<div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/ElectricBadger/Characters/90031511-ebbe-4b70-853d-8fb39e25b4f3_zps2a26dcef.jpg)    </div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Arianna Morgan</span><br/>Kitsune Transmuter & Bartender (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=178661.msg8519539#msg8519539)<br/>Location: The Study<br/>Tagging: open<hr/>Arianna is dressed for the occasion in a deep red, military styled coat complete with gold braid and gratuitous rows of buttons, although cut to leave no doubt regarding the appealing curves of the woman beneath.  High waisted breeches and polished leather boots completed the look in combination with a prominently worn jade-handled dagger; more for show (and to see if it were taken away) than actual use.<br/><br/>The fox had served in a couple armies and helped lay waste to several more, but she'd never actually carried a rank of her own; nevertheless, she'd long ago determined that military uniform, or some variation of it, was invariably appropriate for nearly every occasion from champagne toasts to trudging through muddy swamps.  It also tended to intimidate; not that the self important mage in residence was at all likely to be impressed - or even notice events beneath his own chin, so high was his nose in the air - but it wouldn't hurt for the staff to view them as capable mercenaries rather than harmless amateurs.  Nobody ever spit in the wine they served a professional killer.<br/><br/>Whatever the immediate gravitas, however, her plethora of polished brass buttons were each emblazoned with decidedly scandalous images of two nymphs in various states of undress and sexual congress; one bearing a striking likeness to Amatha while the other was a wonderful rendition of Alanna.  She was slightly curious if anyone would notice.<br/><br/>For the moment, however, she behaved herself.  After requesting a brandy, she moved to the shelves and began looking them over in curiosity, wondering if the room was the showpiece of a wealthy but shallow aristocrat or evidence of a serious education.