Expedition - The Enduring Shrine of Zaude [A; Open

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

(A means Alvin, but I'll be throwing Finas in, too. See how this goes!!)

[Key: Red: Alvin. Blue: Finas.]

"The Enduring Shrine of Zaude..." The phrase is muttered by Lord Alvin Reyne of Halure, as they stand in the Entrance Hall of what is Zaude.

"It's very impressive..."

"Yes, my lord." Comes the response from a blond-haired Imperial Knight. One who looks hauntingly familiar to Commandant Flynn.

With good reason. The Commandant is his son. Finas Scifo is stood to Alvin's right hand, evidentally there as protection.

"Forgive me, my lord, but why did you want to come here again?"

"Hm? Oh! I just wanted to have a look about. You did not have to come with me, Sir Finas."

[Duke]

A few quiet steps are all that herald the appearance of Duke. He almost walks past the pair, eyes simply fixed ahead as usual, but he realizes he had heard voices and glances aside. He recognizes Finas, but not the other. This didn't manage to change his expression, but he slows and stops, regarding them both without turning to face them.

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

"It's my pleasure, Lord Reyne. I..." He trails off, however, as Duke appears. The Scifo knight looks the man over...

"Oh, I did not know anyone else was here." Alvin says, perfectly amiable. "Are you from Aspio? I hope we are not intruding."

"I know you from somewhere." Finas says. "From my past."

[Duke]

"... Do you?" Duke's eyes move from Finas, staring rather blankly at and through him, then move to the other man, focusing for a moment's study.

"I am not of Aspio." And his attention wanders away again, back to the halls.

"... Few are currently from Aspio... if I recall correctly..."

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

"Just because a place doesn't exist doesn't mean a man cannot be from there." Alvin comments, smiling politely before glancing back at Finas.

"I know what you mean, sir."

"Yes, I do." The knight says, eyes still fixed on Duke. "If I may, who are you? If you are not from the Mage's Institute, then are you a guild member?"

[Duke]

Duke shrugs slightly, really more a tiny twitch of his shoulders.

"I am not aligned to any human-made trivialities."

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

"Yes, but that does not quite answer my question." Finas comments, before glancing back to Alvin. "Where do you think you know him from, my lord?"

A frown creases Alvin's brow. "I remember a Duke Pantarei from the balls my father used to take me to. He reminds me of that family."

[Duke]

Duke remains silent for a long moment, staring ahead. "... I am not aligned with any human-made trivialities.." He gives a blank look to the entry hall, and blandly ignores anything Alvin might have been trying to say with that sentence.

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

A slightly exasperated sound comes from Finas. "If you're not going to tell us who you are, I suggest you leave. This is a Restricted area. Only authorised people from the Empire and the Guilds are allowed."

[Duke]

"Is it....?" Duke sounds vaguely amused by the fact they're restricting access to the place.

"There is nothing that Zaude can do now..." Well, he's going to start wandering off.

((OOC: THAT BLUE IS PAINFUL. just saying. again))