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Henna finished tightening ever garment the prince owned then left quietly, gesturing for her assistant to follow. "Come on, we've work to do." She was smiling widely and seemed to be in much better of a mood. The air of murder had been though off and she was the same sweet kind soft young seamstress she had been hours before.

Henna walked quickly back up to her work room and started to sew Lace onto the almost finished outfit. She hummed softly as she sewed and every so often gave a sigh of contentment. “Alex?” She asked dreamily. “What do you want to be?” She was asking about his dream profession, she loved to know people hopes, sometimes if she knew them she would try and make them happen if she could.

((Erm uh... the uh... inner gates to a city usually are the castles main gates. You've got the outer city(siege) gates, which block entrance to the city, the inner city gates, which block entrance to the the castle grounds, and then the Inner Sanctum, which is basically the entrance gates the the Keep or Castle itself rather...))

((Actually I think we just said the same thing but just got them mixed up lol. In a sense we're both right. Usually a big castle will have outlying farms and such outside the city gates, and then things like the inns and such inside the first set of gates. Those gates protect from the initial siege. If those fall, the gates to the castle grounds are close. Usually on castle grounds you have emissaries, houses for barons, and other various government buildings. You also have the barracks and castle gardens and things like that. Usually you have to get permission to go past this point unless you are on official of the kingdom. After that you have one last set of gates which are the gates to the keep. These are usually always kept closed unless special permission is granted otherwise. Behind these gates usually lay a small enclosed corridor leading to the doors to the castle interior. The walls and such have slits for arrows to be shot through and slats in the ceiling to pour various molten liquids onto an opposing army that has made it that far.

... Sometimes I hate my accelerated courses back in middle school. We covered castles one and they made us build a 5 foot by 6 foot model of what one would look like. It sucked but it taught me stuff.

Anywho I'll try to figure something out. Don't really want to make myself look like an idiot in front of an idiot guard biggrin , but I don't want you to feel the fool either lol.))

"Well Lady Henna...I always wanted to be a scholar on the Tou Council and spend my time learning about others and customs, though being a slave and an Impure Blood made me realize I could never achieve such a dream...So now I settle for anything life provides for me."

Alexander didn't want to go too far into his wants due to the guilt it would give Henna. Instead he would just leave what he wanted alone and continue being an assistant to Henna. Alexander in truth always wanted to be part of the Tou Council as an Elder, but his heritage and social standings wouldn't allow such things. Alexander gave up on his hopes and dreams a long time ago; desires weren't for slaves since that would only be false hope.

"Though you shouldn’t be asking me such things..."

It wasn't really his choice to keep anything from Henna if she asked; the Slaver Seal made sure he always obeyed Henna unless it was too far above his disagreement. Alexander wasn't sad or depressed anymore because of his status in the world; he had come to terms with it on the same day his hopes and dreams died. Alexander’s current goal in life was to serve Henna till she or he himself died; thus was the binding of Alexander’s contract.

((The one with the smart guards I assume? We'll just assume I passed the siege gate and am now at the other one lol))

Looking at the gate, Dainne quickly took a survey of the guards. Their uniforms were straight and clean. They stood at attention and had a certain alertness in their eyes. Nodding to himself, Dainne approached the guards. Let's try this one more time.

"My name is Dainne Alexander Vadlionne, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Merional. Is the Captain of the Guard present? I wish passage and an audience with the head of the Gladaron family."

Alexander had no choice; he had to tell Henna wanted he wanted the most because of the seal on his hand. Alexander tried to resist the seal's power as best as he could, even gritting his teeth trying, but it was no use.

"I want power, wealth, and freedom..."

Alexander was exhausted trying to resist the seal's pulled and had a bit trouble breathing for a moment. Alexander exhaled and looked slightly embarrassed towards Henna, like he was ashamed of himself. Alexander didn't want to pressure Henna into releasing him; it was her right to keep his contract intact as long as she wanted, but all these questions would probably set her to think about it.

"Please Henna...Think nothing of what I say...Let us attend to more important matters now? Please?"

Fuming Leon and Aiden stepped forward. "You would dare think to make His Majesty wait? Where is your Captain?" It seemed as though if an appropriate answer was not given that these two would not hesitate to attack the poor guard.

Stepping forward, Dainne put a hand on Leon's shoulder. "That will be enough Leon, Aiden. It is only fair considering the fact that we failed to give prior notice of our visit." Turning to the guard he smiled slightly. "My apologies for this mans outburst. He is a loyal friend, and a better guard there is none. I'll wait for whomever I must, but I beg you to not make it long. There are matters of diplomacy I would like to discuss with His Majesty."
((Leon and Aiden can be accepted as prop characters right? They have no real history I feel like making up and are simply there to accentuate my position. Also they can make for some fun conversations in the future...))

A strange cat man on a white dutch draft horse came out of the woods behind them. "Because they don't have a captain!" The man shouted. It seemed the man was a little intoxicated. The man made his way onto the road and tried to stand tall in the saddle. "The idiots of the counsel threw him out because they needed someone to blame for glowing doors." The man then threw a glass bottle at the castle wall. "Your all stupid!" He yelled leaning back in his saddle to look up at the top of the castle wall. In doing so he lost his balance and fell backwards off his horse. The horse proceeded to walk to a patch of grass not to far off shaking it's head as if saying "o great."

"Hey Jenny get back here." the man said trying to get up and failing miserably.