Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[Rystil Arden]

"We are a two hour ride away sir. Jacen can stay and we will have his items sent along. What do you plan should our disguise not meet your expectations?

And how far are the Alisoth plains? And what are the ruins of?" asks Tristan.

"I don't know. I think we'll have to give him Marie and then not think seriously about mounting a rescue until we are certain that the Tear is safe."

"The Alisoth plains are two or three day's hard ride from here. Those ruins are an old manor house from long ago before the river dried out. People say that it is haunted, but that is rubbish."

 

[Fenris]

"I don't know. I think we'll have to give him Marie and then not think seriously about mounting a rescue until we are certain that the Tear is safe."

"As you wish"

"The Alisoth plains are two or three day's hard ride from here. Those ruins are an old manor house from long ago before the river dried out. People say that it is haunted, but that is rubbish."

"So we really have but a week. Six days, as I would like to ride out ahead. Would these stories be about the Kataramu I have heard of?" asks Tristan

 

[Rystil Arden]

"As you wish"




"So we really have but a week. Six days, as I would like to ride out ahead. Would these stories be about the Kataramu I have heard of?" asks Tristan

"We can't risk you riding ahead to examine the ruins and being seen if this Pumpernickel is also there early. He was pretty explicit that he will destroy the Tear if we send support."

"The Katamaru? What a joke. That's just a children's story," Guillaume laughs.

"Some say that our faerie tales have an inkling of truth. But regardless, that is a story of the northern woods, not the Alisoth Plains," Tommy points out.

 

[unleashed]

"Well unlike Heartmelt Root which must be injected, Contravira Extract is a poison that only works if it is directly inserted into the blood stream. It causes blood flow problems that can sometimes lead to shortness of breath, stunted muscle growth, and in men often impotence," Mlle X explains to Gabriel.

“Ah, well that sounds like something I’d do well to avoid,” Gabriel chuckles, trying to lighten the moment. “Well, whatever the cause, there’s nothing to be done about it now, though I hadn’t heard he’d been dosed with anything beyond the Heartmelt Root. Did the healer discover it after I was dragged upstairs?” he asks.

“Well, enough wondering why Meleagant died exactly, I think I’ll leave that in the hands of those better equipped to discover the cause,” Gabriel declares. “Now, shall we talk about you, my lady, and your mysterious conversation with my servant earlier? Specifically, I’m wondering whether you’ll favour me with your name, and what exactly the leyshar are, as neither of us have heard the term before?”

 

[Rystil Arden]

“Ah, well that sounds like something I’d do well to avoid,” Gabriel chuckles, trying to lighten the moment. “Well, whatever the cause, there’s nothing to be done about it now, though I hadn’t heard he’d been dosed with anything beyond the Heartmelt Root. Did the healer discover it after I was dragged upstairs?” he asks.

“Well, enough wondering why Meleagant died exactly, I think I’ll leave that in the hands of those better equipped to discover the cause,” Gabriel declares. “Now, shall we talk about you, my lady, and your mysterious conversation with my servant earlier? Specifically, I’m wondering whether you’ll favour me with your name, and what exactly the leyshar are, as neither of us have heard the term before?”

(OOC: That should have read ingested rather than injected for Heartmelt, of course, since it was in the bread)

"Hmm, what indeed?" Mlle X smiles politely, "This party...it truly did live up to all the build-up surrounding it, didn't it? I am glad to have made it here. For now, I believe this must be my last scene in this little vignette. I was just curious, considering the death, about you...Adieu Monsieur."

 

[unleashed]

(OOC: That should have read ingested rather than injected for Heartmelt, of course, since it was in the bread)

"Hmm, what indeed?" Mlle X smiles politely, "This party...it truly did live up to all the build-up surrounding it, didn't it? I am glad to have made it here. For now, I believe this must be my last scene in this little vignette. I was just curious, considering the death, about you...Adieu Monsieur."

OOC: Yeah, I realised you’d mixed it up, but for once I decided not to say anything.

“Ah, well then, I guess I’m left with little to say, except to bid you adieu as well, my mysterious mademoiselle,” Gabriel remarks with another courtly bow and a good-natured grin, “Even if I am left with just as many questions as before we spoke. Well, I hope we will have the chance to meet again, my lady, for oh so many reasons...”

*Once, Mlle. X departs, Gabriel heads over to Zoe.*

“So, how is everything going Zoe? I see things have calmed down considerably since I was dragged away,” he chuckles, with a nod towards Elise.

 

[Rystil Arden]

OOC: Yeah, I realised you’d mixed it up, but for once I decided not to say anything.

“Ah, well then, I guess I’m left with little to say, except to bid you adieu as well, my mysterious mademoiselle,” Gabriel remarks with another courtly bow and a good-natured grin, “Even if I am left with just as many questions as before we spoke. Well, I hope we will have the chance to meet again, my lady, for oh so many reasons...”

*Once, Mlle. X departs, Gabriel heads over to Zoe.*

“So, how is everything going Zoe? I see things have calmed down considerably since I was dragged away,” he chuckles, with a nod towards Elise.

*Zoe blushes.*

"That was...unexpected. I hear that she was drugged...they all were. Who would do such a thing? At least Elise is going to be all right."

 

[Shayuri]

Jacen gets a mulish frown as Richard talks seriously about giving up his daughter.

"Sir," he says a bit stiffly, "I was always taught that it's our actions that raise us up, or doom us, not prophecies or anything like that. I find it very hard to believe that this...this gem could signal worse for your family than willingly surrendering your daughter to this...this man, who nearly killed Tristan and who drugged all your guests."

He raises a placating hand. "I mean no disrespect in saying that. Hopefully it won't come down to that. Just...if it does, I beg you to weigh your actions carefully."

He then adds, "And what's a Katamaru?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

Jacen gets a mulish frown as Richard talks seriously about giving up his daughter.

"Sir," he says a bit stiffly, "I was always taught that it's our actions that raise us up, or doom us, not prophecies or anything like that. I find it very hard to believe that this...this gem could signal worse for your family than willingly surrendering your daughter to this...this man, who nearly killed Tristan and who drugged all your guests."

He raises a placating hand. "I mean no disrespect in saying that. Hopefully it won't come down to that. Just...if it does, I beg you to weigh your actions carefully."

He then adds, "And what's a Katamaru?"

(OOC: That's Tomas who was seriously considering it)

"Hmph," Tomas does not look pleased at being questioned, "Do you think I make that decision lightly? Do you think any father could? Let us hope for Marie's sake and the whole family's that you make a convincing lady, young man."

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC: That's Tomas who was seriously considering it)

"Hmph," Tomas does not look pleased at being questioned, "Do you think I make that decision lightly? Do you think any father could? Let us hope for Marie's sake and the whole family's that you make a convincing lady, young man."

(oops...got confused as to who was who. Thanks for the catch! )

Jacen nods, his face turning grim with resolve.

"I have some small acquaintance with acting. I promise you...when you see me next I will be every inch a lady."

He looks at his hands and lowers his voice a little, as if convincing himself. "If that's what it takes, that's what I'll do. That is the Musketeer way."