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Post by Brian on May 20, 2021 0:32:26 GMT
Lorelei really doesn't have much to say at the moment. Anything she says at this point to defend herself from her mother's barbs will be used out-of-context, again, and interpreted in the worst possible light before being used as further justification for treating her as a child. It's true that the queen had already lost one daughter, and she was only trying to protect the other, but to go so far as to imply that Lorelei was not capable and required constant supervision... that just made her blood boil. Spending her entire life in the Court, however, had taught her how to keep her feelings off her face when she so wanted. " If that is all, I suggest we allow the Queen to be about her business..." The lack of tone in Lorelei's voice speaks volumes to the perceptive. If there is no descent, she closes the connection and puts her mirror-compact away... . Brian nods. His own boiling passed a while ago.
"And when this is all said and done Queen Moire I would love to give you a tour of Ayalos and we could have a fine drink about all the colorful ways these sort of political partnerships start off. My wife's and mine started off with me being exsanguinated on a moon and almost dying." He laughs warmly. "And another time I almost died of an untreatable poison. Those are things you can laugh at after they happen."
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Post by Admin on May 22, 2021 5:14:14 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/m0mP1nk/Moire~jpg "Don't get too far ahead of yourself, Brian. Only after the groundwork is laid can we begin to reminisce."Then to Lorelei: "Take care of yourself, daughter. Fortunately, you have the King of Ayalos to guard you. It would be very bad for our realms' relationship were you to be harmed while in his company."
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Post by Brian on May 22, 2021 7:44:35 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/m0mP1nk/Moire~jpg "Don't get too far ahead of yourself, Brian. Only after the groundwork is laid can we begin to reminisce."Then to Lorelei: "Take care of yourself, daughter. Fortunately, you have the King of Ayalos to guard you. It would be very bad for our realms' relationship were you to be harmed while in his company."He smiles at the Queen. "The first thing I ever saw your daughter do was boil an entire ship of Pirates alive. I am far more confident she will help leep me alive."
"Thank you again for showing your wisdom."
Brian walks away from Lor and her final words with her mother. He gives her the time to say anything person she needs to.
He goes to Shelly.
"I am going to need to speak to the Princess in a bit....talk about debriefings and other stuff. You won't mind resting some more in the room?" He pulls out a Cigar.
"I bought a box of these from a Mr. Chow when I and my lady wife were the Palace of a Caesar. " Caeser's Palace in Las Vegas....best not to go into to much detail about that. "We were there for a second wedding....I have two more of these on me. I know Cigarettes are different. But I figure this and room service for beer can bide your time over while I have a chat with Lor my Sister/Aunt/Niece/Cousin/Whatever.."
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Post by Admin on May 22, 2021 16:52:28 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/6cQWm9m/Shelly~jpg "If you're going to be talking Kasba then I'm sticking around. Remember that you are working for me," Shelly says while lighting the stogie.
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Post by Brian on May 22, 2021 17:52:27 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/6cQWm9m/Shelly~jpg "If you're going to be talking Kasba then I'm sticking around. Remember that you are working for me," Shelly says while lighting the stogie. " That's not my plan." I cock my eyebrow at Shelly " My dear....have you considered this is about more then me working for you? Have you considered it's about more than that now."
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Post by Admin on May 22, 2021 18:04:57 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/6cQWm9m/Shelly~jpg "I don't know or really care. But if it is important to you then having Dorian on your side and not lost in Shadow would be a good thing, yes?
"C'mon, enough of this sitting around. Let's get moving."
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Post by Brian on May 22, 2021 18:09:08 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/6cQWm9m/Shelly~jpg "I don't know or really care. But if it is important to you then having Dorian on your side and not lost in Shadow would be a good thing, yes?
"C'mon, enough of this sitting around. Let's get moving."I give an audible disappointed sigh to her. " or maybe helping you is what matters.," I cock an eyebrow at her." If you follow along I might be forced to make you my ambassador to Amber then."
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Post by Lorelei on May 22, 2021 18:29:15 GMT
"Just before that I tried to let them keep their lives by lodging their ship in an iceberg," Lorelei corrects him.
As Brian moves away, She gives the Queen a nod, saying, "Fair tides, mother," before closing the connection. She took a few moments toying with the idea of locking her mirror before deciding not to do so. In the past when Lorelei was so angry she removed all expression from her expression, her mother would wait a short time, then use Lady Beth to check up on her. There was no point in putting her Lady-in-Waiting between the proverbial rock and a hard place...
Whether from actual need or residual anger, Lorelei decides she is hungry and leaves the room in search of food... .
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Post by Brian on May 22, 2021 22:33:47 GMT
After Lor leaves Brian gives her about 15 minutes before he goes to check on her. He goes down to the little cafeteria area where some food was and more importantly booze. He puts some payment in and gets a bottle of Applejack. He looks at Lor with a smile. "Your mother is a bit hard. But she wanted me to give you some information. So I found a grove of trees we can go to in some sort of privacy and I will give you a sufficient debrief as to make your mother happy."
He frowns a bit. "You said something true in a certain sense of Truth that I disagreed with you on. Not that the truth you are coming from is wrong per-say but Family is a particular thing. If you don't know your place in a family and they don't accept you then they aren't kin." He takes a swig of the bottle and hands it to her.
"I know that somewhere our blood meets in a common source. I know that with absolute certainty for reasons you already alluded to. But I don't know the nature of my place in all of this. I have a mother and father who gave birth to me and raised me as a child. Did they lie to me, did they lie to each other, or by twist of magic is it something else?"
He shakes his head.
"Lets get some food and we'll find a good grove of wood to talk in."
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Post by Lorelei on May 23, 2021 1:08:30 GMT
Lorelei had ordered the platter T-bone, an inch thick cut of beef the size of a large plate, cut into finger-thick strips covered in melted cheese and stuffed into a long, split french-loaf...
She looks up as Brian approaches. She listens to his 'blood alone doesn't make one kin' talk. She eyes the bottle dubiously, but accepts it and takes a swig before handing it back. They've been here long enough for her to discover that she is not overly fond of that drink...
"I can envision several ways that is possible, some you have already mentioned. Some truths are deliberately buried, and sometime the only one to know the path to a certain truth is buried instead."
When Brian suggests getting food, Lorelei says, "We can share what I already have and place the order for more to be waiting when we get back... or we wait... your call..." .
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Post by Brian on May 23, 2021 1:16:52 GMT
Lorelei had ordered the platter T-bone, an inch thick cut of beef the size of a large plate, cut into finger-thick strips covered in melted cheese and stuffed into a long, split french-loaf... She looks up as Brian approaches. She listens to his ' blood alone doesn't make one kin' talk. She eyes the bottle dubiously, but accepts it and takes a swig before handing it back. They've been here long enough for her to discover that she is not overly fond of that drink... " I can envision several ways that is possible, some you have already mentioned. Some truths are deliberately buried, and sometime the only one to know the path to a certain truth is buried instead." When Brian suggests getting food, Lorelei says, " We can share what I already have and place the order for more to be waiting when we get back... or we wait... your call..." . He shrugs at the rejection of the drink.
"Well given our family there is one way that I can absolutely know we have blood in common. And you know the way I mean. "
He laughs softly "I was a bit more bullheaded in seeking that answer and that's how I ended up following Shelly to find her fine young Lad." He shakes his head. "My dear lady wife and I discussed having children. Starting a dynasty. She is the one who whispered the knowledge of where my blood comes from in my head. I'm a man who went and became a slave on an Alien world. And now I am its king. And the idea that I am so not because of what I did but who I am....." He shakes his head. "That's the burden that's bothered me. I am from a place you may not have heard of."
He leans in and whispers a word to her. ~"Earth"~
He leans back "I don't know how secret that is anymore.....but it's a thing I don't share freely until I sort out complicated beginnings."
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Post by Lorelei on May 23, 2021 1:47:07 GMT
Lorelei isn't rejecting the drink, per se... it's more a case of her taste runs along other lines.
"Yes... one way to be certain...," she agrees, "and if you're wrong it's a death sentence..."
She listens to his tale, then shares what she knows. "Based on the stories I have been told, of the Elders, Corwin and Florimel, Eric, Random, and Brand, have been there - some for short visits, some for centuries. Of the Younger, I know Merlin and Rinaldo attended schools of higher education there... Others may also have been there and I not heard of it... " .
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Post by Brian on May 23, 2021 1:59:11 GMT
Lorelei isn't rejecting the drink, per se... it's more a case of her taste runs along other lines. " Yes... one way to be certain...," she agrees, " and if you're wrong it's a death sentence..." She listens to his tale, then shares what she knows. " Based on the stories I have been told, of the Elders, Corwin and Florimel, Eric, Random, and Brand, have been there - some for short visits, some for centuries. Of the Younger, I know Merlin and Rinaldo attended schools of higher education there... Others may also have been there and I not heard of it... " . I laugh at her. "I mean....I would be wrong if that is a question thats Unanswered but I already know the answer to that question is yes."
"I was born in Virginia....unless that is a lie of some sort. Was in a place called the Yucatan and fell down a portal to Ayalos."
He take a swig of the drink. "And my visit to the palace on Kolvir is my second time there. I was transported there by an unusual set of circumstances and I ended up in the Room in the basement of the palace."
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Post by Lorelei on May 23, 2021 2:22:04 GMT
"Mother has never loosened her grip enough for me to visit those places...," Lorelei comments, "and the stories took place before I was born...".
Brian may feel that she is answering more than the simple questions with these words.
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Post by Brian on May 23, 2021 2:27:43 GMT
" Mother has never loosened her grip enough for me to visit those places...," Lorelei comments, " and the stories took place before I was born...". Brian may feel that she is answering more than the simple questions with these words. . He laughs a bit.
"So wait.....we might be the same age." He puts the drink down and puts in an order for some food to take into the woods. " I was born about 44 Earth years ago. I figured you might be a little bit more then that."
He exhales a bit. "By the way you are welcome for me giving your mother some one else to focus her desire to infantilize others with."
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