"Better to practice now... all the better to toss an axe into a Black Road soldier later, miss."

Jade nods, "Exactly. Thank you for your workmanship again."
Puts the throwing axes in the carriage.

Ariadne winced when the axe hit a wall near so.some people.    "Always make sure of your background" was a cardinal rule of shooting or throwing,  according to her father, and they'd apparently forgotten that.   They'd have to be more careful in the future

"Well, that is indeed true and I should've considered that.  Best if we head to the dessert shop now." Jon is a bit more subdued.

"It was an accident Jon, maybe we can find where the woman lives and you could apologize to set things right." Jade says from across from him as the carriage rides along.

Ariadne chuckled wryly
"True, we don't want to get a bad reputation in this town"

*nod* "That might be a good idea."

"The only thing is I don't know how we go about finding where that woman lives."

"We should ask the Guard to investigate."

"Well the guard are right outside the carriage. Should we speak with them ?"

"Sounds like a good idea "

Jade opens the little window, "Guard ?"

When she gets the attention of one, "Do you think you might not be able to find where that elderly woman lives, we should like to apologize for any fright we may have caused."

"...If you'd wanted me to find those people, I think it'd be hard, but that one old woman is probably known in that particular neighborhood-- I bet her name and address could be found without too much difficulty... How quickly do you need us to find out, though?"

"Use your best judgement. It is probably best that we apologize earlier rather then later." She passes him a few coins.  "In case you need to pay for information."

"...Understood, milady. I'll get back to you..."

That particular guard leaves...

When Jade gets to the dessert shop she makes sure to get a runner to get a nice big pastry to the Smith.

Jon picks out a package of everything we tried last night before heading to Tir. "I figured Ballad would enjoy the choices."

Lance, morning of Day 5:

  It was his fifth day, counting his arrival in Amber.  The morning dew has just begun to burn off as the young Prince makes his way down into the city.  He is taken once again by the beauty of it as he walks.  Well rested, amply fed, he takes his time to look at that around him.  This time he did not have the enchanting company of his mother and cousin to distract him.  As he walked he thought about his first day here, how perfect it had seemed, holding Ballad’s hand and experiencing the wonder of Amber for the first time, and for the first time in his life truly falling in love.

  Lance pushed the memory back.  It was bittersweet, so much so that it inspired him to an idea.  Yes, he would need to add a candy maker shop to his list.  He smiled  wistfully.  He doubted that he would ever see the city again as he had that first day, but it was still beautiful nonetheless.

  Today, however, was his day in the city.  There were none to guide him, nobody to wait for.  It was just a Lance day.  He had all the time he wanted to meander through shops, sample any delicacy that caught his fancy.  The city was his to explore on his own, which he realized meant that he had nobody to share the enjoyment with.  It was why he had never gone to Paris, not wanting to experience it alone.  He shrugged.  Such had been his life, save for that one nearly perfect day.  How quickly he had made a shambles of things with Ballad.

  He had his list in mind.  First would be the armorer’s shop, to see what they had come up with for design ideas about his armor.  Lance knew that once finalized it would take weeks for it to be produced, but maybe today they could work out any remaining design ideas.  It needed to be perfect for him, as he planned on wearing it quite a lot.
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People, especially ladies, stop and stare, smiling, at Lance as he proceeds through the city.

A few people drop things.


The armorer, stuttering a little, speaks to Lance about armor plans. They sound good to Lance... The armorer encourages Lance to make additional suggestions, though...




(I imagine Lance walking through the city now as being like Jerry Lewis walking as Buddy Love through the streets for the first time in the original Nutty Professor... people gasping, shocked at the sight of his glory https://64.media.tumblr.com/tu...zold7eyJP1qc24fn.gif )

  Lance, it seems, is having a really good hair day or something, and people are enjoying seeing the young prince.  It’s nice, and after a while he finds himself smiling brightly and enjoying the attention and not dwelling on his past difficulties.  It seems that word has indeed gotten out that he is the son of Princess Florimel.

  He finalized the designs with the armored, coming up with this:

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  One cannot forget a matching helmet, of course, with the visor able to open.

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  Of course, a detachable flowing red and gold trimmed cape is added in.  Style counts.

  It should take a few weeks for completion.  He thanks the armorer and moves on to the weapon smith’s shop next.  He commissions a set of weapons, each featuring flamberge style blades, lion-head pommels, sword-breaker style lion-headed quillions, and gems set in his colors.  He orders a bastard sword, a long sword, a pair of daggers, and a large headed hammer.  Etched in each are to be the words “For Amber, Truth, and Love, Forever!”  in Thari.
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The craftspersons are happy to oblige (and happy to take the promise of money in exchange for goods and services).

Lance feels satisfied that the results will be of the kind and quality for which he hopes.

  Lance has a few other stops to make, first among them is a quick stop at Ezra’s to verify the approval of his heraldic device,   After that, a stop to pick up some oil paints and brushes, order four heraldic banners, see if his skull was ready at the taxidermist,  After all that, lunch at an outdoor cafe, find a suitable gift box, a stop at a candy maker, and the last stop would be the florist.  It was set to be a full and busy day.

Ezra is fine with Lance's heraldic device.

The art supplies are easy to get. Lots of artisans and artists in the city.

The skull is not ready yet, but they show him what they've done so far, and he's pleased that they're making progress... (They got a Unicorn Priestess to sanctify the project, it turns out. Apparently that's regulation with humanoid skulls and heads. The Unicorn Priestess seemed slightly disgusted personally, but had no problem with the project professionally-speaking.)

The lunch, gift box, candy, and floral choices are all no problem. Lunch, indeed, is very nice.

  Lance goes about his errands, enjoying the day and being out and about.  He arranges for delivery of the skull to him at the castle when it’s done, which the taxidermist had seemed to think would be the next day.  When the sun begins to head for the horizon, Lance begins to make his way back towards the castle.

  He had a full night planned ahead of him.  He had to return the books he had borrowed previously from the library, and get some new reading material.  Cherzad, dancing, and Montevalno.  Lance figured he’d have a plate brought in, do some reading, and then get another good night sleep.

  Now that Lance had started earning his place by working for the Crown, he felt better about things.

--The taxidermist assures Lance that the finished skull as commissioned will be sent tomorrow...