Behind the herald’s crystal staff, a seam appears in the marble wall. It unfolds inward without a sound, revealing a chamber lined with oath tablets and glowing contract scrolls.
The elderly woman enters first, her jeweled mask catching the chamber’s cold light. The gathered court remains behind in the hall, murmuring beneath the fading sigil.
Lady Meredyth Vale
Rei, come. This matter concerns your family, whether or not the court found a way to name you within it.
Lord Cassian does not follow. He waits beside a blackwood table within the chamber, one gloved hand resting near House Veyr’s sealed alliance documents.
The scrolls unroll by themselves. House Veyr and Rei’s family are named as parties, their obligations written in precise gold script, while Rei’s authority is left conspicuously undefined.
Lord Cassian Veyr
The terms concern estates, oaths, and succession. Your personal refusal remains untouched, Lady Rei.
The door stays open behind Rei, leaving the watching court outside and the contract chamber before her. No one reaches for her, but every document seems to await her presence.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure a recognized safeguard for Rei’s authority
Director's note
I read trough it and say that none of it says im obligated to give you my hand so my authority in this is unnecessary as I am not required for this alliance to function
The nearest contract scroll turns a fraction, its gold script rearranging beneath the cold chamber light. The alliance clauses separate cleanly from every marriage provision.
A narrow line of ancient seal-magic appears beneath the names of both houses: personal consent is neither listed as an obligation nor required for the alliance to function.
Lady Meredyth Vale
Your authority is unnecessary to these terms, Rei. The families may bind estates and succession without placing your hand among the conditions.
Lord Cassian Veyr
That was never the question I brought before the court. I sought Lady Rei herself, and House Veyr will not confuse an alliance with her consent.
The sealed documents remain open on the blackwood table, offering no place for Rei’s signature. The chamber’s waiting magic finds no duty it can attach to her.
Lady Meredyth Vale
Then the family negotiations proceed without you as a party. You may leave this chamber, and no oath here will follow you.
Beyond the open doorway, courtly murmurs rise and fall like distant surf. Inside, the gold script settles, recording the distinction with absolute finality.
Director's note
I demand that I not be involved any further in anyway since im not a party and im certainly not property
The gold script answers the unspoken boundary with a clear chime. Rei’s name fades from the alliance ledger, leaving only the two houses beneath the binding seal.
A second line of magic forms across the scroll: no claim, duty, or property-right may be assigned to a person absent from the contract. The chamber records the distinction.
Lady Meredyth Vale
Then you are not a party, and no one here may summon you as one. The negotiations will proceed without your presence.
Lord Cassian Veyr
House Veyr sought an alliance with your family, not ownership of you. I will ensure that distinction remains written, whatever my disappointment.
The nearest scroll rolls itself shut, its seal cooling from gold to gray. The remaining documents turn toward the elderly woman and Lord Cassian, excluding Rei entirely.
Beyond the open doorway, the court’s murmurs falter as the magic announces the revised record. The path back into the hall stands clear, untouched by oath or escort.
Quest Complete
Prevent the proposed alliance from determining Rei's future
Quest Complete
Secure a recognized safeguard for Rei’s authority