The Enigmatic Invitation - Levantine Struggle diplomacy thread

[Thanatos Eclipse]

Listening to the silent court, the Order knight sighs. Turning to the figure beside him, the knight ponders, "Do you ever get the feeling you're just talking to yourself?"

The figure just stares back blankly. The two sit there for a while in silence, till the figure's head loses it's balance and tumbles to the floor. "Alas, poor Yorick. I feel the same some days." Bending down, the knight picks up Yorick's skull. The knight puts Yorick back on his body, but he just rolls off again, "Sometimes, Yorick, I can't help but wonder if the rest of the people in this court are as dead as you are; heck, you're more talkative then they are these days."

Grabbing Yorick off the floor again and holding him up, the knight continues to talk, "Guess it's probable just you and me for now. I'm so glad I have you here to talk to; I'd go crazy if I was stuck here talking to myself. Ah, Yorick..." the knight laughs, "you know, that wasn't always your name. No, they use to call you...well, I don't know; but some how I feel Yorick fits you. I was told when you were brought here that you used to be second in command to Dragos the Scarred, the pillager of the Order's northern territories. Although from what I hear, Dragos the Runner would be more appropriate. They say he ran from two battles and all the way across Order territory, from Diyabakir to the Greek controlled Adana. Which is quite an achievement, Yorick; you obviously couldn't do it."

"Apart from your past, Yorick, I have also recieved word that Antioch was liberated when the foolish defenders were slaughtered while trying to support their nearby forces. It also seems that the vile Greek trebuchets were destroyed in the process; so, Yorick, anything else that you think is important to bring to this courts attention?" The Order Knight looks at Yorick expectantly, "Well, sure there was those few ships defeated in the south, even sunk an Inquisition's boat, but no one's going to care about that..........no, no, the defeat of one horse unit scouting the mountain passes in the far north isn't classified as important either.....Well, if I knew you weren't going to be helpful then I wouldn't have asked...Fine, be like that!"

The Order knight slams Yorick down on the table, "No, I don't want to hear it!" The knight grabs for a cloth and throws it over Yorick. Sitting back in his chair angrily, the knight grumbles to himself and grabs for a drink, all the while continuing to stare intently at the now covered skull.