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<blockquote data-quote="havenstone" data-source="post: 4513112" data-attributes="member: 61094"><p><strong>Preparation for a Duel</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>WITH THE LETTER </strong>forged and Gareth and Kyla galloping north, Carwyn heads back to her quarters. Caught up in her reflections on whether she's wrecked her chances with cousin Alan, she starts when Nina steps out of the shadows. “N – Anseron, what are you doing here?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nina’s face is drawn. “Can you pass on a message to Ontaya that I did everything I could to protect his cousins last night? Agerain still... well, caught some of them.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“I’ll tell her.” Carwyn looks around, her lips pressed together angrily. “Are you actually achieving anything by joining the d’Aramants – besides helping Agerain hurt people?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“It’s been two days,” Nina says sharply. “Give me time. I could try to talk Avric out of dueling Atrix, if you wanted. Or feed him something that would make him sick.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“No – I don’t think Atrix would want that. Maybe you could help with his plan.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nina nods intently as Carwyn explains Atrix’s scheme to fake his death. “Yes, I can help with that. But he’d better be careful. Atrix is faster than any of us, but Avric’s been training with his Swordsmark to counter speed. He’s obsessed with beating Atrix. I’m sure he plans to kill him.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Carwyn nods shakily, and Nina hurries out to collect a half-dozen herbs from a shop just outside the gates of the Palace of Patriarchs. The apothecary raises an eyebrow at the request. “Young lord, take care. Mix these three wrongly, and you could stop your heart.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“I’ll be careful,” Nina promises. He thinks back to his uncle Malagan’s lessons: <em>Nephew, there will be times when, in following the vocation of the clan, you will find it very convenient to be thought dead. This poison slows your heart and breath for a day to the point where no one will detect them.</em> Nina returns to the d’Aramant section and spends the afternoon brewing the poison.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>ATRIX, ASH, AND </strong>Ontaya are in the stables making sure that their mounts and those of the knights they squire for are ready to ride out in two days. They hear an unwelcome voice at the doorway: “Hiding down here, d’Loriad? I hope you’ll be easier to find at your appointment with Avric tomorrow.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Agerain,” sighs Atrix, glancing over to see the d’Aramant and his inevitable entourage of armed cousins. “I suppose he’s chosen you as his second?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Ontaya glares at the roguish d’Loriad, realizing what her friends have been keeping from her. “Duels are illegal, Atrix.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Oh, this will just be a friendly little competition,” ventures Atrix unconvincingly. “Nothing for the Castellan to excite himself about.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Ontaya, a few of your cousins fell afoul of some thugs last night,” Agerain cuts in, sounding mournful. “For some reason, Ellikard is blaming our Family. Shocking, in the absence of any witnesses besides his sister -- who is, naturally, unharmed.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Ontaya’s eyes blaze, and she draws herself up to her full height. Agerain’s cousins draw back inadvertently. “You contemptible, vicious little bully,” the paladin says, her voice thick with outrage. “The Castellan will hear of this, and we’ll see which witnesses he believes.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">“Why do you always bring him into this?” Agerain laughs scornfully. “Come yourself, tomorrow, instead. Atrix and Avric will have their friendly competition, and we’ll have ours. Just you and me. Isn’t that what you say you want?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Ontaya stares at Agerain for a moment, her breath coming fast in her nostrils. Then she shakes her head. “I will not countenance this. There will be no duels tomorrow, and you and your friends will face justice.” She stalks out of the stables.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Agerain sighs. “Always taking the coward’s way out.” He walks over to Atrix and drops his voice. “So, d’Loriad. It should be hard for her to find us on the wall west of the Merle Tower.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“I’ll be there, d’Aramant,” Atrix promises flatly.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="havenstone, post: 4513112, member: 61094"] [b]Preparation for a Duel[/b] [SIZE=2][B]WITH THE LETTER [/B]forged and Gareth and Kyla galloping north, Carwyn heads back to her quarters. Caught up in her reflections on whether she's wrecked her chances with cousin Alan, she starts when Nina steps out of the shadows. “N – Anseron, what are you doing here?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nina’s face is drawn. “Can you pass on a message to Ontaya that I did everything I could to protect his cousins last night? Agerain still... well, caught some of them.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“I’ll tell her.” Carwyn looks around, her lips pressed together angrily. “Are you actually achieving anything by joining the d’Aramants – besides helping Agerain hurt people?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“It’s been two days,” Nina says sharply. “Give me time. I could try to talk Avric out of dueling Atrix, if you wanted. Or feed him something that would make him sick.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“No – I don’t think Atrix would want that. Maybe you could help with his plan.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nina nods intently as Carwyn explains Atrix’s scheme to fake his death. “Yes, I can help with that. But he’d better be careful. Atrix is faster than any of us, but Avric’s been training with his Swordsmark to counter speed. He’s obsessed with beating Atrix. I’m sure he plans to kill him.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Carwyn nods shakily, and Nina hurries out to collect a half-dozen herbs from a shop just outside the gates of the Palace of Patriarchs. The apothecary raises an eyebrow at the request. “Young lord, take care. Mix these three wrongly, and you could stop your heart.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“I’ll be careful,” Nina promises. He thinks back to his uncle Malagan’s lessons: [I]Nephew, there will be times when, in following the vocation of the clan, you will find it very convenient to be thought dead. This poison slows your heart and breath for a day to the point where no one will detect them.[/I] Nina returns to the d’Aramant section and spends the afternoon brewing the poison.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B]ATRIX, ASH, AND [/B]Ontaya are in the stables making sure that their mounts and those of the knights they squire for are ready to ride out in two days. They hear an unwelcome voice at the doorway: “Hiding down here, d’Loriad? I hope you’ll be easier to find at your appointment with Avric tomorrow.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Agerain,” sighs Atrix, glancing over to see the d’Aramant and his inevitable entourage of armed cousins. “I suppose he’s chosen you as his second?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ontaya glares at the roguish d’Loriad, realizing what her friends have been keeping from her. “Duels are illegal, Atrix.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Oh, this will just be a friendly little competition,” ventures Atrix unconvincingly. “Nothing for the Castellan to excite himself about.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Ontaya, a few of your cousins fell afoul of some thugs last night,” Agerain cuts in, sounding mournful. “For some reason, Ellikard is blaming our Family. Shocking, in the absence of any witnesses besides his sister -- who is, naturally, unharmed.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ontaya’s eyes blaze, and she draws herself up to her full height. Agerain’s cousins draw back inadvertently. “You contemptible, vicious little bully,” the paladin says, her voice thick with outrage. “The Castellan will hear of this, and we’ll see which witnesses he believes.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]“Why do you always bring him into this?” Agerain laughs scornfully. “Come yourself, tomorrow, instead. Atrix and Avric will have their friendly competition, and we’ll have ours. Just you and me. Isn’t that what you say you want?”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ontaya stares at Agerain for a moment, her breath coming fast in her nostrils. Then she shakes her head. “I will not countenance this. There will be no duels tomorrow, and you and your friends will face justice.” She stalks out of the stables.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Agerain sighs. “Always taking the coward’s way out.” He walks over to Atrix and drops his voice. “So, d’Loriad. It should be hard for her to find us on the wall west of the Merle Tower.”[/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]“I’ll be there, d’Aramant,” Atrix promises flatly.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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