Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[Velmont]

"I've only informed myself about the people at the party. Nothing really interesting. But I happen to have a few words with Mlle X, and I must tell I didn't understood what she meant. I told I was your honest servant and she told me I was more interesting then you but she didn't told me why, she just warned me to not let the leyshar take me." tells Hyacinthe.

"Master Jacen might have a point. Coincidences are rare and if you three have been implicated in duels, there must be something behind it, even if we don't see it yet. But what oppose my mind to this idea it is in the morning, no one was expecting to see any of you as we were just coming back from mission, and you wouldn't be invited if I hadn't found Sir Dullirand."

 

[Shayuri]

"Ecks? What kind of name is that?"

JAcen shakes his head.

"I don't think the key is the duels themselves. It's the timing. Each duel took place at roughly the same time...just before the debacle with the drugged food. I just think, maybe there's a reason for that. Maybe they were meant to distract us...to make sure we didn't notice something happening, or to make sure we didn't interfere with something."

He considers, frowning.

"What's a leyshar?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Unleashes said he's really busy, so I can give the following brief summary for Gabriel:

Gabriel was talking to Anne, who mentioned that Meleagant impugned her honour, so Gabriel offered to duel Meleagant. Anne requested that it be done with her father's sword. Then Gabriel talked to Meleagant who claimed that he never did what Anne said, but that it seems like a reasonable thing to do. After saying mean things about Anne, Gabriel decided he didn't really want to duel Meleagant any more, but Meleagant mistook his change of heart for being frightened, and Gabriel dueled to prevent a reputation for backing down. They dueled to best two of three, first blood, and Gabriel barely won. Then Meleagant conceded, and they returned to the party, and Meleagant died)

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - I see... I believe I will have to go back and see when Anne was introduced... Thank you, sir.)

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: She was initially in the group that Tristan brought Jacen to speak with. There is some suspicion, prompted by Mlle X's analysis, that Meleagant may have received a second poison, delivered by injury, and thus likely from the blade Gabriel used. You can skim some of Gabriel's part if you like since unleashed isn;t here)

 

[Shayuri]

(working on another post...might not be until tonight if work picks up...but how do I use the subscriptions? I can't seem to find a toggle or control or option...and also, I did finally track down Night's OOC... I'll post to that too, today or tonight ASAP. I'm all frazzled. )

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: I think Subscribing is under Thread Tools menu at the top above the first post of the page. I'm not terribly sure because I don't subscribe either anymore, but in theory, what it will do is tell you when there's a new post via e-mail (though if you don't visit ENWorld and there are like 100 posts while you're gone, you only get 1 e-mail, so that's at least a good thing)

 

[Fenris]

(OOC: Unleashes said he's really busy, so I can give the following brief summary for Gabriel:

Gabriel was talking to Anne, who mentioned that Meleagant impugned her honour, so Gabriel offered to duel Meleagant. Anne requested that it be done with her father's sword. Then Gabriel talked to Meleagant who claimed that he never did what Anne said, but that it seems like a reasonable thing to do. After saying mean things about Anne, Gabriel decided he didn't really want to duel Meleagant any more, but Meleagant mistook his change of heart for being frightened, and Gabriel dueled to prevent a reputation for backing down. They dueled to best two of three, first blood, and Gabriel barely won. Then Meleagant conceded, and they returned to the party, and Meleagant died)

"That was my thought, that Anne may not be wholey innocent in this. As for me, I accompanied Belinda upstairs at the request of Sabine Dulirand to fetch an object Marie was supposed to bring down. Since she was hidden away with Jacen, Belinda and I went to get it."

 

[Shayuri]

Jacen nods, his forehead creased in thought. He gets up and starts pacing as he sorts through the information and his own memories.

"And it was Marie that wanted to meet, but the duel started when Guillarme happened across us. Someone might have told him where to go...but we'd have to ask to know for sure..."

He looks at Tristan.

"A couple of things spring out at me from your description, and from the note. The Pumpernickel wasn't just hiding in her closet...he was looking for something. Maybe it was something specific? And in the note he says that he'd tried to win her, but she didn't notice him...then says something about a snake hiding among the king's men. I think that means us...or specifically me."

He pauses then says, "And on reflection, there was someone at the party who reminds me a bit of how you describe the Pumpernickel."

"Aric Dandillo. The braggart. Remember? Maybe we should ask to see if he was sighted around the same time that you were upstairs, Tristan...or if he was seen afterwards."

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Bump to keep on first page)