[center][h2][color=skyblue]Marque de Bourdeauz[/color][/h2][/center]

Marque nodded politely to Lorenzo as he was invited in, then turned to Col who had offered to stay outside until business had been properly concluded. [color=skyblue]"Please good sir, I see no reason why you should be forced to wait in the mud whilst we speak with such a popular man! Your station and mine are not so far apart, you know. If such pleases you, and mister Lorenzo as well, I request that you join us. Perhaps we can be of assistance to one another, hm?"[/color] He laid it on, but not too thick. Just enough that it should hopefully flatter Col without sounding too put on. Once that had been concluded, he entered the cottage and waited for Lorenzo to ask they speak the reasoning of their visitations.

[color=skyblue]"Master Lorenzo, I come to you in a time of need. Normally revealing myself would be the most paramount of negligence, yet circumstances conspire that I show my hand. There are those in my father's court that cannot be trusted, a conspiracy such that runs deep as well water. For this very purpose I had myself spirited away from my position of lord's son, heir to the throne, lest I succumb to the social vampires myself."[/color] Marque had to pause at this moment in order to build dramatic effect. Yet he had to remember that these were the common man, not students of the theater, and as such his choice of language could possibly be lost on them. He decided to take a more grounded approached when he picked back up.

[color=skyblue]"There have been disappearances of late, and crimes with no perpetrator. One such example is the burning of the local theater. My sources tell me that the theater master was seen entering the Glittering Wood. It is my desire to hire you in order to track him down, in hopes of stifling this conspiracy."[/color] He then looks to Col. [color=skyblue]"And I could use a good sword arm in this quest. Surely it would bring you great honor and a rise in station should we trace this conspiracy to its source, no?"[/color] That just left the only other man in the room, who looked to be a physician of sorts. [color=skyblue]"That is, of course, if you clear master Lorenzo's health. If needed, you could also come along to tend to his body."[/color]