Three Sisters

Chapter 11 A Piece of History

The girls found their room.. eventually... and soon were getting ready for diner. Tillie absolutely loved her new dress and looked quite adorable in it, especially after someone came and fixed her hair too! Terra and Talea helped eachother with the little details and stood back to look at eachother. They had to admit... the dresses looked quite well on them... showing their beauty without making them look like tavern girls. The three of them started to head for the dining hall.

Rimsak was already downstairs, wearing a black outfit of crushed velvet and other finery. He had minor accents of color throughout, but nothing that stood out... much. He was seated down at the opposite end of the very long dining table. On the opposite end of table sat Ariadne, wearing an elaborate gown of deep crimson, whtie and silver... and she even had a cape lined with some thick white fur. Her cape was spread out on the back of her very large and ornate chair. Next to her... apparently going to be eating off the corner next to Ariadne was Ariadne's current husband.

Rimsak looked up as he heard the girls giggling. "Oh wow." he breathed as he saw them coming down. They looked absolutely breathtaking.

As they went over to their seats, Terra decided to see what would happen if she did a little bit of maneuvering.... She put Tillie on one side and Talea on her other side as she took the middle seat, making it so that Talea had to sit right beside Rimsak. Terra wasn't entirely sure what was going on with her sister, but she planned on doing a bit more observation to find out.

Tillie was quite content to sit next to Ariadne, "It is nice to see you again! And thank you for the lovely dresses!"

"Good evening." Rimsak said in greeting to them all, but he turned to Talea then since she was closest. "You look radiant tonight. Must admit... you three are beautiful even in rags, but now, clearly goddesses."

Ariadne heard Rimsak's compliment and half groaned, half sighed, "See? That's what you don't do." she said as she turned to her husband expectantly, who merely nodded... almost like he was utterly petrified to be present at the dinner.... She turned her attention back to Tillie then, "Ahh you are most welcome!" Her tone was immediately much happier, "As Rimsak said, you look wonderful in them! I am so glad they fit! We must go shopping tomorrow. I believe you would have a wonderful time and- Rimsak, where is your young friend? Is he not joining us?"

"Uhh..." Rimsak looked about, to be honest, completely unsure of Malik's whereabouts. Just then, the sound of the main doors opening and someone rushing inside.

"Whoa! And it's already started. Whoops."

Rimsak raised an eyebrow, looking over to the doors where Malik had come in... he looked... rough.... but happy. Where the rest were dressed in fine clothes and clearly bathed... Malik had clearly just arrived back from whatever he was doing and he smelled probably as good as Falcon did in the stable... at least that is where Rimsak hoped his horse was. "Always punctual." Rimsak commented, making Malik grin for a moment.

"Well of course! I'll just-"

"Come, sit!" Ariadne ordered him.

The girls looked back and forth at eachother as they all wondered where he had been all this time. Talea figured that there was plenty to do in a town like this... She knew from experience... As she looked over at Rimsak she couldn't deny that he looked quite handsome; but in her opinion he had looked just as handsome, if not more so, the other night... She was glad that all the attention was still on Malik as she tried not to blush with the memory. Perhaps when the food was served she would be able to keep her brain occupied.

Terra tried to catch Malik's attention... a bit unsuccessfully... He was supposed to be working with them, helping them! He was the only one who knew what they were really up to, and he was off doing what?! She sighed as she made a mental note to herself to corner him for answers. "I agree with Tillie," she said to Ariadne, " these dresses are quite lovely."