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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:15 pm
Raina smiled "thank you Poe, I don't know how much I can say those words to thank you enough...my brohter should be by the toy store he always goes there..." Raina loked atthe grund bitinghe rlip not wanting to tell her that her family was poor. Raina smiled softly leading the way towards her brother. "If you don't mind be asking Poe..why are you not inside th castle?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:20 pm
"There is not much for me to do there.All my father ever talks about is marrying me to a prince and I decided to go for a walk"she said smiling.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:50 pm
Ahrina stood in the doorway shocked for moment. Slowly she shifted her wait from foot to foot and switched Rolnan from side to side. " I am flattered, but, but..." She stammered. She was not sure how she wanted to say this. " I, I'm just not ready. I can't." She said looking hurt as she slowly turned around and looked out of a window. Almost waiting to see someone come out of the second room. She shut her eyes. She looked up and looked back down immediately. "I'm sorry." She said solemly and began closing the door slowly.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:00 pm
"I understand and I see that you have been hurt emotionally." Wyatt says as he bows to her. "Come on Bella." Wyatt says as he heads over to the stables and closes the doors to go to bed. "See I knew she was hurt, but if I can help, then I will. I will get her more firewood tomorrow. Right now, I'm going to go to sleep. Good night Bella. Good night Rolnan and Ahrina. See you guys in the morning." Wyatt says as he goes to sleep on a haystack.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:00 pm
Raina nodded her head. "I understand...though its not a prince, but my stepmother whats me to marry...truthfuly I just want to leave this place...not that the kingdom is bad, just..well I guess you could say my life hasn't really been what some would call a story tale...Your father cares about you alot, I'm sure he just wants the best for you." Raina smiled at Poe hopeing she would understand.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:08 pm
Placing Rolnan back in his crib by the fire place, Ahrina began to set the table for two. Before hand it used to best for four and then Rolnan would be on their laps, but time had changed. Finishing the table, Ahrina walked slowly to the pot boiling on the fire. Slowly she lugged it over to the table carefully and laid it down on layers of fabrics so not to ruin the table. She scooped some into her bowl and cut some bread. "Mother? It is supper time!" She called out. Slowly her mother crept from her room.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:13 pm
Falling asleep in the stables was not a really good place to sleep. No warmth, no support, or anything, just ground and hay. So Wyatt was tossing and turning every minute he was sleeping. "God, it's so cold, but I'm not going to bug Ahrina again today. She's had enough of me for today. So looks like I'll just tough it out." he says as he curls up into a ball.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:21 pm
"I understand but maybe you and your little brother could move up to the castle.there is probably something you guys could do for example the kennel master needs a new assistant."Poe said looking around.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:22 am
Adric smiled at the family, his arms on the rests of his chair in an easy fashion. Mari smiled at the the father of the trio - a warm, calm, reassuring smile.
"Well," She said, smiling brightly, her hands folded in her lap, "It's no problem, I assure you. I love to have people here - it gets lonesome some times... It just not very much fun - Adric can be such a stiff sometimes..." She glanced at her bodyguard and smirked slightly. Adric rolled his eyes.
"Highness," He murmured, standing up. "All four of you should be heading to the dining hall.."
Mari looked disappointed. "You won't be dining with us?"
Adric shook his head. "The men need their captain tonight. The loss has affected them greatly."
Mari nodded and Adric left. She turned, smiling once again, back to the family. "So - what are your names? How long have you been here? What's it like, being a merchant?"
She was buzzing with questions, mostly to fight off the unease of being left unprotected - something that was rare. There shouldn't be any trouble, but none the less, she was a little nervous.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:38 pm
The body guard went off and they set off to the dining hall. Each member of the Vindel family listed their own name. As they walked, their father spoke with the princess about how their business worked, where they had traveled and he described it in full with the help of his children. Istaraka loved to hear the way her father described everything. It was like reading one of the books sitting on her little shelf back at the ship, except the story was being read to you. The girl glanced over to the princess at one point and noticed she seemed apprehensive. Istaraka's grey eyes look up into her highness's and smiled, trying to put warmth into the gesture.
"Do you enjoy the palace life, milady? Is it everything a person could dream it would be?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:28 pm
Tye hopped off the black horse and led it to a stable close by, where he gave it hay and a bucket of water before closing the door behind him. He had set his heart on going to the town and his father finally let him, although his 'mother' didn't agree. He was quite clueless on where to go first, however.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:34 pm
As daybreak came, Wyatt got up and went to chop Ahrina some more wood. After a good two hours of hard work, Wyatt picked up the stack of wood and set them outside the door leaving on note on top of the wood, with the words "YOUR WELCOME." written on it. After that Wyatt went back to the stable, and starting making a flute out of some wood, carving it with his knife. "Hopefully, she knows it was from me." Wyatt said to Bella.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:17 pm
Poe looked at Raina then remember that she was supposed to go meet some lord and lady today."Oh I just remembered I'm supposed to go meet somebody I guess we will have to go for that ride tomorrow."she said smiling apologetically.She hurried off.As soon as she got back to the castle her father told her the lord and his family had to cancel so she went and saddled Falada.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:43 pm
Mari winced visibly when Istaraka called her 'milady'. Mari smiled slightly, recovering, and bowing to Istaraka. "Please, Marqel or Mari is fine. Milady makes me feel... old. Anyway, palace life is... well... I would say it's nowhere near as fun as one may think, that's for sure. I mean, I know everyone wishes they lived here, to wear the crown, to have all the beautiful clothing - those are only perks, but really, the rules will break you if you can't bend, as there's lots of other work to do, like paperwork, overseeing the Guard's training... But there are exceptions."
She was still smiling, her hands clasped infront of her. "For instance, I'm not allowed to be without a guard, but earlier today...." Mari's voice trailed off and her eyes glazed over a bit. "One of Adric's men, Michael, turned up dead. He was like a father to every one of the guards, he's needed and so Adric went to help them cope. He's a good man."
Mari was instantly smiling again. "If Adric wasn't concerned about me being alone, then I'm sure I'll be fine. But anyway - tell me more about your ship! I'd love to go traveling on the sea... I've read about it - what's it like? Are there really fish as big as houses? Have you been attacked by pirates? Where all have you traveled to?" She paused, her face lighting up. "I wonder if Adric would let me travel with you! Well, if that's all right, of course. I'd hate to impose..."
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:49 pm
Istaraka grew solemn at the mention of the guard's death, but perked up at the suggestion of the princess traveling abroad with them for a little while. Her father said that it would be fine if the princess would be permitted to accompany them. And they were off, telling about their adventures across the seas, fighting through storms, speaking of the different creatures the live there, though they had to admit they had never come across pirates. They talked about the crew: old Tyranyus the cook, Swalaird the steersman, and the rest. The girl relaxed little by little, speaking about their lives to an almost stranger. This was the first experience she had had with someone wanting to know their story and the small family was glad to have an audience
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