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Post by Father on Dec 7, 2018 20:23:57 GMT 1
"If you keep your secrets, I will keep my secrets" She crosses her arms beneath her breasts.
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Post by Daeron Wildfyre on Dec 7, 2018 20:33:11 GMT 1
"Very well. I serve Lord Starling of Kingsbridge as a member of his Companions."
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Post by Father on Dec 8, 2018 1:29:39 GMT 1
"Starling? Huh" She ponders that. "I can tell you what I know, but there is a price, and not one you get to balk on if what I am able to tell you is not satisfactory."
"You will accompany me back to your camp, I will be allowed to stay there, protected by Lord Starling's guards as well as anyone else under his protection will be, and when you leave I will come with to Kingsbridge, and you will ensure that I will have a place in the lord's household" She is prettier than the other serving girls at least. By far. Lysette is a greater feast upon the eye, but she might compete with Megelle for second place for being the most beautiful girl in Kingsbridge.
While Daeron cannot speak for Lord Willem in this, he knows that he and Addam can take her in under their protection which Lord Willem would treat as the same thing, and undoubtedly approve of. However, she will almost certainly keep deny being the Falcon and stick to that lie, and no companion worthy of his place would knowingly offer her protection only to betray her secret to Bittersteel or Gormon Peake and thus surely put her in harm's way, a risk that she accepted when she took Lord Blackwood's tainted gold. But if Daeron offers to protect her, he can never tell anyone of what he knows, or he would be no better than the Blackguards serving Lord Eldon. But considering the amount of grief and turmoil the Falcon's lies have spread, and how much it could have hurt Ser Daemon's cause, can he really let her get away with it? Spreading falsehoods at a masquerade ball is not illegal and Lord Tyrell would not bother to investigate, but if Bittersteel and Lord Peake were offered this final piece of the puzzle, they could use the full knowledge of the truth to put all the lies to rest and punish Lord Blackwood in the court of public opinion, sometimes such punishment was worse than whatever Lord Tyrell might mete out.
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Post by Daeron Wildfyre on Dec 8, 2018 6:24:21 GMT 1
Daeron looks over at Addam and thinks long and hard.
I might not be able to bring her to justice for her slanders spread, but at least at Kingsbridge we can keep an eye on her. Lord Blackwood will get his in due time. Just not today.
He wasn’t sure how Dornish whores sealed deals, probably through some explicit act, but for now a simple handshake would have to do.
“Fine. I accept those terms. Grab your thing and throw this cloak over yourself. Is there a back way that we can sneak out through? I don’t expect that your madam allows for her workers to just leave with the patrons.”
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Post by Father on Dec 8, 2018 17:29:49 GMT 1
She doesn't care much about what her employer, former employer, has to say about the matter, she just takes what few things she has and leaves, telling one of her friends that she quits and that's that.
She raises a few eyebrows in the Starlings camp, for the time being she is put to work helping Lysette since Megelle has not recovered and Lysette does not want to her to be pushed. The companions wonders at first if she's Daeron or Addam's girl, when they find out that she is not, a couple wants to put the rumors of Dornish promiscuity to the test (and since she is used to that sort of thing, she ought to be both more experienced and willing than most girls). She rejects all advances, but it might take some time before they give up.
She tells Addam and Daeron that she passed messages between a young "fancy-looking" man with striking red curls, wearing fine clothes, but without the sigil or trappings of a knight or squire and one or more people, she only ever saw the face of the red-head, and everything else of him besides, his hands are soft and he does not have a warrior's body. He stopped coming after the kidnap and he never left his name or where he might be from, but he does talk fancy, like someone trying to be accepted by the high and mighty as one of their own. She knows the type, they come by the Perfumed Lady all the time to be assured that they are important and that everyone soon will see it. Most of them are repeat customers.
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Post by Daeron Wildfyre on Dec 8, 2018 19:23:46 GMT 1
Daeron upholds his end of the bargain, but does warn Lysette to keep a close eye on their new ward as he still doesn't trust her yet.
/scene as it's way overdue
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