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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2006 9:56:54 GMT -6
While parties are common for the nobles of hell they usually don't take place in the palace- and the Queen rarely attends thought she is always always invited.
Tonight the palace is mostly empty due to some gala event else where...and it finds her adorable and horrid Highness wandering around the corridors with a bag of some unidentifiable food in one hand and book of some sort in the other.
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Post by Thane on Apr 11, 2006 15:57:53 GMT -6
The rounds this night are quiet and uneventful for the night watch, which is just how Thane likes it. The solace of the silence is broken only by the occasional varmint and the even less occasional soldier fighting to remain alert in the still of the night. As Thane winds his way room to room he happens upon the lone figure of his queen walking aimlessly about in the empty, lonesome passages of the palace. Thane watches from the wayside as Ereshkigal softly turns each page and absently nibbles her snack. When she slowly passes by him, he watches her from the shadows with his head slung low. "Pleasant eve your magnificence." The great hound rumbles with his fiery eyes aglow in the dark stillness.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 12, 2006 9:27:58 GMT -6
Ciel is careful to walk just far enough behind her Majesty to not bein the way as well as be near enough to be under a stray hand that may come back and pet her or scratch behind her ears. She nods to Master Thane as he passes and continues to walk the same distance from her Queen just in case she decides she'd like some actual company.
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2006 13:28:43 GMT -6
The Queen looks up from her research and seems to register Thane and Ciel both in one startled moment. Her dress goes still- a poised alert stillness.
"Oh!" She says after a moment, closing the book and tucking it away.
"I was just reading up on the feeding and care of blood roses. My potted ones haven't been doing so well. I'm wondering what to feed them." She smiles brightly.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 12, 2006 15:52:23 GMT -6
Ciel looks up to her Queen and smiles. "I suppose they eat the same thing that I do for sustenance, do they not?"
She goes to hug her Majesty and wraps her arms around her Queen's waist.
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Post by Thane on Apr 12, 2006 18:23:31 GMT -6
Thane nods to Ciel in return of her acknowledgment. as the Queen stops he bows lower to put her mind at rest to his presence. Thane snickers as the queen mentions the blood roses and he snorts a long lost memory. "Mother use to say: 'It is not the richness of the blood you feed them, it is the flavor of the screams they harbor when the blood was let'." Then Thane returns to his somber look. "But, then I am no tender of agriculture my queen."
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Post by Ciel on Apr 12, 2006 21:15:08 GMT -6
Ciel nuzzles her face into her Queen's side and chuckles. "I must agree with you Master Thane. Neither am I. There are very few things that I can cultivate..."
She snickers. "Did we disturb you, Majesty?"
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2006 21:41:35 GMT -6
"Flowers are not my strong suit either but these blood roses are considered special...." She pauses "They reflect the well-being of something of great importance to me..." Shrugging Queen Ereshkigal continues on with a little laugh.
"You can't disturb what's already that way..."
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Post by Thane on Apr 12, 2006 22:34:04 GMT -6
Thane steps slowly from the shadows as Ereskigal laughs and continues on her way. Thane speaks low and reverently, "Do you speak of the blooms outside your private terrace highness? Thane asks almost absently like he has something to say about the matter. "The fragrant ones with the deep violet tiger threads tracing through the thick, velvety, crimson petals?" Thane looks almost like he has said too much. "The snappers that whip the insects from the air with a blinding, whipping crack?"
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Post by Ciel on Apr 13, 2006 21:00:25 GMT -6
Ciel nuzzles into her Queen's side again and sighs.
"I have seen those as well... I did not know they were not doing well. They still look rather beautiful..."
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2006 13:58:08 GMT -6
The queen smiles.
"Yes those, they are a little sluggish of late and somewhat droopy. I think..that a little more attention is what's needed." She nods firmly, then looks at Thane with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Speaking of attention, Thane would you like to accompany Ciel and I to the kitchen for a little snack?"
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Post by Ciel on Apr 14, 2006 14:00:21 GMT -6
"A snack, Majesty? Yum, yum."
She giggles and follows her Queen. She's eager to see what snack there is for her.
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Post by Thane on Apr 14, 2006 22:55:26 GMT -6
Thane looks shocked as Ghostie extends an invitation to him for his company. At first he is not sure he heard her correctly and he stammers a bit. "I... I... if it pleases... your highness, I would be honored to accompany your greatness and miss Ciel to the kitchens. Thane hesitates to step forward at first, but then his pride forces him to stand tall and stride confidently forward to be a proper escort to his Grand Empress and her feline familiar. He bows properly and extends his paw politely in a gentlemanly gesture toward the kitchens. "Where ever the High Queen shall lead, surely will thy servant follow." Thane rumbles softly.
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Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2006 20:26:48 GMT -6
The queen smiles, charmed by Thane's startlement and recovery. She swishes off in the general direction of the kitchen. She pauses occasionally to reveal some well hidden... but not exactly secret passageway.
"Besides," She chuckles with an undeniable air of devilment about her small person.
"This way I am both obeying and skirting the orders of my general and bodygaurd. I am not going about unescorted but neither am I staying locked up in my room."
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Post by Thane on Apr 18, 2006 8:33:31 GMT -6
Thane nods slowly as Ereshkigal speaks of her compliant disobediance to her protectorate. Thane looks at her, bows low and rumbles. "With due respect highness... the Master General and Lady Lye merely wish for your safety at the highest priority." Thane says looking at her shoes. "It is even what I seek above all else, yet it is with distane that my queen finds our efforts stifeling and unwelcome." The hound looks put out. "Pray it is not so majesty, that we should love you so, to protect your grace with our lives and that she would look down upon us with detest for it?" Sadness eninates from the great hound as these word break forth from his black, trembling lips. "Pray it is not so..."
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Post by Ciel on Apr 18, 2006 8:39:42 GMT -6
"Please, Master Elite. Do not be saddened. Majesty is merely tired of feeling as the caged canary feels. I love her as well, and we are both glad to be out having a nice talk and walk to the kitchens together. Are you not gladdened to be walking and talking with us?"
Ciel's green eyes seem soft and patient all of a sudden, as if she were comforting her sisters. It could be supposed that she still holds some of her motherly instinct, even though Thane is a huge hound...
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Post by Admin on Apr 18, 2006 18:30:18 GMT -6
The queen puts her hands on her hips, the air is heavy around her and her dress swirls ominiously. What little light there is dims and at the floor about her you see pinpricks of unearthly light gleam. The queens voice remains light hearted thought.
"Not exaclty Ciel....Thane, surely while I may be small and not seem formidable you should understand that I am no such thing. I do not go about unescorted at any time- I can and often do create quite capaible gaurds for myself. And if you doubt my own prowess.. then you doubt the general's own teachings." The darkness grows deeper and Thane and Ciel can both feel that that it is pressing down around them. This time her voice is not so light nor so gentle.
"I choose to have guards. I choose to honor what is asked of me... be grateful that I do so..." And darkness suddenly lets up. Now the sight of her Majesty's smiling face makes the moment before seem only a vague and silly thought.
"I'm really hungry, please. Lets go! Lets go!" She grabs both of their hands and tugs- laughing.
"Come on!"
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Post by Thane on Apr 18, 2006 22:39:47 GMT -6
Thane looks befuddled as Ghostie flourishes into a death bloom. His eyes squint and his legs strain at the force exerted upon him. Thane listens to Ereshkigal speak of her prowess and her choosing to have guards. Thane flinches as the force subsides and he looks up at Ereshkigal as she takes his paw as if nothing had happened. As they move onward in their way to the kitchen, Thane's heart is still stung by Ghosties words and he is compelled to speak his heart. "I have never doubted your strength My queen, nor have I let that knowledge lessen my concern for your safety." Thane says looking confused. "I simply was unaware that our tireless vigilance is causing you great discomfort. That is not the desired effect. It pains me greatly to hear from your deadly sweet lips that we have become as a thorn rather than a trusted instrument in your skilled hand."
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Post by Ciel on Apr 19, 2006 9:10:13 GMT -6
As Ciel is weighed for the moment,she closes her eyes. When it subsides and Erishkegal grabs her and Thane's hands, she giggles right along with her.
"Oh Master Thane, please....let's get some snacks, shall we?"
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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2006 10:38:12 GMT -6
Still tugging on Thane and Ciel's hands The Queen says abruptly "Thane, you always wanted to be a guard right? Did it ever occur to you that maybe I didn't want to be a Queen? That I don't feel that being Queen has done anything good for me- that before all this... I was free..." She stops dead in the hall and turns back her mouth tilted upwards at the corner but not really smiling.
"I think that a little sarcasam on my part is a small price for one favored gaurd to withstand- to understand that I am taking this seriously. I am very aware of your duties and the seriousness. You and my dear Lye and even the General are not thorns in my side. I simply miss being free and..." She turns and dropping your hands goes on towards the kitchens.
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