Buck gets up and looks like he is going to sleep outside of Liya's room.
Though she knows he has his own which the staff arranged next to hers.

“You have a room next to mine Buck. Come on, I’ll show you to your room.”

She brings him to his room and gets him settled in for the night. “If you need anything, I’m right next door. Good night Buck, sleep well.”

Once he’s all set, she heads back to her room and gets ready for bed as well.

She hears Buck celebrating having his own room.

Eventually Liya  drifts off to sleep till the next morning.

Liya wakes up stretching beneath the blankets and her head still under her pillows. She mumbles to herself “five more minutes,” before reaching for her clothes at the foot of her bed. Once she was dressed and gathered her things, Liya goes to Bucks room to wake him.

Liya opens the door and see Tanique jogging down the hall.

Liya smiles excitedly. “Tanique!” She calls out to her friend and heads towards her.

Tanique stopped and looked at Liya in confusion.
"Liya??  I didn't accidentally shadow walk to where you were, did I??"
She seemed a little winded, but only barely.

Liya laughed. “No, I’m here. Buck is too, I was about to wake him up to come find you actually.”

Tanique grinned at her cousin
"That's excellent!  Is everything okay?  There's no emergency today?"

“Not that I’m aware of. We got back last night but you were already sleeping. I wanted Bastion to meet Buck, to see if there is anything he could do to help Buck some more. He’s going to talk to Violet first though. Buck is my squire now too, so he’s going to be learning and training a lot with me.” She talked excitedly and grinned.

Tanique clapped her hands with excitement
"That's wonderful!!  Well, if there's anything i can do, please let me know."
She looked at herself
"Perhaps i should bathe before i meet guests"

Liya grinned “Actually, if you’re not doing anything, we were going to see if you’d like to come into shadow with us for a while? I’m going to take Buck to see how travel through the shadows is.”

“I’ll wake Buck and get him ready while you clean up.”

Tanique chuckled
"Well, i really should stick around here for a bit, but i can check with the queen and see what's going on today."

“Even if it’s just for a little while. I’m sure Buck would like to see you again too. If your queen gives you the okay, we can meet you in Bucks room.”

Tanique smiled and nodded
"Sounds like a plan, then. I'll check in with her after I change, and come see you either way. "

“Great! We’ll see you soon.”

"I'll see you soon,  Liya"
Tanique left to get cleaned up and changed

Buck is awake and dressed up when Liya visits him in his room.

He has a penciled drawing of Liya and Tanique on the pad she gave him.

"Morn Lightninya!" He says when he sees her.

“Good morning Buck. I hope you slept well.” She smiled softly and looked at the drawing. “Wow, those are really good Buck. I ran into Tanique. She’s going to freshen up then come meet us in a little bit.”

"Truquie !" He smiles.

"She Hydra too?"

She shook her head, “No. She is from here, the Storm Lands, as is her mother Lady Ellika. Her father, Lord Julian, is from Amber.”

He nods trying to set everything in his mind.

"Where is Amber?"

After getting cleaned up, Tanique went to check on the queen.

She thanked Bandy for his help and headed for the throneroom

Tanique reaches the throne room later on after her jog and meeting Liya.
The Queen is speaking with another Lord but within a few minutes she is available and Tanique is announced and let in.

"I heard you were by to see me earlier, I have been preparing things and can give you your medal and commendations later today. Is that what you wished to see me about ?"

Ten or so Ravens milled about looking somehow menacing yet uninterested. Though the one she had perched on her throne chair Tanique knew well as the Queens favored.

In reply to Shadow of the One True GM (msg # 809):

She looked thoughtful, “I couldn’t really say exactly from here.  I’ve never traveled to Amber from here or the Hydra Empire.”