Lucky's Heart

[balancetheblood]

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The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ You step into a wide room, dimly lit by candles and a few scattered torches. The patches of wall and floor that you can see are a strange melded mix of stone and different types of wood, as if multiple rooms had melted together and reformed into one. It's reminiscent of a Great Hall from a castle. There are windows on either side of the hall, all shuttered, and you can see signs of cobwebs and dust all around.

On the far side of the room are three thrones, the one on the right-hand side occupied by a man you can't quite see clearly, and there is an archway of an exit off to the side of the thrones. Near you is an area that's been screened off with a wooden privacy screen. There is a long table of various food and drink along one wall.

And in the center of the hall, in a solitary sunbeam that snuck through a crack in a shutter, a sheathed sword lies on the floor. ]

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

[ >HEADS FOR THE FOOD. Is there ramen?

(what did you expect) ]

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ The table is heavy with food and drink - rich foods of every sort, goblets of wine and flagons of ale. This close, it smells utterly delicious.

As you approach, you can hear Karen speaking quietly, a sing-song of recitation: ]

We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

[ OKAY BUT IS THERE RAMEN.

She will just move stuff out of the way and sit down and go through the bag she carries with her and... pulls out a thing of cooked ramen (it's cold though). Because she carries around ramen like a lunatic. ]

Then come eat this with me~ Ramen is the best!

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ THERE IS NOT RAMEN. It's a good thing you brought your own.

Karen glances at the man on the throne, then moves to sit next to you. ]

Are you sure this is the time for snacks?

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

[ HER STOMACH GROWLS AS IF IN ANSWER. ]

This smells so good it makes me hungry, nyaa~ Besides! We should leave something no one's afraid to eat, hee~

[ Peers at the man. ]

Who's that?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

I... never would have thought of that, actually. Well, I suppose we can take a few minutes.

That's Duke Sylvester.

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

You see! And this way whoever comes can have a little of Rin's special ramen filled with love~

He must need a really big nap!

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

Usually we sleep during the day.

But he is her liege lord, so he is here.

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

Then we should leave him ramen for when he wakes up because he'll be hungry, too~!

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ Karen laughs a little ]

He's not asleep. He's just waiting.

Re: The Great Hall

[brilliantstar]

Waiting?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

For whatever we do.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[Hmmm, first the dude I can't see clearly.] Hello?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ On closer examination, it appears to be the red-haired man from the photographs in the apartment. He is dressed a bit like a feudal lord, honestly.

Karen trots past you and curtsies to him. ]

Duke Sylvester, may I present Sir Rider, of Heliodor.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[Ooooh.]

[Well, he knows what a Duke is, vaguely, and that's royalty. So he'll be giving a respectful bow, though not too low. He is technically an heir, and vikings don't do a lot of bowing anyway.]

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ Sylvester inclines his head in acknowledgement of your bow. ]

And you. She thinks very highly of you.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

I am starting to get that impression.

And you're...an ally?

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

I am her liege lord. She was a knight in my service, before she was a hero.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

Man, I really need to sit her down and get her life story.

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

[ Sylvester doesn't quite smile, but one tugs at the corner of his mouth ]

I wish you the best of luck.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

I'm sure it'll be a right.

Well, are there any problems I can assist her liege lord with? Preferably without more bloodletting, but if I have to...

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

I require no blood. I simply preside over the Hall, as is my right and duty as a Duke of Faerie.

Re: The Great Hall

[protectshisown]

[Nods.]

Seems a bit....

Cold though.

Re: The Great Hall

[balancetheblood]

The Hall is as it is.

I have not the freedom to change that.