Meeting (Aodh, Enda & Open)

When the commander arrived he would cease fidgeting, which he had been doing while he waited for the man to arrive, and look up. He nodded when the man said something about him being Aodh Whelan, but cringed slightly at the king thing. "I am Whelan, yes," he said, choosing not to comment about the king thing. It just made him want to scream. Damnit. How could he have been so foolish? When Enda said who he was he nodded absently, though he remembered that the man was blind. "Commander," he said. He was about to explain the situation to the man when Enda asked why he smelled like the Captain. "Er. We met the other day," he said in as nonchalant a tone as he could. Something told him that the commander was a bit protective of the captain, so he was trying his best to make the man realize that he hadn't harmed the woman. "Went out for a drink and got into a bar fight," he said with a shake of his head. "I ended up telling her a bit of my story, and she decided that while she was on leave she would collect a bounty that I had placed on someone's head a while ago," he said as he rubbed a hand over his face again. He started pacing, trying to get the nervous energy out. "She brought me the person's head and asked to stay for the night. I allowed her to stay, since she and her horse both needed the rest. She had a few too many drinks; something I gather she doesn't do often, and I helped her to the guest chamber. She tried to take my head off at on point, but I managed to stop it from happening and put her to bed," he explained, though he did leave out the bath bit. "She only left Chastershire this morning," he said with a shrug.

Without giving the man the opportunity to respond to his explanation he pressed on. "I asked to meet you, Commander, because I'm not exactly sure how the hell I got myself in this situation," he admitted with a shake of his head. "I came to collect the bounty on your king's head," he was only saying these things because they were the only people in the audience chamber at the moment. "It was a hefty price, and couldn't be turned down. Especially considering the things I know about the man. He was killed with the help of..a friend. She's a bit new to the whole bounty hunting thing and thought it would be a smart idea to try to give a cover in case someone caught us. I've never been caught before, but working with new people doesn't always go as planned. Anyway. For some reason a servant entered the private audience chamber, took one look at the crown that the new girl placed on my head, and decided that I was the new king," he continued to pace the whole time that he was talking. "I'm not cut out to be an Earl, never mind a king. Hell, I haven't even been to court in the last fourteen years, minus once or twice in the last couple of weeks. I lived in the forest for most of those last fourteen years for Christ's sake. I don't know the first thing about running an Earldom, never mind an entire kingdom. Surely there's someone whose more cut out for this than I am?"

Anna had been in the middle of taking a bath after having not only ridden in from Chastershire earlier, but then taking Enda out to the Capital for dinner, when there was a knock at her door. She had been on leave for awhile, but she had basically not really had a day off. She was informed that the King demanded her presence in his Audience Chambers. Growling in irritation, Anna shooed the servant away, "No, I am not wearing that uniform. DO ye have any bloody idea what time it is?"  Anna would quickly get the lavendar soap out of her hair and tie it into a quick braid and put on one of her simple knight uniforms. "The King can piss on the fancy armor at this bloody hour," she grumbled to the walls of her room.

Anna would make her way quickly through the halls and into the King's Audience Chamber, where she saw Enda and Aodh alone. Was this some sort of joke? Her stormy blue eyes would narrow and she would pass by Enda, gently placing her hand upon his shoulder for a moment so that he would know it was her. After all, she had now used one of her own soaps and smelled more like herself. Her braided hair was still wet from having just gotten out of the bath. Then she would stalk towards Aodh, glaring at the man, because really, she did not see Enda up to tricks. Not that she thought Aodh was a jokester, by any means, but where was the idiot king?

When she was close enough to Aodh, she would challenge: "I know I said ye were one of m' new best friends, but what sort of joke is this? I am still on leave and I was told that my presence was demanded here by the King. Why are Enda an' ye here? I have nae had a chance to rest, and the King is nae even here, the bloody son of..." at which point, she trails off, having noticed what seemed out of place: the crown on Aodh's head. She then lightly punched Aodh in the arm, though she was not trying to hurt him, and he would be able to tell that. Then she would dare to glare between both men, though she knew Enda could not see it, she would not be surprised if he could feel it. "The bloody hell is goin' on? I have no sense of humor at this hour." This last part was said a bit crossly.