Bedridden (Open)

[Lucinda Noru]

Lucinda smiled again as Yuki expressed her pleasure at the princess’s liking of the tea. She listened as the young baroness answered her question. “I’m sorry to hear that you’re still having the insomnia problem but at least you are otherwise well. That is good news,” Lucinda commented.



Aria’s ation about the drakes and dragons was highly amusing. Lucinda didn’t bother to hide her giggles as Aria went on about Noky and the issue with cats and learning levitation. “You’re quite right that drakes are harder than dragons and it sounds like Noky might be more prone to trouble than usual. Those poor cats!,” she said, laughing again, “At least some good has come of it though,” she added.



She fell silent as Aria and Yuki chatted about the tea set, smiling as she sipped on her tea and looked around the infirmary. She’d never actually been in here before and could well imagine how little Aria must care for being trapped here. The princess turned her attention to Serenity when the woman answered her question. The curtsy and false pleasantness were obviously rehearsed but Lucinda smiled back anyway. She turned a knowing look to Aria and nodded, pleased. “You’re welcome, Serenity,” she answered simply.



Lucinda’s blue eyes turned to the door then as a new arrival made himself known. She recognized Melda’s old body guard, who from the sounds of it, no longer worked under her employment. She listened as Aria greeted him and they talked, then watching Noky’s amusing display. She smiled sweetly and laughed a little as he warmed up to the champion. When she found a hole in the conversation, she greeted Diamond herself. “Hello, Diamond. It’s been awhile since I saw you last. You look well but what’s this about a promotion?” she asked, curious. Having just arrived back at the court, she wasn’t caught up on the news and gossip just yet.

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Diamond nodded his head as it seemed Aria was doing a lot better then she was but there were still some traces of it.  He then watched the red head get the box and open it. The box was made from a dark wood and had several far east dragons as motifes on it. The captain of the rose court turned to Yuki and her question. "I have some special connections that I was surprised to find here in Nova. And Yuki, these are not the type of traders you would easily find if your a noble or above. These are not illegal though, plus I doubt that they would try and over charge me. They just know better then that" he said to the young lady. "And thank you Aria, I am just glad that Noku has put a lot of trust in me for this job. No problem on those, I can see what sickness can do to people and its not pretty. Or sad if they die young from it, but it looks like your real hale and hearty" he said and then heard Aria's question on where to find this seller. He reaches into another pocket and looks at the small drake. "Sorry, this is not a treat. Now if your good and stop eating cats. I might bring something special to you" he said to Noky. Diamond then walks over and gives Aria a odd looking medalion like coin. With characters that were not Novian or anything from the surrounding areas.

"Give me a bit so I can write some directions for you. Your going to need that if you want to get the special stuff. I will also make a note if the person still refuses to sell" said Diamond as he then walks over to another table and chair. But before sitting down he turns to Lucinda. "Well his majesty permoted me to Captain of a new special unit or wing of Nova's military unit. I think he called it the Rose Court, there task is to work with the fated and or deal with problems with them. So far things are going well, hopefully nothing bad will happen" he said and started to find a quill, ink, and some paper. Diamond had wanted to keep things breif on the matter of his permotion, since it tied in with Noku's curse. And he did not want to spread anything that could be a problem with Noku and or the people.

[Yuki D'Avranches]

Yuki only nodded her head as Lucinda commented that it was unfortunate that she was still having insomnia problems since she didn't know what else to say. Those did mumble small thanks that overall that she was well minus her sleep issue.


Taking the time to when the conversation wasn't on her for a moment to calm herself. Though she did listen as Lucinda and Aria talked about the differents between a dragon and drakes. It was an interesting conversation for sure though she never dreams of owning a dragon or a drake since she doesn't believe that she would be able to give it the proper care. Hearing Aria mention to keep a close eye on her cat she nodded her head since she didn't want to lose her pet who been through so much with her because she took her eyes off of him for a moment. "I will keep an eye on him Aria."


She had thought that she hid it well that she didn't know much about the present but it seemed that Aria was more aware of the subtle giveaway and figured that she was the one. Her blush increased a little a bit embarrass to having been caught about the present though she was happy and her pride spread hearing that Aria liked the tea set and the tea which was the most important factor. "I am glad that you enjoyed the tea. As for ordering more I would be more than happy to assist with that but it may take a while for your favourite tea." She left the last part open since it wasn't needed to be said after all Helena's brew it wasn't hard to come by but some of her merchants were not to be completely trusted with acquiring the tea for her she had to go through six different merchants before she found the proper blend and quality. "Teas on the sweeter side I know some varieties along with some on the more fruity side as well. If you like I could have some samples delivered to you for you to try." She said as she placed her cup down with her finger on her lips thinking of anything from her new shipment of tea that she just got in that had some sweet teas in it.


Upon Aria allowing her to see the box, she careful took out each tea examine them from the cut of the leaves to the way those that had more fruit like items were dried. She did have to calm herself upon Diamond questioning her connections with tea cause some in the box less than half of it, she had seen before and drunk herself the others were strange to her for sure but still she was born into a tea family and she might not take some of her studies important but the family business she went up and beyond what she needed to do and know. Once she had calmed down she turned to Diamond a sweet innocent smile on her face but if anyone was to look into her eyes would notice the fire in them, speaking calmly she addressed Diamond. "I would appreciate it if you would not assume what my connections are. You may not be aware, but my family’s trade is tea, and thus we have quite the assortment of connections. I may not have seen every one of the ones you’ve brought, but I can assure you that I am very capable of knowing the quality of the tea and whether or not it was dried properly. My family takes great pride in our knowledge of it, so please, don’t assume things." Once she said her piece she placed the few that she had taken out of the box nodding her head that they were of a good quality of tea.


Picking back up her cup she took little sips of her tea, pretending that she didn't just say more than a mouthful about her own abilities. She didn't know what the others would think of her now but at the moment she didn't care. Her eyes closed as she thought upon her lessons as soon as she was able to walk and talk of being sat in front of a table with different quality of the same tea having to place them in proper order based on look alone knowing the finer details to pay close attention to. Opening her eyes she turned to Serenity smiling at her warmly. "You don't have to address me as Baroness just simple Yuki is fine but if that is still uncomfortable then just Lady Yuki. Also, you mentioned a shop earlier what type of shop do you own by chance." Shifting the conversation a bit and she was a little curious about what type of shop she owned.

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”My dad use to have insomnia…think that was partly my fault though…Anyways Yuki if you are having problems sleeping at night come see me. I’m pretty good at knocking people out” Aria smiled; one who knew Aria would have problems telling whether she was actually serious about that…or if it was a joke. Aria turned her attention back to Lucinda when she agreed Drakes were harder than dragons. ”Well for what your brother wants to do with them drakes are easier; however in Nokys case your brother took his egg from a wild brood. So…his tendencies probably would be a bit more….impulsive.”

Aria nodded when it came to finding her favorite tea. ”I’m aware of the difficulty in procuring the blooms required for the tea. Certainly can give one a hell of a headache.” Aria nodded once more when Yuki offered to procure her some samples of sweet teas. ”That would work out perfectly; thank you.” If Yuki turned out to be a reliable tea vender, Aria would certainly switched to procuring all her tea through her.

Aria raised her eyebrow as Diamond turned to answer Yuki; unknowingly and more than likely unintentionally demeaning her. Aria remained quiet, sipping her tea watching the exchanged between Yuki and diamond with some amusement. She did take the coin from diamond and flipped it around examining it. She had little experience with organizations that were established that far overseas. But usually if something had such a symbol there was more to it than just tea. Noky who was searching for more treats was disappointed to hear that there was no more. For a moment the drake looked like he was contemplating what Diamond had told him about the treats. However at the through of giving up cats did not appeal to the drake. His response was to blow a large puff of smoke in the man’s face before going back to his spot to the window and curling up. Causing a peel of laughter to come from Aria. ”Sorry Diamond; his love of cats is greater than his love of treats. If bribery worked I would have done it fifteen cats ago”

”I don’t think there will be an issue with them selling to me; I can be fairly persuasive when I want to be” Aria put the coin inside the box of tea when it was placed back. Listening to Yuki give permission to Serenity to not use her title. It would seem a lot of the group Aria seemed to acquaint herself with were not overly concerned about titles. However most still took the position seriously; which in Aria’s opinion was how it should be. It certainly painted a better opinion of nobles then what she first had when she was fated over.

After Serenity answered her question about Serenities shop Aria would add her two sense in on the subject. ”Serenity is very talented seamstress. She makes wonderful dresses; I have yet to wear mine from midwinter that she has given me though….It’s getting warm enough for it soon.” As Diamond went to explain that he was the captain of the Rose court Aria choked on her tea. Sending her into a coughing fit. When her coughing fit was done she looked up at Diamond with wide eyes. ”Did you just say Rose court…”