Day 4 (Team July)

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I'm butting in here to post, because it's evening of the 4th here, and there is no post! So join me in the boasting progress reports and encouragement for this day's creative work!

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm confused - the heir of the *late* Duke? Turkey baster? Necrophilia? My brain is breaking ;-)

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

They have to allow for the possibility that the Duke, having very recently married a young and presumably fertile wife, managed to impregnate her before he was mysteriously thrown from a horse and died at a very convenient moment for the rival pretender.

The Duchess is very well aware that her own chances of survival are greatly increased if she's not pregnant, so is being particularly cooperative.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

And when you say "The Duke" was present in the room, does that mean the dead guy? (just wondering, sorry)

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

No, his nephew, the provisional new Duke. If the Duchess isn't pregnant, then the nephew will be heir to everything, no worries, assuming nobody shoots him or blows him up. If she is, however, it all becomes a lot more complicated. Since one of the things he is heir to is the throne, they are all being very careful about it, and if the Duchess is pregnant they will have to work out whether having a newborn king or queen is really a good idea and decide where to go from there.