Quick-witted, beautiful, and fashionable. If only they'd shared a world of origin so they could have befriended one another sooner, but such is the way of fate.

"If you do need help scaring off suitors, I humbly offer my services to play the role of your decadent paramour you had a tawdry affair and who you may have secretly conspired with to off your rich, old husband. Just putting that out there."

It would have definitely been a funner role than his current one. He laments the loss of a chance to be obnoxiously overdramatic.

"Alas, I am a novelist and a freeloader apparently. Quite popular from what I've been told."

Mostly by his fans who are eager to heap praise. He can't deny that's one of the better parts of being in this world.

"I'm also apparently at this gathering as a matter of research for my next book, but I can't say I've learned anything useful."

Not unless their reason for being here has anything to do with negotiation better import/export taxes for grain.

[ ooc: it's okay, I was also away on a work trip and couldn't tag properly until today. ]