And The Bottom Fell Out

"This is where I take my leave, good luck to you Trezlan." Niralo was very polite in showing me to the council chambers. I would have never found them because on top of all the the new mechniations the chambers were in an entirely different place from when I was there last (which is unacceptable! things should always remain the same whether I'm there or not!). It had taken us a few days to travel down from the divide, but the mechanized carriage of Niralo's made it a pleasant journey, and we stopped at nice hotels along the way. I would speak more of my time in Ronerawth, but it was mostly pleasant compared to what was to come.

"Mr. Lorentino!" The voice boomed from the center of the room. The council chambers were empty save me and the seven people judging me on high platforms (thats not a metaphor they were in raised platforms). There were seats for an audience, but there was no audience present. I figured my last public relations stunt here neccessistated this particular arrangement.

"Gentleman." I nodded back at the council members and took my seat at the table in front of me. I noticed the table had a place that it could be lowered, possibly below, this concerned me and it should have.

"We're glad you come here Mr. Lorentino, sorry to hear your train was delayed." The lead councilman was the only one talking, the council was in a v formation with the speaker talking and the rest nodding their consent. It was to say the least odd.

"Nothing could keep me from this appointment." Well not exactly nothing, I mean clearly several things can, but you know sentiment!

"I'm going to be blunt Mr. Lorentino you leave us in a tight bind, you are well liked for some odd reason, yet you are guilty of treason and have recently been back in our country despite your exile." It's always nice to be liked, even if it of course comes at the cost of putting me in a bad situation, "So we found the optimal solution, your exile is over!" I was about to celebrate when the floor lowered beneath me, "Welcome to the terms of your imprisonment!" I heard the voice over head, before I could react to what had happened shackles were slapped on me and a gag and blind fold applied.

So yes I should have been leary of the council and Niralo's kindness, I was about to suffer through my longest imprisonment yet. At least there wasn't any torture! Well aside from all the blood letting, yes there was a lot of blood letting. I'll get into that in the next entry, aren't you lucky! I sure as gods punishment wasn't.