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The cacophony of noise was both uncalled for and eerie. Ben had to admit he had hoped that his vision would be restored but that was not the case. Instead he stayed put and tried to see if he would understand what he was hearing. It sounded very much like grinding, but that was all he could ascertain. It must not have been a threat if Lilie did not say anything, but the grinding was so unpleasant he could have easily missed her words. Only when they came to a halt did he feel the tug at his sleeve. His steps were awkward but he remained true that they were safe for the moment.

The deep voice that spoke was a stark contrast to the previously soft-spoken mage of his. Entirely jarring, but Ben listened intently. It spoke of a familiar history. He had been mistaken in a sense as it would seem each object was indeed tied to the noble houses in some way. A small oversight but nothing he worried about. 

Lilie spoke and confirmed his initial thought that the scepter was indeed related to the Noilan family and Geoffrey Noila stood before them. But what did it mean? [color=C0C0C0][I]'History remembered not quite the same as that to those who lived its page.' But what dangerous truth does he speak of?[/I][/color] A perplexing thought to be sure. Of course, the real question was which object to give him. The threat mentioned had been the Lycanthropes, that much he was absolutely certain of. The ones that reveled in slaughter must have been the Astorios, the ones content with scrolls must have been the Sinnenodels, the ones that walked between the Eves, and that left the last of them as the Marivaldi. The binding referred to the Treaty but he did not know who wouldn't fear the King.

[color=C0C0C0]"I believe you are correct. We need only to decide what,"[/color] Ben said. [color=C0C0C0]"First, I think we should match item with House. I initially believed that the scepter was connected to the royal family, and it’s safe to assume the rest follow suit.”[/color]

He thought to himself for a moment as he wondered where to start. One object did come to mind right away. [color=C0C0C0]“The mirror you mentioned...I believe it is connected to our House,”[/color] Ben said. [color=C0C0C0]“You’ve heard of our holiday, correct? It is called Moon’s Mirror.”[/color]

Each marble item was connected to a noble house? That did make sense. Lilie frowned, looking down at each one. The mirror being connected to the Eves wasn’t something she expected, but it did make sense. She stared at the weapon, scratching her cheek. [color=deepskyblue]“That sounds right, I think,”[/color] She replied with a small shrug, stopping when she remembered he couldn’t see her. [color=deepskyblue]“What about the rest of them?”[/color]

Ben mulled over the rest of the objects. Associating the weapon with the Astorios seemed too simple but he felt overthinking things would lead them astray. No other House came close to their bloodlust nor did he believe them scholars or whatever the disk represented. That last object was going to be found by process of elimination as he already had a decent idea on which the book represented. What sort of disk represented noble vampires?

[color=C0C0C0]“I believe the book represents the scholars, which would be House Sinnenodel,”[/color] Ben said. [color=C0C0C0]“The mace may be related to the Astorio, which would leave the disk as the Marivaldi representative.”[/color]

Lilie’s mouth formed a small ‘o’ in understanding, realizing that he had a point. Well, it all sounded good to her at least! [color=deepskyblue]“So which one do you think had the guts to not be afraid of the King?”[/color] She ended up asking. [color=deeskyblue]“To me, the mace seems most likely, so let’s go with that!”[/color]

[color=C0C0C0]“Indeed,”[/color] Ben said. Of course he spoke from experience seeing as how the Astorios were notorious for attempting to wrench power from the Noila royal family, but Lilie got to the conclusion on her on. [color=C0C0C0]“Do lead the way, if you would.”[/color]

Grinning, Lilie guided Ben to lift the mace up. She warily eyed the thing, lightly pushing Ben back towards the intimidating statue. [color=deepskyblue]“Okay, here goes,”[/color] She said, the pair waiting anxiously as they handed the King a mace.