[D3 EN] Interaction: A Single Scream

[Mariessa Tremaine]

Kevith coughed softly at the septa's remarks, but Mari hushed him with a slap to his arm before he said anything. The last thing she wanted now was for the two of them to butt heads, even if she would have agreed with Kevith that wherever he was, their father was too.

"I never claimed you were, Septa," overly defensive, are you? Maybe she should just focus on being a support for Lysa and the other ladies... Jyn was always the better talker.

[Septa Gwyn]

The Septa turned her attention to directing the maids and serving boys who were bring cups and steaming kettles of tea, pouring and handing them out amongst the ladies. Moving between the distressed young woman, the Cold Septa touched a shoulder here, the top of a head there, and without fail, the girls looked up adoringly with each benediction.

[Mariessa Tremaine]

Now there's a stone-cold face that could get away with murder.

Mari quickly dismissed the blasphemous thought and placed a hand on Lysa's arm. "Let's get something to drink, hm?"

[Jynessa Tremaine]

The younger twin searched for the least distraught lady and took a place by her side. "Is there any reason to believe the rest of us may be in danger?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice.

[Ladies-in-Waiting]

Apart from Lysa, who may have just been putting on a brave face, the one who seemed most collected was one Jynessa recognised from her last visit with the Meadows, Elyn Footly. “I— I cannot say,” she answered nervously, “until I heard that terrible scream, I never might have imagined any of us were in danger.”

[Jynessa Tremaine]

"The best way to track, say, a killer is to learn their motivations." Jyn let out a sigh. "A lady would not be so clumsy as to collapse in the middle of the night. And if she were, she would likely be in her night clothes, as we are." She moved in closer and brushed her own hair out of her face. "Elyn, I am approaching you because we need to work together for our own safety."

[Ladies-in-Waiting]

Elyn shook her head rapidly, "no, no," she insisted, tears coming to her eyes. "Surely she was sneaking out to see a lover, and she slipped, and she fell. That's must be all there is to it. You couldn't mean that someone meant Leana harm, I know you wouldn't..." the words had all spilt out in a tumble, and she abruptly stemmed them.

[Jynessa Tremaine]

"Right,right. But then who was her lover? I admit I did not know Leana very well." Jyn reached forward and took one of Elyn's hands. "Oh Elyn, I never meant to make you weep."

[Ladies-in-Waiting]

She sniffles, "no, I'm all right," she managed to find a smile, "I'm just frightened. I don't know if she had a lover, I'm sorry, I just can't bear to think that someone might have meant her, or any of us, harm."

[Jynessa Tremaine]

"It is natural to be frightened. I am quite so, myself. But I respond to fear by searching for answers."