Gates of the Moon

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

Robar Hunter only grunts in response.

[dienekes]

Morax was trying a trick he learned near Qarth of continually drinking hot water and mead to clear his head. It wasn't working. Barely he noticed the newlyweds enter as a cheer came up which again caused his head to hurt. Vaguely he noticed Elaena talk to some old codger in the corner. Why did he drink so much? I will never drink that much again, he silently vowed as he downed his sixth mead that morning. In a testament of will that he did not realize he posessed Morax shuffled over to Dominic and whispered in his ear. "Lucky bastard. Lyas called talk to Juliette."

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Alla Hunter heard Elaena Bolton speaking with the cloaked man, and caught his voice. She leaped up from the table, staring, and came over at once.

"Uncle Robar?" she whispered. She was very tall, and had to kneel before his bench to look up under his hood. "Is that you?"

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

"Away woman," he hisses to Alla.

[elaena]

Elaena slipped away silently to sit beside her uncle Morax, allowing Alla and Lord Hunter their privacy.

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bazzle said:

"Away woman," he hisses to Alla.

Alla Hunter was a stoic young woman, but when she saw Lord Robar's face she couldn't hide the shock and horror in her eyes, anymore than she could hide her happiness. "Oh sweet uncle," she hugged him hard and rained kisses on his face, disregarding the ruined and stiff flesh. "We thought you were dead."

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

"I wish I were," he grunts. "I should be...leading the invasion...of the Reach. Now...I just rot." His good arm, his left one, pushes Alla back off him.

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Alla caught his left wrist in a gentle but firm grasp, and then moved his right arm, feeling how hard and heavy it was...and how useless. Lord Robar Hunter was partially paralyzed...it was a hard thing to swallow.

"Oh uncle, I am so sorry," she hugged him tightly again, not seeming to notice his attempts to push her away. Her face was pressed into his shoulder. "But you will not rot, sweet uncle. I love you, and I will not see you rot. Have you met with Lord Arryn?"

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

"He knows. He...sent me here. To...lead...defenses. In case." he says.

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"And there is none better. Even Lord Grafton and Lord Wydman admire and respect you greatly. I have spent time in the crownland army, and even their generals have heard of you. I know the Vale will be safe in your hands." She kissed him again.

"As for the Reach, it will burn. I had hoped to ride to battle myself, but marriage is an equally happy alternative. Come, I want my new family to meet you." She smiled at him and took his hand.

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

"No," he says. "Let them...look on...your face, not mine." He rises and limps from the hall.

[dienekes]

Did he hear that correctly? Robar, Lord Robar Hunter? He'd read of him once a truly adapt commander. Turning he saw Doms new bride run over to the old man in the corner. It felt wrong to him not the scares every warrior had scars but that the commander felt useless. A man of his talent would never be useless maybe his niece would make him see. A terrible event, and for the first time that day Morax wasn't thinking about his own miserable hangover.

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Alla Hunter was not so easily deterred. She was a strongily built girl, and now overpowered Robar Hunter. She caught him by the arm.

[Lord Rhodri Arryn]

OOC: It's not a good idea to drag recent stroke victims around. Please don't -- tugging on his arm would be all that's appropriate.

IC: When she grabs his arm, he shakes her hand off, and glares at her. One eye is still and dead.

[dienekes]

Morax saw the pain in the mans eyes. Pitty. A rush of terror and shock forms around the room as they see his twisted face. Walking toward him, Morax applauds the man which slowly spreads. "It's an honor my Lord. I have heard of your exploits."