Diplomatic Immunity: Wedding Bells a'Ringing

[Rystil Arden]

"I keep hearing that, though it's hard to believe. But then, perhaps I am simply unfamiliar with Rowani customs."

*Leda shakes her head.*

"It is not generally our custom. Helena is just a special case. She can drive people's hearts to change, considering acts far darker than they would normally imagine in the throes of their desire."

 

[Bront]

"That's why a place like Amaranthia would be nice, where most of the nymphs are inocent and simple. The worse you'd get would likely be a bunch of them hoping to share pleasure with her."

 

[unleashed]

Tiberius Lucius Magnus, Male Praetor Warmage

*Plydek shakes his head.*

"Oh no, no. Nothing like that. Actually, seems like you probably got the wrong idea about how we met, even. It wasn't that I was introduced to her as a suitor or something--actually, it was quite unusual. I met her when I was a young man, not even fully mature yet. See, I was fighting in a junior boxing contest against this other boy, and he was agile and hard to hit. It was a good fight, exerting, but when I connected with a powerful blow, I wound up winning pretty well, and he got knocked out. So I took him to the infirmary, and I found out that actually he was a she. Apparently, she had gotten excited about the tournament and masqueraded as a boy to sneak in. I felt so terrible that I had beaten up a girl that I stuck around as they treated her. Actually, when she woke up and was still in pain, that was when I first discovered my innate healing ability, when I healed it."

"So anyway, no, no it wasn't like some kind of romance. Just a wonderful friendship."

Tiberius chuckles, “Yes, well hearing half a story often leads people to the wrong conclusion...especially when marriage is being spoken of.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"That's why a place like Amaranthia would be nice, where most of the nymphs are inocent and simple. The worse you'd get would likely be a bunch of them hoping to share pleasure with her."

"It doesn't have to be the Nymphs, though who kidnap her. And you'd be surprised--Helena's power tends to become a curse wherever it goes. Loving and pure though the nymphs may be, I wouldn't consider it impossible that Helena's power taints them with jealousy between the sisters about who would get to spend more time with Helena. At least once, it destroyed the friendship of two best friends when she was younger."

 

[Rystil Arden]

Tiberius chuckles, “Yes, well hearing half a story often leads people to the wrong conclusion...especially when marriage is being spoken of.”

"Ah, yes, well. I realise the irony in using 'angelic' to describe her. She isn't literally, but figuratively, she's angelic. When I was younger, I realised I might be falling in love with her, even, as we kept spending so much time together, and all her little smiles... So I crushed the impulse. Perfect though she may be, I can determine the end result of such a romance easily enough. It could only end in grief as I stood over her withered lifeless body..."

 

[Bront]

"It doesn't have to be the Nymphs, though who kidnap her. And you'd be surprised--Helena's power tends to become a curse wherever it goes. Loving and pure though the nymphs may be, I wouldn't consider it impossible that Helena's power taints them with jealousy between the sisters about who would get to spend more time with Helena. At least once, it destroyed the friendship of two best friends when she was younger."

"When one sister is happy, another sister is happy for her. But I can see your fear," Vasha says. "You sayd Plydek is special too. What is his gift?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"When one sister is happy, another sister is happy for her. But I can see your fear," Vasha says. "You sayd Plydek is special too. What is his gift?"

"He has the blessing of the angels. He can heal the sick, protect the weak, and punish the wicked, mostly."

 

[Bront]

"He has the blessing of the angels. He can heal the sick, protect the weak, and punish the wicked, mostly."

"Well, that's good. Hopefully that's a gift he can share with the world."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Well, that's good. Hopefully that's a gift he can share with the world."

"Yes, and he tries his best to do good. He is a good son, and a good man. I am proud to be his mother."

 

[Bront]

"Yes, and he tries his best to do good. He is a good son, and a good man. I am proud to be his mother."

"Well, that's good," Vasha says. "I shall see you again, and as I told Tyrus, I'll try to visit Helena someday as well."