It had been awhile since Seto was first spawned into the world and spent a number of it traveling, preferring to stay on the move to gather any information he could. Seto had traveled extensively around and during that time, he figured he would need a cover story for the time being so that the many wouldn't question him too much. During his travel through some plains, he had been given the perfect opportunity when he stumbled across the ruins of a former noble house that for some reason or another had been completely and utterly destroyed, leaving only the main house partially intact. Obviously, most of the property was destroyed in whatever destroyed this keep at whatever point that was but amidst the rubble, he managed to dig out with his hands a shoulder band of the noble house's coat of arms and a book. The book itself wasn't special but within its texts surprised the hell of out of him. Of all things he could have found, he found a book that recorded the history of House Kurama, it's family tree and even some of their customs and traditions. This was exactly what he needed for a cover story and it would work perfectly for him. Although House Kurama was completely destroyed and held no power whatsoever obviously, the name still had meaning and was known by the NPC's of the noble court. He couldn't directly do anything with this but this was something at least for now help him in his current predicament. Seto spent nearly a week drilling everything he could learn from that book so that he would come off as believable it wasn't long after that, from that one point forward, Seto became Seto Kurama, the fictional long-lost bastard son of the last Lord of House Kurama, Lord Katsou, The son that never existed. Seto did eventually leave the ruins and continue his journey yet he didn't attempt to hide his new identity after a few weeks, word had spread that a sole survivor of House Kurama had survived yet there were attempts on his life, Seto assumed since the house was completely destroyed, it didn't matter in the end and to him, it didn't matter as it was only a means to an end after all. Eventually though as Seto was passing through a castle town, a messenger came to him, pestering him with a message to where Duke Earnos wished for an audience with him at his home at Castle Charhelm during the evening as there was something he wished to speak to him about. This was not something he could no to for this man was a Duke, a powerful man with many allies, to say no could potentially get him killed or worse. Having no real choice in the matter, Seto ventured to Castle Charhelm and after showing the soldiers the House Kurama coat of arms, they permitted him entry with a Knight in full plate steel armor escorted him to the main hall. Finding Duke Earnos in the main hall in a chair near the fireplace, The Duke asked Seto to sit in a chair which after some hesitation he did. The Duke although friendly wasted no time in wanting to question Seto of now his origins. Eventually, after a long talk, Seto told The Duke of Earnos that he survived the destruction of House Kurama's keep simply due to the fact that he was a bastard son. Seto also explained that his mother was a favored servant girl of Lord Katsou until shortly after his birth where Lord Katsou's wife, Lady Misaki killed her when she find out about the affair with the servant girl and her husband. He was thrown out and was adopted by farmers although his father kept a watch on him from afar. Duke Earnos was moved by Seto's fake story and asked him if he wanted one day rebuild the house to it's former glory to which Seto simply gave him a yes. Although the Duke couldn't help due to many reasons he couldn't discuss with Seto but he could help in his....current predicament. Duke Earnos told Seto he could potentially make allies in high places within the court if he did a favor for him. Seto agreed, admitting he needed all the information and allies he could get at this point which made the Duke overjoyed a bit. The Duke began explaining to Seto that he was going to travel to Stokbon and spy on Lord Forde Burren by attending his daughter's open engagement party. The Duke urged Seto to do his best to fit in with the other's at the party while trying to be a couple with a woman he was to meet to share the task with. The Duke told him he would know the woman he was supposed to meet when she asked him for the phrase "Snakeway". One last thing, the Duke gave Seto a set of a Knight's formal dress uniform to wear and even showing basic greetings and customs of a noble before dismissing Seto late in the evening. The next morning, Seto set out from Castle Charhelm and wasted no time getting back on the road, enduring some extensive traveling for a few days until finally, Seto found himself in Stokbon, The largest city in the lands, the capital as a matter of face and it showed as there were hundreds of buildings stack together, bustling with life as the common person went on with their daily routines. It had taken a few days to grow a custom to the capital city with all the lights and people but eventually, it became second nature to him and didn't bother him much. On the night of the engagement party for Lord Forde Burren's daughter, Seto put on the clothes Duke Earnos provided for him and decided to set out for the manor, figuring it he would meet whom ever he was supposed to meet near the Gate's manor.
After spending quite a while doing nothing but walk around, Katarina was beginning to feel quite confident in her knowledge on how this game worked. It was honestly like nothing she had ever experienced, everything felt so... Alive. It was truly like another dimension, one where she was the beautiful Katarina Akiri, drawing the attention of many npcs and players alike due to her beautiful looks, yet hideous personality. One day, when she was busy moving through a certain village, Katarina's day was thrown off its previous hinges by a young woman in servants garb, who looked especially like she wanted to tell Katarina something. This slightly irked Katarina, but she was bored, so she decided to let the girl continue, trying her utmost to not interrupt preemptively. "Umm, hey..." the stranger asked, looking at the red-head "Are you Katarina Akiri?" to which Katarina only nodded too, her interest piqued. "Great! I've been given a task by my master to fetch you, we've heard quite a few rumours about you and your beauty." Katarina smirked, they obviously hadn't heard about the other rumours... The ones about how she had once initiated a huge bar fight which had lasted several hours before being interrupted by the city guard. Her smirk turned into a rather pleasant smile, as she recalled possibly the funnest memory from terrashere to date. The hours which followed... Were rather stressful for the poor red-head. What at first had been a strange and new experience, quickly devolved into one full of stress and annoyance. You see, the messenger had told Katarina all about this lord, who had hired Katarina to infiltrate this party with someone else, and spy on someone. At first, Katarina had been excited, thinking this was going to be fun. Oh how wrong she was. If the first couple hours of getting fitted into possibly one of the most tightest dresses she had ever put on hadn't clued her into the fact that this was going to draw on for a long time, the fact that she had to embark on a several hour trip via carriage to the location certainly pushed her over the edge. The whole time, the messenger did nothing but: 1) Make comments on how beautiful Katarina looked in her dress, 2) Tell her all about the history of the place they were visiting. 3) Giving her another quick run-down of the mission. Indeed, by the time they were approaching the mission, Katarina was almost at her snapping point. She was using her entire source of self-control to not strangle the servant girl right now, she really needed another person to share her pain. That was when saw another stranger, wearing noble clothes and seemingly heading in the same direction as the red-head. As if on cue, the servant suddenly started her excited jabbering again. "That's the person you're supposed to infiltrate with! I saw him entering the palace as i was leaving!" The messenger started banging the front of the carriage from the inside "Stop near that man, we need to travel with him!" she said. Although Katarina could not see that clearly outside, she could still feel the carriage eventually slow down, then she watched as the messenger girl opposite her stuck her head out of the side. "Hello! Err... Something, something Kurama, right?" asked the servant girl. If she received an affirmation from the stranger that she was indeed correct, then the messenger would gester for him to come inside. If he did decide to come inside, he would see the bubbly messenger girl sitting opposite the most attractive woman he had probably ever laid his eyes upon. Katarina was wearing a form-hugging tight green dress which went slightly baggy near the lower part of the leg to allow for easier movement. On her feet, she wore two shiny black high-heels, and around her neck, was a simple pearl necklace. Her beautifully red hair was laying loose down her back, completely tangle free and somewhat shiny. Once the man was inside (If he decided to come inside) the carriage would start back up again. Katarina looking severely disinterested while looking outside the window, while the messenger did nothing but talk the two about completely random stuff. The only important information was that the couple were due to reach their destination in about 1/2 an hour. Katarina sighed, at least her wish to have another stranger feel her pain had actually come true. What she hadn't anticipated, though, was the fact that the carriage wasn't the biggest of things, so Katarina and her travel partner were practically being squished together the whole time. Yay. @Seto Kurama
OOC: You don't have to match me if you don't want to. Not even ten minutes transpired into his walk toward's the Manor's gates when he was interrupted by a noble-looking carriage to stop almost right on top of them. "Well, it looks like it didn't take long for them to find me eh." He muttered to himself in his mind. If it was anything but a noble carriage, Seto would be on the defensive not knowing if something could happen but this was different. He had come to the conclusion that his so called partner would be in that carriage, what else could it be? All that questioning was confirmed when a common messenger girl popped her head out of nowhere from the carriage and caught Seto completely off guard for a second, not seeing it coming despite the carriage stopping right next to him. Before he could even think in those few seconds when the girl began speaking to him. "My Lord, are you Seto Karuma? Are you going the Snakeway?". Well that quote answered his questions, He knew his partner was in that carriage. Turning around, he walked towards the carriage and stepped on the carriage step before opening the door and climbing in only for his eyes to widen. He wasn't exactly expecting the carriage to be so small yet there were multiple people in the carriage, the two messengers weren't much of a surprise however his so called partner was a different story altogether. The woman he was supposed to goto the engagement party was wearing quite the tight dress. He was wondering if the dress itself was suffocating her waist with how tight it was but while the tightiness drew his attention, so did the rest of the outfit. The green dress was also baggy towards the bottom revealing her black heels. Seto being a man, could never figure out how women wore such shoes but how would he? He was a man after all, it wasn't like he ever find out, Seto brought his complete attention to the woman he presumed he was going to be with for tonight's mission. He couldn't help but notice her beautiful shiny long red hair but decided not to say anything as the woman looked a bit annoyed from the ride most likely. With his right hand on his chest before he bowed before the woman as began speaking politely like a noble as soon as he stood up. "My lady, my name is Seto of House Kurama....I am honoured to make your acquaintance for this assignment the Duke has given us." Following his instruction, he took his seat next to his partner across from the male and female messenger as the carriage began moving more. He wasn't going to try to talk towards his partner, however, she just seemed too disinterested in anything at that particular moment as she looked out the window. Seto sat silent but After about twenty minutes of the damm messenger continuing to speak about some of the most generic things, Seto snapped to an extent, taking his frustration out on him after being annoyed. He had wanted to be polite but well...that didn't work. "Enough already! If we wanted a damm tour and wanted to know everything there is about this place, we would goddam ask! Now stop your damm talking. If you couldn't figure it out, my partner is highly annoyed by you speaking and I can tell you probably been doing for quite awhile, not to mention it's cramped in here." Seto inhaled before exhaling deeply after that, he didn't mean to be an ass but that man was starting to piss him off and he could tell his partner wasn't exactly in the greatest mood ever. Of course, before he could even relax in his tight spot, the man rose his voice at him with his hands together as if he was here. " Please forgive me, my lord! I did not mean it! please don't punish me!". Seto simply sighed in disappointment as he gently facepalmed his head with his left palm of his hand. It had taken a few moments before Seto could speak again as he gathered his thoughts. "Very well but next time....Please more observant. I did not mean to yell but I get annoyed easily..over such things." After he was done speaking, he raised his hand at the messenger to stop him from speaking so the two the trouble of being annoyed again. Eventually, Seto looked over to his partner who still looked a bit uncomfortable from their sitting arrangement. "Sorry for squishing you like this, I know this isn't helping but am pretty sure it won't be much longer." Seto then went silent, not wanting to cause any more trouble for the time being. The last minutes in the carriage went by without any more incidents and was smooth for the most part. At last, after it felt like an eternity, things began to look up when the carriage began slowing down with the city laughter becoming higher before the carriage came to a standstill a few moments later. Seto wasted no time in popping his head out of the carriage's windows revealing the large manor. "Showtime." Seto thought to himself before carefully bringing his head back into the carriage and nudging his partner gently to grab her attention. "Come my lady, it is time to get this show on the road, we got an engagement party to goto!". turning around, Seto opened the door and stepped down the stairs carefully in his dark brown leather boots before offering his hand to Katarina, to escort her out of the carriage and to the manor like a gentleman should after all.
It was when her partner 'Snapped' that Katarina finally took an interest in him. He had been silent for the most part, quite boring to be frank. But he had finally shown his... Interesting side, bursting out and silencing possibly one of the most annoying people she had ever met. As he sat down, the redhead flashed him a grin of thanks, before turning her head back to face the window. This time, looking slightly more upbeat and optimistic. As the boy apologized about squishing her, Katarina turned her head to face him, giggling slightly. She then leaned in close to him, her lips right next to his ear. "It's okay, I couldn't think of a better way to spend my time... Being squished against someone so handsome that is" She spoke softly, just barely a whisper, carefully enunciating each word. She then leaned back into the leather seat of the carriage, laughing uncontrollably. After all, it was little more than a jest, a poke if you will. It wasn't that she didn't think the stranger was cute, it was just that it was so strange to be openly flirting like that. She leaned back again, speaking in between laughs. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself." she wiped an imaginary tear from her eye with a finger, still grinning like a madwoman. After laughing silently to herself for a few more minutes, it seemed the carriage had stopped. The gentle hum of a party could be slightly heard, muffled due to the thick walls of the manor. She watched as her partner stepped outside, she followed suit, not noticing his outstretched hand until she was already half-way down the stairs. Had she not of been sent on a mission of great importance, Katarina would of likely completely ignored his hand, being intent on doing it all by herself. But of course, they were playing the part of a couple, ignoring her (fake) husband's hand would likely raise a few eyebrows. So, while stepping out, she wrapped her slender fingers delicately around his own, using his hand as a slight leverage point to help her down the stairs. Seriously, if she had her way, these heels would be broken and abandoned. The heels mixed with her tight dress were very constricting, making fluid movement extremely difficult. She had to keep herself from scowling once she reached solid ground, this was going to be a loooong evening. Perhaps taking her spy-esque roll to seriously, Katarina would attempt to wrap her arm around her partner's. If this succeeded, she would give him a slight tug, pulling him in closer. Once this transpired, Katarina would start tentatively walking through the front gates, trying her utmost to not trip due to the hell-sent heels. While walking through the gates, Katarina would lean in again and whisper in her partner's ear. "I suppose we should introduce ourselves properly, I'm Katarina Akiri, the most beautiful woman ever. And you are?" She asked, boasting about her appearance to gauge his reaction to potential future events. Once through the gates, Katarina and her partner were escorted by a rather old gentleman to the front door, obviously very excited to finally see some guests. "Here you to go, don't cause trouble please. Enjoy!" He beamed, opening the front doors. Katarina took a deep breath and looked at her partner, "Ready when you are," She whispered, quiet enough so that the escort couldn't hear her, yet loud enough to be audible by her partner.
Seto would have normally raised an eyebrow if he saw what his partner just did. She was almost already halfway out of the carriage by the time she had noticed his hand. He assumed she was the type of girl whom liked doing things herself and didn't require assistance which was something Seto could admire being similar to himself although both of them couldn't exactly be normal like they were usually. She was smart though, she caught herself before making an accident that could have blown their cover by gently taking his hand like noble woman should as she continued to step down, making sure she took her time. The expression on her face could tell she hated heels, it was just another woman thing he'd could never understand. Once she was on her own feet, she took his left arms and hooked herself on tightly and in the process drew him in close...really close which made Seto blush somewhat, he wasn't expecting that. With the two now attached to each other's hips, they began to walk slowly, being a gentleman, Seto kept pace with his partner, not wanting her to fall down or worse.....break a heel, that in its own right would be a disaster. As they drew close to the front gates with it's guards posted there, Seto heard a whisper from his partner explaining that his new wive's name was Katarina Akira, the most beautiful woman there was....well that was something he couldn't deny while she was wearing that dress. Putting on a grinn, Seto couldn't help it being a little sarcastic. "So this is my wive ehh, I never knew I had such good taste in women, It's a good thing I picked the most beautiful woman in all the land to be my wive...This makes me happy you're the most beautiful and smart of them all, couldn't ask for more in a wive!" Seto whispered into her ear playfully, he just couldn't help it at times but he did mean it when he called her beautiful and smart, she didn't look like the type that was stupid or dumb. Seto then changed to his serious personality right before they were at the guardhouse at the gate behind another couple, a man and a younger blonde woman in a Victorian style crimson dress. Bringing his attention to Katarina, he got closer to her, almost invading her personal space a bit to whisper into her again. "Am Seto of House Kurama, the bastard prince of the former Lord Katsou....don't worry I'll be a good husband tonight and behave." Seto quickly made some distance from Katarina to make sure the guards wouldn't raise an eyebrow at the two. There turn now, He presented his family crest to the guards when asked for their ID which granted them access. Seto then continued to escort his wive to the manor with an older man in front leading them to the front door. It took only a few moments for them to arrive at the door before the older gentleman told them to have fun while keeping out of trouble before speaking to even an older man. When those doors opened, it made the two's eye's sparkle in amazement how decorative it was in the main hall with nearly a hundred couples and their children. For a moment, the two didn't move at all until Katarina whispered loud enough for him to hear. "Oh don't worry my beloved Lady, I am more than ready to spend an evening with you." Seto responded back as soon as she had finished mostly serious but with some playfulness in there since they were doing it to each other to be friendly. before the two could respond to each other, the older gentlemen raised his voice as he pointed at them. "Ladies and gentlemen of the Court today, May I present to you, Sir. Seto of House Kurama and his wive, Lady Katarina."
She smiled as he called her 'his beloved lady', it was a nice sentiment, it really played off her ego, in a good way. Or a bad way, it just depended on whoever she was currently in the presence of. Some guys liked a woman who thought highly of herself, some guys preferred shy girls who had a horrible body image. It was strange. Men were strange. As the door opened, her jade eyes sparkled in wonder. It was a glorious party, many people were milling about, dozens of tables were lined along the walls. On the tables, laid many plates filled with mouth-watering good looking treats. She continued scanning the room with her eyes as she walked in, giving Seto's arm a little tug to pull him slightly closer. A way to ground her back to reality, this was practically heaven for the red-head. Her gaze stopped momentarily, resting upon a single object on one of the tables. The wine glasses. If these accursed heals were not restricting her to perform the tiniest of steps, Katarina would have likely jumped over to the table in one fell swoop, most likely drinking many glasses. She wasn't an alcoholic, but the prospect of drinking was a new one to her. It was rather enticing. A group of people could be seen crowding around two people, but the huge crowd was making it extremely difficult to make out which people it was. If she were to take a shot in the dark though, it was likely the main stars of the party... The prospective bride and the groom. One quick glimpse was all it took, after all, who came to an engagement party to just eat and drink? Well, apart from Katarina. She slid her arm out from her husband's - Her thoughts stopped in their tracks, since when was this man her husband? Sure, they were acting, but it wasn't an actual thing, was it? She only had to reference him as a husband in her speech, not her thoughts. Never mind, at least Seto would never know about her private blunder. After slipping her arm out from his, she quietly whispered in his ear. "I'm going to go walk around, drink a bit, eat something maybe. Oh yeah, and do our important mission as well, can't forget about that." drawing out the word "Important" to bring extra emphasis to it. As if on cue, a chubby man waddled his way up to the couple. He looked quite rich, as evidenced from his expensive-looking clothes, and... Well... His weight. Katarina tried her best to not wrinkle her nose in disgust, what did this thing want? He beamed, his gray mustache pointing upward. His gaze was fixated on Katarina's beautiful face, then it wandered down to her chest, a perverted twinkle in his eye. He looked at her chest for an uncomfortably long time, roughly 3 seconds or so, before directing his eyes toward Seto. "Welcome to the party! I've paid quite a lot for this, I hope you appreciate it." He chortled, his gaze flickering between Seto's and Katarina's faces. So this man was the esteemed "Lord Burren"... What a pervert. Despite usually being incredibly offended by this sort of thing, Katarina was unusually quiet, deciding that ranting about this man's fantasies was not the best thing to keep her and Seto in the party for a long time. Instead, she slightly gritted her teeth together and endured it. The lord's gaze settled on Seto's "I must say, you have a fine woman in your company this evening, may I "borrow" her for a while?" he asked, trying his best to hide his excited smile, yet failing quite miserably, as it kept twitching. Before Seto had a chance to object to this, Katarina decided that she would have to take the initiative, after all, who else was better to complete the mission than the actual subject? "I'd be happy to, I'm sure my husband won't mind." She smiled sweetly. "That's great! Follow me, I can't wait to show you everything which I've set-up!" He grinned excitedly, grabbing Katarina's hand with his short, chubby fingers before almost dragging her away toward the nearby hallway. While being dragged, Katarina shot Seto a "Don't worry, I've got this" look. After all, Katarina was strong. She'd be damned if some chubby man could do any 'funny business' with her. For now, at least, she hoped that Seto would try to dig some information from other sources. While Katarina herself talked to the main man himself... Lord Burren.
Seto wasn't expecting that kind of smile from Katarina, to where it surprised him but it wasn't like he didn't mean, he was staying in character. Of course, Katarina herself was a different story altogether, he be lying to himself if he didn't mean it when he told her she was beautiful because she was, too much to be frank but at the same time it wasn't the real Katarina, instead, this was the Lady Katarina married to Sir. Seto of House Kurama. He knew that no woman looked beautiful on a normal basis and besides he didn't really know, not to mention relationships weren't his thing being close to Asexual but it wasn't like he didn't think of dating a person, after all, he was simply human. Up unto this point, he hadn't really given it much thought on Katarina since he just met her and due to the fact they essentially playing "Dress up" for a mission for the Duke, perhaps afterwards if the two became friends, perhaps one day if could become a possibility but his gut said otherwise. The moments after the two entered the manor and the two were introduced to the nobles that had already arrived, Seto could easily tell Katarina was in heaven as her eyes began to sparkle when she tugged him in closer, especially when he looked in her direction...which was at a table comprised of wine with bottles of red wine nearby. Seto couldn't tell if she was about to dragged him over there for some wine, he had hoped she wasn't alcoholic but it didn't long for him to get his answer when they saw many noble beginning to pile up around two people whom could only be the bride and groom unless it was Lord Burren and his concubine but surely he wouldn't do something so tasteless would he? Of course, he didn't get the chance to think about it when Katarina slid from under his arms and whispered into his ears like usually had done so far into the night. Seto simply smirked after hearing her she was going to do some recon like they supposed to do anyway. The sarcasm just ran off his tongue and he couldn't stop, being it was too much fun. "Aww leaving my side so soon? Well, I'll miss you, my beloved strong willed feisty wive." You would think this was a movie when some fat like man appeared and approached them as soon as he said that as if he was cued in to come at the right moment. It had to Lord Burren considering he was a small, fat man in normal noble clothes but the appearance in itself was horrible. Seto tried with Katarina to hide their disgust for...such a person, he couldn't believe a developer of the game made and developed an NPC like this, was he supposed to be a joke? The worse was when he stared at Katarina, it went from the face to all the way to her chest, staring at them, Just seeing this man do that, made Seto wanting to punch the man out of spite. Sure Katarina wasn't his wife, he didn't even know her really but that didn't mean she was some damn sex object to have fun with. Seto had to try his best to hide his anger as Lord Burren finished his "inspection" of his so called wive. Luckily for the fat man, he brought his attention to Seto and made his first statement to the two before having the balls to ask if he could "Borrow her" for a little. Seto thought to himself, were all men like this? was he weird? he didn't get it one bit. He knew he didn't have to worry about Katarina, she didn't seem like the type that go down without a fight and definitely didn't look like the type who let someone take advantage of her but he still hated what the fat man had asked of him, it was the principle. Mustering all the strength he possibly could, Seto tilted his head as he put on a fake face per say, a fake smile to hide the demon within that just wanted to rip apart this man before bowing to show respect to someone higher ranked than him. "Of course my Lord, I know you are a man worthy of respect and honor." Then Seto switched his attitude altogether to something more fun, he wondered what the fat man would say or think after what he was going to say. "Of course my lord, at my beloved's request, we cannot stay the entire night for the party however for she ever so desires to start our loving honeymoon tomorrow, My lord you know how important these things are to a Lady?" He didn't respond much to his dismay but at least he knew Katarina would be alright when that damn fat man dragged her away as she gave him that look like she kick his ass if he tried anything. It didn't long for those to be far out of his sight, that fan man must have really wanted to have some fun with Katarina, Seto couldn't wait for the story she was going to tell him on how she kicked his ass. Looking around back to the ball floor, he noticed most of the noble gathered around the ballroom floor so he decided to make his way over the floor with the surrounding area surrounded by many small round tables. Many of the tables were empty as many of noble couples had taken to the dance floor to slow dance however many of the juvenile teenagers had to sit out to their age as it was not permitted to court noble children at balls unless engaged or otherwise married however there was a surprise. After Seto had scanned the singles at the tables, he noticed the bride of all people sitting down, during her engagement party of all people? Seto didn't get a good look at her before. She was different from her fat ass of a father, he was a little surprised when he noticed her as a Felis with her long almost gray hair, he couldn't tell if it had a tilt of blonde in there. Her face was flawless and beautiful as well as slender, any man would probably be fine with someone with that, her dress was fairly standard for a Victorian style dress although the lower dress wasn't as wide as was the usuall for the nobility. Seto scanned the tables quickly for anything, noticing roses on one table, he figured he could use it....to romance her long enough to get what he wanted from her, information. Picking up a red rose from one table and putting it in his pocket, Seto walked over to the bride and bowed before offering his hand. "Lady Cecille, may I have this dance with you? a bride should not be sitting during a dance at her own engagement party." The girl didn't even hesitate when he asked her to dance, grabbing his hand which ended up with her taking the lead on the dance floor. The two began swinging back and forth slowly, matching each other's pacing while also making sure their foot coordination was good enough to worry. It had been awhile since Ryosuke had slow danced, probably not in six or seven years or so when he was a young man, back then when he had time for such things. As the two slowed dance, the bride began giggled with a bright happy face, Seto simply raised an eyebrow before asking the question he was dying to ask. "My lady if I may ask....why are you not spending time with your fiance?" Her face turned from a giggling smile to a question one when Seto asked but she wasn't mad when he asked. She drew closer towards and spoke in a quiet tone only loud enough for Seto to head. "Oh him?Well, it's only an arranged marriage, I don't like it at all, father just made some stupid deal and traded me away....I really want a knight in shining armor to swoop me and take me away." Her tone then changed slightly to something deeper, more realistic. "I just want to get out of here from this place....for good."
As she was dragged along, it was one of the funniest yet most horrifying things she had probably done to date. It was funny because, well, the prospect that this was a man developed and created by a human was actually in this game. It was also horrifying because she had absolutely no idea how far this 'lord' was actually willing to go with her. She wondered about what her boundaries were with this man, which to be honest, was a pretty easy task. She didn't even want to touch him, with just their fingers touching she was already getting nasty shivers down her spine. He looked like a man who always got what he wanted, and that included woman. She scowled, the only women he had ever touched was probably his servants who couldn't object to it. It was disgusting. What's more, he seemed to think that she was one of those girls, despicable. If he tried to do anything strange, he was going to lose something vital for most males. What that was... I'm sure you can read between the lines. He pulled her through a series of multiple corridors, each one embellished with multiple, expensive looking details. She decided that now was a good time to make 'Small talk' with the Lord. Sowing in questions about his private and finance life while only seemingly making innocent questions. "Whoa" She feigned awe and longing as her gaze lingered upon a rather expensive looking piece of furniture. "Soo many decorations..." She trailed off, using all her 'Movie Knowledge' from real life to try and bring about many convincing lines. After all, this was about as cliche as it got. An attractive female going on a spy mission, she ending up getting specifically chosen by the main man. It was rather funny, Katarina would likely be laughing about it if she wasn't in this current predicament. The lord took great delight in her supposed interest, he just loved it when females understood his wealth and power. "Yes, yes! Do you like them?" he asked, looking back at Katarina as they walked. His voice sounding tired, probably because he had spent most of the five minutes dragging her just waddling at his fastest pace. Which was pretty much just a normal person's walking pace. "I do like them, my lord. They look very expensive, how did you afford all of this?" She asked casually, her gaze never really meeting with his as she simply looked in wonder and awe at the paintings around her. "I'm rich, i work in the trading business you see." he responded, looking quite proud and pompous about his earnings. Katarina decided to carry on the conversation. Judging from the smell of alcohol which radiated around him, he was most likely drunk, more likely to give up important information that way. "The trading business? I've known plenty of traders in my life, while their not poor, I've never seen them with this much money." She inquired, only having to fake 1/2 of the interest this time. After all, it wouldn't surprise her if he had done some illegal stuff to get to where he was now. The lord suddenly stopped at a wooden door, he reached up and turned the handle pushing it open. Katarina almost gagged. For inside, was a dark room. Shrouded in the darkness... Was what looked like a bed. "After you, my sweet princess." He drawled, giving her an oily smile. Katarina's stomach felt like it was about to be sick. Sure, this was expected and she had mentally prepared herself for him to pop the question. But for it to actually happen, was sickening. Quickly making up an excuse, Katarina gave him a fake-smile. "I don't like hopping into bed with someone I've just met." she said, her fake smile never leaving her face. The lord - completely oblivious to the falseness of her smile - simply sighed "Very well, how about dinner? I can have my servants cook up the most delicious meal extremely quickly, we can eat outside on the outside eating area. Don't worry, we'll be all alone." he replied, Katarina's fake smile broadened "That'd be nice" she grinned, trying her utmost to not gag.
It didn't take long for the engagement party to become a hit, the party went into full swing with the groom leading the party by himself, Seto suspected majority of the nobles were supporters of his noble family which only confirmed Lady Cecille's story of it being an arranged marriage in the first place. With the party lively now, everyone was happy and having a good time, bonding together of the groom's marriage. This obviously made the dances faster paced as the nobles soon became drunk. Seto tried his best to hold his dance with Lady Cecille although, after a few minutes, it proved hard as many of the nobles now drunk took to the floor and began making amok of the ballroom floor, Seto wished he could have wished he could record it with a third party software from LR. Without asking, Lady Cecille put her arm and wrapped her arm around his waist and carefully blended into the crowd as she pulled out from the crowd and lead Seto through an archway of highly decorated wooden doors and down a long hallway to a balcony a short walk away from the ballroom in the main hall. Standing on the balcony outside, the burren's daughter sighed as she took her place at the railing of the stone balcony, putting her elbows on the railing, using them as a resting place for her head. She zoomed out from the party and took in the quiet outside over the garden. After some hesitation, Seto walked over towards the railing on the balcony and laid his hand on her. Lady Cecille blushed quite heavy before she slowly pulled away. Seto raised his voice, " This is my first time I've ever come to an engagement part, It's was beautiful, seeing everyone come around.....for the groom....Lady Cecille it's ok, I can tell you don't want to come to the party. If you permit it, I Sir. Seto Kurama will stay by your side for the rest of the evening if it makes the pain go away, even if it's only slight." Seto bowed before her as he presented her the red rose he had on him from earlier in the party. Lady Cecille yet again blushed before she took the red rose from his hand and donned it on her white and blue dress. After that she was too shy to say anything but she was still blushing, not knowing what to do. This girl was...different from before, she didn't act this way before Seto thought to himself right as he put his hand on her's, joining the two together. "My dear Cecille, did you know in House Kurama, one of my family's traditions was for a man to give a woman they wanted to commit to a red rose? It was a very wonderful thing in my family and I wish to extend it to you as well. There is no need for you to be with that man. Lady Cecille teared up a little while still embarrassed from what was happening. She pushed her tears away before speaking to Seto again. "Do....do you mean you're committing to me? I don't understand?....." Out of confusion, Lady Cecille snapped as her head began to shake rapidly, Seto couldn't tell if she was angry or something else entirely. "Oh I don't care!.....I just want to get out of here, far away as possible from my father. I want to go out and see the world and marry the man I want to marry. Am tired of being my father's pawn in his dealing..I ddoodnt." Lady Cecille began to cry again as she began to mutter words that didn't make any sense. Seto didn't need a cue to close the gap between the two as he wrapped his arms around the girl and have her a long embracing huge. She held him tightly for nearly five minutes and didn't let go before she finally finished what she was going to say before. "I don't want to stay here anymore! I want to decide my own fate and do and be with on my own terms.. Sir.Seto, you are a knight can you help me? Pleeaaassseee?" Seto was completely thrown off guard from her as she poped out a cute face with hey eyes sparkling and her her hands together with her drawing so close, she could nearly kiss him. Seto didn't know quite what to do, normally this wouldn't have worked on him but this situation was different and never happened before...well at least not in a long time. Seto gave up, lowering his head in defeat, covering his face before he spoke in a defeated and disappointed tone. "I can't really say no to that now can I?.....Very Well my Lady Cecille, I will help you escape but now, for now, you must attend the party. I will come back for you in a few days when your father is out on official business, then we make a sneaky retreat, I will warn you will have to leave everything here and bring only two sets of clothes, nothing else. I give you my word I will come back but only if you tell me what your father's been up to? am asking in case I can use it for....leverage against him if he ever decided to hunt you down? You understand right my lady? Lady Cecille jumped for joy like she transformed into a kid again. Before Seto could react, she tackled Seto to the ground while she was hugging him in excitement right as her lips land on Seto's. Seto's eyes nearly popped of their eye sockets in the shock that transpired. He really hoped Lord Burren or Katarina wasn't watching. after nearly thirty seconds went by with Lady Cecille kissing a completely fazed out Seto, he immediately pushed her off from his body and scanned around the area like a hawk, over and around the balcony then into the hallway...safe for now. Seto never released such a huge sigh then now, his mind couldn't even grasp what she just did, she must have really taken him seriously from what he said. "Am sorry my lord, I did...didn't mean to kiss you...you just made me so excited. I will tell you what to know so you can protect me." Lady Cecille took a heavy breath in before releasing it, she became a little paranoid, she didn't want anyone to hear what she was going to say besides to Seto himself. She leaned in and whispered into his ear while moving her eyes in both directions to watch for anyone who might be listening in or could bother them. "I don't know all the details but I know my father made some secret alliance with the treasonous House Drisner that was expelled from the country for high treason after the last war. I know he's also been using bandits and mercenaries to do some kind of dirty work but I don't know what, I've only heard bits and pieces from his office when walking by." This was valuable information he received but he wasn't what to make of it, there were so many questions that rong from this information but where to even start? What would the duke do with this information? He hoped Katarina was doing alright and had a less entertaining witness to interrogate but she was with the little fat man, he had to remember she wasn't going to put up with that shit, she probably kill the fatass before he even get to first base. Seto had taken a few minutes to process the information he gained from Lady Cecille before he stood up from laying against the balacony. Leading his hands towards, Seto looked at her seriously for the first time in the entire night while he was with her. "My lady we must return to the party, people might have suspected what has transpired between the both of us....or even worse....please take my hand and I will escort you back to the ballroom." Lady Cecille simply nodded in silence as she took Seto's hand and wrapped her arm around and snuggled closely on his shoulder using it as a resting place for her head. Seto simply sighed before escorting down the hall and finally opening the wooden doors to the ballroom, luckily for the two, most of the noble at this point were drunk out of their asses so the two took a seat at a table, across from each other near a window. Seto picked up a glass of white wine from a buffet table next to them and took a sip while Lady Cecille watched the drunken nobles danced
OOC: If you don't want to read all of this, skip to the line of '-'s, everything above them is just solo stuff. While being dragged by the short, fat man. Katarina's mind was filled with doubt and pure, concentrated feistiness. If this man made one wrong move, he would lose all his fingers and much, much more. She grinned devilishly while he wasn't looking, she wanted him to do something wrong, she dared him too. Disgusting scum like him deserved to be punished, but she wasn't going to do it unless he gave her concrete reasoning to do it. After all, you know what they say about assuming. It makes an Ass out of U and Me. They eventually arrived upon a huge outside eating area, many empty furbished dining tables were scattered around the area, it was rather ghostly. Seeing an empty restaurant-like place was a rather strange experience, especially when the only person she was entering with was a perverted fat old man. She started wondering about how her partner-in-crime was doing, he was undoubtedly having the time of his life right now. He probably had a beautiful woman in his arms, partying and generally discarding the mission. She paused, did she really have that little faith in her 'Husband'? Oh well, at least these were her private thoughts. The pervert escorted her to a chair, pulling it out for her and allowing her to sit down. She fake-smiled as thanks, no amount of 'flattery' was going to make Katarina forget about the way he had looked at her. It was terrifying. He sat down opposite her, ushering some servants over and ordering some wine for "Him and the beautiful lady". After giving the servants their orders, he shoed them away. Obviously wanting to spend some 'Quality private time' with the lady. He looked at her, his gaze subverting to her chest every so often. Was he really that infatuated with her chest? Was it really that exciting to look at a woman's breasts? Men were confusing, she made a note to ask Seto about that later. After all, she hadn't see him even cop a stare once, even when she had practically shoved him into herself. "So, my lady, where were we?" he asked, raising a quizzical grey eyebrow after asking the question. "I believe i was asking you how you became so wealthy of just trading? I've seen many of traders in my time, none are as rich or successful as you." She asked, leaning on the table as a sign to feign interest. The man practically shone at her praise, this woman was beautiful, smart and appreciated his efforts. He was going to have soo much fun later tonight. Granted she slept with him, but he had counter-measures to make sure that she was definitely going to happen. "I thank you for the praise, it was hard, getting deals with those bandits," Katarina almost dropped her jaw, had he really just said that? Had this guy, really just admitted to doing something illegal? How intoxicated was this guy exactly? This conversation continued, Katarina mixing compliments with inquiries about his finance and general social life. She learned that he had started off with quite a large sum of inheritance, which he soon used to establish into a professional trading company. After a while of trading, his greed for more money and power had pushed him to more... Illegal methods. Drugs, illegal sex trafficking. It was all a rather disgusting ordeal, only fuelling her hate for the man. Their conversation stopped, when the 'Lord' announced that he needed to go to the toilet. Leaving the beautiful redhead all alone, sitting on the chair looking rather appalled. She couldn't wait to report all this to her mission originator, this lord was going to be in for it! An evil smirk appeared on her face, his face when he found out that she was a spy was going to be priceless. Suddenly, she spotted a hand snaking out from behind her, the hand reaching to attempt to squeeze her chest... She suddenly snapped, that was it, he didn't deserve her generosity anymore. Using her rogue reflexes, she grabbed the hand out of the air before it had a chance to do anything, flipping him over her shoulder and making the fat man land on the table, not making any attempt to soften the landing. The lord's face looked like a strange mix between horror and... Arousal? Was this bastard, enjoying this? Well, he wasn't going to for long! She picked up a fork from the table, never letting go of his hand. She flipped him over onto his front and started twisting his arm behind him. "St-stop my lady, what are you do-" He was interrupted by Katarina stabbing the fork into the table right in front of his gaze "Shut it you scum, you think, that just because i'm on your property, you have the right to grope me?" She practically screamed. Thankfully, all the doors were closed, so it was highly unlikely that any servants were going to run to his rescue. She twisted his arm more, receiving a crack from his arm once she reached a certain threshold. He whimpered in pain, hoping for the redhead to show some sort of mercy. This only fuelled her anger, making his arm twist even further. "How does it feel? Is this how you treat your servants when they don't let you have your way with them?" She spat, her emerald eyes seeming to turn fiery. She brought up the hand which was holding the fork, and stabbed it into his right shoulder, the prongs burying deeply into his fat. Eventually, the lord passed out from the pain. She let out a sigh, it was a shame, it seemed that she was done for the day. Heck, her breath was wild, yet her dress and hair had somehow stayed immaculate. How fortunate. So, leaving the fat seal unconscious on the desk, Katarina just walked out through the doors. As she retraced her steps back to the hall, she passed a group of servants, one of which recognised her from earlier. "My lady, where is the Lord?" Katarina only smirked "You might want to send a medical team to the outside eating area, thank me later." she responded. The servant's eyes widened, a mix between shock and thankfulness. He started running back to where Katarina had came from. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She elegantly walked in through the doors to the hall, opening the doors softly. Having ditched her horrible heels while escaping from the crime scene, she was currently bare foot. But it seemed that everyone was too drunk to even notice, heck, no one even acknowledged her entrance. Her emerald eyes scanned the hall, eventually settling on where Seto was currently sitting. Her eyes widened, was he sitting opposite a woman? She ogled, the woman he was sitting opposite to was beautiful, it made Katarina both jealous and hopelessly in love at the same time. Such an abrupt liking to someone was rather strange to the redhead, so she quickly dismissed the feelings. She estimated that it was another 5 minutes until the Lord sent his guards over to kill her... Or worse. She hurriedly walked over to the table Seto was seated at, trying her best to not get distracted by the absolute beauty opposite him. "My dear husband, our honeymoon is nigh and our certain 'Goal' has been accomplished, we should leave. Quickly." She subtly hinted at the huge influx of guards which would soon be closing in. She gave him a look which said "We need to leave right now". Soon after saying this, the angry shouting of guards and the clatter of metal on marble flooring could be heard beyond the door which she had entered. Quickly, she grabbed his hand, and walked through the front door, not looking back. Once outside in the cool night air, she looked at Seto. "I gave that Lord what he had coming to him, he was lucky that he passed out so quickly, he would've lost all his fingers otherwise." she said this quite cheerily, the tone of her voice and the words said were causing quite an odd correlation. "Do you know where we are being picked up from? We kind of need to leave fast." She smiled evilly, remembering the intense pain she had given the Lord. What a fun night, she welcomed the idea of winding down in the carriage. Hopefully while being snuggled up with Seto.
Seto was enjoying himself to some alcohol when he noticed a panicked woman came through the same wooden doors he came through a few minutes. He couldn't tell who it was at first but after he sat up in his chair, Seto facepalmed himself when he recognized the woman as Katarina, what other noble women would of have damaged their dress and had their hair a mess? He couldn't sit there in his chair and tell himself he was surprised because he simply wasn't. His eyes rolled as he sighed as Katarina starred at him for a few seconds before coming. He could tell she felt....threatened by Lady Cecille or jealousy, he didn't know why since he didn't do anything with Lady Cecille. He didn't consider her kiss to be anything, he was surprised out of his mind that it happened but it didn't mean anything to Seto, it just happened, he didn't know for her since she was hard to read but he guesses he find out in a couple of days. He knew he would have to explain that situation later to Katarina, he hopes she wouldn't get upset, it wasn't like they had sex or anything. Seto had donned a questioning expression on his face when she hurried over and told it was time to start the honeymoon. "What did you do this time, dear? you know what nevermind, I don't want to know.....I keep telling you my precious beloved, you know you're too feisty for most men...luckily for you, I like feisty." Seto arose out of his chair and bowed to Lady Cecille before leaving. "Lady Cecille my apologies truly but I must leave with my wive at once, she's a little too feisty for her own good." Turning around towards Katarina, the two exited the manor with Katarina telling Seto of her deed she did to the fat man just as the guards came out of the wooden doors from the ballroom. Seto shook his head expecting it, he already knew far in advance she was going to enjoy putting that fat ass of man in his place then she asked him of where they needed to go to escape the area. Luckily for her, he remembered the Duke had an ebony carriage waiting for them up a block. Deciding not to waste any time, Seto stepped behind Katarina when she wasn't attention, going under first towards the legs, he wrapped his left arm near her behind around her thigh with his right arm wrapping around her back, Seto carried her off her feet and dashed out of the manor courtyard and down the street. Seto looked at Katarina as he sprinted showing he was albeit tired although this was good training for wielding great swords so he didn't complain. "yeah yeah I know, you can kill me later my darling sweetheart for this." Seto winked at her, "Unless of course, you enjoy being a damsel in distress at times, my sweet beloved." It was a good thing it was late in the evening with the street abandoned with any reputable people had stayed in their homes or gone indoors. Passing the nicely crafted and decorated rowhomes next to the manor, Seto sprinted at full speed down the street while carrying, using Katarina's weight as momentum. By the time fat man's guards were out in the street, Seto had already been at the other side of the street before turning into an alleyway with the Ebony Carriage sitting there as instructed. Opening the door to the carriage, he pushed her in after she climbed the stairs as he was talking to the driver to get them the hell out of here and take them to the countryside house a few miles out of the city to be used for the night. Seto got into the carriage just the as driver whipped the horse to get moving, nearly sending him out of the window. He picked up Katarina and laid her on the red fabric couch. Unlike the like one, this carriage was far wider to the point you could sleep in one laying down within reason, the two benches were nearly couches with red fabric and cousins and the decorative wood inside was cherry red wood. Seto took a seat near Katarina's head. putting a hand behind his head, he tilted his head slightly towards the window of the carriage. "Sorry about carrying you but we had to move fast and I couldn't risk you running and falling in a dress than and besides you didn't have shoes, I couldn't let my princess walk the street bare footed otherwise I wouldn't be a gentlemen. Am also sorry for nearly throwing you in here, I hope I didn't hurt you too much dear" Putting his hand on his chin as he questioned himself, he looked back over towards Katarina. "It's unfortunate now, I was getting used to being married to a beautiful feisty woman that didn't take shit, it was becoming second nature to me and it was fun.......anyway am sure you got lots of questions..I guess you can ask me now or you can ask when we're laying near a fireplace at the countryside house were staying for the night before heading back to the Duke." Tonight was definitely different, He never thought he experiencing something like they experience in a video game but they did and it was just more weird to due to the fact it felt like a Disney princes movie ending, the only question left though would the prince get his princess? Seto wasn't the most driven man when it came to sexuality though, Katarina might have her work cut out for her if she wanted to go that route.
The moment she felt Seto's arms wrap around her thigh, she let out a little squeal of surprise. It was a rather shocking sound, one which didn't really fit her face. Heck, it had even surprised Katarina. Did she really just squeal? Holy cow, she prayed that Seto didn't hear that, for he would've probably mocked her about it later. Before she even had time to react, she was being swung up by Seto's strong arms. She was being... Carried? She scowled, who did this man think she was? Some weak-willed woman who couldn't take care of herself? Alas, had this been any other man, he probably would've been knocked out and left in a bush somewhere. But Katarina had realised that it was probably just Seto helping her. After all, they needed to escape quickly, but her dress kind of made it difficult to move at any pace faster than a strained walk. As he started calling her his 'Beloved Wife' and 'Darling' she started to giggle, though she was suppressing the noise quite a bit so it sounded a bit strange. She loved it when he spoke like that, it was strange. Yet it filled her with a sense of happiness. After all, the mission was basically over by now. Their facade was over, yet Seto still called her wife. It only served to make her laugh. They eventually stopped near a carriage, she breathed a sigh of relief. Thank the heavens that some mystical forces had helped them this night, it was glorious! She nodded as appreciation when he helped her by pushing into the carriage. After all, she wasn't entirely sure if the dress would even let her legs lift that high. Damn these dresses, Katarina decided that she now had an absolute hatred for dresses, and most of all... All accursed High Heels. As he laid her down in the seats, and the carriage took off at a blisteringly fast pace. Katarina listened to the sound of Seto's voice as he explained himself, only paying attention to the sound of his voice. All the other sounds sounded muffled, yet Seto's voice rung true. It was rather soothing, it would probably take second place on the 'Most soothing things Katarina has experienced on Terrasphere' it only being beat out by that day she had spent relaxing in a lake. When he teased her about getting used to being married to a woman, she grinned, deciding to respond. "And i was getting used to being married to one so handsome." She muttered. Laying down with her head next to his legs and her eyes closed. For a split second, a lecherous smile appeared on her face, but it was quickly dismissed. The moment had finished speaking about the duke, Katarina shuffled slightly closer to him, resting her head on his lap. She closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth. "I think I'm just going to sleep here, if you wake me up before we get there, you're going to be put through a world of pain." She murdered, quickly falling asleep, her head resting on Seto's thigh. Hoping that the next thing she saw, was the gates of the Manor... Or else...
It took roughly about an hour for the carriage to reach the countryside house, It was a quiet ride and surprisingly there were no bumps or thumps along the way, he didn't really want to deal with a grumpy Katarina who looked tired from her peaceful expression, she looked peaceful in her sleep as she used his lap as a pillow, he didn't want to disturb that. Seto spent the entire ride looking through the window with his hand help up his hand holding it up with his elbow firmly in place on the window's frame. the long, dark ride through the countryside made him slightly depressed as he thought of previous memories he would of rather forget but life itself always thought very differently, it was like he had PTSD even though he didn't have it. The only thing he could think of was Satoya, Satoya, Satoya , the who damn thing was just a mess in his brain, His head felt like his head was being ripped in half. He couldn't stop himself from thinking about that last straight away before crossing that white line, only hearing the wreck afterward, not even seeing it until after it was cleaned up. Eventually, those dark thoughts vanished when he looked back down to his lap, seeing Katarina, he couldn't resist smiling a little for a little while although he didn't why he smiled. "Hmm...I guess this one is my princess." He said to himself out loud as he laid his right hand on her hair and petting her long silky hair for the rest of the trip, for some odd reason, it put him at easy where he snapped back to normal by the time they arrived. When the carriage stopped, Seto had to stretch out just a tad to pop his head out the window showing the house they were going to stay at. It was an old but well maintained mid-size cottage, too nice for a normal commoner to live in, maybe a trader? On the outside though besides it's size, it was quite standard and didn't stand out but maybe that was the point? there was a small stable on the right side with a large garden on the other side with some kind of vegetables growing but Seto couldn't make it out from afar. He retracted his head back in the carriage, still finding Katarina asleep, he raised an eyebrow, believing she must be knocked out sleep from earlier, he didn't think she be tuckered out so much, he guessed she really had too much fun kicking the crap out of that fat ass man. To Seto she stilled look Peaceful and he didn't want to interrupt or wake her up but he couldn't let her stay in the carriage. Seto VERY carefully slowly picked Katarina out, holding her tightly as if his life depended on it and took his time as he slowly opened the carriage door and down the stairs, one at a time. The Driver was already ahead of him opening the door to the cottage before handing the only key to the front door to Seto. He nodded to the driver before he whispered into his ear."I do not want to be disturbed until tomorrow morning unless it is of the most diring of circumstances? Do I make myself clear, you wake my sweetheart and she most likely going to kill you." The Driver simply nodded before running back to the carriage, Seto assumed he was going to sleep in the carriage. Turning his attention to the Cottage, he slowly walked through the archway, making sure Katarina's body didn't hit anything, not wanting her to wake up, he carried through the main hall and slowly opening another doorway to a mid-sized bedroom with a king size bed. He carried her to the bed and laid her there like she was snow white. He knew what he was to do was probably gonna get him killed but it was something that needed to be done....you can't sleep in a dress and he already knew she didn't like dresses by her behavior earlier at the party. He wasn't going to do out of perversion but he knew most other players would take advantage of a woman if given the choice, he wasn't like that though and almost never thought of such things, it wasn't any different either. If something like that happened, it would be because she would want it, not him. Seto hesitated for a moment before he grabbed his ball so to say and slowly but surely took down the straps to her dress before dedicating slid her arms and legs out of the dress, making sure to do it carefully otherwise he be a dead man, he might of been a dead man walking already, a woman's fiery temperament was the only thing he feared. Seto gently removed the dress from Katarina and from the bed before folding it and putting it on the dresser next to the bed. He left her undergarments on, thinking they work fine as underwear, they be more comfortable to wear to bed then a dress any day anyway and besides, there be a slightly less chance of her killing him if he kept them on, waking up naked probably wouldn't end up well. Grabbing the covers from the opposite of the bed, he laid them on Katarina and carefully tuckered her in like a child in bed before slowly making his way out of the bedroom and quietly closing the door to the bedroom. He walked back into the living room, he closed the front door, locked the sucker, closed the windows in the house and lowered their blinds for privacy then grabbed some logs and started a fire in the fireplace before relaxing back on the couch and putting his feet up, staring at the fire, finally he could relax for awhile before getting killed in a bit by Katarina. .
It was a rather strange sensation. Going to sleep on a rather cold and bumpy carriage, and waking up in a soft, stable bed wrapped in covers. Still half asleep, Katarina did not think this situation was strange. What? It wasn't her fault, apparently kicking a fat man's ass required a lot more energy than one might expect. Plus it was quite late in the evening, was it strange? She smiled, sprawling on top of the bed. She still hadn't opened her eyes, opting instead to laze about with her eyes close. The situation still hadn't clicked with her yet, her tired brain was only just beginning to work... That was when it clicked, why was she in a bed? If she wasn't mistaken, she had fallen asleep on a seat in a carriage, with her head resting on Seto's thigh. Why... No, how had she ended up here? She opened her eyes, jade circles floating in the darkness. Scanning her eyes across the room, she noted that she seemed to be in a rather nice-looking room, and she was lying on a king-size bed. She briefly hoped that Seto was asleep next to her, but the hopes were quickly dashed when she checked. Nope, still alone. When she checked the other side of the bed, she saw one thing, one thing which made her face conform into an odd expression of anger and embarrassment. It was her dress, neatly folded and laying on top of a dresser. What... The... Heck. Why was her dress there? More importantly, how did it get there? A look of realization dawned upon her face, and she lifted the covers and looked down. What she was wasn't very comforting, she was in nothing but her underwear. Who had undressed her? Was it... Her face burned in embarrassment... Was it Seto? Did he have the gall, to undress a lady while she was sleeping? Sure, he was a friend (Maybe more) but Katarina would've preferred to actually of be awake while it happened, she probably would have kicked him in his face. Instead, she was completely defenseless. In fact... Had he done something more than undressing her? What if... She stopped those thoughts quickly, she believed she had a good enough grasp on what Seto was like. There was no way he had done any funny business. Still, he had undressed her, he was going to feel her wrath! She leaped out of bed, not stopping even once to consider the fact that other people may be in the house. And that she would be running around in nothing but her underwear. She threw open the door, making it hit the wall while it opened, creating a loud bang which would probably be audible around the whole cottage. She stormed through the hallway, stomping extremely loudly. Trying her utmost to scare the living daylights out of Seto before she arrived. On the way, she spotted the entryway to the Kitchen, popping in for a few seconds, and coming out with a butter knife. Not the most intimidating of weapons, but Katarina didn't intend to use it. All she wanted to do was scare him, teach him for undressing her! She slowly opened each of the doors one by one, each one slamming against the wall, almost vibrating the walls with each slam. She scowled, it seemed that all of the rooms she had searched so far had been empty, had Seto stripped her, then just left the cottage? She refused to believe that, after all, there was only one door left. A door which was only partially closed, the light caused by the fire could be seen flickering from inside it. She smirked, dragging the butter knife along the plastered walls as she approached the door. "I wonder where my darling has got too, he needs to explain himself," she drawled, just loud enough to be heard by Seto who was in the lounge. She slowly creaked open the door, opening it incredibly slowly for dramatic effect. Once it was open, Katarina could be seen in the door, in all her semi-naked glory. She brought the butter knife up to her face, looking at it, then slowly shifting her gaze to Seto's face, then back to the knife again. She looked at him, an evil grin appearing on her face. "Oh, my dear Seto, I have been looking for you everywhere!" her evil smile turned sweet, although the 'sweetness' of her smile only served to make the situation even more terrifying. She started twirling the knife in-between her slender fingers "You know, i was thinking, would you care to explain why my dress was removed? If you give me the wrong answer..." She trailed off, smile turning evil again as she looked back at the knife. Of course, Katarina was enjoying every moment of this. She knew that Seto obviously hadn't done this for his own enjoyment. She knew (At least she thought she did) Seto well enough. She just wanted to scare the crap out of him. After all, nothing was scarier than a semi-nude redhead armed with a knife, staring at you with flames of fury practically dancing in her eyes.
One bang went off then it was followed up by more banging, probably from the doors being slammed open then came the stomping occurred, well he knew what that meant, his feisty, strong-willed wive was up and out of bed.....and his funeral in the next minutes, well he saw this coming from a mile away, after all most of the women probably beside Arial would do the same and try and kill him despite not being a pervert, he barely even looked at her when he undressing her and it was darker in the room so he couldn't even see that well but that wasn't going to stop a woman from killing him even though he could of have done more....so much more he was beginning to wonder why she was upset in the first place when she knew he wouldn't do anything, He didn't stare at her in her dress or when she was semi-naked and now he was going to die for being supportive, maybe this was a good reason not to date. He at least thought she try the stealth approach and scare the shit out of him but it was obvious with all this noise she was making that she was awake. Seto didn't even bother to get up, he knew she was coming and was probably enjoying this, there was no point in running, she chase him down even though she semi- naked then he heard her muttering to him from across the room then he heard the door open. oh boy here it came and Seto was ready, still laying relaxed and calm, didn't even flinch or show emotion when she jumped out practically naked in all her glory with a knife before playing with her words aimed at for him. She looked evil alright but he wasn't going to be imitated by her, after all he didn't do anything wrong so he simply looked at her face with an equally serious expression with eyebrows raised, as usual, is almost a trademark for him. "Oh good, you're up sweetheart, I didn't think you be up this early. Well at least it's a plus you haven't stabbed me yet but I guessed you really matured since we got married. you fell asleep and were sleeping like an angel so I didn't want to wake you so I decided to put you to bed like a good supportive husband should when we arrived. You need not worry, I didn't do anything to you when you were sleeping, you should know your husband by now, I mean come on I didn't even stare at your curvy body during the party or when I got you ready for bed and besides I couldn't see that well in the bedroom. If I was going to do something so lewd like what that fat ass of a man wanted to do to my strong willed feisty Katarina, I would have tied you up or did I what I wanted when your were sleeping then leave with the carriage which the driver is sleeping in as we speak. Anyway, a formal dress is not clothing you sleep in so I took it off and had put you in bed since you were tired and that's it, nothing more, nothing less sweetheart." Seto then shrugged his shoulders in slight disappointment before turning his head towards the front door and pointed his finger at Katrina's chest. "Oh and dear, I don't want to be an ass or a pervert but.....yeah I can see EVERYTHING while you stand near the fireplace....and I mean everything." Seto was serious, if he tilted his head, he would be able to see her breasts and her Vagina in all their glory, at that point there wouldn't even be any point in her wearing the underwear but that was why she was only supposed to sleep in it, not walk around. looking up at the ceiling, his tone from serious to playful and sarcastic. "You know it's pretty ironic if you think about it, I don't remember getting married to you sweetheart but yet here we are, out in the middle of nowhere having our honeymoon, of course, I'd spend it with you while your happy and not upset." He wondered what her response would be, He was being serious and mature about it for the most part and didn't want to be a bigger deal out of something that wasn't a big deal, he would admit it was probably a bit awkward for someone to do that but he still thought he didn't do anything wrong and would stand by that, if he had, he would have run for the hills by now and hiding in a fox hole.Still looking at the ceiling, he rose his voice loud enough for her to hear. "Let me know when you settled down a bit, I would like to get to know the real Katarina and spend time with her, I have no sexual interest whatsoever unless you are interested yourself, Of course, I'll still consider you my precious beloved lady no matter what happens, I know how to respect women."
