Video (with optional Action in Caer Scima)

[nobleminded]

[Recently, people within Caer Scima may have heard the sounds of a piano being played often from within someone's personal room. Whoever has been playing seems very talented. Yes, that was worth noting.

The locket shows a very pale Elliot making his way down a corridor. He doesn't look like he's doing well, but regardless, he's in the process of walking.]

Does anyone know how busy the doctors still are after that attack? I think I need...

[Just then, his eyes close and the image moves quickly for a while, but from the sounds it's safe to assume Elliot collapsed and the locket clattered to the ground. Luckily enough, its final resting spot shows him cringing against the floor.

While he's still trying to collect himself only a few seconds later, another sound is heard. It's a loud rumbling, and it sounds a lot like a stomach growling.]

W-Wait, how long was I...?

[His face manages to turn an interesting shade of crimson despite still being pale.]

DAMMIT!

[He reaches out and quickly closes the locket.

He will be sitting in the corridor for a while longer should anyone in Caer Scima happen upon him.]

[video / both courts]

[enthraller]

[the lockets show the blond king sitting in a library somewhere, a book open in front of him with another stack beside it. the background is still in disarray, repair and clean-up efforts having been prioritized elsewhere, but clearly, he didn't feel like waiting for them to tidy up here.]

Now that all the fuss has settled down some, there's something I'd wanted to ask you all.

[he aims his own locket down at the books in front of him for a moment, and on the open pages are a whole lot of text and an illustration of what looks like a set of fangs. the stack look to mostly be on similar topics, though a perceptive viewer might notice one or two including the word "cothromach" in their titles. the view is angled back up before he speaks again, and though his smile is polite, his golden eyes have a certain piecing quality even through the lavender-tinted glasses he hides them behind.]

What do you know about vampir? There's certainly a good amount of information to be found in books, but I'd like to know what's considered common knowledge, or what others might have heard. There's a task I've been given by the monarchs, you see, and I'd rather go into it as well-informed as possible.

And if there's anyone who's explored the area just east of Caer Glaem, I'd be interested in speaking with you.