Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Sept 30, 2008 17:55:27 GMT -5
((WHUT. )) *Sculpts...something.*
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 27, 2009 14:19:39 GMT -5
*Xerxes had spent many sleepless nights sculpting. The sculptures were terrible, he knew...but it occupied his hours.*
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 11:03:13 GMT -5
After dinner, footsteps sounded in the hall. Only one set, however--the heavy footfalls of the eunuch charged with bringing the dancing girl to the King's chambers. The dancing girl herself stepped lightly, soundlessly, perhaps because of her fear rather than in spite of it. She was beautiful, though she did not know it--her modesty knew only that she was far too exposed for her liking. But she had smooth skin, black hair and green eyes framed by dark lashes and enhanced with kohl, and a dancer's lithe body.
She entered, her hands in front of her, staring dumbfounded at the sculptures.
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 12:03:02 GMT -5
*Xerxes continued sculpting for a few moments before he stood to acknowledge her presence. Extending a hand, he beckoned her nearer.*
"Come--come and see, if you wish."
*He turned to the statues.*
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 12:07:56 GMT -5
This... was not exactly what she'd expected. This was the King? The man who kept them all here... playing with clay? ((Unless it's stone?)) She approached as commanded, unable to do anything else. But she had difficulty focusing on anything but him, for it was he she was uncertain about.
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 12:14:41 GMT -5
((Clay!))
"...it's supposed to be a Greek god," *he explained. The girl's silence was strange, but he was not surprised. Still, he wondered at her feelings.*
"...how do they call you?" *he asked, though he very well knew her name.*
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 12:18:37 GMT -5
Esmeralda knew nothing about Greek gods, though she had probably heard of several. She swallowed, recalling Djali and Anastasia waiting for her.
"Esmeralda. Sir," she said, her voice quiet. "How... do they call you?"
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 12:24:57 GMT -5
"Uh..."
*That was a new one.*
"Xerxes...well, that is, generally people call me "my lord.""
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 14:30:54 GMT -5
"Oh yes. My lord," she amended. "I've never met a king before." She looked up at him finally. "What are you going to do to me?"
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 14:32:39 GMT -5
*Xerxes raised an eyebrow.*
"...they did not--did no one in the harem prepare you? Inform you of your place in my household?"
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 14:36:25 GMT -5
"Oh! Well, they did... They said we were being prepared for the king, to be used as you saw fit. My lord." She looked down. "I'm not sure I believed them."
But he was much handsomer than she'd imagined.
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 14:41:53 GMT -5
"And what do you believe of me, now that you are here? Now that you see me? I suppose you think...you think that I am a tyrant?"
*Xerxes dipped his hands into a bowl of water, idly smoothing the clay on his sculpted figures.*
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 14:49:50 GMT -5
Esmeralda paused to consider this.
"I don't know you at all, my lord," she said. "But it seems to me... Anyone who keeps slaves, and kidnaps women, doesn't need to be met to think that."
It wasn't exactly bravery that prompted such talk, but she had been raised among gypsies, who valued their freedom highly. In the harem, she had retreated inwardly. But given a face for her plight, she was able to speak to it.
|
|
Xerxes
- In the Duggins -
I am King. And I need answer to no one.
Posts: 53
|
Post by Xerxes on Jan 28, 2009 14:53:45 GMT -5
"Kidnapped?" *He shook his head.* "But you are subjects of my empire...and bound to serve me, are you not?"
|
|
|
Post by Esmeralda on Jan 28, 2009 15:07:04 GMT -5
Esmeralda frowned prettily. "But I wasn't in your empire when someone came by on a horse and grabbed me," she pointed out. "I was in Paris." Her eyes widened. "Do you own Paris?"
|
|