Kalique Abrasax
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Post by Kalique Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 15:27:44 GMT -5
"Of course, " said Kalique.
She started gathering her skirt to rise, but leaned closer to Balem's ear before she did.
"My poor brother," she cooed. "This won't take too long. Your people can always draw you a nice bath afterward..."
She smiled and stood.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 16:07:47 GMT -5
"You needn't fret on my account, Kalique," Balem said, coolly conversational. "It'll be a great relief to all of us once these matters wrap themselves up. Should I summon my own guards, or shall we fend for ourselves?"
There was a belt somewhere on what he was wearing, and it would probably be better to fasten it before the newcomers glimpsed more gloriously contoured chest than they'd hoped for.
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Kalique Abrasax
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Post by Kalique Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 16:26:38 GMT -5
"For my part, I-"
Kalique stopped short, touching behind her right ear.
"Yes, just a moment- excuse me, gentlemen- you may go on without me, I'll catch up."
She nodded toward her brother and Tivan, ignoring the acknowledgment that came in turn from Tivan's maidservant, and abruptly hurried toward one of the interior doors, voice fading as she receded from view.
"Yes, what of it- what...?"
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The Collector
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 16:28:12 GMT -5
Tivan watched her go. It was a long moment before he looked at Balem again.
"I leave it at my lord's discretion."
He smiled and bowed deeply.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 17:05:08 GMT -5
Briefly, Balem frowned.
"They'd only trample the wildlife. Your company will have to suffice."
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 17:45:29 GMT -5
"Very well. If your lordship will lead the way...?"
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 18:40:06 GMT -5
And naturally, uncle Tivan was much too set in his ways to have his own transport augmentations put in, so late in life. Balem touched a hand to the implant behind his ear, and went to open a portal at the far wall.
(The pressure change set his sleeves rippling a little, but there was something invigorating about stepping through a portal as the partition scattered, and feeling the chill.)
"Single-file, gentlemen. After me."
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 18:49:35 GMT -5
"Carina. Come."
He produced a pair of heavily tinted glasses from with his cloak and slipped them over his eyes in preparation.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 19:06:42 GMT -5
How quaint.
Before long, they were trotting through a great glass acropolis, hung with banners and spotted here and there with observatory posts. Balem pointed these out, as they passed their towers and crossed through a series of suspiciously lunar gates. These people liked to watch the stars -- a hopeful sign in any civilization. With greater resources, or a few more centuries, they might have taken to the heavens themselves, but too late.
"Are you interested in manufacturing? Agriculture? Textiles? Mother's notes show the presence of a university system, and several ports--"
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 19:34:31 GMT -5
"None of that matters to you, Lord Balem, so I must ask why you think it will matter to me," Tivan interjected. "Any artifacts these people have produced will be more readily gathered the day after tomorrow, and I will happily add their records to my library when that happens. But since their culture is of no consequence to your lordship, I must admit that your pride feels a bit... transparent."
His expression was flat, even with the glasses blocking part of it.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 23:03:00 GMT -5
"There's a leprosarium off the coast, and a profoundly inbred royal family. Does any of that intrigue you?"
Balem continued as placidly as before, folding his hands in a weird parody of Tivan's sorry little servant girl.
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 23:28:22 GMT -5
"And you'll use them all the same?" Tivan inquired dryly.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 23:31:51 GMT -5
"Oh, as a matter of course. We can't all have perfect genes."
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Post by The Collector on Feb 16, 2015 23:44:09 GMT -5
Tivan titched his tongue disapprovingly.
"And how much of a loss would it be for you to cede them? I should hate to go without more... representative... specimens, but I dislike the idea of someone finding out about your lordship's... neglect. Terrible for business."
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 16, 2015 23:57:35 GMT -5
"You're more than welcome to skim off the impurities. At the end of the day, it's no more than a handful of rogue developments among otherwise healthy stock -- no splices, no hybrids."
Let him do what he liked with a dozen-odd overdeveloped aristocrats; the real freaks out of this batch would render just as easily as their more shapely peers, and wouldn't amount to a fraction of a vial of Regenex anyway. (One that would mysteriously find its way into a hated relative's private chambers.) It wouldn't do in the long term to cut corners, but out of all of mother's pet projects, this one had stayed well within a reasonable margin.
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