#earthrunes

The Dungeon below is foreboding... it's the one place that has none of that Fiona romance or cheeriness. If there is anything Fiona about it, it's that feeling that you are now in the mouth of the Lioness and the fangs could sever you in a moment. Of course, that's if you're a prisoner.

And the Lioness prowls into the lair where the captives are kept.

Having been in the mouth of the Lioness, August seems calm. He has note taking materials with him.

The sluagh is typical for his kith, pale gray, scrawny, but no victorian clothes or finery... even his voile speaks of imporvishment, more like a once Urchin that never escaped his Fagan

The troll is more green blue than blue, and shoos defiant looks. He has leather gloves and some garb

Sparrow falls behind Coradel, quiet and observant.

Coradel walks slowly into the dungeon, pausing to look first at the sluagh, her frown haughty but not violent.

Thane Rollo stands guard, ready to plug either one. He bows to the Baroness but has a loaded cross bow nearby ready to shoot either prisoner and short blade at his side. He's also glaring at the prisoners that if either gives lip, he will GLADLY work the will of the Baroness' displeasure upon their bodies.. ..he's mean boggan

The sluagh swallows nervous "your.. your baronessship?" He hunches his back in a clumsy bow

"Sell out" the troll whispers, though theo thers hear it "The court will remember this shit"

Even if Coradel doesn't hear exactly what the troll says, she hears the sound of the whisper, and her head whips around to glare at him. "You will be silent unless asked a question."

Deryn narrows her eyes, shooting the troll a cold, withering look.

And the troll actually steps back in his cell as if the combineed glares of two sidhe had physical force. He also goes silent

"What did you use to drug her?" Coradel's voice is low and dangerous, and is directed only at the troll.

The troll crosses his arms,refusing to answer

Coradel's eyes narrow, and she prowls closer to the troll's cell. "Answer. What did you use to drug her." She's not using a cantrip, though. Not yet.

"He seems to think he has power here. Or, foolishly, that he has value to the Shadow Court."

August scratches notes as they go...

"The shadow court is coming for you, even if they aren't coming for me. Why would I risk their wrath, tyrant?" The troll says

Sparrow... laughs? Oh, her lovely voice is nothing but scornful.

Coradel...smiles. A toothy, joyless smile.

"Are they, now? I see. Well...until they get here...we must investigate. Which, I believe, means gathering evidence." She runs her fingers over the bars of the cell, first one way, and then the other, her nails making little ticking sounds as they flicker...and now she casts the Dictum. "Strip. Drop your clothing outside these bars."

The Troll snarls but strips unable to help himself.

Coradel watches, not giving him an inch of privacy.

slug, the sluagh turns his back and whispers "i.. I can tell you what it was if you want? He'll kill me if he gets out anyway"

"I did not ask you," Coradel responds without turning around.

And silence from slug

The green blue troll is now on display. He's shorter than most trolls but he is still a troll. There are scars here and there, but as male specimens go? Corradel has seen better

Rollo make sure the sluagh doesn't get so spooked he backs out of his cell. However a nude troll bothers him not at all. Unlike Oswald, who having come in averts his eyes slightly

And the clothes are, after being stripped off, thrown down

and out of the bars

Coradel nods satisfaction at his (unavoidable) compliance. "You could have avoided that had you answered when asked. But now, we will have to examine these for trace evidence..." Apparently Coradel and August have watched at least one or two crime dramas at some point. "That will take time, especially since our Steward is indisposed, which leaves us short-staffed. They will be returned to you, cleaned...oh, but there's that short-staffing delay again. Pity. Sit down and stay quiet." She turns her back on him.

He sits glaring hate, dark eyes.

Coradel goes to regard the sluagh, her arms folded.

It is not Rollo,, but Oswald tht warns the shorter troll "Try anything against my liege, threaten her, and only her word will keep me from doing such grievious harm on your body that skalds will sing of it to scare childlings Code of Dagda aside"

Which is NOT typical of Oswald. A sweet shy thane

Coradel gives Oswald an appreciative sidelong glance and a grateful nod, but then returns her attention to Slug. She just stares at him for a long moment.

Then she beckons Sparrow closer and murmurs to her at a volume that Slug could surely here, but the troll could not. "I wish to question him elsewhere. Agreed?"

Slug looks scared, but arguably that shows common sense

She nods. "Seems reasonable, yes."

Again quietly, but this time to the sluagh. "You will comply?"

"yes, ...' then remembering to add "baroness yes. I want to help my mom"

Coradel looks a bit surprised at that, and glances at Sparrow and August, but only says, "Good." Then to Oswald, "Bind him and bring him." Of course the bindings won't make much difference, but they're more for the message.

"Rollo, I will send somebody down to fetch this evidence," she nods to the pile of clothing. "If he tries to harass them, you have my permission to turn down the heat to the dungeon."

Sparrow shoots Cora a look - summed up best as "See what I mean?"

slug doesn't fight the bindings of course. /Rollo nods "Yes, Baroness. Asshole won't try anything on anyone while I'm around"

Then rollo closes with the baroness and whispers "Slug guy can probably hear me, but .. you know, I don't think the troll is faking his hostility to him, I maybe a badass, but I'm still a boggan. The feel of this is like... so far what it looks like. Thought you might wanna know"

Coradel nods but only says, "Thank you." Then she turns and leads the way out of the dungeon, leaving Slug under Oswald's supervision as they go. She flags down another of the staff to gather up the troll's clothes. "Put them in a bag and set them aside. Do not do anything to clean them, yet."

"Yes, Baroness" The staff has heard already about Delores being hurt. And everyone EVERYONE knows that Coradel is likely furious about it

August follows, and from the expression on his face some might be moved to consider the strength and power of Oak......