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Post by Susan on Apr 29, 2008 19:21:08 GMT -5
*Susan came in, carrying her bags. A governess had been sent for, and here she was. The Elves knew instinctively she wasn't human, and had treated her better than if she had been. Of course, there were those disquieting rumors...*
"It's haunted- the murders cry out from the ground!"
*Susan hadn't ignored these, but wasn't afraid, either. Only silly heroines in gothic melodramas were concerned by bits of floating ectoplasm.*
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 16:21:31 GMT -5
*Nessa came through the castle, busy with taking care of her work. She saw a woman she had never met before and stopped to greet her.*
"Welcome to the Elven Kingdom of Lorien. I am Nessa Telemnar."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 16:23:46 GMT -5
*Susan nodded briskly*
"My name is Susan Sto-Helit. I'm the new governess."
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 16:28:41 GMT -5
*Nessa looked innocently at her. She hadn't heard about any children being born here for ages.*
"A governess, miss? For who?"
((Nessa was one of the Breeders for the War!Baby plot, and has only recently returned to Lorien. She doesn't know about Eva))
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 16:29:22 GMT -5
((Gotcha))
"The princess. Eva, I was told her name was."
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 16:35:23 GMT -5
*Nessa looked surprised. She had been to the coronation briefly, but a child, this soon? She widened her eyes.*
"Wow, that went fast! Well, this way... I think."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 16:38:59 GMT -5
*She followed the Elven girl down the hall*
"I understand the situation here is not particularly stable."
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 16:40:30 GMT -5
*Nessa laughed.*
"I'm only a chamber maid. I don't know much about politics."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 16:42:09 GMT -5
"In my experience, it's always been the maids who know the most of what's going on...they hear things, because people forget about them."
*She shrugged*
"Just curious."
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 16:51:05 GMT -5
*Nessa smiled and looked at her.*
"There are many maids at the court, madame Sto-Heit. And the walls in this castle have ears. Should we all talk freely of what we know, we would soon be without our jobs."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 18:49:31 GMT -5
"Reasonable enough."
*Quite honestly, she didn't care too much about the dynasty who hired her. Kings came and went, and they were all crooked and murdered their way to the top. It was quite an occasion when they didn't.*
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 18:53:33 GMT -5
*Nessa opened another door in the castle hoping that Eleanor would be in. She felt a little frightened of Steerpike, if she had to be honest.*
"Her majesty will often be in this room. I don't know if she is here right now."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 18:54:42 GMT -5
*Susan noticed Nessa's attitude*
"Is something wrong?"
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Post by Nessa Telemnar on Apr 30, 2008 19:02:39 GMT -5
*Nessa looked at her from the side. She didn't know this woman very well, and didn't know if she could trust her. She was not an elf. And no elf had sent for her, but the human rulers. Who suddenly had a child that Nessa had never heard about. And how well did this new woman know Eleanor and Steerpike? Nessa smiled nervously.*
"No - at least not what I know of."
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Post by Susan on Apr 30, 2008 21:36:28 GMT -5
You're not a very good liar- but that's none of my business.
"The one thing that concerns me is the child. I've heard rumors of ghosts in the castle..."
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