Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness
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Rystil Arden
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(OOC: Okey dokey 
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Boddynock
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Finally the young rogue pulls himself together and strides out of the alleyway with a swagger - only to bump into the others. Taken aback for a moment, he straightway recovers and says, "Come on, my friends. I have found us a gem of an inn, and a prince among innkeepers. Oh, and I have quite a tale to tell!"
Looking around to orient himself, he then leads his friends to the Spectacled Gryphon, where he introduces them to Master and Mistress Grahl. He steadfastly refuses to tell them what's been going on until they have been shown to their rooms - a single room for each of the men and a set of rooms for the women - then gathers with the others in the elven pair's suite.
"Right, then. First, these rooms come to us at a very good price - and we can trust the innkeeper and his wife implicitly. I have had an introduction from a friend of theirs - and consequently I am in very good odour."
"As I wandered the streets, I met a young woman who spoke with me and asked me if I needed directions. I dissembled at first, owning only that my friends and I were seeking a place to stay. So Aileen - that was her name - led me here."
"On the way we chatted, and by the time we arrived she was happy to recommend me to the couple who run this inn. It turns out she had helped them raise the money to pay for their daughter's magical tution - though that is something which is not to be mentioned. Consequently, 'any friend of Aileen's' was a friend of theirs."
"It also turns out that she likes to help people when she can - quietly and discreetly, although she does have some trouble with the guards from time to time. In fact, she had to leave in something of a hurry - but I have hopes of seeing her again."
"After she gets out, that is. But I'm sure she will. She's very resourceful. And very well connected."
"But you already know that."
Here Kel can't help himself, and laughs out loud as he says, "You must have seen her - you were in the street when the guards led her past."
Looking around to orient himself, he then leads his friends to the Spectacled Gryphon, where he introduces them to Master and Mistress Grahl. He steadfastly refuses to tell them what's been going on until they have been shown to their rooms - a single room for each of the men and a set of rooms for the women - then gathers with the others in the elven pair's suite.
"Right, then. First, these rooms come to us at a very good price - and we can trust the innkeeper and his wife implicitly. I have had an introduction from a friend of theirs - and consequently I am in very good odour."
"As I wandered the streets, I met a young woman who spoke with me and asked me if I needed directions. I dissembled at first, owning only that my friends and I were seeking a place to stay. So Aileen - that was her name - led me here."
"On the way we chatted, and by the time we arrived she was happy to recommend me to the couple who run this inn. It turns out she had helped them raise the money to pay for their daughter's magical tution - though that is something which is not to be mentioned. Consequently, 'any friend of Aileen's' was a friend of theirs."
"It also turns out that she likes to help people when she can - quietly and discreetly, although she does have some trouble with the guards from time to time. In fact, she had to leave in something of a hurry - but I have hopes of seeing her again."
"After she gets out, that is. But I'm sure she will. She's very resourceful. And very well connected."
"But you already know that."
Here Kel can't help himself, and laughs out loud as he says, "You must have seen her - you were in the street when the guards led her past."
Blunt scratches his shaved head as Kel relates his story. "Yes, we saw a beautiful lady go past, but she was being shepherded by the guards who quite clearly referred to her as the Princess Elenia, or some such, with more titles than any one person could possibly carry. One of them was the Heir to the Golden Lion, but I don't remember the rest."Kel said:
"I think that maybe you spent your money on something illegal when you should have been asking questions."
"Are you sure that we are talking about the same person? Because no princess would be slumming it in an inn, even one as nice as this. Royalty just don't those things. Do they?" he sounds a little unsure of himself now.
Titus Farrab, human ranger
Titus shrugs. "Who can make sense of royalty?" he offers. "Maybe there's a lover involved; children of the rich seem to have a fascination with illicit pairings with folks on the other side of the path, as it were."
The broad-shouldered ranger turns to Kel now, his expression dark. "If you are right about this princess, Kel, we have other problems. While you were tracking down an inn, we tracked down some information on our own: that coronation we've been trying to figure out? It's your princess's. The anniversary of the fall of Night's Embrace happens as that lady of yours ascends to the throne, and I think that's the moment they've chosen to try to ascend, themselves."
Legildur said:
Titus shrugs. "Who can make sense of royalty?" he offers. "Maybe there's a lover involved; children of the rich seem to have a fascination with illicit pairings with folks on the other side of the path, as it were."
The broad-shouldered ranger turns to Kel now, his expression dark. "If you are right about this princess, Kel, we have other problems. While you were tracking down an inn, we tracked down some information on our own: that coronation we've been trying to figure out? It's your princess's. The anniversary of the fall of Night's Embrace happens as that lady of yours ascends to the throne, and I think that's the moment they've chosen to try to ascend, themselves."
Rystil Arden
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(OOC: That's not precisely what the coronation is for--she'll just become the Crown Princess, not the Queen--as the elves said, she has reached the age of majority)
Ah, well, Titus isn't particularly refined, so I maybe I can play that off as his lack of social graces (and no ranks in Know: Royalty Rystil Arden
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(OOC: Oh, that's perfectly reasonable--I may have even said it in an ambiguous way. But the nature of PbP is such that I've seen something like this lead to everyone assuming something wrong both in and out of character, even when some used to know the right thing and forgot, so thought I'd mention 
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Boddynock
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"Her Royal Highness, the Princess Elenia Aureolus, the Azure Phoenix, Duchess of Tharmand, Protector of the Eastern Marches, Heir to the Golden Lion," Kel says in a slightly wondering tone.Legildur said:
"Yes, I'm sure it was her."
Kel reacts angrily at Titus' words. "We can't let them hurt her. She's done nothing to earn their hatred ... except to be herself."
He looks around wildly, as if expecting dark mages to leap out, conjuring fiendish creatures from the corners of these pleasant rooms. Then he calms down, and says in a voice intense yet restrained, "Aileen said that she'd contact me again when she could. I believe her."
To Titus he says, "When's the coronation? I think she said it was some months away."
Looking at the whole party he says, "I'm hungry. I've been told that the Estralla Bakery and Bistro serves excellent food. I have a feeling that this is one traveller who's going to develop a taste for their fare. Would anyone care to join me?"
A moment later a worried frown appears on his face as he mutters, "And we'll have to find some funds to pay for all those meals!"
