2 Crumpets

[sandoval]

[The first thing that appears is a strange mark in the journals. Then, underneath it, the most elegant handwriting of the Xoan Ambassador.]

This mark and attached notice are here to alert you to great news. The news, of course, is that your journals are now the property of Mistress. She will let you look after them for the time being, as a sign of her good will. She's a very generous dictatress, you know.

Have a pleasant day!

(( ooc: Also have a matching log post for in-person interactions!

Sandoval is awful, so if you or your character(s) are uncomfortable with sexual material, please post HERE for my reference! Thank you! ))

Comments

[i_got_this]

Hey, I didn't sign up for this! And how is this even possible? I thought the castle controlled all this shit.

Dictated

[sandoval]

Well, you see, my dear Mistress gave me a mission to spread her Mark upon everything. She's going to take it over, someday - the castle, I mean - so she might as well get a headstart.

So that is what the mark is for! It marks anything that belongs to the Mistress.

Dictated

[i_got_this]

Uh ... that's not how ownership works. What you're doing is actually called vandalism and it's bad. Now, if you wanted to pay me for the journal and then I'd say it's hers, yeah. We could work something out.

[sandoval]

Vandalism is bad? Does it need to be spanked?

[He's totally teasing, here; it's obvious he really is not too concerned about this topic either way.]

How do you think kingdoms were created, empires made, or fortunes won? That's how it's worked since the dawn of time, crumpet.

But I'm afraid any complaints are to be fielded to Mistress herself. I'm only the messenger.

[i_got_this]

It needs to be spanked hard. [What she's forgetting is that vandalism is something she tends to do whenever she gets mad enough to punch stuff. Which is often.]

Not so much anymore. Now they're created with money. So, you just send a message to Mistress for, say ... two hundred dollars. No, wait -- Caisos. Then we'll call it good.

[sandoval]

Then next time I meet Vandalism, I'll have to be ready to bend it over my knee.

Can't you send her a message? As I said, I'm simply the messenger, nothing more, in this case.

[i_got_this]

Yeah, like you said; you're the messenger.

[sandoval]

But I'm only her messenger, darling, I never said I was your messenger.

[i_got_this]

Fine, be that way. Let her wonder why no one's answering her mark when one easy message could have changed all that.

[She starts to turn with a little twitch of her lips.]

[sandoval]

Oh, don't be that way, angel! If it's going to make you unhappy, then I'll make a little exception - just for you, cupcake. What do you say to that?

[i_got_this]

[She stops for a moment, smiling to herself.]

Really? Just for me?

[sandoval]

Of course I will, just for you, my dear little cupcake. Don't say the Xoan Ambassador doesn't do his job, even on vacation! And I'd hate to see you unhappy when I could have done something. We're all supposed to be one big happy family in the castle anyway, aren't we?

[i_got_this]

Yeah, one big happy family. [He obviously wasn't here for that disaster, was he?]

Trust me, you won't be sorry.

[sandoval]

I trust that means it's not so simple, mm?

[But at that, he lets out a bit of a laugh.] I rarely am! But I do trust you.