Arcaea/Dining Hall Late 08-09/Lady Madelena's Second Flight of Fancy
Madelena had been riding in her carriage in a kind of a daze. She had needed to travel back to Nocaneb for the day to cash bonds and despite the protestations of her maid, Sarah, who felt she was still too weak to travel, she and her men had set out early in the morning.
She had slept for the most part, her carriage rocking gently on the soft earth of the road. However, she was awoken by her captain around noon.
"M'Lady there seems to be a problem."
"What kind of problem?" she replied.
"Well madam, we seem to be in Niel."
"What! Madelena, despite her weakness after weeks of suffering with the lump fever, leaped out of the carriage and stood on the road. Looking up and down she saw the streets of the city she knew all too well and shivered.
"How in the blazes did we get here?" she cried out but was stopped in mid-sentence as her gaze fell upon someone who she never thought she would see again - Sir Tenal - the man she loved. Next to him was Sir Tomaso and shortly after Sir Roberd charged up on a horse and challenged her to a dual.
Madelena knew she couldn't fight, but she also knew she wasn't going quietly. It was bad enough that she had to see Sir Tenal and know that he had betrayed her, without having the added humiliation of her being a guest in his prison and possibly exiled or executed by his hand.
She spoke briefly to Sir Roberd and then without a word, and as swiftly as the wind, mounted her captains horse and kicked it into a gallop out of the city. Her men followed, with only her captain, and her carriage remaining behind.
Lady Madelena Rossini (Lord)
