@AThousandCurses Hildegunde will respond! Sorry I was supposed to have my post up yesterday but we kinda of had a Family Emergency Meeting, I should be home tonight though.
Edit: Fell asleep at my keyboard, kill me. Post is actively being written. Was also actively being written 7 hours ago, but y'know.
Edit 2: Apologies I got hit with a lot today but I'm posting it now, sorry everyone for the wait X - X
Sorry, life got busy earlier in the day, and then that combo'd me right into FFXIV raid hours, resulting in me only recently becoming available to post! Will be up in a few hours.
@Estylwen There wouldn't be any windows within this area, no. What would be near her at the top of the steps would be an exit door nearby that would lead out into the halls, but apart from that, it's very much a situation of being threatened on all sides. She would additionally hear the thundering of footsteps approaching that exit door from outside as well, with more guards prepared to shoot on sight should they see her make any sudden moves.
Hi sorry today I had like the world's longest comedy of errors surrounding buses. Just the most unbelievable dogshit sequence of events short of an actual safety hazard. Gonna try to write up the post tonight but if I'm not done by today it should be done whenever I wake up tomorrow, I should be free the entire day.