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ashdenej:

Word of God on how DD convinced the Condesce to hand over the ring!

Very intriguing.

Ah, well that seals it, then.  (FUCK, “seals”.  That one wasn’t even intentional.)

I’d thought from the beginning that Aranea’s “keys to the kingdom” spiel was a little shippy:

ARANEA: She even got me to agree, 8y promising she’d return to her place as the heiress when we finished playing. 
ARANEA: Needless to say, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. 
JAKE: She sounds like a handful. 
ARANEA: Yes. 
ARANEA: She’s not all that 8ad though. 
ARANEA: Well…….. 
ARANEA: When you really get to know her. 
ARANEA: And when she’s unarmed. 
ARANEA: Which is…….. pretty much never, now that I think a8out it. 
JAKE: … 
ARANEA: Ok, she pro8a8ly is all that 8ad. 
ARANEA: The point is, you have to know how to handle her. 
ARANEA: Regal types can 8e very touchy, even the ones who seem to revel in anarchy. 
ARANEA: 8ut if you know all the right things to say and do, she will happily hand over the keys to the kingdom, so to speak. 
ARANEA: After all, royalty is royalty. 
ARANEA: Just let me do the talking for a while, ok? 

And then when DD echoed it, I got even more suspicious, given his interest in Gray Ladies.

Then Aranea started shoo(sh)ing Meenah, calming her down with talk between them of hugging it out, so at least <> was pretty clear.

Now that reminder of swedish fish?

There’s no way there isn’t going to be some relationship-thing, unrequited or otherwise, from DD toward the Condesce.  Probably flushed.

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