Tehr, in an equally low voice whispered back, "It's a matter of where people's loyalties lay.  Those who follow the older ways know the boon the halfling outriders have been to our kingdom in the past.  Those who follow the church are willing to dismiss any non humans.  It's part of what I've been fighting, but I dare not speak more of it here.  Ears abound.  Suffice it to say that in house Wynt you have an ally.  It's one of the reasons I wanted to bring you tonight, to remind those who would sweep Ravos under the rug, that they are important, powerful,"  He turned and planted a kiss on her knuckles, "and of course beautiful."<br/><br/>Tehr manouvered them so that they were close to the Queen.  If he could catch her eye, he'd smile and nod, but if no other nobles were about to seek him out, he'd may as well have a little fun.  It was a ball after all.  As long as no other nobility approached him or Emily, he would turn to his charming date and ask her to dance.  Keeping the queen close of course and not straying too far.  If the dancing allowed, he'd give her a gentle squeeze or pat, but no further.  He wanted to make sure she knew that she was still desirable to him.  He felt bad that she was feeling spurned, it was actually the next to last thing he wanted to do.  But his goals, and serving the queen was part of that, were unfortunately higher.  Still, once his sister was settled, he'd have to make at least a two or three day trip out to to the countryside to... ahem... solidify his relations with House Ravos.  He couldn't afford to lose them.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc dancing</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, ballroom dancing.<br/>AS LONG AS NO OTHER NOBLES STOP HIM - he's going to ask Emily to dance with him.<br/><br/>At first I was thinking it was a dexterity check.<br/>Then I thought that doing courtly dances wasn't really much about dexterity and more about KNOWING the dances.<br/>So, I'm going to just do a d20 roll.<br/>if you want it to be a dex check, he gets +1 for dex<br/>if you want his knowledge nobility to be a factor, he has +10 for that.<br/>DEAR GOD I HOPE ITS KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I ROLLED A FUCKING THREE.<br/>http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=37758 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=37758)<br/>d20 = 3<br/>UGH. I suck at rolling.</div></div>