The Forge of Dartmont(Open)

[otulissa]

Safiya spat at Sentes. Taking a bucket, she lifted off into the sky, still brimming with fury.

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For about an hour Dartmont flew back and forth, dousing out the first that Safiya had lit until they were nothing more than soggy coals. Once the threat was gone, Dartmont return and perched himself up on his tree, facing towards the Barn Owl. He had been amazingly cooperative, not moving an inch from the spot where he had taken perch beforehand. "Although I would like to address you personally, I think Safiya is in a better position to deal with the likes of you right now," he told the Barn Owl.

[otulissa]

Safiya strode in. She had calmed down a lot, her temper doused like the fire.
"Now, Sentes. Why don't you be a darling and tell me the truth when I ask." She asked sweetly.

((OOC: If you want to make Safiya talk feel free))

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Sentes smiled at his fellow Pure One and stretched his wings owl. "Sure thing, I'm an owl of my word." Sentes replied to her and bowed slightly. "I would suggest you learn a thing or two from your mate there, he has a much more agreeable temperament than you do." He added, nodding towards Dartmont.

[otulissa]

"I thought Great Horneds were, in your opinion, "Ugly, low, impure and common". Why should any tyto have something to learn from them?"

((OOC: As a taunt, not a 'dis greathorned' comment))

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"Well take that as a compliment to your chosen mate, he manages to rise above the rest of his species." Sentes replied to her, one of the few times he ever complimented on a non-Tyto species. "But I guess this is the only owl who would take a dirty Mask Owl like you, sometimes beggars can't be choosers, can they?"

[otulissa]

"Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?" Safiya commented politely.

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"Honestly Safiya, back to cheap shots? You really don't know how to have a civilized conversation do you?" Sentes replied to her and cocked his head to the side. "Now are you serious about discussing this situation, or should I just go ahead a let our highness known why one of her prized owls has been absent so often for the past two months?" He asked, not getting a little impatient. He was doing the best he could to act civilized towards Her, but she was not helping the situation at all. She just flat-out refused to cooperate with him, even if it was for her best interest.

[otulissa]

"Oh, I can be rude if you like." she replied.

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"Safiya, please, this won't get us anywhere," Dartmont scolded his mate a little, she was not really helping the situation and Dartmont decided to step in. Safiya didn't seem capable of handling this owl, maybe they had too much of a past of conflict for her to cooperate with him. "Your name is Sentes, right? You said you came here to make a deal, what is it that you want?" Dartmont asked.

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"Well now, I'm glad to see one of you is willing to be cooperative. It quite simple really, I want Safiya to serve as my eyes and ears back at the Pure One HQ. I don't spend time there too often and when I do it's in the service of our highness. As a result, I am not well-informed on the goings-on there, though I do know I have a fairly lng list of enemies there who would like nothing more to have me wiped out," Sentes explained to them. "I want Safiya to inform me on which owls are involved so I can... properly handle them. In exchange, I know a few string I can pull to provide her with more opportunities to spend time with you without raising a red flag. Now, I know what shes thinking, 'why would I come ask for HER help?' Well it's quite simple, it's an already well-known fact that she hates me and I hate her back, so I'm confident the other owls wold be more than willing to divulge their distaste of me to her than if I ask the same service from an owl I'm on more comfortable terms with." Sentes looked towards Safiya and smiled slightly. "But I only make this deal once, you reject me here and then I can't be too confident that our highness won't learn that her beloved Masked Owl has betrayed her species, the Pure Ones and our lady Thalia herself in taking you as a mate..."

[otulissa]

"Plug your beak with a pellet! Never!" shouted Safiya.

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Sentes looked a bit disappointed by her response, but he quickly hid his reaction with another sly smile. "I see, well then Safiya, I hope for your sake you can keep all this a secret. I just can't wait to hear how you justify to her high Pureness why you've been gone so many times," Sentes replied to her and with that he took off from his perch and started his way back to the Pure One Headquarters. He didn't actually have any intention to telling lady Thalia, his new position assisting Thalia directly eliminated Safiya as a rival. She might be one of Thalia's special owls, but now he was in a league far beyond what Safiya could ever hope to achieve, so he no longer had the motivation to get rid of her. Now he wanted to watch with glee as she slowly destroyed herself trying to keep this relationship secret from the rest of the Pure Ones. It was only a matter of time, and once they found out, her fall would be all the more spectacular to watch.

[otulissa]

Safiya screeched in fury and yelled "Fine! You two-faced *******!"
(OOC: sorry, wanted to convey Safiya's emotions properly there!)

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Dartmont gave Safiya a bit of an awkward look, he'd never seen her get so angry before. He gently put his wing around her and hugged her against his body, trying to get her to calm down. "Shhhh, it's gong to be alright Safiya," he told her, looking up at the sky and then down at her. "C'mon, the sun will be rising soon, I know you can't refuse the chance to snuggle up and sleep with your mate," he said a little teasingly and then flew on down to the entrance of his hollow.

[otulissa]

"That foul, evil, traitorous winged rat. I dare not call him an owl. How dare he feel the need to spy on his fellow Pure Ones?"
But she did calm down.