Jujube Cabin; Alcove A1, Friday Noonish [ 07/23 ].
Feeling refreshed and sweaty from a good workout the salle, Alexander returned to his room feeling very good and very ready for a shower. He came in, tossed the jerkin he'd lost very quickly onto his bed, and then immediately startled at the man standing there in the corner of his alcove.
"Who are you?" he asked...demanded, really, his adreneline high and about two seconds away from just decking the stranger in his formitable chin.
"You don't recognize me, your highness? I'm only but your birthrite."
Alexander still kept his fist curled and tightened, ready to fly in a moment's breath. But he frowned, deeply, as these were words not to be taken lightly. "You speak in riddles, sir. I ask that you please speak frankly, or else there may be consequences to pay."
"Missing something?" the man gained a roguish smile. "Something small? Something important, though it has only recently come into your possession?"
Alexander thought for a moment; the man's eyes down. Alexander followed them, toward his hand. He blinked and then gasped. "My ring!" Immediately, he went to where he had left it, not about to wear it while training, and, to his dismay, he found it gone. "No! It's gone! Where is it?" He turned to the man, seizing him by the collar and pulling him close to his growling face. "What have you done with it? Tell me now!"
The man just chuckled, causing Alexander's anger to rise within him, but then the man took a free hand and pointed to his chest. Aware that it could be a dupe, a way to trick Alexander's attention away so he could strike, he was skeptical at first but there was something in the man's eyes, a certain trustworthy glint, that Alexander went ahead and looked.
The man's shirt was marked with a large, encircled D. The exact signet on his ring, the one that pronounced him a member of the royal family of Daventry. Alexander blinked, letting the man go.
"Wait...what--?" And, as he looked at the man, and he nodded, and it all clicked in Alexander's brain.
"Zounds!"
[[ open post is open! I only think of these things too late! And, dude, a personification of Daventry is totally Bruce Campbell with a period-esque goatee, I don't care ]]
"Who are you?" he asked...demanded, really, his adreneline high and about two seconds away from just decking the stranger in his formitable chin.
"You don't recognize me, your highness? I'm only but your birthrite."
Alexander still kept his fist curled and tightened, ready to fly in a moment's breath. But he frowned, deeply, as these were words not to be taken lightly. "You speak in riddles, sir. I ask that you please speak frankly, or else there may be consequences to pay."
"Missing something?" the man gained a roguish smile. "Something small? Something important, though it has only recently come into your possession?"
Alexander thought for a moment; the man's eyes down. Alexander followed them, toward his hand. He blinked and then gasped. "My ring!" Immediately, he went to where he had left it, not about to wear it while training, and, to his dismay, he found it gone. "No! It's gone! Where is it?" He turned to the man, seizing him by the collar and pulling him close to his growling face. "What have you done with it? Tell me now!"
The man just chuckled, causing Alexander's anger to rise within him, but then the man took a free hand and pointed to his chest. Aware that it could be a dupe, a way to trick Alexander's attention away so he could strike, he was skeptical at first but there was something in the man's eyes, a certain trustworthy glint, that Alexander went ahead and looked.
The man's shirt was marked with a large, encircled D. The exact signet on his ring, the one that pronounced him a member of the royal family of Daventry. Alexander blinked, letting the man go.
"Wait...what--?" And, as he looked at the man, and he nodded, and it all clicked in Alexander's brain.
"Zounds!"
[[ open post is open! I only think of these things too late! And, dude, a personification of Daventry is totally Bruce Campbell with a period-esque goatee, I don't care ]]