Kaisha sighed as she sat at a table of the eating area of Dawnstar Sanctuary. Rebuilding the Dark Brotherhood has been tough with only two speakers and her, the Listener. She had been going through days with massive headaches leaving her groaning in pain and rubbing her temples to help soothe her head.
"What's wrong Kai?" asked a silken voice.
Kaisha looked up and saw the newest addition to the Brotherhood, Sedric. She smiled slightly as an acknowledgement before placing her cheek against the table, sighing heavily.
"Nazir and Babette just aren't enough, Sedric…" she replied.
Sedric raised a brow,
"What do you mean?" he asked "Are they not following your tenets? Not doing the contracts correctly?" he asked once more.
Kaisha raised her head, her chin resting on the table,
"It's not that…" she replied "It's hard to run this guild with only two speakers and a listener… I tried asking if Cicero would like to be a speaker, but he responded with a demented little tune before resuming his task in admiring the Night Mother…" she added.
Sedric sighed lightly,
"You're just over thinking it…" he muttered.
A light bulb went off in Kaisha's head; she sat straight in the chair and looked at Sedric,
"I know that look…" Sedric sighed "It's the same look Vaesha gets when she gets an idea…" he groaned.
Kaisha chuckled,
"Sedric," she said with a slight chuckle lingering on her voice "I'm promoting you to Speaker…" she added.
Sedric looked at her with wide-eyed astonishment, his mouth agape, rendering him speechless,
"W-What?" he asked breaking out of his daze.
"You heard me; you are a Speaker of the Black Hand, starting this moment…" Kaisha commented, holding out her hand for Sedric to shake it.
"W-Well… alright…" he replied taking her hand "Thanks I guess…" he added.
Kaisha nodded,
"Now, I need to share with you the details and everything you need to know about being a Speaker…" Kaisha commented.
Sedric settled himself in his seat, waiting for Kaisha to begin.
Sedric smiled to himself as he entered Proudspire manor a few days later, clad in his Speaker's Robe. He was part of the higher ranking members of the Dark Brotherhood now and he had only joined a few months before, reaching the rank of Executioner by his third week.
He climbed up the stone stairs leading to the upper floors, he expected Vaesha to be sitting in her room by now, it was near dawn and last he was at the manor, their Blood supply was near low. So he guessed that she'd be returning to her nocturnal schedule. But with her Thrall, Selene being their little Blood hound, she shouldn't have to worry about being on a Nocturnal schedule. To prove himself right as he entered her room, without knocking, he found her not awake but sleeping.
He pulled up the hood of his Speaker robes, remembering something from Kaisha's stories on the previous Speakers of the Dark Brotherhood. He remembered one story about one who would enter the home or camp of the chosen person for the Brotherhood and startle them. Using his Vampiric stealth, he crept over to her bedside, looking down on her and clearing his throat,
"You sleep rather soundly for a murderer…" Sedric whispered.
Vaesha snapped awake, leaping at him with her prized dagger held against his neck while she pinned him to the ground. This wasn't how she was supposed to react…
"What the Hell Lucien!" she hissed.
Sedric raised his head, the hood of his Speaker robes falling back,
"W-What?" he asked in confusion "How can I be Lucien?!" he asked once more "He's been dead for two-hundred years!" he snapped.
"Gods damn it Sedric!" Vaesha hissed, her crimson eyes flaring in anger "what the hell was that for?" she asked with a hiss.
Sedric grinned,
"First," Sedric replied "that wasn't how you were suppose to react…" he added with a chuckle mixed into his voice "Second…" he muttered "I hope you aren't going to keep straddling me… You're heavy…" he chuckled.
Vaesha's eyes brightened moving her dagger from Sedric's neck and moving to rise to her feet, leaving Sedric to fend for himself. Though once he was on his feet, brushing the dust from his robes, Vaesha whirled around and slapped him across the cheek, the sound of skin contact echoing through the halls of the manor. Sedric tumbled backwards a few steps, shock written across his face, as well as a handprint slowly turning from pink to red. He placed a hand over the handprint, looking at Vaesha with a shocked face,
"What was that for?!" he snarled.
"You are a real jerk!" Vaesha hissed turning away, her arms crossed and face turned towards the ceiling.
Sedric grinned,
"Looks like the tables have turned…" he chuckled.
Sedric ducked out of the way of her dagger flying towards him, before moving towards her to take hold of her shoulders,
"You're an asshole!" Vaesha snarled "There, better?" she hissed.
Sedric chuckled before releasing her shoulders and walking away,
"Well, let this asshole leave you be…" he murmured before closing the door with a little force behind him.
