Pirates and Princes

Your lady in waiting fans herself hurriedly. "I hope you know who your attracting miss, that dress has killed lesser women, I can tell just looking at it."

You wink at your lady and saunter out of your quarters and into the main hallway. The manor's halls tower over with ivory pillars and painted ceilings. Many sculptures line the marble floor, your heels clack resoundingly across the hall. Meeting a crossroad you recognize three pathways you often take to reach your mother's parlor.

One flows through your sprawling garden, the tulips and poppy flowers are peeking around the doorway.

The next is through the arm's room. Your father often collected many swords and cannons, as well as technical schematics and models.

The last is a secret. There's a notch in the wall that takes you through a few service hallways and is a much shorter route to your mother. However, your in no rush for what SHE has to say...