Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31049256-20170919032125/@comment-28358106-20171009193242

(Scorn/S9) Aurum, barely able to contain her excitement, leaps to her father's side. "Uuhhmmm...Father?"

"Mmm? Yes?" He mumbles distractedly as he helps Regina adjust a wooden high chair for Gemmi.

Aurum claps her hands together and folds her fingers, hunching down in a very uncharacteristic begging posture. "Lady Imperia had invited me to the Covenant to shop for clothes and I never ask you to go anywhere because I know it's an imposition but this is the opportunity of a...lifetime...and...-gasp-..." She gasps as she takes a breath.

Lucida sees her opportunity and slides close, wearing an indignant look. "If she gets to go, then I get to go to their library! I've been invited too!"

"All right, all right!" Thomas holds his hands up for calm. "We can discuss it after dinner! We have other things to do first!"

"...Is that a 'yes'?" Aurum asks, her eyes glittering.

"You heard your father," Regina says with a lighter tone, as she adjusts the chair's eating tray. "We can discuss it AFTER dinner."

Lucida and Aurum know that the answer is a 'yes.' They look to each other and bunch up, giving tiny, quiet screams of delight.

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Tirush lowers her hand, her expression easing as she gives a little smile. "I apologize, d'hrra. I did not want to imply that I wished to hurt you." She waves her hand, her wing shaking and the fire going out. "I will join your hunt."

She looks down at the form on the table.

Her expression fades into one that is not often seen on her face. Her eyes glaze over as she gingerly picks up the paper between her thumb and forefinger. It looks absurdly dekicate in her hand.

A moment turns into a minute, then two. The fighters behind her grow impatient, but they don't dare say anything.

Slowly, her face turns a slight shade of red, her mouth small. She sets the paper down and clears her throat. She leans in, her voice low enough that only Alice can hear.

"...Must I...draw the sounds on this? I am...new to the markings of groundlings.  I do not yet know all of my letters."

Alice can see she is hiding a deep embarrassment.