<div class="floatleft">(https://data.whicdn.com/images/326888879/original.jpg)</div>Disgruntled about not finding the Grimoire before someone else had, she would only be somewhat mollified by a message she had been sent. Returning to the Manor district, she would inform her fellow city guards stationed there about what had happened before heading back out. She was in a fine mood and volunteering for a patrol on her off day wasn't going to quite cut it as it might've other days.<br/><br/>Winding through the streets of this wealthier district, she couldn't help but curl her lip at the fancy homes she passes and the oblivious nobles and their ilk walking along as if nothing was wrong. Their wealth had made them dumb and blind, in her opinion, and she blamed them for letting the Princess get so.. so.. well... useless! The councilors and such who should have had her ear typically came from the noble families and so they had explaining to do, in her opinion.<br/><br/>Reaching a park decorated with perfectly trimmed hedges and bushes, peppered with flowers so perfect they seemed fake, and fountains in various ridiculous forms she came to a stop. Blind.. they were all blind. Well, she had to try to cure them of that. Climbing onto a fountain of the Princess herself (the water coming out of her mouth so she looked like she was spitting non stop) she'd lift her chin in defiance, takes in a deep breath and...<strong>"You are all blind!"</strong>That would be shouted at the top of her lungs, aiming to startle the rich and useless out of their vapid thoughts.<br/><br/>"Being a noble isn't all about parties, balls, and getting the latest item and if you think it is then I honestly feel sorry for you. Being of nobility comes with responsibility to those you consider under you. You take and take and, if that doesn't stop, there soon won't be anything left to take and then all of your wealth will begin to disappear, and yes.. well all know who takes the most. But the highest among you,<strong>Baron Trunkenhammer</strong>, is failing most of all." There would be gasps and other sounds of outrage when she says this since<em><strong>no one</strong></em>spoke against Trunkenhammer. He was the richest and grandest of them all, or so he and others believed, and it would just be heresy to speak against him in<em>this</em>district.<br/><br/>She wasn't done. "A man of his wealth and stature has nothing to stop him from being able to enter the palace. In the past, when the king still lived, there were men such as he advising the ruler. Of course it was up to the king whether or not that advise was taken but they could still give it. Have any of you seen or heard of Baron Trunkenhammer even<strong><em>trying</em></strong>to get through to the Princess?<strong><em>No!</em></strong>He just sits on his ass, being equally as useless. He, at least, could be trying to make things better for everyone!" Standing there, breathless for a moment from her rage and frustration, she knew she should come to a stop before she gets arrested. Besides that, a part of her was afraid that she was starting to ramble but it was just so damned important that she get her point across.<br/><br/>Raising her hands in a placating gesture, she would give a shake of her head. "I'm going but one last thing to think on.. you take and take from us, but why isn't Trunkenhammer trying to keep the Princess from taking from you? You can't tell me that you enjoy that. Yes, I know you take from us only to replenish yourself but what happens when there is nothing left to take?"<br/><br/>With that she would hop down from that ugly fountain and makes her way out of the park and out of that so pretty neighborhood. Damn, she needed a drink...maybe several.<br/><br/><div align="center">*************************************************************************</div><br/>While Shanira had been giving her rambling speech, her friends (minions) had been filtering through the crowd of people listening. They wouldn't try talking to the nobles, though. No, their target were the servants with them, attending on their masters. It would be those "normal" people that they would drop comments like "she has a point, doesn't she?" and "Trunkenhammer is a lazy asshat, in my opinion". Just little comments to sink into brains and get people thinking. Hopefully.