Shakal
12-08-2007, 04:13
OOC:Just Some Char development for now, will expand to diplomacy and such after.
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
The Empress (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6h76vs1) sat on the shores of Lake Geneva basking in the bright sunlight. She remained quiet simply lying there in the privacy of the mountains that shielded her from all eyes. She was wearing nothing knowing that noone would dare enroach upon her private beach. She heard a feint crack among the trees and looked about for the animal that had made it. She thought she saw somethig move and looked closer. Nothing was there. She layed back down on the blaket and closed her eyes. After several minutes another click could be heard, this time much closer. She looked up and called out. "I demand to know who is there!" All that appeared was a large 6 point mail deer. She smiled and shook her head. She was going crazy. No sooner did she lie down and another noise was heard. It was a slight sound of metal on metal. She ignored it and jumped when a the thunderous sound of the musket was heard in the quiet. She screamed as a human form burst out of the woods into the clearing. The form looked at the dead buck then towrds the source of the scream. He recoiled at her lack of clothing and fell over backwards into the lake. She couldnt help but laugh as he scrambled out of the shallow water soon she realized nothing was around to cover her and ran into the water up to her neck. The boy, as she now realized, managed to stand up and keep his musket dry. "Who are you peasant?" She said. He wiped the water off his face and looked at her.
"My name is Derrick Von Braun. Who are you to adress me as lower than yourself?" He asked back.
"Are you an invalid?" The Empress asked back pointing madly. The water was cold, far to cold to swim. She shivered.
"Ha!" Derrick laughed. "At least I am not the one that shames myself by sunbathing in the nude."
"I am the Empress, I CAN DO WHATEVER I PLEASE TO! WHEN I PLEASE TO!" She yelled having to take a step out out of the water. Derrick was temporarily taken aback by the comment, if it was true, he would be dead within the day. He didnt believe it, while he was hunting the buck no sign of any carraige or guards was to bee seen. "You dont believe me?" She said.
"No, I do not." He replied. "If you where I need proof, I have heard rumors of a mark given to all of the Imperial family upon birth. If you can show me that, then I will believe you." He smiled, know that the mark was located on the family's lower back. He began to panic as the woman turned around and showed him the mark. His eyes opened wide and he got on one knee and bowed. "I am sorry Empress, I have never seen you before and was merely confused."
Kristina looked at him kneeling. He was still almost half her height holding his musket at his side into the air. She cocked her head, he was of noble desent, he knew of the mark, and his name contained the Von suffix. He was also a good shot with a musket. His head would be better suited to the army than the end of a pike.
"All is forgiven, but in payment you shall join the ranks of the Imperial army." She finished. He stood and walked over to the dead buck and began to ready it for cooking. SHe remained in the water now adapted to the cold and swam about.
"Care to join me?" He said as the fire cooked the meat. The Empress cocked an eyebrow.
"You would like that wouldnt you?" She said.
"O yes, the nudeness. Well then you can watch me eat it." He finished before turning to the meat and taking some.
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
The Empress (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6h76vs1) sat on the shores of Lake Geneva basking in the bright sunlight. She remained quiet simply lying there in the privacy of the mountains that shielded her from all eyes. She was wearing nothing knowing that noone would dare enroach upon her private beach. She heard a feint crack among the trees and looked about for the animal that had made it. She thought she saw somethig move and looked closer. Nothing was there. She layed back down on the blaket and closed her eyes. After several minutes another click could be heard, this time much closer. She looked up and called out. "I demand to know who is there!" All that appeared was a large 6 point mail deer. She smiled and shook her head. She was going crazy. No sooner did she lie down and another noise was heard. It was a slight sound of metal on metal. She ignored it and jumped when a the thunderous sound of the musket was heard in the quiet. She screamed as a human form burst out of the woods into the clearing. The form looked at the dead buck then towrds the source of the scream. He recoiled at her lack of clothing and fell over backwards into the lake. She couldnt help but laugh as he scrambled out of the shallow water soon she realized nothing was around to cover her and ran into the water up to her neck. The boy, as she now realized, managed to stand up and keep his musket dry. "Who are you peasant?" She said. He wiped the water off his face and looked at her.
"My name is Derrick Von Braun. Who are you to adress me as lower than yourself?" He asked back.
"Are you an invalid?" The Empress asked back pointing madly. The water was cold, far to cold to swim. She shivered.
"Ha!" Derrick laughed. "At least I am not the one that shames myself by sunbathing in the nude."
"I am the Empress, I CAN DO WHATEVER I PLEASE TO! WHEN I PLEASE TO!" She yelled having to take a step out out of the water. Derrick was temporarily taken aback by the comment, if it was true, he would be dead within the day. He didnt believe it, while he was hunting the buck no sign of any carraige or guards was to bee seen. "You dont believe me?" She said.
"No, I do not." He replied. "If you where I need proof, I have heard rumors of a mark given to all of the Imperial family upon birth. If you can show me that, then I will believe you." He smiled, know that the mark was located on the family's lower back. He began to panic as the woman turned around and showed him the mark. His eyes opened wide and he got on one knee and bowed. "I am sorry Empress, I have never seen you before and was merely confused."
Kristina looked at him kneeling. He was still almost half her height holding his musket at his side into the air. She cocked her head, he was of noble desent, he knew of the mark, and his name contained the Von suffix. He was also a good shot with a musket. His head would be better suited to the army than the end of a pike.
"All is forgiven, but in payment you shall join the ranks of the Imperial army." She finished. He stood and walked over to the dead buck and began to ready it for cooking. SHe remained in the water now adapted to the cold and swam about.
"Care to join me?" He said as the fire cooked the meat. The Empress cocked an eyebrow.
"You would like that wouldnt you?" She said.
"O yes, the nudeness. Well then you can watch me eat it." He finished before turning to the meat and taking some.