Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[unleashed]

*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."

“Someone trying to create a distraction, I would think, one that seemed to work quite well. I believe the drug used was Heartmelt Root, which I’ve been told is pretty harmless ... well, apart from the embarrassment it might cause, but I’m glad you’re both okay nevertheless,” Gabriel offers with a smile, not prepared to reveal everything he knows.

“You know, I didn’t think anything could make you blush, Zoe Arobin,” his smile widening to a grin as he runs the back of two fingers gently along her cheek, “I’m glad to see you can be surprised by some things though.”

 

[Velmont]

OOC: Sorry, I'm a bit confused about Hyacinthe location and company... missing a week-end and seeing things start to get very interesting. Lady jacen

 

[Rystil Arden]

(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."

*Tomas nods and walks off with Natalie. Guillaume leaves too, obviously unhappy, probably from the chance of impending doom for his family or sister.*

"Very admirable, lad," Richard notes with a smile, "And I think in all the fuss, some of the others didn't notice you have the you-know-what."

"I saw it but didn't say anything," Tommy adds, "Of course, that might have been the exact omen that we expected with the early blooming. But then, it doesn't matter who Marie picked to play across from her at the festival and tournament if she is taken away from us."

"Ca c'est vrai, mon frere," Richard admits, "Well, good luck. I'd better go find Gerald and get ready for this hunting expedition."

(OOC: @Velmont--Hyacinthe is, unless otherwise specified, upstairs with all the Dulirands and all the Musketeers except Gabriel)

 

[Rystil Arden]

“Someone trying to create a distraction, I would think, one that seemed to work quite well. I believe the drug used was Heartmelt Root, which I’ve been told is pretty harmless ... well, apart from the embarrassment it might cause, but I’m glad you’re both okay nevertheless,” Gabriel offers with a smile, not prepared to reveal everything he knows.

“You know, I didn’t think anything could make you blush, Zoe Arobin,” his smile widening to a grin as he runs the back of two fingers gently along her cheek, “I’m glad to see you can be surprised by some things though.”

"Hmm...'someone', eh? Well, if it was you, I admit that you got me. Then again, the way Meleagant reacted just before everyone else collapsed made it seem more urgent than it was...I was afraid that Elise was going to die too. You're just lucky--if Meleagant was still alive under Heartmelt and started smooching you, I think your reputation might never have recovered," Zoe laughs impishly, shedding her flusteredness from before.

 

[Shayuri]

Jacen looks up at Tommy and Richard questioningly.

"I have what? The you-know-what?" He looks down at himself, alarmed, and pats his pockets. "What about Marie?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"You know Jacen, the Midnight Jacinth," Marie replies, moving over to Jacen and squeezing his hand, "Thank you so much for agreeing to this, Jacen. Most men I know would have been too proud and insecure in their manhood to do this."

 

[Shayuri]

"The...oh right! The flower." Jacen grins, relieved. "As for the rest...well, I try not to take myself too seriously. It seems like there's so many punchlines and ironies in my life...I find it easier to laugh along than to get upset."

He grins sheepishly. "Besides, it's not so bad. It's all just cloth in the end. I'm still me underneath."

He adds, "What's that about a festival and...tournament, was it?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Marie gave that to you without telling you about the Lunar Festival?" Richard wags his finger, "You are naughty, ma petite souer."

*Marie blushes.*

"I wasn't thinking, and I just took it for granted that he knew," Marie admits, "The youngest unmarried Dulirand daughter has a part to play in that festival. It's why the flower usually blooms later. I'm supposed to give a brave noble knight the flower, and he will play the part across from me in the Festival and be my champion in the tournament...But Jacen, you're doing so much already and I know you might not be here by then. I didn't mean for you to have to do that if you didn't want, I just wanted to give it to you...it would have wilted by tomorrow."

 

[unleashed]

"Hmm...'someone', eh? Well, if it was you, I admit that you got me. Then again, the way Meleagant reacted just before everyone else collapsed made it seem more urgent than it was...I was afraid that Elise was going to die too. You're just lucky--if Meleagant was still alive under Heartmelt and started smooching you, I think your reputation might never have recovered," Zoe laughs impishly, shedding her flusteredness from before.

“Oh, not me, I have little knowledge of such things, in fact I didn’t even realise it was Heartmelt until Tommy worked it out ... like you, I thought it was something far more deadly,” Gabriel confesses. “Indeed, being smooched by Meleagant would have been rather awkward to explain away, in the short term at least, though I think that my reputation would have recovered eventually, even if I had to seduce every lady in the realm to prove myself,” he declares with a laugh and a wink.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"See, but if you go too far overboard, girls will think you're compensating," Zoe winks, "Did you figure out what happened to Meleagant? The healer puzzled over it for a long time, but I think he said he could find no evidence, but it was only clear it wasn't from those rather deep wounds you gave him."