Tehr sighed, it was worse then he'd thought.  He was hoping that some quick cash could fix the issue with the house, but if house Dale was now starting to flex it's muscle, a little gold wouldn't be enough.  "Well, I'm very sorry that you were splashed.  But honestly this home can support my sister and Heidi easily enough."  Adding Terra would make the servants quarters cramped, but it might be worth it for the extra security.   Of course he was assuming that Tera would be interested in a position as a live in guards woman, which, he had to admit, she might not be.   But hopefully she could at least put Tehr in touch with someone trust worthy if she wasn't.<br/><br/>"Honestly we should have been expecting something like this," he said addressing Angelique again.  "Since I turned down d'Dale's advances for a formal courtship and gently rebuffed Johr ir'Dale's advances towards you.  But so far I think they are just feeling us out.  Hopefully if we retreat for now, accept these indignities, and cram into this one house, they will think we are spineless and beaten.  Then at least the open agression will stop.   As for the town guard openly changing their livery, that's much more disturbing.  I think that the vipers of house Dale are positioning themselves for some sort of power play.  I'll need to take Tera with me as a guard today but I'll make sure that there is furniture purchased and sent to the home.  Can you please make sure that my outfit for the Ball tonight is ready?"<br/><br/>Then as Angelique went to leave, he added, almost as an afterthought, "Oh, and how would you feel about me hiring Tera on as a house guard?  She seems to be fitting in well with you, and it would be better to have protection in the house in case we had another break in.  But I wanted to make sure that you were amicable to it first."<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Well, the map for the manor house that I used above is just from the D&amp;D Map A Week archives <br/>http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/mw (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/mw)<br/><br/>As for the one I'm creating in photoshop, I used a blueprint as a background for the size and layout, but am modifying it quite a bit to make it feel more like a mansion and less like just a house.  That skill however comes from being a dungeon master for more than 25 years.  :)   It's just practice, and honestly, I don't really think I'm that great anyways.<br/></div></div>