Masks

The girl escorted me down the cramped hallway and into a much larger space. When we entered the even brighter white light nearly blinded me. I staggered backward away from its shine.

"My Princess," The masked girl fussed, "Are you alright?"

"It's very-" I started to say.

She just nodded and clapped her hands twice. The lights dimmed a bit and I sighed in relief. As we entered the space two more figures joined us. One of them wore a white mask with pointy ears like a wolf and the other had a mask of a squirrel-looking creature. They wore the same sort of garment my first escorting girl wore.

They both bowed their heads when they were close enough to touch me.

"We are your ladies' maids," They said in their strange musical voices. They took up walking at my sides, they didn't speak anymore after that. In fact, the whole ship seemed to be silent.

"You can speak," I prompted them.