Thunder of Thanasis Oops

[Azad]

Thanasis - The Lilwen Estate

"Ahhh, this shit is too easy with you." Azad said as he held up a brilliantly sparkling sapphire necklace. The gem practically glowing itself as he held it in front of a candle.

Besides him a little dragon turned in quick circles, bounding happily up and down upon the wooden floor in excitement. "Okay okay, careful. If your trick isn't going to silence that kind of thudding."

The Thief said with a wide grin as he leaned down and scratched the little Dragon's head. Spinny almost immediately pressing into his side and letting out a small growl of appreciation. The Dragon's maw falling open as shadowy flames crackled down in his throat, a strange sort of noise that Azad had come to realize was something very much like a cats purr.

He patted the little dragon for a few seconds more, than slowly rose. "Lets see what else there is, eh?"

Azad said with a wide grin, and then headed towards the door which lead out of Lady Lilwen's apartments. His head, invisible as it was, poking out into the hallway. He spotted no one of course, and even if he did, all they would see was a door that had swung open all on it's own. Azad stepped outside, smiling to himself as the music from down below echoed up even down here.

His amusement couldn't be kept in check as he thought of all the rich fools dancing and bandying about at the Gala below. The Lilwen family had long been of high standing within the upper reaches of Thanasis, wealthy beyond even most other noble houses, their soiree's were praised even by the Queen herself. Getting an invitation to a Lilwen party was like getting handed a bar of gold. There were rumors one could sell an invitation for the price of a Home in the upper district.

Not that Azad really gave a shit, he just knew it meant two things; There would be lots of shit to steal, and everyone was going to be distracted by all the pretty dresses.

He just had to make sure to keep his head down, and by the end of the night he would be several degrees wealthier.

Just as the Gods intended.

 

[Nadya]

"Stop playing with your dress, you're going to ruin it." Chastised Lady Caliar, swatting at the offending hand of her eldest daughter.

Nadya directed an exasperated look her mother's way, clicking her tongue in addition to whispering heatedly below her breath, "We are not here for me, it's Stasya you want married off." Her sister three years younger than her, and by far the prettiest daughter. The Caliars boasted four daughters, a family with old ties to a dying god of old in Thanasian history. That god had chosen Nadya to be his rider, but after a decade, whispers had begun to surface about whether the great Storm Dragon Kalyss should chose a new bond.

"We are, nadi. You're behaving that considered unfit of a guest of the Lilwens."

Nadya was an Ascendant, her choice of career after bonding the dying god at his behest, but she rathered being in the skies than being in stuffy dresses and put on display. Stasya was better suited for it. She watched as her sister laughed and smiled, using her fan to appear demure and mysterious as a great many bachelors made effort to greet the young woman.

She also heard the whispers going around as to why the eldest, the heir, was not making an effort to carry on the Caliar legacy.

"I need air." Nadya sighed, picking up her silver skirts with reluctance and quickly excused herself. There surely was somewhere quiet she could hide out in for a short while to escape the types of people she wanted nothing to do with.

 

[Trask]

There was in fact a place to hide. The garden balcony overlooking the grounds was secluded, almost.
A solitary figure sat off to the side smoking a pipe and nursing a drink.
He wore his military clothes, armour and tunic denoting his position at the wall, which had him wonder why he was called back to this awful place.
His narrow eyes followed Nadya, set on a wholly unremarkable face he did not look at all like a man who would have reason to be upset at being invited.
But he was, parties needed to be attended that he might beg donations to the Wall Effort, speak of the bravery and sacrifice and all those other lies the powerful liked hearing about poor bastards who die for their comfort.
"Evening."
He said, in forced friendliness.

Nadya
Azad

 

[Azad]

Waltzing through the estate with reckless abandon, Azad moved through the upper floors like a crow collecting shiny rocks. He poked his head into a few more rooms, glancing around the guest halls and even the suite belonging to Lilwen’s lover.

He pulled open one of the dresser drawers, Spinny preoccupying himself with what appeared to be a pair of pants. The little dragon bounding around the room as though it were simply another hour of play time. ”No accounting for taste.”

Azad said to himself as he drew out a gaudy shirt embedded with small rubies. His head shaking as suddenly the door to the suite went crashing open. Spinny freezing in place, and the thief doing no better as he dropped the shirt and slammed the drawer shut. Two drunken louts falling into the room, their arms wrapped around one another as they loudly kissed. The Thief's features twisting in disgust as he watched the two seemingly try to eat one another's faces.

Head shaking as he quietly motioned to Spinny. His hand pointing towards the window.

The little dragon almost immediately whipped forward. His sinewy form drawing up the wall as a single claw slipped over the locking latch. A second later the window popped open, the two lovers so ensconced in their moment they hardly noticed the breeze.

Azad quickly stepped up to the window, his silent steps falling on the carpet before he grabbed the edges of his escape hatch. Crawling quickly outside onto the buildings eddies, directly above the Garden Balcony.

 

[Nadya]

Nadya swore when her first discovery for somewhere to be alone was already occupied.

"Oh, for fuck's sake." The Ascendant was at her wit's end with the night, and no mood to talk with anyone.

She glared, her grey eyes turning dark as her aggression awakened her dragon down their bond. Kalyss preferred his bonded in such fire, and the thoughts of hunting sprung to her mind. Yes, perhaps it was time to bail on this forced evening altogether and go do her own thing. After all, Lady Lilwen only invited her in hopes that the god sized dragon would be seen by all. Nadya had gone without a dragon's escort this evening.

"I was hoping to find the exit, actually."

 

[Trask]

He gave a look over the edge of the balcony. It was a good distance to the ground, two stories.
"That hedge down there might break your fall if you are so desperate."
He gave a pull on his pipe and a bitter smile as his head was almost lost in the smoke for a second.
"Not that I blame you for wanting to flee all of this."
He waved his drink at the vague notion of inside for a moment. His voice was hoarse and deep as if he was incredibly tired, it dripped with disdain for those inside.

Azad
Nadya