Royal Shadow

[Hellfire]

Nathan's eyes widened in surprise. "You must have a silver tongue." He said with a small shake of his head. "You can talk anyone into doing anything." He looked back at the papers. "The building will need some repairs."

 

[RavenMist]

She laughs softly, "I'm not thinking to much into it, there's only a small chance he'd ever change. He's set in his ways but if he's willing to change, what else can I do?" She says softly, she moves across the room and crosses her arms, "The repairs on this house are the least of my worries right now, I can work around them." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

"Perhaps you can offer the repair job to people form the slums." He advised. "It would be good pay, and many of the slums are without work, or working in poorly paid jobs."

 

[RavenMist]

"I need the builders in the slums, I'm going to pay them to get every house to a good living condition. It's a big task though, everyone will need to chip out." She says, "This house is fine, and if it becomes a problem there's plenty of houses in the city I can move to. I'm going to start advertising jobs so more people will be working."

 

[Hellfire]

He nodded his head. "We will need to open up other jobs as well, most are not capable of working construction with their level of nutrition. Maybe we could offer work in public kitchens."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods in agreement, "I'll have alook at what people are adequate enough to teach the children in schools, even something as simple as reading and writing." She says softly, "Provide food for the children at the schools." She suggests.

 

[Hellfire]

"You have plenty of money to work with." Nathan said with a nod. "And now that most royals are in jail, we can take their funds." He mused aloud. "Of course, we wouldn't take everything, just most of it."

 

[RavenMist]

"To have an economy that works, not everyone is going to be happy and things aren't going to get better for everyone are they?" She says softly, "To have rich, you have poor. If you have happiness there will always be sadness, right?"

 

[Hellfire]

"Something along those lines, yes." He said, watching her in mild concern. "Although, due to the fact that the faction is self sufficent, we could be capable of living in a largely middle-class situation. There will still be poor, but we could make it work."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods, "As long as we get some support for the poorer." She says with a shrug. She smiles weakly and sits now, rubbing her head. Her head was starting to hurt from over thinking, a headache at the back of her eyes.

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan notices her discomfort. "You should take it easy for a bit." He said, looking over at her. "Maybe take a nap or something while I finish up here." He offered

 

[RavenMist]

"There's too much to do." She murmurs, "It's just a head ache, I'm not going to die," she says softly. She looks down and stifles a soft sigh.

 

[Hellfire]

He walks over to her, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her. "Just take care of yourself, alright?" He says in a soft tone. "Just because you are becoming the ruler of a faction, doesn't mean you have to take all the weight alone."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "I know but everything needs doing and there's so much. Who else is supposed to do it, I have to carry on." She says with a small shrug, looking up at him.

 

[Hellfire]

"You trust me enough to do the taxes." He points out. "You could find something for your other....." He thought of a word that would suit their current situation. "Friends?" He finally said weakly.

 

[RavenMist]

"Friends?" She says, laughing slightly, "Everyone else who I'm trusting when I know I shouldn't is busy, the guards are guarding, Darren is helping Protect my staff, I have the maid and servants doing food. Shadow is doing his own thing and then helping them out." She says, "Father is locked up still. I wouldn't refer to them as friends, we haven't had time to bond as friends, maybe just allies."

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan nodded his head slightly embarresed. "I don't think their is a proper word for it." He said with a small smile. "At least most of your allies are attempting to help you. It does occur to me that you are their ruler, although I doubt Shadow would follow orders."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "We have a common interest of making things better." She says softly, "He listens because he knows a lot only the things I'm doing are for the greater cause, all of them in fact."

 

[Hellfire]

He moves back to the papers. "I just hope he stays on your side." He says as he looks at her for a moment. "You have seen what he can do, and he is a dangerous enemy."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "Maybe so, and I'd be a fool not to think about it. He's the last person I could cope with turning on me." She murmurs, shrugging, "Even after the recent truth yoh brought to my attention, and the shattered trust I have with him. I trust him somewhat Nathan, he's saved me many times now." She shrugs again.

 

[Hellfire]

"It still don't like him." Nathan said with a frown. "It is not because he is from the slums." He defused a possible argument. "I don't know why really, he just rubs me the wrong way."

 

[RavenMist]

She shrugs, "You can feel that way all you want but I care about him, way more than I should." She murmurs, "Just please be civil, you two are the last people I want to have to stand between"

 

[Hellfire]

He sighs and nods. "Alright, but opera boy needs to learn a few manners." He smiles lightly. "I'll play nice as long as he does. If he trys to hurt you or me though... I can't promise much." He shrugs slightly.

 

[RavenMist]

"He could think the same about you, you know. Turning on me, you're a Royal after all." She says softly, she looks over to her and smiles softly, "I'd have more reason not to trust you alone with me than him, especially in their eyes." She adds.

 

[Hellfire]

He looks at her, surprised. "What would I do to you?" He asks, slightly insulted. "You are clearly capable of handling yourself, even if i did try anything." He frowned slightly. "Come to think of it, that started after you were captured by Shadow, what did he do to you?"