Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]
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				Title: <strong>Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>17-02-2010, 05:26:19</strong>
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				Performance days were the best days, or so most people said. The Emperor was far more likely to bestow gifts than punishments, and there were more than enough opportunities to sneak off with lovers and friends. The castle was resplendent, even more so than usual, scrubbed and cleaned to celebrate the first thawing of the frost and the unusually sweet air coming through. It would probably get cold again, but the weather was variable, and though the rivers were still frozen, there were wildflowers starting to spring up through the grass. With the thawing of the snow came the thawing of winter court decorum, and once the gardens began to bloom, courtiers loosened their cold attitudes and new love sprung fresh, hemlines raising and flirtation as heavy as the scent of flowers in the air.<br><br>It was the birthday of the Emperor's mother, and the old woman had been set outside on a small throne - much smaller than the Emperor's - with her courtiers fawning over her and attending to her every need. Her old, wrinkled cheeks were deeply grooved with years of grueling battles in a court that hadn't been kind to her and to which she had been even crueler, but they were flushed with the warmth of wine. She'd be asleep soon, anyways, though the sun was only just starting to descend. The moment her old head bobbed, she was carried out, and the party seemed to become even more wild, dancing girls switching their hips atop the tables, making their sashes shake delightfully. Actors performed skits and plays, and acrobats flipped around. Courtiers were groping each other, laughing, howling with delight.<br><br>The sight of complete and total royal disarray only served to emphasize how out of place Li was. A courtier fell before him, reaching for the hems of his costume, and he darted back, nearly smacking into a prince. The man snarled but then grinned, showing wine-stained teeth. Li was overwhelmed by the party, and went and tucked himself unobtrusively against a column, next to a lovely flowering peony bush. Maybe if he stayed entirely still, no one would notice him.<br><br>All was going as planned until he felt a strong, calloused hand secure around his wrist, warm and giving it an affectionate squeeze. "Come. We're supposed to perform near the Emperor. You can't hide back here. This is court - we'll never get anything if we're not noticed." It was Kang, a man who had found him and raised him. Kang was in his late twenties, where Li was just barely seventeen. Kang had found Li shaking and starving, and had taken him into their troupe, convinced their provincial governor to allow him to learn acrobatics.<br><br>And then Li had blossomed.<br><br>He'd become near a legend in his province, beauty well known, and from there they had made their way to court.<br><br>They'd been accepted into the royal troupe of performers but Li had only just gotten his costumes. Women were not allowed to act, and as such, he played their parts. He trailed close behind Kang, eyes down, too anxious to do much except try to swallow down his pulse. They were near the Emperor now - he could see the dias upon which his throne had been set - and he was careful not to raise his eyes. In front of the Emperor, his troupe was turning themselves inside out to please the Emperor. As the party grew more wild, they began doing acrobatics, funny dances to make the Emperor laugh. Li's face lit and his face rose as he saw what they were playing.<br><br>The rapidly fading sunlight was staining the horizon behind Li, face only visible in profile to the Emperor as of that moment. He had sloped, aristocratic cheekbones, cupids bow lips that were flushed beautifully, tilted into the shyest and smallest of smiles. His eyes were wide, long, almond-shaped with lashes that brushed his cheekbones with each nervous blink. His eyes were black, like sparks of jet, the only hint of brown so dark that it looked like a single drop of blood mixed into ink. His skin was whiter than that of the Emperor's concubines, teeth white and straight and even, hair pulled back from a smooth, pale forehead, long, jet-black hair sleek and soft and tugged back into an elaborate series of androgynous knots that kept the shoulder-blade length hair in a style a woman or man might wear, to allow him to play a woman when performing, but when not, to slip back into his role of male.<br><br>His court costume was white silk, with a red and white collar embroidered heavily with stitched flowers, an overcoat of red silk wrapped around him and belted around a delicate waist with a black sash. His small feet had black silk slippers on, long, bell-like sleeves swaying as he forgot his nerves and clapped in time with the music.<br><br>Kang released his wrist, daring a glance at the Emperor. He loved Li, but wanted to be at court, as well. He was hoping he could assure them a position without the Emperor trying to take Li away from him, and he was naive enough to think it was possible.<br><br>Li's hips swished in time with the music, and at the crescendo, he jumped in. Kang gave him a boost and sent him flying into the air, flipping up above the heads of the others around him, making incredible twists and turns with his body, only to be tossed back up again. Each time his feet touched the ground, he spring up, either on his hands or one foot, or make a funny face, and he quickly had everyone around him roaring. He told a raunchy story, blushing but playing the part of the woman, he and Kang making all the courtiers near the Emperor howl with laughter. He was tossed up into the air again, flailing his legs as though he hadn't wanted to be thrown, which only caused more laughter. Finally their little story was over and he looked up.<br><br>Heaven and stars above, the Emperor had been watching.<br><br>He felt immediately to his knees in a surprisingly graceful collapse, on his knees, forehead to the ground, fingers coming in a graceful diamond before him. His chest shivered as he struggled to catch his breath, eyes trained on the ground, a few flawless strands of glossy black hair falling about his delicate face, those dark eyes trained on the ground before him. A few courtiers could tell how new this one was, and one turned to the Emperor, grinning, "Prettier than some of the girls here," he said.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NekoBoy89</strong> on <strong>17-02-2010, 07:39:52</strong>
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				Emperor Tai Shun had always been a powerful man, even as a child he was raised by his parents to be powerful as it was all to clear who was going to take over when his father passed away. The old man had died just two years ago now, Tai had felt a small sorrow for this but he still knew that it was going to happen so he was not sad more then one day to be polite. The winter was the most boring time of the year and Tai hated it, but when the summer came and it became warmer things changed. It was just a matter of time before things would become interesting. <br><br>He was unlike the other in his court not a person that danced around like crazy, screaming and yelling. He had his reputation to hold and sat at his throne among comfortable pillows and with a small table right next to the table where the servant left goblets with wine and plates with food and fruit. He had surprised the court with a very beautiful gift for his mother at herbirthday, it was a firebird, a rare kind just found in the mountains with brightly red body that almost looked like blood or fire. His mother had been surprised by the gesture, but happily so since Tai had always been the perfect son and she did not know about his small urged for men. If anyone dared to even mention such a thing he would have that person removed from the court in the most unpleasant manner possible, so far it had just happened a few times and who was his mother going to believe? Him or the words of a low servant? It was really silly sometimes. <br><br>He liked these parties and spent much time watching what the friends and minions was doing to enjoy themselves as much as possible, he knew who Li was but had never seen him perform himself. It was about time that happened now the emperor thought and that was the sole reason why he had ordered for he and his guardian to perform.&nbsp; <br><br>Tai had seen the little show, but it was hard to see if he was impressed or not because the man always had a rather cold look on his face. But when the young artist landed on his knees with the forehead down to the floor and chuckled softly and ran one delicate hand thought his dark hair. He liked this boy, he seemed younger then the others and that was something entirely new to him. He leaned down a little towards one of the concubines and whispered something. <br><br>He gave a small nod and then he slowly stood up and the en tier room just grew silent as everyones attention turned towards the concubine. "The emperor wishes for you to come closer" he stated, even if the voice was low his voice was heard thought the en tier chamber without any problem. Then he frowned a looked around at the others. "and it is nothing you need to listen to" he added a little louder, slowly the party started again. <br><br>The concubine sighed and then he smiled a little towards his emperor before he returned to his place among the pillows around his master.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>17-02-2010, 14:58:41</strong>
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				Li looked up cautiously when the concubine suddenly spoke, almost as though he was double-checking that he really was the one that the Emperor wanted. He was so low in status and the Emperor so high that to even be noticed by the great man made his breath catch in his throat. He looked back at Kang briefly and Kang nodded forwards, telling him to move towards the Emperor. Kang watched nervously, though, never liking the idea of a man noticing Li. His dark eyes watched Li as he came forwards to the Emperor, his head bowed deferentially, not entirely certain what he should say. <br><br>Li came forwards, moving carefully, not standing upright but immediately lowering his knees to the ground when he got closer. The party had picked up around them once more, and Li lowered his eyes carefully again. He was right before the Emperor, and he couldn't stop himself from looking up curiously. <br><br>He was near the pillows but even closer to the Emperor.<br><br>A few courtiers watched Li cautiously, wondering if this would be the new boy that the Emperor chose, but they knew better than to complain. To question the will of the Emperor was to question the will of Heaven - if they had to get rid of one of the Emperor's concubines, poisoning was always an option, or even just whispering poisonous words to the Emperor so he came to distrust the young man. They could already see young Li as a threat.<br><br>Li bowed deeply again, dark hair sliding over his shoulder, brushing his slim neck for a moment, hands gracefully folded one over the other. "Your Majesty," he murmured, dark eyes lowered. He glanced up through a fringe of dark lashes, clearly uncertain at court, new to all of this but eager to please.<br><br>At the same time, his beauty put the rest of the concubines - male and female - to shame. Even dressed in cheap silk robes dusty from travel on the road and with a touch of pale dust having settled on the ends of his hair, his beauty seemed to shine through. His skin was white as a swan's feather, hair darker than the sky in the country on an inky night. His eyes gleamed, dark and unreadable, lips full and pink, features beautifully sculpted and surprisingly aristocratic for someone who had no real court breeding. He was one of those rare beauties who were praised in odes and rhapsodies but rarely appeared in person. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NekoBoy89</strong> on <strong>17-02-2010, 15:39:54</strong>
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				Tai examined the boy with his cold blue eyes while he walked closer, he searched the boy up and down a few times without a words and he just opened his mouth a little now and then when one of the servants feed him grapes. His glance also turned towards Kang for a few seconds and he examined him to, the emperor smirked a little to himself as a few ideas was crossing his mind. Maybe this was going to be interesting? <br><br>Well the dancer knew his place when he kneeled down in front of his emperor like that, it gave Tai a sense of power. He was the one control of every single life in this room by blood, he was god and no one could question his power. Not just because he liked yo party, but Tai was still a powerful leader and he knew what was best to protect his people. Unlike his father he was not cruel, oh yea his father had been known as the most evil man ever to walk the lan. He killed people for amusement, Tai just had sex with people....that in the end gave much amusement not just to himself. <br><br>Tai ignored the courtiers around him as if they where not even there, he had also stopped eating the grapes so the servant feeding him had stopped with this to when he noticed the man did not seem to want anything. He gave a small snort before he picked up the goblet with wine and examined it for a few seconds. <strong>"You are fair to look at, your emperor is pleased with that and you and your partners dance"</strong> he explained, but the voice still seemed to lack any kind of emotion. But yes he was impressed, very impressed. He drank from the goblet and then he smirked. <strong>"Tell me your name boy, and the name of your friend..."</strong> he gave a short glance toward Kang when he said this. <br><br><strong>"Seth...rub my back."</strong> he ordered the young boy he had talked to before. The young servant gave a short nod before he stood up and climbed up behind the emperor on the throne. He carefully started to massage the shoulder and Tai seemed to enjoy this. <strong>"I have all my servant for there different skills that will grant me pleasure, Seth is the best one att massage and because of that I could never lose him. So tell me boy...if you and your friend over there where to become a part of my court...what would you be able to do in order to pleasure me?"</strong> he asked before he drank some more. <strong>"speak up"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Tremble [Sho and NekoBoy89]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sho</strong> on <strong>04-03-2010, 22:55:33</strong>
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				"I'm," he murmured, trying to calm himself. "I'm Lei. And my partner is Kang...he trained me..." he murmured, looking up at the Emperor as the other boy began to rub his back. He wondered what was going to happen to him - he had clearly pleased the Emperor, but where was it going to lead? He was inexperienced in manners of the court, and he looked down when asked what he would do to please the Emperor. He let his tongue play along his bottom lip for a moment, a nervous habit, biting his bottom lip as he tried to think of what would be an acceptable response to a question that was sure to set the royal advisors on edge.<br><br>It was well known that the advisors were always careful about who was allowed to enter the court, and it wasn't unheard of for them to do their best to make the Emperor abandon people they saw as a threat to their own positions. <br><br>"Anything you'd like to me," he finally said, softly. "I exist only to please you, your Highness."<br><br>He swallowed, bowing low again, "I'll do whatever you wish me to."<br><br>A few of the boys around the Emperor laughed at Lei's unwillingness to be openly sexual in front of the court but what they didn't realize was that that was what was going to put Lei in a position of power, that that was what was going to make Lei powerful.
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