Penthesilea
Forum Administrator
Offline
Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster
Posts: 47422
Location: The Castle.....
Joined: Jun 21 st, 2006
Gender:
|
Re: Penthesilea's Castle... posts 4300 to 4399
Reply #45 - Dec 4th, 2006 at 2:34am
|
|
#4350 Penthesilea The Lord Marshall's Office
*Penthesilea made her way to the Lord Marshall's office through the controlled chaos of a moving day. The first floor of the barracks building was finished and ready to occupy and everyone was, well, occupying! The Quartermaster and his assistants were stocking and doing inventory, the Mess Hall/Kitchen was being set up and offices for the various officers needing them were being moved into. Fortunately for Penthesilea, the signs were up. She followed them to the Lord Marshall's office to find Lord Cujon bellowing orders over the din as husky privates moved heavy furniture. She began to thread her way through the maze and finally reached him. When he saw her coming toward him, he got the same "what the hell is wrong now?" look on his face that she'd seen all too often on Kodiak and, in spite of herself and the seriousness of her news, she laughed.
Lord Cujon: What's funny, my Lady?
Penthesilea: The look on your face when you saw me. You looked just like Kodiak. *Having seen how his brother looked at Penthesilea, he hoped that he had not had that sort of expression on his face! Penthesilea did not notice his moment of consternation.* It was his "what's wrong now?" look. He got it a lot when he was Lord Marshall. *Lord Cujon grinned.*
Lord Cujon: I imagine that he did and I suspect that is one reason why he resigned. Not the most important reason but one of them.
Penthesilea: Yes, he had the foolish notion that he couldn't be my Lord Marshall and love me at the same time. *Lord Cujon chuckled.*
Lord Cujon: My brother has some very set notions, the first of which is that he keeps his personal life and professional life strictly separate. It is a good policy overall but I think it may have gotten him into a bit of trouble this time.
Penthesilea: I wouldn't call it a "bit" of trouble. *She looked around the room with all the people going in and out.* Is there somewhere where we can talk privately? *Cujon led her to what would be his private office. Everything had been moved in and arranged and no one was working in there. Cujon allowed Penthesilea to precede him and closed the door firmly behind them. Once the door was closed, Penthesilea told the Lord Marshall everything about the Black Lotus threat. Cujon had heard of Black Lotus but had no direct experience with it. Penthesilea had seen it in action and spent the better part of the next hour answering his questions.*
Lord Cujon: We will need a testing protocol as part of the mustering in physical.
Penthesilea: That was my thought as well. I'll be speaking to the Healers next about it. Everyone in the army should be screened, then the Castle Guard. *She noticed the time and swore.* Damn!
Lord Cujon: What, my Lady?
Penthesilea: We've been in here, alone, for over an hour now. What do you want to wager that someone will start the rumor that I'm dallying with the Lord Marshall while his brother is away? *Lord Cujon started to laugh, then choked.*
Lord Cujon: My lady, you are one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen but I've been thinking of you as my little sister for quite some time now. My brother might not have realized that he was going to end up with you but I did! *A smile tugged at Penthesilea's mouth.*
Penthesilea: It would have been nice if you had told me! It would have saved me many sleepless nights.
Lord Cujon: I would have, my Lady, but, frankly, I didn't know how long it would take my thickheaded brother to figure it out!
Penthesilea: He is a bit thick at times, isn't he? *They laughed. Penthesilea had special incentive for giggles. Kodiak had popped in just in time to catch the last exchange and was now being indignant in her head! Seeing Cujon's confusion at what he considered her excessive giggling, she explained.*
Lord Cujon: He can read my mind now?
Penthesilea: No, just mine and the rest of my family's.
Lord Cujon: Good! *His relief was so obvious that Penthesilea was thrown into giggles again.*
Penthesilea: I'd better go. Someone will think that we are having too much fun in here! *Cujon agreed and showed her to the door.*
|