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Post by seraaches on Aug 28, 2008 0:08:33 GMT -5
Dre gave Ignatius' arm a gentle squeeze as he hurried back to her uncle's side, though it meant she couldn't reassure him of how happy she was to learn that they weren't actually dead, though Drostan grumbled under his breath, "Give that one half a chance and we will be dead tomorrow.
Se contemplated this news for nearly twenty steps. "Oh." He couldn't remember exactly why they needed diamonds but it was very familiar that they needed them for something rather important. He seemed to recall that once upon a time something had hinged on diamonds, but he couldn't seem to remember what exactly it was.
In the end, whatever thought he was trying to capture was slaughtered by their arrival. He strode into the room without knocking.
The two men at the desk turned to look at the newcomers and Rai lofted a brow in surprise at the group that all trooped in. Ira tilted his head and suddenly chose to completely ignore his brother. "Hallo, Dre. Where did you dredge up these two?"
"Good afternoon, father," she replied with a straight-face. "I've just sort of stumbled upon both of them."
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Post by Kasatsu on Aug 28, 2008 0:18:18 GMT -5
As Se made his way into the office he followed. Meeting Ira and Shinrai's puzzled gazes he gave a small shrug of apology. He tried to give a small warning to both men to be careful of their relative, still not sure what Se would do himself. However, this surely was not something that had not at least happened once in the past.
Before anything could really happen though Iggy found his mouth flying open at the words exchanged between Ira and Dre. Dre was his . . . ? "OH $#!%!" He half exclaimed half muttered. Oh $#!% . . . Dre was Ira's daughter? Ira had kids?! What in all the flaming hills! This had to be a funny dream of some kind.
Trying to work his mind around that fact - not to mention that he found someone who he considered to be a brother's daughter - attractive. That was like borderline incest!
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Post by seraaches on Aug 28, 2008 0:25:42 GMT -5
Rai certainly couldn't blame Iggy; he and Ira were basically all that had kept Se from massacre-ing most of the Court by this point. No, it was a great deal more interesting turning his attention to that same man simply because of his complete and utter shock. This was probably one of the most interesting things to ever happen in his office since it was so rare to catch Ader's son off guard anymore.
Dre didn't really have any reason to hide her intentions, so she walked up behind the bull/mouse hybrid and slipped her arms around his neck again, though this time her wings spread slightly in a rather possessive gesture.
Ira's held tilted and what could only be called confusion flashed briefly across his face. The Ace that followed the woman in calmly set himself in a corner; he and Rai seemed to be content to simply watch the proceedings.
"Ira," Se snapped, oblivious to the other tensions in the room. "Some brats destroyed my room."
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Post by Kasatsu on Aug 28, 2008 0:32:59 GMT -5
The bull-mouse mix was oblivious to everything that was going on in the room now. Feeling the arms wrap around his shoulders, he leaned his head to one side as if in pondering.
"You mean . . . you are his kid?" Ira had spawn? Of course now it all made some sort of strange sense. Ira had disappeared to the Highlands for a while, his interest in dance, her family generations on the subject, her interest in those of him and his family, the Court business, why she could not get away for a week . . . all of it fell in place and he was not sure what to make of it.
He gave a guilty glance over to Ira, trying to see what the 'father' made of the situation and their position. He would never step on anything that belonged to his Brother, he respected the man too much for that. Still he found himself worried that the pony would not be pleased about their position right now.
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Post by seraaches on Aug 28, 2008 0:45:18 GMT -5
"Well, I had to be someone's daughter," she responded, leaning closer to his ear so she could quite seriously discuss the issue with him. "I may as well be his as anyone else's, hrms?" Perhaps this wasn't the most comforting of ideas, however.
Rai shook his head slightly, grey-green eyes quickly skimming the room to be certain that nothing was rolling out of hand. For now, there just seemed to be a great deal of shock going around. Except, of course, for Dre's pet, which sat staring back at him with red eyes. Rai's head tilted slightly, eyes narrowing.
"Well, now, that's too bad, Se," Ira answered without taking his eyes off of the man his daughter was draped over. "Did you let the maids clean it up?"
Se groused. "Some girl was in there making it worse, not better."
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Post by Kasatsu on Aug 28, 2008 0:53:32 GMT -5
Dre's words and presence helped him to knock out some of his shock. He was not sure why but that logic did make some sense. "I suppose that is true." He murmured back. It was almost like an honor, in his mind. After all he could not think of anyone else's blood line that would be suitable.
Ira did not seem to be too upset about all of it. Then again he had seen the pony lash out at random people with a similar look on his face. Giving an audible gulp he tried to think of how to sort out the situation.
"Ira . . . Wot would you think if . . . and this is only hypothetically now . . . if someone - say me - were to date your daughter?" He asked. He was tense enough, ready to retreat should Ira decide to take offense to anything that was going on. He did not out right fear the man, but had a great dose of self respect - and knowlege of his skills - to know where he stood in this situation.
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Post by seraaches on Aug 28, 2008 1:01:20 GMT -5
Dierdre happily nuzzled his jaw again since it was apparent he was still willing to accept her even with her strange heritage. The concept of incest didn't faze her, at least. Her attention was briefly arrested by the 'discussion' between the brothers. "We found another maid in the hall, father," she didn't lower her voice since it was doubtful that Se could not hear her with the size of the room. She also wondered if Se could hear her or if Ignatius' explanation caused her voice to be blocked from her uncle's ears. "Someone should be cleaning it now."
"Someone should be working on it now," Ira repeated her last explanation for Se's benefit.
The yellow hybrid glanced over in her direction and his gaze turned calculating. "Can you hear ghosts, Ira?"
"You know Mommy dearest can," the stallion tilted his head, still staring towards Iggy. Any other discussion would have to wait until they could get Se calmed and out of the room again.
Se gave a low growl of barely concealed rage and Rai had to look away, his cool mask passing swiftly over his features again.
Drostan started at the sound, pressing back slightly as though that could keep him out of the crazy's notice.
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Post by Kasatsu on Aug 28, 2008 1:08:56 GMT -5
Hearing the growl come from the winged-mix he knew that he was going to have to take control of the situation again, his own being pushed to the side for now.
"He can hear me." Iggy said shrugging his shoulders as if to show that it was of no big concern. "We are also touching," he added hoping to bring the winged-mix's attention away from the more flesh-thirsty opponent. He hoped that would cause that to reason some extent with the winged-mix then.
"There is someone in there now working on cleaning it." He made sure to emphasis the cleaning so that he would not go back to his previous rampage of the servant girl who was making it worse. "You are here to discuss the kids, remember." Hopefully that would not blow up in anyone's faces.
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Post by seraaches on Aug 28, 2008 1:19:43 GMT -5
Se's tail jerked from one side to the next and he seemed briefly baffled by who was there and who wasn't. His strange eyes flicked from one Card to the next, resting briefly on the white Ace in the corner as though he could find no reason whatsoever for the thing's existence here. Drostan pressed further against the wood and cast his eyes to the floor. "There. . . there were children in my room," he told Ira again, his voice calmer this time.
"Were there?" Ira answered gently, finally turning to look at the other man. "That's too bad."
Shinrai wanted to ask which children, but he feared recalling Se's attention to himself; not after how hard the others were working to keep the man calm. Dierdre seemed to have the same idea, for she didn't say anything and remained still from her position across Ignatius' shoulders.
Se frowned as he looked back towards his mind. "My brain is being haunted."
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Post by Kasatsu on Aug 28, 2008 1:29:15 GMT -5
"Do not worry about it," he replied to the haunted comment without blinking. "It is just a passing thing, I am sure. Everything should be alright tomorrow." He made a mental note to keep things simple for the wing-mix. Too many days of adventure for the male seemed to make his irritability worse.
Iggy also ignoring the other people in the room, grateful to them that they had fallen and remained silent. Leaving this matter to Ira and himself was probably the only way it would be solved. Keeping his eyes on the yellow wing-mix he continued.
"What is it that you want Ira to do about the fact there were children in your room earlier?" He asked, prodding the male to keep on topic. Even if the male said that he wanted the kids dead it could be arranged so their real lives did not have to be sacrificed. Though he hoped at the same time that the winged-mix would not ask for that.
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