The Earldom of the Highlands

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Wip- As the old one was a tad outdated

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Infirmary


A young man, was bought into the infirmary by stretcher and placed
upon one of the many beds, a large bandage was stretched
across his stomach, where a gaping wound leaked blood onto the clean
cloth sheets, physicians toiled over the man for many hours, until, finally,
he regained conciousness. The physicians called for the Baronet, and he arrived
ready to speak with the man who had so impressed him behind the Tabard Inn.

[Pinkie Pie]

Brutus woke up with a start, the last thing he remembered was entering an inn to get more ale. There were two men standing above him but now one turned and left, Brutus grabbed the other one on his arm and yanked him forward until their noses were almost touching. "Where am I, who are you and how the hell did I get here?"

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"Your right, he is awake." James spoke dryly, "Do you remember nothing?" he questioned the man, while extricating himself from his grasp.

[Pinkie Pie]

Brutus' hand falls back to his side while he tries to think back to last night. "I remember fighting someone outside a building but that is all."

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"That would be me sir, Baronet James Baird, of Granville and the isles of Chausey."

[Pinkie Pie]

"Can't be, you not dead."

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"And neither are you, fortunately." James gestured around him, "You have been hospitalised sir, after your er..." James looked for the right words "near disembowlment."

[Pinkie Pie]

"This? I have had bigger cuts shaving," Brutus looks around. "You still have not told me where I am?"

[Dark Storm]

"Normandy," James smiled, "in my castle on the isles of Chausey."

[Pinkie Pie]

"Why did you not leave me in a gutter to die?"

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"I hate to admit it, but your fighting skills were good, for an old man anyway"

[Pinkie Pie]

"So were yours for a kid." He said while glaring at the young man before smiling.

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James also smiled, "Well i didn't keep you alive for nothing. You are to be my Squire, for the pay of 1 florin per year on top of what you earn. Who knows you might even manage to pay back the hefty physicians bill." James looked at him directly, "What say you?"

[Pinkie Pie]

"You saved my life, honour demands that I accept so I have no choice but to do it." Brutus replies.

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"Excellent, will you swear fealty unto me?"

[Pinkie Pie]

"I will if you give me something." brutus looks directly into James eyes before continuing. "I want the tongue of the man who attacked me."

[Dark Storm]

"Hmm, what of a Knighthood instead? Well a chance at one anyway?" James smiled

[Pinkie Pie]

OOC: The tongue is not negotiable by the way
"What would a Knighthood do for me?"

[Dark Storm]

"It would put you on the first rung to greatness" James smiled