esotericas 1554 Share Posted December 23, 2021 New Endings, Old Beginnings The Nikirala Prikaz is quiet when Anya is finished setting her scene. It needs to look believable, at least somewhat so. A smear of blood on her pillow, drawn from her own palm. Her dagger on the nightstand, still dirty from slicing her hand. A few curly blonde hairs, just in case. And the note. Anya has never written a suicide note before, and she imagines it would be even more difficult if she was actually intending to kill herself. But she isn't. The note is simple, written on her personal stationery. It reads: ‘To whomever may find this first: I am dead. Do not mourn me, although I doubt many would anyways. The weight of my sins, known and not, has crushed my soul. The best thing I can do now is leave you all with the satisfaction of knowing I am gone. I hope I see none of you in the next life. Anya' Anya flicks a few drops of blood onto the paper for emphasis, and then bandages her bleeding hand. She sets the note on her pillow, next to the spotted blood. After taking a step back, she nods to herself. Good enough. It will last long enough for her to escape, at least. She's packed the most important of her belongings, and left the rest to be found by whoever enters her room first. After a moment of silent contemplation, Anya sits down to scribe a single letter. She sends it off with a wave to her bluebird, and then settles in at her vanity to complete her final task. Hair dyed and cut, Adelaide contemplates her reflection. It's strange, for certain, but she thinks the color suits her. With a final glance around at her room, she hefts her bag and slips out the door, protected from sight by the darkness above. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopOwl 1668 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Safe in the Otistadt nursey: Anya's daughter, Adele sleeps drowsily. She finds it difficult that night to get some rest, occasionally waking up with tears staining her pillow. But the young girl knows nothing of the changes happening around her, and manages to eventually sleep the rest of the night... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phersades 1165 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Upon being told of Anya's death, the young Kortrevich would seem to have fallen heartbroken. He slowly moved to sit somewhere nearby as he mourned the De Astrea he has known and been close friends with for years now. He trusted her, and cared for her deeply... The servants who told him of the news asked if he needed anything from them in this trying and hurtful time, though he remembered hearing their gossip from behind closed doors, and in his anger and pain, he would have answered simply through a hushed tone "Ea.. Would just like to be left alone." - ..Though unknown to anyone else but the boy himself, earlier that morning, before the news even had the chance to be delivered to him through the grapevine, he had already received a letter from a Lady Adelaide.. The contents within the letter would settle, giving him some ease of mind from the situation that has taken place over the last few saints days. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandhi 2705 Share Posted December 23, 2021 August Barclay frowned at the sudden disappearance of Anya, though he hadn't a care, looking back on the things he heard about the young woman. "Ich hope she forgot how to use that crossbow.." Charles Darkwood sits in his study, watching his growing children converse idly as he was none-the-wiser about Anya's apparent death. Though he quietly recalled walking her down the aisle as a father-type-figure but a few years ago. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuziee 3219 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Prinzenas Nikoleta was informed the next day of Anya's passing - and where it had happened. A shaky breath left her mouth, expecting a new friend around the palace yet none came. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictafoya 2309 Share Posted December 23, 2021 In the winter keep of Otistadt, the old Baron sits upon his familial seat and contemplates the events of that dreadful day... It was hard for Robert, especially knowing that his close friend as watching down from the seven skies. "Yam szam Ami... I wanted to protect her. I wanted to do well. But she's forced my hand, and now it's too late... I failed vy" he said seemingly to himself 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearConnorMurphy 189 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Amicia, a small Ludovar named after Anya's mother, sits up in her bed. She is unable to fall asleep, hugging the small locket she had recently gotten from her grandmother tightly. It had been quite a while since she had last seen her mother. She looked over to the other bed where her twin sister Adele was crying in her sleep. At least she was able to sleep. Everytime Amicia closed her eyes, she saw her mother. Everytime she looked at her sister, she saw her mother. Thus, she laid back down, turned her back towards her sister's bed and stared at the wall. Amicia softly whimpered the same word over and over again. "Mamej..." 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaijenStars 967 Share Posted December 24, 2021 2 hours ago, DearConnorMurphy said: Amicia, a small Ludovar named after Anya's mother, sits up in her bed. She is unable to fall asleep, hugging the small locket she had recently gotten from her grandmother tightly. It had been quite a while since she had last seen her mother. She looked over to the other bed where her twin sister Adele was crying in her sleep. At least she was able to sleep. Everytime Amicia closed her eyes, she saw her mother. Everytime she looked at her sister, she saw her mother. Thus, she laid back down, turned her back towards her sister's bed and stared at the wall. Amicia softly whimpered the same word over and over again. "Mamej..." 7 hours ago, CopOwl said: Safe in the Otistadt nursey: Anya's daughter, Adele sleeps drowsily. She finds it difficult that night to get some rest, occasionally waking up with tears staining her pillow. But the young girl knows nothing of the changes happening around her, and manages to eventually sleep the rest of the night... Johann Ludovar passed between his daughters, as they were all together in the nursery, he pat Adele gently, clearing some hairs from his forehead before giving her a little kiss on it. He then moved to his other daughter, who found it harder to fall asleep. He pat her head as well, looking at her and forcing a smile to look as everything is fine. To try calm her down. He lifted the little girl rocking her "Papej is here... And ea will never leave vy... Ea will never leave vy side, sad or happy, yam always here, da?" he gave her a peck on the forehead. "Let's read vy a story! Shall we? Hauchpapej spent way too much money on these books, so we should at least get some use out of it!" He said and put her down to bring one of the books his father bought in the tuvmas market. It was the first time he left the nursery in... quite a while. The moment he got out of the room, out of the sight of his daughters, he broke down crying. Would it all been different if they never met? Would these tragedies be avoided...? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinochad 453 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Lady Vasilia Reza Kortrevich rested in her room in her home Jerovitz, when one of her closest friends- one of the servants, came to see her- sharing some heartbreaking news. Upon hearing the news of the passing, Vasilia froze. She was bewildered and stunned- how could someone she had just spoken to and seen not even a saints day ago just die? She felt the same ache in her heart that she prayed to Godan she wouldn't feel again. Her servant could see the expression cross her face, and she spoke up quickly. "Lady Vasilia, please do not worry!" She pleaded, but the Lady turned and shook her head. "Spasiba, vy do niet have to worry about mea, ea've been through this before." She promised gently, hugging her dear friend before escorting her to her room door. "Please, give mea a little privacy for a bit, ea'll be down to help vy prepare dinner." Once the door closed the female croaked out a whimper. She didn't like the feeling, the tearing in her chest. The loss of someone she cared about, and hoped well for. In her dismay the docile Lady felt something deeper in her chest. She gritted her teeth as tears formed in her eyes, her form stumbling to her desk where she fell into her chair, hands covering her face as she wailed pitifully. "It am mea fault. Ea could niet stop Lady Margot from spouting insults at her." 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Chief26 1205 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Ser Reinhardt Barclay wipes the tears from his eyes, as he reads the news of his niece’s passing, speaking with his wife “ This reminds mich so much of when Tante Marcella’s passing, ich can niche help but think we could’ve done something to help poor Anya” 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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