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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:21 pm
"Oh, questions about me? Oh..."
Alexander wasn't use to anything being about him at his job in the castle; it was always about the Royal Family or someone that was apparently more important, never about the Minstrel. Tou rarely showed happiness, but a slight change in facial expression was all it took to show Alexander was happy.
"Well, you see I'm half Tou, the other half being human. Impure aren't allowed to be Tou citizens and I was sold off into slavery. Through trades and purchases, I've eventually came to here in the castle as you Minstrel; best few weeks of my life so far."
Despite how miserable Alexander felt here at the castle being mocked by the sight of the Royal Family due to his own heritage -yet being stuck as a Minstrel bowing before Dirt Bloods- he always knew it could be far worse. The life of an Impure Tou was one of any other citizen in Dakrim; a peasant and very few ever required riches.
"Dirt Blood company is generally considered to be barbaric in Tou culture, but in my life time I've met quite a few that prove that wrong; My father's butler Jeeves was quite a likeable human, then there's Grant, and finally you Princess. If I didn't get a job here at the castle, I would be shoveling horse droppings elsewhere; this is the best I can do with my heritage and I've learned to live with it. What was worst was I got a taste for five years what it was like to be royalty and now spent my other 52 years as a slave for Dirt Bloods, then a few weeks here as your castle Minstrel. My life could be alot worst and I still have a large portion of it to go, maybe things can turn around for me eventually."
Alexander didn't like to talk about it too highly, but being a Minstrel was his dream job: he got live at a castle, he could play and perform wonderful acts of art, and finally Alexander could meet delightful people. Any other job just wouldn't be pleasing enough for Alexander and he was sure his father would have at least wanted him to enjoy his life among the Dirt Bloods. There was another subject Alexander didn't mention much: his father. Alexander’s father was a bit more open minded than any other Tou since he believe the Tou should treat other races as equals in order to get true perfection because that was all Tou strived for: Perfection.
"But I'm sure that's enough about myself, what about you Princess? What has you life been like at this castle?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:39 pm
 Jewlet said. "You are welcome." She sat back down and started to practic with her powers. She had found many ways to use it, but most of the time she just used it for everyday things that she would need help with. She looked at Grant and then at the sky. "I am fine." She answered. "And how are you, Sir Grant?" 'Well he's a bit uneasy.' She thought though looking right at him, sencing the way he felt.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:56 pm
Amanae listened intently as he spoke, feeling horror but no real surprise. Through no fault of his own, the most this poor person had been sent away by his people to live as a slave. She knew that this was simply how the Tou operated; they certainly hadn't been trying to be cruel. Still, it took a great deal of effort to keep her expression of polite interest from shifting into one of pity. Alexander wouldn't have been very pleased by that at all, and she still had several things she wanted to ask him.
Before she could, however, the conversation took a somewhat unpleasant turn-- back to her. Amanae smiled, but it felt a little forced. "I have only been here about an hour, Alexander; I am hardly in a position to decide."
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:21 pm
"Oh...I didn't know that, sorry. I'm not much for conversation, not too many people actually have conversations with me; the peasants in the quarters just tell me how adorable I look and I don't have the heart to tell them I'm in my late fifties, so my social skills are a little low."
Alexander needed to bring thing back up and it seemed the conversation stayed in the green when he spoke about himself, but that was selfish. Maybe if he spoke about Tou culture then asked her a question about her own culture to balance it out, maybe it would work. The thoughts of confusion were a plain expression on his face; if it wasn't for his human half, he would be able to keep his face from displaying any sort of emotion.
"Maybe we can speak more about the Tou? You seem to be interested in that and my father did his best to cram as much knowledge on the Tou before I was sent away."
Alexander remember that well: on the day of his fifth birthday, the Elders discovered Alexander's impurity and his father was given three weeks to dispose of both Alexander and his mother or authority actions would have been taken. During those weeks Alexander spent a great deal of time with his family instead of Jeeves as his tutor. When the day came, Alexander and his mother were split up: Alexander sold into slavery and his mother shipped off to Tou labor camps. It was then Alexander knew he would never see his mother again. For his father, there were no chances left since this was his fourth offense to Tou Law and he was executed. These memories were a burden for Alexander twenty or so years ago, but Alexander eventually accepted them.
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:36 pm
Amanae smiled again, but this time it was completely genuine. It suddenly occurred to her that this was one person who would never betray her to gain social standing; it just wouldn't enter his head. "Am I that obvious? Indeed, I would like to hear more about the Tou. There isn't an awful lot written on their culture, for obvious reasons, but what I have managed to read is fascinating."
The smile faded a little as her body traitorously reminded her of how tired it was. I was in a liter on the way here! I haven't done anything all day! Why am I tired? There was no answer. "However, I might have to satisfy my curiosity at some later point." She dropped a small curtsy, an action which would have sent her etiquette instructor into a fit of shock and rage; princesses, of course, did not curtsy to commoners. The thought made her grin. "It has been an honor, Alexander. And..." she paused, searching for the right words. They were surprisingly difficult to find, and even harder to say; she wasn't used to being honest. "Please do not make yourself uneasy about asking me what my life was like here; it was a perfectly reasonable question. I was the one who behaved inappropriately."
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:06 pm
"It's understandable Princess; no one is perfect, not even those who strive for it. Now you go on and rest; I'll be playing my violin for dinner tonight and I just might practice for my friend Grant's conversation."
Alexander had a devious plan to play a love song during the conversation between him and the woman he was with. What could be more awkward then having a love song play while you spoke to someone? Maybe being the one playing that song in a ridicules costume, but that was beside the point. Alexander didn't want to keep Amanae waiting and decided it best to bow and speak again.
"Enjoy your stay at the castle; whenever you think it's bad here, just do what I do: remember someone else probably has it far worse."
Alexander unlatched his violin from his back and held it with both hands. The fiddle was located on the belt Alexander had with his Minstrel's costume as if concealed like a blade of some sort. Since Alexander didn't want to distract the Princess from herself since she was tired, he removed the fiddle from his holster without the use of levitation like normal. The violin was in his left hand and the fiddle was in his right. Now he just needed to wait for the perfect moment between Grant and his friend to start a lovely tune.
"Now you be off while I make some entertainment for myself."
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:21 pm
Amanae glanced from the violin in his tiny hands to the couple sitting some 75 meters away. The pretty human girl had a curiously blank look on her face, and the Captain was looking decidedly awkward. She turned back to Alexander, arching her eyebrows. After a second, she smiled slightly. "At dinner, then," she replied noncommittally, "Have fun." With that, she turned and walked back into the kitchen.
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:08 am
Please Read! ((fist off sorry i disappeared yesterday. i had to move back to my home in NH and it took all day to do them. also i just sent niro away. so Takerucoh he doesn't necessarily have to find you. I will post for my char. in a sec k. thank you for your time.))
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:13 pm
  Grant took a drink of his Ale. "Well today has been a little nerve racking at best. With the arrival of the dignitaries I have been in a state of confusion. I still have yet to meet then all formally." Grant said before sighing. He ate his food slowly trying not to talk and chew at the same time as he usually did in the mess hall with his men. There wasn't such things as manners in the mess hall their usually wasn't time. "Though you think I would be used to this by now. No one above me takes me seriously." This was the true reason he commanded the men in his unit so hard. He knew the event of a castle attack was less than possible at this point in time but if he could keep them as the best unit in the royal army maybe his commanders and the new king would give him the respect he deserved. Unfortunately it didn't, no matter how good he was he could never compare to how his father ran things and therefore the only people he got respect from was the people under him. Thinking about this always made Grant a little depressed. Grant sighed again as the nervousness was over powered by his own doubts in himself. 
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:00 pm
 As told, Niro head straight to the blacksmith to get fitted. He wanted to get that taken care of before attempting to bring back the prince. From what he have heard, something strange happens when you look into his the eyes. With that much trouble, he defendantly couldn't get fitted afterwards. It didn't take him too long to get to the shop. Dusting himself off so that he wouldn't be a complete mess, he enter inside. The blacksmith was busy forging a new sword that he has been working on since this morning. He finally noticed Niro and frowned at the young lad. " What do you want boy!" Niro sighed to himself. Why does everyone fuss at me, it's like I stole something. "Umm, Sir....I mean Captain Grant sent me here. I need a suit of armor made. Here is a letter from him." The man looked through the letter and then at Niro. " They must be despite for help. Whatever, I Have just the thing." The blacksmith went over to a corner and picked up a few discarded pieces of armor. He brought it back to the table to dust off. " See, I made this a while back, but it was too small for the other knights. This should fit nicely on a runt like you." Niro pouted at that remark, but shook it off. The armor did look great and seem light enough to fit his needs. The blacksmith helped Niro put on the pieces of the armor [ picture but silver and minus the cape and hat]. When they were done, they both realized how well it fit on him. It was a picture perfect fit. "Wow, this feel great. Thank you." The blacksmith waved a hand, " Nah, I should thank you. I needed to get ride of it. Now get going, I have a lot of work to do." Niro nodded and went off to get the prince. [Falkot, you can post what's in the letter.]
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:06 pm
((its just a standard "By order of Captain Grant MacTwain. Yada yada yada. New armor. Yada yada yada. Bill the castle." sorta thing.))
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:34 pm
(i edited an dcolored in the pic with photoshop ^^)
Cyrith smiled for a moment as he looked over at the sleeping girl next to him, her golden hair laying spread over her pillow. so peaceful and calm. 'Time to go," the Prince thought as he grabbed for his clothes.
Minutes later he was back on the streets, a spring in his step and a whistle on his lips. He followed the crowd to wherever it would take him, and as usual, he was brought straight to the business district. Amongst the dozens of stalls, he spotted one being run buy a human girl, likely in her parents absence. Casually, he searched through her wears, slyly looking up just once to see that she was watching him. With a smirk, he quickly grabbed the nearest item he could find, a small broach, "Excuse me miss, i hate to trouble you but I am looking for a gift for my future sister-in-law and seeing as you are about her size, I was wondering if you would model it for me?"
The girl's face flushed, and the prince knew already that he had won.
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:39 pm
 Jewlet listioned as Grant spoke. She looked down with just her eyes. She nodded her head, as she looked back up. With her powers she had slowly been braiding her hair into small braids. "Oh." She looked at him with a small fown. She turned her head feeling the air get heavy. "Don't give up." She started. "You can do anything, if you keep in good spirit. But by the your aroa feels- your not in good will." She turned back to him. "I may have no right to say this. I don't believe you need to have the kings or others respect/ acceptance to know you are good at your job. You must know it." She sighed lightly. "Don't let the higher ups push you into a hole you can't get out of, Sir Grant." [[Ohhh wow. awsome]]
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:10 pm
 "Thank you Jewlet." Grant said. "I know I am good at what I do but it helps to hear it some times." Grant smiled a little. Continuing to eat Grant looked over at Jewlet every now and again. After a few minutes Grant pushed his plate in between the two of them. Looking into Jewlet's eye's for a half a second before they shifted away Grant said. "You didn't bring anything to eat yourself. Are you hungry?" Grant grabbed a small piece of meat and tossed it into his mouth.
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:45 pm
 Jewlet nodded lightly. "Well, true." She looked down wishing she would listion to herself, but right now- was to late, she was in that hole. She stopped the braiding of her hair once it was finished. "I miss lunch unless I miss breakfast." She answered and just then her stumache let out a light growl. Her right eye brow twitched. "Well. My stumache says other wize." She sighed and shook her head wondering why she was hungry, even though she had breakfast.
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