[table][row][/row][row][cell] [right][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ha23B2e.gif[/img][/right][/cell][cell]      [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4825067]N I C H O L A S A L B U M[/url] [sup]Duncaster | Red Hood Keep [@Tenma Tendo][/sup][/cell][/row][/table][hr][color=c0c0c0]The ride there was… colorful to say the least. A carriage packed beyond capacity. Thick unbreathable air. The stench of last week's hunt still wedged between someone’s teeth. There was yelling and shoving and more yelling and after? A march through dirt and trees and flowers and... [center][color=ffffff][i]And was that a… Fae?[/i][/color][/center] Then the keep itself. A swatch of gray against the backdrop of a blue sky and a myriad ocean of color at its feet. The stone walls stood in defiance; A symbol of strength encroached by opulence. Once inside however… there was nothing but red. Red capes. Red carpet. Red banners bleeding from crowned pilasters. Red eyes in the walls. A red ocean and a flash of green. [center][color=ffffff][i]What?[/i][/color][/center] Sure enough, a flitter of movement caught his eye form above. Not a terribly hard thing to miss as it glided down and came to a stop directly in front of him, it's attention clearly to the front of the room. [i]It[/i] also being the most interesting thing in the room. The rest were fairly common back home, creatures of the night included. None were the size of his palms and none were inadvertently about to poke him in the face with... [center][color=ffffff][i]Is that a silver toothpick?[/i][/color][/center] [color=ffffff]"Hi."[/color] He leaned back an inch. [color=ffffff]"First time?"[/color] [/color]