Thread: Noblesse Obligé [Ghostwolf and Thaedael]

They sat across from one another, the brightness of the room reflecting off every square inch of the lavishly furnished room, the lighting catching on the polished marble of the floors and high columns, the brass and metals of the different furniture, and the dark woods. Against the large windows did the rain sound, echoing inside the larger room that the two women shared each other's company in. The ambient temperature of the palace begun to drop, the areas having all been cooled to a satisfactory temperature while the sun was still out in full force, causing the sudden lack of natural light to be all the more noticeable against exposed skin. Don't get me wrong my lady, it has nothing to do with a lack of self confidence. she had said with a confident, cocky even, smile that had showed her own self-worth. While it was true that she was out of her element with nobles, and that she was unaccustomed to their culture, it was not because she had found herself lacking in self-confidence. It was just that she liked to be prepared, to have things in her control. It was this eternal drive for having things in her control that had made her good at her own job, especially when combined with her ability to control her self doubt. These medals are but formalities of the Imperial Navy and your peers, to me they are as worthless as the rubble of a ruined city, or the equipment of the Imperial Guard. The real marks of honor, are how many of the people I kept alive she let out a giant beaming smile, from ear to ear, her lips parted and showing well kept teeth. Fools like Vince and Zach, those embarrassing fools are the trophy. Ilya, well he is the feather in my cap she smiled at the thought of him as well, before gathering her emotions in check once more. If you really want, I would take you up on that offer to be fitted to a fine dress. You only need say when He had chuckled at her comment, taking it at face value, noticing that the woman before him had struggled just as much as he had for a normal life like everyone else. How they managed to end up in circumstances beyond their own control was nothing more than fate, than happenstance, and it was that same fate that had allowed them to share their company in the rain against their own judgement. She had looked him directly in the eye, her hair beginning to mat down, much like his own. It perhaps was not the best of ideas to expose the governor's daughter to such elements of Vorlancia weather, but the cooling sensation of the rain was what he needed to regain the composure on the facade of his persona that had begun to erode through out the evening, giving him a chance to once more fee like the human being he was at the core of all that he had been built up to become. Just like the facade of his own reputation was stripped bare, all the customs of Elizabeth's own society begun to be erased to, the curls of her hair, the modesty of her fabric, and eventually, her make-up too. He looked at her, her natural beauty stronger than the face she had presented to him from when they both met. If this is too much, I can accompany you inside. He extended a hand, offering it to her.