The Queen's Court

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There is much shuffling as a dashing young man in BAF uniform, sans-helmet, his coat unbuttoned, enters with several Kusari men at his side. They guard a graceful Kusari lady, who looks roughly nineteen, wearing a long gown and elbow-length, silk gloves.

Whispers start and fingers begin to not-so-subtly point at the eccentric Commodore Stuart, the Lady Juno Kietan and her guardians.

"Ah, you fine gentlefolk haven't met the heroes of Harris yet, have ye?" asks Stuart of the rather stuck-up observers.

Eyes dart side-to-side before he adds,

"You didn't see the news?! I give ye... the Lady Kietan, Countess of Harris, who nobly earned the title from Her Majesty, unlike some folks that I could mention..."

Stuart bows as she passes, heading into the throng of bluebloods. The darting eyes lower, embarassed, and sip at expensive wines as the newcomers, jumped-up peasants that they are, begin to mingle with various Armed Forces types, the Commodore cheerfully helping himself to plenty of the free food and drink...

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