mission ♔ rain down on me from a great height

[princesmarming]

♬ Paranoid Android - Radiohead

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.

Comments

[lightblindbadass]

[Riddick would have, in the past week that they had been cooling their heels in the castle, explored both the inside and out on the grounds. Everywhere and anywhere he could get into, and he is especially good at sneaking around at night, of course. While his arm was still sore and healing it didn't slow him down. Plus he got a 22 hide check and a Nat 20 move silently check for all of it.

Now that the time had come to meet this Valentin Milosovici he stands quietly in the corner behind the rest of the Knights, back to the wall to watch the whole room.</small]