Café de Nuit

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg Flora curtsies slightly and reaches for the Shield with her free hand; the babe in her arms has worked one arm free of the wrappings that binds him and touches the Shield as his mother takes it from Richard's hands, and for a momen...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg Rual gives Richard a look of displeasure and seems about to give a sharp answer when Flora steps around her. "Will you give it to me?" she asks. "I will keep it safe this night." As she speaks the Shield moves i...

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/cattiabutton.jpg With a chair to stand on the job becomes fairly straightforward. A few minutes gets the trapdoor open and pushed aside; pulling herself up, she finds herself in a small space, just wider than her outstretched arms in ...

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/vasili-button.jpg Suddenly Tara's voice, low and distinct, sounds in Vasili's ears, speaking rapidly but clearly. " They think we're here for ApFittle. Took Rojan away. Fear I'll cast spells, watching close. Sticking to ghost sto...

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/lenabutton.jpg "Brigid has my confidence," Lady Isolt says, in response to Lena's silent question. "Though if we've no need of her here...Brigid, could you look for the laird's sword? Try the north tower. Hurry." A...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg "I have not heard of such a one as this Ezra," Rual says flatly, her face settling into an expression of angry skepticism. "And there's no castle near this place. You've the look of no Forfarian, either. Give me that...

Richard isn't actually sure what it's made of. The two substances that come to mind are ivory and marble (ivory for texture, marble for weight). It seems to be very slightly flexible, such that he imagines it snapping rather than shattering as it broke.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg "I don't," Rual says, looking at it skeptically. "Who told you it was here? A priestess of the Queen of Battles*?" Shaking her head, she continues, "If you found it here, you must leave it here, foreigner. ...

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/lenabutton.jpg Brigit (the serving maid deputized to your service by the laird) leads you back to the Lady Isolt's tapestry room, where she waits to receive you. "Did you have a pleasant talk with my husband?" she asks, her ...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg "My... my lady, you seem ill. Can I-I-I -- can I-I aid...?" Richard asked the other woman quietly. He wondered if she still acted as a ghost, when she looked like flesh and blood, and if a well meaning attempt to heal her...

Quick note to Nerit--Tara isn't present. Vasili is communicating with her through his message spell.

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/lenabutton.jpg Craig makes a dismissive gesture. "I suppose they did, hardly seems worthwhile for the gods to trouble themselves otherwise. My daughter, I am afraid, takes after her father." He half-smiles. "Too headstr...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/setasouji/richardbutton.jpg The older woman gives Richard a fierce, skeptical look, and growls, "A stranger, come to this sacred place by night and armored? Are you bearing arms?" "Rual," the other woman almost whispers from behind her. &q...

Just to note--Richard is, at the moment, extra-non-threatening because he has left his greatsword in Isolt's tomb. (!)

http://mothblog.djinnborn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/11/lenabutton.jpg "The goddess Ezra?" Craig repeats, looking at Lena with great interest (but not showing the slightest inclination to hand over any papers he may have acquired from her). Then, to Marcel, "This would be th...