Sisay gets busted!

<<Continued from previous log. Renada barges into my room and� well� look what happens� :) >>

Renada has arrived.

������� She doesn't knock; the willowy Swordmistress appears in the doorway, the lock apparently easily bypassed by the woman's nimble fingers (or perhaps she merely has a key). Your superior officer appears...quite blank - like the toyshop doll she so often resembles when she deals with the nobility. She's never been that way with you.


������� "You have dishonored your uncle yet again, Sisay." Her voice tolls like bone chimes, flat and dry.

Sisay doesn't look up concerned on nervously sharping her dagger. "No i didn't. I just had a quarrel with a stupid concubine who _thinks_ she knows it all."

������� "You told them that their most dire enemies were /cute/." There's a measured pause. "Have you been drinking? Or are you naturally this thoughtless?"

Sisay scrambles up opn her knees, shakes her head wildly, creating a mess out of her neatly colmbed hair. Then she mutters with a poisonous voice: "I see you got spies there. But they don;t have ears now do they?" She plays dangerously with her dagger in her hands switching it from one hand to the other while continuing: "I sayd the Harkonnens are disgusting. And I sayd that one of them was my friend. And I happen to like that _friend_. And as such I don't consider that friend an enemy. Or am I not entitled to my oppinion? And, just so you know, I don't turn in my friends."
 

���� ���"Don't be stupid, girl," rattles the Countess dryly in return. "They dropped crusher-frigates on Malarca Secundus. Slaughtered millions of innocent civilians - rendered an entire stretch of that planet completely unihabitable for millions of years to come. How do you /think/ they would react? And as for your opinion, Sisay, no. You are not entitled to your opinion in company such as that - your opinion is that of the House. That is how politics work...and you /will/ be acquainted with them, like it or not."

�(OOC) Renada says, "I'll answer that."
 

Sisay listenes to the Swordmistress while still playing dangerously with her knife. Her moves get more erratic and nervous and chance would be she'd cut herself. "You review your spies once again, Countess. And ask them precisely what I have talked... Seems to me you only count the pieces of information that you'd like."
 

(OOC) Sisay says, "answer what?"
Mintor pages: Excuse me?!?
(OOC) Renada says, "Com traffic. Mintor wanted to see you, but I sent him away."
�(OOC) Sisay says, "What? I didn't see that?"
(OOC) Renada says, "Must not have your communicator turned on."
 

Mintor pages: this is what she said..<Com Message> Ornithopter 1336, this is the Countess Renada Akiko Solude, House Swordmistress. We extend our greatest apologies to the Lord Mintor, but the Lady Sisay is currently indisposed. She will not be available for audience for the next few days due to illness.
 

(OOC) Sisay says, "Why'd you drive him away? I need to meet him."
(OOC) Renada says, "Because we're having a meeting? You're not going to be leaving the Embassy for a while, after this stunt."

������� "I only need so much, girl," the Countess replies. "This makes the third time since I have been on this planet alone that you have managed to make a mockery of the Marquis and this family's honor - and because you are my responsibility, I am empowered to act upon this slight."

Sisay stops her flurry with the knife. She looks the Countess deep into the eyes, black eyes glimmering with fury. "You are empowered to nothing, Countess. You have no knowledge whatsoever on what happened where and you are overreacting. This is my home and my house and I am sick and tired of getting orders for you. Now, if you'd excuse me..." she sheaths her knife back and raises from her bed.
 

������� "Silence!" The Countess's voice suddenly spikes, a loud clap of brittle crystal thunder.

Sisay rises her eyebrows and she says in an unnaturaly calm tone: "Silence yourself." She pauses, circling the room and then she says: "You... You will not..." she interrupts as a busy noise comes out from her communicator. At the very instant a guard enters, one of Lady Sisay's guards and says: "Excuse me, my Lady... but... Lord Mintor... He's..." The laydy cuts him off with a sharp gesture while listening to the communicator. Then she rises her gaze back at the Swordmistress, this time, a wicked smile beams on her face.
 

������� The Countess's voice explodes into a hissing roar, the doll's porcelain mask suddenly setting into stone. "Guards," the Countess rumbles. "You will sieze the Lady Ginaz and place her under house arrest. Direct insubordination of a superior officer is not to be tolerated in the home of His Excellency - discipline and honor are precepts that even noble rank can evade."

�(OOC) Renada says, "Yeah, well. o_o Yer in trouble."
�(OOC) Sisay says, "Yeah... but unfortunately you can only command your own guards... my two bodyguards are under dirrect command of Sisay's father obeying only Jacob's and my own commands... how'll it be? Cos Sisay's bailing out... one way or the other...:)"
(OOC) Renada says, "I'm sorry, but you're completely incorrect."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Oh?"
(OOC) Renada says, "As Swordmaster I am placed in command under the entirety of the House guard. If your guards resist, they will be arrested as well. Pose as you wish, but keep in mind that you /will/ be captured."
(OOC) Renada says, "Sisay is hardly good enough to escape the Ginaz compound."
(OOC) Sisay says, "She did it twice before..."
(OOC) Renada says, "And I have sealed up the security holes behind her. Trust me, unless you can pull a miracle out of your hat, you're not getting out."
(OOC) Renada says, "If you can even get out of this room."
(OOC) Renada says, "Which is just as doubtful."
(OOC) Sisay hmms... lemme think...
(OOC) Renada says, "Think about it. :) 8th level Swordmaster. Even if your guards put up a fight they'd be cut down, and you'd have the whole Embassy after you. I seriously doubt it's possible, dear."
(OOC) Renada says, "I can get someone to reinforce that, if you feel it's a question of theme."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Ok, you arest me after a little struggle, but one of my guards will reach mintor... and he can claim me back..."
(OOC) Sisay says, "nah.. no judge... pure RP...:)"
(OOC) Renada says, "Again, you're absolutely incorrect."
(OOC) Renada says, "I'm sorry, honey, but your TWO guards are not getting past a whole embassy."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Atm you don't know anything about my guards. One of them will discretely leave the embassy for the Atreides estate..."
(OOC) Renada says, "No, you're wrong. I am the Swordmaster. I know /all/ security in this House. Do you understand? ALL."
(OOC) Renada says, "You do not have secret guards wandering around the Embassy."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Yes, but the guard acts single mindedly... I have no secret guards... just "friendly" ones who know what to do... This is not a laid out plan... instinct acting... you cannot do anything about that since you cannot 'prescience' that...?"
(OOC) Sisay says, "COme on... leave me one little 'escape' route? :)"
(OOC) Renada says, "Okay. You will now answer these questions. 1.) Where are your guards, currently? 2.) Are they where you can communicate with them directly? 3.) Do you not believe that I, as Swordmaster, do not have security plans in place where an arrest order will not have the Embassy's borders sealed?"
(OOC) Renada says, "I will not, if it defies the bounds of logic. I understand you want to make things interesting, and I am sure word /will/ leak out - but you have to do it in a believable fashion."
(OOC) Renada says, "Trust me, the servants will be whispering - I'll make sure that a +rumor is posted to that effect after this scene, okay?"
(OOC) Sisay says, "The guards are _now_ in this room, at the door. Yes, I can comunicate with them. They have orders to protect me from _anyone_ and _anything_ so they might aswell target you. But aside of that, yes, they could or at least one could leave the embassy since it is a fully cleared guard and no one knows what nor where he might go in the fuss."
(OOC) Renada says, "I'm sorry, Sisay, but that is hardly realistic."
(OOC) Renada says, "If you want to do this, you're going to do it in a proper fashion - and your two guards running off through the Embassy or fighting Renada is not proper. Your guards are going to be killed if they do that, and you're going to be put in a cell until you've cooled off. The servants will whisper about it...but that's about all you can hope for in terms of word getting out. Do you understand?"
(OOC) Sisay says, "Ok. plan B. My guards are at the door. They won't obey your orders so there will be at least one minute untill _your_ guards come here. In that time (remember I have my com on) I can just cry for help..."
(OOC) Renada says, "Your guards will not survive the moment. Cry though you want, you're still going to be arrested. You don't seem to understand, honey, that as Swordmaster I have command over /all/ security here in Jacob's absence."
(OOC) Renada says, "My word overrides yours in this situation."
(OOC) Renada says, "In the IC chain of command. It's that simple."
(OOC) Renada says, "And 'my guards' are not just the Shieldmen, but the entire House personnel"
(OOC) Sisay says, "Ok, you arrest me, me and my guards fight. My guards won't be killed. I scratch one of yours. But you do the rumor and the explaining to Mintor. When I get out, I run to the Atreides Estate untill Jacob picks me up or I marry the atrides...:) Is that acceptable? (And no, my guards won;t obey you because of my fathers express orders not to obey anyone but Jacob, Chardin and myself. i rp-ed that way, this is how it remains)"
(OOC) Renada says, "Once you're arrested, the rest will be roleplayed. Your guards will be slain by my hand for attacking the Swordmaster. Plain and simple. This is what you have to work with for not accepting your fate gracefully."
(OOC) Renada says, "You can take it up with Jake when he gets back if you like, but insubordination of this magnitude is dealt with harshly. Resisting arrest is nearly the same as treason."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Look, there is conflict of interest at my guards... They vowed to my father to protect _me_, so the disobeyance of my guards is justified... Even if my orders are wrong, they are protected by the promise..."
(OOC) Sisay says, "so if you kill my guards you'll get me, my father and chardin on your back..."
(OOC) Renada says, "I'll worry about that."
(OOC) Renada says, "But your Father isn't the Marquis, and the Marquis has put me in charge. So. We'll worry about it then."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Yes, but you'll kill the guards just because they did their job... remember that..."
(OOC) Renada says, "I'll kill the guards because they attacked a Swordmaster."
Mintor pages: ok.. it's getting late here.. You can always escape when she's not around.. ;)
(OOC) Renada says, "And yes, I'll remember that. Now please pose."
(OOC) Sisay says, "No... they won;t attack you... I thought your guards'll come in, my bodyguards protect me and in the frenzy get dragged towards a corner of the room. Then you bust me..."
(OOC) Renada says, "If you'd like to play it that way, that's fine."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Ok then:)"
(OOC) Sisay says, "I hope you don;t take this personally... it's rp, right?"
(OOC) Renada says, "Of course I don't, honey. I don't think you quite understand what my IC authority is in this house, but we'll worry about that later on."
(OOC) Sisay hugs and poses now.
 

Sisay yells: "Guards!" The next instant the two guards jump besides the lady and slightly to her front. A puzzled look is on their face, no knowing exactly where the threat lies, nevertheless rapiers get drawn and a small curved dagger with a doe's foot as a hilt shines in the middle.


������� "Very stupid of you, girl," replies the Countess as her fingers slides across her belt - in one smooth movement her fingers touch the shield control hidden amongst those golden links and draw the sword from its gilded scabbard. Sealed within the glimmering membrane of the Holtzman shield the willowy woman rushes foreward, the needle of death gleaming whitely in her hand. Though she knows her men will soon be pouring in, she'll try to disable these two without /too/ much injury.


The Lady's bodyguards close the space between them, shielding the girl completely. In their back, the Lady tries to open the door to Delana's room. Damn! It's locked. She looks breifly to the garden window. No, Renada's men are there and the orni pad is way to far. A lost battle? At least we put up a fight. Instinctively, the girl touches a hidden amulet at her neck. It's the bear claw she gathered as a trophy on Marcinko... the bear fight... The bodyguards don't move, however , eyes narrowed, they are prepared for defensive battle as they quickly fire up their shields with the free arms. One of them eyes Renada directly, the other one watches the opened door.

(OOC) Renada says, "Oi. o_o I'm falling asleep here. Can we replay this tomorrow, but figure out what the outcome is so I can post rumors?"
(OOC) Sisay says, "Then I say we skip the whole battle. You seize me, and the guards if you like, and we rp the next day talk tomorrow...?"
(OOC) Renada says, "Sounds just fine, babydoll."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Ok... where's the brig?"
(OOC) Renada says, "We don't have one, I think. Just go to my office."
(OOC) Sisay says, "Umm... oki..."
(OOC) Renada says, "We have one ICly, just not built."
(OOC) Sisay says, "nod... tis fine."
(OOC) Renada says, "See you later, dear. I'll post the rumor."
�(OOC) Sisay says, "One more plea: pretty please don't kill my damn guards. they just did their job...:)"

<<Ok, this is how it ends� not too estethyc but still understandable�>>