Editing Once more with feeling/Logs/Small Group/In Denandsor/Antonee and Shining (Antonee's lecture, Shining getting drunk, and Shining visiting a Priestess of Venus)

<font size="2">(25/10/09 08:56:09)</font> Starcc Antonee lets himself in. <font color=#FF9900>"We need to talk, young man."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 08:57:33)</font> Shining Lord looks down at the armored man from his throne-like pulpit, throwing away a thick book landing by Octavian's feet. His face is emotionless, but the solid gold eyes hard. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"We do?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 08:58:21)</font> Starcc Antonee hovers closer, so that he's looking the Twilight right in the eyes. <font color=#FF9900>"Yes. We do."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 08:59:14)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I don't feel like talking."</b></font> The young man looks away and adds quietly. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"At least not with you."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:03:01)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"Regardless of whether or not you feel like talking to me, we do still need to."</font> The Adamant Man removes his helmet, running one hand through his black hair.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:04:04)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"If you want apologies for actions in the council you have come to the wrong manse."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:04:42)</font> Starcc Antonee rolls his eyes. <font color=#FF9900>"Actually, I was going to apologise for my over-reaction first."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:05:15)</font> Shining Lord looks up at the older man, his eyes growing softer. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Really?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:06:42)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Yes, really. You might have been unnecessarily cruel to a frightened little girl, but that doesn't excuse my overreaction."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:07:48)</font> Shining Lord's eyes grow hard again. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Cruel? Me? Nothing compared to her."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:11:32)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"Solitary is by no means the kindest of the circle, I agree, but she is still a frightened girl who's become everything she was brought up to hate, and who has been consistently persecuted for three months. A little kindness on your part could have gone a long way towards improving her actions towards your bondmate."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:14:22)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"That is easy for you to say."</b></font> Shining fix his eyes in Antonee's. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"She started it. From the beginning she humiliated my bondmate... made her do... things. And every single humiliation I feel."</b></font> He punds himself on the chest. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"In here."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:16:00)</font> Starcc Antonee rolls his eyes. <font color=#FF9900>"At least you get to feel that kind of thing. Do you have any idea how long I've got to be completely celibate?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:17:48)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"You say I should be *happy* for this? For having my bondmate do things she doesn't want to do and have to feel it?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:18:44)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"It beats the hell out of not even being able to have a wank lest your bondmate know about it."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:22:02)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I..."</b></font> Shining looks as to speak but falls silent.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:23:10)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"And I would ask you a question. Has she forced Lilijana to do anything she doesn't want to since the council meeting?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:24:55)</font> Shining Lord looks aside, saying surly after a while: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"She probably hasn't had time yet. Getting fawned over by loads of people I guess."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:27:00)</font> Starcc Antonee rolls his eyes. <font color=#FF9900>"The group of people waiting to talk to her didn't exactly look like they planned to do any fawning."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:28:39)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Perhaps, but she still has what? Two bondmates?"</b></font> Shining snarls and continues heatedly. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And to that two more following at her heel! What do I have? No-one! I just got a two-millenia old voice in my head!"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:33:18)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"...A WHAT?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:33:58)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Oh, don't be suprised, you've already spoken to her, she was the one who stopped me blasting you back to the First Age."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:35:36)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"...So what you're saying is that you have multiple personalities, one of which claims to be from the First Age."</font> Antonee looks worried. <font color=#FF9900>"Do you need to talk to Nuwa?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:37:46)</font> Shining Lord's eyes roll. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I don't have multiple personalities, I am me and only me. So'Rol'And or Shining Lord of Gold and Ivory. Thing is, my previous incarnation, the Shining Lady in Gold and Ivory somehow devised a way to connect her soul to the exaltation shard and pass by the eyes of Lytek unseen."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:38:29)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"...I see. And which am I talking to now?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:39:35)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"The Lord. She's in here, mostly angry that I have revealed her existence now that it seems that she didn't reveal herself when she took over in the council room."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:48:44)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"I see."</font> Antonee looks troubled. <font color=#FF9900>"In any case, I would like you to apologise to Solitary for being unnecessarily cruel to her, as I believe she is likely to change her ways after that breakdown."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:50:20)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I will when she apologises to me and my bondmate about how she has treated Lili."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:51:41)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"She is sixteen. Can't you be the better person and apologise to her first?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:52:37)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Why shouldn't she try to be the better person for once?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:53:32)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"She has been trying, as you would know if you had stayed at the council meeting instead of leaving in a huff."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:55:14)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"There would hardly had been anything for me to know had I not left. The Lady did right there, I needed to leave."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:57:35)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"Then why did you not return once you had calmed down?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 09:58:33)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"It took me hours to do that. Besides, I couldn't stand the bickering and not getting anywhere anymore."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:04:41)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"...All right. I will still reiterate that Solitary has been publicly attempting to be a better person. I think having you make the first apology would help cement that."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:05:29)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"We'll see... I have things to do."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:07:47)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"What kind of things, might I ask?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:08:09)</font> Shining Lord is silent for a while. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Personal stuff."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:08:55)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"...I see."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:09:31)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Besides, at the end of the day, she is the one with my bondmate at her side, not I."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:10:33)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"And if you had been at the Council meeting, you could have voted against allowing that arrangement to stand. As you were not..."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:10:56)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I would not have voted against it."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:11:23)</font> Starcc Antonee blinks, looking confused. <font color=#FF9900>"But I thought you opposed it?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:12:00)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I do. But my bondmate does not wish it."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:14:50)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Wait. I'm confused. If your bondmate doesn't want the arrangement, why did she enter into it in the first place?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:16:33)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No, my bondmate does not wish me to vote against it. She chose to protect her Honor in this way and I respect it. That does not mean I like it."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:17:03)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Ah. My mistake."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:18:54)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"So, I would not have voted against it. I would not have voted for it either. Besides, I would hardly believe Solitary would have gone by the will of the Council."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:20:26)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"I would ask you to cease hurling unfair accusations against someone who is not even here to defend herself."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:21:01)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"It is not an accusation, but an observation."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:25:35)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"It is an accusation, as you are accusing her of being willing to violate the instructions of the same council which is responsible for giving her a measure of security against being attacked. And as you were not at the Council meeting to observe her behaviour subsequent to the breakdown you caused, it is also an unfair one."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:28:29)</font> Shining Lord considers Antonee, examining his face. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I will consider it, no offense, but having a single source is hardly reliable. I will have to speak with my bondmate first."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:29:18)</font> Starcc Antonee nods. <font color=#FF9900>"None taken."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:30:33)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"But still, what if I apologise and she continues to treat my bondmate like... like... a toy?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:31:17)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Then inform Ziyad and I, so that we can talk to her about it."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:32:01)</font> Shining Lord's eyes narrow. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And if that has no effect?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:33:31)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Then lodge a formal complaint with the Justice Ministry."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:34:26)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And what if she keeps ignoring it? What if she keeps insulting me and my bondmate? What then?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:37:14)</font> Starcc Antonee's voice coldens. <font color=#FF9900>"I would remind you that neither you, nor your bondmate, are sixteen year old girls who have been harassed for three and a half months, and that dwelling on hypotheticals does neither side any good."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:39:34)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And I would remind you that I am a nineteen year old boy who spent the last seven years reading books and fetching spell materials for my master, hundreds of miles from my family who could not accept that I was not a warrior. I am no great man."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:45:58)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"And Solitary's family thinks she is dead. Even if they knew she was alive, they would not accept someone who has Exalted as 'Anathema'."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:46:57)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Woe us."</b></font> Shining says sarcastically.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:47:27)</font> Starcc Antonee frowns. <font color=#FF9900>"There is no need to be sarcastic, young man."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:47:53)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Perhaps not, but it makes me feel better."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:48:51)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"And treating your bondmate as a toy makes her feel better. Are we then to excuse that?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:50:13)</font> Shining Lord looks surly at Antonee. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No,"</b></font> he says after a while.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:53:35)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Then we are in agreement that you should not do things simply to make yourself feel better?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:54:41)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yes, but she is hardly here to hear it, is she not? What I do in private does not hurt her. What she does to my bondmate however..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:55:46)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Does not hurt you, as by the same token she would also do it in private."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:57:02)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"So what Rowan would do with Cael in private would not hurt you?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 10:57:44)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Lilijana is not eleven. The two situations are hardly comparable."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:00:05)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"So just because she is not eleven she should just accept what is done to her? And that I should accept what is done to her?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:03:19)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Lilijana entered into the agreement of her own free will. And, as I have already stated, if you have an issue with Solitary's treatment of her, you should inform Ziyad and I of it."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:04:34)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Then, as you have noted, I have an issue with it."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:04:58)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"And what is that issue?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:09:12)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"She treats her without respect and in general like a toy. Just because my bondmate has decided to follow her commands for four months she thinks that that gives her the right to treat her in any way not appropriate for a human being, much less an Exalt. Furthermore she takes any chance to show this off in front of everyone, publically insulting both me and my bondmate."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:11:42)</font> Starcc Antonee sighs. <font color=#FF9900>"Solitary has not treated Lilijana without respect at any point after you left the council meeting that I am aware of. And I would invite you to ask your bondmate if she has subsequently done so after the meeting finished."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:16:45)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Well... in that case... would you at least be able to be acting in between? I do not know if I would be able to control myself if I was alone..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:17:37)</font> Starcc Antonee nods. <font color=#FF9900>"Very well."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:25:36)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Good... I must... still think about it... but I might want to see her later..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:25:54)</font> Starcc Antonee frowns. <font color=#FF9900>"Are you okay?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:29:23)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I..."</b></font> Shining slumps together, almost crying. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No... I'm not okay. It has been a couple of... straining days lately. And my bondmate is away from me."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:31:11)</font> Starcc Antonee hesitates, then moves forward, draping one of Shining's arms over his back. <font color=#FF9900>"Come with me. I know exactly how to take your mind off things."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:31:39)</font> Shining Lord looks up. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"What?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:32:32)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"I have a few good bottles of wine that need drinking. This is the perfect time."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:35:01)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I..."</b></font> Shining hesitates, but then grins. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Why didn't you say so?"</b></font> He gets up barely without need of Antonee. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I'm sorry, but I will want a bodyguard with me."</b></font> He waves to the Second Circles standing a bit back. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Florviet, come with me, you other two hold the fort."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:36:03)</font> Starcc Antonee hesitates. <font color=#FF9900>"Um. I'm not sure the destination after that will appreciate having demons present."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:37:38)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Oh? Well, Florviet is pretty accepting."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:39:06)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"So he'd be willing to wait outside, then?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:39:51)</font> Shining Lord looks wondering at Antonee as they exit the central library. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Outside what?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:40:15)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"The subsequent destination, of course."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:41:14)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"We'll see when we get there. Only because they're bound does not mean that I do not treat my demons well, and I trust them quite a bit."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:41:34)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"All right."</font><br><br>
<b>Fade out on them leaving, and in on Shining getting drunk.</b><br><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:44:16)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Y'know, Antonee... I always envisoned you as more... stuck up..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:44:31)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Who, me?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:44:51)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yeah, not many others with that name around, is it?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:45:44)</font> Starcc Antonee chuckles. <font color=#FF9900>"I dunno, I've met a fair few others named Antonee. Most of them young boys, for some reason."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:48:06)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Not where I come from, we all have boring names like, Honor and Bravery or Large Sword or... Brave Woman... Or Son of... whatever"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:48:49)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Oh? Where is that, might I ask?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:49:53)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Small country, couple of weeks walk from Nexus... or what was Nexus."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:50:10)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Somewhere... North..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:56:34)</font> Starcc Antonee seems sympathetic. <font color=#FF9900>"I see. Would you like to visit it sometime?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 11:58:09)</font> Shining Lord almost seem on the verge of breaking down. <font color=#FF8C00></b>"Yeah... Mom... my sisters... even father. I... I'd like them to see what I have become. I want to know they're safe."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:03:08)</font> Starcc Antonee pats Shining on the shoulder. <font color=#FF9900>"Come on. Have another drink."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:03:34)</font> Shining Lord looks up at Antonee. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yeah, I guess so... which one is this?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:04:36)</font> Starcc Antonee looks at the empty bottles. <font color=#FF9900>"It's only your fourth. And after this, we're making a trip elsewhere."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:07:30)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"My... fourth? Master never... let me have more than three... and I was pretty sure those were glasses and not bottles..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:07:49)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Your Master's not here, kid."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:11:05)</font> Shining Lord looks down. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No, he's not... I wonder where he is too, he was gone before Nexus was destroyed... I miss him."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:11:32)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Do you remember his name?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:12:52)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Of course! It was... I... I mostly just called him Master... I guess it is the alcohol. Father knows for sure."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:36:37)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"I see. Anyway, finish that glass and we can be off to the next destination."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:38:41)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Right, so where would that be then?"</b></font> Shining finish off his glass with a gulp, unsteadily getting to his feet.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:39:22)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"You'll find out when we get there."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:40:58)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Right then... let's go find out about this secret of yours..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:41:30)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Excellent."</font><br><br>
<b>Fade out on them standing up, and in on them entering the Palace of Infinite Desire.</b><br><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:45:05)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"And what can I do for you, sirs?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:45:05)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"My friend here needs some feminine companionship for the night."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:45:35)</font> Shining Lord's walking is less than steady and standing beside Antonee he looks around himself, barely aware of the doorman. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Antonee... This looks an awful lot like Solitary's manse..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:47:14)</font> Starcc Antonee nods. <font color=#FF9900>"I know. I'm hiring you a Priestess for the night."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:48:29)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I..."</b></font> Shining's eyes widen as the thought slowly makes it to his head. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No... no no... I mean, I haven't done it before... 'cept with Lili... and Neomahs..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:50:12)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Relax, lad."</font> Antonee says reassuringly. <font color=#FF9900>"They're professionals. You'll enjoy it."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:51:25)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Still... I mean... I want to stay true to her... And..."</b></font> Shining looks a bit uncomfortable. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"They belong to Solitary."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:53:59)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"One night won't hurt, lad. If need be, tell her you weren't aware of it till the last minute."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:55:28)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... I can't lie to Her..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:56:51)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"Oh, for the love of..."</font> Antonee turns to the doorman. <font color=#FF9900>"Sorry, could you deliver a message to Lady Solitary saying that Minister Antonee wishes to speak with Lilijana?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:57:17)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Right away, sir."</font> He leaves.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:59:38)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No!"</b></font> Shining yells out befor the doorman leaves.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:59:50)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Sir?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 12:59:55)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... I will take this with her... alone... later."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:00:27)</font> Shining Lord thinks <font color=#FF8C00><i>Forgive me, love.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:01:21)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Very good, sir."</font> He says with a bow. <font color=#220066>"Would sir like to inspect the girls first?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:06:29)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Eh... I..."</b></font> He blushes. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yes..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:07:11)</font> Starcc Antonee: <font color=#FF9900>"I'll leave you to it, then."</font> Antonee says, clapping Shining on the shoulder as he turns to leave.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:07:47)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"If you'll walk this way, sir?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:07:57)</font> Shining Lord looks back after Antonee. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yes... of course."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:10:06)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant leads Shining through to an exquisitely appointed chamber, where several nubile women lounge about in various states of undress.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:10:38)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Ehm... So... How do I...?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:11:07)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Simply point out which girls sir would like for the night."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:12:00)</font> Shining Lord stands silent in shock for a second. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"GirlS? As in plural?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:12:33)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"If sir desires more than one girl, sir is allowed more than one girl."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:14:15)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I see."</b></font> Shining stands silent observing the women. After a while he points out a rather dark skinned woman reminding him of Lilijana. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Um... her."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:15:49)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"And would sir like anyone else for the night, or will Aninira suffice?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:16:40)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... ehm... She too then."</b></font> Shining says pointing at a blonde woman.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:17:27)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Aninira and Telarreann it is, then."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:18:12)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Apparently it is then..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:18:39)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Or would sir like any of the other girls as well?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:19:32)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No, no, I'm fine."</b></font> I guess, he adds silently.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:20:24)</font> Palace of Infinite Desire Servant: <font color=#220066>"Very good, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:21:16)</font> Aninira and Telarreann stand up and lead Shining to a luxuriously decorated room, twining themselves around his body.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:23:00)</font> Shining Lord tags along, quite unable to do anything else.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:23:56)</font> Telarreann breathes into his ear. <font color=#A120F0>"What would sir have us do first?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:25:23)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Ehm... just... just do whatever it is you do mostly."</b></font> He laughs nervously. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"You're the experts... not me."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:26:52)</font> Telarreann: <font color=#A120F0>"Very good, sir."</font><br><br>
<b>Fade to black, and in on the next morning, one Priestess draped across Shining's chest</b><br><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:29:45)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F09020F0>"Does sir require anything else?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:31:01)</font> Shining Lord is having one of the worst headaches in his life, second only to the one where he tried and failed to cast an unfinished spell from the Golden Tome. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"W... Where am I?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:31:37)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"Sir is in the Palace of Infinite Desire."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:37:20)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"The... bwuh?"</b></font> Shining tries to get up but decides not to. <font color=#9020F0>"I am in... the Palace of... infi..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:37:41)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"The Palace of Infinite Desire, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:38:00)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... how long have I been here?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:39:13)</font> Aninira glances at the clock. <font color=#9020F0>"Sir came in at approximately three hours past sunset... Sir has been here for fourteen hours."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:40:10)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Fou... fourteen hours?!"</b></font> Shining takes a time that it should not take for him to try and calculate what that means. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"So... it is Noon?!"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:41:08)</font> Aninira nods. <font color=#9020F0>"Sir is correct."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:42:36)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And I've been in here all the time... doing... it... with you?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:45:52)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"Sir has in fact been asleep for the past ten hours. Sir only spent four hours doing 'it' with Telarreann and I."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:46:51)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Tela... re... There was one more?"</b></font> Shining's eyes widen</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:47:47)</font> Aninira nods, indicating the woman curled up on his other side. <font color=#9020F0>"There was, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:48:25)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I..."</b> <i> Sol... let this be a dream.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:48:54)</font> Shining Lady: <font color=#FF8C00><i>I'm afraid it isn't, my dear Lord... it was quite amusing to both see and feel.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:49:28)</font> Aninira looks puzzled. <font color=#9020F0>"Sir?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:49:46)</font> Shining Lord closes his eyes and falls backwards, slowly memories of the night is getting back to him via the Lady</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:49:59)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Nothing... I am... fine... I hope."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:52:25)</font> Aninira continues looking puzzled. <font color=#9020F0>"Why would sir not be fine? Is not sir one of the Exalted?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:52:57)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Apparently Exalted still have hangovers... and relationships."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:53:50)</font> Aninira looks sympathetic. <font color=#9020F0>"Would sir care for a massage to remove sir's hangover?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:55:14)</font> Shining Lord sighs, if he was in to the shoulders, why not get his hair wet? <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yeah, I guess I'll take it."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:56:04)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"If sir would roll over?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:57:26)</font> Shining Lord rolls over to the side away from the priestess beside him, only to roll on top of the other one. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I, oh, I'm sorry."</b> <i>By Sol I hope Lilijana doesn't find me now.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:57:55)</font> Telarreann wakes up. <font color=#A120F0>"Hmmm? Why is sir sorry?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 13:58:47)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I didn't... notice... you. There."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:01:21)</font> Aninira begins to skilfully massage the back of Shining's head with her long, delicate fingers.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:02:14)</font> Telarreann: <font color=#A120F0>"Would sir like me to provide sir with any services while Aninira massages sir's skull?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:02:58)</font> Shining Lady: <font color=#FF8C00><i>You know, thinking about our dear Lili, I did try my best to mute the bond between you during the night. The alcohol did help a bit, though, hopefully she hasn't sensed what happened here.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:03:25)</font> Shining Lord is somewhat distracted by the Lady's musings. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Uhm... yeah, whatever..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:05:36)</font> Telarrean: <font color=#A120F0>"Very good, sir."</font> The priestess kisses her way down Shining's body, before taking his manhood into her mouth.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:06:52)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... that!"</b></font> It takes a second before Shining realize what is happening. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"GAH!"</b></font> He jumps up away from the two priestesses.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:07:38)</font> Aninira and Telarreann look puzzled and somewhat hurt. <font color=A120F0>"Sir?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:08:20)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... I think just massage will have to..."</b></font> The pain returns in his head as he calms down. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"do for now."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:10:23)</font> Telarreann looks hurt. <font color=A120F0>"Very well, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:10:23)</font> Aninira gets out of bed, revealing her nudity, and goes to stand behind Shining before continuing with the massage.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:12:33)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"It isn't you,"</b></font> Shining pleads to Telarreann. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"It's me... or my bondmate."</b></font> He sits down and lets Aninira continue massaging him.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:18:31)</font> Telarreann looks even more hurt now. <font color=A120F0>"But sir did not seem to care about sir's bondmate last night."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:22:27)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I... that was... Last night..."</b></font> Shining hated this, for seven years he had barely spoken with girls and the time before that it had only been his Sisters, nothing that could've prepared him for this. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I was drunk last night... I mean, that doesn't mean I like you... but... I..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:23:22)</font> Telarreann sobs softly. <font color=A120F0>"So sir doesn't like me after all, then?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:28:14)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No, I..."</b></font> He puts a hand on Telareann's shoulder. <font color=#9020F0>"It is my bondmate... she might not... approve. And she is more impo..."</b></font> Shining doesn't come much further than that before the hangover has gathered new force and drive several glowing hot irons into his brain, causing him to slump forward, into the arms of Telareann.</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:34:23)</font> Telarreann looks down at the Exalt who's head has just landed right between her perfect breasts, and then smiles with joy. <font color=A120F0>"Sir does like me after all!"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:36:06)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I guess I do."</b></font> Shining says, voice muffled by the skin of Telarrean. He sighs and wonders if he will ever get out of this manse.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:38:57)</font> Aninira rolls her eyes, before taking a step forward, and starts massaging Shining's head once more. <font color=#9020F0>"Would sir like me to ring for someone to fetch sir's bondmate?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:42:00)</font> Shining Lord groans in pleasure as the massage continues. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I like you too... Anininira..."</b></font> He begins, but as she speaks he grows stiff. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"No... I think... I'll have to handle it myself..."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:47:21)</font> Aninira: <font color=>"Very well, sir."</font> She pauses for a moment. <font color=#9020F0>"The massage will do no good if you stiffen, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:48:51)</font> Shining Lord loosens up, still not moving from in between Telarrann's breasts. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Yeah... I guess."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:52:35)</font> Telarreann continues smiling down at Shining.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:52:35)</font> Aninira: <font color=>"Much better, sir."</font> She begins the massage yet again.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:54:26)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Um... sorry for asking this but..."</b></font> Shining is glad his face is covered and already quite warm from the female beneath him's body. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"But... um... how did I do last night?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:55:37)</font> Telarreann <font color=A120F0>"Sir was the best male Aninira and I have ever pleasured."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:58:03)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"I was drunk... you sure about that?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 14:58:56)</font> Telarreann <font color=A120F0>"Of course, sir. Why would I lie to sir?"</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:00:11)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Because there has to be loads of guys coming through here every day and I am... not the most experienced one... nor sober."</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:04:33)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"While sir is correct that a lot of men visit, Telarreann and I are on the second highest tier in the hierarchy of Priestesses. The only one above us is Mistress Solitary herself, sir. Our tier is restricted to the use of Celestial Exalts only, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:06:28)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And have you served any other male celestial exalted than me?"</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:09:09)</font> Aninira <font color=#9020F0>"Yes, sir. I have had the honour of servicing the Lunar Exalted Dhiren, and Telarreann pleasured the Adamant Man two nights ago."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:11:24)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><b>"And you both agree that I was better than them?"</b></font> He looks up to look into the eyes of Telarreann. <font color=#FF8C00><i>I have a hard time believing that, he thinks, not to wonder what he did to avoid Cael noticing two nights ago.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:12:47)</font> Aninira: <font color=#9020F0>"Yes, sir."</font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:15:17)</font> Telarreann looks back into Shining's eyes, expression radiating complete honesty and adoration.<br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:16:31)</font> Shining Lord slumps together down between the soft breasts that unfortunately does not belong to his bondmate, but will have to do for now. <font color=#FF8C00><b>"Geh"</b></font> is all his reply as he gives in, deciding to go with the two women's possible white lies. <font color=#FF8C00><i>I mean, it isn't completely unthinkable, an old man and a kid several years younger than me...</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:16:50)</font> Shining Lady: <font color=#FF8C00><i>You still don't believe her.</i></font><br>
<font size="2">(25/10/09 15:16:59)</font> Shining Lord: <font color=#FF8C00><i>Nope, but I want to...</i></font><br>

<b>Directly continued [[[[Once_more_with_feeling/Logs/Small_Group/In_Denandsor/Aninira,_Lilijana,_Shining,_Silveria,_Solitary_Talon,_and_Telareann_((Mis)Adventures_in_the_Palace_of_Infinite_Desire)|here]]</b>