[color=ForestGreen][h2]Leaf[/h2][/color]
It was truly a pathetic creature that stood before Leaf. It spoke to the consideration that Alys gave to the Spring Court that this was what she sent. It was almost insulting. The Winter Queen could have sent anyone, someone cunning to spy on them, someone strong to at the right moment undermine Nyx's regime but instead she had sent something that she'd wanted thrown away. Leaf found it simply priceless. She chuckled softly under her breath. [color=ForestGreen]"But my good fae,"[/color] said Leaf faking a look of confusion. [color=ForestGreen]"I thought you did not deem yourself impressive nor important. Why would a Queen go to war over the loss of something you yourself have said is [i]trivial[/i]?"[/color]

Leaf knew that even if Arys had sent someone she valued she wouldn't march on Spring for their loss. Spring provided much of Winter's food and as she refused to deal with Summer she could not afford to declare all out hostilities. No one expected her to be cordial but both parties knew that at least for the moment she would not be violent. More likely Grexx's death would forfeit Sini's life. A loss to the Court perhaps, she did much for Nyx. He would grieve for a time, the Court would join him but the politics of the land would not suffer for it.

Leaf almost felt sorry for the poor creature in front of her, he had no finesse, no skill with words or twisting them, from the way he reacted when Lanvier growled in the distance he had no courage either. The only thing Leaf could see to his credit was speed which while an admirable trait helped little without aid from other skills which he seemed to lack. Perhaps he would show himself to be intelligent, or some sort of strategist. Leaf was not foolish enough to dismiss something simply on first appearances though she instincts told her there was little more to Grexx than what he presented. Still she would keep an eye on him just to be safe. It would not do for a member of Court to wake with a goblin dagger in their back, especially if that person was Pearl.

Leaf gave Grexx a smile sweet a honey and soft as wool which for those that knew her usually meant she was planning something. [color=ForestGreen]"I believe you are to meet my lord,"[/color] Leaf raised her hand and a wind blew through the trees. [color=ForestGreen]"My sons and daughters will guide you to his palace."[/color] She shrugged as though realizing an afterthought that was of little importance. [color=ForestGreen]"That is if they are not hungry."[/color] Leaf waved her hand again the the trees seemed to shift out of the way on either side forming a path that twisted and turned out of sight. [color=ForestGreen]"Follow the path and you will reach the Spring Palace, the World Tree Yggdrasil."[/color]

The trees had gotten Leaf's message loud and clear in the wind. These trees had an air about them that they used to frighten passersby, a darkened air, dampened sunlight, shadows out of the corner of one's eye. They were simple parlor tricks which the trees usually used to scare mortals new to the fae realm but for young fae, especially one from another land the effect would be just as precious if not even more so. Leaf vanished, appearing in the Courtyard of Ceridwen's memorial. She used the scrying bowl to watch Grexx's progress towards the palace.
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[color=Black][h2]Nyx[/h2][/color]
Nyx listened to Sini's report. She was a clever fae and would make a good leader in whatever part of the Court she wished to take up a permanent position. Alas she was also young and could not yet dedicate herself to a single task, instead preferring to be at Nyx's disposal for whatever tasks he required of her.

[color=Black]"I would not rule out the possibility of both Sini, smooth talks are often the first sign of trouble on the horizon."[/color] Nyx smiled slightly when Sini mentioned Feoras and his former love. Not that the situation at the Moot between Arys and Falk had been amusing but the look on the Summer King's face throughout their interaction had almost made the dangerous affair worth happening.

[color=Black]"Indeed it does, I believe despite what transpired between them, Arys still holds Feoras' heart in a vice."[/color] Though there were many rumors Nyx had never been able to tell definitively what had actually happened between Arys and Feoras. Some said he was caught in bed with one of Arys' chambermaids, others that she had tried to kill him in his sleep, some even suggested that he'd proposed to her out of human emotion and she'd rejected it in disgust. [color=Black]"It cripples his ability to lead, particularly with the resources of Winter's he can no longer procure."[/color] Summer was in its design less integrated with nature than Spring and so they relied on building materials from both the Unseelie Courts to make new structures.

Sini would hear the news soon enough, there was no reason to keep it to himself. [color=Black]"Falk proposed a marital alliance to the Queen of Winter this Moot. That is why it was so short, after such a move there was little anyone else could think to talk about."[/color] In fact Nyx had had a handful of inquiries for both Winter and Fall about some unrelated matters but those could be dealt with another time.
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