Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness
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Boddynock
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Kelloran looks up at Sulannus' return and then looks down again guiltily.
Before she or anyone else can say anything, though, he shuffles forward and says, "Um, Sulannus, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you - especially not with you having been so understanding about the night classes and all. I guess, when it comes to Aileen - I mean, Princess Elenia - that I'm just not thinking straight. Please forgive me."
He adds in his own distinctive form of courtly Elven, gleaned from the off-colour ballads of the Armpit, "I am strained ... no, I mean I'm mashed ... oh, dammit! I am mortified that I have given such offense, and humbly beg your forbearance."
He gives a clumsy little bow, blushing furiously.
Before she or anyone else can say anything, though, he shuffles forward and says, "Um, Sulannus, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you - especially not with you having been so understanding about the night classes and all. I guess, when it comes to Aileen - I mean, Princess Elenia - that I'm just not thinking straight. Please forgive me."
He adds in his own distinctive form of courtly Elven, gleaned from the off-colour ballads of the Armpit, "I am strained ... no, I mean I'm mashed ... oh, dammit! I am mortified that I have given such offense, and humbly beg your forbearance."
He gives a clumsy little bow, blushing furiously.
Rystil Arden
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(OOC: Bump--are we ready to move on, then--do we have consensus on what to say?)
(argh! I missed this post! Sorry...it's been a hectic week. Started my new job on the 1st.)
Sulannus looks almost comically surprised at Kel's actions. Then it's apparent she's rather moved by it. She pulls herself up a bit and squares her shoulders...correcting the slightly slumped posture her armor sometimes made her adopt...then glides to Kel and gently lifts his chin up to look at her with a pleased smile. With her common clothes and plain leather armor it would be a stretch to say she looks noble. She lacks Elenia's social grace, and the effortless aura of command that the princess carries with her. But maybe there's a glimmer of something similar there; an acorn in the shadow of an oak.
"Accepted," she murmurs in the elven tongue, "On one condition. You must also forgive me, for judging too quickly and harshly, and placing my own wants ahead of what is best for us all."
Sulannus looks almost comically surprised at Kel's actions. Then it's apparent she's rather moved by it. She pulls herself up a bit and squares her shoulders...correcting the slightly slumped posture her armor sometimes made her adopt...then glides to Kel and gently lifts his chin up to look at her with a pleased smile. With her common clothes and plain leather armor it would be a stretch to say she looks noble. She lacks Elenia's social grace, and the effortless aura of command that the princess carries with her. But maybe there's a glimmer of something similar there; an acorn in the shadow of an oak.
"Accepted," she murmurs in the elven tongue, "On one condition. You must also forgive me, for judging too quickly and harshly, and placing my own wants ahead of what is best for us all."
Rystil Arden
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(OOC: Okay, so waiting for the next day? What message did you settle on sending? For lodging, I assume staying still at the Bespectacled Gryphon? Anything else?)
Rystil Arden said:
OOC: I think Kel's last one works, since there was debate on whether the princess would receive the message in private: "Danger threatens you. Buy my godly elf friend some bread at night's embrace."
I think everything else is set, then: Blunt and Kel go to class; Nhalia, Sulannus, and Titus go to the bakery. I think Shan's faded to obscurity by this point, no?
Rystil Arden
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(OOC: Yeah, I think he has. Should we recruit a replacement, or are we good with this many? That first fight might have been much less nice without Shan, but I think maybe you guys can manage)
*After a relatively quiet night at the Gryphon, they pursue the plan the next morning. After sending the message to Elenia, there is not immediately a response, but several hours later, Elenia sends the following response:*
'Can't again so soon.
Timing is important so
Let's talk by gem please.'
*After a relatively quiet night at the Gryphon, they pursue the plan the next morning. After sending the message to Elenia, there is not immediately a response, but several hours later, Elenia sends the following response:*
'Can't again so soon.
Timing is important so
Let's talk by gem please.'
Titus Farrab, human ranger
(OOC: Well, without the arbitrary staggered entry into the first encounter, Shan might not have needed his Diehard to keep us alive, but wishing and a nickel gets you five cents.
Anyway, I'd be cool with us recruiting for someone else if others are. Preferably someone with a passing ability in the healing department as well as melee, since we seem to keep getting in scrapes that require both.
)
Titus rolls his eyes.
"Well, I guess we don't have to worry about how long that crash course'll take ya, Kel," Titus says. "With a haiku a day, it'll probably take us the term to convince her we aren't loonies. How about tomorrow we go with
'Night's Embrace returns
They plan to murder you on
your coronation'?"
Rystil Arden said:
(OOC: Well, without the arbitrary staggered entry into the first encounter, Shan might not have needed his Diehard to keep us alive, but wishing and a nickel gets you five cents.
Anyway, I'd be cool with us recruiting for someone else if others are. Preferably someone with a passing ability in the healing department as well as melee, since we seem to keep getting in scrapes that require both.
)Titus rolls his eyes.
"Well, I guess we don't have to worry about how long that crash course'll take ya, Kel," Titus says. "With a haiku a day, it'll probably take us the term to convince her we aren't loonies. How about tomorrow we go with
'Night's Embrace returns
They plan to murder you on
your coronation'?"
