Bard Meets Bastard

[Darastrix]

~Hell, she wouldn't mind if we did a lot more than that,~ Schuldig sent after her before walking off to find Filly.

[Devon]

"Nice to meet you either way Schuldig," Marion said. "I suppose I'll be seeing you around." The bard gave him a slight bow and turned to follow Emerald

[Kender Bard]

Emerald didn't deign to respond with words - her sudden flush of startled embarrassment was enough.

"What trouble are you getting up to while I'm gone?" Filly asked, approaching Schuldig once she spotted him and trying to pull him into an embrace. "You know, once you leave, Khelek grows so terribly dull."

[Darastrix]

"Of course," Schuldig replied as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm the most interesting thing in that damn ice field. But I haven't managed to get myself into any trouble yet." He grinned. "Impressive, I know."

[Kender Bard]

"Very," Filly agreed and kissed him. "I trust things here are at least more interesting. I even brought a pretty dress so I could play with the courtiers. Harmony assured me that I must. She said, 'All the adults think it's just amazing fun, though I can't see why.'"

[Darastrix]

Courtiers.

"I don't think you're going to like what's probably going to be going around court next," Schuldig told her. "Emerald just found out some courtier was murdered and they don't have the guy yet."

Mood-killer, yes, but if Filly was going to be around, she needed to know, too.

[Kender Bard]

Filly's expression fell. "Oh, that's terrible," she murmured. "I hope they catch him soon. What a waste of life..." She shut her eyes. Though her voice was soft and sympathetic there was almost a kind of anger in her expression. She shook her head and it faded. "Well, I'll be careful, I promise. And I'll keep Harmony close."

Those assurances made, she perked up again. "How has Nagi been?"

[Darastrix]

"The kid's had his ups and downs. He can pick up study and stuff pretty fast and he's got a great memory for facts, but with all the 'lessons' Twilight's been giving him, he kinda has this dazed expression half the time," Schuldig said.

[Kender Bard]

Filly laughed quietly. "Poor Nagi," she said, without a great deal of sympathy in her voice. "I imagine this trip has been the most informative. Perhaps he can spend the next one letting the things he's learned settle in."

She nestled close and reached up to her forehead, brushing her sign. "Just let me announce myself." ~Nagi?~ she sent out. ~Guess who's decided to come stay for the rest of the trip.~

[Darastrix]

Schuldig made a non-committal noise. "It's not the stuff he's trying to remember, it's the 'how to act like a king' stuff. The social confidence and shit he can't just learn."

~Filly? Schuldig didn't tell us you were coming,~ Nagi sent back.

[Kender Bard]

Now Filly did look a bit more sympathetic. "Sometimes I think he would be better off learning from you in that regard. At least on some things. Have you tried to help him a little?"

~It was a last minute decision we made~ she admitted to the Prince. ~We missed one another so I packed my bag and sought to remedy that. Schuldig tells me you're a little overwhelmed with your work.~

[Darastrix]

"I dunno. Twilight's got an excess of confidence same as me," Schuldig said. "And I'm probably the last person you want teaching someone how to act. Nagi's probably better off using me as an example of what not to do."


~It's not that bad,~ Nagi replied, shoving his frustration to the back of his mind. ~I met Locket's family. They seem nice.~

[Kender Bard]

Filly pat Schuldig's cheek gently. "You don't have much confidence in yourself dear. You'd make an excellent teacher so long as Nagi remembered not to shuck his manners aside completely." ~I'm glad they're agreeable~ she returned. ~I doubt I need to even ask if she's enjoying herself as well. I hope you're at least finding fun where you can.~

[Darastrix]

"If I don't have much confidence in myself, what the hell am I supposed to teach him, then?"


~When I look for it,~ Nagi said. ~But that's not really why I'm here.~

[Kender Bard]

Filly made a face, feeling as though she was being assaulted on two fronts. She stuck her tongue out Schuldig and decided to drop things with Nagi, for now. ~Very well, Nagi~ she conceded, and made a note to speak with Locket later. She should keep an eye on how burnt out Nagi was getting. "You do very little to ever help me, you know that?" She sighed. Well, at least she wasn't bored now. She stepped away from him. "Did you have any plans for the day?"