Seeking My Admirer

[Kender Bard]

Thelon glanced around nervously as he teleported into Ronduin with his wife. "Do you think I should go talk to Cascata?" he asked earnestly.

[Northen Light36]

Tres is clearly on edge too, but for a deeper, more instintive reason. There aren't many Fires who are comfortable in the home of the Waters after all. "Perhaps," Tres says slowly. "But I'm not sure... Two leaders meeting does tend to attract attention. Do we want that?" Tres frowns thoughtfully. "Let's go see my sister first. She works with Cascata a bit, she might have some advice on getting to see Cascata quietly."

[Kender Bard]

"Agreed," Thelon replied and looked about with a sense of helplessness. "Erm, where should we start looking for her? The last time I was here was... under less pleasant circumstances."

[Northen Light36]

Tres closed her eyes for a minute, trying to jog the very VERY old memory of her last visit. "This way," she says after a moment, not certain, but still pretty sure she knows the way.

Luckily Tres was right and the couple soon arrive at Artica's house. "Artica! You home?" Tres calls as she knocks on the door.

"Tres?!" comes back the sound of two voices followed by running footsteps. To Tres' surprise and delight, both Artica and Zap appear at the door and the triplets reunite in a flury of delighted hugs.

"Tres! What are you doing here?" Artica asks. "And what's this I hear about you getting married? I can't believe it! Who would have thought- Oh!" Artica flushes faintly as she notices Thelon for the first time.

[Kender Bard]

Thelon chuckled nervously, forgetting himself as well amidst the reunion as he bowed his head politely to Artica. "Aye, I cannot believe she accepted either, but I am very glad she did."

[Northen Light36]

"Well, no exchanging family news on the doorstep," Artica says firmly, pulling off the shawl she's wearing and draping it over Tres' shoulders. "Tres, you must be freezing. Inside with you, now." Laughing happily, Tres takes Thelon's hand as Artica shooes her guests into the house. "Zappary, make yourself useful and get the fire going before Tressie catches her death of cold."

Rolling his eyes at Thelon, Zap heads outside for firewood while Artica fusses over her sister then smiles at Thelon. "Now, what brings you and Tressie to Ronduin, sir?"

[Kender Bard]

~Tressie?~ Thelon repeats in a murmur within Tres's mind, not bothering to conceal his amusement at that. In a more serious tone, he explains the situation of the letters to Artica, the mysterious one-letter-signing, the tracing of them back to Ronduin through Threnody. "I really wish to find this man. While I am wary of him, I am also worried he will do something drastic to hurt himself or others in this insane quest of his."

[Northen Light36]

Tres gives her husband a dark look. 'Breathe, or think, that name to anyone and you'd better get used to an empty bed dear,' she warns silently. Artica continues to fuss over her sister, but her expression grows grim as she listens to the story. So does Zap's as he lights a fire - which Tres quickly moves closer to - and listens.

"I see," Artica murmurs. "Well I think that Cascata... and Ace... really should be told about this. I assume you'd like to handle this discretely?"

[Kender Bard]

"Yes please," Thelon sighed. "I would like to speak with Cascata directly, in fact, though I'm unsure about this Ace fellow you mention."

[Northen Light36]

Artica nods. "Ace is the head of the city guards, I think he'd be invunurable in helping track down your stalker..."

"And?" Tres asks. Artica laughs.

"You know me too well, little sister," she replies. "And he'll be an insufferable prat if I don't warn him of a lunatic running around the city. Don't worry Thelon. You and Tres rest here and I'll take care of everything." Hugging Tres again, and taking back her shawl, Artica heads out to go see Cascata and ask her to come back to Artica's place.

[Kender Bard]

Cascata had no compunctions about slipping away from work for a little, and was more than happy to go with Arctica. "Oh thank goodness, you saved me from work." She giggled quietly. "I could probably excuse myself whenever I like, but I feel like I should do my share."

[Northen Light36]

"Well, to be honest I haven't really," Artica replies with a smile. "But I'll remember that for the future." She winks at her friend. "You'd be surprised how often things pop up that I need to talk to you about, and simply must be discussed away from the office." Once they're closer to her house and away from the crowds, Artica quietly fills Cascata in on Thelon's situation.

[Kender Bard]

"Poor man!" Cascata exclaimed quietly. "I should hate to be in his position." Walking in, he smiled as Thelon sprang to his feet to bow to her. "Oh still the gentleman, I see. Your manners precede you, Master Thelon."

Thelon smiled nervously and sat again. "Thank you, Mother Cascata. Let me explain my-"

"Artica filled me in," Cascata assured him. "I think if you still have the letters I could ask my secretaries to compare the signatures to some official documents."

[Northen Light36]

"We have them," Tres assures Cascata, pulling the letters out of her pack. Artica and Zap just able fall on her, taking the letters and reading them with looks of growing concern.

"Well I can see why you're concerned," Artica murmurs, passing a letter to Cascata. "We'll do everything we can to help. Mother Cascata, I think I should go fetch Ace as well." To herself she thinks, 'And get a escort arranged for Tres too...'

[Kender Bard]

"Ace has been in a tizzy," Cascata murmured, frowning. "I mean he will certainly take this job, but evidently he's in a roaring rage that someone got away from the guards. I'm not sure who or what the circumstances are. If one is led to believe the healers, someone there just got up from their deathbed and walked out." She looked positively puzzled about that.