Introducing: Babartus, Kael, and Seiz

[StormDragon]

"Kael," said the dark-haired demon, nose still buried in another book. He had already finished the first one long ago. He was sprawled on the couch with every evidence of being in his own little world, but he was actually attendant to anything that was happening.

His eyes flickered toward Babartus.

[Carthrat]

"Seiz," replies Seiz, leaning back on a couch. "Man, this place is plush."

[StormDragon]

Kael agrees by wiggling further down on the couch.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus nodded, enjoying the fact that they weren't currently doing anything. "I don't suppose you two know what our new Lady will have us do next, hmm?"

[Carthrat]

"Yeah, right," replies Seiz, snorting. "We'll probably be raiding some clothing outlet or something. Maybe some magazine that savaged her. Maybe she'll be putting us on parade to show off our new outfits.

Gods, I don't know."

[Brian]

The lights flicker to notify everyone in the room of the suggested time to sleep.

Deep within the castle, a clock can be heard chiming, very quietly.  After thirteen strikes, the clock stops.

[StormDragon]

Kael quietly gets up, puts the book away, and after saying good night to the other two, goes to his room.

[Carthrat]

Seiz moodily wanders off to bed, giving Barbartus a short wave before crashing in his room.

Mmmmm. A bed..

[Yuthirin]

Babartus returns to his room and settles in to bed.

Well, this was nice, for a change. I wonder what she'll have us do first? I sincerely hope it's nothing like what Seiz was suggesting...

Heis thoughts turn quickly to those of home and better times, and he drifts off to sleep.

[Brian]

All three demons are woken up by the deep, resonating tolling sound of a clock stricking the hour the following morning.  It sounds like it's about 6:00 AM.

Shortly after the chimes, a clockwork guard drops off a tray loaded with an assortment of breakfast foods, and a rolled up scroll sealed with a lump of wax.

[Carthrat]

Seiz lurches out of bed, stumbles through the door, and grabs a piece of Fried Erkleschtoff. Chomping it down, he eventually, through bleary eyes, notices the sealed note. Hurriedly stuffing down a sizable portion of the breakfast tray, he unseals the scroll, and reads it out to himself, mumbling the words under his breath.

All in all, a typical morning.

Man, she wants us to get up early? Even the army wasn't that cruel!

[StormDragon]

An unidentifiable creature oozes out of his room clad in white pajamas, until one could see it was Kael, hair disheveled, blank gaze that positively screamed for a huge dose of caffeine.

He stopped short when he saw Seiz at the table. Staring at him for a moment, swaying on his feet, he did a swift about-face and went into his room and slammed the door.

A few minutes later he comes out nice and fresh and squeaky clean with his uniform on and hair combed back and spectacles perched on his nose.

"Good morning," he says pleasantly to Seiz, sitting down on the table. Peacefully gathering assorted breakfast foods on his plate, he starts to eat.

[Brian]

Seiz scans through the letter swiftly:

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Faithful servants,

I hope the morning finds you well.  Due to the status of the realm, I expect the need to mobilize you shortly.  Because of this, six of the planned weeks of fashion training are going to be dropped in favor of K'thosis's diplomacy and unarmed combat training.

Please meet with him in the great hall at 7:30 AM sharp.

Regards,
M.
Next to her name, she has affixed her seal.

As Seiz finishes reading the note, he hears two sounds: one, the crunch of Fried Erkleschtoff in another demon's mouth, and two, the tick of a clock.

Looking over to the floor-length clock with pendulums and chimes, Seiz has enough time to wonder how it got there before he notices the time: 6:15.  If memory serves, the Great Hall is probably a ten minute walk away, so there's still plenty of time left.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus exits his room crisply, already in his uniform, which appears professionally pressed and cleaned, despite having been worn just the day before.

"What's all this about?" he asks, looking at his two roommates.

[StormDragon]

"Darn...and I was so looking forward to the fashion training," Kael said dryly as he leaned over to look at the note.

Thank goodness for that.... I already know how to dress myself, thankyouverymuch.