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Post by Keyleth on Nov 2, 2018 11:49:09 GMT -8
Key closes her eyes for a moment, her breathing grows ragged and she lets tears stream down her face.
“I understand you have a duty, so do I, to my family. ALL of my family including Rabbit. You go do your duty. Just know, whatever you tell them, that I will shout to the mountain tops that this plan was all mine. That Rabbit and Nestrim were only doing my bidding. I suspect that there are those that will jump on the story seen as how I seem to be an upstart to be gotten rid of.” She rises onto her toes, places her hands on either side of his face and kisses him. Its filled with tenderness and the feelings she has for him.
“Im sorry, I know this means goodbye. I just wanted to do that before that door is closed forever.”
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 13:28:05 GMT -8
Surprised by her kiss, Anglerond reels back a step. The connection for him is electric as he tries to reel in his reaction. As she pulls away he let's go reluctantly, desire, anger, tiredness all warring around his eyes. He seems to have to stop for a minute, as if a diver catching a breath of air before he starts.
"Just so we are clear my queen I am not forsaking you. If you wish to dismiss me from your service I will accept it, but I do not plan on leaving your side. This is why holding multiple oaths is not normally allowed."
He looks around the Warrens, frustration, a bit of indecision, and possibly a bit of hormones cloud his face momentarily, he turns back to the elven woman in front of him.
"I cannot keep this silent. I have not yet forsook my oaths in front of the tree of life . If I violated my oaths, then you could never trust me either, lest some unexpected incident would sway me from you. My bond is my life, my word is my soul."
He closes his eyes again,
"My queen, you misunderstand the politics and what is being arraigned. First, they have summoned Veronwe to help the rangers with this. I hadn't mentioned anything because I didn't realize it was something you needed to know. When he hears this he will know the truth, and the rangers will make their decision based on that."
He opens his eyes, puts up his hand to forestall any words at the moment,
"While you are definitely not welcome by several houses, no one hates you yet. No one thinks you are truly a threat yet and therefore you have been safe for most of this, even with the houses meeting the drow that is low hanging fruit. The worst possible case right now I can think of is that they will use this incident to declare House Elenren unfit to rule. They will use this to ensure that Nestrim does not rule, although he does outrank the other houses so he probably won't be put to death, he will be marked."
Frustration seems to be welling up,
"Rabbit will undoubtably be put to death. It doesn't matter why she did it, only that she did it. The fact a ritual to Lolth was used only makes it that much worse. this is why they never would have thought an elf from Arborlon did it. Honestly it was a fairly wickedly effective plan and I doubt the right questions would have ever been asked without this conversation. They may demand her to undergo the same ritual deaths she put to the elves and even drow. They may even raise her each time to go through all the different deaths. The only thing I could think of that is in the air would be if she received a final death or not."
He looks into her eyes,
"Don't get me wrong, they will take advantage of you claiming it was your fault. All possibility of Surana rule returning will be crushed. There will be no hope for the lesser elves as the nobility will use this to clamp down on the masses. Your incarceration, or even just you being accused of this crime would bring much harm to those in lower stations, as they now speak your name in the open in Arborlon. The nobility will use your confession to reinforce their removal of House Elenren, and maybe punish the king and queen for the temerity to adopt you. They will punish Alluvia...."
With a final deep breath Anglerond goes on to his last point, "If you allow me to return home and forsake my oath in front of the tree of life, I will do so and be your loyal man until the end of time. Even if this means you never touch me that way again, I would willingly serve you undyingly. However, I cannot forsake now, you could never trust me in the future if I did this in my past. I could never trust myself. No matter what happens, you cannot claim you knew anything about it, especially since that was a lie. You will doom your sister, and many lowborn elves if you do."
As Anglrond finishes, he looks drained of life, and very much appears his age.
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 13:29:10 GMT -8
Te'teh stands with her sword half unsheathed, beside her friend, tears streaming down her eyes as she keeps begging for Luke or Jack to come to the gem hanging around her neck.
Te’Teh
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Post by Keyleth on Nov 2, 2018 14:17:44 GMT -8
Key deflates like a balloon. All hope leaving her. She seems to go a bit manic for a moment then its gone behind a mask. All but the tears she can’t seem to stop.
“I don’t want you to leave me, I just thought that what I need to do would cause a conflict with what I know you must do. She slids down the wall, sitting in an ungraceful tangle, not caring of the muck. She looks up at him.
“So your saying I have killed one of my sisters and damaged a brother no matter what I do. Now I just have to choose which one. How do I make that decision. Words are so much more dangerous than any weapon.” She hangs her head and cries silently for a moment. She stands, straightens her cloths, and whipes her eyes. She’s stopped crying.
“I would never ask you to lie to anyone. I don’t want you to forsake any of the oathes you have taken for me either. No matter what you choose to do, you’ll be welcome at my side for as long as you choose to stay there. I will honor any and all decisions you make regarding this.” She turns to Te’Teh.
“You may want to run and knock on the door. They may not be able to hear the stones. I promise I won’t leave this spot until Luke comes back with Rabbit and they decide what to do with me.”
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 14:37:19 GMT -8
Anglerond slides down into the muck beside Key, closing his eyes he just reaches out and takes Key's left hand in his, surrounding her small fingers with his larger o ne.
"Let's think this through. I have to tell them the truth, but what exactly do I have to say..."
Grumbling to himself, he adjusts his sword on its sheath,
"I think at the very least I can maybe not mention anyone but Rabbit. I am not lying if I said Rabbit killed them and leave it at that, as long as they don't ask me more. If Rabbit presented herself as guilty, it might make it more lenient on her and they may not ask at all. As long as Nestrim isn't brought into this, the rest of your family is safe."
He opens his eyes, obviously not comfortable with the options,
"Do you think she would remain silent about everyone else? I have no doubt others would believe it was her entirely.
Frustration seems to be welling up,
"I am not angry at you, I know you would never have allowed this. I am truly sorry, I wish I could lie about it. I truly do."
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 14:38:48 GMT -8
Te'teh leans down with tears still coming out of her eyes, she kisses Key on the head and whispers "It's ok sister, it's ok." She then turns and runs off back down the street towards Luke's house.
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Post by Keyleth on Nov 2, 2018 15:47:54 GMT -8
Key watches Te’Teh go and is silent for a moment. She leans her head on his shoulder for a moment drinking in the comfort it offers. Then she sighs and lifts her head again.
“I trust your judgment as far as what you think you need to say. As far as Rabbit goes, she needs to be brought into the conversation. Im not going any further in that regard without talking to her. I will go along with whatever she wants to say. But no, I don’t think she would condemn anyone out of spite. Least of all Alluvia.” She stares down yhe street in the direction of Luke’s house.
“Im sorry I put you in this position. I need to learn to kerp my big mouth shut.”
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 16:04:37 GMT -8
Anglerond closes his eyes,
"You have to quit trusting people so soon, go to Luke and ask him before you give people new information."
He chuckles a bit,
"I wasn't meaning that Rabbit would lie to harm someone, would she be willing to lie to protect someone?"
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Post by Keyleth on Nov 2, 2018 16:16:01 GMT -8
Key sighs and stands up wanting to face the others on her feet. She turns around and offers Anglerond a hand up.
“I will do that in the future. I honestly thought this was something you had heard before. She would lie to protect someone. But Im not sure I can ask her to do that. I really don’t feel like I have any good choices here. Im lost.” She sniffs hard to fight off more tears.
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 17:14:10 GMT -8
Anglerond looks around, "This is a taste of what a ruler's life is. No good choices, you just have to make a hard, painful choice. It is about the least damaging. The least damaging is if Rabbit comes forward as an individual who heard about it through her drow contracts and decided to make a move on it first to stop it. Maybe she gets some empathy. It cuts the bleeding and the rest live on. There are stories I could tell you about your adopted parents and what they have had to do. They will understand."
He leans over and rubs her arm.
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Post by Keyleth on Nov 2, 2018 17:21:23 GMT -8
“I guess I had this idealized version of what being a ruler meant. I thought I could do it with out causing pain or bloodshed.” She shrugs.
“I was obviously wrong. The last few months have bern full of steep learning curves. Im not sure if Rabbit will ever forgive me. I know I won’t be able to forgive myself.” She starts to pace.
“Maybe one day I’ll ask to hear those stories.” The corner of her mouth lifts in a smile that does reach her eyes.
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 17:51:49 GMT -8
Anglerond leans over and hugs Key and turns her towards Luke’s home."It isn’t always bad. There are good times as well, a lot of them. I have been watching and I don’t think Rabbit would ever be mad. I do think she truly loves you like a sister. We should go back to Luke’s place now.”
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Post by Dungeon Master on Nov 2, 2018 17:52:19 GMT -8
Locked due to game tomorrow.
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