Office - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Akaisen stood by the door to the office of Tanis Marks, his hand reaching up and knocking thrice against the wood with his knuckles. "This is the head of the foreign affairs, yes? I am a diplomat and explorer from a foreign nation here to meet with the King or Queen of your country!"

"Greetings, fellow dignitary!" Akaisen called, swerving into the chair in a rather animated fashion. He placed his arms along the arm-rests, then leaned back and took in a large breath of air through his nose. "It smells just like I imagined," he noted, before moving on to the business at hand.

"I have come from a far-off island land known as Katashima. My Queen and Empress... I-" What was it again? "-Itami has sent me to foreign nations in order to open friendship and trade between our cultures, or something to that affect. She, being a lady, is also highly interested in the female rulers of other lands, no doubt wishing to extend diplomatic friendship into a personal one. Indeed, she even sent me here with a letter of introduction to be delivered privately to your Queen, assuming that you have one."

    The old man raised an incredulous brow as he observed the red haired one. How could he have forgotten the name of his queen? Something seemed off about that, but for the moment, Tanis did not remark. As far as Katashima went? He would give the man a thoughtful look, stroking his fingers over his bearded chin. "We have no queen, but we did recently acquire a most lovely and odd princess when she wed our prince."

    He paused, and then said, "I would have this letter taken to the King." He went stand and to take a step forward and found that his shoes were tied together. He did not fall, but he did look down in bewilderment. What the deuce? A gruff clearing of the throat came and he said, "If you excuse me for but a moment." The old man seated himself and moved to correct the problem, confusion evident.

"We may need to come to some form of compromise. You see, my Queen has demanded that I be the one personally to show this letter to royalty. I have two, you see. One a diplomatic letter to be delivered to your head of state, the other a personal request for friendship to be delivered to the first female monarch I encounter. Unfortunately, I must insist that my presence and delivery is non-negotiable in order to personally ensure that no tampe-" Ignore the fairy, Akaisen, ignore the fairy, he told himself as it went about its mischief. He could hear it, he could see it. It was in his nature to detect such things, for he wasn't so different from their kind as one might believe. "- to personally ensure that no tampering is involved. Of course, this doesn't mean that I won't respect the presence of guards and other officials. I am not here to get your King alone in a room so that I may attempt some dastardly assassination, I just want to see it delivered safely with my own two eyes."

He smiled. And hoped that the letters he had written 'on behalf of' his Queen looked genuine. Of course, the contents of the first letter was nothing the Queen would no doubt say herself but his most recent orders required he take some actions that some might deem fraudulent.

"Stop bothering me, pest!" He suddenly spoke, trying to flick Puck away. "And these are not horns, these are.. Never-mind!"

"The Princess happens to be away." Tanis grunted as he straightened himself out. "I beg your pardon?" The old man blustered, not seeing the fairy bothering the other man. He then kicked his feet, only to realize they were ensnared again. "What the deuce?"

(I just realized I had forgotten to write the part where I pulled a hair out of Akaisen's head so I added it.)

He sighed.
"I do have a spare key," he said, promptly moving to unlock the door.
"If you would like, you can stay in the King's Tankard inn and I can summon you when the princess returns," he said. "Though if you would like, I suppose I could have the other letter delivered to the king. I can try to set up a personal meeting, but I can't make any guarantees, you see.."

Solvictus stopped the door and knocked three times. He hoped someone was in the office and could help him figure out who he should be talking to.