Lucky's Heart

[balancetheblood]

Heart Game.

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Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

A Queen, a reluctant Countess, and a Duke.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

...is Lucky a reluctant countess too? [So many titles.]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ Karen smiles secretively, and says nothing. ]

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[He's quiet, looking at the sword thoughtfully for a few moments, before looking around the room.]

The thing is, it's hard to fight from a throne. A weapon you use should be by your side, or easy access.

Thing is, I can't imagine Lucky wants to rule much. So she wouldn't want to be around a throne much, would she?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

She never expected to be that sort of a leader.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Yeah.

[He looks at Karen.]

Where can I find out, her thoughts on leading? On what she actually wants to do about leadership?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ Karen considers her answer carefully ]

I think... that this is the clearest thought she has. Options that she has not settled on. Possibilities she's not sure what to think about.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Can I ask how many are relying on her to lead? Actually needing her to?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

Many. None. Four.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Four?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

You asked how many. It is not a simple question, and we do not know all the answers.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Fair enough.

[...can I move the throne?]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ They are all very firmly attached to the floor ]

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[Oh well, it was an idea.]

[This would be so much easier if I didn't have a hundred and one leadership feels. Just because she might not want to doesn't mean she wouldn't feel like she has to and might really need to.]

This entire room is leadership?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ ...well, Karen will admit, you're good at asking questions that require her to think about how much she can say. ]

A sword is given to a liege lord in order to show fealty. A liege lord has a sword of his own.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[:3]

So this is a sword of a liege lord?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

It is the sword of a warrior.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

I see.

[Considering this, carrying the sword as he moves to look at those shudders. Can he open those more?]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ You can. They're a bit stiff, and covered in dust and cobwebs, but they can be opened, if you'd like to put in the effort. ]

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[I will TOTALLY put in the effort. I got knives, I can use it as a makeshift crowbar if I gotta.]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ You may need to use them on a couple of the shutters, but eventually you get them all open, bringing a significant amount of light into the room.

The room suddenly fills with the smell of oleanders, as the light from outside the frosted glass finally reveals the vicious-looking thorny vines with oleander blossoms that were hiding in the shadows of the room, creeping along the edges of the walls and starting to reach towards the center of the room. ]

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[WELP.]

What kind of flowers are these? I'm not familiar with them. [But he is looking for the source of them.]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ They seem to be growing out of small cracks in the walls ]

They are Oleander blossoms. They're poisonous to eat.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Thanks.

[Well, let's cut one at a crack and see what happens.]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ a section of the vines surrounding the hall withers, shrivelling and turning to dust once cut off from its roots ]