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King Erasmus the Randomly Biased ([personal profile] offyougonow) wrote in [community profile] eswareinmal2012-01-13 11:49 am

[Log] Rebirth Height 4, lunch time!

Characters: King Erasmus the Utterly Unhelpful Randomly Biased and his reluctant loyal subjects!
Open? To all!
Where: The throne room in Schwanheim Castle. And possibly also the dinning room if you're late.
When: Just before lunch!


The castle in Schwanheim has two throne rooms. One is the type you would expect in these settings, an insanely ornate, intricately decorated work of art with a huge throne and stained glass and shining floors that echo when you walk down them. It's designed to humble and amaze those who would come and seek an audience with the king. It's also the type that gets aired out and dusted once a week and before important dignitaries and other royalty come for official visits.

The throne room that the King is in is rather different. Rich wood paneling, a comfy cushioned throne, rugs that seem a shame to wear shoes on, well lit by windows, big enough to fit 200 people, but not so big that it feels empty when the king is sitting around with just his cloud of advisers and bodyguards, chatting conversationally with a small cluster of his subjects.

The queue of visitors is rather short today, so give the steward your name and any title you happen to have and have a seat in the comfortable chairs in the waiting area until you're called in.



sorcerous: (the time to lie)

[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Meanwhile, Loki is going to keep a ready eye out for anyone who looks a bit less self-indulgent than the king. There must be a proper ruler here, even if it is just a power behind the throne.

He sweeps in, and, though it galls him, kneels before the king's throne and salutes with a fist over his heart. He moves to his feet without being asked or given leave, which is the most show of disrespect he can manage, as one trained to behave as a proper Prince of Asgard.

"Loki Silvertongue," he announces himself. Not Odinson; not Laufeyson. This is a name he has earned. "I have come to ask you of the menace that threatens your land."
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[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Hero. How tragic that they caught him in their fingers rather than Thor.

Then again, when did Thor ever bother to open a book?

"And as the birds fly," Loki asks. "Do they avoid the menace or travel freely above?"
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[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Loki makes careful note of that man. It will be worthwhile to speak with him alone, later, if he is the one the king looks to first.

"The catapult?" He questions.
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[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"A surprising use indeed," says Loki, dryly. "I was asking what was done with it, and how it reacted."
sorcerous: (quiet)

[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And Loki gives a little laugh, at that. "Fair enough," he says, "though when you have walked the Nine Realms, as I have, there is little you have never seen."

He listens, frowns, nods. He has tangled -- heh -- with enchantments of thorns before. A sort of enchantment he could have defeated, were he at full strength.

"Then it responds to attack," he says. "I believe a first step will be to see where the birds fly, and perhaps take wing myself to see what may be seen."

He glances to the King, inclines his head, as a slight gesture of respect, and turns to face the advisor. "What else has been tried?"
sorcerous: (such power)

[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-13 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
No doubt Loki could do better than a boy, but that wasn't the point, was it?

He paces a few steps, lean and tense. There's something of the wolf about him.

And he turns to the King.

"Your Majesty," he says, "you have already lost this battle. You cannot fight an enemy with a thousand arms, an enemy that does not suffer loss or pain. People may be killed, but the seeds of plants carry on the wind. You will never be able to rid yourself of this menace."

He pauses.

"Unless you find the source," he says. "Either there is some intelligence guiding this, or there is something to prompt the growth that we now see.

"So I ask you. Would you rather the heroes you find fight a battle they will lose, to protect your kingdom as long as possible, or find a way to learn the cause of the thorns?"
sorcerous: (ugh really)

[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-14 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
And Loki's steps still.

"Perhaps, then, there is some wisdom to you after all."

A breath.

"In Asgard, I was a trusted adviser to the King." This is a lie, but he delivers it with the same equanimity as he has all else. It isn't so far from the truth, is it? -- He could easily have fallen into that role, with Thor.

"I hope that, in time, I can find the same is true here."
Edited 2012-01-14 00:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sorcerous 2012-01-14 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"And I hope we do not find your faith is ill-placed."

He gives another bow.

He believes this concludes the audience.