The Emperor was walking through the corridors when he heard a familiar voice pop up behind him. She could already detect his foul mood and probably already dispensed with asking the simple questions that she probably already knew the answers to. He also was in no mood for simple small talk as his Court was waiting for him, unknowing of the fury that was coming their way.<br/><br/>"Duchess" said Valerian simply, it appeared since his wife was now missing he was going to start distancing himself from everyone. His stride unbroken as he entered the empty dinning room to have a simple meal before heading to Court, the more eager houses would arrive early to try and get brownie points with the royal family while the ones who knew what was going on would arrive later. He was sure his guards would be starting to sweat wondering what he was going to do with them. Valerian thought all this as he sat down to have a simple breakfast consisting of some bread, eggs, sausage, and his orange juice.<br/><br/>"If your here to try and calm me down it isn't going to work" said Valerian. "I'll rip this country apart if I have to, to find her" And she knew he meant it. Just then a Naval Commander in full dress uniform walked into the room, much to the annoyance of the Emperor. The officer bowed quickly and spoke.<br/><br/>"<em>My lord a new ship has entered the docks, it bears the flag of the Kingdom of Avantier, they say they are carrying a foreign dignitary and are requesting that he have leave to meet you</em>"<br/><br/>Valerian seemed unshaken about this turn of events.<br/><br/>"Were they expected?"<br/><br/>"<em>No m'Lord they made no prior arrangements for an expected arrival.</em>"<br/><br/>"Fine then, if they think they can pull into any port they want to, they will abide by my terms, they are allowed to disembark the ambassador to my court at once but only him, and the ship is to remain on lock-down with constant security and supervision while in my country, if they attempt to resist these rules, mobilize the fleet" said Valerian almost simply, ordering what could be seen as an international incident. The Officer seemed shaken but quickly bowed and left to carry out the orders.