Alderaan - Love and Intrigue

"Thank you, my queen," he says, bowing deeply. "I'm sure it's... too late for some things," he says, a little bitterness creeping into his voice. Then he straightens, steady military bearing in place. "But please know that I am at your and the princess's service, for anything with which I might help."

"Well said, your Highness." Bran bows his head again. "I wonder, your Highness," he speaks up, after a moment's hesitation. "If you would so honor this simple servant of Alderaan by giving a message to Princess Jameela? As you say, I have feelings I must sort out, but my feelings for her are unchang...

"No, my queen. Bouris told me nothing. I had thought yesterday an impossibility." He sighs. "So perhaps a fool, at worse. But never a traitor to Alderaan. My brother..." He looks down, face strained, but he maintains his composure. "My brother will never be ashamed of me the way I am ashamed of Bour...

The man nods respectfully as the queen speaks, awed by her patience and wisdom. When she questions him, his polite facade falls away, and she can see where his thoughts have gone in the last 24 hours. "I..." Bran hangs his head. "I don't believe I deserve anything, your highness. I had sworn to our ...

"My queen," Bran says, bowing long and low. "My apologies to have disturbed you. And... my thanks, for receiving me at all. It is..." He takes a heavy breath. "It is more accommodation than I feel is deserved." He hangs his head, looking very defeated for being on the right side of yesterday's events.

Kat nodded in agreement with Yula, and gave Brannis an encouraging smile. "The princess doesn't seem the type to hate or dislike you simply because of affiliations. Speak with her, and... even if things don't work out, she could still be a friend." "Yes," he says tiredly. "Quite right." He nods at ...

Bran laughs darkly at the dry joke. 'Well, no physical prison anyway..." After he says it he takes a deep breath. "Apologies, duchess, I am... not well rested and need to control my disposition."

Alright, I had to do a lot of thinking about it but I think I want to do this. Is this time slot OK, Dap?

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Brannis Ulgo, still technically a member of parliament and a war hero, arrived at Castle Panteer expecting to be turned away from seeing Princess Jameela. He knew how he felt about what had happened and he wouldn't blame her for never speaking to him again. But the others had reminded him that he wa...

Bran stares at his plate, not wanting to engage on this topic. He knows he has to, but he feels like what he thought he'd built with Jameela is entirely gone. "I don't..." He sighs heavily. "I don't know what to do, in that arena. I can't..." He shakes his head, still looking down. "I can't imagine ...

Bran simply nods in reply to Yula's orders. Carry on as before? Riiight. Kat's announcement elicits a small sigh of relief -- probably not audible, but certainly the lowering of the man's shoulders is visible -- and a tired but relieved smile from her cousin. The pilot turned parliamentarian reaches...

Bran had finally crashed, slept passably well for what had happened, and decided to torture himself by visiting the hedge maze during the traditional running. He had donned his usual parliamentary wear, respectable if not especially comfortable for this sort of setting, but as deep in his own though...

Bran inclines his head. "Of course, Duchess Ulgo," he says, a strain like the gritting of teeth coloring his voice but his military bearing keeping it to a minimum. "How far has the queen's leniency been given? I've had questions from staffers to Ulgo members of parliament asking whether they still ...

Bran stops, eyes going wide as the hug surprises him. "Um." After a hesitation, he returns the hug, and squeezes even a little too hard. This... Ok, yeah, he needed this. "It, um," he starts to say, drifting out of the hug when Kat lets him go. "It was the staff. Kaleena and the others helped... I d...

Bran dutifully dragged himself in as requested. He looked like he hadn't slept at all. He was wearing a plain white shirt and dull blue pants - rather like if a child's school uniform needed to be put on anti-depressants. He walked in, hands in pockets, and nodded to Kat. His grunted, "Morning," had...

Soon after communications via holonet would allow it, a video was posted to social media - link to a holovid - of Bran Ulgo, sitting at a desk in his parliamentary office, looking as somber as the occasion required. The link was titled "Bouris is not House Ulgo," and the video leads with a provocati...

http://alderaan.fallenash.com/download/file.php?id=9 Gaul approached and said, "Brannis Ulgo, I would have expected the famous war hero to be riding to victory. Your constituents would have loved that image." "Your Highness," Bran says, bowing his head in greeting. He straightened and had a warm sm...

Jameela cheered for her family and friends, shouting loudly for her mother especially but giving rousing cheers for her friends in Lana and Galen. Her brother especially got a cheerful wave for his wonderful performance. Bran Ulgo had seen to there being a solid cheering section for his cousins' ef...

Bran gets himself up on his knees in the mud and mimes worship of the Mud Queen, a wide smile on his face.

Looking sideways and spotting Galen, he considers a leg sweep against the pretty boy, but for the moment he resists and bows again to the Mud Queen.

Dapper:
Is there time to do the Bran and Jameela baking thread during an evening slot on D6 or should we just carry it over to D7? Bran's not really in a rush but maybe it's good to get done and not conflict with busy D7 stuff?
Thanks!