Shady

(Rip my little diplomat getting in over his head)(fuckin Zander strikes again) “Thank you.” Derik nodded to him. It didn’t smooth things over. He knew that. Knew he was making ...

Derik noticed. God. He was being painfully obvious. He needed… to… say something . He needed to fix this… but he needed to think about it first. Gods. He took ...

(Cool!) “Thank you,” Derik said weakly, dipping his head and stepping into the hall. He needed to get a letter out to Zander immediately . Hopefully he’d get a response ...

(True! Hmm… what if we retain the ability to send letters instantly but remove the whole teleportation aspect of it? Like. It wouldn’t have come up that Zander can send ...

(Haha all good! That’s fine with me ^^) Derik’s brain came to a screeching halt. Oh gods , what had he done? He shouldn’t have come here. How was he ...

(You mean we shouldn’t add it?) “…yes,” Derik agreed confirmed with a nod. Ash had said that he was on friendly terms with Zander as well. Hopefully it wasn’t a ...

(Okay so in canon there’s a magical force called the R’hyk that allows for instant teleportation of people and objects. It’s a pretty well guarded secret form of magic but ...

(I think I went with him pretending to be a Ruiarc as far as Gaius knows. His real surname is Medeiros but I don’t think he would have shared that) ...

Goddamn it. What had Zander done this time? He’d thought the tough part of this visit was going to be keeping Jerica in line; he didn’t know he was going ...

“You as well.” Derik stepped back in and shut the door after them. “What can I do for you?”

Derik glanced at him, surprised by the request but not opposed. “Of course.” He nodded. Something that needed kept private, then? Very well. He glanced back at Jerica, who was ...

“Hello.” Derik nodded to the man and stepped out to the hall to join him, then turned to glance at his kids. Rek followed next, nodding to Ash then the ...

“Thank you.” Derik nodded to him again. He briefly considered offering to find his own way so the Lord of the Keep wouldn’t have to hobble downstairs on their behalf. ...

“That would be wonderful,” Derik answered with a nod. “It's been a bit of a taxing journey on our Southern bodies.”

“Not yet.” Derik shook his head, glancing down at Gaius’s missing leg for the briefest of moments before looking back to his face. Poor man had had a hell of ...