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Re: Penthesilea's Castle... posts 3501 to 3600
Reply #52 - Dec 28th, 2006 at 4:08pm
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#3584 Penthesilea The Great Hall The bodies had been removed and the mess cleaned up. No one had the appetite for a banquet so a cold buffet had been set out. When Penthesilea emerged from her Tower, she was not the beautifully gowned doll the suitors were accustomed to seeing. In fact, no one except her daughters, had seen this Penthesilea. She was clad in snug black leather, pants and shirt, with an Amazon breastplate over it. She wore Amazon bracers and greaves over her black knee high boots. Hellion hung visibly at her left side, her favorite knife, a gift from her father, hung at her right. A small, very efficient energy blaster nestled in the small of her back. Sir Michael, fairly vibrating with rage, led the four knights that escorted her to the Keyholder's Seat. She surveyed the room coldly. The Lady Knights were scattered through the crowd -- every one of them sudden death in silk -- while their brother Knights, in full armor, guarded their Lady. The Castle Guard was in evidence as well. King Orag's Orcs and the Gremlins were patrolling the halls and the encampment, armed to the teeth and looking for trouble. Penthesilea almost hoped that they found some. The suitors were standing off to one side. With them was the second ranking man in Lord Gilfillan's party. A whispered debate was in progress. The other four seemed to be questioning Lord Leverance quite closely. Penthesilea showed her teeth -- what rode her face could not be called a smile -- and signaled for Sir Alexander to call for attention. He did so with a basso bellow worthy of the battlefield and the crowd fell silent* Showtime. *Penthesilea thought.*
Penthesilea: My Lord Leverance, Lord Kennicott, Lord Gallagher, Lord Podraza and Lord...Hightower, come forward. *They came to stand before her with varying degrees of uneasiness. She had a feeling that her closely fitted, anatomically correct Amazon armor was making them nervous.. and uncomfortable.* Before you gentlemen came, life was peaceful here. Oh we had the occasional bandit to deal with, of course, but on the whole -- peaceful. Now, I can't walk my halls without bodyguards. My ladies are shot from ambush and my knights spend all their time trying to keep your highborn hangers on from following their depraved inclinations which, if acted upon, would require me to kill them. Something I would be thrilled to do! To say that I am not happy about this situation is putting it mildly! I will now question each of you under Truthspell. I will ask only one question: Were you in any way involved in or had knowledge of this latest attack on me? Refuse to submit yourselves to this question and you will be put to the sword and your miserable remains sent to your respective kings with my compliments! *Lord Podraza strode forward...*
Lord Podraza: I refuse to be questioned like a common.. *Lord Podraza stopped abruptly as the edge of a very sharp sword now rested against his Adam's Apple.*
Penthesilea: Would you like to start, my Lord? *He nodded -- carefully.* Good.
The questioning went quickly. The Lords knew nothing which doesn't surprise Penthesilea. The attempt had been totally lacking in subtlety but she had said that they would be questioned if there were any more incidents and so they had to be. Her spies had already reported the Lords' various security personnel were already questioning the retinues -- and less gently than Penthesilea would have. Now she had one last bit of disagreeable business to attend to...
Penthesilea: Lord Kennicott. Lord Gallagher. Your suits are still under consideration. The rest of you are free to leave or stay. *Then without another word, she rose and left the dais.* They'll stay, of course. *She muttered once she was safely away. *The food here is too good!
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