knightsoflegend | mission ♔ rain down on me from a great height

WHO || Valentin Milosovici, Koraith, Tia, Fred, Andie, Riddick [closed]
WHAT || The Knights meet with the potential King to discuss his stance on the Shadow slave trade.
WHERE || The Royal Castle; Milosogoraht, Slovechnia
WHEN || March 4th, afternoon | Backdated
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order!

Upon actually reaching the castle, the Knights had been disappointed to find that Valentin actually wasn't even there. However, his supporters informed them that he returning shortly, and that they were free to quarter inside the castle for the time being. Much smaller than the Knight's castle, but still large in its own right, the Slovechnian royal home has stood as nothing but a historical monument since the royal family was overthrown decades ago. Now, however, Valentin has reclaimed it as his own ancestral home while he makes his bid for re-establishing the monarchy. It's hardly a welcoming locale, however. The great halls are lined with so many weapons that if you walk too close to them, you're bound to get pricked. Many of the rooms have been declared off limits to guests and are marked off with cordons.

It's a week from their arrival that Valentin himself returns and agrees to meet with them in the royal receiving room. They're gathered in there by guards, and after a delay, a loud trumpet blares, and someone announces "His Royal Highness, Prince Valentin Milosovici of Slovechnia", at which point he struts in, wearing a white decorative military style jacket with a mini-cape attacked to the largely padded shoulders. He draws off his gloves, casting a rakish smile across the receiving party as he shakes the hair out of his eyes. He's young, probably in his mid 20s, but he seems to radiate a great deal of personality. It's not, however, the staid presence that would seem to befit a would-be King, as he saunters past them towards the table set at the side of the room.

"I apologize for the wait you have had," he says, with his thick Eastern European accent. "My people have had need of me." Somehow the way he says it makes it sound suspiciously like 'my public."

Koraith and Tia both offer him polite inclines of the head and greetings, as Fred stations himself by the door, across from the other guard there.

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But that only comes if you agree to our stipulations about getting out of the slave trade. Otherwise you're on you're own trying to get the support that you need to win back your crown.

This seems to be putting me in a very delicate position, so to speak. Not everyone would like the idea of their future ruler being in the pocket of the Knighthood.

I don't know that I'd look at it as being in our pocket since we're not gonna be supporting you financially. It's our military support you want, and we won't just go out and beat people into submission. We would make sure the slaving is over and keep the peace for those who wish to live in that peace.

I don't know how else you're going to get your crown back if you don't have support from outsiders, and like you said earlier your Grandpa knew us and worked with us before. That shows consistency, which is good for a ruler as well.

[What even is Riddick's life rn?? Since when did he ever try to be diplomatic!?!? He sure is trying though.]

[Andie nods emphatically, bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet.] You did already say you wanted our help earlier, right? [It's only sort of rhetorical. That was a long time ago, she just assumes if he didn't want their help, they wouldn't still be having this conversation.] How's this different?

[ The smile on Valentin's face seems to only be hanging there by force of will, as there's a hardness in his eyes that seems off kilter with the rest of it, as if someone's telling a joke at his personal expense, and he's trying to pretend to merely find it funny. ]

Well. [ His thumb slides up and down the outside of his glass, toying with the condensation there. ] I suppose it isn't at all, is it?

[ His eyes trace once more in Koraith's direction. ] Then shall we say that we have a deal?

[ Koraith glances at Tia, and they hold eye contact for a full five seconds, before he turns back to Valentin. ] We'll begin immediately, with your blessing then, starting with transporting as many of these freed or escaped slaves out of the country as we can. We'll make certain that it's known that we have your support in the endeavor.

[Riddick is so ready for them to be done here. He immediately straightens from the wall, arms uncrossing as he waits for the other Knights to make a move to leave, though his eyes stay trained on Valentin.]

Great. You tell me how that goes. [His tone is bristled, dismissive, and it's clear that he assumes the answer will be 'not well'. He offers them a little salute with his glass.]

Oh, don't worry. We'll be checking in frequently. [There's an undercurrent of steel in her voice that makes it quite clear what she means, and it obviously unnerves Valentin, who can only hold her gaze for a few moments before breaking off. Smirking to herself, she moves towards the doors.] Thank you for your time.

Great! [Andie is pretty oblivious to the ominous political undertones, so from her point of view, they just made a deal to be allies and all of the slaves will be freed. Yay! She heads towards the doors too, keeping her pace to a fairly human one, then turns around and waves at Valentin.] Nice meeting you!

[Riddick waits where he is while the others file out of the room, making sure that Tia, Andie and Koraith are out of the door before he moves out from the corner where he had been standing. His eyes remained on Valentin while he waited, then as Fred crosses to exit he casually walks to the table that had held the drinks, picking up a peach from a tray and taking a big bite. He salutes Valentin with the fruit, turning to walk out of the room last.]

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