— like icarus loved the sun —
“This is King Kasil of Delumine, and I am Ipomoea, his Emissary”
Though he had begun to form his own conclusions on the title of the crowned man before him, Reichenbach found himself pleased to discover that this was the freshly crowned Kasil. Kasil. The name had been whispered on many Denoctian lips, on lips all over the realm - for four new Sovereigns was some of the largest gossip Novus could provide, and exactly who would now be ruling the four Courts was of a vast interest to the population.
Reichenbach couldn't blame them - already it seemed as if tensions were building, as if this reign of extended peace might now be broken. It was why he was here, as well as to satiate his own curiosities. Kasil's reputation was a fair one, and small. He had been relatively unknown within the other Courts - a nobody to those that thought of rank the old fashioned way. Yet it was this that had appealed to Reichenbach - to connect with someone who appeared to care for his people over his politics? Dawn and Night had a lot more in common than their two Courts thought.
It was up to Kasil, Reichenbach and their emissaries to right the counterfactual information running strife throughout their two Kingdoms.
"Business and pleasure, Kasil"
Came his good-hearted reply, his voice boisterous and life-inspiring. It was difficult not to be caught within the spell of charisma that Reichenbach cast, his handsome, easy smiles impossible not to return.
"Firstly - Delumine is as beautiful as it has always been. I am glad that your new reign has not changed that -"
He glanced around, silver eyes appreciative as he continued;
"If anything, it appears to have animated your courtiers."
Indeed, Delumine was a bustling city now - not the quiet, strictly ruled city it had been the last time Reichenbach had visited. It had been when he was still a teen with sticky hands, eager to feast upon a new city of unsuspecting citizens - though he'd been sorely disappointed when he realized that Delumine valued information above all else.
"Secondly... I would like to extend an invitation. It would please me greatly if Ipomoea returned with me to Denocte - so that we may begin forming amiable relations."
A pause, before he said smoothly;
"To be blunt, Kas" (he shortened the name casually, easily, as if they were old friends) "I would like for Denocte and Delumine to have an alliance. I believe we see eye to eye on many of the same issues." Another pause, in which Reichenbach glanced at Ipomoea in amusement - the handsome Emissary would be bombarded with lovers in Denocte, looking the way he did. "As a sign of trust and welcome, Ipomoea would be escorted through Denocte and well educated in our customs and ways. Then he can return to you and report what he has seen, so that you may make a well-informed decision."
Politics were by far not his favorite thing, but if Kasil and he kept things simple, straightforward and transparent... hopefully there would be little need for such things.
@Kasil @Ipomoea Once we've finished here, this can lead straight onto the Ipo/Nimue thread if you like!!
