[color=0076a3][b][h3]Leon Brandeau[/h3][/b][/color]

It turned out Gradon was in better shape than Leon had expected, which was just fine by him. He was a little concerned by how Leblanc was carrying him, however, but that ended up being moot when Gradon suddenly jolted awake, seemingly no worse for wear. Leon was disturbed by the turn the conversation took upon his revival though; he wasn't much for innuendo, and he could only guess that Leblanc had something filthy on the mind as she spoke. Whatever was going on with them, Leon wanted no part of it. He would leave Leblanc, Esther and Gradon to do whatever it was they were talking about.

Of more interest to him was the arrival of their Captain. Her arrival came with the even more shocking discovery that Viola was her sister. [b]"Who's that, Leon?"[/b] Anton asked him as he returned from rebuking his comrades.

[color=0076a3][b]"That's our Captain. She came with us to the fort."[/b][/color] Leon told him.

[b]"Oh, so she was there for the ghosts and s-"[/b]

[color=0076a3][b]"Yes."[/b][/color] Leon quickly cut him off. [color=0076a3][b]"She was. Don't mention it again."[/b][/color] He still couldn't believe Tzi had blabbed about that so casually. Now even Anton knew about the strange events of their patrol. He didn't expect it to matter that Anton knew, but goodness knew they shouldn't have told anyone.

Upon the tolling of the bells, Anton told him, [b]"That's the signal that the review is beginning. But they weren't supposed to arrive until later..."[/b]

[color=0076a3][b]"Is this going to be a problem?"[/b][/color] Leon asked him. There had been so much chaos since their arrival, he imagined it would have a poor impact on the fort's appearance.

[b]"Maybe. But chances are it could just be some half-arsed officer who doesn't care too much. Still, try to look sharp."[/b] Anton's semi carefree attitude towards it all ended up being poorly considered, as the Imperial Princess of all people appeared to be the one leading the review. Anton hastily stood at attention and saluted her as she arrived, with Leon following suit. She announced indirectly that they would all be lodged in Orello village to get them out of the fort's way before leaving to further inspect the fort. With her gone, Leon relaxed, though Anton was less so.

[b]"Bloody hell. We didn't know it was going to be the princess showing up. Look, I should probably go help and try to salvage this mess. You have fun vacationing in the village, eh Leon?"[/b] He gave Leon a final pat on the shoulder before leaving in a hurry, with Leon waving him goodbye. He felt bad for him, knowing he was probably going to have a hell of a time with this review, but he was still dwelling on the sudden arrival of the princess. He wondered why such an important person would be sent to review a fort. He would have thought that a review like this would only be important if they were expecting Orello to be ready for something...like a war. Leon hoped that was just his imagination going wild, but he was still certain there had to be a reason for this visit, especially since nobody seemed to know Ires was the one coming.

Approaching their Captain, Leon spoke to her. [color=0076a3][b]"Um, Captain, if I might ask; did you know anything about this?"[/b][/color] He had already suspected she might have known about the review, though he wasn't a hundred percent certain. However, given he knew as well as anyone that Ires was a student of Cadenza until recently, he wondered if it wasn't possible she knew it was her that was coming here too. It was just idle speculation on his part, however, and he would have to take his Captain's word for it.

[@KoL]