[OOM] Eiattu - Royal Chambers

[fighting_mad]

It's the middle of summer on Eiattu, but it has been one of the rainiest months in the planet's history. The cavernous royal chambers are damp and drafty, and there is a decidedly grumpy princess sitting at a desk in the inner living area (the smaller, less formal one). She is surrounded by beautiful things; rich tapestries, a few paintings, sleek furniture with smooth lines, everything in warm shades of gold and cream and yellow. The glowlamps are turned down low, besides the one burning brightly on the desk, and she is adrift in a studious sea of datapads and flimsi scraps, bare feet planted firmly on the floor.

Of course, it would be a much more elegant scene if the aforementioned princess wasn't wrapped up in a huge comforter, her head in her hand. And if she weren't sneezing, blowing her nose, swearing, and occasionally flinging styluses in abject misery.

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[eiattu_pride]

Rial snickers.

"No thanks, if it's all the same. He may be stupid, but he's got loyal followers, and we can't afford to make enemies."

Wanders off in the direction of the kitchen, "And I hear he's a good hand with a vibroblade."

[fighting_mad]

She laughs. She is not threatened at all by Laabann; he's a pansy.

It takes a moment, but she does sober. "Tell him an earlier meeting ran late."

[eiattu_pride]

"Will do."

Comes back out, cup in hand. Takes a sip, sighs.

"Right. Well, I'll reschedule for this morning."

[fighting_mad]

"Right. You have fun with that." She blows her nose. "As a warning, when you go out there, they're going to laugh at you," she says dryly, with no other explanation.

[eiattu_pride]

"Why?"

Frowns.

[fighting_mad]

"Frei and Unger have been out there all night." Just like Rial.

Her bodyguards had definitely shot her grins when she'd set foot outside this morning. And she'd promptly rolled her eyes, told them they were vaping morons, and dispatched Frei to go get her caf.

[eiattu_pride]

"Oh, for..."

Sigh.

"I was sleeping in a different room then you."

[fighting_mad]

"I know. They're little girls." It should probably be noted that they're both men.

Though Plourr likes her bodyguards, really; there are several of them who takes shifts, and she has a hell of a lot more to talk about with them than she does with most of the Priamsta.

[eiattu_pride]

"They're large, able-bodied men."

Blink.

"Anyway, I should get back to work."

[fighting_mad]

She tips two fingers to her head in a lazy salute, setting her caf down and turning the holo back on. The image of a short woman--the ruler of another planet in the system--flickers into focus and starts talking, Plourr listening.

[eiattu_pride]

Rial smiles to himself, picks up a used tissue and dumps it in the rubbish bin, and leaves.

[fighting_mad]

Plourr hears the three voices start up out in the corridor, and she allows herself a moment's amusement before it's back to work.