Inside Vampire Keep (Open)

[fatima]

"... All I know is that I must grow stronger in order to stand a chance against Maederas... I am no fighter..."

She collected the silverware this next pass and placed them in the kitchen a few rooms ahead. While she was there, she took a wet rag and bucket to start wiping the tables while wearing a cute maid's hat and apron over her dress.

"And I have no idea the means to train other than looking for trouble... and saving up enough hel for better weaponry. I know enough to defend myself, but not nearly enough for an all-out duel... particularly if I aggravate the Prince who had defeated him. I do not want him involved if I can help it. It is no use to get others involved in your personal problems."

Pausing a moment, she placed a hand on her cheek in distress.

"And yet... here you all are. My apologies."

[boogieknight]

Boogie's brow raises when he spots the new articles Emily was wearing. He scratches his cheeck to hide the smile on his face, he had to wonder if Maderas was into every fetish in the Netherworld.

He hops to his feet and declares, "If you have no other way to train besides looking for trouble, you'll have to look up all the trouble you can before you confront Maderas. And if that's not enough to beat Maderas fair and square, then do it the demon way: Fight dirty."

Boogie takes her hand away from her cheek as he looks into her eyes, "Don't apologize, I decided to get involved of my own free will. It sounds like fun," He produces his staff and inquires, "So, how would you like to drive Maderas into the ground: By brute force or magic?"

[fatima]

Emily blushed slightly... well, considering her skin was stark white, it wasn't hard to see the slight lavender flush in her cheeks as Boogie took her hand.

"Whatever will work against him, I suppose. But I do not want to get you in trouble with your Prince. You are both his vassals, correct?"

Looking over to the others around the room, she got slightly worried about what they might do about the situation.

"Uhm... I don't want to get anyone else involved who doesn't want to get involved. Any objections?

[boogieknight]

"We are his vassals, but we are not bound by blood. Even if Laharl has already defeated him, I imagine that Maderas' fear would eventually subside with the passing of time. Fear not for me, Lady," Boogie replies.

He smiles with Emily's remark, "That sounds perfectly reasonable. It's your vengeance, it should be on your terms."

[Mr Sinister]

Hmm the thought of betraying an old friend didnt sound too reasonable to Armand, then again he did become someones vassal. He stared out in the vast cold field, thinking of what would happen. "He did help me after all.." he thought. Without saying a word he sat back down at the table, his hand scratching hard at is chin, a trickle of blood came down. Armand sat there in deep thought.

[fatima]

"Maybe if we humiliate him in front of the Prince enough, he might be discharged..." Emily offered.

She knew that Armand mentioned about being an old friend of his. Emily also knew that because of this, it may make them enemies. Still, it wasn't like she was going to kill him or anything. Killing him would deny her the fun of torturing him!

"To be kicked out of vassalship twice? My goodness, that would be a true insult. He used to be under king Krichevscoy... to be kicked out of the palace twice?"

[Mr Sinister]

"Yeah milady your right, it would be a true insult. Then again anything could happen beacuse of his disgrace." he said speaking out. He sat there tapping his fingers on the chair, he gave a smile towards Emily still wondering of the things yet to come.

[boogieknight]

Boogie laughed aloud, "The idiot was thrown out the first time for stealing the King's black pretzels. As devious as the man can be, he is completely devoid of common sense. If one is goint to fall out of favor for something, it shouldn't be over something as trivial as a snack."

Boogie keeps the bond between Armand and Maderas in mind when he looks over to him. He smiles and tries to convey without speaking, "He brought this on himself, it's not worth beefing over."

[Mr Sinister]

Armand couldnt help but laugh.

"Pretzels?! is that what it was?..hmph the fool. Your right though its just a shame to think of him being someones vassal, I for one wouldnt stand for that haha" he said, his fangs showing as he laughed and smiled. His hair swayed in front of his face, he put it back only leaving small strands to the front.

[fatima]

"Pretzels, you say? He never mentioned how that happened..."

Emily laughed along with Armand and grinned with a delighted, yet sinister giggle.

"Well, then... let's play with that a little bit. Surely I would have to win the Prince's respect before he would even let me stay at this castle... so why not play with them all? It's such a long walk from the dimentional gate to here. All of them should be so hungry by the time they arrive. I always wondered why being the good hostess to guests drove him crazy... if he was exiled because of food, I probably kept rubbing it in his face."

Clasping her hands, a plan was forming.

"Setting a few minor traps before having him enter will keep his guard up... he'll be expecting an army to be on the other side. No... I'll just mess with his head and be the sweetest person in the world! <3 Any demon would be driven into madness and his stomach would be growling from the walk... hmhmhm... and if he's still got problems and wants to storm the place, his troops will have already been stuffed silly. I know how demons think about themselves first..."