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( Seelie )

[She sits in the courtyard of the Fortuna mansion, her back to building itself. There are guards that can be seen from the corners of the video, though she doesn't pay them any mind. It is something she has long since been used to. Instead she addresses the locket gracefully, her chin pointed down.]

I understand that I am addressing my own court, and as such that mostly means shardbearers. I would consider you all allies, and in turn that means that I, too, would do as I can to help. But I must speak on matters that seem to darken my fair city of Treun.

[Her words are thoughtfully chosen, and despite the sternness to her voice, the meticulousness of how she speaks, Lucrezia as always has a softness to her.]

There are some, perhaps in the other court or shardless, that judge Governor Fortuna for his status here in the Drabwurld. That his supposed ties to the Seelie court do him more harm in a city where being one of the sharded is now a hated thing.

[Her jaw tightens, voice becoming lower.]

These threats do not scare me. I am a Borgia of Rome before I am a Fortuna of Treun, and I have learned to be hated for a name, a thing I cannot help. But I am Fortuna, and the Governor has always been kind to me. So I stand with him even in this time. I would hope the same goes for any Seelie, but especially for those in Treun.

Should any find themselves in need of aid, please contact me. I include those of you who have fled from Leathann.

[Lucrezia gives a solemn nod of her head before ending it there.]

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[There is a look in her eyes that says to thread lightly. Her body is stiff. Lucrezia is diplomatic, yet trying to still be approachable. She knows the Governor is a figurehead, that he will have enemies. In many ways he's much like her own father, the. Pope of Rome, and she will defend him with every fiber of her being.]

It depends on what you wish to know.

I'd like to know what kind of man he is. You said he's always been kind to you.

That is an awfully general request. [She raises her brows.]

What do you seek from him? Perhaps I can help.

I'm not necessarily seeking anything from him. My friend built something in Treun, but now he's gone. I'm trying to keep it alive for him. I'd just like to get more of an idea of the man in charge.

He is not the easiest to get an audience with, but he cares deeply for those he deems worthy. Many are put off by him, by the way he looks. It is unnatural back home, a creature not unlike Homer's Scylla. Though he only possesses one head.

[She smiles to herself briefly.] It is hard to give a description of someone though. Would you not meet him yourself?