A Princess Returns...

GM: Alice, Niobe, and Caitlin pop into the trail in front of you suddenly.
Niobe: "What the hell?"
Alice: "Oh f*ck." *eyes get really big* *gets off horse and makes a bow at Marissa* "Lady, I know you."
Arwen: "Hi, Alice! How are you? Nice to run into you again, Niobe. Good day, Caitlin."
Marissa: "Do you?"
GM: Caitlin and Niobe wave at you, but alice is ignoring you.
GM: Ar - Alice and Marissa look very similar. black hair, blue eyes....
Alice: "Rather, I know who you are. *brief smile*"
Marissa: "Oh really? And who are you?"
Alice: "Alice. The great-granddaughter of a Prince you know well."
Marissa: "And these others?"
Alice: "The niece of my grandmother's brother. and... *hesitates*"
Marissa: "And?"
Alice: "The granddaughter of one who fell into the abyss."
GM: marissa scowls.

Meanwhile...

Chetwin: My computer is also set up in my office again. I do the search for Ar again.
GM: she's somewhere in Shadow, with a group (including Alice, Caitlin, and Niobe)
Chetwin: "What the f*ck?" *tries arwen's trump again*
GM: no good.
Chetwin: "Well...let's see how you like shadow-chat in that 12-cylinder brain of yours, ya little moron..."
Chetwin: *tries shadow-chatting ar*

All together...

GM: Ar - a very fuzzy shadow chat window appears, makes static at you, and then vanishes. Chet - it almost works, but there's interference
Arwen: Can I grab at it?
GM: nope
Arwen: I make full effort to do so, even to the point of making noticable noise.
Alice: "*dryly* he didn't breed true."
GM: no good.
Chetwin: Chet grits his teeth. "Damn!" I just use the point of location that the computer is looking at and transfer myself there. With carnie.
GM: all right.
GM: what you see is Alice, Niobe, and Caitlin facing Arwen, a man with black hair, and a woman in black and white that looks a hell of a lot like Alice.
Arwen: Do I see him?
GM: yes.
Chetwin: I survey the scene...
GM: everyone looks at chet
Dylana: he's pretty hard to miss
Chetwin: I lift my visor.
GM: all right.
Chetwin: I say "URB!"
Arwen: I nod at him,
Alice: "F*ck! chet! keep your mouth shut for a change!!!!"
Arwen: And use the distraction to spur my horse in Chet's direction.
GM: the horse doesn't spur. it jumps a little. it had fallen asleep.
Arwen: I respur it.
Chetwin: I am still speechless for once.
GM: it snorts
Chetwin: "Urb."
Arwen: I curse, and kick it as hard as I can.
Chetwin: I pull out Dorian's trump.
GM: Alice walks over, grabs your arm, and whispers, "yeah, i know. we're going to Amber in a sec."
Chetwin: Me?
GM: yes
Arwen: Have I managed to get my horse to even move?
Chetwin: whispers back: "Ok. Good. Saves me hauling ass there first...and I figured the situation, as soon as I saw you were here. I'll keep it quiet."
Alice: "*whispers* damn straight." [She] turns to Marissa. "Lady, do you have any objections to us... warning a few of the family?"
GM: the horse isn't going anywhere.
Arwen: What are Marissa and Mordred doin'?
Marissa: "Warning?" *looks supicious*
Chetwin: I go over and pluck Ar off of her horse and set her on Carnie.
GM: Mordred is watching the conversation.
Arwen: To Chet, quietly. "I found Dierdre spawn."
Chetwin: "No, you did not."
Marissa: *looks at you, chet* "I am returning her to Amber myself. I suggest you don't do that."
Arwen: "Well, I'm not certain, but it seems that way."
Chetwin: "I'm not certain of anything, but we would both do well to keep our mouths shut."
Chetwin: "I know the score, but Alice will kill me if I blab. You'll find out with the rest of the family."
GM: chet - "marissa" is talking to you.... i suggest you reply
Arwen: I lower my head, and look genuinly sorry.
Chetwin: (this is all whispering, by the way)
GM: yes, i figured.
Chetwin: "What?"
Marissa: "*repeats*"
Chetwin: "Out of self-preservation, I'll comply. But what right do you have to keep her prisoner?"
GM: niobe and caitlin are whispering to each other.
Arwen: It starts to dawn on Arwen what might just be going on.
Marissa: "I am merely fulfilling an obligation to return the child to her father."
Chetwin: "Whatever. I just don't recall julian charging you with that obligation. He DID charge me with it."
Marissa: "I might explain... later. *glances at ar*"
Chetwin: "But I'll let you have the credit. More power to you."
GM: okay.
Chetwin: "I am Chetwin, by the way. Son of Flora. Forgive my lack of manners, but this turn of events has rattled me and I'm already pissed off."
Marissa: "Of Flora? *raises eyebrow*"
Chetwin: "Don't look THAT surprised. You know what she's like."
Marissa: "*chuckle* Yes, I do."
Chetwin: "If it's of any interest, my sire is the semi-immortal bard, Lord Rein."
Marissa: "*dryly* So she finally caught him, did she?"
Chetwin: "Yeah. But just for long enough to produce me. You can meet my brother sometime. I have him in a bowl in the freezer."
Chetwin: "Different father...of course."
Marissa: "*blink*"
Alice: "Chet, what the hell?!"
Dylana: that was one hell of an icebreaker. no pun intended!!!
Chetwin: "Oh, nothing. Just blathering on about family problems. I'll explain it to all of you, when things calm down a bit."
Alice: "Umm... Maybe you should just explain it to Random... *wryly* we'll all hear him anyway...."
Chetwin: "Yeah. Ok. So...Marissa...you don't mind if the girl rides my horse?"
Arwen: I sit, quietly. Behaving.
Chetwin: "So long as I don't take her off anywhere?"
Marissa: "*looks at the horse* I suppose that would be acceptable."
Chetwin: "Good enough for me."
GM: Chet - Alice grabs your arm.
Chetwin: (whispers) "What?"
Alice: "Like I said, Lady, we'll just go back to Amber and make sure certain people know you're coming."
Alice: "*whispers* you're coming with me. Random'll never believe just us."
Chetwin: "I figured. That's why I left Carnie with them. I want a hand in this"
Alice: "*chuckle*"
Marissa: "I suppose."
Chetwin: "If you want, I can just open a door to amber. Quicker that way...and we don't have to trump anybody."
Alice: "Until later, Lady."
Chetwin: "Yeah, later lady."
Alice: "good deal, chet."
Chetwin: I open the doorway. Make it...right outside the main doors of the palace.
GM: all right.
Chetwin: "Ladies first."
GM: Alice, Niobe, and Caitlin go through.
Chetwin: I go through, then close the portal...like the little closing wipe at the end of warner-bros cartoons.
Alice: "HOLY SHIT!!!!!! THAT WAS DEIRDRE!!!!!!!!"
GM: Niobe and Caitlin shake their heads.
Chetwin: "Ok. Are we going straight to Random, or what?"
Alice: "Okay. f*ck. umm... you guys go tell Random... I've got to find grandmother and grandfather..."
Chetwin: "Ok."
Alice: "f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck..." *races off towards the stairs*
Chetwin: "Ok. I'll take the lead on this one." I go off in search of Random. *grabs a guard* "Where's the king?"
guard: "In the library."
Chetwin: "Ok." I head to the library.
GM: alice runs past, followed by ellyn, who looks annoyed and is carrying on a Trump conversation. as she [Ellyn] goes past you hear, "No, damnit, i'm not f*cking kidding!"
GM: chet - you reach the library
Chetwin: I knock, then go in.
GM: Random is reading a book. he looks up. "yes, Chet? *pause* and Niobe and Caitlin...?"
Chetwin: to random: May I see your trumps?
Random: "*shrug* sure. *hands them to you*"
Chetwin: I remove the trump of the woman in question from his deck and toss it at his chest.
Random: *looks down at the trump* *pauses* "what the F*CK?"
Chetwin: *hands the rest of the deck back* "I don't know how, but she's alive."



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