[I'm going to have this scene end soon, unless anyone has any objections? The information in question has been given, and the first of the individual quests has been unlocked. There's not much more I can say aside from flowery descriptions of the next few courses.]
"Capital, again. "
The Duke grinned, then drank some of the ale. He would give Myrln another smile, and give a subtle nod in the direction of some of the background nobles, a mischevious sparkle in his eye. This was quickly replaced by a wince, as the Duchess had kicked him under the table again and whispered a few words into his ear.
Still, after the Duchess had turned to resume her conversation, the Duke looked back at Myrln, clearly expecting shenanigans for his drunken amusement.
***
"Thankeesera. The Calts of Shin and Malu. And the Knoights of Shaedows. Thems as follow Bree first, Shin second, and Mingan third. Guilds. And the Groit Houses Wren and Miiren. The Doke be of House Miiren like the Queen. The treedor be a Wren."
The priest didn't look very thrilled to admit the last part. Clearly, there was some sort of diplomacy involved in this that could totally escalate into a civil war.
"Maineres, the Capetal-
"Maneras."
"has an ensution* where they ken th' stores* and dae th' oilchemical orts. "
[*institution
** stars]
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"Naturally, the first thing they did was to move the consecrated bodies out of here, behind lawwards. Nothing around here but dust and me. By all means, bring me anyone As long as it's not the idiot upstairs. I can't "ken" his "oigscent." And there's truly no rush - if there is one thing we both have plenty of, it's time."
The skull rattled and came close to levitating, but failed. A spider exited from the eye sockets, and the grey light within flashed, curling the spider into death throes.
"Okay, perhaps there is some rush to it."