07-30-2016, 10:29 PM
Alice almost bit her lip when Paige spoke up. She can't blow her cover just yet. The only one of the group who knows her true identity is Cassandra. Maybe Yuri as well. She couldn't quite remember what she leaked to him when she recruited him back in Santaruz. But Paige doesn't know, so she couldn't hold it up for much longer. She took the documents back from the commander. "Personally, I think it was a smart idea from a propaganda to enlist the civvies. But honestly, I don't care what you choose to do. I'm going back to my assignment, so I'll let you go back to yours." She said to the knight in the same low tone as before.
She approached Paige as she made her declaration. She hoped that she'd ignore the fact she was wearing some of Shad's clothes and that she was talking to the commander. "Good luck with that. I'll see about getting the others to help you out. I shouldn't be too long."
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Shad was a bit surprised to see Satsume come through the door. As almost as surprised as he was to hear wings. Wyverns. "I was getting ready to fight Bern and Lycia down there. But I saw you and Yuri...and the other patros of the inn as part of the defence. Kinda took the wind out of my sails there, actually. Shad joked, rubbing the back of his head. "This is Cassandra, uh, Hyperion. My-"
"His former fiance." As usual.
"Stop it. While that's true, she's also my spymaster." Shad continued.
Cass looked back at Shad with a wicked looking grin and turned back to Satsume. "In case your wondering, I still married into the family. It was just one of his cousins that I married instead."
"Remember Carla from earlier? Cass married Carla's older brother. Wait. Why am I explaining this?" He shot a dirty look at Cass and turned to Taika. "Anyway, this is Taika. She's my magic tea..ch...er..." Shad drifted off at the end there, just blurting that out. Taika looked horrified and Shad felt it. Satsume didn't know Shad used magic. Or at least Shad didn't think he knew. When Shad used magic to derail that boulder the first time they met, Satsume was out in the field with Orica fighting. And this woman Satsume was with. This was bad.
They heard someone running upstairs and Shad looked to see Alice finally joining them. "That's Alice. You might remember her Satsume. She hid out with us in that schoolhouse when that Glass guy attacked."
Instead of replying, Alice just froze, staring at the woman with Satsume. She recognized her. She had done some brief training assignments to spy on the other marches. Try to blend in, not get noticed, low level stuff. "Lady Cecily of Laus?" She questioned. She immediately knelt, recognizing a noble lady, yet unaware of the recent events around her. She had to do something. "Milady, I disgrace my family dressed as this. If you may excuse me, I will change into something more proper." She immediately stood back up and ran back to Shad's room to change.
Shad was taken aback by the revelation. "Lady...Cecily of Laus? That's uh. Huh. Laus. The...second largest march in Lycia. The second most powerful march." Shad didn't know what to do. How do you process this information.
"If she's an ally of Satsumes, I think we can assume she's an ally to us. Tyber Fen would be ecstatic if that's true." Cass butted in. She's also jumped the gun the bit. Satsume isn't an enemy of the state...right? Maybe. Shad turned his head to see Taika kneeling, her multi-colored scarf touching the ground.
"Forgive me, milady. Had I known who you were, I would have done more than just weaken your bonds. I beg of you, please don't turn us into the Church." Taika seems almost distraught. Wait. Weaken your bonds? What happened?
"I think Paige is downstairs. What is it with your luck with Lycian nobility?" Shad questioned Satsume, obviously referring to Orica. Whatever happened with her.
She approached Paige as she made her declaration. She hoped that she'd ignore the fact she was wearing some of Shad's clothes and that she was talking to the commander. "Good luck with that. I'll see about getting the others to help you out. I shouldn't be too long."
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Shad was a bit surprised to see Satsume come through the door. As almost as surprised as he was to hear wings. Wyverns. "I was getting ready to fight Bern and Lycia down there. But I saw you and Yuri...and the other patros of the inn as part of the defence. Kinda took the wind out of my sails there, actually. Shad joked, rubbing the back of his head. "This is Cassandra, uh, Hyperion. My-"
"His former fiance." As usual.
"Stop it. While that's true, she's also my spymaster." Shad continued.
Cass looked back at Shad with a wicked looking grin and turned back to Satsume. "In case your wondering, I still married into the family. It was just one of his cousins that I married instead."
"Remember Carla from earlier? Cass married Carla's older brother. Wait. Why am I explaining this?" He shot a dirty look at Cass and turned to Taika. "Anyway, this is Taika. She's my magic tea..ch...er..." Shad drifted off at the end there, just blurting that out. Taika looked horrified and Shad felt it. Satsume didn't know Shad used magic. Or at least Shad didn't think he knew. When Shad used magic to derail that boulder the first time they met, Satsume was out in the field with Orica fighting. And this woman Satsume was with. This was bad.
They heard someone running upstairs and Shad looked to see Alice finally joining them. "That's Alice. You might remember her Satsume. She hid out with us in that schoolhouse when that Glass guy attacked."
Instead of replying, Alice just froze, staring at the woman with Satsume. She recognized her. She had done some brief training assignments to spy on the other marches. Try to blend in, not get noticed, low level stuff. "Lady Cecily of Laus?" She questioned. She immediately knelt, recognizing a noble lady, yet unaware of the recent events around her. She had to do something. "Milady, I disgrace my family dressed as this. If you may excuse me, I will change into something more proper." She immediately stood back up and ran back to Shad's room to change.
Shad was taken aback by the revelation. "Lady...Cecily of Laus? That's uh. Huh. Laus. The...second largest march in Lycia. The second most powerful march." Shad didn't know what to do. How do you process this information.
"If she's an ally of Satsumes, I think we can assume she's an ally to us. Tyber Fen would be ecstatic if that's true." Cass butted in. She's also jumped the gun the bit. Satsume isn't an enemy of the state...right? Maybe. Shad turned his head to see Taika kneeling, her multi-colored scarf touching the ground.
"Forgive me, milady. Had I known who you were, I would have done more than just weaken your bonds. I beg of you, please don't turn us into the Church." Taika seems almost distraught. Wait. Weaken your bonds? What happened?
"I think Paige is downstairs. What is it with your luck with Lycian nobility?" Shad questioned Satsume, obviously referring to Orica. Whatever happened with her.