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The Judges Of Sabra La Tau (sabra_la_iudex) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-12-08 15:04:00

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Who: All, eventually
Where: Various
When: King's Year 198, early fall
What: A messenger approaches.

[A tall, gaunt man walks across the plains alone approaching a small gathering of Pyxis tribes, with little fear or hesitation. He seems to have appeared out of almost nowhere, and unphased by the pre-monsoon winds. He swathed in the black uniforms of an Ophiuchus priest and uniform is lined with red. Though his cloak is drawn over his face, you can see something of a tight line of his lips and his hands, when he speaks, are slow moving and expressive.

He stops just before the first tribesman approaching him.]

I seek the chieftain of all the tribes, and then the clan with the greatest speed and experience.

((OOC: ALL THE COUNTRIES will be visited to speak with a regent, king, leader or whatnot. If you don't have a player character who is suitable, feel free to use sabra_la_au to speak for them. If you're stumped and want us to whip something up or off screen it, let Nishi know and we'll work something out.))

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	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 12:20 am UTC (link)
	I do not have time for such games. Report to your superior. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] theshapeoffate 2010-12-09 12:21 am UTC (link)
	That's the trou~ble. Only a superior can give me an order like that... Annnd the last I heard was no one was to be disturbed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sharksong 2010-12-09 12:24 am UTC (link)
	[from nearby where she's spoiling a different griffin] Please don't take that as an excuse to set anyone on fire. We need to keep the supplies to treat that up in case of a real emergency. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] theshapeoffate 2010-12-09 12:27 am UTC (link)
	Ahhh? If he's really protected by the 'gods,' then he's got nothing to worry about. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sharksong 2010-12-09 12:30 am UTC (link)
	. . . What will you do if they take your flamethrower away over misuse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] theshapeoffate 2010-12-09 12:39 am UTC (link)
	... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: [Cepheus] theshapeoffate 2010-12-09 12:39 am UTC (link)
	............... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: [Cepheus] theshapeoffate 2010-12-09 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Fine, let the politicians deal with this scum. [With that, she unlocks and kicks the main doors open with every sign of ANNOYANCE.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Gracious of you. [The priest slides past.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:08 am UTC (link)
	[ outside the Council chambers, a steward at an ornate desk eyes the priest doubtfully over a large stack of papers. ] If it's an audience you seek, sir, I'm afraid there may be quite a wait. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:32 am UTC (link)
	It is a matter that will not suffer a wait. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:37 am UTC (link)
	There are a great many such matters scheduled as it is. [ still, he picks up his pen from the stand. ] What is the nature of your... petition? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:40 am UTC (link)
	I petition for nothing. I desire no boon of your council. My rank within Ophiuchus is as Oracle. The message I bear is a matter that is neither local nor small. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:50 am UTC (link)
	[ there's a flicker of incredulousness in the man's eyes at the title, and he pauses mid-letter. ] Your name, sir? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 01:56 am UTC (link)
	My name is Fassah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: [Cepheus]

sabra_la_au
2010-12-09 02:08 am UTC (link)

[ the scratching of a nib on paper. ]

[ finally rolling up the form, tucking it into an empty paper tube. He twists it shut and drops it into an open vertical pipe beside his desk; there's a muffled shunk of air as it hits the bottom. ]

[ indicating a set of double doors to the left. ] Please wait in the lounge; a chamber steward will call on you for your turn.

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	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 02:13 am UTC (link)
	[The priest enters and takes a seat with nearly unflappable patience.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_au
2010-12-09 02:37 am UTC (link)

[ there are more than a dozen others in the lounge-- mostly Cephean, though there are a couple of Orionites among them, and a lone Delph of some rank broods in one corner. Some of them are availing themselves from a selection of time-passers in the bookcase, others fidgeting with impatience on the sofas. ]

[ the ornate grandfather clock ticks away the minutes, then the hours. Now and again the doors to the Council Chambers open to admit a stone-faced steward, calling on the next name, and someone else not the Oracle follows him through. ]

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	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 02:54 am UTC (link)
	[He waits, unearthly still, hands folded in his lap. He doesn't seem to look up at the comings and goings of the stewards or petitioners, merely waits.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 03:01 am UTC (link)
	[ finally, the steward steps in and glances at the Oracle. ] Mr. Fassah? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 03:03 am UTC (link)
	[The head lifts, and inclines towards the steward.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 03:14 am UTC (link)
	Your turn has arrived. Please come this way. [ he turns and walks down the hallway. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Cepheus] sabra_la_au 2010-12-09 03:19 am UTC (link)
	[The priest gets up and follows the steward down, at his own pace.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: [Cepheus]

sabra_la_au
2010-12-09 03:38 am UTC (link)

[ the deliberative seat of the Council is a semicircular hall of carved wood and marble, rows of seats and long curved tables sloping upward from the speaker's floor at the center, where the chairman stands before a podium. On the wall behind hangs a banner of the Crowned King and his sceptre, gold embroidered on royal purple, Man For Man written in Archaic below. ]

[ as the chairman reads out the next item, the eyes of some of the fifty councilmen turn to the newest arrival with varying expressions of interest or suspicion. ]

Fassah, Oracle of Ophiuchus.

[ the steward turns to the priest and gestures. ]

The floor is yours.

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sabra_la_au
2010-12-09 04:00 am UTC (link)

[The priest steps forward. His bearing never changes but his voice has a certain power to it, addressing even a room this size.]

In deference to your country and its tenants, I will merely convey the message as concisely as one may.

I personally have seen, in my meditations, the signs of great trouble in the future.

I have no specifics, and no answer to any questions you may pose to me that you would find satisfying. But mark this, it will not be small, it will not be local, and it will not be the petty conflicts of borders or man.

Prepare as you will, this is the warning I issue to you.

Do with it as you wish.

[At that, he turns with a swirl of robes, walking back to the double doors.]

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