[closed] the heart of the matter

[heirring]

WHO: Bastien, Ellis, Wysteria
WHAT: Seriously investigating a Merchant-Prince's allegiances.
WHEN: Drakonis
WHERE: Antiva
NOTES: OOC Info

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[heorte]

What actually happens if they fail here? The stakes of this mission are so far removed from Ellis' usual scrapes that it's almost absurd. They fail, they're tossed out, someone else comes to make amends. No one is killed.

But somehow, Ellis still feels sweat pricking at the nape of his neck as he and Bastien try to engage Daniello in discussion on the finer points of wedding rituals as seen in the Lady Johanna's earlier works. The conversation is getting a little bit away from Ellis, just as their earlier study had done, but for the moment it seems the prince is happy enough to answer questions as long as they seem suitably enthused.

He is very determinedly not looking in Wysteria's direction, but he's painfully aware of her.

"And you said she was the first to incorporate this kind of accuracy in her work?" Ellis says, prompting, as he subtly tries to move himself into the best position to block Wysteria from sight.