[Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby Cpt._Funkotron » Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:19 pm

Padraig meets Alicia, kisses her hand, and begins to make the lady's acquaintance. Eliver get's the feeling that things are going quite well, when Gwiona pulls him back to her table.

Later that evening, when Eliver reunites with his sister, she is adjusting her appearance, getting a few stray hairs back in sorts and dabbing her forehead in a small hand-mirror. Eliver assumes she must have been dancing too near the fire. When asked about Prince Padraig, she smiles innocently and tells him she thinks it went well. That is always good to hear, thinks Eliver.


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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby sunglasses » Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:50 am

"s-so, E-Eliver. I-Ireland, eh? E-eh, a-at l-least i-it's n-not a s-Saxon, s-stop p-punching m-me, o-ow, feck. A-at l-least y-your s-sister i-isn't p-probably s-sewing n-nettles i-into "g-gifts" t-to w-would b-be s-suitors. A-also, i-if T-tegan o-offers y-you a-anything t-to d-drink, d-decline. S-she's t-trying o-out w-what sh-she s-says is a n-new t-tonic. I-it t-tastes l-like h-how t-the f-frog s-smelled," Bleddyn warns El.
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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby Cpt._Funkotron » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:49 am

The day of the wedding has arrived.

Sir Pamigen returns to the castle sopping wet, wrapped in several wollen blankets. Despite assurances of the bishop that a bowl of well drawn holy water would have sufficed for the baptism, the now-former pagan insisted on a final pagan feat of endurance in which to enter the fold, using the semi-frozen river nearby instead.

The three brides and the three grooms are of course kept in separate ends of the castle.

Terwynn and Arcadia are dressed in beautiful gowns of blue and green, the colors respectively symbolizing purity and youth in cymric tradition. Tatiana is dressed in a pure white gown, in roman fashion, contrasting nicely with her duskier olive skin, with spiraling trim of blue and green on the hem, in deference to local custom. They each have a bridesmaid, who helps them bathe, get into their dresses, and set their hair into good order, Terwynn is served by her young sister Diane, Arcadia by Lady Llewella (on loan from the countess), and Tatiana by Elinor, her brother's squire.

The Christian wedding is carried out first. The three wedding parties, including the Earl's family and particulars, form a long procession into the city itself, to the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin. There, Sir Pamigen ap Amig is wed to Tatiana Persidia Anna, their joining overseen by Bishop Roger himself. Persidius naturally gives his sister away, and Sir Lycus stands as his brother's best man. A Latin mass is read, and the couple exchanges rehearsed vows, in latin first and in cymric second, knelt before the altar, and then exchange rings. The Bishop blesses the couple, and they kiss. The ceremony of marriage does not require a religious rite in these days, simply an exchange of consent, but they are certainly a mark of prestige, and a must have for roman families of such standing and piety as the Persidii.

Next the procession exits the city and goes to a nearby grove, for the wedding of Sir Amig ap Llud, Lord of Ebble, to Sir Arcadia of Winterstream, beneath the barren bows of winter oak. The rites here are simple. The couple meets face to face. The woman holds her hand upwards before her, and the husband places his palm to hers, not dissimilar to the ceremony of homage. The Earl stands between them and binds their hands together in a figure-eight pattern with a violet cord. The man swears that he takes the woman as his wife of his own will. Their hands flip so that the woman's hand is on top, and she swears the same. As with the christian ceremony, the vow is sealed with a kiss. By this action solidifying the bond spiritually, the physical cord is no longer necessary and is thus unwound. Sir Jaradan the Champion and Sir Terwynn the Challenger are wed in this way next.

The procession, now with three newlywed couples, return to the castle, and commence such feasting as can scarcely be described, the wedding feasts of three nobles with the contribution of the earl combined into one event of singular opulence, the rarest delicacies, fine imported wines, seafood, capon, venison, swan, honeyed pork, peppered beef, barrel after barrel of the finest ale and beer.

At sundown, the married couples are each escorted by the revelers, making relevant jokes and signing bawdy songs along the way, each to their own private chamber one by one, and left alone inside to get on with their wedding nights, while the revelers return to the party in the hall. The chambers are not to be disturbed until morning. The next day, most of the courtiers make ready to depart, visitors back to their own lands, knights back to their own hearths, and the newlyweds to their new homes.
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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby Ladki96 » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:26 am

For one day, Diane doesn't have to walk a cautious line between waking her sister up and roughing and shoving her some, to get her going xD Terrwyn did not feel sleepy, and thus was able to catch the sight of a pretty dawn ^^ And a prettier sight still when she's led into the room and sees Arcadia :P Of course, she quickly calms down and sits there silently while Diane attends to her, ashamed to look her in the eyes, and listening to the bridesmaids and Tatiana chatter.

Only once, Llewella having gone away to fetch something for a bit, does Terrwyn quickly take the opportunity to whisper into Arcadia's ears: "Arcadia, I know I should apologise till I am mute, I am so sorry to have hurt you. But please, we are both getting married now. I speak only out of concern. Please do not deny Sir Amig his rights, at least not permanently, okay? You need to have an heir, you do not have anyone, and he is in good health. And... I am less than a day's ride away if you ever need help, okay?" Terrwyn immediately turns away, unsure if she would listen to the woman who broke her heart. To lighten up, Terrwyn starts praising Bleddyn within Llewella hearing and nudges her sister to do the same- "He cannot stop looking at you hehe" "He would make a good husband" (Let me do one good deed at least) :D

Terrwyn smiles through Tatiana's ceremony and tries to at Arcadia's. She practically beams during hers. "I joyfully take you as my husband of my own will!" Terrwyn talks happily at the feast and makes sure to keep glancing at Jaradan at intervals. (No one can have any doubt now, awesome!)

As soon as the sun sets, Terrwyn starts worrying a bit, but calms herself soon. Her husband is a gentleman, she just needs to trust in him is all. She would be a hypocrite if she did not practice what she preached. ^^ Thus, as soon as the door is shut she smiles at Jaradan, but does not move from her spot. "Ah, I am kind of nervous about this. So let's wait till we are at Oak Knife please, my lord? I will give myself to you completely there, promise!" :)

Sir Jaradan does not um, agree. In the morning, a subdued Terrwyn bids her friends a hurried farewell, not making any of them promise to visit this time. She finds Arcadia but does not have the nerve to say anything other than 'goodbye'. Still Terrwyn fervently hopes the knight can understand her strained smile and slightly red eyes and can communicate some kind of moral support before leaving, yet hating herself for bothering her after everything.

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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby sunglasses » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:59 am

Bleddyn looks for Llewella before parting. He wishes to bid her a fond farewell-for now.
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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby Cpt._Funkotron » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:27 pm

Llewella spots him first and taps him on the shoulder. She smiles patiently through his stammering salutations. She does not hold up her chalkboard in reply, but does hold out her hand for him to kiss when he is through. When he does take her hand in his to bring it to his lips, he feels something in her fingers, which she let's go of. She inclines her head, curtsies, and walks away, giving a backwards glance just before she rounds the corner. Bleddyn looks at what she has given him; two small tufts of cloth, one green and one blue.
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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby Scarik » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:36 am

Wedding day is a good day for Persidius. He has won a convert and ensured his sister's children will remain in the faith.

For his wedding gift he gives his new brother in law the charger he won from Sir Bregen. His gift to his sister is the promise to keep her as his steward. When it's time to lock away the newlyweds he maintains his composure until the end when he says, "Make father proud."
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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby CarrieVS » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:48 am

"How could you be so stupid!" Eliver demands.

"I'm s-sorry," Alicia sobs, "he said that he l-loved me."

"Of course he did. You should have known better! I'll kill him, the lecherous Irish dog, I'll kill him."

"He- he said that if I b-bear his child, he'll send a purse of silver."

"Well at least you're not a cheap whore." The hapless girl bursts into fresh sobs, and Eliver's expression softens. "Alright. This is my fault, I should never have introduced him to you. I don't know what I was thinking: I should have realised he had no honourable intentions. He's a prince in his own land, supposedly, even if he has nothing in Logres, you couldn't hope to do so well.

"I won't do anything to him: only because it might draw attention to this sorry business. If he ever so much as looks at you again... Dry your eyes now. Or people will think you're a sorry fool for being so upset over a few compliments that didn't mean anything - that's all that happened, understand?" Alicia nods mutely. "Are you with child?"

"I don't kn-know, it's too early."

"Of course it is. Well it'll be alright. You know I asked the Earl about finding a match for you, before any of this. He said he was sure he could arrange something by the end of Christmas; we'll get it settled quickly and no-one will be any the wiser. If your first child should be born a little early, that happens sometimes, it won't mean anything."



Eliver speaks with Sir Roderick again later that day, who tells him that Lord Hywel's Majordomo, a knight's younger son named Llud ap Rhys, is looking for a wife. El accepts readily, and asserts that "Alicia will be delighted." A wedding is arranged within the week, and a relieved Alicia is soon removed to Tilshead with her husband.


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Re: [Pendragon RP] 485 Adventure - "Bête Noire"

Postby sunglasses » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:04 pm

Bleddyn, on his way home, finally figures out what the cloth means from Llewella.

He.

Is.

So.

Dense.

But, now figuring things out, is absolutely delighted. He will be firm and ask the Earl for permission to wed. Next, er, next winter court. Still, progress!
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