then frame the stepmother. Less troublesome that way. ]

Is he a noble young prince?

[T-teach him, Reaper-senpai. Teach him the ways of assassination and murder.]

Ah, yes... He must be at least twelve now, poor child.

[ Tsk, Andy. It's impractical to share tricks of the trade with outsiders. Bad business and all. ]

That's an impressionable age. If he's not under his mother's thumb, maybe you can convince him to side with you?

I would hope so. I can deal with the blood of my stepmother on my hands, but that of a child...

[Andy shakes his head.

Perhaps, not surprisingly, he and his little cousin have played this scenario out before. Epic sword battle between brothers, team up against stepmom, epic win. He really misses Charlie about now.]

[ Orz ;; ] You're right. It wouldn't do to kill an innocent boy. [ Says the man who's killed several. ~~Personally, he thinks you're approaching the situation the wrong way. Better to eliminate the boy too. One less contender to the throne.~~ ] Do you know if your father's receptive to your return, anyway?

Ah... That I am unsure of. I fear he may be too far under my stepmother's clutches and that he may be lost to me forever, but... I shall hope as I make my way toward the castle.

[Which he is doing. Right now.]

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