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Re: You are King: Chronicles of Nocte - IC Thread
« Reply #255 on: April 09, 2013, 05:37:13 pm »

[2+1] [5] You notice the contempt and distaste in his eyes, and the subtle twitch of him tensing up, even as he bows and gives a wide smile, hands still behind his back. The Princess notices this, glancing back, frowning, slightly, "Would you like me to enquire if her lady-ship is available for meeting, miss..?"

"I'm right here you know." the young woman growls, poking the Butler hard in the back, between his shoulder blades.

"I was referring to your mother, my Princess.
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« Reply #256 on: April 09, 2013, 05:47:51 pm »

Araline tactfully sidestepped the annoying man and spoke to the princess directly, giving her an incline of the head.

"....your overbearing protector aside, I really am interested in whats going on. Your mother has written me, now and again, speaking of your rule-and I am interested in you as well...I would learn the lay of the land, the status of the war, and perhaps render aid and advice if you desired it.

My name is Araline Logerhain, Duchesse of Nocte and Kings hand. It is a pleasure to meet you, Princess."
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« Reply #257 on: April 09, 2013, 06:15:38 pm »

"...My name is Araline Logerhain, Duchesse of Nocte and Kings hand. It is a pleasure to meet you, Princess."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Duchesse Araline Logerhain of Nocte. And as for aid and advice, I'm sorry to say Amius no longer requires much more help, unless Raoul summoned you here to assist him?"

"Duchesse Araline, would you care for some refreshments?"
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« Reply #258 on: April 09, 2013, 06:20:04 pm »

Araline shrugged.

"I came of my own recognizance, in truth.

And, I did hear some odd rumors as I was heading into the city, but there were a hundred variations based on the one telling. Is it true Duke Raoul is now prince of Amius? Such news, seems unlikely so sudden-usually these sorts of things are grand affairs. Yet, stranger things have happened."


She completely ignored the butler.
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« Reply #259 on: April 09, 2013, 06:34:29 pm »

"Miss Araline? My private life is just that, private. I have married Raoul, according to Nocte customs. I heard some odd rumors about you and The Black King. Such news, seems unlikely, so sudden. Usually these sorts of things are grand affairs, are they not?"

She steps over to the now moved throne, draping herself on it and crossing her legs, smoothing out her stockings, watching you over her fingertips. "Please do not think I am stupid, Duchesse Araline. I've survived for three years as Princess with Dru hounding at my border, ordering my elder brothers around and deflecting assassination attempts and coups."

She picks at a fingernail, her Butler stepping to her side and keeping his eyes fixed on you, hands still crossed behind his back. A servant, somehow called, steps in, offering sweets and candies of all sorts, as well as petite cakes.
"And I know for a fact you aren't here to speak with my mother or else you already would have. You're here for political reasons and I can understand that, but please, stop acting as if you're my aunt. It's grating, to say the least."
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« Reply #260 on: April 10, 2013, 02:23:59 am »

Araline nodded. There was a silver vein of respect in her eyes-she had inherited her mothers strong spine.

"Then we may dispense with political frippery? Good. I did not wish to impose.

I only came here to see how the war was going-and how my people could benefit from the conflict. I intend to learn as much as I can about my enemy before I face them on the field myself-his tactics, his mind, his heart. If I could hinder them by helping you, then I would do so. If I can obtain some profit for Nocte, I would do so as well.

Even with the change in leadership, I intend to do this-Raoul is no general, aside from all his other qualities. Given the tides might have me fighting here one day soon, I'd see and hear with my own eyes. Now, you may either help me or send me away-choose promptly, Princess. I did not come to enjoy hard toffee and oatmeal pinches."
She said, motioning dismissively to the plate.
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« Reply #261 on: April 10, 2013, 09:17:01 pm »

[6-1] vs [3+2] She taps her fingers on the throne's armrests, frowning to herself, she heaves a sigh. Looking up from the heavily tiled, smoothed copper-hued floor to Araline's face, making eye contact with the older woman, before abruptly speaking.

"I do not know you, not personally. So I cannot vouch for your character, or even if you are Duchesse Araline of Blackberry. My mother spoke few words about you to me, so I cannot make certain of it."

"I'll have to discuss with Raoul, but until that point, I do not see any reason why you should not get a tour of my fair city, and its defenses. Chauncy shall show you around."

"It shall be done, your highness." the Butler replies stiffly.
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« Reply #262 on: April 11, 2013, 03:50:19 pm »

Valerian looked carefully at the man. He did not like his tone or attitude but he was capable nonetheless. In truth he was ambivalent abuout his fate -one one hand willing ot let him go, since he got his job done, on the other wary of letting a mage roam free.

"Your Majesty, might I suggest something? So far our trust wasn't abused and honesty is something I value. Capable men are always needed in Guard or in Watch. I suppose there could be a plce found there, if you agree and he says yes."

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« Reply #263 on: April 12, 2013, 11:15:29 pm »

[6-1] vs [3+2] She taps her fingers on the throne's armrests, frowning to herself, she heaves a sigh. Looking up from the heavily tiled, smoothed copper-hued floor to Araline's face, making eye contact with the older woman, before abruptly speaking.

"I do not know you, not personally. So I cannot vouch for your character, or even if you are Duchesse Araline of Blackberry. My mother spoke few words about you to me, so I cannot make certain of it."

"I'll have to discuss with Raoul, but until that point, I do not see any reason why you should not get a tour of my fair city, and its defenses. Chauncy shall show you around."

"It shall be done, your highness." the Butler replies stiffly.

After being dismissed, she turned to the annoying and in her own mind, somewhat cliched and trite nameless butler who had been assigned to spy on her.

"Let's get this over with then, shall we?"
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Re: You are King: Chronicles of Nocte - IC Thread
« Reply #264 on: April 13, 2013, 12:55:10 pm »

Attempt to decipher the handwriting.
Also, look into how the healing is going.


((no rp, I know... Feeling a bit inspiration-less since a few days ago.))
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Re: You are King: Chronicles of Nocte - IC Thread
« Reply #265 on: April 15, 2013, 11:45:21 am »

Thoughtfully Logan scratched his beard.

Would you like that man? Being a Knight of the Kings Own?
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« Reply #266 on: April 15, 2013, 12:10:54 pm »

"Let's get this over with then, shall we?"
"Indeed. Let's." the Butler replies stiffly, turning away from you and leading you outside. Amuis is a large city, larger than most you've seen in your time, but most of the building are slums, or uninhabited by the general population.

[3] The walls are sturdy, made from the matrix of the copper that is dredged up in the mines, and sturdy only due to their size and girth, ringing the city like some obscene, fat ring of green-streaked stone. But, you notice that it isn't manned in places, only around the palace.

[2] The guards seem...un-intelligent, to say the least, putting style over actual defense in terms of armor, and using strangely shaped, hard to make, copper-ornamented swords. They barely constitute two regiments of strength, which is divided between the palace and the general city.

[1]And, after a moment, the butler accompanying you takes you to a small cafe, where he asks veterans of several...engagements, about Dru's initial tactics and motives. Most just inform you that Dru runs terror campaigns, and slips away before anyone is any wiser as to what their strength is or how many men there are.

Quote from: Taricus
The young princess you've recently married approaches you, frowning as she asks,
"Duchesse Araline is visiting our city, 'dear'. Should I send her away or have her killed or something?"

"And we need your men protecting my city...The mercs are gone and we need defenses besides the guard."

Attempt to decipher the handwriting.
Also, look into how the healing is going.

[3] The translation is slow at times, but you soon decipher the wretched hand-writing that is in the steel-bound book, revealing the writer of the book is a Hadran Grath, and he wrote it ages ago, approximately fifty to a hundred years ago.
[2]
Quote from: From Book
A being of fire from the Other, summoned by magic fire, as well as vengeful spirits, possibility of rising naturally. Upon its slaying it reverts to magically charged ash. It MUST be scattered to wind or wave, or bound within a vessel of iron or it will resurrect. It's made of the aforementioned blue fire, is a bestial creature, taking the form and spirit of the recently dead to bind it to this plane...

[5] The healing is...doing well. You're up and moving, the chest wound healing up nicely after it was split open by your constant movement while battling the Black Warg. Your frostbite hand is still frostbite, but much better looking, and you can actually move it.(([2/3 hp] recovered.))
[6] The first time you pick up a sword with your gold-studded hand, pain flares through it, up your arm, to your shoulder. But minus the gods-terrible pain of it all, it seems most of the muscle, if not most of the flesh, is still whole enough for you to flex it. ((50p required instead of 100 during physical therapy))

"Your Majesty, might I suggest something? So far our trust wasn't abused and honesty is something I value. Capable men are always needed in Guard or in Watch. I suppose there could be a place found there, if you agree and he says yes."
Thoughtfully Logan scratched his beard.

Would you liked that man? Being a man of the Kings Own?
He glances up to Valerian behind his blindfold, shrugging, slightly, as he replies in the same, neutral tone of voice to him,
[4]"I would enjoy running the Watch, personally. I have always enjoyed keeping monsters and criminals from harming the people."

He pauses, looking up to Logan with a frown.
[6] "If I do become a king's man, I have some requests before I can agree...I'm not slaughtering innocents for you, or controlling them for you. Criminals don't count, however, and neither do other mages. I do not wish to fight in an actual war, or against my countrymen, but I will if need be."



He pauses a moment, frowning, before continuing.

"I also wish to be a part of the Inquisition, if possible, and allowed to roam free without constant guards or a brand or scar or tattoo. I know I'm not in a position to be making requests or deals or demands, but I value my freedom and the freedom of other, lawful folk."

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[~] After the meeting with The Red King Artag of Dru, you're lead away by a surly, silent Jaklin to a small, but still cozy room. She flops down on the bed and watches you carefully, hand on her sword hilt.

[3]After a while, you're summoned by the Red King, into a small reading room, where a number of books, parchment and other things are resting on the tables. Your supplies, freshly searched, you notice, are sitting beside it, open. Nothing but anything that can be used as a concealed weapon is missing.
[2] Most of the papers that you find on the nobility are charred, or worm-eaten. The trees all end with the last generation. The dates show that before Artag took power, the noble houses were all massive, cumbersome things, all intertwined with the nation and the king's own line.
[3] The history of Dru begins after they fought off Lannica, then Amuis for their independence, their people bolstered with raiders and wanderers, their blood enriched by the strong heritage these people brought with them.

For many years, Dru has ripped chunks away from Amuis, warring with Nocte every now and then over border or trade disputes. It's larger than both, but strong noble tradition made it hard for it to do anything of note, and the nobles have, quite a few times, put another child on the throne instead of the actual heir.

Artag took control, and, his first act as a child king of only fourteen, was to slaughter most if not all of the nobles at a bloody feast, followed by waging a harsh civil war that ended only months ago and exterminated the last of the nobility.

"Finding everything alright?"
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« Reply #267 on: April 15, 2013, 12:18:56 pm »

So you'd rather fight monsters, bandits and mages? Then you are propably better used in the Inquisition. I offer you a position as an Practical*, freeing you of the need to carry a tattoo. However, you will mandatorily train your magic skills in a place and with a tutor provided by the Lord Inquisitor. If you choose that position you will however put your Skills to use in Interrogations, sparing the Inquisition time and the Interrogatee a lot of pain. The choice is yours however, if you rather want to be of my Personal Guard you will be granted a position under Vingarde. There too however applies that you will mandatorily train to control your skills, i dont want any ugly magical incidents anymore. In any case you are dismissed. Vingarde will show you to the Lord Inquisitor.
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« Reply #268 on: April 16, 2013, 05:50:47 am »

Thoroughly unimpressed with the city or the country as a whole, Araline wondered how it had been so run into the ground so much that there were no more people living in the capital.

Maybe one could blame the city architect for crafting so dismal and boring a place...

"Ho, Butler-I want to see if my old friend remembers me. I would like to visit (insert former queens name here). Ring up a carriage, why don't you?" She replied with unusual venom. How he had survived with such a lack of tact and respect for anyone above him was amazing in, and of itself. Perhaps he had skill in other realms that made him worth keeping around, but she doubted it. So, she asked him. Not kindly.

"So tell me, Mr. Chancy the Butler.

In all what capacity do you serve the Queen? Are you an adviser, or something similar? Are you good with a cudgel and a knife? Or just well...a Butler?"
She fanned the front of her voice, mock yawning, waiting for his answer.
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« Reply #269 on: April 17, 2013, 01:39:10 pm »


The young man bows his head after a moment of thinking, rising to his feet and unhooking the blindfold from his face.
"Understood, your highness. I prefer the Inquisition, to be honest. Fare well." and with that, he followed Vingarde off.

"So tell me, Mr. Chancy the Butler.

In all what capacity do you serve the Queen? Are you an adviser, or something similar? Are you good with a cudgel and a knife? Or just well...a Butler?"
She fanned the front of her voice, mock yawning, waiting for his answer.
[2]"I would say knife, m'lady. Or knives, plural. I often take exceptionally stupid and mouthy barbarian diplomats out to tour the once great Amuis, knife them in a back alley, and say they went missing." his tone carries the slight, razor edge of a small dagger as he responds to you with all the warmth and affection of a glacier.

[4] He calls up a Royal Carriage, giving you a chipper smile and opening the door with a mock flourish, before seating himself beside the driver.

"And my name isn't Chauncy, it's Marken. Her highness had a strange sense of humor about my birth and gave me a barbarian name, instead of a more traditional Amuisain name."
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