"There's nothing at all to forgive. Though the Lady Odette, of course, is utterly bereft. As she has told me each time I have had the fortune of passing her." Drier than most of the wine she's been sipping on tonight, and despite being good at slipping past those she wishes to there's a doggedness on the part of the aforementioned lady that has to be admired.
As much as Araceli enjoys having the monopoly on Korrin's time, and is always so very willingly to give over plenty of her own in return, this is work. This is work so like home that sometimes she wonders how it hasn't come to some sort of an argument between the two of them yet when Araceli can play the Game. Maybe being a rifter helps. Or maybe because Araceli doesn't entirely thrive on it even if she can't quite help herself when it comes to the satisfaction of ferreting out a good secret or taking the time to ruin a reputation instead of just charging in and setting the place on fire.
Tonight though when she's actually being even more of a bard than she's ever been before she can only imagine how much worse it might be at any sort of threat or insult. As amusing as it is, one foot wrong tonight and she has the feeling it's a very long unpleasant drop for them.
So instead better for her to turn her attention to where she might make herself useful. Even just tonight on a trial basis. "And is that something that we would want tonight? I am sure someone here must know the last time there were so many mages in attendance at court."
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As much as Araceli enjoys having the monopoly on Korrin's time, and is always so very willingly to give over plenty of her own in return, this is work. This is work so like home that sometimes she wonders how it hasn't come to some sort of an argument between the two of them yet when Araceli can play the Game. Maybe being a rifter helps. Or maybe because Araceli doesn't entirely thrive on it even if she can't quite help herself when it comes to the satisfaction of ferreting out a good secret or taking the time to ruin a reputation instead of just charging in and setting the place on fire.
Tonight though when she's actually being even more of a bard than she's ever been before she can only imagine how much worse it might be at any sort of threat or insult. As amusing as it is, one foot wrong tonight and she has the feeling it's a very long unpleasant drop for them.
So instead better for her to turn her attention to where she might make herself useful. Even just tonight on a trial basis. "And is that something that we would want tonight? I am sure someone here must know the last time there were so many mages in attendance at court."