**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Dec 22 07:47:12 2025 Dec 22 07:47:12 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Dec 22 07:48:11 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Dec 22 18:30:12 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Dec 22 19:39:12 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.101) has joined Dec 22 19:40:24 I suppose so Dec 22 19:40:24 * Molly nods “Mine is particularly bad on my flanks, and my feet” Dec 22 19:40:24 Duly noted Dec 22 19:40:24 * Molly blushes “You’ll be careful there?” Dec 22 19:40:24 If you like Dec 22 19:40:27 * Molly shrugs “I think I could tolerate your hands upon my body...” Dec 22 19:40:29 You think? Dec 22 19:40:33 * Molly smiles lightly “Yes, I don’t see why not” Dec 22 19:40:35 I suppose we'll see Dec 22 19:40:37 * Molly nods slowly “Yes, perhaps we will” Dec 22 19:40:39 * Morgan nods, kissing her gently Dec 22 19:40:41 * Molly returns it just as gently before pulling away “I think I should get some breakfast. I suspect that the exploration of your scars has reduced your ardour” Dec 22 19:40:43 Somewhat, aye Dec 22 19:40:45 * Molly nods, moving off his lap Dec 22 19:40:47 Another time, perhaps Dec 22 19:40:49 definitely Dec 22 19:42:23 * Molly brushes down her dress, going out quietly, but he is going to need a minute so his body can settle. It’s not his own voice in his head asking ‘what the fuck is wrong with you?’ this time, but Heinzharold’s. Dec 22 19:42:52 * Morgan mutters "shut up" quietly Dec 22 19:43:18 *that little voice says ‘Yeah, like-that- ever worked” Dec 22 19:43:50 * Morgan shakes his head a little, working on calming down Dec 22 19:44:32 *it takes longer than he’d like, though it’s not really a surprise after their closeness last night, and again now* Dec 22 19:44:55 * Morgan breathes slowly Dec 22 19:45:24 *he notices that his bed smells of her now* Dec 22 19:45:33 * Morgan sighs Dec 22 19:45:38 Thats going to make it tough Dec 22 19:46:11 *Hh’s voice pipes up in his mind “Gonna make it hard” Dec 22 19:47:24 Oh shut up Dec 22 19:47:53 *he manages to calm down enough* Dec 22 19:48:03 * Morgan brushes himself off and goes downstairs Dec 22 19:49:43 * Molly is on the floor on her hands and knees. He immediately gets a great view down her dress to her breasts decorated with a touch of lace at the top of her corset Dec 22 19:50:46 I thought you were making yourself some breakfast Dec 22 19:51:15 I thought I’d start the floor first. Do you wish to give me a hand? Dec 22 19:51:50 *HH in his head says “Damned right he would. A hand, and more!” Dec 22 19:51:56 * Morgan nods Dec 22 19:51:57 Aye alright Dec 22 19:52:49 * Molly gets another brush and pushes the hot water bucket so it’s between them Dec 22 19:53:15 * Morgan thanks her, getting to work Dec 22 19:53:42 *He notices after a few minutes that he can’t hear her scrubbing Dec 22 19:53:48 * Morgan looks up Dec 22 19:54:22 * Molly is still on her hands and knees, but she appears to have been caught in the act of admiring his bottom Dec 22 19:55:15 * Morgan watches her Dec 22 19:56:09 * Molly blushes, looking away Dec 22 19:56:18 I uhh... Dec 22 19:56:43 Yes? Dec 22 19:56:53 *HH pipes up “I was just admiring your ass. If I knew Heinzharold, I’d know his is nicer though” Dec 22 19:57:09 Nothing... Dec 22 19:57:56 No? Dec 22 19:59:56 * Molly smiles a little “Well... I was just distracted” Dec 22 20:00:47 Evidently Dec 22 20:01:21 * Molly nods “sorry...” Dec 22 20:01:51 *HH: She definitely ain’t.* Dec 22 20:02:29 * Morgan nods a little, getting srubbing Dec 22 20:04:19 *a few minutes later, he feels a little water on the side of his neck Dec 22 20:04:51 * Morgan frowns, rubbing his neck Dec 22 20:05:30 *it feels slightly warm, like it’s come from the bucket* Dec 22 20:05:46 * Morgan looks up Dec 22 20:07:23 * Molly isn’t looking at him, but she’s smiling faintly as she works Dec 22 20:08:29 * Morgan nods slightly Dec 22 20:10:41 * Molly continues to work, biting her lip Dec 22 20:12:41 * Morgan shifts, scrubbing the floor Dec 22 20:13:06 *he feels it again a minute later Dec 22 20:15:10 You're wasting your energy Dec 22 20:15:17 Am I? Dec 22 20:15:46 entirely Dec 22 20:16:17 You do not want to play with me? Dec 22 20:17:04 I'm not a playful sort of person... Dec 22 20:17:18 You could -try-? Dec 22 20:17:56 * Morgan sighs Dec 22 20:17:56 Maybe Dec 22 20:19:38 * Molly nods, going back to work. Though it’d be expected that she’d do it again a minute or two later, she doesn’t Dec 22 20:20:40 * Morgan sits up, stretching so his back pops Dec 22 20:22:43 * Molly glances at him “I could help with that?” Dec 22 20:22:50 With what? Dec 22 20:22:56 Your back Dec 22 20:23:30 Got a new one lying around have you? Dec 22 20:24:00 No... *she shrugs* I could just rub it better Dec 22 20:24:17 Not sure how much I'd be able to feel... Dec 22 20:26:33 I’d be using deep pressure... Dec 22 20:27:43 * Morgan nods Dec 22 20:27:45 alright Dec 22 20:28:07 Not now though... Dec 22 20:28:45 alright Dec 22 20:30:03 My hands are wet... Dec 22 20:32:33 okay Dec 22 20:34:34 *In his head though, HH says ‘I’d be making them even wetter’. He hears footsteps coming up his path* Dec 22 20:35:57 * Morgan looks toward a window Dec 22 20:36:17 One day though? Dec 22 20:36:53 * Morgan nods Dec 22 20:36:54 Yes Dec 22 20:37:06 *He hears Eisen being spoken outside* This one?! It’s tiny Dec 22 20:37:13 I’d like that Dec 22 20:37:25 * Morgan stands, frowning as he checks his sword Dec 22 20:38:08 *He registers the next voice as Yensid’s* He was hardly going to be living in a palace as a working man Dec 22 20:38:38 * Morgan speaks quietly Dec 22 20:38:41 Go upstairs Dec 22 20:39:20 * Molly must not have heard the voices outside, because she smiles happily as she stands “Yes, of course” Dec 22 20:39:52 * Morgan slowly draws his sword, moving closer to the door Dec 22 20:39:56 *there’s a knock on the door* Dec 22 20:40:09 * Molly does go upstairs Dec 22 20:40:56 * Morgan wrenches the door open, holding the sword out level Dec 22 20:41:42 *Adalbrecht and Yensid are stood on the doorstep. He hasn’t seen his father since the very brief visit in December. Yensid he has managed to evade much longer* Dec 22 20:42:08 * Morgan watches them, surprised Dec 22 20:42:18 * Molly is now known as Adalbrecht Dec 22 20:42:26 Put that away, you’re making a scene. Dec 22 20:42:46 What are you doing here? Dec 22 20:43:12 No, you start with “Come in” Dec 22 20:43:29 Y: Or, better yet, Come 8n, I’ve got blokners Dec 22 20:43:49 * Morgan lowers his sword Dec 22 20:44:04 You don't get blokners here... and I start with whatever I please Dec 22 20:44:18 * Adalbrecht sizes him up “I see” Dec 22 20:45:25 * Morgan watches them for a moment before moving inside Dec 22 20:45:31 Watch your step... the floors wet Dec 22 20:47:30 * Adalbrecht and Yensid enter his little cottage, his little place of peace and privacy, where the concerns until now had only been how far he should allow things to go, and how to tell her that he loved her when he wasn’t entirely sure that she loved him too Dec 22 20:47:59 * Adalbrecht looks around. The three of them make the room seem small in a way that Molly never did Dec 22 20:49:24 Hang on here, I'll be back in a minute Dec 22 20:49:57 Y: Do we get to sit? Dec 22 20:50:13 * Morgan shrugs, moving toward the stairs Dec 22 20:50:18 If you really want to Dec 22 20:50:31 * Adalbrecht and Yensid pull out chairs Dec 22 20:51:26 * Morgan climbs the stairs quickly, going to find Molly Dec 22 20:52:40 *She is found in his room, lying on his bed. His instruction to go upstairs has clearly been misread. Now the sheets will smell like her even longer* Dec 22 20:52:55 I'm sorry... my father has turned up Dec 22 20:53:20 * Adalbrecht is now known as Molly Dec 22 20:53:52 * Molly sits up, looking concerned “Will you be in trouble that I am here?!” Dec 22 20:54:08 * Morgan shrugs Dec 22 20:54:12 Maybe. We'll see Dec 22 20:54:28 Why has he come? Dec 22 20:54:40 I don't know yet. I wanted to tell you here was here first Dec 22 20:55:00 * Molly nods, looking serious “What do you need?” Dec 22 20:55:33 I'm going to find out why he's here Dec 22 20:56:42 What should -I- do? Dec 22 20:57:46 Stay up here for the minute Dec 22 20:58:00 * Molly nods “Yes, my love” Dec 22 20:58:36 * Morgan nods, rolling his shoulders before going back downstairs Dec 22 21:00:19 *Adalbrecht is lighting a cigar* Dec 22 21:00:38 Not in the house, thank you Dec 22 21:02:08 *Adalbrecht looks at him disbelievingly* Dec 22 21:02:48 * Morgan watches him impassively Dec 22 21:03:47 I can offer you coffee, but its awful, ale, but its awful, or tea... Dec 22 21:03:54 * Molly is now known as Adalbrecht Dec 22 21:04:13 Coffee, I cannot bear another cup of tea Dec 22 21:04:32 You may regret that... Dec 22 21:04:37 * Morgan moves to make some coffee Dec 22 21:04:53 * Adalbrecht nods briefly, putting his cigar and tinderbox away Dec 22 21:06:35 * Morgan puts the coffee in front of his father and Yensid, moving to watch them Dec 22 21:06:51 * Adalbrecht and Yensid both grimace at it Dec 22 21:07:34 * Morgan nods a little Dec 22 21:07:38 What brings you so far from home? Dec 22 21:08:04 * Adalbrecht appears to brace himself Dec 22 21:08:12 A holiday, and now a scandal. Dec 22 21:08:28 * Morgan raises an eyebrow Dec 22 21:09:25 Your Mother has been desperate to see her homeland once more, and your uncle. That took us to Catterick two weeks ago Dec 22 21:09:54 * Morgan nods Dec 22 21:11:53 *Adalbrecht looks to Yensid, who drinks a mouthful before saying* I was following Edward, all the way up into Vendel Dec 22 21:12:02 Why? Dec 22 21:12:48 Ad: Your cousin Alarice has made a claim to me that he and she had been... Umm... Dec 22 21:13:01 Y: Banging like a barn door in a storm. Dec 22 21:14:11 Did she Dec 22 21:14:50 * Adalbrecht nods Dec 22 21:15:15 She had a child that Karsten said was not his Dec 22 21:15:40 Unfortunate Dec 22 21:16:12 I sent Yensid to bring him home... Dec 22 21:16:28 I see that went well Dec 22 21:16:47 Y: He’s a devious little bugger Dec 22 21:16:51 Language. Dec 22 21:23:55 Well he's not here Dec 22 21:24:21 No, he is in Catterick with your Mother Dec 22 21:25:18 * Morgan looks a little disappointed Dec 22 21:25:23 What brings you -here- Dec 22 21:25:45 Because he is there with his future wife... and his daughter. Dec 22 21:30:44 That doesn't really answer my question Dec 22 21:31:44 Because I want you to come to Catterick with us Dec 22 21:32:47 No Dec 22 21:33:45 * Adalbrecht frowns Dec 22 21:33:52 You are needed. Dec 22 21:34:49 I don't see why Dec 22 21:35:31 * Adalbrecht sighs Dec 22 21:36:39 His daughter is almost two years old. He has not been part of her life for all that time. It looks bad on his reputation, and the family’s Dec 22 21:38:13 So this future wife is not Alarice... but is his daughters mother... Dec 22 21:39:22 * Adalbrecht nods Dec 22 21:40:36 * Morgan shrugs Dec 22 21:40:54 She is called Alice. She’s a ship’s captain, and she is a cast off noblewoman Dec 22 21:41:04 So two children by two women, not married to either, yet -I'm- the disgrace for marrying and having a child in wedlock Dec 22 21:42:57 You no longer have that title alone. Your brother’s actions are a disgrace Dec 22 21:43:35 Best cast him out then Dec 22 21:44:45 Your Mother does not want me to Dec 22 21:44:55 Oh, just me then... right Dec 22 21:45:17 * Adalbrecht huffs Dec 22 21:45:24 I didn’t cast you out. Dec 22 21:46:02 Uh huh Dec 22 21:47:11 * Adalbrecht rubs his forehead Dec 22 21:47:35 The truth is, Morgan, we need you to play your part Dec 22 21:48:19 Meaning? Dec 22 21:50:06 If we can show a united front, we can avert the scandal that will attach to our name Dec 22 21:50:30 You must be joking Dec 22 21:50:42 Because if you aren't, you've clearly lost your damned mind Dec 22 21:51:45 I am not joking. You are the Veisgraf, and you should be present at the wedding and when we go back to Sudlachenburg Dec 22 21:52:10 No thank you Dec 22 21:53:13 * Adalbrecht frowns Dec 22 21:53:20 You are the Veisgraf. Dec 22 21:55:15 * Morgan shrugs Dec 22 21:55:27 *He hears the creak of the bed upstairs. Adalbrecht doesn’t notice it, but Morgan sees Yensid look to the ceiling* Dec 22 21:55:43 You are relinquishing your title then. Dec 22 21:57:54 * Morgan watches him Dec 22 21:58:08 You need me not to... desperately. Dec 22 21:58:13 * Adalbrecht nods Dec 22 21:58:36 I am not so proud or arrogant to admit that. Dec 22 21:58:45 * Morgan shrugs Dec 22 21:59:23 I need Eisen to see you are a man who can be trusted Dec 22 22:01:18 * Morgan snorts Dec 22 22:01:41 Come play happy families after the way I was treated? I'd look a walkover Dec 22 22:02:34 Then what do you recommend? Because this will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, and everything our forefathers have worked for will be gone. Dec 22 22:05:17 * Morgan shrugs Dec 22 22:06:21 * Adalbrecht watches him with a deep frown Dec 22 22:06:27 You do not care. Dec 22 22:08:09 After what you put me through, why should I? Dec 22 22:08:36 Because it is your -blood-, your ancestors’ blood! Dec 22 22:09:08 * Morgan looks at him with hard, flat eyes Dec 22 22:09:11 *Yensid watches the two of them* Dec 22 22:09:54 And where was your care for that? When I followed your scripture and married, and had a child? Where was your care for it then, when they were burned to death? Dec 22 22:10:15 * Adalbrecht actually looks hurt by this Dec 22 22:10:28 Grave mistakes were made. Dec 22 22:10:51 * Morgan wrenches at the front of his shirt, bearing the top of his chest Dec 22 22:11:41 I was abandoned, and they were murdered, and I carry the scars from it, I hear their screams, night after night... where was your care then?! Dec 22 22:12:16 * Adalbrecht ‘s expression reveals both horror and revulsion at the scarring Dec 22 22:12:50 How -dare- you come here and demand I fix -your- problems now Dec 22 22:12:54 *Yensid rubs his chin* Dec 22 22:13:39 Don’t then! Do what you want. I will tell your Mother you’ve decided to leave us, again. Dec 22 22:14:22 *Yensid puts a hand on Adalbrecht’s arm, way beyond how a retainer should touch his employer* Dec 22 22:15:36 Not so proud or arrogant... looks like it Dec 22 22:16:57 We do need you, but you don’t need us, it seems. So I say do what you want, again, as usual. *Adalbrecht stands, shoving his friend’s hand off him and making the chair scrape on the floor* Dec 22 22:17:39 * Morgan lays his fists on the table, leaning forward Dec 22 22:17:58 They would still be alive if you hadn't shut me out. Why should I help you now? Dec 22 22:18:30 They wouldn’t have died if you had left her alone, as a -nobleman- should have. Dec 22 22:18:40 * Morgan smiles a little Dec 22 22:18:50 Y: *he shakes his head with disappointment* Too far. Dec 22 22:19:02 Get out before I thrash the living daylights out of you Dec 22 22:19:43 If I leave, you are dead to me. I am serious, Morgan. Your title will be gone, forever. Dec 22 22:20:04 * Morgan stands up, bunching his fists Dec 22 22:20:54 Fine. I'll write to mother and explain -exactly- how you behaved, and where you can find my childs killer, who was only emboldened to act because of your actions... which, I daresay, will put any thought of a wedding out of the question Dec 22 22:21:36 *It takes Adalbrecht a moment to process it, but Yensid nods to himself* Dec 22 22:21:47 Y: I thought so. Dec 22 22:22:47 You think you've got a scandal on your hands now, just you fucking wait... Dec 22 22:23:11 You would bring down everything, the whole Grafdom? Dec 22 22:23:27 What would I care, I am dead to you. Dec 22 22:24:01 The people of Sudlachenburg are not. Dec 22 22:25:13 No, just two of them. Dec 22 22:25:41 * Adalbrecht grinds his teeth Dec 22 22:26:03 You need to decide. Are you with our family, or against us? Dec 22 22:27:04 I'll tell you what... you go find Lady Torrington, explain to her that you cant possibly manage without me, then explain -everything- to mother... maybe I'll help Dec 22 22:27:44 Then you will come to be the respectable face of the next generation? Dec 22 22:27:58 * Morgan tilts his head Dec 22 22:28:02 Mother hasn't told you... Dec 22 22:28:10 Told me what? Dec 22 22:28:16 * Morgan starts laughing Dec 22 22:28:37 *Yensid looks watchful* Dec 22 22:29:49 * Morgan rolls his shoulders, eliciting an ugly crunch Dec 22 22:30:22 I've taken up with a gentleman's daughter... I will not be leaving her to save face for you Dec 22 22:30:33 * Adalbrecht frowns Dec 22 22:30:56 “No. You will need to get married. A -Good- marriage” Dec 22 22:31:27 *he notices Yensid look to the top of the stairs just a moment before he hears movement there* Dec 22 22:32:00 You can go now, to your perfect, murderous, son. Dec 22 22:32:41 So you’ll choose some woman you’re having a fling with over the people who you were born to protect... Dec 22 22:32:54 * Morgan draws his sword Dec 22 22:33:00 Very well, lets have it Dec 22 22:33:02 *Molly comes downstairs* Dec 22 22:34:04 * Adalbrecht doesn’t seem to know where to focus his attention. Yensid is surprisingly more focused on the blade than the young woman Dec 22 22:34:26 M: He cannot marry anyone else. Dec 22 22:35:41 * Morgan stands completely, utterly still Dec 22 22:36:00 *Adalbrecht looks to him* What does she mean, Morgan? Dec 22 22:37:18 What do you think she means, you idiot? Dec 22 22:38:18 M: We have made promises to be wed, we have set a date, and then we went to bed together. Dec 22 22:39:15 *Adalbrecht looks crestfallen, Yensid looks the pair of them over suspiciously* Dec 22 22:41:20 You want my help... elevate her father to a suitable station... Dec 22 22:41:51 * Adalbrecht frowns “You want him to be a baronet of Sudlachenburg?” Dec 22 22:43:02 Not particularly, but she is to be my wife... -you- want it to be of a proper station... Dec 22 22:43:29 So she is not your wife in Theus’ eyes yet? Dec 22 22:43:36 Or accept her as a gentlemans daughter... those are your choices if you wish my aid at all Dec 22 22:44:12 *Molly looks at Morgan* What I said was the truth. Promises were made, a date was set... Dec 22 22:45:34 * Morgan nods Dec 22 22:47:17 * Adalbrecht nods, looking at the Graf of Sudlachenburg “We were intimate, to a depth that only a husband and wife would be.” Dec 22 22:47:24 Molly* Dec 22 22:48:06 *Yensid is watching Morgan very intently* Dec 22 22:49:09 * Morgan barely glances at him Dec 22 22:49:40 *Yensid shrugs* It sounds like they’re married already then Dec 22 22:50:14 * Adalbrecht sighs, shaking his head despondently “Where did we go wrong?” Dec 22 22:50:57 You raised one of your children to find love and honour their wife... the other, well... Dec 22 22:52:56 * Adalbrecht sighs again “There’s one more thing you need to know” Dec 22 22:53:05 What? Dec 22 22:53:11 *Yensid grimaces “Really not the time for it” Dec 22 22:53:42 Edward’s daughter looks just like yours. They are as alike as twins. Dec 22 22:53:52 * Morgan looks confused Dec 22 22:53:53 No Dec 22 22:54:06 * Adalbrecht nods Dec 22 22:54:15 They are Dec 22 22:54:51 Yensid: Even Claudia couldn’t tell the difference Dec 22 22:55:16 * Morgan looks like he's been poleaxed, crumpling to the floor and dropping the sword Dec 22 22:56:43 *Molly looks at both men. Despite her humble upbringing, she looks at both men with a level of command that can only have come from owning her own ship* Out, now! You may come back in one hour, not a moment before! Dec 22 22:58:00 * Adalbrecht looks like he’ll possibly argue the toss and throw his title around, but Yensid takes him by the arm and pushes him out of the door. It shuts hard behind them, leaving a deep silence. Dec 22 22:59:20 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Dec 22 23:18:47 * Adalbrecht has quit (Read error: EOF from client)