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lectorel replied to your post: “I wonder how long it takes for some people to look at the fact that…”:
Post script from Nyx: even then, /call us first/
They all insist Uncle A only be used as a last resort.
So, of course, something happens Pre-Reveal and Nyx and Libertus can’t be reached. Ardyn gets a call that someone tried to kill his nephew and is there in less than a day demanding to see Ace and threatening people.
Ace warps over to Ardyn to demand that he stop. Only to realize a second too late what he’s done.
And that’s how everyone finds out about Ace being royalty.
Okay, you know, but what with Ardyn being such a huge formative influence in their lives - it’s a fair bet that Libertus and Nyx have ‘Uncle A’ down in their Emergency Contact numbers as well, under the last-ditch ‘contact only if literally no one else is available’. It has to be a genuine emergency for someone to even consider calling this ‘mysterious contact’.
Now I’m just thinking of something happening to Nyx or Libertus and for some reason no one can get in touch with the other emergency contacts so they reluctantly dial Ardyn’s number.
Ardyn arrives an hour later. Mysteriously arriving in the hospital where Libertus or Nyx are. Meanwhile, Ace hears what happens and all color leaves his face.
He’s at the hospital, next to Ardyn, who is now talking to an Unamused Cor, in no time flat.
Cor: what is niflheims chancellor doing here#nyx libertus and ace dont know what to say#other than#‘yeah he was kinda the only adult male figure in our lives as children?’#also our town kinda adopted him as everyones quirky uncle#Cor Does Not Want To Deal With This#But He Does
Nyx, Libertus, and Ace somehow try to explain that he - sort of helped raise them? Was practically the only male role model they had growing up as kids, he used to just - come around and help train us and teach us random stuff?
Ace: Also, he’s not really that heavily invested in Niflheim? I think he’s mainly chancellor just because he thinks it’s funny. I mean, for my birthday that one time, he sent me a dossier on all of Niflheim’s troop movements and upcoming operations for the next six months.
Ace: He’s sort of been one of my contacts for years.
Ardyn: Why, nephew, how mercenary of you! Taking advantage of the fact that I’m one of the few actual-blood relatives you have left in the world (aside to Cor: I’m a relative of his father’s, you see - a distant relative, but we’ve shortened it to ‘Uncle’ for convenience), taking advantage of an old man’s inexplicable fondness for his kin, just to squeeze a few scraps of advantage out of it? I’m so proud. *to Cor again*: I taught him well.
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