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Moving towards Margise to find that I had lifted her resting her on my knees. "The trip over here, was hard going, probably, sapped some of her energy." What she needed, was an energy drink or? He shifted to reach into the pod, appearing with something in his hands? A Tersa bar? A nutrient bar and really, really nice but we couldn’t get them here.
As Mama’s words would echo “They’re too sweet, long term, bad for you!“ Trouble was Margise had eaten but as per usual with her, she had been a picky eater. That had meant she had quickly depleted calories to a level they needed refueling! I passed her the bar, breaking it in half.
For her, to munch on the other half! She smiled, before my lips, even touched the other half? She grabbed the remaining half and I swear, it never touched her lips! “Well I suddenly felt ravenous!“ She turned as the figure was moving into the pod. Taking out items. Clothing et? Margise couldn’t take her eyes off him. It would have been impossible for him not to have noticed how she was transfixed by him?! He smiles.
“Anyone would think, you, hadn’t seen an Arahi before!“ Margise fainted! AGAIN?!! I howled! "MARGI!" He grabbed another Tersa bar. “Plenty more, where that came from.“ I looked at it, then at him. “That’s OK I don't think we will be needing that.“ To see, out of the corner of my eye, Margise move, grab the bar and tell me off! “What part of, "I’m STARVING’ didn’t you get!“ Whereupon, the wrapper was off, half the bar vanishing in seconds!
Suitably recovered after FOUR bars eaten, followed by a loud and very embarassing for me, BURP on her part! It was back to the present and how we were going to deal with the here and now! It was clear, the security forces did NOT know of his arrival. That much WAS obvious! The plan? We needed to shift this pod out of sight and decide, what to do next?
We managed to get the craft going and moved it to an adjacent, what Humana would have called, a hangar style building. Adjacent to the main training zone. It was not, in use, nor would it be, until the weather improved! Margise used her pass card, to access the entry systems. We left the pod, it’s systems secured and the pod inactive. Which left us in a new dilemma. What to do with our visitor?
“We’ll be in a lot of trouble, if we don’t tell someone.“ He was wearing this long cloak, that hid the rest of his clothing. I had I knew been right about his status. There was nothing, commoner about him! His tone of voice, his manners, the way he carried himself? Distinctly Royal house. Trying to find things out about him. He was loathe to tell us much. Perhaps what he had been through, could explain that? For now explanations could wait!
We arrived back at Margise’s place where we had some hot drinks, sat and talked about what to do next. “I think I’ll ask Corky, to help us, he’s bound to know!” I pulled her to one side, she glanced at Prince Iophan as he smiled, moved to remove his cloak. Using the coms unit, Margise made a call. Corky answered almost straight away. Talking for some minutes, she finished the conversation.
“He’s on his way over. That was strange, he did not seem the least bit surprised?“
She turned back, to Prince Iophan, who had removed his outer cloak. Margise nudged me. I was making us all some fresh drinks? She couldn’t take her eyes off him! Margise was totally gah gah. To be fair, I could understand why! The clothing, was of a Regal nature. The sash from shoulder to waist, was bearing an Emblem, but was it Diplomatic Envoy, Cohort? Margise came over to give me a hand with the drinks.
"I hope that you are not, falling for him Margise, because I really think, you are going to be disappointed” IF he was Royalty. Royalty of that calibre didn’t favor ladies, even those, with ‘Priviledged Invocation’. Their Parentia frowned on it and in most cases forbad it, the penalty execution of the commoner they had fallen in love with.
(See Galacia Imperitannica re Royal Priviledges.)‘Priviledged Invocation' can be granted, usually in exceptional circumstances to those who are not born of Royal blood. IT grants them the same status as that of Royal blood AND title as granted with it. In Margise’s case, equal to Becci, of Royal personage and to be treated the same as you would a Haphket Princess.
I had made sure Margise, was granted by the Royal House of Fendiq. Equivalent to my own, as a Haphket Princess! Anyone dare, impinge on that, or insult my gift to her, would not like the consequences! Nope, I had been told, Royalty of his calibre, IF he was, they wanted pure blood Princesses.
Yet he seemed really nice, polite and not at all, full of himself, his mannerism? Unlike those I had met, Royal Princes, in the past and since being here at the Akademy ?! Very likeable. Serenia had found the pod. SO there was the transport BUT where was Prince Iophan! A coms call from Corky? Over to see Margise, something had happened, he would not reveal details. "I will meet you there, keep it low profile." The thought crossed her mind, no way, surely not! Serenia decided it might not be prudent to tell him that it had been her who had disabled part of the grid. Corky smiled. All had gone to plan. He had watched her from the shadows. Always amazed at how technically brilliant she was. Brawn and brains!
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