Wet Weather (Jon)

[Merry Noelle Lovelace]

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The weather near the palace had been horrible for a while now. The cracks of lightning and rain made it hard for Mari to go out in her garden like she preferred. Of course such weather was normal for this time of year. It was the season for rainstorms but it made her no less antsy while she waited for the rain to abate.

Sighing she debated just going out in it. She had her cloak on over her dress to keep her dry and a hood. She just wanted to make sure her roses weren't going to float away. A trivial thought given the state of her kingdom but it gave her something to cling to. It was the small things that made her life here bearable and everyone knew the garden was one of them. It gave her her own space where she would not be looked at badly for speaking with other people.

Sighing she glanced up at the sky and closed her eyes in a soft prayer that the rains would bring good things to this part of the planet. Maybe some vegetation or heavens forbid, flowers?

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Jon was waiting at a bit of a distnace as he looked toward Mari standing there as it rained, which was preventing her from going into the gardens like usual as she clearly wanted. He didn't want to make it too easy since he could just stop it and make it easy on her, because things were going too slow and even though he was a patient man, even he had his limits. And then there was still the council that could get on his nerves but he had to stay calm to keep up his on-going subtle control over them.

Jon slowly pointed his eyes toward the sky for a moment and closed his eyes shortly after as he took in a good scent of the air before he slowly looked down at Mari not too far away from him as he smiled in himself as he considered just doing it already and going over there for his next attempt at getting her attention the way he wanted, the way he also knew that Angelique wanted but their alliance also had it's limits and he was sure that the girl had to find someone else. And then he didn't even think about how he had already figured out that the woman he was putting his attention and effort on to find out who she was, to get more power, and to get her, that the same woman had ties to the werewolf assassin that had been making his life a living hell for years now, but he was sure that Mari would never tell him who she really was.

In the next second he decided, he used his weather manipulation to make it clear up shortly after, while he walked toward Mari and then stood there next to her. 'Mari.' He greeted her first with a smile and a nod before he looked at the garden and then at the sky. 'I thought it was a little too depressive and rainey here, and you looked like you could use some garden-time, although if I may say so I do hope that can be mixed again with some time for me.' Jon said as he gave her a calm but a bit charming smile at the same time when he looked back at her.

[Merry Noelle Lovelace]

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She could sense his frustration even before he was in the doorway. It wasn't something she understood and certainly not something she could feel herself because apart from missing her husband she had most things she needed. The wet weather started to abate and she glanced upward.

"Duke Radcliff it seems you bring a miracle to my garden." she said gently as she looked at him, pushing her hood away from her face to regard him, "Of course I have time for you. Especially now that I'm not likely to float away." she said with a teasing grin, letting him know how much she appreciated his help. "I trust things are well in New Antioch?" she asked him as she tried to make conversation with him. Servants were sweeping the water away from the path for her making sure the stones were clean and debris was picked up.

"It is good to see you smile. Join me for coffee?" she asked as a table and chairs was being laid out. Dry and pretty as the cups was placed carefully, "My husband said coffee gets your blood flowing because of the caffeine but would you rather have something stronger? I do keep something on reserve for guests. Its easier now with technology advancing in so many different ways."

Once she was able to sit down across from him she regarded him gently, "What is troubling you, Your Grace? You seemed frustrated when you first arrived. What keeps your smile from gracing this castle more often?" she put cream and sugar in her coffee and sipped it gently.

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