[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

Drifting back to watch the fight, Tyaethe folded her arms and [i]attempted[/i] to look excited. If this was a planned exhibition, then maybe she [i]would[/i] have been... she knew a few ways to put on a good show, and Adeforth certainly did, although she had no idea if that knowledge had been passed on down through the years. A proper exhibition between the two groups of knights, either fielding their best (or second best, or third best, whatever the case may be) or matching based on talent or interesting dynamics? That would have been a good thing to see, or even more exciting to take part in. Instead, they were relying on the fact that the intended audience was a princess with no combat training at all.

If the fight had lasted a bit longer, she might have taken Felix to task for trying to assert the superiority of either group over the other. Did that boy have a brain? Sure, fraternal enmity blah blah blah, but he was [i]nobility.[/i] How many times had he been hit over the head during training to think denigrating an entire order in front of its senior members (and in her case, [i]his[/i] senior) was a good idea? On the other hand, Addie would probably do that for her.

[color=d40000]"So, do you think we should give them a better show?"[/color] the vampire wondered, swapping to Elvish and following Lilette as she stepped in to administer to Felix's scratch... a matter that took mere seconds, the warm glow of magic fading away with nary a scratch, and the two senior knights promptly ignoring the humiliated scion.

[color=98ff98]"You know that I no longer fight."[/color]

[color=d40000]"And? It's not like a little exhibition like this [i]really[/i] counts,"[/color] Tyaethe said, shrugging broadly, [color=d40000]"It would be more like one of those games Flori and I used to play, where he'd try to copy me and see how long he could keep up."[/color]

[color=98ff98]"Neither of us brought a sword."[/color] It was a valid concern--obviously, the paladin wasn't going to bring a sword longer than she was tall to a [i]ball[/i], and Lilette was habitually disarmed. 

[color=d40000]"Your girl has one and I [i]know[/i] you use the same style. I could just borrow something off one of the guards. Come on, it'd be [i]fun[/i], we could really remind people what it means to be a knight."[/color]

The elf continued to look down at her, a maternal look of disappointment on her face. [color=98ff98]"Did you think to bring a change of clothes?"[/color]

[color=d40000]"No...? Why would that matter? It's not like we haven't fought in dresses before."[/color]

[color=98ff98]"You took the time to learn how to fight in that form? You always said it would be too uncomfortable..."[/color]

[color=d40000]"Ah..."[/color] Tyaethe looked away, cheeks darkening, [color=d40000]"No, no, I got too excited. Say... if we find another rapier, maybe your daughter would be up for it? Get the captain's interest."[/color]

Lilette could only sigh.