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my kids

the outdoors, especially when it is sunny

coffee and cream in the morning

listening to music

being creative

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One day, Ramsy found Bathilde sitting on the fountain in the monastery gardens.

Ramsy:  “What’s the matter Bathilde?  You look really sad,” he said sitting down next to her.

Bathilde: “I am sad, but there is a part of me that is not sad.  And then there is another part of me that is sad that I am not sad.  Does that make any sense?” she asked with a bewildered look on her face.

Ramsy:  “Perfectly.”  And it did, because Ramsy was feeling the exact same way.

Bathilde:  “My father is dead, and I feel that I should be more devastated than I am.  I don’t quite understand it.  It is almost like a burden has been lifted off my shoulders, and I feel so guilty for saying that.  I really never saw my father much except on formal occasions, but he was always there behind the scenes dictating my entire life.”

Ramsy:  “I feel it, too.  It feels like freedom.”

Bathilde:  “Ramsy... I don’t want us to get married... I mean... I don’t want us to get married because we were told to get married,” she stammered feeling very shy all of a sudden. “I don’t want you to do anything because you... or I are being forced.  I want this to be a new chapter in my life where we...I mean ‘you’ and ‘I’ separately, of course, are free.  I know that you care nothing about being King, so if you don’t want to be with me...”

Ramsy:  “Bathilde, the one thing that I am certain about is that I do not want to be ‘separate’ from you.  I have honestly never felt this way before, and I want to continue down this path with you wherever it may lead us... together.”  For the first time in his life, Ramsy felt the clarity in what he just said.

Bathilde:  “Me, too,” she smiled feeling the happiest she had in a long while.

Ramsy:  “What do you say?  How about we forget our sad sides for awhile and play in this fountain?” he asked nodding to the fountain behind them.

Bathilde:  “What if Friar Thomas sees us?!”

Ramsy’s conversion to the new faith

The Monastery

The travelers finally made it to Owston Abbey that evening.  They met Friar Thomas and his mother, Sybil Billi.  Sybil Billi lives in a cottage in the woods not far from the monastery.  I was going to have Bathilde stay with her until her and Ramsy could be married as would have been proper back then, but Bathilde ended up passing out from exhaustion after eating.  So I decided to have her stay at the monastery instead of bringing another lot into the mix to complicate things.

Friar Thomas: Original sim (Friar Tuck) by merrylmurray on gallery

The next morning, the campers prepared for the next leg of their journey.

So what’s the plan, anyway?

Wilhelm:  “Look, I am sorry that I was joking around with you earlier.  You know that humor has always been my way of dealing with stressful situations, but don’t worry, Bathilde.”

Bathilde:  “Right.  I have nothing to worry about except for how my life is completely spinning out of my own control,” she said sarcastically.  “So what is the plan anyway?  Are you going to fill me in on where we are going?”

Wilhelm:  “We are going to Owston Abbey.  It is very secluded.  You will be safe there.  An old Friar, Friar Thomas is there...  He can marry you and Ramsy.”

Bathilde:  “Oh.”

Wilhelm:  “And once the marriage is legitimate, you can return to the castle and Ramsy can become King.”

Bathilde:  “Please stop talking.”  

Randomized Traits

Introducing Count Wilhelm Van Eck  (He really is a Count.)

Bathilde:  “Ramsy, this is my cousin, Count Wilhelm Van Eck.”

Wilhelm:  “That’s viscount, cousin Princess,” he said to Bathilde.  “Don’t let her give me any airs,” he joked to Ramsy.  “I’m a minor noble.  I have just enough of a title to impress the ladies, which is really all I care about.  Am I right?,” he said nudging Ramsy in the gut with his elbow.  “But hardly any of the responsibility.”  he let out a laugh that could only be described as a guffaw, but when he realized no one else was laughing with him, he stopped.  “Too much?” he shrugged.  “Well I am going to hit the sack and let you too love birds be alone.”

Camp

Ramsy, Bathilde, Samson, and Wilhelm had ridden through what was left of the night of the fateful party and all of the following day until they found a place in woods to camp. 

Samson:  “I’m sorry about the clothes, m’lady. They were all the ones I could find, and we wouldn’t want anyone to recognize us.”

Samson had been the faithful right-hand man of her cousin, Wilhelm, for many years, so she knew he meant well.  But she was so physically and emotionally exhausted that his comment put her on her last nerve, and she couldn’t help but reply curtly.

Bathilde:  “Samson, yesterday I witnessed my father’s murder, and I have been on horseback for nearly a day and a half.  So do you really think that I care what I am wearing?”

Samson: “You are right, m’lady. I’m so sorry m’ lady,” said Samson realizing his insensitivity.

Bathilde:  “It’s ok, Samson.  I’m sorry that I snapped at you.”  

The Victims

Two Arrows

The man in the shadows was noticed by one of the guards and quickly killed, but not before the assassin was able to fire two arrows into the crowd of unsuspecting partiers.

King Selwyn and Princess Bathilde visit the Water household.

Rameses prays to Ra, the god of sun, after whom he was named, for guidance.

It had been two weeks since Ramsy had last seen his girlfriend, Kristen.  Not only was he putting off the inevitability of having to break up with her and tell her that he was marrying another woman, but he was also trying to put his own feelings into perspective.  He had to ask himself that if his mother had not been so adamantly against Kristen in the first place, would he have cared for her as much? He could see that possibility, especially since Kristen could be mean-spirited at times, which was off-putting, and also because he had never been interested in getting seriously involved with anyone in the past.  But he hated to think of himself as so easily controlled or influenced by his mother.  But maybe he really did not love Kristen after all.  Maybe breaking up with her would be easy and feel right he thought to himself.