Coronation Dinner (IC-Chat, pregame)

[Kavonde]

The young man who'd been watching the gathering of so many prestigious personages nods enthusiastically at Isabella's words. "I would be very appreciative, sir," Gustavus Sotherngard says, looking at Mbe-Jethehyp. "We don't often host professional storytellers in Whitepeak. I'd be very grateful to hear your tales."

He looks around at the older faces that have gathered him, most of them wielding far more power and prestige than he ever will even when he one day becomes Duke, and tries to hide his embarrassment at his statement. I must sound like such a provincial rube, he laments. "Well, we have the Clearies-- ah, I mean, the Clearsky Collective. The philosophers and artists? They come to Greatpine to give lectures sometimes. They're very informative, but..." He smiles sheepishly. "Well, they're not particularly entertaining."