(http://oi44.tinypic.com/2n0keo2.jpg)<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Lacie Effinger<br/>Meeting Lenally on her way to the Main Hall<br/>Morning of Day Two</span></strong><br/><br/>Lacie's graceful fingers fanned out over the ugly brown cloth, smoothing the front of it down upon her thighs. She was an elegant looking woman but no more than a royal servant to the family- Omar particularly. He was given the young maiden as a gift many years ago when both were still merely children. She, an ugly duckling was not expected at all to grow into the breathtakingly beautiful swan she became. Thankfully enough for her being Omar's closest and most useful servant has saved her from rape as Omar kept the royal servants under the utmost care.<br/><br/>Offered a ride in one of the royal family's carts, Lacie refused the pampered treatment offered by her master in turn for a ride on the back of a turnip cart. There was no questioning a poorly peasant who couldn't even afford to board on a proper wagon so she got in with no hardships. She immediately found herself trading a pretty coin with many folk of the Theiri kingdom, friendship was costly in foreign neighbourhoods...<br/><br/>It wasn't hard to narrow down where her master ought to be and where he was. The courts of the Theiri kingdom were where he<em>should</em>be, but a stable would be where he could be found. Lacie did not need to perfume herself with the smell of horse manure today, Omar was well and safe so the crickets chirped. No harm would be had yet.<br/><br/>Oh but how troublesome Lenally's venture had been. She would be in need of some cheering up and while Lacie was trained mainly in the trade of death and secrets, she seemed to have a clever talent for amusing and brightening the doe like eyes of the rascal Princess Lenally. Lacie had no siblings to speak of, but Lenally was as close a sister she had ever known and the youthful royalty was growing ever more beautiful, much to Lenally's distaste.<br/><br/>Disguise was one of Lacie's many tricks and today she played the part of an old peasant man. A cane and humpback with a horrid old face was enough to make eyes look away but her cackle was sure to drive folk away with fright. "Young man!" the old bitter man that was Lacie called, "Spare me a spot of tea and I'll sing you songs that have chilled these old bones so." The disguise could have fooled Lenally, had Lacie's lips not broken into her trademark smile before the feather light laugh broke out. Her voice was like the cold edge of the sharpest dagger, eerie, chilling and grotesquely beautiful. But all in all, that could be used to describe Lacie as a whole. More ghostly than lively, she was frighteningly beautiful, almost otherworldly...<br/><br/>A spider spun it's way halfway down Lacie's hood, hanging on a silver thread, "Bones has been quite enjoying himself on our venture here, but alas all this ruckus from the Theiri people have disturbed him from his nap," she smiled pleasantly, "Though I am sure the foul odour of my guise has had no helping hand in letting him rest easy." She offered a hand to the black spider, its delicate legs whispering over even more delicate ivory fingers. Removing her hood, Lacie's long black tendrils spilled out over her as she began to return her face to normal, wiping dirt and strangely fashioned makeup off with a sleeve of the old worn cloth she donned before shedding that too and standing upright to reveal the rather racy but exotically beautiful dress she sported, as well as her lovely true form. "While I am here, I shall be known as your hand maiden, my dear Lenally," Lacie quietly informed Lenally, "I wouldn't want any body catching scent that I am your brother's eyes where he cannot see or be seen," she smiled, a glimmer in her eyes, "But today, I am here on vacation, in hopes of catching my marvelous friend in a competition," she said, raising a brow, speaking of Lenally being in one of the games planned today. There was no telling how Lacie knew what she knew but she knew much and it wasn't as surprising any more just how much she knew, though of course she made sure few souls knew that too.