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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca blew out the match after lighting Finn's cigarette. She looked slightly abashed at Eric's stated reasons for sending her with the other group.

"I'll go where ya need me the most, Dad," she says with a faint scowl through the hazy of a smoke ring. "But ya know well as Flo does that I'm shit at the dipl'mate games. I'm bett'r suit'd to scoutin' and ridin' with the cav."

Finn · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 124

"Troops would only be drawn from other sources, or Amber, if it were deemed necessary." Finn nods, "I will wait until or Diplomatic Envoy reports the alliance is a success. Though that begs the question; What if Greymoor turns their noses up at us?"

He gestures, "Faylinn will come with me to speak with the trees. Rebecca will come, because I couldn't stop her from coming along anyway, and Demon could use the stretch." Finn smirked, "She's sharp as any Ranger, and if there is trouble, she's more than up to the task." He took a drag on the cigarette, "It is not unusual for Envoys to send forward scouts either. I will take some sort of official looking badge if you think it will help. I think it will be helpful to see how bad Almirior has it, before we get our troops there. We should be able to help the local forces as well, which will only be a point in our favor."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject:

Ruger · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 68

Altair yawns loudly. "This is all quite lovely. With each passing moment the Black Road becomes more and more of a threat, and we are pleasant here to discuss what do to instead of doing it. I understand the need for preparations and all, but it appears that we are, for once, the victims of time."

He stops and looks at Eric, "Forgive me if I am speaking out of turn. I do not wish to press matters, simply get them under way. Are we all agreed on who should arrive first?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:27 am Post subject:

After listening to what Altair has to say, Eric puts his glass down and walks over to the wooden boxes that are sitting by the maps. He hands one to Arkadios, Finn, Daniel and Faylinn. To Preston, Rebecca and Altair, he hands cards to add to their current trump deck. "You will find additions to the standard trump cards to be made by Preston's mother. Llewella has agreed to help Amber further and has kindly provided her skills to depict those that she has met." He turns to Daniel and Arkadios and says, "Alas she could only fashion sketches of you two, but they should function quite normally. You will find their range reduced, I imagine."

{Each of you have the following, in addition to the Standard trumps of Elders: trumps of Finn, Faylinn, Rebecca, Altair and Preston; trump sketches of Daniel and Arkadios. You also each have an additional trump of yourself (or trump sketch if that is the case) to give. Two trumps of Amber: one of the port, one of the main gate.}

Arkadios · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 78 Location: Good old Yookay

Darin Walker · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

This being Daniel's first meeting with his family, and the only with his peers, he was quite content to stay in the background. He was as much watching them as observing the actions being discussed, which seemed like a straight forward meet-and-greet to a lesser country. He took mental notes on his cousins as they interacted with each other and the King, though he did glance at the maps to get the terrain down.

Once the others finished their conversations, he stepped forward to accept the Trump deck Eric offered him.

"Thank you, your Highness." he said. "In regards to the diplomatic approach, how far are we allowed to go in regards to a strategic alliance with them? Is this a temporary alliance, or can we offer them a longer term arrangement if the short term solution is not favorable to them? Is there anything we can offer them besides temporary military assistance?"

Ruger · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 68

Altair takes out his deck to add the new cards. Fingering through the cards, he stops and grins. We shoots a look to Finn and waves his card in the air, "It really does not do you justice."

He stands up, compiles the deck, and walks to Finn. He places a hand on his shoulder and leans in to whisper, "You will forgive my impatience. I can feel the itch in you as well, the want to know what is going on. We must leave immediately, and the rest will follow." He pulls away and says loud enough to be heard, "As for my debt. Let us save that for a day of double-or-nothing." Altair winks at Finn before turning back to hear the answer to Daniel's question.

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject:

Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Cigarette dangling at the corner of her mouth, Rebecca eyes the new Trumps, fanning them out like a Poker hand in her free hand as the others speak around her. She isn't particularly pleased to see hers added to so many decks, but the times called for it. She sets her drink by her boot and pulls her case off her belt; tooled black leather with silver work tracing the outline and highlights of of the rearing horse on it's cover. The new cards are slipped into place and the case returned to her belt.

After retrieving her drink, she goes back to watching Eric from under her hat.

sandrayln · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 244

Faylinn takes the box and smoothes her fingers across the wood as though she expects the wood to tell her stories. And then she flips it open, neatly tipping the cards out into one hand, and inspects the inside of the box. When she finishes her inspection of the wood, she sorts through the cards, sliding them back into the box in an order that better suits her while she listens to the conversation.

Finn · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 124

Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca pushed her hat back with one finger and turned to Finn. "I'll be with ya shortly. I want a word alone with Dad."

Arkadios · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 78 Location: Good old Yookay

Standing Kade tucks the box of trumps into one of many pockets about his person. He inclines his head formally to Eric and mutters, "Highness."

He makes his way to the door on his way he moves alongside Finn and asks quietly, "I'd like to accompany you when you leave if you have no objections?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: