[RPG] [BT] [Enweil]: The meeting

[Jamie Cheyfetz]

Péché finally arrived in Iato after a long trip. She had not lingered
in Pahk. All those Qyrvaggs gave her the creeps. She strode to Duke
Oliver's mansion. She was much more sure of herself this time than
last. The last time she came here, she had but one letter of
recommendation and she feared her Illuminated Scroll of the Blessed
would be stolen before she could sell it to Duke Oliver.

This time, she was a Noble. She might not be accepted in a Noble
family, but she was a Noble. Or so she kept telling herself. No one
would think her a Noble by looking at her, though any scribe's papers
from Avalon proved it.

Arriving at the door, she did her best to appear and act Noble as she
said, "I am Knight Péché from Avalon. I wish an audience with Duke
Oliver."

The guards looked at her with contempt in their eyes and turned from
her, "Sarge, there's some peasant 'ere callin' 'erself a Noble. Can
I--"

Péché's mailed fist cut him off and left his mouth a bloody mess, "I
AM NOT A PEASANT!"

The Sergeant came from the barracks quickly at the commotion and
called his other guards to heel before the situation could get out of
hand. "What's going on here?"

Péché addressed the Sergeant, "I am Péché.. of Avalon. I am a Knight.
This man called me a peasant. I took him to task for it." She eyed the
other guards, "Do any more of you want to question my Nobility?"

Three of the guards started forward, "STOP!" cried the Sergeant. He
looked to the guards, "I will not have you three starting a diplomatic
incident between Enweil and Avalon on my watch." He turned back to
Péché, "I shall call over one of the scribes to confirm your claim."
<i>And the gods help her if they can't.</i> "You will have to excuse
us, we are all a little edgy with the monsters, undead and now daimons
running about."

Péché grumbled a reply.

Eventually, her Nobility was confirmed and she was shown into the
mansion by a butler. He showed her to a room and said, "Please, make
yourself comfortable. I shall inform the Duke of your arrival and I am
sure he will see you at his earliest convenience."