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Arrival
May 3, 2009 12:35:21 GMT -5
Post by Ladorak on May 3, 2009 12:35:21 GMT -5
The male accepted her kiss gratefully, of course giving back just as good as he got. "Oh well....no, I insist on taking you to dinner this one night. After that....sure, we can live frugally for a bit...or at least I will." He said, giving her a wink. "Truth be told....didn't think this would happen but...my funds are going to be running a bit short. Once I clear my name though, I should resume receiving regular paychecks." This was probably bad news for Val, as his "fortune" apparently wasn't limitless and as much as he hated to admit it....his uncle's gold coins had only been enough to live comfortably on for a few months.
"I don't mind eating at simple cafes though, provided you don't." He said, still smiling at her and still oblivious that she was looking for a rich male. "But yes....let's be off to St. Cyr. It isn't a terribly far trip. We can talk at dinner later on." He led her by the paw, taking them out of the hotel and out into the streets of Cosnair where they could thence travel to the Boarding School for Females at St. Cyr.
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St. Cyr was a pleasant old monastery situated on the outskirts of Cosnair in vineyard country, and was rather close to the King's summer palace that he no longer inhabited due to being under virtual house arrest in his winter palace inside the city. The school had established to educate females on being proper nobles when they grew up, and the fact that even one of Boneparte's sisters went here would indicate that he was from a noble family....though circumstances of course were deceptive.
The students were off today, as it was Sunday, and Boneparte had sent word ahead of him that he was coming. His sister bounded the down the steps of the school to meet him, pulling her dress up a bit so as not to get it snagged on any loose rocks. "Boneparte!" she called out to him happily, her fur being a richer tan than his was. She was only 15, but it was clear that in the future she would grow into an attractive female. Her face was cute....not outright beautiful...just cute.
She practically leaped into his arms and he gasped out, bringing his own paws up to steady her. "Hey there Elisa! Good to see you again!" he said happily, running a paw through her headfur affectionately. Elisa Lantzer was known for her sharp tongue and sometimes tomboyish demeanor, and this often led to problems with the other females at this school, but Boneparte couldn't exactly blame her...she was from Personza after all, like him, and had a hardier existence more akin to a young male dibbun growing up than a proper female kit.
"Please, please, please brother! You HAVE to get me out of here! I want to go home! I don't like this school at all!" she said, shaking her head and giving him a pleading look. "They're all so strict and rigid here! I hate it! I hear that the Assembly will be passing a new law to close this school though, as they'll be getting rid of the nobility soon! They say we should all live as equals, with no one beast being above the other!" she exclaimed happily. Boneparte only chuckled at this. If he only knew that Val was searching in particular for nobility.....
"Well that's good to hear...never saw the point of a noble class myself." He had been bullied rather mercilessly in school growing up here for his lack of a noble title and his rougher way of speaking. "I promise that as soon as I'm able, I'll get you out of here and back to Personza."
"Yay!" she said happily, squeezing him a bit more. "How long are you in town for?"
"Oh....probably several months. I have to work on clearing a mistake up with the Ministry of War. Somebeast has been talking behind my back it seems...got me into a spot of trouble." he explained to her. She nodded, looking over at the gray furred femme next to her brother.
"And who is this?" she asked, releasing herself from her brother's arms. "Why Boneparte Lantzer.....are you dating now? Huh? Are you you lucky devil?" she asked, shoving his arm a bit in a playful way.
"Huh? Oh....well...this is Valeata Mist." Boneparte introduced Val to Elisa. He didn't go any further though.....as he was unsure HOW to describe their relationship. He had never really....done this before after all. "Val, this is my younger sister, Elisa." Perhaps he's let Val explain her relationship to him in her introduction.
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Arrival
May 4, 2009 12:06:53 GMT -5
Post by jaydjasmyn on May 4, 2009 12:06:53 GMT -5
~Valeata Mist
The femme agreed, by nodding, about eating at places that were inexpensive. She may have been directed to marry a rich beast and she grew up as one but she was quite down to earth. In truth Val would have been happy living in a small cottage in the forest if she had the choice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It didn't take long to get to his sister. Val stood there patiently while Boneparte was reunited with his sister. She didn't want to interupt there time.
Soon enough the young femme noticed Val standing there. Immediately Elisa assumed that Bone and Val were dating. Val wouldn't want her to think anything else. V wanted Elisa to be happy for her brother and so the adult would simply play along. Viv wished to not embarass Bone most of all, plus on her heart she really wished that she could be dating him.
Val stepped forward and grinned happily as she grabbed Bone's bicep fondly and hugging it onto her, of course making it look like they were dating. "Yep! Your brother is quite the lovely beast." She smiled up at him and squeezed his arm.
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Arrival
May 4, 2009 13:48:56 GMT -5
Post by Ladorak on May 4, 2009 13:48:56 GMT -5
Boneparte felt his throat close up. Wait a minute....she..admitted that they were dating?! Was Val....just trying to cover for him in front of his sister.....or was she genuine about that? "Oh really? You didn't mention it to me brother." Elisa said, turning back to face him.
"Ah yeah well.....we just met, didn't have a chance to get any letters off to Elisa...sorry." the male apologized quickly.
"It's OK....chances are they'd read my mail first before giving it to me....that's the sort of place this school is." she informed him with narrowed eyes. "Now you can see why I really hate it here." she said, more in a lower, almost conspiratorial voice.
"Heh...well I'll see what I can do. I have to get back to the capital soon to start work on clearing my name, but I'll visit when I can, and I'll see about keeping on eye on when this school will be dissolved. Maybe I can use that as an excuse to go back to Personza...as I'm POSITIVE they're gonna make me rejoin my regiment here now that we're at war." he said, a bit distastefully. That he WASN'T looking forward to. He'd rather go back to Personza and work to liberate it from Rosferia but....first things first. "Anyways, Val and I are gonna have dinner in town. Would you like to join us?" Boneparte invited her.
"I wish I could bro, but the nuns here won't even let me leave the grounds without special permission, and I'm sure if I told them now they'd claim I lacked advance notice." she rolled her eyes. "It's OK though, go have a great time!" she said, winking at the two of them as she turned and moved back up the stairs and into the school, where a black clad nun was patiently waiting for the femme, giving her an expectant look as she slid past the instructor and into the darkness of the corridor.
"Seems like....an interesting place." Boneparte said, shrugging and turning back to Val. "Hey....did you......mean that....about what you said or...were you just saying that for Elisa's benefit?" he asked as her as he began walking with her towards the restaurant.
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Arrival
May 4, 2009 16:23:11 GMT -5
Post by jaydjasmyn on May 4, 2009 16:23:11 GMT -5
~Valeata
Val looked back, noticing the nun in the shroud of the shadows, lurking there like a spider that's waiting for it's prey. No... Val didn't like this place and Bone would do well to get his sister out of here a.s.a.p. But perhaps she could share that with Bone later.
For now they had their own things that needed to be discussed........
As they walked Bone himself brought up the subject. Val would have liked it if they could have talked about it over dinner but a nearby bench would do fine.
The femme smiled up at him. This was so hard for her. She only wanted to marry for love but surely this task of coming into money would fall on her shoulders more than her sisters.
l"Oh here let us sit and talk a bit before dinner." she playfully tugged him along and then sat, looking at him rather pitifully. "Boneparte.... I've been bestowed upon with a mission by my father, by my entire family really." The Meerkat would explain further when Bone was settled in.
Val's nerves began to get the better of her and her paws began to tremble.
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Arrival
May 4, 2009 23:23:44 GMT -5
Post by Ladorak on May 4, 2009 23:23:44 GMT -5
The Lieutenant wasn't crazy about this idea of taking a seat before they got to the restaurant. Couldn't they just talk about their intimate feelings over dinner? Why save it for this...bench? Looking across at her with concern in his eyes, he figured he may as well listen to what she had to say.
Well....a mission? That didn't.....seem too negative. He only wondered what this sort of mission was though. Did it involve him? Had she purposely sought him out from the start? But no...that didn't make any sense...he had been the one to approach her. So then what?
"A mission you say? Well...care to enlighten this Lieutenant?" he asked, unsure if he would like this answer or not. Chances were he'd have to rejoin his regiment once his name was cleared anyways, and so...he had that to fall back on....but he really hoped it wouldn't come to that. Sure he'd only known her a few weeks, but he was finding that he wanted to spend more and more time with her, get to know her better.
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Post by jaydjasmyn on May 5, 2009 9:29:35 GMT -5
~Valeata Mist
Val began to get nervous, more and more. She chuckled dryly. In her heart she only wanted to tell him that, 'yes she wanted to date him and slowly fall in love with him'. As a matter of fact that's what she felt right now, that was the feeling that he was planting within her heart.
To break the ice Val leaned in and gave him a soft but very deep sensual kiss. Slowly then she pulled from him as she tried to think of the best way to explain things to him.
The femme adjusted her seating , sitting very near to him and holding his paw as she began. "We use to live a very rich life, my family and I, but a storm came and swept it all away in the blink of an eye. My father then got the idea that was pressed upon his daughters. Viv and I are suppose to find a rich male to date and then to marry. He assumes that this will allow us to restore our plantation to it's original splendor. So that's why I'm here." Val allowed for that part thus far to sink in.
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Arrival
May 5, 2009 11:34:40 GMT -5
Post by Ladorak on May 5, 2009 11:34:40 GMT -5
He of course did not reject her kiss. He drank in it's splendor, and allowed the moment to last before she pulled away in order to explain things to him. He listened to her patiently, his tail flicking about behind him on the bench as she went over how her family's plantation had been demolished by a storm.
So...she had been sent here in order to marry a rich noble of some beast in order to restore family's prosperity? Blinking, he bit his lower lip as he took a moment to digest this. "I.....see....you need to marry a noble then." He shook his head. "I admit I'm well off but...even my funds are starting to run a bit low. Truth be told....I'm from a noble Personzan family but....the problem is ANYBEAST on Personza can become a noble if they fill out the paperwork...and the only reason I have money is because I found a chest of gold coins under my deceased uncle's bed. Even that....isn't lasting though." he said, shaking his head for a second time.
"Val I admit to you I'm well off but....I'll be honest. I don't have enough to get an entire plantation back on it's paws. But still....don't you realize that with the Revolution nobility is becoming a dangerous thing? If you become too associate with them well...listen. Just the other day up on the northern border, an aristocrat general was murdered by his own troops.....they distrusted him and his loyalty to the new government. They...." He stopped himself, unsure if he should continue. "They....hacked his limbs off and burned his body......the nobility is fast slipping into a distrusted state." he said in lower tones.
"But still...I understand your plight...but my concern is for you Valeata Mist. I don't think you're going to get much help ANYWHERE based on the prevailing sentiment. To them you're just another rich snob looking out for her own interests. The Assembly is not gonna care about you or your family. To them, everyone is equal now, and no beast is more privileged than another." he explained to her. "Not.....I'm not insulting you....just telling you like it is. Sure you......might find some noble willing to wed you but...how long do you think it will be before the Assembly cracks down and strips him and yourself of your titles and possibly even your wealth? You'd be better off....and I'm not saying this because I find you....appealing to me but....you'd be better off finding somebeast you truly care about....and one who can take care of you. I...can't make that promise that I could do that, we've only known each other a few weeks after all."
He stood up, looking down at her with his gray eyes. "I don't know what's gonna happen to me. Chances are I'll have to rejoin my regiment once I clear my name but hey....I'll be making a paycheck at least, even if I can't go back home, which is what I truly desire. I have to make sacrifices because of my circumstances. I think that....because of your circumstances....you need to as well but....at the same time I understand your family's plight. I wish I could help you.......I wish I was descended from some Rosferian noble and that I had all the money in the world to put into your plantation. But I don't.....Val....I don't."
He swallowed now, a breeze blowing through his head fur and causing it to ruffle a bit. "Val....I guess it boils down to what's most important to you. Because I....I....care about you." he stopped short of saying love....it was still early after all. "Because I care about you, I want you to do what you feel is right. My opinion is you won't have much luck getting help here. I enjoy your company and would love to spend more time with you but.....if your family is THAT important to you then.....then you have to do what you have to do....right?" he asked, his whole phrasing sounding wrong to him. He didn't just want to let her go but...what else could he do?
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Arrival
May 5, 2009 12:02:20 GMT -5
Post by jaydjasmyn on May 5, 2009 12:02:20 GMT -5
~Valeata Mist
This was just to much pressure being thrown on such a young femme. Oh sure Val seemed strong but she only wants what most other females her age wants.... true love, to settle down and to have a bunch of kits.
Val wore a deep frown on her face. Tears came to her eyes and she looked down. When Bone put things in perspective for her she realized just how silly it sounded. Why should she sacrifice her happiness for tha sake of money?
Now the tears flowed down her cheeks. She didn't want Bone to have a bad opinion of her. The femme was starting to care for him deeply and so she decided that she could stand the temptation to fall in love with him for a while longer. She looked up at him from her sitting position. The Kat-tess must have looked a pitiful sight, all sad in the eyes and crying. What he said to her last really cut her heart open. She did care for her family that much and surely if it were any other beast but Bone she would have left them standing there with the view of her behind as she was walking away. There just had to be a way to work this out!
Val now stood and stepped closer to Bone, putting her cheek on his chest, closing her eyes in order to hear his heart beat. He was alive and here with her now and she knew what her own heart wanted. Slowly she wrapped her arms around him and gazed up at him, speaking in a whisper. "Boneparte Lantzer. I would love to date you. I will just have to worry about my family later. Now is the time to get to know you better. The future is always uncertain but I am willing to let it unfold by itself." It was plain and simple. Now Val just waited for some sort of response from him.
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Arrival
May 6, 2009 11:36:06 GMT -5
Post by Ladorak on May 6, 2009 11:36:06 GMT -5
The meerkat could see that he had upset her visibly. She was sobbing and the tears were running down her cheeks as she looked up at him. What was she going to say? Was she thinking about what he had said? Was she considering other options? Was she just going to leave him because he had "intruded?"
But she moved up against him, and caused his heart to beat just a tad faster than it had done before. She....looked up at him...and in a soft voice expressed her desire to date him. He was so shocked that he almost fell over backwards...but he would have dragged her with him and that wouldn't have been good.
"You...you mean that?!" he exclaimed breathlessly. "You....you really want to spend time with me while I'm here in Rosferia?" he asked, his cheeks flushing bright red right now under his sandy fur. That was....GREAT! He had time to kill here....it wasn't as if he could leave this place anytime soon after all. Chances were he'd have to rejoin his regiment and go wherever they were stationed.
"But...what about your family? Don't get me wrong....I'm so happy for your decision...I can't even express that in words....I think you're making the right choice given the current situation after all, and so yeah...but will your family be alright with that?" he asked, encircling his own arms about her and holding her rather tightly.
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Arrival
May 6, 2009 19:59:12 GMT -5
Post by jaydjasmyn on May 6, 2009 19:59:12 GMT -5
~Valeata
Val was happy to make him happy. She didn't know how such news would go over with her family but at this point she didn't really care. For once she wanted to do something that made 'her' happy and this certainly did. Now Boneparte could actually explain their relationship instead of being uncertain about it.
Happily she smiled up at him. To see him so happy was very dear to Valeata. "Yes I mean that and as far as my parents go..... Well.... I'm sure that my father especially will not be happy but he will just have to learn to deal with it. Right now I just want to do something that makes me happy and to date you makes me very happy." Val hugged him tightly. "Mmmmm....... Now let us go to dinner and we can talk more about it?"
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