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[center][h1][color=82ca9d]Nyx Heir the Wanderer[/color][/h1]
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[h3]Hathforth Castle, Throne Room, The Hearthfire Gala[/h3]
[sub][b][color=82ca9d]Skills:[/color][/b] Shift
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[quote][b]"Duchess Bastille, perhaps you ought to sweeten the pot a little. Say, allowing the crown to take custody of the Duke should you prove victorious? These are rather serious accusations he's making, and I'm quite certain that many people would care to have their names cleared of this slander."[/b]
[color=gray] - Lady Haliel[/color][/quote]

Letting her eyes glance over, Nyx isn’t surprised to find Lady Safina Haliel has rejoined the gala. She wishes that Willowsteel would stop accusing ‘Duke Rhinecliff’ of hiding something though - perhaps the real duke could withstand this with a pleasant smile, but Nyx isn’t as easily amicable as he is. She doubts the court would find her impersonation of him as ‘fun’ as he does. 

[quote]But not before seeing the outcome of the challenge from Duchess Altina. She leaned over towards the fake Rhinecliff. “This should be, if anything, entertaining.”
[color=gray] - Duchess Agustria[/color][/quote]

Nyx nods her head solemnly, but tries to keep her face, or rather Duke Rhinecliff’s face, ambiguous. Lots of eyes have turned to the queen to see what she will decide, excited whispers dancing through the crowd of might be a proper duel between duchies, but she doesn’t want to be caught with the wrong expression. Honestly, she might have asked Agustria to help make an escape if attention isn’t called back to Rhinecliff with Willowsteel’s next spur of spoken vomit.

[quote][b]“You’re in it thick with Duke Rhinecliff, aren’t you? What are you planning…?”[/b] He growled out. [b]“Not that it matters… I won’t let you win. I’m not going to jail!”[/b]
[color=gray] - Duke Willowsteel[/color][/quote]

Resisting the urge to just flash Willowsteel an offensive gesture or roll her eyes, Nyx crosses her arms over her chest instead. She simply raises an eyebrow in reaction as Duke Grimhand stands beside her.

[quote] He side-eyed Duke Rhinecliff. [b]“Sorry lot, Duke Willowsteel. The man has a good heart, but it’s been hard, isolated as he is at the edges of the province, and with no access to a port. The lack of magic means they do even menial tasks by hand, and that-” [/b]He sighed a rumbling sigh. [b]“-can take a toll on a man’s patience.”[/b]

He leaned over slightly, catching Duchess Agustria's face. [b]”I've heard the parties in your part of the province rival even that of the Queen, is that right?”[/b]

Before he tried a warm smile, turning to between Duchess Agustria and Duke Rhinecliff. [b]“I trust things are more, how can I put it… harmonious, in your cities…?”[/b]
[color=gray] - Duke Grimhand[/color][/quote]

Nyx smiles warmly at the duke and nods - she had always regarded him as a level-headed man, and entertaining to talk to when she had Olivia’s body on.  [color=82ca9d]“Well, we certainly lack the… [i]particular discipline[/i] it takes to have to do everything without magic.”[/color] She says, letting her eyes meet Grimhand’s before shifting her gaze to the duel building up. [color=82ca9d]“I will say that Duccess Agustria’s parties never seem to leave anyone disappointed though.”[/color]