[Re-Intro] A bit high up there, for a kitchen rat....

[not_snake_bite]

He was just trying to find some air - the kitchens were too hot, Swelter was even more disgusting than usual, and he felt like... he was so very above them all.

The rooftops were his playground - his space of liberty - he skipped from one to the other, until he found himself as high as he could be, atop Gormenghast. Watching over the earldom was

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[ohmaiden]

yayyyyyyyyy! :D this ought to be good XD

If Steerpike somehow makes it into the kitchen, he'll find a sad-looking (she's always sad-looking, nowadays) young woman sitting at the table, drinking tea--a habit she's picked up from the elves. Iphigenia is still very much in mourning.

[ohmaiden]

She laughs at that. "Well, then...I'd like to, I think!"

[not_snake_bite]

He grins wider. "Then your wish has been," and he makes as if to wave a wand, "granted! I am Steerpike, kitchen rat of Gormenghast, but soon to be the greatest man of all!"

[ohmaiden]

"Greatest man of all? How will that work?" she asks, genuinely curious.

[not_snake_bite]

"Well, I'll have to find a way, won't I?" He grins, and there's something plotty about it, but also something a touch naive. "Will you help me?"

[ohmaiden]

"Only if you're nice to me," she replies, grinning.

[not_snake_bite]

"I will be very nice to you," he promises, fervently. "That is my sole goal in life - that, and being a great man!"

[ohmaiden]

"Fine," she says. "Then I'll help you."

[not_snake_bite]

He grins. "Oh, lovely Iphigenia. Will you dance with me to celebrate?" And extends a hand to her.

[ohmaiden]

She blushes deeply, taking his hand. "Oh, wow," she breathes."You're lovely too, you know, for being so nice to me."

[not_snake_bite]

"It would be hard not to be kind to such a lovely hostess - but we lack music, my lady, for this dance. Shall you sing?"

[ohmaiden]

Jfhdjfhdjsfhjdshfd bluuuuuush. "You'd have me sing for you?"

[not_snake_bite]

He throws himself at her knees impetuously. "If you would, I would be your servant forever, my lady."

[ohmaiden]

Whoa, Steerpike.

"--Really? You mean truly?"

[not_snake_bite]

He opens his arms, gives her puppy pleading eyes. "Truly, my lady, in all my terrible earnest! As true as I've fallen from the sky, and onto this place!"

[ohmaiden]

She giggles a little. "Of course, then! I'll sing for you!" she says, grinning.