A Promise Remembered....

[SirThanatos]

*As he made his way thro the village once more, he suddenly remembered a promise he had made to the Lady Rayven....to replace the flowers that her little dog had chewed and destroyed.
He turned on his heel and went to a shop that could handle his request. Soon he found one, and went inside to speak with the Keeper.....

Finding the man at the side of his shop, tending to some of his wares, he approached the man...after speaking with him at length, he gave the man the required coinage, and asked for a piece of parchment.....In his own script, he wrote to the Lady.

Lady Rayven,
A promise made is a promise kept...I hope these flowers will bring back a smile to your face to replace the dismay I saw upon the discovery of the demise of the originals.

I remain....Your Humble Servant,
Thanatos

He bade the merchant to have a boy take them to the Lady at once, and handed a few more coins to give the lad. Thanking the shopkeeper, he turned and walked out and back onto the path he originally was taking.....His mind still upon the Lady, he could not help but smile at the thoughts. The Lady was unlike any that he had met before. niether in his wide travels, nor his homeland...

A small voice in his head began a discourse with him...Could she be?? Is this the One? Better slow down Than ole boy, I know she smiles upon you often, yet that does not mean she has any deeper thoughts regarding you! So have a care!!

He sighed heavily at his own "thought arguments", but the final thought voiced held merit...being cautious in matters of the heart was something he a bit about...so he would heed the words until he knew for sure....

[Rayven]

Settling down at my desk after a long evening celebrating the awarding of Lady Halethala the honor of castle scribe I was surprised to receive a knock on my door at such a late hour.

Standing before me was a young boy accompanied by the ever-present chambermaid and he was holding out to me a bouquet of lovely daisies and a note. After pressing a small coin in his hand I closed the door to my chambers, leaning against it as I pressed my head upon the burnished wood, hugging the flowers to my chest as I read the sweet note that had accompanied them.

Quickly I settled the flowers in a container and sat at my desk to pen a reply to such a sweet gesture.


Milord Thanatos,

Once again you have surprised me with a lovely bouquet of daisies. I look at them now as they grace my room with their beauty and I thank you for your kindness in sending them to me.

Deepest regards,

Lady Rayven O’Duilleain



Folds the parchment and lets the candle drip onto the back of it, then places my personal seal upon it and dispatches a servant to send it to Lord Thanatos at first light.

[SirThanatos]

He awoke to the sound of knocking at his door..it took many minutes for him to realize that the pounding was NOT in his head...as the strong drink that his friend Sinold had insisted that he simply HAD to have..4 glasses of it to be exact...had made him somewhat ill during the night....He vowed that somehow he would repay this "kindness" in some fashion, somehow...someday!

So it was that with much grumbling and stumbling, he managed to get to the door and open it (which seemed MUCH heavier than it did last night to be sure!!) he saw the young lad holding out a note for him.
Paying a coin to the boy (actually he was not exactly sure how many coins he gave the lad..but was dimly aware of a rather large smile upon the boy's face!) and bidding him farewell with a nod.

He sat upon his small bed and gazed at the letter..his mood brightened a bit when he saw the Seal upon it, and knew it came from the Lady Rayven. Carefully and slowly, he took the small blade from his boot and unsealed the note...then leaning with his back upon the wall, and feet resting on the edge of the bedframe, he read the words the Lady had written.

His smile grew wider as he saw by her words that his "Promise" had indeed given the woman pleasure...His gaze held by the simple Closing of the note..."Deepest Regards..." after a moment, he relaxed his arms upon his knee and contemplated this at length.

Musing to himself, he pondered what the meanings, if any, was hidden in the phrasing. "Than ya hung over lug, don't be going "funny" now!" said that irrating voice in his much befuddled brain.."May have nay meaning t'all ye know! Mayhap tis as the King had advised you...the Lady simply seeks friendship!"

Grumbling to himself, he bade the idiot basson in his head to shut up for once and leave him be, so he could at least contemplate upon the Lady in solitude. However, it seemed that his brain had borrowed Thor's Hammer, and was seeking to escape his skull by the most horrid method possible!!

Many minutes later when the minstrels had stopped playing off key in his head, he sat at his desk and wrote a Reply to Lady Rayven...

M'Lady,
Tis with great joy to me that I read your words, and know that I am well pleased that you enjoyed the keeping of my Promise to you!
Now keep them away from any wayward small animals, and I am sure they will freshen your rooms for many days and eves to come!

Allow me to end here as you did to me....

Deepest Regards,
Thanatos

He then lumbered to the door and shouted (nearly splitting his skull from the sound!) for a messenger to come and take the note that he sealed with his own Seal to the Lady Rayven.
From that point on tho for several hours, the world ceased to exist for the Knight.