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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 21, 2013 19:17:53 GMT -5
"You act me to act rationally when you offer the claims of a madman?" he asked, face contorted in rage and eyes desperately pleading for this to be a sick joke. "Do you have proof of my father's involvement or just Tyrell's word? If what you say is true, it holds little weight anymore. If he has already shown willingness once to lie in order to sow the seeds of discord, who is to say he is not attempting it again to drive a wedge between myself, my father, and the Martells?"
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 21, 2013 20:12:22 GMT -5
"But what motive does he have to tear your relationship asunder on his own volition?" Saxon replied, "Believe me I questioned him fiercely, as I have no trust of the roses, but I could not find an explanation more logical then the one Mace offered."
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 21, 2013 20:32:01 GMT -5
"I would not dare claim to know the man's mind." he replied, exasperated and desperately clutching at some explanation. "Perhaps to shame the Lannisters as they flirt with treason. Maybe to threaten any alliance that he sees as having any chance of weakening his hold over the realm. For all I know, he finds some perverse pleasure in our suffering."
"I do not know, Lord Saxon, but I do know all these things make more sense than my father doing this to me. He is politically ambitious, but I have known him all my life and he is no monster. He would not...could not...have done this to me."
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 21, 2013 20:38:56 GMT -5
Saxon raised his eyebrow, "Perhaps... not. But the fact remains, you branded an innocent woman with a hot iron, and took away her freedom to see her only child."
He sighed, "I should point out, so that you do not discover it later and feel betrayed, that I was hired to find out the truth by Lady Amelia. She knew, of course, that she had been framed, but not why, and so asked that I investigate. And so I did."
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 21, 2013 20:47:12 GMT -5
"If what you say is true...I will make my amends." he replied softly, as if Lord Cave had struck him. "But I will see your proof, as I saw Tyrell's 'proof'. If I indeed was fooled into such a monstrous action, how can I be expected to damn my own father based only on the words from the deceiver's mouth?"
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 21, 2013 20:55:58 GMT -5
"As I said, I can only tell you what Lord Tyrell told me regarding who instigated what, but the forgery is truth. I would swear my lordship on it."
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 21, 2013 21:59:19 GMT -5
"Someone must die for this..." he seethed, still reeling from the blow.
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 21, 2013 22:10:37 GMT -5
"Of that there can be little doubt," Saxon agreed. "Come to me when the time comes and I shall be of such aid as I can offer. There is also the question of the child. The lady Amelia, wronged as she was has harbored some intention on securing access to her child by any means necessary. Mothers, you understand. It would be better I think if perhaps frequent visits could be arranged? I could be an interlocutor if you agree, a trusted friend to both parties?"
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 21, 2013 22:14:52 GMT -5
"Yes...of course." he replied, tone hollow, defeated. "Once I have seen the evidence to support your claims, I would not keep the boy from his mother."
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 22, 2013 6:17:26 GMT -5
Saxon reached into a pocket and produce a series of ink wells, writing quills and parchment. "You will find these identical to that used in your "evidence"." He said, in a manner carrying some contempt. "They come from the household of a known forger. Here is a list of names of neighbors interviewed who swore to Mace Tyrell visiting the man before he died. That should be sufficient proof of innocence." Saxon added.
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 22, 2013 23:30:34 GMT -5
He took them gratefully, in surprisingly steady hands for a man so inebriated, then news having had a sobering effect.
"You believe Mace murdered the forger himself?" he inquired, surprised he would get his own hands dirty.
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 23, 2013 6:08:11 GMT -5
"I know he did, although the eyewitness we have are not enough for court they are enough for us to know with certainty and anyway he confessed to me." Saxon replied.
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 23, 2013 7:07:55 GMT -5
"How would you recommend I proceed, Lord Cave?" he asked, rubbing his forehead as though he could feel the wait of the matter building up inside his skull. "I have a course in mind, but between the drink and fury I am hardly sure it is the most prudent."
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Post by The Stranger on Oct 23, 2013 11:57:20 GMT -5
"I think perhaps the best thing to do would be to continue to present yourself as you are now. If you do broach the situation with your lord father, then attempt to draw him out about his knowledge of the falsehood, without appearing to condemn it. That should perhaps give you more details into how exactly events occurred, whether he did need come to Tyrell, as Mace claims, or whether it was vice versa. Once we know that, our choices will be clearer."
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Post by Lord Oswyn Baratheon on Oct 23, 2013 19:01:19 GMT -5
"That is sound counsel." Oswyn replied, with a nod, trying to contain his rage. "I do not suppose you would be inclined to lure Mace out to an advantageous spot in the city? If you could arrange his abduction without drawing suspicion on either of us, I feel a proper interrogation under duress might reveal more of this tale. He would of course have to be disposed of afterwards."
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