Lore: Upon The Heels of War

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:51 pm

Mizuki turned sleepily on the bed. The bed linens curling around her form, covering her in the right places and yet exposing the right places. She turned her sleepy eyes to Vlad, thinking he was Soran, and was startled awake by the red eyes. Mizuki yelped.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:54 pm

"Pardon me, Madam, I didn't expect you to be sleeping. I am here at your service," Vlad said with a slight bow and an earnest stare.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:57 pm

Mizuki had more sense than a maid or a simple girl from within the town. She narrowed her eyes at him, willing all the more that her powers would come back. But they did not, and she was left with the same empty feeling as before. She barely registered the silver haired female behind him, already casting her as unimportant and non-threatening.

"Get out." was all she said, in a threatening tone.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm

Vlad's eyes widened nervously. "Forgive me, Madam, you did order a male consort, did you not? You used the bath salts..." he stuttered self-consciously, looking pale. Though he always looked pale.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:03 pm

"I did not." She said coldly. "I've barely had a moment for such a thing such we arrived hours before, and I would not order such a thing after my time with the Queen. If this is some cruel prank, then you picked the wrong woman to do it upon. I'm in a dour mood as it were." She stared hard, willing him to leave. As it happened, she was in a bad mood. her headache had become a dull throb in the back of her skull and she found herself famished to the point it hurt.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:06 pm

Vlad shook his head. "I understand. It is only a custom here, after all. Though if I return so quickly, my master will assume I've disappointed you." He looked at the ground as he spoke, though really it was because he could barely stop himself from grinning. This girl had a lot of spunk.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:09 pm

Mizuki groaned. 'Of course, add more problems to my list!' she thought to herself, brooding. "I am spoken for and have no interest to dally with another. Besides," she added with a smirk, "My beloved would kill you."

Post by **Emora Deen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:10 pm

Tenele placed her hand on Vlad's arm from behind, eyeing him seriously for a moment and then glancing at the girl. She clutched onto Vlad's shirt from behind so the girl could not see. Tenele was steadying herself so she wouldn't completely fall over.

"Lord Dracul..." she muttered so only Vlad could hear. "It could be this is the child's mother..."

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:12 pm

Vlad's eyes twinkled with a spark of recognition as she spoke of her 'beloved.' "Actually," he pointed out thoughtfully, "I think I may have seen your beloved having some serious allergic reaction in the dining hall. Either that or he was crying..."

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:16 pm

At Soran's mention, Mizuki scooped herself and the sheets up in a dignified manner and approached Vlad with contempt in her eyes.

"Leave then, and leave me to find him and my daughter." She said. Bad enough that her stomach hurt, but this guy had to go around trying to seduce her and mock Soran?

Post by **Emora Deen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:18 pm

"Vlad..." Tenele pleaded, knowing that this was going to end badly for them both probably.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:20 pm

"Very well. I will go back to my cruel master's lair, and accept the consequences," Vlad said dramatically, drawing Tenele to him and disappearing from Mizuki's sight.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:26 pm

Feeling disheveled, annoyed, and like a cat dunked in water, Mizuki sneered in the direction Vlad had disappeared with the woman. She didn't bother to try and understand it, she just wanted Soran and food. She stalked out of the room and down the hall towards the smell of food. Practically shoving the doors open, Mizuki entered the room with the bed linen wrapped around her and causing few in the kitchen to stare, and searched of Soran. When she spotted him and Rai, tears welled in her eyes, as if she had gone through hell to find them. Everything began to build on her. The Queen's doubt of them, Sid's situation, Hepian's destruction, making Blade go away to be with the Dark Angel's, that stupid man's intrusion from her slumber... it all poured on her at once and when she finally reached Soran, she collapsed in a heap with her head in his lap, sobbing.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:36 pm

Soran had about halfway recovered from his incident with the bottle of red pepper when Mizuki entered the room. This meant that he wasn't coughing, but his eyes were very red from watering. He couldn't see her as clearly as normal until she was a few steps away from him, and then he noticed how upset she looked. Before he knew what was happening, she was in his lap. He instinctively wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held on, stunned and uncertain how to help. "Mizuki...are you hurt?" he said quietly. He ran a hand over her hair to the nape of her neck protectively. He pushed the chair backward so he could kneel down in front of her face to face. "My love, what's wrong?" he said, lifting her chin gently so he could see her eyes.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:40 pm

Rai was eating and when her mother came in and began crying Rai grew very worried suddenly. "Mommy what's wrong?!" she asked and climbed down from her chair, running to hug her mother.

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Tenele was still clutching Vlad when they appearated into another fancy room on the floor they were on. The curtains were pulled closed since the room had not been in use and it was dim for the moment.

"Sometimes you can be a little strange," she said. "You do realize that?"

Tenele felt that she could move without collapsing, though she had no intention of letting go of Vlad since they were so close at the moment. Instead she reached up and brushed his cheek gently with her hand, staring up at him.