The Royal Swordsmen's Club

[gedren_y]

We find Lady Valentia Cantoni today in the Corrington Naval Port of King's Harbour. She is here because on her most recent stargazing mission for The Midori Observatory she found an old uisge bottle. That bottle appeared to contain some kind of documents, and was closed with red wax impressed with the Corrington Royal Seal. The suspicious nature of the bottle made Valentia want to get it into some Corrington official's hands as soon as possible.

Her intent was to hand the bottle over to the Governor of King's Harbour, but his departure for Quinnsville necessitated Valentia turning it over to a ranking commissioned officer. In this she encountered another problem, none of the Corringtion Fleet Captains would take charge of the bottle. From there she was directed to the barracks for Her Majesty's Winged Cuirassiers, but none of the officers were at the barracks. A stable boy told her that the Captain had gone on patrol, but the First Lieutenant had gotten well dressed to go down to the Royal Swordsmen's Club.

All the walking around had made Valentia's feet ache, but she was determined to be properly rid of this bottle. With a deep breath and firm posture, Lady Valentia Cantoni braved the masculine domain of the Royal Swordsmen's Club. She received a number of lewd comments on her passage through, but she finally reached First Lieutenant Anton Martin.

A Cuirassier doesn't really look like one without his cuirass, but a sparring match with his old swordmaster would be better received without it. That was First Lieutenant Anton Martin's thinking when he put on his alpha dress uniform, used mainly for Court appearances. He added to that a fine rapier and buckler. It is fortuitous that Anton wanted to impress the old man today.

Sergeant Major Jean-Claude deLeau didn't feel the need for a formal uniform today. Yes, he was expecting to meet his former pupil, but having to attend functions with the Governor as his Senior Enlisted Advisor, he was tired of the thing. He met the young officer at the back of the Royal Swordsmen's Club, in front of the door to the wine cellar.

Corporal Saul Leon was admiring the two masters of the blade when the lady approached.

Lady Cantoni: Excuse me, gentlemen. I have found something that I need to return to Corrington hands.

Jean-Claude glared at the lady with the Eslandolan accent. But the two men lowered their blades and gave her their attention. Corporal Leon, having seen the royal seal on the bottle, turned to stand guard over the meeting.

Lady Cantoni: I found this on the furthest west island off of La Sombra. Please, will you take it?

Anton laid his rapier against the window, and took the bottle carefully.

First Lieutenant Martin: Thank you, good lady.

Valentia made a hasty retreat before he could examine the bottle.

Jean-Claude turned away so that the young officer could examine the bottle's contents.

A quick perusal of the parchment shocked Anton. He returned the parchment to the bottle, and attempted to replace the wax without damaging the Royal Seal imprint.

First Lieutenant Martin: Sergeant Major, Corporal, will you two come with me to the Governor's office. I need to get this into his strongbox as soon as possible.

The men leave at a double quick-time step.

It is good that they hurried, because it sounds like someone is coming up the cellar stairs.

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I did a quick shot this morning when I realized that there wasn't a good view of the full alpha dress uniform I created.

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This build is free for Bregir to license as he sees fit. It comes in at 14x16.

For the future Corrington additions to this story, First Lieutenant Anton Martin can be used, or not. The Prince Zuko head would be expensive to acquire for such a small thing, that is if you don't already have it.

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I hope you have enjoyed my little story.

Edited February 21, 2017 by gedren_y

[SilentWolf]

I like the building and the story is great as well. The wings, window, door and pillars were all a nice touch to the room.

[Bregir]

I agree with Silentwolf - you have just the right amount of detailing for such a room, and the window is nicely built. Story is good too, although it took me a while to figure who was who.

It seems like something very interesting was in that bottle! Will be interesting to see what the Governor finds in his strongbox when he returns!