Written By Anabelle
June 25, 2021, 10:59 p.m.(9/21/1015 AR)
Relationship Note on Elrych
Nevermore...
Written By Anabelle
March 22, 2019, 9:10 a.m.(10/13/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Ruslan
Who knew opposites could so attract? I was ready to be reserved to do my part dutifully for the cause of the greater good of my House. Then I actually got to know you, and now it seems much less like a duty. I hope we can make our plans public soon. I know you are troubled and upset by everything going on, but we will see the end of these troubles...together, I am sure of that.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 26, 2017, 11:15 p.m.(1/1/1006 AR)
Ack! Of all the times and all the days!
The Marquessa Simone of Greemarch tried to get in touch with me today! I made plans, but something went horribly awry! I think that the messenger became lost on his way to me, as I only heard of where we will meet just now. I went there, but I was told I was too late. I hope she will not hold this against me, I must write her back immediately.
To think, even in this day and age, messengers can get lost within the sick of Arx!
The Marquessa Simone of Greemarch tried to get in touch with me today! I made plans, but something went horribly awry! I think that the messenger became lost on his way to me, as I only heard of where we will meet just now. I went there, but I was told I was too late. I hope she will not hold this against me, I must write her back immediately.
To think, even in this day and age, messengers can get lost within the sick of Arx!
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 26, 2017, 11:10 p.m.(1/1/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Demura
I fear you've been stressed too much lately. You've been acting a bit off, and I wish I could take some of that burden. You are so sure that little things can be bit, that you forget to enjoy life. Yes, I agree Rymarr stepped out of line. Yes, I agree he should not have tried to lecture us on what is proper. But no matter how you spin it, he is still our brother. I will stand by you no matter what you decide, but I hope that you will not be so stubborn as father.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 26, 2017, 11:08 p.m.(1/1/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Rymarr
It's not that your heart is in the wrong place, it's not that you don't try to do right, it's how you do it all. Brother, we are not the type to look down on others or act as if we have no cares but for ourselves. Our jokes set us apart. Our teasing kept us together. Our shared pain brought us close. But now, our jokes only make you act like you've been slighted. Our teases sound like insults. Our pain, you only care for your own.
You hurt our relationship. Not because you insulted us, not because we feel "wronged," but because you act like we are no longer family. You act as if we are some... zombie-like cult of people who simply shamble through things on manners and grace. That is for the public, not for the family.
You hurt our relationship. Not because you insulted us, not because we feel "wronged," but because you act like we are no longer family. You act as if we are some... zombie-like cult of people who simply shamble through things on manners and grace. That is for the public, not for the family.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 19, 2017, 9:36 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
A very interesting conversation today with an Inquisitor in the Cathedral. Wouldn't it be funny if the mural was to scale? Not scale in relation to the world it depicts, but in relation to the world? Oh no! The 1-foot tall houses are burning, the 2-foot fall figures are at the door step. Oh Gods noooooo! The reckoning! It's a whole 2 feet tall! Watch your ankles and shins!
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 19, 2017, 1:52 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Bianca
It was not that long ago that I was looking at the entirety of the world though the lens that I had formed around me. The shell that once held all that I knew and all that I am. A task for one led me to another, and they to you. Along the way I stumbled and fell, a crack formed in that glass, a crack that grew as I met you. Now it shattered, and I've had to look at everything with a new point of reference.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 19, 2017, 1:20 p.m.(12/14/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Elrych
It seems so odd. To think not that long ago we were all back home, and I remember you training with the other Knights. I remember you flattening that one with his head in the clouds, the arc of your waster as it rang off the helmet like a dead knell. And then he kinda flopped over with a clatter, and it took nearly three minutes to get him back on his feet.
And now? Now you're asking if you can pursue a Lady. Literally, a Lady. You've grown, and I'm proud of you for it.
And now? Now you're asking if you can pursue a Lady. Literally, a Lady. You've grown, and I'm proud of you for it.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 12, 2017, 8:29 p.m.(11/28/1005 AR)
Today I managed to get done with something I've been working on for a while. Well, I didn't finish it completely, but part of my plan worked out nicely.
Duchess Iona told me about the wood from her lands, it's ability to be strong and rot resistant. Using that wood, I had a sword fashioned for my sister, a training sword in the style that we will soon hopefully be selling to all of the lands. To start off with, I discovered something truly amazing. The woodworker I took it to didn't just make a good sword, he made it... perfectly. Without any need to ask for cleaner edges or to clean it up in any way, it was perfect. It was almost as if the Gods reached out and crafted it with their own two hands, you could say it was truly divine.
Best part? I had it made pink. Now the Marquessa has a pink training sword. Cue the evil laughter.
Duchess Iona told me about the wood from her lands, it's ability to be strong and rot resistant. Using that wood, I had a sword fashioned for my sister, a training sword in the style that we will soon hopefully be selling to all of the lands. To start off with, I discovered something truly amazing. The woodworker I took it to didn't just make a good sword, he made it... perfectly. Without any need to ask for cleaner edges or to clean it up in any way, it was perfect. It was almost as if the Gods reached out and crafted it with their own two hands, you could say it was truly divine.
Best part? I had it made pink. Now the Marquessa has a pink training sword. Cue the evil laughter.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 9, 2017, 4:35 p.m.(11/22/1005 AR)
My preponderance of my own sanity, for the time being, seems to be unfounded. I have not lost my mind yet, though if I have I'm already too far gone for any of it to matter. If anyone is reading this, and you believe me to be insane, I implore you to understand that my insanity might very well be the sanity of this world now.
Either I have so far lost my mind that this will be no more than chicken scratching on a sidewalk to be erased with the next passing kick of dust or roll of a wagon; or I have not and the only thing left to fear is the silence and unknowing. To any who were to read this, if this is to ever be read, if this is some how taken down off the shelf for some reason unknowing -- I am not insane, and neither are you unless you deny the existence of what is to come.
Either I have so far lost my mind that this will be no more than chicken scratching on a sidewalk to be erased with the next passing kick of dust or roll of a wagon; or I have not and the only thing left to fear is the silence and unknowing. To any who were to read this, if this is to ever be read, if this is some how taken down off the shelf for some reason unknowing -- I am not insane, and neither are you unless you deny the existence of what is to come.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 7, 2017, 6:26 p.m.(11/16/1005 AR)
I had a talk today with a Scholar. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to think. I don't know what to do.
I feel like I'm on the cusp of another world, and I stand at this precipice not knowing what lies below. Do I step forward and put myself in the hands of the Gods, Gods who might very well have left us for another place, another time? Or do I step back and close the door, never to look at it again for fear of having to always look back?
Rymarr, she said that you sent her. I don't know if I can trust that, but I don't have any reason to not believe it. To write some of this in a message though, it could be worse for me to write it down. It might be best to just forget about it all, forget about the conversation, move forward with something else - something safer. Will I regret that choice if I make it? Will I regret no matter what I choose?
Why did I stop to talk to you? Why didn't I just continue on and not look back? Am I losing my mind or will I if I keep looking through this door? Did she lose her mind? I need to know. I need to understand. I won't believe it unless I see it, even if she says its true - I need to see it before I'll trust it.
I feel like I'm on the cusp of another world, and I stand at this precipice not knowing what lies below. Do I step forward and put myself in the hands of the Gods, Gods who might very well have left us for another place, another time? Or do I step back and close the door, never to look at it again for fear of having to always look back?
Rymarr, she said that you sent her. I don't know if I can trust that, but I don't have any reason to not believe it. To write some of this in a message though, it could be worse for me to write it down. It might be best to just forget about it all, forget about the conversation, move forward with something else - something safer. Will I regret that choice if I make it? Will I regret no matter what I choose?
Why did I stop to talk to you? Why didn't I just continue on and not look back? Am I losing my mind or will I if I keep looking through this door? Did she lose her mind? I need to know. I need to understand. I won't believe it unless I see it, even if she says its true - I need to see it before I'll trust it.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 5, 2017, 11:33 p.m.(11/11/1005 AR)
It all started when I took a look at the finances. Demura does pretty well at keeping us running, but she also spends so much of her time focused on warfare. Sometimes it feels like that's more her life than anything else. Honestly, there are times that I wonder if she wouldn't be happier as the Sword instead of the Marquessa, but that's her choice. I only hope that she chooses the one that'll make her happiest.
I think the part that surprised me the most is that it made me the voice. I never expected to have that sort of position in the house. I thought I would just be married off one day and that would be the end of it. I spent a lot of my time shirking my studies partly for that reason, the rest because - let's face it - studying is boring. And now look what that's earned me.
I'm the voice.
By the Gods what did I get myself into.
I think the part that surprised me the most is that it made me the voice. I never expected to have that sort of position in the house. I thought I would just be married off one day and that would be the end of it. I spent a lot of my time shirking my studies partly for that reason, the rest because - let's face it - studying is boring. And now look what that's earned me.
I'm the voice.
By the Gods what did I get myself into.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 5, 2017, 4:55 p.m.(11/10/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Demura
Demura... Mur, Mur, Mur. I swear you... I'm never sure if you're happy, sad, or just something else. You have this air about you as if you're always waiting for everything to collapse. I never quite understand it. Maybe it's just me. You sent me a letter about having missed me, or to that affect, at the "event." Tournament? Sparring match? Let's call it the Sword Measuring Contest. So I missed you at the Sword Measuring Contest, and I get this messenger saying that. I sent you one back and... nothing. No response to me.
I do hope you understand why I do what I do. I hope you understand why I might not always be around or be free to talk to you - a bit like how you're not always able to talk with me. I miss you though. I miss our silly games when we were kids. I miss trying to talk you into a corset and a dress (still think you'd look great in one). I miss trying to scheme into the kitchens.
No matter what, I still think of you though. I hope you know that too. I've set myself on this task to help Lyonesse's economic state, a pressure to help build us back up, and I thought of you when I did it. I hope, in a way, to surprise you with the new practice swords when we start producing them. I doubt I'll be able to hide that from you, but I would love the look of surprise on your face when I deliver one to you. Painted pink with a lacy bow.
I do hope you understand why I do what I do. I hope you understand why I might not always be around or be free to talk to you - a bit like how you're not always able to talk with me. I miss you though. I miss our silly games when we were kids. I miss trying to talk you into a corset and a dress (still think you'd look great in one). I miss trying to scheme into the kitchens.
No matter what, I still think of you though. I hope you know that too. I've set myself on this task to help Lyonesse's economic state, a pressure to help build us back up, and I thought of you when I did it. I hope, in a way, to surprise you with the new practice swords when we start producing them. I doubt I'll be able to hide that from you, but I would love the look of surprise on your face when I deliver one to you. Painted pink with a lacy bow.
Written By Anabelle
Feb. 5, 2017, 4:46 p.m.(11/10/1005 AR)
Relationship Note on Rymarr
My older brother. You know, it still feels like just yesterday when he took up the mantle of a Crownsworn. I don't know about everyone else, but it was a bit of a shock for me. I suppose I just expected him to be the head of the House. Instead, he decided to go off on his own path and leave us behind. I think that's the only reason it really bothers me -- it feels a bit like he left us all.
Either way I'm quite proud of him. He still makes me smile, and I'm glad he's not above playing a prank now and again even on the Marquessa (dear Mur). He pulled on her braid the other day, it made me smile. I also found out that he's talkin' to the ladies! Way to go! I mean, who knows if it's really in /that/ way, but that's not really the point. The point is that he's still living, he's not cloistering himself away now that he's shouldered that mantle. Above all else though:
I'm still proud of him.
Either way I'm quite proud of him. He still makes me smile, and I'm glad he's not above playing a prank now and again even on the Marquessa (dear Mur). He pulled on her braid the other day, it made me smile. I also found out that he's talkin' to the ladies! Way to go! I mean, who knows if it's really in /that/ way, but that's not really the point. The point is that he's still living, he's not cloistering himself away now that he's shouldered that mantle. Above all else though:
I'm still proud of him.
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