Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20160209062713/@comment-26130256-20160523070938

(Well, running a mob family ain't all sunshine and rainbows...

Also, it's odd that those soldati are calling Azzie the boss instead of his dad, who lives there in Vacuo. And I completely agree with Vale showing up. I've even made some plans of my own...)

"All right, then," she smiled, and opened the doors.

As one would expect from such a large house, the dining table was huge, but the six plates and settings were all clustered around the far end of the table. A pair of servants came and went bringing in food and setting things up. Sienna leaned against a wall to talk on his Scroll while Azulius had borrowed a giant spoon from the kitchen and was dilligently stirring a large pot of some kind of white sauce. Based on the serving trays, Daphne guessed that the meal was going to be pasta with that sauce, with a garden salad, steamed peas and carrots, and garlic bread.

"And here we were gonna send out a search party, Daphne," Azulius joked, an uneasy smile on his face. "Hopefully, my mother didn't scare you off too badly."

"I gave her repeated opportunites to run, dear," Opal replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "She didn't take any of them, so I assume she's here of her own free will.  The free meal probably helped also."

"My dear, sweet, innocent wife, resorting to bribery," Sienna shook his head with a laugh once he had hung up. "Whatever is the world coming to?"

"Can't be any worse that where it's always been heading," she crossed the room and gave her husband another peck on the cheek. "My parents were always convinced you would corrupt me."

"Your parents said a lot of things about me, as I recall," he winked. "They seemed to shut up rather quickly once I showed them the size of your wedding ring." Everyone in the room chuckled a little at Sienna's remark.

As if waiting for a lull in the conversation, the door opened, and someone new entered the room, flanked by two bodyguards. The man was a few inches taller than Daphne, and definitely a few decades older. He wore a red-brown pinstripe suit, adorned with a gold cardamom-seed pin. He had the same brown eyes as Azzie and Sienna, but his had a distance to them that implied many years and many hard decisions. He walked with the aid of a segmented cane (that doubtlessly concealed a weapon of some kind), but he seemed as if he was actively trying to avoid using it.

It was like Opal had said:  the years and trauma may have broken him, but sheer force of will was keeping the pieces in place. Based on the deference shown him by the others, he was clearly somebody noteworthy. After giving everyone a brief nod of salute, he walked over to Daphne.

"And you must be Azulius's teammate of whom I have heard so much," he spoke with a deep, sonorous voice. "Finally, I can put a face to the name.  How has Vacuo treated you so far?"