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[color=red]Time:[/color] 6 pm
[color=red]Location:[/color] Castle Dining Hall -- Outside
[color=red]Mentions:[/color] Stratya, Hala, Killian
[color=red]Attire:[/color] [url=https://i.imgur.com/X5uyI6U.jpeg]Red like the other cool kids[/url]
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[color=red]“I’m on it!”[/color] Rohit replied to Stratya as the knight suggested he find Hala and return Nadim to them. Without further hesitation he beckoned the large dog to follow him for the walk he’d promised. Behind him, a pair of servants followed, ready to ensure that Nadim didn’t leave a mess behind in the royal gardens. Just as Rohit was about to make his exit from the dining hall and man entered from another part of the room dragging a chain behind him. 

He paused, lingered in the doorway just long enough to see what was going on now. He half expected some trained magnificent beast to be on the other end of the chain, some lighthearted entertainment to cut through the heavy drama that had filled the room. Instead the man, Killian, pulled a chained woman - apparently an accused criminal - into the banquet hall. The pleased look on both of Caesonia’s monarchs told him that this was a planned development and as he listened further he wondered how spiked drinks could be such a horrendous crime. After all, the crown prince here had specifically warned Rohit at that party that those drinks were dangerously potent. It seemed an open secret at that birthday event that the drinks were spiked. 

Rohit grew bored halfway through Killian’s speech and clicked his tongue at Nadim who responded by following him outside the hall. The torment and degradation of the accused was far from his idea of dinner entertainment and he doubted the free range pup liked watching anyone dragged around by a chain either. The one brightside, maybe the debased dinner show would improve Hafiz’s mood a bit and make the Grand Vizier a little less insufferable. Rohit and the dog exited the palace through one of the side doors and Nadim, though still well mannered and behaved, exploded into a happy sprint that involved a lot of running around in circles. 

Nadim frocked through the palace grounds. Every flower, tree, hedge, and blade of grass was thoroughly inspected and sniffed. A whole new land, everything in it likely held a variety of new and exciting scents for the canine to discover and Nadim’s joy at this discovery was undeniable. The pair of servants scampered after the dog, ensuring no diplomatic incidents could arise from royal boots stumbling into the deposits of a large dog. Rohit used his brief break outdoors to indulge in smoke beneath the night’s sky. 

A moment of peace, just outside the storm of chaos that brewed inside the palace. Rohit’s eyes shifted between keeping watch over Nadim and gazing up at the moon. He absentmindedly spin the gold and jade ring around his finger, and his feet went wherever it was the canine wanted to go. Then they slowly wandered back towards the palace and both he, and likely Nadim as well, thought about the food left to try back inside. [/color]