[PRP] Courtly Affairs (Book'em)

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Everything was going fine until Mr. Owl went to disneyland without permission.

They'd agreed to go back to Court together. Both had a seat there, a fetch waiting, and they would be poor nobles if they were avoiding it.

"Are you sure we shouldn't..." Alg was 'fixing his hair' which in his language meant mussing it up with his hand a whole bunch, "be more dressed up?"

It was court. He fussed with his tweed jacket and glanced at Jeremiah (who of course would look good in a potato sack).

"I've got a tie on at least..." He sighed.

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Jeremiah spun a finger in the air, a bit of cold fire that turned to ice following behind it. "Could always make a change if you'd like?"

Then he was shaking his head, coming to a stop and pulling Algie's hands away from his hair. Jeremiah fixed his hair by running his fingers through it and then straightened the tie and his jacket.

"You're perfect, precious, stop fretting." There was a little magic in his touch, just to smooth the edges, but mostly it was Jeremiah's feelings on display when he brushed skin. Affection and faith in the other because Algie did look good. Especially after he had a couple fittings for clothing.

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"I'm not fretting.." He huffed a bit but floated up to steal a quick kiss before he set back on his feet.

Like Thorne seemed to simply have space to use in the court, so did they. He wasn't sure how they'd come so conveniently to find it but it wasn't out of the ordinary to simply be led where you needed to be.

"Let's get this over with.." Mostly he meant the fetches as they were bound to be in there, beyond the doors they stood in front of.

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Jeremiah smiled softly into the kiss, though he was nervous too. He had not seen Fell in actual person. It had always been in dream travels to other ashdown. Nevermind that the fetch that replaced Alg was there as well and that-

That was an entirely different issue that he kept neatly boxed away.

His fingers slid to twine with Algie's, Jeremiah not even reaching for the door to open it. Instead his fingers flicked and the double doors opened to what looked like ...

... a library. There were floor to ceiling bookshelves and doors that lead to side rooms but there was little furniture besides a low to the floor table and a couch with a few chairs near it. Mostly it was open space and in that open space were the fetches.

Dancing to a tune that played and was eerily familiar but not easily placed.

Fell was dressed in an elegant black dress. She was following Adze's lead and, if they really looked, her barefeet were barely touching the ground as they continued their waltz.

It'd end with them in front of the pair of men.

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Adze was thin, and in comparison to Fell, tall. The face he wore wasn't much different than when Alg saw him last though his age seemed to have smoothed to something indistinguishable. He seemed to be older, but there was a misleading smoothness to his guise that belayed a true agelessness. His hair no longer was styled anything like his 'master' and instead was slicked back, thin, and grey.

He looked very much like a classic butler in his dark slimline suit and white gloves.

Alg frowned at the pair spinning in the empty room, mostly because the fetch seemed to have retained (or at least enjoyed) using bits of his duplicated power. The reason Fell was barely touching the floor was because they both were. The dance took place about an inch above the ground.

Algie cleared his throat. Loudly.

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Fell was a dainty thing (barely to even Algie's bicep in height) and well proportioned and her dress was a lovely compliment to Adze's attire (as she had planned it so). She looked deceptively young for a corpse, one a warm brown and the other black as pitch. Fell did not seem to care about her appearance, the fresh from the grave look was all the rage.

"Adze," she whispered, eyes cutting towards the pair as they came close, "they're here." As if they had been expecting them.

Jeremiah's posture was stiff, his fingers still tangled with Algie's and not letting go. He was keeping a hold of him because Adze was still a sore point with him. Fell did not seem at all bothered and slipped to the ground easily. She curtseyed first to Jeremiah and then to Algie.

"Welcome," she said, straightening up, "we've been waiting for you. I am Fell, Professor. It's a pleasure to meet the man who is husband to the Constable."

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"Yes, a pleasure.." Alg glanced at her and then Jeremiah, leaning to whisper to his husband softly with slight amusement, "The Constable?"

Adze smiled calmly, though he seemed inordinately pleased to have both of the married men together in one place. "It is truly an honor to have you both here for the first time together. A real pleasure."

And he bowed slightly, "I'm Adze."

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Jeremiah shook his head. "I've no idea," he murmured back. It was certainly better than being called Lord or my Lord or some other title he had no desire for. The taller man blinked as Adze spoke but unlike Algie who responded to Fell, he merely gave the other fetch a curt nod of his head in acknowledgement.

No, he was not quite alright with Adze. Especially when it seemed as if he was actually pleased to have them there.

"It's as Adze says," Fell spoke up, though she was giving the other fetch a quick look that said stop it, you're creeping him out. Not that she expected him to. "An honor. We've cleaned up this for you. Hopefully it's to your liking," she made a gesture towards the room in general, the floor to ceiling bookshelves, "as this is yours."

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Adze gave Fell a bit of a look but didn't say anything else. His gloved hands just tucked behind his back.

"Yes it's ah," Alg looked around at all the shelves, squeezing Jeremiah's hand lightly. Everything was fine. They were also in charge of these fetches and confidence was key, "very nice. A bit empty but you seem to be putting use to the open space.."

The tilt of the head meant, of course, the dancing.

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Fell shifted on her barefeet, giving Adze an odd smile as her own hands were clasped in front of her, fingers locked together. She gave Algie a smile, head bowing once more.

"It's meant to be an open space for the two of you to put to use. Whether that is to do as we did," to dance, "or otherwise is up to you. I have seen you dance, you two move quite wonderfully together."

The silver-haired man was fine, even if his fingers twined with Algie's betrayed a touch of uneasiness it did not show whatsoever on his face. "... and what would we do with this space? I was not aware that there is much going on right now with the Court."

"That can change," she replied. "There may be times when you will need to host something within your domain, house guests, or have a space to oversee matters that have been brought to your attention and must be handled." Her mismatched eyes flicked between the two of them.

"We would like to see the Mercer name hold great meaning within the Court."

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"There is actually," Adze motioned to a small door to the side of the entry they'd come in, "A being already waiting for you in the anteroom."

The fetch's mouth curled pleasantly at the idea other creatures already sought out his master, "It seems to need both of your noble assistance."

Alg had a lot of questions, like when had Fell seen them dance..? Also what to do with this allotted space. Also... why was something already waiting for them?

"A Mr. Owl," Adze said, moving to the anteroom doorway, with an expression that said he thought the name was phony, "Shall I show him in?"

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Fell moved as Adze did to the door, likewise ready to greet the guest. Jeremiah glanced briefly towards his husband and then back to the two fetches.

"Show him in. We will hear what has brought him before us," Jeremiah told Adze, fingers squeezing Algie and walking towards the two chairs that were clearly meant for them. Fell smiled, bowing towards the two of them and then nodding towards Adze to let in Mr. Owl..

This was already much too like what he had to deal with while part of Ezra's household. There was, not so surprisingly, a lot of issues that went on in other ashdown that some of them simply never saw because they were not necessarily part of that aspect.

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Alg approached the chair, fingers tapping the wood arms before he settled into it a bit awkwardly. He wasn't, still, quite used to being the center of attention. But this was his role and it was easy enough to wear the mask of the noble he was growing into.

Adze disappeared into the small room and returned with an owl. Algie had been expecting some sort of large owl monster, but instead what they got was a bird that barely came up to the fetches knees, a chubby looking feathery ball with large eyes behind a pair of spectacles. It shuffled across the floor and only upon closer inspection did it seem even remotely supernatural in the dainty accessories it wore and the way it's eyes seemed to leave trails when it moved.

The owl reverberated with a sound that seemed to simply come from it's body, "Nobles of the court.." Mr. Owl didn't exactly have the most pleasing of voices, "First a congratulations," it's beak clacked lightly, "on your positions."

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Jeremiah settled into his chair, posture shifting and straightening. He wore his title of Noble of the Court well and acted as such. Their chairs were right next to one another, side by side, and Jeremiah did not even think twice about holding his hand out for Algie to once more hold.

Together.

With them settled and Mr. Owl brought forth, Fell was slipping out of the room only to return with a tray of tea that she set down and began to prepare for each of them. Jeremiah's focus was on the otherbeing, his head inclining slightly at the congratulations.

"Thank you," he replied, blue-green eyes glowing brightly, "but I doubt you came to see us just to give us congratulations." Clearly Jeremiah was one of those people that preferred they got down to business. Niceties were not a necessity and, in most case, empty.

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Alg's hand fit together with his husband's as if it belonged there, thought his attention was almost wholly on the owl.

Because he'd noticed, up close, just how cute it was. Mr. Owl even wore tiny spats on his talons but Alg was supposed to be a proper noble right now and not moon over the other creature like it was someone's adorable pet.

"Indeed, no," Mr. Owl's wings shuffled and readjusted as if he was uncomfortable with his issue, "You see I know you come from the other side.. and I've a request of you."

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