06-25-2013, 12:40 PM
"Not a thing wrong," Rasmussen shakes his head, almost immediately, the nose that she looks at ticking back and forth and back again before it settles back into place.
"Telling your story. And one that needed telling. One that needs looking into. Narcisa loves a good story. She will gladly listen, as we have." and then the nose rises and falls, decisive as the falling hammer of a gavel, in a nod. He does not smile, but that bottom half of his face that she actually pays attention to manages to look benevolent. "She will likely open and completed an inquiry; we will see what this mouth has to say," looking around the hall at the Kindred present as he speaks, who again fall silent in their disparate conversations until he is finished. Until he directs his attention back upon Cat.
"I thank you, Cat." that first person singular finally clarifying he hadn't been using the royal We. "You were always a valued member of Prince Winthrop's court, and you're still here, which is more than I can say for most other members of his entourage. I expect to see you walking Richthofen's grounds again," and finally there is an almost-patriarchal smile, his full lips rising at their edges.
Rasmussen does not tell her to take her leave or otherwise dismiss her, but she has lost his attention. He steps away, picking up his book as he does so, and heading deeper into the castle. Lucille does not step forward to usher Cat into another conversation or out of Elysium. None of the other Kindred make their way over to do so either, and for the moment Cat is left standing in the middle of the great hall, alone except for the Others to keep her company. That and the specter of a not-as-of-yet-present Sheriff looking to hear her story.
"Telling your story. And one that needed telling. One that needs looking into. Narcisa loves a good story. She will gladly listen, as we have." and then the nose rises and falls, decisive as the falling hammer of a gavel, in a nod. He does not smile, but that bottom half of his face that she actually pays attention to manages to look benevolent. "She will likely open and completed an inquiry; we will see what this mouth has to say," looking around the hall at the Kindred present as he speaks, who again fall silent in their disparate conversations until he is finished. Until he directs his attention back upon Cat.
"I thank you, Cat." that first person singular finally clarifying he hadn't been using the royal We. "You were always a valued member of Prince Winthrop's court, and you're still here, which is more than I can say for most other members of his entourage. I expect to see you walking Richthofen's grounds again," and finally there is an almost-patriarchal smile, his full lips rising at their edges.
Rasmussen does not tell her to take her leave or otherwise dismiss her, but she has lost his attention. He steps away, picking up his book as he does so, and heading deeper into the castle. Lucille does not step forward to usher Cat into another conversation or out of Elysium. None of the other Kindred make their way over to do so either, and for the moment Cat is left standing in the middle of the great hall, alone except for the Others to keep her company. That and the specter of a not-as-of-yet-present Sheriff looking to hear her story.