The sounds of ornery drunkards had been easy enough to tune out until the crowd seemed to migrate, the sounds of rabble-rousing growing closer and becoming angrier than just the harmless patter of rollicking drunks.
Lily didn’t like how close to Vannozza’s wing of the palace they sounded, and as she left her room to head towards the end of the corridor she kept a firm grip on her wand as the angry voices grew louder. Her heart sped as she listened to how close they sounded and drew her wand, locking the door to the lady’s wing of the palace before waiting for them to reach the knob with her breath caught in her throat.
She hoped her charm would hold, or - in a worst-case situation, that someone else staying in this part of the palace had heard the crowd’s approach and find themselves keen and able to defend.
2) in the night garden
The shape of the mansion situated on the hunting grounds was still visible beyond the line of dark woods. Between long looks upward at the trees, hoping for a sign of the owl she checked back with the shadow of the manor house on the grounds, using it as a landmark to try and keep from getting lost. Lily knew she was capable of transporting herself back to the Vannozza wing of the palace in less than a heartbeat, but she didn’t want to have to do that - she had come in with a group, and she intended to make sure she and everyone else could leave.
“Bit funny don’t you think?” She asked in a whisper to the group member beside her. “The lady believed Wen Qing to be using these grounds for sordid reasons, yet she neglected to mention how ill-fitting this place was for them.” Lily drew her wand and swished it slightly, illuminating the tip in a soft glow meant to serve in place of a torch, or a flashlight.
“Perhaps the lady is a believer in creepiness as an aphrodisiac,” Lily continued before the soft hooting sound of an owl made her fall silent, cutting the light from her wand in an instant as she squinted up at the trees, her eyes following the sound of rustling wings.
3) evasive maneuvers (for eleven)
Finding Eleven in the forest had been a surprise, but Lily was familiar enough with his abilities to know what a good ally he could be, so she stayed close to him while they looked for any sign of the owls.
While her original purpose in seeking access to the grounds had been for a different task, she was glad to be an extra set of eyes, especially for a task as important as finding a cure for those in their number who had been poisoned.
They had not been searching the forest long when the sound of hooves drumming against earth broke the eerie silence of the forest. She froze midstep and looked behind her, her stomach dropping as she caught sight of something moving fast in their direction.
“Quick,” Lily hissed in a panicked whisper before grabbing Eleven’s shoulder. Steering him back against the nearest tree as what she presumed was a mounted guard came closer she pressed herself against him, her hands coming to his cheeks as she kissed him hard, achieving that compromising position they had all agreed to assume should anyone come to investigate what was going on.
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The sounds of ornery drunkards had been easy enough to tune out until the crowd seemed to migrate, the sounds of rabble-rousing growing closer and becoming angrier than just the harmless patter of rollicking drunks.
Lily didn’t like how close to Vannozza’s wing of the palace they sounded, and as she left her room to head towards the end of the corridor she kept a firm grip on her wand as the angry voices grew louder. Her heart sped as she listened to how close they sounded and drew her wand, locking the door to the lady’s wing of the palace before waiting for them to reach the knob with her breath caught in her throat.
She hoped her charm would hold, or - in a worst-case situation, that someone else staying in this part of the palace had heard the crowd’s approach and find themselves keen and able to defend.
2) in the night garden
The shape of the mansion situated on the hunting grounds was still visible beyond the line of dark woods. Between long looks upward at the trees, hoping for a sign of the owl she checked back with the shadow of the manor house on the grounds, using it as a landmark to try and keep from getting lost. Lily knew she was capable of transporting herself back to the Vannozza wing of the palace in less than a heartbeat, but she didn’t want to have to do that - she had come in with a group, and she intended to make sure she and everyone else could leave.
“Bit funny don’t you think?” She asked in a whisper to the group member beside her. “The lady believed Wen Qing to be using these grounds for sordid reasons, yet she neglected to mention how ill-fitting this place was for them.” Lily drew her wand and swished it slightly, illuminating the tip in a soft glow meant to serve in place of a torch, or a flashlight.
“Perhaps the lady is a believer in creepiness as an aphrodisiac,” Lily continued before the soft hooting sound of an owl made her fall silent, cutting the light from her wand in an instant as she squinted up at the trees, her eyes following the sound of rustling wings.
3) evasive maneuvers (for eleven)
Finding Eleven in the forest had been a surprise, but Lily was familiar enough with his abilities to know what a good ally he could be, so she stayed close to him while they looked for any sign of the owls.
While her original purpose in seeking access to the grounds had been for a different task, she was glad to be an extra set of eyes, especially for a task as important as finding a cure for those in their number who had been poisoned.
They had not been searching the forest long when the sound of hooves drumming against earth broke the eerie silence of the forest. She froze midstep and looked behind her, her stomach dropping as she caught sight of something moving fast in their direction.
“Quick,” Lily hissed in a panicked whisper before grabbing Eleven’s shoulder. Steering him back against the nearest tree as what she presumed was a mounted guard came closer she pressed herself against him, her hands coming to his cheeks as she kissed him hard, achieving that compromising position they had all agreed to assume should anyone come to investigate what was going on.