Lord Chancellor Cromwell & Lord Emerson discuss the terms of the treaty in their roomThe People Who Realize What's At Stake
Emerson was floating languidly in his bath- His enormous bath. At least twice the size of the bathtubs at home. And to think, there were ones even larger in other rooms of...
King Averett & Prince Nuri discuss the terms of the treaty in their roomSome People Just Want To Go Home
Soon after the meeting, which Nuri noticed Avery somehow didn't seem entirely satisfied by, Avery had to leave for a meeting with his Generals.
Nuri tried to file away his worry by doing...
A Lady's fate is decided for herKing Avery & Prince Nuri & Queen Meera & King Basilius
βSisterβ¦β Nuri swept into the room, Avery in tow, looking sharp as ever and satisfied with the fact that their opponents today were not.
In fact they looked a tad frazzled despite the pomp they both were...
Who is safer to anger?King Avery & Prince Nuri & Lord Emerson
Emerson was a bit surprised to be summoned to Their Majestiesβ quarters, but he wasnβt displeased- Though it did cut into his time to get ready for the eveningβs festivities. But he had a novelβs worth of reports from the generals to...
[at this point some FC's change and the main character of "Nuri" goes through a makeover in terms of motivations/personality/background. see character thread for specifics]
Entitled as ever, Alegra barged into her brother's main solarium.
Slowing down once she made her entrance known. Taking her time sauntering around the room. Pushing and prodding and picking up this bobble and that. Before she deigned to speak to her napping brother.
βDidn't the north take...
Veora swept into the Empress's foyer with little preamble after the usher announced her. A formality on an endless list of formalities that would fill a nobleβs day and create work for the servile. In this instance, both for the usher and for Veora, as there was no one in said foyer to announce...
Cosette felt a wave of relief upon reentering the palace walls. Here she was safe from her sisterβs not so subtle attempts to glean more information on her time up north. Cosette didnβt trust herself not to let something else sensitive slip, and Luci was an even bigger gossip then her mother...
Veora was here before her father, as she knew she would be. The Emperor and her father would make a slightly late appearance to dinner. As far as she knew, they'd spent all of noontime together, her father had not even been sent away long enough to change his riding clothes to something more...
βIt IS[/i] important Cosette, the scout that father sent ahead to inform the Emperor that we would be arriving came back with an entire processional guard. They're all in their ceremonial gold armor and red cloaks and that means we will be presented to the Emperor in the throne room. Everyone...
Giles puffed away at his pipe, an activity he only used to do sparingly, but now found comfort in doing nightly, stressed as he was.
He'd had a little over a fortnight to adjust his expectations and in his humble opinion he's done that rather well. If he was going to bend and allow Veora to go...
Veora didn't speak much with her father after dinner, which concluded with Lady Rowan doing her utmost to salvage the evening while Veora busied Lady Sylvie by telling her of the north and anything else her heart desired. Cosette was a subject carefully avoided and danced around. An easy thing...
It was time.
Oddly enough, Sylas was dreading it. How could he think in such a manner? He was finally allowed to return home, after so many years and yet.
He stood resolute beside Giles, eyes fixed straight ahead on the horizon. He squinted, as if Starsight keep would magically come into view...
βWhat about now?β Veora gave a pained smile.
βThat honestly was worse than before sure-shotβ, came Cosetteβs rather blunt yet sarcastic reply.
βUgh.β Her shoulders collapsed, she knew it was awful. Truly she felt like death warmed over.
βMay I suggest a short break? Practice while exhausted...
Traveling southward was proving to be far more interesting then the venture north had been for Cosette. It was also proving to be more tense, as the weight of Veoraβs catastrophic declaration weighed heavily on the minds of the Grimald party.
Cosette couldnβt help but wonder why the good Lord...
βIt's time that you put what you've learned to use my son.β Lord Giles instructed Rhory carefully. He was grown now, a man, but he'd never handled the Mountainkeep on his own let alone the whole of the north. He couldn't keep his children sheltered forever anymore than he could keep them from...
The rip of parchment and crackling of fire eating away the message Veora carefully crafted was the only sound in the room as she waited patiently for her guest to arrive. Likely to be guests if Lord Corbyn was still determined to see her married to his son. Hopefully steep financial advantage...
πΈπππππππ ππ ππππππππHi! My name is Em, I'm looking for someone advanced/novella literate - literate to roleplay with.
Anyone who can comfortably write 800 words is fine by me! I write anywhere from that to 2k depending on context and how we're posting. I also like collaborating on posts and...