Post by Rae on Apr 17, 2016 14:59:28 GMT -5
12:15:01Caım Elfhiem : " What kind of idiot do you take me for? " The sound of his voice echoed through the silent halls of Elfhome. " I'm not eager to sit here and listen to you spit rhetoric in exchange for actual information " he mused with a raised brow " The judgement stays, I do not care how much it hurts your finances " he waved his hand absently " That is not my problem, I am not the one who saw fit to allow their ignorance to hinder them from doing what to my knowledge should be routine maintenance, further more your <<
12:17:03Caım Elfhiem : debaucherously ways harmed four uninvolved individuals who are now like you ill able to work " his brow lifted slowly " I find it hard to be sympathetic when no one is assisting them either. " his hand moved absently to excuse the 'guest' who'd come to appeal a fine placed upon them. It was a sad day when someone whose job was simply to ensure the docks were kept clean and maintained couldn't do such a simple task. The fine was placed however not because he didn't do his job, but because the failure resulted <<
12:18:52Caım Elfhiem: in the loss of important trade goods and the injury of four workers from a foreign land. Typically, he would have let it go but the possibility of losing trade was not something he was willing to sit and allow. Not when Rae was working as hard as she was to attempt to understand these grain shortages that weren't making sense not upon the paper trail he was following anyway. With his current appointment dismissed Caim, too stepped from his office and made way through Elfhiem. He was in a particular mood, <<
12:22:17Caım Elfhiem : who attended the Elfhiem were much more then slaves, his left and right hands were both perfect weapons. Trained to attend to his usual nuances of paranoia from his obsessive compulsive disorder. Which as of late was developing new triggers, such as the fact that now his gloves were bothering him. No longer donning cotton white, he was taking to wearing leather for the thickness, however the fact his hands would sweat drove him utterly insane, thus he was starting to grow more used too flesh contact upon <<
12:23:06Caım Elfhiem : inanimate objects, granted flesh to flesh outside of Raejiisa was still absent in his interactions. However at least thanks to Gai and his usual disheveled appearance, he was not sneering at people for not looking to his expectations. -end-
12:37:57Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -it was difficult not to hear the reverberating echo of darkly harmonious voice that called to her as a siren. Even pitched in the echoes of irritation and tainted with the tenor of vexation was e essence of that sound not in a singular way compromised. Say what you like of the man, people feared him, but they all envied him in some way or the<
12:38:27Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : and most women wanted to bed him. What was it about a an elusive untouchable man that oozed sexuality that women couldn’t seem to resist? Of course, she had not been immune to those charms and there was the small point of fact that the man never scared her or at least not in a way that had ever made her feel he might truly harm her making<
12:38:41Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : those more charged encounters all the more strained with anticipation. Her eyes darkened in pleasant memory of such carnal entanglements, a dance they’d been sharing since she had re-emerged in society. All starting at that damned poker game…at least that was where it had started for her. A man like him drinking alone, met by several other <
12:38:49Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : men for seemingly deep conversation. She did not believe he had ever noticed her, but that was relatively beside the point…he was hers now in all the ways that mattered. Not that that would do her any good if she couldn’t discern what was happening. Fingers shoved another piece of paper to the side, normally she conducted such work at the <
12:38:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : house of harmony, but there were too many distractions there for her to properly focus. There was still the need to speak with her wayward cousin, Gaius, their relation to one another known by few for the man had abandoned his place with them years beyond remembering and it was a matter of pride to keep that fact silent. Of course, Raejissa <
12:39:13Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : never knew when to let things go and with him they’d built a fine artesian drug trade. She couldn’t take much credit for it, she’d only made the path open he’d done all the real work. Small, yet lucrative. The truth was she needed him, but his still lingering entanglements could make that the house of lust made that complicated. A finger tapped<
12:39:24Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : idly on the desk as her brows furrowed. Less complicated perhaps since Raejissa herself would be torn between two houses, yet in Eonhiem allegiance was always to the house first…within reason of course. There were always gray areas, they were fae after all and nothing was ever clear or direct that would have taken the fun out of everything.<
12:39:33Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : She wasn’t sure if caim knew the familial relation, she somewhat doubted it…most had thought gaius and she friends. IT had been difficult to limit her interactions with him while he had been in darkwater, sending her own secret messengers in her place, but even that had been very limited on frequency. Was that guilt she was feeling? A frown <
12:41:31Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : crested those features. Her fingers plucked from the table a ledger with a side note and then she moved to a map of Eonhiem and made another mark. The flex of muscles in her face indicated concern mingled still with confusion. Finding one piece only to realize there were many more missing edges…but this was a start. Perhaps the Justicars could <
12:43:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : assist in discerning what she was clearly still not seeing, but now she had an idea about where. It was a start that she’d take. She rose sending the white locks of hair to cascade against a splash of midnight blue fabric, a color Caim seemed to enjoy. Effort spent in dressing this morning, she was even wearing shoes….sandaled shoes that did<
12:44:36Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : did little more then add leather to the sole of her feet, but it was something. A compromise, given freely. Her intent was to find the man whose voice had first disrupted her revelry-end-
12:55:36Caım Elfhiem : The Elfhiem Lord's presence could be found in the main foyer of Elfhiem. It was here that he'd noticed something was out of place, walking by the same bits of art and the likes for countless years always assisted him in telling when something was out of pattern. It was perhaps amid the recent displays Tomes dedicated to the old finances of Gaerdon long before the floods, they were new and Caim did not spend much time pursuing them as he should have. A regret as he'd have loved to see how such grand <<
12:57:09Caım Elfhiem : accounts were handles. He recalled when the first Crown collection dive had commences as their desire to attempt to regain the lost wealth of Lost Gaerdon had driven the Corrupt and Vain to spend countless hours debating on how to afford such a feat. The Risk perhaps more lofty then the pay off in the end. Were it not for the need for knowledge divers and bells would not be afforded to such tasks. However to his focus he'd noticed something was out sorts, a missing item that should not have been. It <<
12:58:45Caım Elfhiem : at first had come to mind that perhaps Raejiisa had moved it to a new location, but that was after a time discerned not to be her method of creating havoc Typically she would move, something two or so inches left or right and leave it be. Upon closer inspection it would bring to mind that once they'd a map of the old mines, locations and entrances that had been flooded or blocked to ensure the rest of the mine wasn't ruined in the floor. This precious information was protected but still viewable as <<
12:59:54Caım Elfhiem : the Vain could not resist having another item of value to hold over the others heads. Lips pursing into a thinline he'd capture the shuffle of leather upon the marble floors of his home. Another out of place that could infact belong to the one whom typically created such delightful havoc in his life "Rae " he would coo " Down here..come, I should think you might be interested in knowing the Old Miner Map is gone " -end-
13:13:31Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -She entered into the hallway pausing a moment and peering at a particular wall hanging, fingers twitching as if eager to dishevel it. Turn it just slightly to the right and it’d be crooked. A thing that most would miss. A devilish smile slipping along her along her lips as she strode forward and pinned against the hand sewn tapestry. She withdrew<
13:13:39Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : a small piece of paper which she affixed to the back of the item, a little letter that simply stated: You are the melody. Then she fixed the tapestry and by fixed that of course meant moved. This was a new method to her game with Caim, something to show her affections. How he would respond would be anyone’s guess, yet she liked to think <
13:13:50Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : he’d enjoy the surprise addition. His voice echoed lightly along the halls and she continued her trek towards the voice that summoned her in tones that were as inviting as warm silk sheets on a cool night. How could she deny him his request for her presence? She had been about to come find him after all. She turned the corner and stepped <
13:14:15Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : into the main foyer tri colored orbs dancing over the pristine countenance of her lover and was for a moment paused in her words and movements. Simply seeming to enjoy letting her eyes dance over him, something soft in the way she looked at him. She had swung to the left since their last meeting possessed more of a creation and <
13:14:27Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : calm mindset. There were few enough that might could tell, but he had always been able to pierce her glamour’s though today she wore none. She strode forward then letting her frame come near to his as she pushed up on her toes to lay a soft brush of kiss across his cheek before settling down once more and peering around him to the empty <
13:14:35Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : space. It did look better, not having all of those books so organized and equally spaced. It added a sharp chord to an otherwise flat tune and so she approved even if it was only that.- “The mines?” – she said almost absently her mind clearly trying to reach back to something else.-“I think…there was a letter indicating something about rare gems <
13:14:46Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : surfacing recently…”-her brows furrowed slightly as if she could summon the memory, but the little quivers of frustration that tremored across otherwise calm waters indicated elsewise as a sigh passed her lips-“I’ve been too distracted and the mention lacked any weight of evidence nor had it indicated a quantity to which to be concerned <
13:15:05Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : of….i should have perhaps paid it more mind.”- managing the economy and influx of trade was no small thing. One had to be willing a certain amount of independent markets to exist lest you strangle hold everything. Not controlling those then was at times…challenging, but she had learned to have a deft hand upon it.-"Perhaps Sorra has borrowed it<
13:16:23Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : for her efforts in the new library or one of your sisters? It is not as if many come into the house of vain whose presence is unknown to us and i cannot imagine anyone being idiotic enough to steal from you." she mused thoughtfully, caim was a man of particular refinement that came with one very simple rule. Don't fuck with him. she smiled at the<
13:16:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : thought for of course she was the exception to all rules.- end-
13:42:00Caım Elfhiem : " It isn’t likely that Alli or Nat would simply come and take such a precious artifact for any reason " he raised his brow as he made logical assumptions concerning his blood siblings " Sorra is not unwise. I don't see her taking the map, as it seems entirely within her power to draw a copy " he shrugged his shoulders and turned towards her now in a slow movement that allowed him the pleasure of taking in her form as it was. A small smile came to his lips. amid his annoyance he could find her beautiful <<
13:43:49Caım Elfhiem : wearing colors endearing to him, and moving toward him to note that her glamour was not used this day. He truly never used his own, there was hardly a reason to appear differently to those that surrounded, and perhaps was among the many reasons he was perhaps more apt to do as he did. However he did reach out placing his hand upon her neck and forward his lips came to press against her own. " Either way, it is gone, we shall have to tighten security and figure out where it has found itself " he would muse <
13:45:31Caım Elfhiem : pausing for a moment to consider the gems " I'm hardly concerned with the trade that goes on in the markets Beloved " he said honestly " Black or Not, as long as dues are paid it makes no difference to this house " he would go on to add " however , I can say that given the recent string of destruction in the mines and pulling of grain from the tunnels I'd venture to think our allies beneath the mountains have begun to turn their avarice upon us " he sighed " I am debating on petitioning the Council to <<
13:47:16Caım Elfhiem : send military units into the mountains to stabilize, but I can only imagine that Lord Angelus might use this as an opportunity to enslave them. " He was not with out a heart " which is perhaps furthest from what our needs and desires should suit, though I am hopeful father will talk some reason into him " he drew his hand from her neck placing another soft kiss to her lips. his focus shifting back to the empty space upon the wall. " I'll send Gaius and Riley to check the old mine shafts and entrances. <<
13:47:23Caım Elfhiem : Perhaps there is something there we're missing " -end
13:58:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -She didn’t disagree with the assessments that Caim made in regards to the disappearance of the map and in conjunction with even the minor rumors of rare gems surfacing it was at best suspect at worst criminal. One could steal provided they weren’t stealing from a House, that was just foolish and knowing Caim he wouldn’t stop until someone’s <
13:58:49Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : bloodied hand was laying severed in the street for such a crime. There were certain things you didn’t do and any number of people that had crossed her could testify to that. It was important after all to let at least a few of them live to be a suitable warning to others. Such thoughts were quelled by the brushing of lips to her own, which could jus
13:58:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : just as easily stir contentment or yearning depending upon its use. A thing which he seemed to wield as a practiced weapon though she had never decided if he did such things intentionally or if it was simply his nature. Her tongue traced he lips, yet even though tempting it was, it did not distract her from present conversation.- “Vanity wouldn’t<
13:59:12Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : be,yet if someone intends to start feeding a steady stream of rare gems it could unstablize the market in cacophony and those that are affiliated with my house would have reason to be displeased with me…not that they need a reason for that these days.”- She frowned then and added-“I believe I have narrowed in on where things are going wrong…the <
13:59:19Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : train lines. The paper work, there is nothing obviously off about it, but something seems….wrong. Would you mind if I gave it to the justicars and asked them to look it over and perhaps compare it to the tax ledgers and records from the past several months? Perhaps such will provide another clue.” – There were few things that tried the little fae <
13:59:29Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : more then feeling as if she was being maneuvered by unseen forces and there were few things concerning the market and economy that she could not discern. So to have both occurring at the same time was causing her no small measure of stressors. She would reach out to Silje and Liam soon no doubt and see if there were any rumors on the streets. –<
13:59:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : “I think that would be wise to send someone to investigate, but are you certain it should be Gaius going with Riley? It isn’t as if there is much love lost between them particularly given Gaius’ extended relationship with the knights of gaerdon?” – she wasn’t so much questioning his judgement as she was perhaps the volatile state of <
13:59:39Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : Relationship that might exist between the pair…it could do more harm if the boys couldn’t behave.-end-
14:12:09Caım Elfhiem : " Gaius didn't fight the Knights when they arrested him, nor did he seem to be in anyway put off by his imprisonment " he said absently turning his focus upon the nature of the pair " if anything as I have done my research I believe that there was expectation in him, he seemed all too eager to be arrested and taken to prison " he would absently bring his shoulders up in a shrug and offered a casual cant of his head to the side " briefly I considered the possibility that Jenna might have had some reason <<
14:14:33Caım Elfhiem : to do with his attack on Edward, but then I realized that Gaius as much as he may not admit it is a creature of justice similar in that of our Own Knights, however a vigilante in his own right " he'd indicate with a minor shrug again his arm slipping about the waist of the woman his lips finding her jaw " The Justicars are yours to command beloved " If anything the combined use of both houses resources may be a sign for other houses to begin their own combined works. however he didn't indicate either care<<
14:16:07Caım Elfhiem : or dislike of the idea. drawing his mismatched tricolored orbs upon her he'd add absently " the only thing the last years worth of ledgers will tell you is a steady raise and decline in payments made. I would suggest comparing the shipping manifests from the fields to the City " he motioned absently to another map " There are three stops between where items are loaded upon the engines. First the Grain in the fields, then the live stock, and finally " he pointed to the mines" The metals " He glanced to her<<
14:18:10Caım Elfhiem : " as far as I know inventory is taken at each stop to ensure product remains unspoiled, or to ensure none is lost in the tunnels " he turned his focus back toward her " Tell me beloved, have you put any thought into allowing Gaius back into your house now that he is free of his incarceration? " he'd ask curiously " And have you considered a possible wedding gift for he and his 'Beaux' " the word coming from his lips was foreign. but he'd heard Gaius use it in talking to the Maids about Jenna and why he was<
14:18:17Caım Elfhiem : not allowing them to lay with him. -end-
14:35:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -Her gaze flickered to the two women still within the room, his shadow hands and defenders. They’d no more speak of things discussed between them then the moons could refuse to continue their trek in the sky and then she looked to Caim almost sheepishly in fact. The man was aware of her friendship with Gaius, yet she doubted he knew <
14:35:51Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : the whole of it.- “I’ve a vested interest in keeping him alive and out of prison this time…but I don’t disagree with your thoughts upon him.”- It was a trace of worry that might have hinted to more then a passing friendship with the man, but whatever thoughts were attached to such a look never left the curve of those lips. Rather her mind bent <
14:35:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : towards the caress of lips, a small shiver trembling in her frame as want was sparked within her, yet for a measure held at bay. How easily he could turn her, it should have been cause for worry. There was then the welcomed distraction of the routes of the ships. She had not considered that as yet and it provided additional insight into where <
14:36:07Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : and how things might being getting…unsettled. The mines. Since it seemed the topic of discussion as of late and given that the maps of the mines had disappeared, if someone was siphoning off grain it was reasonable to suspect that they might be using the old abandoned areas to store it. It’s not like you could simply make it disappear that fast. <
14:36:19Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : She bit the inside of her lip chewing softly as her mind worked over this new knowledge, her fingers now absently tracing along the buttons of caim’s shirt, touching one and sliding her hand up to touch the next until her form drew up towards him to brush her mouth across his own, yet stopped before connection at the mention of allowing the man <
14:36:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : back within her house. It was known among the houses that illegal trade on some measure was sanctioned and that gaius had served a place in that structure, but to her knowledge few knew he was bloodkin. She remained close letting the warmth of her breath roll across his features as she spoke in quite recourse. He might already <
14:37:14Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : know, yet how could he?- “Gaius is my cousin Caim. He was not ousted from our number he choose to leave…he choose The Red House. It is my desire to have him back within our number, but it will not be an easy thing for Alistair still very much burns over the insult that was paid. We’ve done a fair job keeping the fact he was bloodkin <
14:38:35Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : a secret, so any movement to reinstatement as legitimate must be done with care and Gaius as yet has not made the time to speak with me upon the measure, though I hope soon he will come…I need him, I think.” – she said the last none to pleased, yet one could not do everything themselves.- “I do not know if he can be persuaded and even <
14:39:56Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : if he can, I will have to account that his first loyalty will never be to me or my house. It will be to mae and hers. That makes bringing him back in all the more difficult. " -only now did she brush her lips to his own, soft and passing like a summer breeze.-end-
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12:17:03Caım Elfhiem : debaucherously ways harmed four uninvolved individuals who are now like you ill able to work " his brow lifted slowly " I find it hard to be sympathetic when no one is assisting them either. " his hand moved absently to excuse the 'guest' who'd come to appeal a fine placed upon them. It was a sad day when someone whose job was simply to ensure the docks were kept clean and maintained couldn't do such a simple task. The fine was placed however not because he didn't do his job, but because the failure resulted <<
12:18:52Caım Elfhiem: in the loss of important trade goods and the injury of four workers from a foreign land. Typically, he would have let it go but the possibility of losing trade was not something he was willing to sit and allow. Not when Rae was working as hard as she was to attempt to understand these grain shortages that weren't making sense not upon the paper trail he was following anyway. With his current appointment dismissed Caim, too stepped from his office and made way through Elfhiem. He was in a particular mood, <<
12:22:17Caım Elfhiem : who attended the Elfhiem were much more then slaves, his left and right hands were both perfect weapons. Trained to attend to his usual nuances of paranoia from his obsessive compulsive disorder. Which as of late was developing new triggers, such as the fact that now his gloves were bothering him. No longer donning cotton white, he was taking to wearing leather for the thickness, however the fact his hands would sweat drove him utterly insane, thus he was starting to grow more used too flesh contact upon <<
12:23:06Caım Elfhiem : inanimate objects, granted flesh to flesh outside of Raejiisa was still absent in his interactions. However at least thanks to Gai and his usual disheveled appearance, he was not sneering at people for not looking to his expectations. -end-
12:37:57Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -it was difficult not to hear the reverberating echo of darkly harmonious voice that called to her as a siren. Even pitched in the echoes of irritation and tainted with the tenor of vexation was e essence of that sound not in a singular way compromised. Say what you like of the man, people feared him, but they all envied him in some way or the<
12:38:27Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : and most women wanted to bed him. What was it about a an elusive untouchable man that oozed sexuality that women couldn’t seem to resist? Of course, she had not been immune to those charms and there was the small point of fact that the man never scared her or at least not in a way that had ever made her feel he might truly harm her making<
12:38:41Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : those more charged encounters all the more strained with anticipation. Her eyes darkened in pleasant memory of such carnal entanglements, a dance they’d been sharing since she had re-emerged in society. All starting at that damned poker game…at least that was where it had started for her. A man like him drinking alone, met by several other <
12:38:49Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : men for seemingly deep conversation. She did not believe he had ever noticed her, but that was relatively beside the point…he was hers now in all the ways that mattered. Not that that would do her any good if she couldn’t discern what was happening. Fingers shoved another piece of paper to the side, normally she conducted such work at the <
12:38:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : house of harmony, but there were too many distractions there for her to properly focus. There was still the need to speak with her wayward cousin, Gaius, their relation to one another known by few for the man had abandoned his place with them years beyond remembering and it was a matter of pride to keep that fact silent. Of course, Raejissa <
12:39:13Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : never knew when to let things go and with him they’d built a fine artesian drug trade. She couldn’t take much credit for it, she’d only made the path open he’d done all the real work. Small, yet lucrative. The truth was she needed him, but his still lingering entanglements could make that the house of lust made that complicated. A finger tapped<
12:39:24Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : idly on the desk as her brows furrowed. Less complicated perhaps since Raejissa herself would be torn between two houses, yet in Eonhiem allegiance was always to the house first…within reason of course. There were always gray areas, they were fae after all and nothing was ever clear or direct that would have taken the fun out of everything.<
12:39:33Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : She wasn’t sure if caim knew the familial relation, she somewhat doubted it…most had thought gaius and she friends. IT had been difficult to limit her interactions with him while he had been in darkwater, sending her own secret messengers in her place, but even that had been very limited on frequency. Was that guilt she was feeling? A frown <
12:41:31Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : crested those features. Her fingers plucked from the table a ledger with a side note and then she moved to a map of Eonhiem and made another mark. The flex of muscles in her face indicated concern mingled still with confusion. Finding one piece only to realize there were many more missing edges…but this was a start. Perhaps the Justicars could <
12:43:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : assist in discerning what she was clearly still not seeing, but now she had an idea about where. It was a start that she’d take. She rose sending the white locks of hair to cascade against a splash of midnight blue fabric, a color Caim seemed to enjoy. Effort spent in dressing this morning, she was even wearing shoes….sandaled shoes that did<
12:44:36Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : did little more then add leather to the sole of her feet, but it was something. A compromise, given freely. Her intent was to find the man whose voice had first disrupted her revelry-end-
12:55:36Caım Elfhiem : The Elfhiem Lord's presence could be found in the main foyer of Elfhiem. It was here that he'd noticed something was out of place, walking by the same bits of art and the likes for countless years always assisted him in telling when something was out of pattern. It was perhaps amid the recent displays Tomes dedicated to the old finances of Gaerdon long before the floods, they were new and Caim did not spend much time pursuing them as he should have. A regret as he'd have loved to see how such grand <<
12:57:09Caım Elfhiem : accounts were handles. He recalled when the first Crown collection dive had commences as their desire to attempt to regain the lost wealth of Lost Gaerdon had driven the Corrupt and Vain to spend countless hours debating on how to afford such a feat. The Risk perhaps more lofty then the pay off in the end. Were it not for the need for knowledge divers and bells would not be afforded to such tasks. However to his focus he'd noticed something was out sorts, a missing item that should not have been. It <<
12:58:45Caım Elfhiem : at first had come to mind that perhaps Raejiisa had moved it to a new location, but that was after a time discerned not to be her method of creating havoc Typically she would move, something two or so inches left or right and leave it be. Upon closer inspection it would bring to mind that once they'd a map of the old mines, locations and entrances that had been flooded or blocked to ensure the rest of the mine wasn't ruined in the floor. This precious information was protected but still viewable as <<
12:59:54Caım Elfhiem : the Vain could not resist having another item of value to hold over the others heads. Lips pursing into a thinline he'd capture the shuffle of leather upon the marble floors of his home. Another out of place that could infact belong to the one whom typically created such delightful havoc in his life "Rae " he would coo " Down here..come, I should think you might be interested in knowing the Old Miner Map is gone " -end-
13:13:31Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -She entered into the hallway pausing a moment and peering at a particular wall hanging, fingers twitching as if eager to dishevel it. Turn it just slightly to the right and it’d be crooked. A thing that most would miss. A devilish smile slipping along her along her lips as she strode forward and pinned against the hand sewn tapestry. She withdrew<
13:13:39Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : a small piece of paper which she affixed to the back of the item, a little letter that simply stated: You are the melody. Then she fixed the tapestry and by fixed that of course meant moved. This was a new method to her game with Caim, something to show her affections. How he would respond would be anyone’s guess, yet she liked to think <
13:13:50Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : he’d enjoy the surprise addition. His voice echoed lightly along the halls and she continued her trek towards the voice that summoned her in tones that were as inviting as warm silk sheets on a cool night. How could she deny him his request for her presence? She had been about to come find him after all. She turned the corner and stepped <
13:14:15Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : into the main foyer tri colored orbs dancing over the pristine countenance of her lover and was for a moment paused in her words and movements. Simply seeming to enjoy letting her eyes dance over him, something soft in the way she looked at him. She had swung to the left since their last meeting possessed more of a creation and <
13:14:27Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : calm mindset. There were few enough that might could tell, but he had always been able to pierce her glamour’s though today she wore none. She strode forward then letting her frame come near to his as she pushed up on her toes to lay a soft brush of kiss across his cheek before settling down once more and peering around him to the empty <
13:14:35Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : space. It did look better, not having all of those books so organized and equally spaced. It added a sharp chord to an otherwise flat tune and so she approved even if it was only that.- “The mines?” – she said almost absently her mind clearly trying to reach back to something else.-“I think…there was a letter indicating something about rare gems <
13:14:46Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : surfacing recently…”-her brows furrowed slightly as if she could summon the memory, but the little quivers of frustration that tremored across otherwise calm waters indicated elsewise as a sigh passed her lips-“I’ve been too distracted and the mention lacked any weight of evidence nor had it indicated a quantity to which to be concerned <
13:15:05Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : of….i should have perhaps paid it more mind.”- managing the economy and influx of trade was no small thing. One had to be willing a certain amount of independent markets to exist lest you strangle hold everything. Not controlling those then was at times…challenging, but she had learned to have a deft hand upon it.-"Perhaps Sorra has borrowed it<
13:16:23Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : for her efforts in the new library or one of your sisters? It is not as if many come into the house of vain whose presence is unknown to us and i cannot imagine anyone being idiotic enough to steal from you." she mused thoughtfully, caim was a man of particular refinement that came with one very simple rule. Don't fuck with him. she smiled at the<
13:16:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : thought for of course she was the exception to all rules.- end-
13:42:00Caım Elfhiem : " It isn’t likely that Alli or Nat would simply come and take such a precious artifact for any reason " he raised his brow as he made logical assumptions concerning his blood siblings " Sorra is not unwise. I don't see her taking the map, as it seems entirely within her power to draw a copy " he shrugged his shoulders and turned towards her now in a slow movement that allowed him the pleasure of taking in her form as it was. A small smile came to his lips. amid his annoyance he could find her beautiful <<
13:43:49Caım Elfhiem : wearing colors endearing to him, and moving toward him to note that her glamour was not used this day. He truly never used his own, there was hardly a reason to appear differently to those that surrounded, and perhaps was among the many reasons he was perhaps more apt to do as he did. However he did reach out placing his hand upon her neck and forward his lips came to press against her own. " Either way, it is gone, we shall have to tighten security and figure out where it has found itself " he would muse <
13:45:31Caım Elfhiem : pausing for a moment to consider the gems " I'm hardly concerned with the trade that goes on in the markets Beloved " he said honestly " Black or Not, as long as dues are paid it makes no difference to this house " he would go on to add " however , I can say that given the recent string of destruction in the mines and pulling of grain from the tunnels I'd venture to think our allies beneath the mountains have begun to turn their avarice upon us " he sighed " I am debating on petitioning the Council to <<
13:47:16Caım Elfhiem : send military units into the mountains to stabilize, but I can only imagine that Lord Angelus might use this as an opportunity to enslave them. " He was not with out a heart " which is perhaps furthest from what our needs and desires should suit, though I am hopeful father will talk some reason into him " he drew his hand from her neck placing another soft kiss to her lips. his focus shifting back to the empty space upon the wall. " I'll send Gaius and Riley to check the old mine shafts and entrances. <<
13:47:23Caım Elfhiem : Perhaps there is something there we're missing " -end
13:58:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -She didn’t disagree with the assessments that Caim made in regards to the disappearance of the map and in conjunction with even the minor rumors of rare gems surfacing it was at best suspect at worst criminal. One could steal provided they weren’t stealing from a House, that was just foolish and knowing Caim he wouldn’t stop until someone’s <
13:58:49Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : bloodied hand was laying severed in the street for such a crime. There were certain things you didn’t do and any number of people that had crossed her could testify to that. It was important after all to let at least a few of them live to be a suitable warning to others. Such thoughts were quelled by the brushing of lips to her own, which could jus
13:58:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : just as easily stir contentment or yearning depending upon its use. A thing which he seemed to wield as a practiced weapon though she had never decided if he did such things intentionally or if it was simply his nature. Her tongue traced he lips, yet even though tempting it was, it did not distract her from present conversation.- “Vanity wouldn’t<
13:59:12Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : be,yet if someone intends to start feeding a steady stream of rare gems it could unstablize the market in cacophony and those that are affiliated with my house would have reason to be displeased with me…not that they need a reason for that these days.”- She frowned then and added-“I believe I have narrowed in on where things are going wrong…the <
13:59:19Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : train lines. The paper work, there is nothing obviously off about it, but something seems….wrong. Would you mind if I gave it to the justicars and asked them to look it over and perhaps compare it to the tax ledgers and records from the past several months? Perhaps such will provide another clue.” – There were few things that tried the little fae <
13:59:29Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : more then feeling as if she was being maneuvered by unseen forces and there were few things concerning the market and economy that she could not discern. So to have both occurring at the same time was causing her no small measure of stressors. She would reach out to Silje and Liam soon no doubt and see if there were any rumors on the streets. –<
13:59:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : “I think that would be wise to send someone to investigate, but are you certain it should be Gaius going with Riley? It isn’t as if there is much love lost between them particularly given Gaius’ extended relationship with the knights of gaerdon?” – she wasn’t so much questioning his judgement as she was perhaps the volatile state of <
13:59:39Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : Relationship that might exist between the pair…it could do more harm if the boys couldn’t behave.-end-
14:12:09Caım Elfhiem : " Gaius didn't fight the Knights when they arrested him, nor did he seem to be in anyway put off by his imprisonment " he said absently turning his focus upon the nature of the pair " if anything as I have done my research I believe that there was expectation in him, he seemed all too eager to be arrested and taken to prison " he would absently bring his shoulders up in a shrug and offered a casual cant of his head to the side " briefly I considered the possibility that Jenna might have had some reason <<
14:14:33Caım Elfhiem : to do with his attack on Edward, but then I realized that Gaius as much as he may not admit it is a creature of justice similar in that of our Own Knights, however a vigilante in his own right " he'd indicate with a minor shrug again his arm slipping about the waist of the woman his lips finding her jaw " The Justicars are yours to command beloved " If anything the combined use of both houses resources may be a sign for other houses to begin their own combined works. however he didn't indicate either care<<
14:16:07Caım Elfhiem : or dislike of the idea. drawing his mismatched tricolored orbs upon her he'd add absently " the only thing the last years worth of ledgers will tell you is a steady raise and decline in payments made. I would suggest comparing the shipping manifests from the fields to the City " he motioned absently to another map " There are three stops between where items are loaded upon the engines. First the Grain in the fields, then the live stock, and finally " he pointed to the mines" The metals " He glanced to her<<
14:18:10Caım Elfhiem : " as far as I know inventory is taken at each stop to ensure product remains unspoiled, or to ensure none is lost in the tunnels " he turned his focus back toward her " Tell me beloved, have you put any thought into allowing Gaius back into your house now that he is free of his incarceration? " he'd ask curiously " And have you considered a possible wedding gift for he and his 'Beaux' " the word coming from his lips was foreign. but he'd heard Gaius use it in talking to the Maids about Jenna and why he was<
14:18:17Caım Elfhiem : not allowing them to lay with him. -end-
14:35:42Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : -Her gaze flickered to the two women still within the room, his shadow hands and defenders. They’d no more speak of things discussed between them then the moons could refuse to continue their trek in the sky and then she looked to Caim almost sheepishly in fact. The man was aware of her friendship with Gaius, yet she doubted he knew <
14:35:51Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : the whole of it.- “I’ve a vested interest in keeping him alive and out of prison this time…but I don’t disagree with your thoughts upon him.”- It was a trace of worry that might have hinted to more then a passing friendship with the man, but whatever thoughts were attached to such a look never left the curve of those lips. Rather her mind bent <
14:35:59Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : towards the caress of lips, a small shiver trembling in her frame as want was sparked within her, yet for a measure held at bay. How easily he could turn her, it should have been cause for worry. There was then the welcomed distraction of the routes of the ships. She had not considered that as yet and it provided additional insight into where <
14:36:07Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : and how things might being getting…unsettled. The mines. Since it seemed the topic of discussion as of late and given that the maps of the mines had disappeared, if someone was siphoning off grain it was reasonable to suspect that they might be using the old abandoned areas to store it. It’s not like you could simply make it disappear that fast. <
14:36:19Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : She bit the inside of her lip chewing softly as her mind worked over this new knowledge, her fingers now absently tracing along the buttons of caim’s shirt, touching one and sliding her hand up to touch the next until her form drew up towards him to brush her mouth across his own, yet stopped before connection at the mention of allowing the man <
14:36:34Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : back within her house. It was known among the houses that illegal trade on some measure was sanctioned and that gaius had served a place in that structure, but to her knowledge few knew he was bloodkin. She remained close letting the warmth of her breath roll across his features as she spoke in quite recourse. He might already <
14:37:14Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : know, yet how could he?- “Gaius is my cousin Caim. He was not ousted from our number he choose to leave…he choose The Red House. It is my desire to have him back within our number, but it will not be an easy thing for Alistair still very much burns over the insult that was paid. We’ve done a fair job keeping the fact he was bloodkin <
14:38:35Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : a secret, so any movement to reinstatement as legitimate must be done with care and Gaius as yet has not made the time to speak with me upon the measure, though I hope soon he will come…I need him, I think.” – she said the last none to pleased, yet one could not do everything themselves.- “I do not know if he can be persuaded and even <
14:39:56Rαεנııƨα-Oяıяıεтн : if he can, I will have to account that his first loyalty will never be to me or my house. It will be to mae and hers. That makes bringing him back in all the more difficult. " -only now did she brush her lips to his own, soft and passing like a summer breeze.-end-
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