"Dada! Look!" Nadir chirped, completely oblivious to the chaos as he waddled up to Damar, holding up a small wooden bowl. "I made a castle out of Taruna's dried reeds! But… Kaito said it needs water."
"No, Nadir! It needs an aqueduct!" Kaito yelled from the rafters near the ventilation shafts.
His wild purple hair was a messy halo, his golden tiger slits gleaming with absolute gremlin energy as he balanced a wooden bucket of slush over the edge.
"Drop it, Kaito!" Marina screamed from the floor, her own purple hair flying as she prepared to catch the splash. "Flood the castle! The playground belongs to the mermen!"
"Do not drop that bucket—" Thalor began, but it was too late.
SPLASH.
Day 1: 8:00 PM – The Evening Interrogation
By nightfall, the Sovereign Wing looked less like a royal sanctuary and more like a battlefield where the laws of physics had gone to die.
