<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/E31rkNe.jpg)</div>Vall Ha'la spent the trip prior to her interview - unusually for her - in private. As Queen, her stately duties did not end when she left the Queendom of Valkyr, nor when she took a 'respite' such as this, and there remained plenty of things she had to sort out via divination with her advisors still prior to her arrival at Dragon's Land. Some of which related to future meetings, getting her updates, and contacting her for emergencies, then how to do all of it in privacy. Thankfully, her advisers were many and competent, many of them in magicks.<br/><br/>Then came her interview, and the short royal made her way into the room. She'd left her pack in her room, but upon her back was her masterfully, beautifully crafted greataxe, an axe each at her hips, and a dagger sticking out of each boot. She wore no armor, but her clothes were of phenomenal craftsmanship, even as her firm, sizable bosom seemed about to pop out, and glimpses of the sides of her shapely hindquarters could be glimpsed from the slits up the lower bits of her outfit. The outfit subtly suggested she wore nothing to 'cover' that which was currently concealed beneath. She seated herself as the crystal eye was presented to her, and unlike many may have been she was not surprised by the device in any way.<br/><br/>After all, as a wealthy lady of royal blood, Vall had been privy to the development of this show in the first place, and as her queendom was a fairly magically active on, with a system in place that she may address her population directly, the eye was not quite the same mystery to her. She gave the eye a gingerly wave and a wink as the man went on with the introduction, rolling her eyes briefly as he asked her name.<br/><br/><strong>"Oh please, you <em>know</em> my name,"</strong>she said to the man in her lilting, song-like voice that reeked of audible smirk, like her lips were as she began to answer the questions as they were asked.<strong>"My name is Val Ha'la, Queen of Valkyr, and yes I do understand what I am getting myself into; if I did not have advisers, I would have likely been the <em>first</em> to volunteer for this little 'adventure'...<br/><br/>"I am forty-two, but as you can see with the blood of elves running through my veins, I appear little older than a human woman half my age. I worry not about my weight, but in my experience men prefer 'shape' and 'size' over the exact poundage, and you can clearly see both of mine. I'm five-foot-even, if you were also wondering...</strong><br/><br/>She openly laughed, a good, melodic laugh that was contagious, hearty, and brought a subtle tear to her eye.<br/><br/><strong>"Am I a virgin?! The heads of other states started calling me 'The Whore-Queen of Valkyr' you know; where do you think they came up with that pejorative from? Not that I mind the title; I've certainly earned <em>ever</em> aspect of it, and my people have taken kindly to the name even. I am unwed, nor do I have a partner in the way you intend, but who knows? If there are those here whom are worthy, I would not be opposed to bringing wives home with me... or husbands, though my passions are more towards the fairer persuasion... though I admit men are quite... <em>full-filling</em> in bed.<br/><br/>"As for why I'm here... well, I thought this little 'event' would be an enjoyable and exciting one, and given the magical infrastructure of my queendom, my people will get to see their Queen adventure for fun, and honor, and glory, as I make them proud and show off the talents of Valkyr to the world. Will that be all?"</strong><br/><br/>Upon completion of her interview, Vall left with the crystal eye nestled comfortably atop her cleavage, and it wouldn't be long before it was aglow, having utilized her last scroll of missive to contact her advisers and have them sync up with her individual crystal. In the privacy of her room, the light alone was enough for her to read by in the dark. She smiled and addressed her people, happily explaining that she would be arriving soon, providing them with more information about what she was doing, why she was doing it, and inviting them to watch over her, and pray to the goddesses for her success. She'd only wrap it up once it was clear they were docking and disembarking upon the land, leaving her people with a blown kiss, and the briefest of flashes of her pushing the eye back into her cleavage before grabbing her pack.<br/><br/>Once they explained what was going on, it seemed everyone of the fifty or so started going their different ways. Some to the inn, some to the shops, some to the forest, the mountains, and down the beach... well, Vall had just been on a ship for a while, but the sea and the water were familiar to her. And so it was off and down the beach she went, heading towards the south from the landing...