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It was common knowledge that Imma was the best painter in all of Greece. Athenia and Colchis should be shaking in their torn sandals right about now.
Nana could easily get lost in her younger sister's art, the way two or three colors could create a new one was rather fascinating. It was Imma who taught her about color combinations, sharing lessons she was able to receive from the Scholeí of the Arts academy she was enrolled in. Once her sister suggested the notion of coming to class with her, the shallow one was reluctant at first especially since she was in mourning over the Circus incident, but a swift kick out of her room by her mother did the deed, and now she accompanied the aspiring painter in an empty room full of canvas' and the smell of oils.
"You know, you shouldn't have done that."
The fellow blonde's voice interrupted her silent gaze towards the painting. She automatically became defensive by the mere mention of a prior accident.
"Well, the man was in desperate need of direction!"
"Direction? Sculptures don't wear our chitons, Nana! Tyche had one carved for her. The argument was so unnecessary, you got us both kicked out."
"With the way it was carved, I don't see any luck in the man's future. Hmph, if I were Tyche and I saw that I wasn't decent, I would curse the artist with eternal bad luck."
"Lucky for us, you're not Tyche."
The woman of twenty years believed it wasn't without cause, she rescued the minor Goddess' honor. The deity could not do without clothes, the Olympians' sculptures looked proud and bare around Vassiladon but that didn't mean the Goddess Tyche had to! The artist sculpting the deity thought otherwise, refusing to dress a sculpture in solid fabric and discord ensued. It was Imma who defended her although she disagreed with Nana's statement and they were both sent out of the classroom whilst the man remained.
And now, the older Leventi was bored to tears, her interest in the painting waned once Imma chastised her. There was nothing to do in the academy, she couldn't paint nor sing to save her own life. She never liked education, the only part in learning she didn't hate were the light meals in between sessions and those were kept brief.
"I don't need an extended education," The lady swore, picking up a nearby paintbrush and prying about each single bristle to check for paint. "I can write missives, and I know my air-if-mat-ics." Taking care of her skin and hair was miles better than sitting down all day and writing equations. Placing the brush in the same spot and picking another, she directed her attention to her sister's painting as if she were interested again. "Is that painting for me?"
Imma scoffed and softly stroked the canvas with a brush of her own, a streak of yellow following the brush. "No, it's for Tino," Oh, their nettlesome cousin. "I lost a bet, so now I have to paint a Squacco heron for him." She looked and sound a bit too pleased to admit that she lost a bet.
Whether Nana decided to state her comment in jest or obliviousness wasn't quite clear. "You know you may have to marry him, right?" Intermarriages in the Leventi family was as normal as taking a bath, and it was a common conception that the youngest would be the one to marry Konstantinos, unless Lord Fotios had something else in mind.
A paintbrush and palette fell to the floor, causing Imma to bend down and pick both up. "N-No, what if you were betrothed to him?"
"WHAT!?"
"Yes--" Picking both tools up, the younger blonde straightened and spine and resumed her art piece. "What if it were you?"
"It wouldn't be me, I won't be married. I would be worshipped."
"Okay," A smirk formed over Imma's lips, "I'll inform each of the Gods that you're more worthy of worship than duty."
Believing that would be the best idea, Nana crossed one leg over the other and smiled at her sister's back with no fear, add a shrug and one would have the recipe for sheer stupidity.
"Okay."
Blinking multiple times, the aspiring painter averted her eyes towards the vain one in a judgmental manner before allowing silence to take hold.
Pinching the third bristle, Nana heard a loud operatic voice could be heard a few doors down from the room. She glanced sideways, wondering where the singing was coming from. Imma kept painting, as if she had grown acclimated to the sound of song. However, the voice grew louder by each decibel. The girl of sixteen's shoulders rose, irritant.
"Since you're so worthy of worship, gain yourself a new follower by telling the songbird next door to tone it down a bit?"
"Sure!"
Accepting the challenge, the blonde stood from her seat and strode out of the room past her sister and her barely completed bird. It wasn't her first time in the academy, she swung by with her older sisters to pick up the painter yet she never made any effort to enter until recently. She did her best to follow the voice and that led her into different types of rooms, once realizing that the owner the voice belonged to was just... next door.
Sauntering towards the doorway, the Leventi woman made herself known by the sounds of her jewelry clinking against her arms as she walked. She wore a royal blue chiton with a peplos fastened at the shoulders, and a purple himation tied at her right sleeve, and hanging horizontally between her chest and over her body until it stops and loops around her left hip. Large ivory bracelets hung around her wrists and a matching necklace at her neck.
She placed her hand over the doorway, her posture straight and dignified as she faced the back of the singer. "Excuse me, miss?" Nana called, not waiting for the lady to turn around or speak. "Can you sing a bit lower, my sister is working on an important art piece next door and she needs a bit of peace and quiet?"
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It was common knowledge that Imma was the best painter in all of Greece. Athenia and Colchis should be shaking in their torn sandals right about now.
Nana could easily get lost in her younger sister's art, the way two or three colors could create a new one was rather fascinating. It was Imma who taught her about color combinations, sharing lessons she was able to receive from the Scholeí of the Arts academy she was enrolled in. Once her sister suggested the notion of coming to class with her, the shallow one was reluctant at first especially since she was in mourning over the Circus incident, but a swift kick out of her room by her mother did the deed, and now she accompanied the aspiring painter in an empty room full of canvas' and the smell of oils.
"You know, you shouldn't have done that."
The fellow blonde's voice interrupted her silent gaze towards the painting. She automatically became defensive by the mere mention of a prior accident.
"Well, the man was in desperate need of direction!"
"Direction? Sculptures don't wear our chitons, Nana! Tyche had one carved for her. The argument was so unnecessary, you got us both kicked out."
"With the way it was carved, I don't see any luck in the man's future. Hmph, if I were Tyche and I saw that I wasn't decent, I would curse the artist with eternal bad luck."
"Lucky for us, you're not Tyche."
The woman of twenty years believed it wasn't without cause, she rescued the minor Goddess' honor. The deity could not do without clothes, the Olympians' sculptures looked proud and bare around Vassiladon but that didn't mean the Goddess Tyche had to! The artist sculpting the deity thought otherwise, refusing to dress a sculpture in solid fabric and discord ensued. It was Imma who defended her although she disagreed with Nana's statement and they were both sent out of the classroom whilst the man remained.
And now, the older Leventi was bored to tears, her interest in the painting waned once Imma chastised her. There was nothing to do in the academy, she couldn't paint nor sing to save her own life. She never liked education, the only part in learning she didn't hate were the light meals in between sessions and those were kept brief.
"I don't need an extended education," The lady swore, picking up a nearby paintbrush and prying about each single bristle to check for paint. "I can write missives, and I know my air-if-mat-ics." Taking care of her skin and hair was miles better than sitting down all day and writing equations. Placing the brush in the same spot and picking another, she directed her attention to her sister's painting as if she were interested again. "Is that painting for me?"
Imma scoffed and softly stroked the canvas with a brush of her own, a streak of yellow following the brush. "No, it's for Tino," Oh, their nettlesome cousin. "I lost a bet, so now I have to paint a Squacco heron for him." She looked and sound a bit too pleased to admit that she lost a bet.
Whether Nana decided to state her comment in jest or obliviousness wasn't quite clear. "You know you may have to marry him, right?" Intermarriages in the Leventi family was as normal as taking a bath, and it was a common conception that the youngest would be the one to marry Konstantinos, unless Lord Fotios had something else in mind.
A paintbrush and palette fell to the floor, causing Imma to bend down and pick both up. "N-No, what if you were betrothed to him?"
"WHAT!?"
"Yes--" Picking both tools up, the younger blonde straightened and spine and resumed her art piece. "What if it were you?"
"It wouldn't be me, I won't be married. I would be worshipped."
"Okay," A smirk formed over Imma's lips, "I'll inform each of the Gods that you're more worthy of worship than duty."
Believing that would be the best idea, Nana crossed one leg over the other and smiled at her sister's back with no fear, add a shrug and one would have the recipe for sheer stupidity.
"Okay."
Blinking multiple times, the aspiring painter averted her eyes towards the vain one in a judgmental manner before allowing silence to take hold.
Pinching the third bristle, Nana heard a loud operatic voice could be heard a few doors down from the room. She glanced sideways, wondering where the singing was coming from. Imma kept painting, as if she had grown acclimated to the sound of song. However, the voice grew louder by each decibel. The girl of sixteen's shoulders rose, irritant.
"Since you're so worthy of worship, gain yourself a new follower by telling the songbird next door to tone it down a bit?"
"Sure!"
Accepting the challenge, the blonde stood from her seat and strode out of the room past her sister and her barely completed bird. It wasn't her first time in the academy, she swung by with her older sisters to pick up the painter yet she never made any effort to enter until recently. She did her best to follow the voice and that led her into different types of rooms, once realizing that the owner the voice belonged to was just... next door.
Sauntering towards the doorway, the Leventi woman made herself known by the sounds of her jewelry clinking against her arms as she walked. She wore a royal blue chiton with a peplos fastened at the shoulders, and a purple himation tied at her right sleeve, and hanging horizontally between her chest and over her body until it stops and loops around her left hip. Large ivory bracelets hung around her wrists and a matching necklace at her neck.
She placed her hand over the doorway, her posture straight and dignified as she faced the back of the singer. "Excuse me, miss?" Nana called, not waiting for the lady to turn around or speak. "Can you sing a bit lower, my sister is working on an important art piece next door and she needs a bit of peace and quiet?"
It was common knowledge that Imma was the best painter in all of Greece. Athenia and Colchis should be shaking in their torn sandals right about now.
Nana could easily get lost in her younger sister's art, the way two or three colors could create a new one was rather fascinating. It was Imma who taught her about color combinations, sharing lessons she was able to receive from the Scholeí of the Arts academy she was enrolled in. Once her sister suggested the notion of coming to class with her, the shallow one was reluctant at first especially since she was in mourning over the Circus incident, but a swift kick out of her room by her mother did the deed, and now she accompanied the aspiring painter in an empty room full of canvas' and the smell of oils.
"You know, you shouldn't have done that."
The fellow blonde's voice interrupted her silent gaze towards the painting. She automatically became defensive by the mere mention of a prior accident.
"Well, the man was in desperate need of direction!"
"Direction? Sculptures don't wear our chitons, Nana! Tyche had one carved for her. The argument was so unnecessary, you got us both kicked out."
"With the way it was carved, I don't see any luck in the man's future. Hmph, if I were Tyche and I saw that I wasn't decent, I would curse the artist with eternal bad luck."
"Lucky for us, you're not Tyche."
The woman of twenty years believed it wasn't without cause, she rescued the minor Goddess' honor. The deity could not do without clothes, the Olympians' sculptures looked proud and bare around Vassiladon but that didn't mean the Goddess Tyche had to! The artist sculpting the deity thought otherwise, refusing to dress a sculpture in solid fabric and discord ensued. It was Imma who defended her although she disagreed with Nana's statement and they were both sent out of the classroom whilst the man remained.
And now, the older Leventi was bored to tears, her interest in the painting waned once Imma chastised her. There was nothing to do in the academy, she couldn't paint nor sing to save her own life. She never liked education, the only part in learning she didn't hate were the light meals in between sessions and those were kept brief.
"I don't need an extended education," The lady swore, picking up a nearby paintbrush and prying about each single bristle to check for paint. "I can write missives, and I know my air-if-mat-ics." Taking care of her skin and hair was miles better than sitting down all day and writing equations. Placing the brush in the same spot and picking another, she directed her attention to her sister's painting as if she were interested again. "Is that painting for me?"
Imma scoffed and softly stroked the canvas with a brush of her own, a streak of yellow following the brush. "No, it's for Tino," Oh, their nettlesome cousin. "I lost a bet, so now I have to paint a Squacco heron for him." She looked and sound a bit too pleased to admit that she lost a bet.
Whether Nana decided to state her comment in jest or obliviousness wasn't quite clear. "You know you may have to marry him, right?" Intermarriages in the Leventi family was as normal as taking a bath, and it was a common conception that the youngest would be the one to marry Konstantinos, unless Lord Fotios had something else in mind.
A paintbrush and palette fell to the floor, causing Imma to bend down and pick both up. "N-No, what if you were betrothed to him?"
"WHAT!?"
"Yes--" Picking both tools up, the younger blonde straightened and spine and resumed her art piece. "What if it were you?"
"It wouldn't be me, I won't be married. I would be worshipped."
"Okay," A smirk formed over Imma's lips, "I'll inform each of the Gods that you're more worthy of worship than duty."
Believing that would be the best idea, Nana crossed one leg over the other and smiled at her sister's back with no fear, add a shrug and one would have the recipe for sheer stupidity.
"Okay."
Blinking multiple times, the aspiring painter averted her eyes towards the vain one in a judgmental manner before allowing silence to take hold.
Pinching the third bristle, Nana heard a loud operatic voice could be heard a few doors down from the room. She glanced sideways, wondering where the singing was coming from. Imma kept painting, as if she had grown acclimated to the sound of song. However, the voice grew louder by each decibel. The girl of sixteen's shoulders rose, irritant.
"Since you're so worthy of worship, gain yourself a new follower by telling the songbird next door to tone it down a bit?"
"Sure!"
Accepting the challenge, the blonde stood from her seat and strode out of the room past her sister and her barely completed bird. It wasn't her first time in the academy, she swung by with her older sisters to pick up the painter yet she never made any effort to enter until recently. She did her best to follow the voice and that led her into different types of rooms, once realizing that the owner the voice belonged to was just... next door.
Sauntering towards the doorway, the Leventi woman made herself known by the sounds of her jewelry clinking against her arms as she walked. She wore a royal blue chiton with a peplos fastened at the shoulders, and a purple himation tied at her right sleeve, and hanging horizontally between her chest and over her body until it stops and loops around her left hip. Large ivory bracelets hung around her wrists and a matching necklace at her neck.
She placed her hand over the doorway, her posture straight and dignified as she faced the back of the singer. "Excuse me, miss?" Nana called, not waiting for the lady to turn around or speak. "Can you sing a bit lower, my sister is working on an important art piece next door and she needs a bit of peace and quiet?"
The princess had been practicing this piece over and over for days. On Lord Fotios' suggestion, Xene had continued her practice of the piece that she had been preparing prior to her father's and brother's deaths. It had taken weeks to hone the wording and the way her voice carried each note. She had been singing this same song over and over and over again. The performance had to be perfect.
For her brother and her father. For her mother.
Absolutely perfect. There was no other option in this.
Finding herself deeply enthralled in her own performance, the woman put all of the passion she had into each word. Each note. Each moment. Her voice carried through the entire room, her eyes closed tightly, her breathing even and calm with each verse.
The song was coming along well. She was focused. Everything was sounding perfect, which meant it was almost time to perform it in front of a crowd. Something she hadn't done in a considerable amount of time. Before the tragic family deaths that had gripped so sharply at her heart for the last weeks.
And then there was a voice cutting through Xene's concentration. Pausing in her singing, she refrained from fisting her heads out of irritation. It was proper not to show one's feelings on their features or in their body language. Showing her frustration was showing too much, so she kept herself relaxed, though standing straight and proper. The voice was familiar, which only made the interaction all that more interesting.
Dressed in a very simple lilac chiton with simple clasps at the shoulders, Xene realized she must have appeared to be nothing more than a low born student. The fact that she did not wear her hair in braids, either, would only solidify that fact.
"Lady Nana," Xene's voice was warm as she turned to face the young noblewoman. Hands pressed calmly against her abdomen, the princess eyed her visitor. "You may give your sister my apologies, but I must prepare for this performance," Xene noted gently, her gaze wandering the form of the woman. Always overdressed. At least to Xene, who tended to remain humble and none too flashy unless being noticed was an absolute necessity.
How the girl responded would be key. Xene wasn't asking for permission, nor was she willing to take a step back or move from her favorite room. The acoustics within the chamber were perfect for practice. "What brings you to the school, Lady Leventi?" she then questioned, blue eyes never once leaving Nana's form. She simply observed, noted body language and expressions.
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The princess had been practicing this piece over and over for days. On Lord Fotios' suggestion, Xene had continued her practice of the piece that she had been preparing prior to her father's and brother's deaths. It had taken weeks to hone the wording and the way her voice carried each note. She had been singing this same song over and over and over again. The performance had to be perfect.
For her brother and her father. For her mother.
Absolutely perfect. There was no other option in this.
Finding herself deeply enthralled in her own performance, the woman put all of the passion she had into each word. Each note. Each moment. Her voice carried through the entire room, her eyes closed tightly, her breathing even and calm with each verse.
The song was coming along well. She was focused. Everything was sounding perfect, which meant it was almost time to perform it in front of a crowd. Something she hadn't done in a considerable amount of time. Before the tragic family deaths that had gripped so sharply at her heart for the last weeks.
And then there was a voice cutting through Xene's concentration. Pausing in her singing, she refrained from fisting her heads out of irritation. It was proper not to show one's feelings on their features or in their body language. Showing her frustration was showing too much, so she kept herself relaxed, though standing straight and proper. The voice was familiar, which only made the interaction all that more interesting.
Dressed in a very simple lilac chiton with simple clasps at the shoulders, Xene realized she must have appeared to be nothing more than a low born student. The fact that she did not wear her hair in braids, either, would only solidify that fact.
"Lady Nana," Xene's voice was warm as she turned to face the young noblewoman. Hands pressed calmly against her abdomen, the princess eyed her visitor. "You may give your sister my apologies, but I must prepare for this performance," Xene noted gently, her gaze wandering the form of the woman. Always overdressed. At least to Xene, who tended to remain humble and none too flashy unless being noticed was an absolute necessity.
How the girl responded would be key. Xene wasn't asking for permission, nor was she willing to take a step back or move from her favorite room. The acoustics within the chamber were perfect for practice. "What brings you to the school, Lady Leventi?" she then questioned, blue eyes never once leaving Nana's form. She simply observed, noted body language and expressions.
The princess had been practicing this piece over and over for days. On Lord Fotios' suggestion, Xene had continued her practice of the piece that she had been preparing prior to her father's and brother's deaths. It had taken weeks to hone the wording and the way her voice carried each note. She had been singing this same song over and over and over again. The performance had to be perfect.
For her brother and her father. For her mother.
Absolutely perfect. There was no other option in this.
Finding herself deeply enthralled in her own performance, the woman put all of the passion she had into each word. Each note. Each moment. Her voice carried through the entire room, her eyes closed tightly, her breathing even and calm with each verse.
The song was coming along well. She was focused. Everything was sounding perfect, which meant it was almost time to perform it in front of a crowd. Something she hadn't done in a considerable amount of time. Before the tragic family deaths that had gripped so sharply at her heart for the last weeks.
And then there was a voice cutting through Xene's concentration. Pausing in her singing, she refrained from fisting her heads out of irritation. It was proper not to show one's feelings on their features or in their body language. Showing her frustration was showing too much, so she kept herself relaxed, though standing straight and proper. The voice was familiar, which only made the interaction all that more interesting.
Dressed in a very simple lilac chiton with simple clasps at the shoulders, Xene realized she must have appeared to be nothing more than a low born student. The fact that she did not wear her hair in braids, either, would only solidify that fact.
"Lady Nana," Xene's voice was warm as she turned to face the young noblewoman. Hands pressed calmly against her abdomen, the princess eyed her visitor. "You may give your sister my apologies, but I must prepare for this performance," Xene noted gently, her gaze wandering the form of the woman. Always overdressed. At least to Xene, who tended to remain humble and none too flashy unless being noticed was an absolute necessity.
How the girl responded would be key. Xene wasn't asking for permission, nor was she willing to take a step back or move from her favorite room. The acoustics within the chamber were perfect for practice. "What brings you to the school, Lady Leventi?" she then questioned, blue eyes never once leaving Nana's form. She simply observed, noted body language and expressions.
Nana's face fell as the woman whom she mistook as a simple choir girl turned out to be... "Princess Xene!" She cried, pinching the edges of her chiton whilst lifting the skirts from the floor and curtsying towards the Princess of Taengea. "Your Majesty, I apologize for my insolence; I mistook you for a simple choir girl." Dipping into another curtsy, she rose from her bent stature and walked into the room. Her fingers brushed a clean easel, with her brown eyes fixated on Princess Xene, her head tilted to the side, as if she were examining the royal. "However, you did sing like a simple choir girl." It was the wall between the rooms that drowned out the effort and hardwork that poured out into Xene's voice, although Nana was unaware of such. The lady's bluntness did not end when it came to the Royal Family, and perhaps it would get worst as they are now kin thanks to her sister Olympia's marriage to the soon-to be King Stephanos. Once in the company of the Royal Family as a girl, she told Queen Elise that she looked as if she were about to take a nap due to her heavy attire, if it wasn't for Selene's involvement she may be without a tongue.
Nana stayed in place as Xene asked her why she was in the school. "It was at the behest of my sister Imma as well as my mother," She replied, resting her hand at the top of the easel. Her carefree demeanor changed as she continued, "I haven't been outside much since the attack, I have been afraid of lingering outside for so long because of it." And Xene's question would give her the opportunity to drown in self-indulgence and the vapid Leventi was all the more grateful for it. "I've fasted and prayed for your family-- Oh, I haven't even touched my kohl eyeliner kit in days and I'm aware it may collect dust soon." Pressing her lips together firmly, she exhaled through her nose as a sigh for sighing with parted lips was an unattractive action. "My shoes haven't matched with any of my chitons lately, and dear Imma told me black matched with everything! Ah, it has been a sad time for me, your Majesty." All in all, Nana could not answer Xene's simple question.
But when it came to conversation, the Leventis were experts at the subject: "Why are you in this school, Princess Xene?" Redirecting the question back to the inquirer was one of the basics when it came to conversation. "Are you a student here? Imma is one, I'm sure you have ran into her often." Music and Art were one and the same according to the naive woman. A small smile graced her lips as she awaited the royal's answer.
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Nana's face fell as the woman whom she mistook as a simple choir girl turned out to be... "Princess Xene!" She cried, pinching the edges of her chiton whilst lifting the skirts from the floor and curtsying towards the Princess of Taengea. "Your Majesty, I apologize for my insolence; I mistook you for a simple choir girl." Dipping into another curtsy, she rose from her bent stature and walked into the room. Her fingers brushed a clean easel, with her brown eyes fixated on Princess Xene, her head tilted to the side, as if she were examining the royal. "However, you did sing like a simple choir girl." It was the wall between the rooms that drowned out the effort and hardwork that poured out into Xene's voice, although Nana was unaware of such. The lady's bluntness did not end when it came to the Royal Family, and perhaps it would get worst as they are now kin thanks to her sister Olympia's marriage to the soon-to be King Stephanos. Once in the company of the Royal Family as a girl, she told Queen Elise that she looked as if she were about to take a nap due to her heavy attire, if it wasn't for Selene's involvement she may be without a tongue.
Nana stayed in place as Xene asked her why she was in the school. "It was at the behest of my sister Imma as well as my mother," She replied, resting her hand at the top of the easel. Her carefree demeanor changed as she continued, "I haven't been outside much since the attack, I have been afraid of lingering outside for so long because of it." And Xene's question would give her the opportunity to drown in self-indulgence and the vapid Leventi was all the more grateful for it. "I've fasted and prayed for your family-- Oh, I haven't even touched my kohl eyeliner kit in days and I'm aware it may collect dust soon." Pressing her lips together firmly, she exhaled through her nose as a sigh for sighing with parted lips was an unattractive action. "My shoes haven't matched with any of my chitons lately, and dear Imma told me black matched with everything! Ah, it has been a sad time for me, your Majesty." All in all, Nana could not answer Xene's simple question.
But when it came to conversation, the Leventis were experts at the subject: "Why are you in this school, Princess Xene?" Redirecting the question back to the inquirer was one of the basics when it came to conversation. "Are you a student here? Imma is one, I'm sure you have ran into her often." Music and Art were one and the same according to the naive woman. A small smile graced her lips as she awaited the royal's answer.
Nana's face fell as the woman whom she mistook as a simple choir girl turned out to be... "Princess Xene!" She cried, pinching the edges of her chiton whilst lifting the skirts from the floor and curtsying towards the Princess of Taengea. "Your Majesty, I apologize for my insolence; I mistook you for a simple choir girl." Dipping into another curtsy, she rose from her bent stature and walked into the room. Her fingers brushed a clean easel, with her brown eyes fixated on Princess Xene, her head tilted to the side, as if she were examining the royal. "However, you did sing like a simple choir girl." It was the wall between the rooms that drowned out the effort and hardwork that poured out into Xene's voice, although Nana was unaware of such. The lady's bluntness did not end when it came to the Royal Family, and perhaps it would get worst as they are now kin thanks to her sister Olympia's marriage to the soon-to be King Stephanos. Once in the company of the Royal Family as a girl, she told Queen Elise that she looked as if she were about to take a nap due to her heavy attire, if it wasn't for Selene's involvement she may be without a tongue.
Nana stayed in place as Xene asked her why she was in the school. "It was at the behest of my sister Imma as well as my mother," She replied, resting her hand at the top of the easel. Her carefree demeanor changed as she continued, "I haven't been outside much since the attack, I have been afraid of lingering outside for so long because of it." And Xene's question would give her the opportunity to drown in self-indulgence and the vapid Leventi was all the more grateful for it. "I've fasted and prayed for your family-- Oh, I haven't even touched my kohl eyeliner kit in days and I'm aware it may collect dust soon." Pressing her lips together firmly, she exhaled through her nose as a sigh for sighing with parted lips was an unattractive action. "My shoes haven't matched with any of my chitons lately, and dear Imma told me black matched with everything! Ah, it has been a sad time for me, your Majesty." All in all, Nana could not answer Xene's simple question.
But when it came to conversation, the Leventis were experts at the subject: "Why are you in this school, Princess Xene?" Redirecting the question back to the inquirer was one of the basics when it came to conversation. "Are you a student here? Imma is one, I'm sure you have ran into her often." Music and Art were one and the same according to the naive woman. A small smile graced her lips as she awaited the royal's answer.