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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 1:16:51 GMT
Joseph nodded. "I understand. I'd want the face of the one I love to be the last thing I see if I were to die too. She does not seem like one to let you go without closure, though. I feel she'd want to at least have a brief exchange of words first."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 4:22:41 GMT
"I have the feeling that they'll be bringing me to my death in a few hours, if the gallows are already up. I hope she'll be here before then," he mumbled sleepily. "I'm... Really tired. I think I'll sleep. Wake me up if she comes, but I think... They put something funny... In my food..." His eyes fluttered closed and the prince curled up, snoring softly.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 4:33:53 GMT
Joseph nodded. "I will do that, Your Highness," he said softly.
A few hours later, footsteps could be heard coming down the corridor. Joseph jerked awake from his doze, inhaling sharply. Blinking and squinting his eyes, he could just make out a figure with a torch walking towards them.
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 14:26:20 GMT
Alain was still fast asleep, curled up in a corner of his cramped cell.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 15:39:39 GMT
Joseph nodded to Eliza as she approached. "Alain," he called, moving to the iron bars of the cell. "Alain, wake up. Eliza made it."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 17:09:32 GMT
Alain raised his head slowly, vision blurring. "Urgh... E-Eliza?" Pain throbbed at the base of his skull as he slowly lifted himself to a sitting position, the world tipping anf twisting around him.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 17:16:14 GMT
Joseph opened the cell door and Eliza slipped inside. "Yes, it's me. Are you okay?"
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 17:19:52 GMT
"My head... hurts..." He squinted up at her, vision settling. "But nevermind that. You're here!"
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 17:22:11 GMT
"Of course I am," she said softly, gathering him into a hug. "I wasn't about to let them kill you without seeing me you first."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 17:23:28 GMT
"Kill me?" The prince's face fell as he held her tightly, burying his face into her shoulder. "So... there's no evidence in my favor, then?"
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 17:27:05 GMT
"There is, actually," she told him, pulling away and placing a hand on gaunt cheek for a moment. "I did find something... In the advisor's quarters."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 17:32:44 GMT
"Hopefully it saves me quickly," he sighed, closing his eyes at her touch. "The gallows are already built and the rope tied."
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 17:43:11 GMT
Eliza sighed. "They'll be taking you away very soon..." She reached into her cloak, pulling out an expensive-looking dagger. It's hilt was engraved with intricate designs and was studded with various jewels.
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 17:49:53 GMT
"That's... that's my father's. You found it in the advisor's quarters?"
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 17:57:21 GMT
She nodded. "But this isn't even the most important part..." Carefully, she opened a small compartment in the hilt of the dagger, retrieving a tiny vial. It had been emptied of its contents, but the glass was clearly etched with a tiny skull.
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 18:06:48 GMT
"So that's how he killed him, then. Poison. But I thought he hired an assassin?"
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 18:13:00 GMT
"It didn't necessarily have to have been the advisor who administered the poison to your father's food. Assassins work in many ways, after all. I found something else though, about the vial." She showed him the bottom of the small bottle. On it was another etching, so small it was near-impossible to make out in the dim light. "It's the advisor. It's his mark. This was his poison."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 18:18:02 GMT
"This is perfect. They'll let me go if I show them this! And the minute they do, the advisor will be hanging from that noose, I guarantee it."
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 15, 2015 18:22:27 GMT
"I do hope so," she said. "You have to live... And you deserve to be king. That man's out of his mind."
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Post by Copper on Feb 15, 2015 18:25:28 GMT
"And when I become king, you can be-- " he froze, hearing footsteps coming down the stairs. Many footsteps, from a group, and the clank of armor. "You have to hide."
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