[ChicletPrime]

Chapter 2??

• we're on a roof in the sunset and the golden light is wreaking havoc in Xavier's hair.  he's got his physical sword (not his lightblade)
  
• ahhh. okay, so his family has been visiting the Academy a lot and maybe something is happening. 
  
• Xavier .. deflects? the "Lightseekers" will start recruiting next month and Xav asks why I'm not training. they are looking for "one new face".  they... only take on a single recruit at a time or something? 
  
• go me! i call him out for avoiding talking about his family. not that it seems to help or anything.  we play with the charm on his sword and make a backhanded observation about it meaning somebody must be on his mind, but he says its not what i think.  (brief mention that he's never told me its story)
  
• aaaand he avoids talking about it again.  Xavier is a really closed book, isn't he? for all that he comes across as personable and warm with his soft voice and smile, he's as tightly closed up as Zayne.
  
• is that why Infold gave us Sylus? just so that, for once, we could have a boyfriend that speaks his mind at every possible moment because he doesn't give a crap what anybody else thinks and secrets outside of business dealings are for the weak? 
  
• also, i get the vague impression that sword tassels are "a thing". maybe its the only thing they're allowed to customize on their Academy uniforms.
  
• oh, that is a BEAUTIFUL screenshot I cannot take .. the birds startle and Xavier turns the girlfriend back to him and he's half leaning over her on this honey colored roof and ah.. such a romantic look. kiss her! tell her what you're holding back! don't let Jeremiah beat you to it!
  
• aaaand it's over.  "Now that you've returned, you're on your own when your family comes knocking."
  
• are we going to storm off the room because he won't talk about anything important? 
  
• ooooh looks like we tried to roll away, but he grabbed our arm and we can't.  what's that, Xavier? don't leave? what could we possibly even say to each other at this point that isn't platitudes and weather? 
  
• oh, he wants a favour but... he'll tell me what it is later. 
  
• THIS GUY
  
• okay, so we'll meet up noon tomorrow at the Goddess statue. he can buy me that drink he owes and maybe whatever this favor is. 
  

oh hey, maybe THIS is the chapter break!  well, close enough.  THE NEXT DAY.

• so the Academy trains swordsmen and Grandis Knights, so GK's are a group and Xavier is/will be one of them. it sounded more at the beginning that he was my/the queen's particular Knight? maybe its a rotating assignment.
  
• oh, no wait. okay, its the Order of Lightseekers, bound to the royal family and i guess Grandis Knight is the highest title inside of that Order. mention of various sub-classes of fighting style. 
  
• how did i end up as the 'crownless queen' then at the start of this with Xavier as my Knight, instead of my King, and me as the Knight? what the hell is going to happen here?!
  
• oh, technically we're at school rivalry odds -- I am the prefect of the Moonchaser (support) style and Xavier is the prefect of the Starhunter (strength) style. but we aren't because we totally liiiiike each other, right?
  
• guess: third style Rainbowrunner (defense) will be what Jeremiah specializes in.
  
• oh, great! i meet up at noon with Xavier asked, and his favor is to have a public duel with me? why?
  
• speculation from students that i'm 'pestering' Xavier and he's specifically mentioned as His Highness so he IS royalty and i am back to being confused again about the hierarchy here and whether this timeline is the one in the anecdote where I met, befriended and died in Xavier's arms, or one that's just similar?  
  
• speculation that we're fighting in order to establish sword rank and who gets to gun for the Lightseeker position that's opening up.
  
• back to me before the duel starts, I accuse Xavier of starting this public beatdown (one of many apparently) just so he can avoid talking to His Majesty the king, which is also why he left on that expedition.
  
• "I wish he never was my father."
  
• wow, okay. don't hold back Your Highness, tell me how you really feel.
  
• i am a very cocky swordswoman, i intend to beat Xavier before 30 moves have passed and I guess his Ultimate comes online.
  
• oh GOD the terrible side NPC voice acting strikes again! augh. 
  
• apparently we are fooling everybody with how much we must hate each other with how aggressively we fight. why does Xavier do this? why are we supposed to appear to be at odds with each other? except i'm too impatient and fail to connect well. Xavier is counting off the moves.
  
• the Royal Messenger, having arrived with a decree involving 'the future of Philos', gets the duel interrupted.
  
• eh? "Panic finally appeared on the Prince's face. He rushed forward, putting himself in the path of the girl's sword."  Xavier is trying THAT hard to get himself injured so he doesn't have to face his dad or something? he is TRYING to get me in trouble?  but... no clear winner. he's escorted off and i got a sprained ankle out of turning my blow so i didn't hit the intervening guard(s).
  
• and Jeremiah (and everybody else no doubt) think that Xavier called in the guards because he was going to lose and thus not be in contention for the Lightseeker position.
  
• ooooooh, Jeremiah with the tea. apparently there's been talk of "an arranged marriage". no wonder Xavier's making himself as scarce as possible within the confines of having to attend classes where they can find him.
  
• i really like Jeremiah's voice actor. 
  
• ooh Xavier is back after a suspiciously short chat with the Messenger and he's side eyeing Jeremiah's arm around my shoulders and then Jeremiah himself. that's right, my prince of light. you are about to be cold cuts on the side if you don't shape up pretty quick.
  
• oooooh, that fanfic you just recommended for Xavier where I thought for sure I knew Jeremiah (and didn't recognize Xavier at all) stems from this. he's always been jealous of Jeremiah's friendship with me. 
  
• wow, he just pushes the arm off me. hey, i was using that for moral and emotional support! injured ankle here. i might cry. 
  
• oh, okay. i am apparently Xavier's junior (he is my senior) and Jeremiah should be taking care of his own junior if he wants to be compassionate over somebody. its mentioned earlier that Xav and me are both being specifically taught by the current Grandis Knight, so... senpai, notice me? 
  

okay another break, this must be chapter three coming up. i'll go read When Shooting Stars Fall again real quick before I dive back into the myth as I am at this point assuming this is all talking about the same timeline somehow, although some of these specifics are not lining up well (ie, if i died in his arms then, too late to be saved with my weak heart, how am i back in school with him and doing fine as I am for one of the highest positions in the land?)