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the high healer hums, nodding her head along to the tune adrift in the air, moved by the musicians performing in the square. her chocolate curls, coiled tightly around themselves bounce as the rhythm moves through her. it was a pleasant jig - partners and children weaving about each other thoughout the square, some dancing together in a simply choreography and others to the beat of their own drum. she'd stomp along if she wasn't alone, perched on the stone rim of the fountain, enjoying the ambience around her.
the melody changes. a groove worth digging into. "oh, i love this song!"
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╰ ♡ the solstice celebration had been something that the high priestess had been looking forward to. not only for her participation in her friend's ceremonies but the idea of being able to relax and celebrate something fun. bringing out eros after her duties as a high priestess were fulfilled. sitting on the side of the fountain alongside the dawn cousin, eros bouncing to the beat of the music playing around them. ❝ it's a good one, why don't you dance to it? ❞
“ah, why worry about formality in the presence of my beloved older sister?” her cheeks dimple, smile wide as she laughs. helene hardly had any cares beyond the social aspect of society, uninterested and — in her own opinion — untalented in the true politics of it all. it was better this way.
“surely you’ll protect me against high lady alina if i overstep, which, i assure you, i have no plans on doing.” the brunette presses a kiss to gaeul’s cheek, quick as a breath of air. “i suppose the true ruler of the solstice should be whoever the new gaean ruler will be. how nerve wracking!” it was sort of like the ashways themselves, but they’d always been prepared for the reality of gaeul’s position of heir.
╰ ♡ ❝ because you are not only in the presence of your older sister. ❞ the state of her formality isn't truly something that the high lady was worried about. in fact if any of them were able to charm their way out of a sticky situation with their words it was the younger female.
╰ ♡ ❝ i would stand up for you against lady alina yes, but i do not wish to have to do so in her court. i hold no issue in someone appeasing the high lady that is hosting us over myself. ❞ gaeul is the newest to being a high lady of them all, apart from whoever takes over gaea, relationships with the other's weren't a quick thing to procure. ❝ that is a statement that i could believe. i do hope the reveal will come before the celebration ceases. ❞
at the summer solstice vendor !
when were the ashway women ever in the habit of allowing pretty and unique things to slip from their grasp? it was simply unheard of. their expensive and lavish tastes had only increased with her dear cousin's rise to power, and by proxy their entire family. before this change in their lifestyle, zehra's mother was always somewhat of a cautious woman, penny pinching but perhaps a useful habit and then an unnecessary one it turns out. as gaeul sat on the high seat of their beloved court for the past two years or so, zehra has left no stone unturned in expressing her delight, a bit selfishly that their coffers would remain filled. there was no shame in hiding such things from her cousin, and she knew that the high priestess held her cousin and high lady in high regard - a distinctiveness protectiveness reserved solely for gaeul. "hm, you know, you always know precisely what to say, darling cousin. a bauble for memory indeed is required." her dark hues meeting her high lady's, "are you not worried i have been spending a bit too much here?" this a small jest, as her gaze then moves about the stalls, she had seen some in the city, but this time they came to the palace for the solstice, and a few she's not seen yet. "i think i shall." keeping the pendant in her hand and handing over a few coins to the vendor, "we've also been exploring for sometime and you've not a purchased a thing.we need to remedy that, i know what you like - i shall find something fit for a high lady. i've been keeping tabs as to where the summer family has been shopping, as well as their high lady. perhaps something unique from her designers?"
╰ ♡ the ashways were raised in a luxury baed gift way. gaeul and her siblings often presented gifts, her's for excellent achievements and her siblings to placate them for the fact that their focus had always been on her in the process of becoming autumn's high lady. perhaps their grandparents had had the same approach with their parents, for the lavish taste to have passed to the cousins as well. ❝ spending is something i should be monitoring with the lack of presence from our master of coin, however you are not my main concern in spending. haerin likely has spent far more than you could have in the time we have been in the summer court. ❞ budgeting was not something that the high lady had often actually paid attention to, the master of coin definitely had their run with the ashways coming into power. ❝ something fit for a high lady is exactly what i have been looking for. you are correct in that i have not secured anything pretty yet, but i do not intend on not buying anything while we are here. ❞
he day commander hadn't wished to leave nerina's side, but as it was her court, he's not entirely surprised her friends and familiars were also fighting for her attention. still, the summer lady had found him whenever she could be free of the clutches of her company and alistair assures he'd find her again and wandered off to do a bit of exploring on his own. he had been browsing through the vendors, purchasing various baubles for ced's kids, something for the woman who held his heart, and a few things for his siblings and high lord. pausing by the weapons vendor, he see's the face of the summer general. his dark gaze follows the blade general noah holds, studying it in detail. while swords were not the commander's expertise, as a hightower he was still educated in all things even those outside of his pay grade. "runstones. see the lines here? pressing your fingers over it - this texture unmatched with any stones."
╰ ♡ the general would have spent all of the solstice celebration with his wife if he could have in the way that they would both be relaxing and enjoying the event. given that lavinia had been the one largely organizing the event there wasn't as much of the enjoying it part going on. not that he held any blame to his wife, he would have been just as picky and worried about the event as she was with the fact that it was more than just the summer court seeing the celebration. the general would eventually make his way back to her, and inevitably be put back to work after she's compiled a list for him in the time that they had been apart from one another. ❝ interesting, would you say that it is commonly used in the day court? ❞ the general didn't often converse with the others of the day court, mostly speaking with their own general, despite the connection between their high lieges. ❝ it definitely is unmatched. ❞

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clara was kind enough to give her some coin to explore the markets but malaika felt shy about spending it, walking up and down the stalls to pet wares non-commitally before wandering away. she’d no skill in swords, but she gave the stall the same attention that she had the handmade dolls, squishing their plush centres. pale fingers reach towards the sword too, taking a moment to find it on its pedestal, touching the metal lightly. sensation dances at the end of her fingertips, tugging at the feeling. nothing responds in turn. mal gives a laugh - what else had she expected? "i'm no swordsmaster by any means. i am clueless when it comes to this sort of stuff."
╰ ♡ when he had uttered the question to his companion he hadn't held an expectation for the proper answer. serving more of a purpose of starting a conversation. so when the female answers with her answer of not being a swordsmaster he just offers a smile. ❝ i would not expect that of a stranger that i have started a conversation with. ❞ he smiles politely. ❝ regardless of your knowledge on swords, what do you think of the blade? feel the blade and take a guess at what it could be made of. i won't laugh at you regardless of your guess. ❞
furrowed features soften, her counter-request dying on her lips like romeo. “i suppose some time alone with your wife can be arranged,” lavinia says, fighting a smile. her attentions had been so focused on planning that she’d yet to carve a moment for her husband beyond the acts of falling asleep with each other, and requesting he muscle over some odd thing or another. “a canal ride sounds lovely.” she reaches out a palm, wanting his hand in hers. “we ought to sneak away before i see something else i want to change.”
╰ ♡ her requests had been nothing for the general, more than happy to help her in executing this years celebration. it had to be one of the biggest with the fact that they had the majority of prythian in the summer court for it this year. all that noah wished to do was have her get to enjoy part of the night without worrying over every little detail of the celebration. ❝ perfect. ❞ seeing her extended palm, he immediately reaches his own over to lace his fingers between hers. ❝ you will find something else you want to change, there is no doubt in that. it is a matter of how long i can keep you distracted. ❞
AKASHA HAD BEEN RATHER AMUSED BY THE GENERAL'S SUGGESTION. She was hardly an alcoholic - what was so wrong about having a glass of cabernet before bed & reading a book? There were worse ways to relax. A hot spring for one - she'd rather live with the tension in her body than submerge herself, willingly, in a heated spring - healing properties or not. "I like my nightly glass of red wine & a book to immerse myself in. It's hardly a vice, general." she lightly chuckled, but opted not to explain herself further - or comment on the springs.
she was fed up with the heat enough as it is.
Yes, it was expected of Gaea to mourn & wail & appear as flighty as chickens in the presence of a fox. She was neither of those things, but it would have been shameful of the Second in Command to appear so prone to bouts of emotion, destabilizing her rationale. A drink or not, Akasha had seldom allowed her emotions to get the better of her - in fact, she could count the times on the fingers of one hand. "We are in seclusion due to it. Many of my brethren find themselves at a loss. Do not get me wrong, it is not the king we mourn directly - he was a meek ruler at best, a true monster at worst. But, we now lack a purpose. What good is the inner circle when there is no ruler to serve? The wait is taxing on us, even if a period of mourning must be respected."
it was tedious.
Ah, at least she & the Summer general could find a common footing in that area. "So, you, too, believe this is far from over?" Akasha retorted, taking a petite sip of the cabernet she had been enjoying - the general's reprimand bounced off her like droplets of rain against wax. "I am of the same opinion, though I do pray it does not come from our court again. I hope the magic will be wiser with it's choice this time. & before you ask, no, I still have no idea who it may choose. The court still mourns & if the magic had already chosen... it remains veiled from everyone, our next ruler included."
╰ ♡ it wasn't the general's place to be judging the commander for her choices, but he would be hard pressed to admit that turning to a drink as a purpose of relaxing was not ideal. however he was more than aware that most fae had their own preferred ways of relaxing. most would not enjoy the things that the general enjoyed as his relaxation. ❝ everyone has their own way of relaxing, i do not blame you for having one that you personally enjoy. let's just say that i do not choose to agree with your methods. ❞
╰ ♡ ❝ i would not dream of judging you, or the rest of the gaean inner circle, for not wishing to be mourn the loss of kabir. you all had been cast aside for his own agenda, you deserve the right to not give him the time of day when he had done the same to you. ❞ it brings the general back to the day that alina had become the high lady of summer, legion's passing had been more of a relief to the general than it had been a loss. ❝ i imagine the wait for that announcement would be taxing, would you prefer they reveal the new ruler at this here celebration? ❞
╰ ♡ ❝ of course. until the barrier has been lifted and the fae have been able to return to their homes it will not be over. ❞ noah knows that it won't be truly over until that moment. it wasn't as simple as them working to find a way to balance the magic and release the barrier holding them in. not to mention that the very balance in the magic could be dependent on gaea's new ruler. ❝ perhaps your new ruler is not here in the summer court, there's a strong likeliness that your new ruler remains in the capital in attempts of balancing things before they reveal themselves here in the summer court. trapping themselves in it. ❞
the instinct of survival was grained within alina from the moment her mother was taken from her. this was something she did not fully expect others to understand, and this was also something her siblings would not completely understand either. having legion has a father was already a hardship on all of her siblings, they simply did not see all of his madness the way alina has trapped in her room and only seeing his wretched face. noah had been married to her sister long enough to know what the former high lord of summer was like, but they were not privy to every side as alina was. it was not survival from outside threats, no, it was threat from her own father because one did not know what sudden move he'd make. sometimes she'd believe legion wouldn't hurt his precious heir, despite not knowing if alina would even be chosen to be high lady, but other times she truly wasn't sure what he was capable of. it wasn't herself she worried for, it was her siblings, that he had no qualms dangling his other children in order to gain alina's obedience. now that he was gone, it was the outside forces that threatened her siblings and their very livelihood. how does one let that go so easily? noah had gradually obtained a front seat, and thus she also knew exactly what he thought of the two eldest dragomir's paranoia, he was simply gracious to never remark upon it. over the years, he'd made a place for himself not just in her inner circle, but in the dragomir as a whole. perhaps sentiments she'd never say aloud, but she considers him family, another brother of sorts despite their titles.
his lack of surprise at her words, proves all the more how well he's assimilated to his new family. it wasn't intentional, to carve out more work, but noah would also agree, as long as they housed all the other courts, until their realm stabilized, the magic, this barrier around them, their work would never end. "for the time being, we will relish in the danger being gone." even if she herself remains on guard, still. "different in wording but they convey the same messages, i was able to read the ones the high lord of day received. no name offered for the new ruler of gaea, only that they are working to stabilize gaea. to be entirely frank, i don't see how this new ruler is going to be able to stabilize their own court when they have not seen what we have. with their inner circle trapped in summer and away from their lands. i've had daxton and his spies see what they can learn - any hint of who might know who this mysterious new high ruler is. perhaps we might need to send an invitation and have them come here..." her gaze lifts to find that of the general's, "then there's this business of the trident found in our court - you've heard the whispers running about our court?"
╰ ♡ noah had grown up around the dragomir's, while he had never been considerably close to any of them his father had been close with their own. it was the greed of both of their fathers that had brought the general into the marriage that connected him to them. the knowledge of his ability had been given to his own father who had sold him out to legion. to legion having noah on his side, with his family, he had access to a power that he did not. it had taken years for noah and lavinia to work past their transactional marriage and actually fall in love with one another. it was only shortly after their marriage had come to be that legion had passed and alina had taken the high seat. over the decades, noah had grown to watch and observe not only the high lady but her entire family. it wasn't lost on the general that she was paranoid and protective of her family. he was the same of the family he had married into, especially that of his wife.
╰ ♡ ❝ there is no doubt that there is a sense of relief in the fact that there is not an imminent threat lurking within the walls of the summer court. ❞ the general is in complete agreeance with the high lady. as long as they are continued to host the majority of prythian within adriata it was not a hundred percent safe. none of them could predict how long tensions would remain low between the courts. or the magic itself remaining in it's instability. ❝ i cannot see how the new ruler would be able to stabilize it either with them here. it could be possible that they are looking to replace the current inner circle with those that had remained in the capital. ❞ the thought of that happening to any of the courts is appalling, however there is no way for them to know of anything truly until the new ruler of gaea were to be announced. ❝ an invitation to them may be the wise thing to do. it certainly wouldn't hurt to be the ones to reach out to them. there's a small chance that they will refuse, but we won't know that until it is tried. ❞
making something to memorialize a moment felt like a good way to celebrate her court. but not just that, but to celebrate all of the wonderful fae that she'd get a chance to know. whether or not they'd feel that way was up to them. but mika firmly believed everyone should get a chance to prove themselves. her stubborn nature could easily get her into trouble with this desire, but she didn't care. it was how she found herself making jewelry to celebrate the moment, a necklace that would honor the occasion. looking up, she flashed the fae in front of her a bright smile. "what's your favorite gem? i can make you a necklace, or even a bracelet to celebrate the occasion. it might be nice to remember this moment of calm amongst the storm."
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╰ ♡ in years past kris would have been getting into some sort of trouble during the celebration. between messing with stations or making a scene at one of the public ceremonies. doing just about anything to anger alina in his own anger over the treatment she had received from their father, his lack there of. however this year, it has all been different. apart from the moment that lavinia accused him of having a lack of enthusiasm he had actually been participating. including having already made one necklace in the very booth they were at. ❝ you do not need to make me one, this is not the first nor the last solstice celebration i will be involved in. ❞ the summer lord had no plans of leaving the summer court, even if his relationship with his family was rocky. ❝ if you still insist, i enjoy the moonstone. ❞

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coal orbs watch with a certain intensity, inspecting the quality of product along the labour line of giggling children. good. they were enjoying themselves. some tension releases in her shoulders at this, allowing her to pay some attention to the younger dragomir. "you make me out to be some unimaginable brute, brother," she intones, rolling her eyes. "i shall not have your lacking enthusiasm plague the joy of these sweet children. go dance with your lover, or something you might find joy in."
╰ ♡ ❝ i would never make such an accusation of my sister. ❞ the words leaving his lips are technically a lie, at some point he had believed that most of his siblings had not cared for him. going out of his way to make things difficult for alina and the rest of them. ❝ i do not lack enthusiasm, i just do not wish to fold flowers onto a crown. i have already taken part in your jewelry making station i will have you know. ❞ it wasn't even that he wasn't all that fond of making a flower crown, he'd make the damn best one if he actually sat down to do it. ❝ perhaps i wanted to spend time with my dear sister. now you're just shooing me off, i'm hurt. ❞
iain considers a crude gesture in reply but he goes quiet instead, feeling shy naming the recipient in mind. so, the emissary deftly elects not to, focusing on sliding the alternating pearl onto the string - thankfully with much greater ease. "why? you don't believe i'm deserving of a pearl bracelet of my own? i should be able to enjoy the fruits of my labour."
╰ ♡ ❝ i would not suggest that you are undeserving of anything my dear cousin. ❞ she scoffs in his direction playfully. truthfully she wasn't fazed on who he wished to give the piece of jewelry to, maybe just a little curious to what had him so enamoured with making it perfect. ❝ you do not strike me as the type to be wearing a pearl bracelet. i do have the potential to be wrong on that. ❞
iphigenia peers over the spring fae's shoulder. "it's a nice keepsake of the summer court," iggy offers. the two young high healers rarely crossed paths prior to the forced merging, but iphigenia thought it might be nice to learn more of the acheson. although none of them knew how much longer they'd be stuck in the summer court, they would still be sharing the infirmaries for the time being (iphigenia being a veritable hog of it). "what is life without a spot of whimsy?"
╰ ♡ the spring high healer hadn't entirely thought of the trinket as something that she could keep as a memory of the summer court. or at least of her time spent in the summer court. ❝ interesting point, however does this mean i would need to keep it on me for if we get suddenly transported again? or will there be a trip to all the courts visited to retrieve our belongings left behind? ❞ not that willow loved the idea of even thinking of the predicament of them being stuck in the summer court. was there still a chance that they would be transported to another court before they saw the end of this? she had no way of truly knowing. ❝ too true, i guess it would still be cute to look at even if it ends up remaining in the summer court. ❞
surprising , perhaps , to see the high lord also partaking , but there he was . fingertips fiddle with strings and daisies , winding them together . his sister offers him her creation , and his lips purse , before he lets his head bow so she might drape it around his neck . “ am i now a bluebell person ? ” inquires he . “ have i , at last , outgrown the dandelions and the seashells ? ” he was halfway through his own creation . opting for sea glass , on a thick plate of whale bone . it was a rather tall order for someone who has never made something in his life .
╰ ♡ it was relieving to see the elder acheson relaxing, even if he had taken on a craft project that would have also been difficult for her. willow had taken a much smaller project, though she hadn't initially been making it for any specific purpose. turning to give it to her eldest brother was just what she had thought of as she finished it. looping the necklace around the high lord. ❝ perhaps you have outgrown them, bluebells certainly have a better appeal than dandelions. ❞ she adds with a smile. ❝ quite the project you have taken on, any particular reason you have chosen this? ❞
INDEED, THE TIME FOR DRAMATICS HAD NOT YET COME - TO THE DISPLEASURE OF SOME FAE, HE'D RECKON. One of the perks of being nearly seven centuries old was that Cetus unironically, genuinely, did not care in the slightest about such things. Dramatics, gossips, the rotten aspect of the faekin & their dual, treacherous nature... he was both unimpressed & unsurprised ( with an added bonus of disinterested ) by their antics. "No, it certainly is not. It won't be for a while longer, though I doubt our kin will survive that long without attempting to whine about something." had he been any younger - or any different - perhaps he, too, would have whined about having this many fae traipsing about Adriata.
but, it wasn't in his nature to whine or complain.
He found solutions to his problems, instead. Cetus hummed in agreement with the general. Indeed, it was best to wait for Gaea to announce what will be the next course of their action. "Agreed. Though, it seems... probable that there won't be a throne. After this fiasco with the Last King of Prythian, I suspect magic will want to restore the balance by restoring a High seat of Gaea. There must have been one, once upon a time. Kingdoms don't start out of nothing."
╰ ♡ the fae would always find something to complain about. that was something that would always and had always been a part of how fae worked in general. ❝ they will find something to whine about, that is true. one can only hope that it remains a thing that takes a while to come to light again. ❞ though really there were fae already whining about not knowing who was taking over gaea.
╰ ♡ ❝ it is quite likely that there will be a high seat as opposed to the royal seat. though it will not be confirmed until that soul is finally revealed to those of us that have been trapped within the summer court. it's hard to even know if someone has been chosen by the magic back in gaea.❞

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it often felt as if she was gorging herself on sweets when she indulged in a treat or two. the war camps didn't leave room for a budget of candy for the young ones - sugar being a delicious discovery upon entering the court for the first time. the third in command hardly looks as threatening as she should, hand buried in a paper bag of sea salt taffy, overlooking the feast.
"a whole boatload of fish," nor remarks, a ghost of a smile on her features, breathing in the variety of grilled and smoked and fried fish. this sort of bounty was unimaginable in childhood. "as if we haven't had fish every day since arriving."
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╰ ♡ ❝ are you implying that one can have too much fish? ❞ kris is most definitely biased when it comes to the idea of eating fresh fish caught from the waters that surround adriata. ❝ nothing can compare to the freshness that is fish being caught in the early morning and prepared that same day. it's better than anything that you could have had. besides it's tradition to serve fish here in our solstice celebration. were we supposed to cater to every other court in our own celebration? would you have done the same if you were the one hosting us instead? ❞
remorse was not found in the high lady of summer, that whatever had led the king down this path he willingly taken it even if his naive mind had been taken advantage of. this is something he should have discussed with all the high rulers of prythian, not a decision to be made on his own. even if alina could look passed his previous transgressions, how could forgiveness be offered when he took a life of an innocent fae? poppy's death simply made it personal, but the end result would have been the same. a punishment would have been given to kabir if he took another innocent fae life. this is what troubles her, not eliminating the danger, but of what it's done to cedrian, the man she loves, storming seas of what it's left sitara towards. the rippling effects it's about to have on the realm and the fae of gaea as a whole. in truth, she still entertains taking gaea, not for dominance, but to ensure it's fae did not go through this, their realm did not have another uprising like this. she trusted very few people who would not be overcome by greed if they had gaea - she trusts ced, but the other rulers? she cannot say without a shred of doubt. mostly, she wished it for kris' peace, that if she has it, would he find peace knowing his scholar and the rest of gaea would be in good, stable hands? none could anticipate how the chosen ruler of gaea would proceed. perhaps it's arrogance on alina's part, but it's not misplaced, greed has never driven her, despite how unfavorably others perceive alina. every decision she's made since being on the seat of summer was for their home, for her siblings, to create what they were never fortunate to have in their home because of legion - true, everlasting peace. she's pleasantly, delightfully, surprised when kris does not move away from her. each time she attempts to give some insight on their father, some crisis appears. when this was all sorted, she would answer all of his questions, with the hopes that this uncertainty between them would dissolve for good. "not for awhile, but perhaps i can steer our court in a forward direction. summer solstice is almost close, do you think our court will wish for a celebration? do you?" she asks anyway, she did wish to see where her siblings minds were at. a beat of silence as kris affirms he spoke to alaric, "how are he and his fae doing?"
╰ ♡ while kris had remained sympathetic to alaric, and the rest of the gaean fae, in their adjustment to no longer having the king around he wasn't in support of the king. nothing could bring him to blame his sister or the other high lieges for the decision that they had made. the former king had certainly brought it upon himself with the course of actions that he had taken over those months since he had been crowned as the king of prythian. those decisions had been made by himself. that part was clear to the summer lord, in the fact that alaric had confirmed. kabir had shut out every single one of his fae, which meant that every decision he had made had been one that he had done for himself. the summer lord wasn't worried over the fact that he was gone. it was the instability that came with the fact that no one had been announced to take over gaea. or what that would even remotely end up looking like. remembering the promise that alina had made in their previous conversation, he still wasn't sure how much she could have actually helped with that. the thought coming into his mind of any of the current high lieges vying for that spot. was alina amongst that because of his wish for the gaean people, and alraic, to not be exiled for something that their king had done without them? he wouldn't really feel relief until something was truly announced about the gaean throne. over the time since they had been in gaea for the king's coronation until now, kris had settled away from the disdain that he had held towards his siblings mostly. there's still a lot of unanswered questions, and that scar of his being ignored by his father that would always remain. however everything else that had been happening had proven to him that he had been acting like a child in it all. he just had to be patient and wait for them to be open with him about what had happened. ❝ i don't know that i look forward to it myself, it won't be the same as it usually is with the influx of fae in our court. but something positive to look forward to is much needed for everyone. ❞ technically speaking kris never had an issue with the other courts, it's just the overcrowding of the summer court that throws him. summer had not been a court known to have a lot of guests. ❝ there's a lot of uncertainty in not knowing what is to come of their court. they are adjusting as well as they can as they wait to hear who will take the seat. ❞