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ᴀʟᴅᴇʀᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴀɴᴅᴀᴜ ([personal profile] alderwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-01-09 01:22 pm

open audience; the alderwood emperor

Characters: The Alderwood Emperor and anyone who seek to speak with him
Date: January 8th
Location: The Palace of Landed Sky
Situation: The expected holding of an audience for any that care to speak with the newly appointed Alderwood Emperor.
Warnings/Rating: N/A; to be updated if necessary

The hall is stark and black, lit with softly glowing lanterns that are strung up high beyond reach. Outside, the sun is at its zenith, and it filters down through the cloudy glass roof to warm the dark room.

The floor is marble, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ruby quartz. It catches the light, and casts strange patterns on the walls.

There is beauty to it, but the room has been repurposed to function moreso than form. Weapons racks line the walls and there are officers stationed at regular intervals to ensure the safety of their assets and, of course, the Emperor himself. It is but one sign of heightened security, another being that all attendees must be escorted in with the attendance of a pair of armed guards. The rein of Alderwood begins in caution and will not be made victim of as Ironwood's did in its end.

The Emperor himself is seated at a broad table and working his way through cleaning a variety of firearms that range from elegant handguns to heavy muskets. He works with swift precision, dismantling each in turn before proceeding with cleaning and reassembling, then he moves to the next. Like the weapons upon the racks, these vary in age from rudimentary to advanced technology reminiscent of the spectre weapons. He knows each of them as spoils of war gathered over the centuries and now he seeks to repurpose them. To use them against the enemy that had him fight in the first place.

He is dressed in his familiar military cut, having no mind or pleasure in anything of ornamentation or to further denote his rank, and greets each attendee with the curt statement: "Speak to your purpose."

[Actionspam or prose are both acceptable!

Characters will only be admitted into the hall one by one, so there won't be anyone present for anyone else's conversations, and there won't be any 'mingling' in the chamber itself.

By popular demand, we will continue to allow mingling for those waiting for an audience in an antechamber. There is a thread header below to allow for that!]


Audience | Canon Updates | Antechamber
bacondivination: (!thinking: this is a good thing)

[personal profile] bacondivination 2014-01-15 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to learn of the spellwork your predecessor put in place, so that I can support it. I'm the best damned sorcerer living on this merrily swimming elder god of yours, and I intend to be on the winning side.

[ He shoves his hands in his coat pockets, shrugging up his shoulders. ]

I'll even bind myself by contract if I have to.
bacondivination: (!inscrutable; pacing around)

[personal profile] bacondivination 2014-01-16 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You've an idea of contract law, I imagine, with more mundane issues. We'd hammer out the details, get it all down on paper, and then ritualistically commit to a full and proper blood oath.

[ He rattles this all off particularly casually. ]

I'm a god, so, like any magical being, I'd not be able to break the terms. You can consult any of your better educated allies, they'll confirm that it's a valid process.
bacondivination: (!thinking: this is a good thing)

[personal profile] bacondivination 2014-01-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I want to get a feel for the strength and reliability of it, what anchors the spell has, and investigate just what it'd take to shore it up if it becomes necessary.

Noninvasive spellwork to start, I assure you. Divination, mostly. I'd want to consult with any resident mages you have on your payroll, too, for that matter.