The Night After The Party We Don't Talk About

[Laurence]

Laurence nods slowly to Keane's question.

"I would say you have earned my boon Elder Keane, the information is interesting and may be of some use at some point. Thank you."

Laurence smiles, but at Hermina's reaction his aura flares with an ugly rage that he seems to hold in check. Laurence's face becomes very blank and his eyes go cold as he looks to where Hermina stands over Jean. Slowly he rises from his seat.

[Posh-Tim]

Keane nods, then looks away from Dukes and Aldritch. Given Hermina's flare up and the lull in his own oration, he takes a moment to look to Valentina and see how she is faring given the time he has spent rambling.

[Jean-Jacques]

Jean-Jacques momentarily panics

“Elder ze laddee’ousekeeper she as sayeeng zat eet EE’s zere “

He looks quite forlorn and glances at dukes before looking at hermina,

[Jean-Jacques]

Jean-Jacques momentarily panics

“Elder ze laddee’ousekeeper she as sayeeng zat eet EE’s zere “

He looks quite forlorn and glances at dukes before looking at hermina,

[Madam Zaragoza]

She looks like she is about to explode when she just deflates instead. She sighs.

“Alright.... Elder Dukes, Elder Aurelia. I think that I have troubled you enough this evening. I will take my leave.”

She nods to all the other kindred present apart from Jean-Jaques and heads out of the house before awaiting any answer.

[Jean-Jacques]

Jean-Jacques watches he runs leave silently rises form his seat picks up his book and avocado

He nods to each present in the same order

“Elder Dukes ee sank you for ze gracious ospitality eet was heely enlightening “

“Elder Keane ee sank you for your storees”

With that he walks out the door

<exit stage left pursued by a bear>

[Valentina Audley]

Valentina has been listening quietly, but interestedly to Keane talk. She thrilled to the french poets fictions when he described them, recognizing them as fiction, but enjoying them nonetheless.

However, when his tales turn to Merlin, her creation of Arthur and Hengist's destruction her look and indeed her aura turn thoghtful and at one point faintly puzzled. She wished she had her notes with her as Keane's tales do not tally up with them and yet, in parts are near to what she'd neen taught by others. Still, she's thoroughly enjoying hearing him speak and her aura is sparkling with pleasure as she listens.

When Hermina flares up at Jean-Jacques, Valentina's aura is, possibly for the first time ever, in sympathy with Hermina. Having someone go through your things was unthinkable and a neonate to lie about having fulfilled his task!

But when Keane glances at her she smiles gratefully at him and murmurs "Thankyou Elder, for the tales and your kindnesses earlier. I appreciate them both."

She pauses and then greatly daring says to him 'Your tale of Arthur and Hengist, I have heard a slightly different one. Perhaps at some later date, when My Lady bids me busy myself, we could meet and discuss the differences?" She's still speaking softly, not wanting to disturb the room in Hermina and Jean-Jacques wake.

[Posh-Tim]

Keane nods and smiles, a little paternally.
"I would like that. If you like, we could walk back to your shop together again tonight. When our host has tired of us of course."
He turns back to Dukes, his Aura once again returned to a pleasant contentment.

[Laurence]

Laurence sit’s down, bringing his aura fully back under his control as he does so. Gently drawing in a breath before exhaling it.

“I had always thought that the old wizard was just a myth that cane into being around a very smart Kine who knew how to manipulate people and had some understanding of parlour tricks.”

[Manacledairman]

Aldrich begins muttering to himself attempting to make sense of something.

Those who understand ancient Brythonic can pick up the fact that he is butchering a phrase whilst trying to recall it from memory. Valentina will recognise it as a phrase that she said to him.