This is where the emporer lives. Past Julie has quarters here.

::Julie slowly paces through the grand halls and rooms. It seems she knows exactly where the Emperor will be as she walks into the vast dining room and finds him there, at the head of the table. She inclines her head, then bows properly.::

"My Lord."

"You may stand."

::The Emperor smiles at Julie for a moment, but it soon turns serious.::

"Unfortunately there is no time to congratulate you on your victory over Alloren from Kiangsu, as news of another assassin making her way to this empire has come to me."

::Straightening, Julie raises her eyebrows.::

"Her?"

::The Emperor nods gravely.::

"She began training at a very young age, under Huang Mifu before he was killed-"

"By me."

::Julie sets her jaw and sways to rest her weight on her other leg. She's irritated by this build up.::

::The Emperor sighs and bows his head momentarily.::

"Yes, by you. But that does not mean she has learned only Mifu's teachings, Ju Rong. I have heard many things of her."

::Julie lets her annoyance become evident on her face. It is she that should be praised, not others.::

"What's her name?"

"She has none. She relinquished her name in order to truly become a vessel of war; a fighter; a pure warrior and nothing else."

::Julie's teeth press together behind her closed lips. Her mouth tightens for a moment, before she relaxes herself and lets the breath she'd been holding escape slowly.::

"Then she will have nothing on her grave stone."

::The warrior allows herself a small smile.::

"Then again, there never is a stone."

::The Emperor grins, pleased with Julie's confidence.::

"The only name anybody need ever know to feel fear is that of Ju Rong, the deadliest assassin any empire has ever possessed."

::Giving a small bow, Julie smiles lightly.::

"You are too kind, my Lord."

(Fat oaf.)

"From where does she travel?"

"From Fujian, to the south."

::Julie nods.::

"I will be waiting, whenever it is she comes. Emperor."

::With a final bow, Julie walks towards the door, then takes a running leap out of the window, which takes her out to the courtyard.::

::Lnading inside without making a sound, Julie gets up and walks down the palace corridors peering inside rooms until she find one that would very much suite her likings. She walks inside to her chambers.::