Empires of Ashes Reboot

He chuckles “I am the prince’s advisor and a member of his council....what about you?”

LI: I'm still going in there.

Justin: Of course I didn't forget *chuckles* thought you might have kept doing it.

Yenn: "The mercenary he has hired."

“A mercenary? I would not take one so beautiful for a mercenary”

There’s a roar of laughter as Aethelstan donks his 4 shots, followed swiftly by what sounds like everyone going “oooo” as Aethel starts throwing insults

Hakon: "Why? To ruin everyone's fun?"

Diana: "No... we don't tend to talk about what we did before."

Yenn: "A mistake many make. But image is important in any vocation."

"To try out my bow"

Justin: oh. Right. Fair enough...I suppose

Hakon: "Come outside the walls. We can shoot alone."

Yenn: "What kind of lord is happy with mercenaries as his guards, if they look like they quarreled with a bladed plow, and reek of the nearest brothel?"

".... we?"

(Diana too yufool)

He chuckles “The sort that don’t like quality, you say the prince hired you?”

Hakon: "Or you can do it alone."

Diana: "Painful memories for a lot."

Yenn: "I do indeed sayso."

“How much did he pay?” There’s a genuine curiosity to his voice

Yenn: "Oh thats work talk..."

“and now is not the time for work”

Yenn: "I like the way you think."

“You make it hard to think differently”

LI: no... *follows after him*

Justin: aye, can imagine

Hakon: "So. What the hell was that about."

Diana: "Did the guys get good burials?"

Yenn: "That was my intention."

"They were being stubborn"

Justin: yeah...I made sure of that. Cremated, as is our way.

Hakon: "And you were not?"

Diana: "Thats good to hear. They would not have wanted to lie in the sun."

“And what else do you intend to do with me?” *smile*


The crowd lights up again, only to fall eerily silent mere moments later. Not even the criers perched on the rooftops dare to make a noise as the next archer takes aim

Yenn: "Oh you'll have to wait and see."

LI: Usually I do not have to be.

Justin: *a little slower, as he recollects* Turned out Tiberius didn't have family back home. I was the only one at the funeral.

Hakon: "You should learn humility."

Diana: "...Where is he buried... I'd like to go there some day"

"learn what?"

Justinian: The great cathederal, in dracia itself

Hakon: "Humility. Modesty."

Diana: "oh... Perhaps some day..."

"oh"

Justinian: I'm sure it can be arranged. Why not?

“A little wine, a nice bed, you.....I can wait a little longer, but not too long”
He slides a hand across to her hip and squeezes gently

Yenn: "I can promise you, the wait will be worth it."

Hakon: "Do you understand?"

Diana: "I would not be welcome."

"I do..." *she seems distracted by something*

Justin: bullshit

“For you and I both”

The city suddenly erupts into cheering, shattering the peace and scaring several hundred birds from their nests

Hakon: "Is something wrong?"

Diana: "Dressed like this?"

The gates to the palace lay open, and yenn pulls her new companion inside, and down towards the cellars by the hand.

Justin: it's a place of worship. They don't discriminate.

LI: I am surprised you wished to be alone with me. Few people ever do.

He follows her down without any resistance

Hakon: "I would rather this, than you make a fool of yourself."

Diana: "Hmn, you believe that?"

Things occur. Those things are rather enjoyable for both parties.

LI: I see...

Justin: of course. It always has been.

Very enjoyable indeed

/Much much later\

Hakon: "You give us all a bad name."

Diana: "I am not so sure. Surely i would not be allowed across dracia as i am."

Yenn sits at the dressing table, her back to the cymrai, reapplying the small amount of makeup she wears. The muscle of her naked back a rather pleasing image.

"...Us all?"

Justin: why not?

The cymriac sits up and stretches a little, rubbing his shoulder and looking toward Yenn rather approvingly
“I think.....I think I’m enjoy this campaign”

Hakon: "Everyone they see as not just human."

Diana: "Dracias greatest enemy, riding into the capitol?"

Yenn: "you mean to say A charming man as yourself can't always find pleasant company on campaign?"

“Not many woman share your enthusiasm...or your taste for that matter”

"Cymrai women must be dreadfully dull creatures."

He laughs and shakes his head “More fun than dracian women, but Cymraic ones make you fight for it”

"Hmn, silly girls. Courting is for marriage."

“That it is, but it won’t step em”

"Well their loss is most definitely my gain." She sweeps her hair back. "Do you know how to braid?"

“That it is”
He walks over and takes her hair in his hands
“Down your back or infront of your shoulder?”

"Just my back." She smiles in the mirror. "Such a gentleman."

He smiles and starts braiding her hair, glancing into the mirror every now and then to see far more than just Yenn’s face

“It pays to treat a girl right”

Justin: you're our allies now, aren't you?

LI: I do not...

Hakon waits for her to find words. He is not waiting patiently.

Yenn: "Might make her come back for more..."

Diana: "Will the people think the same?"