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Jigano Silversmith
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#29
Edy's expression made it apparently fairly quickly that she hadn't quite meant what he thought she'd meant, and Jigano was back to puzzling through just what the leapfrogging had been about. Post-orgasm calisthenics? That seemed... strange... but who was he to judge? But though relief was making him a little giddy, the recent tension and paranoia remained near enough at hand to keep him from going entirely whimsical. His assumption of 'capture' wasn't right, so that did that leave?

He raised a brow as she shooed him back into position, but this time he obeyed with far less protest, wondering with a touch of exasperation if she was going to jump over him again. He didn't understand the purpose of it, and given how much adrenaline he still had working its way through his system from his earlier anxiety he wasn't sure it was the time or place for it. But... well. Considering how badly things could be going, he could manage a little patience and indulgence for the firecracker who was still, in spite of political awkwardness, his friend.

"I saw nothing, I felt nothing, tralala," he assured her dryly, amused in spite of himself as he let her take hold of him again. "What do you mean, 'like it le--' hey now!" He yelped a protest as he found a young lady with decidedly masculine parts pressed against his back, impossibly to miss even through the robe. Even so, he reached back to catch her legs and help her balance, though the glare he shot over his shoulder was decidedly less amused. "What on Caido are you--"

Motherfucking checkers.

"... Did you just... king me?" He asked, shock and disbelief uppermost in his voice, with a healthy dose of bafflement underlying it. "But... when you cousin gets back... won't you get in trouble?" And never mind the rest of the implications. They were too dizzying to contemplate for the moment, at least until he figured out if he'd guessed right this time. He was pretty much 0 for 2 so far, after all. But maybe the third time was the charm?
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#30

Edy
fuck you <3

... Did you just... king me? Ah! Edy cackled raucously with joy, wrapping her arms around Jigano's surprisingly broad shoulders and attempting to snuggle her face into the crook of his neck, to trill delightedly. Used (and loving) to be touched, the not-teenager thought little of the bard's hands on her thighs and much as she'd like to continue to cuddle the man she so often sought to seek a reaction from, she'd dismount from around him and move to face him.

"I knew I'd remember eventually." She confirmed with a broad grin. As for Zariah? Edy shrugged. "Keep your enemies close and all that. But I've never been one for politics, even Z knows that. I can keep a level head when I need to, but all the plotting and planning?" The fire mage sighed and shook her head. "That's where you come in. It can't be a natural since they've never had a ruler before, and you're one of the only people I know who isn't a complete idiot." High, high praise.

"Besides. You're out of a job anyways." Edy quipped with a wink, knowing that Amalia had 'taken over' the Loreseekers.
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#31
A snuggle Edy was an awkward handful, but not so different from spontaneous hugs from Sam, really. Jigano snorted softly, amused and resigned to the odd position until the mage wanted down. It was a relief to not have her new addition pressing against him, and he straightened his clothing with the dignity she'd come to expect from him - only marred a little by the glint of humor in his blue eyes as they faced one another again.

She confirmed his guess and he was left to confront that dizzying array of complications and possibilities that suddenly opened up before him like a gaping chasm. Of all the potential ways this meeting could have gone, this hadn't been even a little bit close, and his knees felt a little weak at both the responsibility and the trust Edy was placing in him. "Oh, I have my idiot moments," he murmured, still dazed and desperately trying to buy himself time to come to grips with what she was saying.

The reminder that he'd lost his position as Provost stung, but it helped to bring him back to the current moment and his eyes narrowed at his saucy young friend, though the smile remained on the edges of his expression. "Hmph. Thank you for the reminder. You know how bad my memory is, in my old age," he responded, dry humor, but humor nonetheless.

He wasn't going to argue with her about the naturals; he didn't like it, but it was also difficult to disagree with the framing of it. From what he'd seen the naturals followed leaders only temporarily, when someone had the skills to oversee a large job that needed doing - raising a barn (or a mob), or undertaking other such projects. Governance was a different kettle of fish entirely, different even than simply 'leading,' as Zariah had been finding out. Well. Good governance, at least.

"I'm honored, Edy," he said thoughtfully, some of his humor fading as he let the reality of her offer (or was it more of a 'hot potato' that had been tossed to him?) sink in. "And grateful. I'm curious what you think about Ronin, though. You've known him a lot longer than I have, and he seems used to leading. How do you think he'd do on the throne?"

Did they even have a throne? He hoped not. Thrones tended to be heavy, uncomfortable things, and they seemed to encourage the migration of one's brains to their rump to make up for the lack of padding.
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#32

Edy
fuck you <3

"Pfff, so you keep reminding me. I'm starting to think you're just using that as an excuse though." Edy grinned, flopping onto the bed and reaching for the tumbler of whiskey someone had so thoughtfully gifted her. Well, not the whiskey. That was left over, but the glass was thoughtful. Draining the contents, Edy gave literally no thought whatsoever to Jigano's suggestion. "Fine, fine. You both can be kings then. You know what they say," She said with a mischevious grin, holding up her empty cup as she narrowed her eyes wickedly. "Three cocks are better than one. Or is it heads? Well, either way..."

Her laughter was melodic, filthy, and entirely pleased.
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#33
"It's a very good excuse though," he protested with mock-earnesty, grinning at her suspicions. "Old people can get away with just about anything and people will say 'oh, don't mind grandpa, you know how he gets when he has his moments.' It's really quite freeing." Now, though, the jig was up, as they saying went, and Edy had pegged him for a responsible adult who might yet be able to salvage something from the chaos Zariah had caused while trying to bring order to the Hollowed Grounds.

Not alone, though, and preferably not for long before he passed the proverbial scepter to a man who had more skin in the game insofar as actually wanting the kingship - should he find greatness thrust upon him, at least. And with Zariah out in the world, working with the Voice and intending to return? Someone needed to want it who wouldn't abuse it.

"Heads is the usual term, though I think your version might catch on fairly quickly," he said dryly, finally allowing himself to return to the chair and sit down before his knees gave out on him from the relief that was still washing through him that his friend was still the bright, brassy, wicked young woman he thought he knew. He hadn't liked seeing her as Zariah's enforcer, and he hadn't been entirely comfortable with her waving her new dick in his face, but carefree and cackling? That was the Edy he most liked to see, enjoying life and largely unbothered by what the rest of the world might think. "Hmm. Though I suppose if I describe you as 'cocky' now, it will have multiple meanings," he added thoughtfully. "That has some potential, from a lyrical standpoint. Double entendres always go over well after the booze has been flowing for a bit. I don't suppose you have a preferred title, my fellow King - or is it former Queen? Or are we both kings together? Are we sticking with the checkers analogy?" he asked, more than a little rueful as he considered the specifics of the situation - and how best to set it to music later.
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#34

Edy
fuck you <3

"Mmm, here's hoping." Edy replied with a delighted grin, as she sat up, one of her long legs wrapped around the other. Though the Rapacious was not known for her ability to read expressions or situations well, it hadn't escaped her that Jigano had not agreed to her proposal. Perhaps he thought he didn't need to.

Perhaps he was buying time.

"Ahh yes. Just a lyrical standpoint." She echoed in a sultry voice, a single brow raised mischievously. Though the quandary of their—yes, their titles—only made Edy smirk as she reached forward to cup each of her breasts and playfully bounce the handfuls of flesh up and down. "Dunno what I am. Better in bed, I suppose." She cackled before shrugging. "Not much for titles. We can be the three kings if you like. Maybe they'll write songs about us."

Us.

Edy. Jigano. Ronin.

Yeah. She felt good about that. Much fun as Edy could have on her own, things would be much better with the two blue-eyed men at her side.
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#35
"Only in bed? My scorching sovereign, you sell yourself far too short," he protested, keeping his eyes up with what was becoming increasing practice. He shook his head in continued disbelief though, wry smile lingering in bemusement. "I'm not usually one for titles though, I have to admit. 'King' sounds too puffed up for a lorekeeper bard. I'm a scholar and a singer, nothing so grand as a king." Besides, what would he call himself? 'The Wise' would be too arrogant. 'The Reluctant' would be too rude to Edrei, who had done him a great honor - and a great favor, considering he had arrived a fugitive and was leaving a leader! 'The Confused' was definitely too honest, though, as was 'The Oft-Exasperated.' That led him back around to the beginning again, and something to do with wisdom. A trait he had been learning he lacked, but could at least strive for. Perhaps he could go with something similar? The Sagacious? Or simply 'the Sage?'

Gods most fortunate, Rory was going to laugh when he heard what happened. He tilted his head thoughtfully at Edy, a smile teasing the corners of his lips. "So would that make Remi a queen-consort? And is Bobi a baroness?"

They were going to be a most unusual trio, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Hopefully the others would forgive him for accepting the offer... but Edy had said it earlier, warning and promise both: keep your friends close.

And never for a moment forget that their enemy was still out there.
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#36

Edy
fuck you <3

Edy tipped the bard a wink, his compliments always more than welcome.

"Well, parts of you have certainly puffed up." She noted. His arms and the slight broadening of his shoulders. Not the bits she would have preferred, but oh well. There was plenty of time for that. "I've taken to calling myself the rrrrrrrrapacious. Really rrrrrrolls off the tongue." She trilled, rolling her R's perfectly and doing it with a smoldering pout all the while.

The mention of Remi just made Edy scoff and crinkle her nose as if an annoying smell had wafted beneath it. "Don't know, don't care." She said simply. The Alchemist was interesting only insofar as he was useful. Past that, she didn't give two fucks what the doe-eyed moron did or called himself (or was-called, by Ronin).

The sound of her name had the bobcat perking up, eyeing Jigano. Mostly she wondered where his feathery companion was, far preferring her to him.
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#37
"Hmm, 'Jigano the Puffy' is somehow worse," he agreed, grinning at her offhand compliment. At least, he assumed it was a compliment. Hopefully she was talking about his shoulders and not some other parts of his anatomy. Her rolling r's were an impressive display of her talented tongue, however, and both brows rose in appreciation and delight at the performance.

"The rapacious, huh? Pardon. The rrrrrrapacious," he echoed the trill with a wink. "It does have a nice sound to it. And it rhymes with 'salacious,' which is convenient." He'd never thought of Edrei as particularly greedy before, but admittedly he didn't know what she was like in bed, nor did he have any burning desire to. He enjoyed her wit, her courage, her humor, and their banter, but he was one of those boring monogamous buzzkills that she scoffed at when it came to more carnal matters.

He chuckled when she waved off his mention of Remi, nodding in acknowledgment that the alchemist wasn't a subject too bring up with her, for reasons probably also relating to boudoir buzzkills. Bobi being a bobcat baroness was too good of an alliteration to pass up, though, and he made a mental note of it for later. "Maybe... 'Jigano the Sage' isn't too bad?" he pondered aloud, mind continuing to turn the question over in the back of his thoughts. "Still pretentious, but hopefully not as bad? And being mistaken for a plant once in a while ought to keep things in perspective. What do you think?"
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#38

Edy
fuck you <3

"Mmm, like one of those plants that gives you erections for days, perhaps?" She mused out loud as if genuinely trying to remember a piece of information, instead of just being a shit and always bringing the conversation back to sex. "Anyways. I like it. Mysterious and all that." She concluded with a gentle shrug.

"Now I had better put something else on before going to see Ronin. He's a married man as you pointed out. Wouldn't want a pissy-alchemist on my doorstep for tempting his partner with my new equipment and promise of a crown."

Reaching for Jigano and appearing as casual as anything, Edy tried to wrap her arms around the bard so she could place her lips softly against his ear. Rather than licking, purring, or doing anything else that might ignite his senses, she merely whispered something quickly before pulling away to pick up some clothes.
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#39
"If we ever find a plant like that on Caido, I'll vote that we name it in your honor," he promised wryly. "That's got to be one of the benefits of being kings, right?" He looked pleased with her acceptance of it, and nodded his head. The title would do, then, if he and Edy both liked it.

"Oh, I don't think he'd get pissy unless you succeeded. And since Ronin is completely starry-eyed over Remi, you're probably safe. Or maybe that's just a side effect of Safrin's magic," he mused, somewhat jokingly.

After the piggyback ride from earlier, he was no longer nearly so tense when she reached for him, and this time he returned the hug, albeit in a far more brotherly fashion than Edy would probably prefer. He had resigned himself to lick, though he was hoping for just a purr, and her whispers had him tightening his embrace for a moment as he turned his head to press his cheek against hers in support and reassurance.

"Minx," he murmured back, fondly. "You will always be a queen in my heart." He released her as soon as she wanted to pull away, turning to pick up a feather from the floor with which to try and entertain Bobi (the young bobcat more regal than any of them, in the natural way cats had) while giving Edy a bit of privacy she didn't care about (but he did). "Would the lady like an escort to greet our third, ah, 'member'? Or is it something you'd rather do alone?"
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#40

Edy
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Edy purred in happy acknowledgement. "As long as we make it clear that I certainly wouldn't need such a plant." She quipped merrily, thrusting a hip forward with a bright cackle.

Pouting her lips and exhaling a puff of air through her nose, Edy raised a brow. "Don't think I haven't tried either. They don't call Ronin the sword for nothing." Actually no one called him that, save for Edy, and sadly, it was all just wishful thinking on her part. He could be sporting a baby-carrot for all she knew, though her fantasies of him suggested otherwise.

Edy shot the bard a wink for his sly efforts, shucking off her robe and replacing it with her normal training garb. "Nahh...I'll go. I probably owe Ronin and apology or 8, and I know how you old men get if you haven't had your naps." Waltzing towards the door, Edy paused. "But we should all...probably meet, or whatever. Talk some things through?"
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#41
"Oh no, the plant would be named after your effect on other people," he assured her, chuckling half from humor and half from continued relief that he could laugh. It had all been a whirlwind since his arrival, no chance to get his feet properly under him before Edy pulled another rug out... in every sense of the words.

"He seems better with his hands than with his blade," Jigano mused, deliberately innocent, though the usual humor twinkled in his eyes at the wordplay. "But you've known him a lot longer than I have." He had trouble imagining the pun-loving guildmaster and father of Aoife tumbling into bed with the young spitfire mage, or anyone other than Remi, really. Vanye had died before Jigano had gotten the chance to meet her, so the alchemist was the only one he could easily picture in Ronin's life now.

"Mmm. Then I bow to your wisdom, Edy. It's about time for my afternoon prune juice anyways." He straightened, walking over to join her and offering his arm. "But I can still walk you down the stairs and we can go our separate ways when we hit the street." Her pause earned a raised brow, but he nodded wry agreement. "Yes, there's quite a lot to talk about if we're going to make a stab at this ruling thing. Communication is key, and all that. I think I know just the place, too..."
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#42

Edy
fuck you <3

"Ahh!" Clapping her hands together with swift and hearty amusement, Edy might have shot the bard finger-guns in that moment were such a concept available.

"If only either one of us knew that for certain." Edy trilled with a wistful and comical sigh. Unlike the bard, the younger Launceleyn remembered Ronin well. He'd been quite the ruffian in his younger days . Much more fun, too. Now he was all serious and scowly; he'd get wrinkles between his brows if he wasn't careful.

"Mmmm, you old men and your keeping things regular." Edy huffed, shooting a final and longing glance at the box of condoms, before shrugging and follow Jigano out. Linking her arm comfortably through his, Edy leaned her head against his shoulder for just a beat. "Thank you." She murmured in a low voice before the guards would have them in earshot.


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