Romeo & Juliet Legacy

After dinner time, Romeo and Juliet take Brayan upstairs to the attic, Romeo's art studio. The two cuddle with their infant son and Juliet takes Brayan to get comfy on the rocking chair whilst Romeo sets up a new canvas.

Juliet gets comfortable, cooing and cuddling with Brayan as she rocks in his favourite rocking chair. Romeo begins to sketch the rough outline of the love of his life, holding his son. Juliet is no longer his sole muse, and it has become the family they've begun to create built on an epic love story, that is Romeo's new anchor of inspiration. For a few hours he paints a new piece of the two, whilst Brayan begins to become calm and quiet, ready for bed. Romeo gives his son one final kiss as his mother takes him downstairs to his crib, Romeo frames his new painting.

After a hard day of playing, sleeping, eating and being painted. Young baby Brayan is ready to be put in his wooden crib that Romeo built for him to sleep for the night. It was a day of much mental stimulation for the infant, and he would surely sleep through most of the night until the early morning hours. After a bedtime story about his parents and a kiss on the forehead from his loving mother, baby Brayan would drift into a harmonious slumber.

When Juliet returned to their bedchamber, she was pleasantly surprised to see Romeo had just finished hanging his new masterpiece beside their bed. The image of their perfect little family would be beside them as they drifted off into slumber.

Romeo and Juliet had adjusted to a normal routine now Brayan had reached early infancy. When Romeo came home from his daily outings to the jungle and market, he would begin making dinner. Juliet would put Brayan to nap just before Romeo returned, at which time Juliet would keep Romeo company as he cooked the two a delicious home made chilli recipe. They had become accustomed to enjoying this meal frequently in their humble home as it was easy for Juliet to gather ingredients as well as for Romeo to trade for spices. They usually talked about each other's day, if Brayan had reached any new milestones and what Romeo had gotten up to or come across on his excursions.

Brayan would usually wake up just as supper was ready at 5pm, his mother would attend to his nappy needs! The couple would then sit down and enjoy the meal Romeo had prepared, often with Brayan becoming very active, grasping at them and gurgling, this was to get him hungry for his own tasting of pureé's that Juliet had gathered and made out of things such as coconuts from the jungle environment, crushed up Pumpkin, that Romeo would trade for and similar small pallette foods. After Romeo and Juliet had enjoyed their meal and adequately stirred up Brayan, Juliet would do the dishes and prepare to feed Brayan.

Romeo would engage with Brayan by clapping, showing his enthusiasm so that Brayan felt seen and celebrated. Juliet would playfully glide the spoon towards Brayan's mouth, guiding the spoon down to his chin to catch any inevitable regurgitation of the pureé. It was inevitable that Brayan in his infancy enjoyed creating a mess, and the couple saw no other way of reacting than to laugh at the display of him dribbling and mashing food from his mouth to his fingers and on the wooden highchair that Romeo had affectionately assembled. Moments like this were so special to the couple and made every hard bit of labour worthwhile.

It is not long before Brayan grows into early infancy, he spends most of the day on his playmat or napping, he loves being around both of his parents, now Brayan is older and can learn things, Romeo is home more often.

Romeo loved playing with his son Brayan at every opportunity available. Brayan could light up any room with his sunny disposition, and all the weariness of uncertainty and hard work washed away from Romeo reinvigorating him. He wanted to give his son the best experiences, and as soon as Brayan showed any independence at all, it was greatly nurtured by Romeo. The young infant had already begun to show great curiosity in the world around him, it was a great relief to Juliet that Brayan could not yet walk as she knew if he had the ability he'd soon be exploring beyond her reach.

Some time later Juliet and Romeo welcomed their first child into the world. He was a baby boy, but had the same striking blue eyes as his mother and the same pale complexion, until he had grown a bit it was impossible to tell whether he would sport any similar features to his father in terms of hair, or be blessed with Juliet's signature orange mane. The birth was not as tedious as Juliet had expected in such a harsh salt and earth environment, however she found herself struck by a particular sadness that her fondest Nurse Sicilia was not present for the birth of their first child, Brayan. It is the first time in their escape that she had even considered the fates of those left behind, an ache in her heart lay as she knew how heartbroken Nurse Sicilia would have been over Juliet's supposed death.

They had settled into their new life as peasants, and built a community, but everything had changed now Brayan was a part of their world. Motherhood was no easy task, and Romeo had to step in as Juliet needed to relax and recover from the pregnancy. In his downtime Romeo wrote to Laurence more frequently, making a more directed effort in shipping the treasure back to Laurence to set up their new kingdom. Romeo wanted the best future for his children, and he knew as his family grew they would not be suited to such a small residence. Both Juliet and Romeo had grown up in extravagant luxury, and they would need the help of servants to help raise their family and maintain a new estate. Romeo wrote to Laurence to instruct him on what would need to be arranged to make their transition comfortable. But travelling to their new home would have to wait until after Brayan had settled into Infancy.

Once Juliet had recovered from pregnancy, she took the role of housewife and mother predominantly. Romeo took the role of sole breadwinner, taking up carpentry and odd jobs around the village as well as continuing to sell goods on the market, but never straying too far from their family and home. He had reached an agreement that once Brayan had reached infancy he would return to the jungle on expeditions for treasure once again, as the price on his family's future was innumerable. He wanted absolute security for their future.

At the end of the night, Romeo and Juliet would watch Brayan fall asleep, and retire to their bed chamber, their sleep was blissful and full of hopes and dreams for an exciting new chapter.

Over the last few months Romeo and Juliet have built up a routine of venturing out into the jungle and finding many treasures including ancient artifacts that will increase their wealth upon their return to royal life. For now they usually spend 2 days hiking and 2 days at home uncovering the artifacts they have discovered and storing their newfound treasure.

They attend their flock of chickens together, with Romeo doing the cleaning of the coop and Juliet collecting the eggs. Once every week they sell their produce, Romeo even sells the paintings he makes of landscapes and his beautiful wife Juliet and would sell some of the treasure of cultural significance back to the locals in hopes of prolonging the culture of the ancient people, there was enough wealth to go around for everyone. They also regularly meet their local friends and the people of the temple, having established somewhat of a normalcy in Selvadorada.

Juliet had grown accustomed to homestead life and getting her hands dirty. She had learned many useful skills in herbology and apothecary study. Now they had established a comfortable life in Selvadorada, there was only one thing that would complete their little piece of paradise. Romeo and Juliet had been making love whenever they managed to find themselves at home and not completely swamped with choirs about their tiny jungle cabin which required a lot of legwork to keep things running. It had only been over the past few weeks but Juliet had begun to notice that her clothes were fitting tighter and she felt more fatigued, and it wasn't long before she began showing.

Juliet was pregnant! The couple were beyond ecstatic to welcome their first child into the world. It had come at an opportune time, they had received word from Laurence that the arrangements had been made and things would be finalised once their first born child had reached the age of a toddler. They had been corresponding regularly sending him the artifacts they had accrued over their time already, and he had been making the arrangements for them to rejoin royal society under new surnames. They were both nervous and excited to raise their newborn on the homestead, they knew it would be an all round the clock struggle they would not receive the aid and luxury they were accustomed to and would be responsible for the newborns every whim and need. Yet still Romeo was more than willing to bet that they could survive and thrive and he was filled with joy at the thought of his and Juliet's love bringing new life into this world and continuing their legacy.

Hours later, deep within the heart of the temple, they found many a golden relic in treasure chests, but the totum they found resting upon a stone altar was different. It was not the wealth that caught their attention, but the inscription carved beneath it:

"The greatest treasure is not won by those who hunt for glory, but by those who, hand in hand, do make the journey."

They both look to one another and smile, knowing this is the path they have set for themselves. This treasure will not be sold, or bought, only passed down as their family may fortunately grow one day.

As the sun began to set over Selvadorada, the two explorers emerged from the temple victorious. The jungle glowed gold in the evening light, and the ancient ruins stood silently behind them.

They had not found a kingdom to rule, nor a feud to end. Instead, they had found something rarer: a new adventure written not by fate, but by their own choice.

And hand in hand, Romeo and Juliet disappeared down the jungle path, already searching for their next adventure.

It had been several months since Romeo and Juliet had settled in Selvadorada, they had hiked countless hours of the jungle, mapping out all the exits and hidden areas, finding treasure along the way. This time thet had come seeking adventure, hoping for a story grand enough to rival the legends written about the temple centuries ago. They went to that same familiar clearing and decided to take a different path. The temple stood hidden beneath tangled roots and twisting vines. Romeo drew his machete and carefully hacked away the overgrowth while Juliet held a lantern and watched for danger. Dust drifted from the ancient stones as the entrance slowly revealed itself.

Beyond the jungle stood a magnificent temple, rising above the ruins like a forgotten monument to another age. Wide staircases climbed toward shadowed chambers, and weathered carvings covered every wall. The structure seemed untouched by time, as if it had been waiting for them.

At first, the temple refused them entry.

"Dost thou truly deem this wise?" Juliet asked, brushing a leaf from her sleeve.

Romeo grinned. "The stars themselves once held us apart; shall a few perils now bar our way?"

Juliet marveled at the colorful stonework and the jungle reclaiming the edges of the ancient temple. Romeo, however, could not shake the feeling that unseen eyes were watching them from the treetops. Somewhere inside the temple, treasure and danger awaited. They climbed the grand staircase side by side. They each studied the monuments laid before them with the knowledge they had been granted through their communications with the people of the temple and other local Selvadoradiansms.

“Whatsoever fortune may bring” said Juliet, taking Romeo’s hand, “together shall we meet it.”

Romeo squeezed her fingers tightly. "Together we shall."

Inside, they discovered rooms filled with strange mechanisms, hidden passages, and ancient puzzles. Some doors led to dead ends. Others concealed glittering relics left behind by a vanished civilization. More than once they narrowly avoided traps, even with Romeo developing a fear of fire from getting burned by pulling the wrong lever, they each took turns to solve the puzzles, feeling triumphant but cautious as every puzzle brought them closer to what they were seeking and yet every challenge brought them closer.

Romeo and Juliet both take their first arduous journey to the Selvadoradian jungles, they've already found many treasures with their archeological tools. Their plan is to map out the jungle areas before finally journeying to the first temple. As the Spiritual guide of the temple people had foretold, their machetes obtained from the marketplace would indeed be most useful.

They enter a clearing with vast views of the jungle land. They can spot numerous temples from here and begin trekking through the forest. They come across many scenarios such as travellers stuck in quick sand, they do their best to help every human and creature they come across, and receive more great treasure for doing so. After hacking at another passageway the couple are treated to the great Omiscan Royal Baths, the people of the temple had told Romeo and Juliet fondly of this place as they would regard it as a sacred place built by the ancestors who regarded the water to have healing properties. The people of the temple would perform their own practices of cleansing every full moon making the expedition with their people to the baths to wash away the impurities of the human experience. It brought them closer to the universal oneness in their beliefs. The temple people spoke of the great tradition of dipping into the healing waters completely naked, as the day you were born, to heal the body and soul.

Romeo and Juliet didn't feel that their souls needed much cleansing after the experience they'd both had as young lovers, so eager to die to then be reborn, in a place so far away from home, with one another and each others infinite love. It was an incredibly raw and romantic moment for the pair. They spent awhile floating, and pondering their own place in the world, what would their story now become?

Before calling it a day and heading back to their new home, the couple stopped off at a viewpoint in the central forest they had originally entered. They both agreed that this would be their most favourite place of all. They marvelled at the extraordinary view and how the sunset hit the valley of the jungle as if God were smiling down on us all with such light and radiance. Although neither of them could say they followed religion anymore, they still believed there was something out there, beyond the veil. That we were all part of the same thing, experiencing itself over and over throughout time and all there ever was and will be was love. It had been an incredibly spiritual journey for them, connecting with the jungle - and they longed to return soon to learn all the roots of the jungle before making their way to the temples.

Romeo and Juliet had been told by the kind market place woman that they could gather more information for their jungle expedition from the people of the temple.

This was an ancient temple of which lived a few locals indigenous to Selvadorada, they had inhabited these lands for generations and were very intune with mystical magic.

Romeo and Juliet would often attend the sermons given by their spiritual leader. Particularly Juliet had questioned her faith after her brief interaction with the spirit world and being born again, she looked for something beyond Catholicism to explain the experience she'd had. The wise leader could tell immediately that Juliet had an otherworldly glow about her, and had received a second sight and wisdom through her death experience. The spiritual leaders summons provided her with much needed answers to her questions, they became great friends and she would continue to attend his sermons, sometimes with Romeo and sometimes alone.

On this particular occasion the leader passed on his Selvadorian local culture, and secrets of the jungle. He taught Juliet about different herbs and flowers that could keep insects away, and that the machetes they had picked up from the local marketplace would be most useful. He said great treasures lie if Romeo and Juliet could get through the puzzles in the maze of the Selvadoradian temples with courage and knowledge. He passed along some sacred texts to help them along the way as he had taken a particular liking to Juliet. The couple were now ready for their first big adventure!

Romeo and Juliet head out to trade some of their produce for gear and to converse with one of the locals who informs them that deep in the Selvadoradian rainforest, treasures of great wonder can be found! This intrigues the pair and they trade their produce for adventuring gear and herbs. They will make an expedition to the jungle of Selvadorada next week once they have settled into their new routine.

When they have returned back to their cosy cabin and all the choirs for the day are completed, Romeo gets about to one of his favourite activities: cooking. Romeo delighted learning every component of a perfect stew from the Montague servants in his youth, spices. By far his favourite part about cooking was getting to watch Juliet enjoy the meal he had made for her, she always shone with delight and made sure to compliment his skills after a long day of labour.

Romeo also loved to paint, he had been given special tutorage when he was in school to enroll in art classes. At first he painted gorgeous portraits of his fair Verona, but as he grew older and mused of the beauty of women, he began to enjoy painting Portraiture. The idea of encapsulating the female form in everlasting glory appealed to him. The first chance he got he began painting his lovely wife Juliet, for she was his greatest muse of all, that all other of his portraits paled in comparison and he was happy to have blank canvases to fill his new portfolio with. Often their evenings would proceed this way, he would paint Juliet, and then wash away the labour from her soft soul in a bath he made just for her, then he'd carry her to bed, thankful and relieved they got to finally be a real couple not sneaking around in bedchambers.

They would whisper their sweet nothings every night. Speaking of gratitude for the new life they had been given. They knew it would not be forever but they enjoyed the salt and the earth of their new life, and they would treasure the humility it would give them forever. Once they had affectionately given their graces to their new life and each other, they would kiss passionately and often make love together.

Romeo and Juliet after the long and at times perilous journey Laurence had secured for them on a cargo ship where they docked in a nearby kingdom, before using Laurence's map to journey the rest of the way to the lost kingdom of Selvadorada, they had finally trekked to their new cabin. Friar Laurence had made the pilgrimage to Selvadorada in his younger years on his journey to Priesthood and had made many trusted friends there, he had arranged via letter for Romeo and Juliet to hire out this cabin for the period of a year. It was not the life of luxury they were usually accustomed to, but finally being able to live together as man and wife, this would be like their own little castle.

Life would settle into a natural flow consisting of the many choirs Romeo and Juliet would have to complete to maintain their little jungle cabin. They had been blessed with a coop to maintain via Laurence's friend who allowed them to rent out the property, it would give them eggs which they could trade with locals at the market and also use as sustenance. Although Romeo would be cooking all the meals, it was something that he had passion for already. Many a time in their youth had he and Benvolio been caught stealing delicious goods, that as punishment they would be forced to complete cooking duties alongside the servants, however this became less of a punishment for Romeo. He would continue stealing and the cooks would never inform his parents how much he enjoyed it so they'd continue "punishing" him as the boy seemed to be learning and it was a help to them. Juliet was also adapting well to the lifestyle change, she enjoyed the freedom of being on her feet and not being ordered to sit properly and still. It was new, and also extremely tiring at first, but the freedom she felt in her own moments of silence and it felt very satisfying to be self sufficient.

Friar Laurence, wracked with guilt and knowing more about the afterlife than he probably ever should. Sough out the spirits of Romeo and his fair Juliet wandering one of Verona's lovers spots, as passionately in love and bound to one another as they were in life. He speaks of a traveller who had given him a powerful secret recipe called Ambrosia which required 3 rare ingredients to complete, being a man of great Christian faith, he had never dared to use this recipe, until now. Having felt some great responsibility in the downfall of these lovers, he had questioned how god could bring such perilous fate to two young lovers. He already had 2 of the three ingredients for ambrosia, and the last being a rare fish, he sat there all the day catching two of the rare angelfish and watching the lovers dance as their ghostly apparitions.

They almost seemed otherworldly and unconcerned with the task at hand, he was barely able to see if they understood what he was saying.

Once the two fish had been caught he hurried away to the tower in his chapel, carefully preparing two Ambrosia's to bring the couple back to this mortal coil. He laboured arduously to perfect the recipe the old traveller had shared with him, and once it was complete the Ambrosia had an otherworldly glow, encapsulating life itself.

He returned to the ghostly residence of the lovers, putting the ambrosia before them he encouraged them to consume the dish, explaining that they would not be able to go back to their old lives, for fear of pariah and witchcraft and speak of the devil raising the dead was all trouble that Friar Laurence didn't want on his own door, nor the door of the newly reunited lovers. He had set aside a plan for the couple to make safe passage to a far away land not burdened by the same societal pressures as this one, a land where magic and mystery roamed free and young love was allowed to blossom in whatever form it might take.

The two lovers agreed that too much had conspired in fair Verona, their best chance at happiness and continued survival was to go forth to a distant untamed place and start all over again. They embraced each other in carnal flesh once more, realising how lucky they were to be given a second chance at life together. Friar Laurence informed them that this would be temporary until he managed to find a more suitable accommodation to their status and amass new royal identities for the two to allow them to rejoin regal life in a distant neighbouring kingdom on these shores once again.

A procession of 6, including the Friar and Prince Escalus, not long after Juliet's last breath had entered the crypt to witness pure horror. For there lie Romeo, heir to Montague who had slain fair Juliet's cousin not even a mere week ago, and laid at his feet was beloved Juliet, who had been set to marry the own Princes cousin, thought to have died in grief over her cousin's death laid to rest that early day, had perished once more by daggers hand. Capulet bearing witness to his child dying all over again had reduced him to wreckage as with stricken guilt the Friar began to yarn the tale of star-crossed lovers who he had wed the same day Tybalt had been slain in bad conscience setting in line a tragedy that was solidified in Juliet's hasty proposal from Paris, she had come to Friar speaking of death right there if he did not help her escape this fate. He had tried to send word to Romeo and would hide away fair Juliet when she awoke to await her beloved Romeo to flee to Mantua to live anew unburdened by wretched cursed names of Capulet and Montague spitting fury and misfortune on their pure love. After hearing this acursed tale of misfortune, Prince Escalus spoke to all.

"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,

That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love,

And I, for winking at your discords too,

Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished."

Then Lord Capulet too, did turn to his object of such unending hate, with nothing but sympathy pouring from his soul.

"O brother Montague, give me thy hand.

This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more

Can I demand."

Then it was Lord Montague who spoke, promising to lay monument to his late son's wedded wife, for all will know the sacrifice.

"But I can give thee more,

For I will ray her statue in pure gold,

That whiles Verona by that name is known,

There shall no figure at such rate be set

As that of true and faithful Juliet."

Lord Capulet replied, noting that such a monument should grace that Romeo be by Juliet's side, as ever they were in life and death.

"As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie,

Poor sacrifices of our enmity."

The two shook hands, like true brothers now, there was nothing left of their rivalry to be found. As the stage has been set and the lights fading out, our Prince Escalus speaks departing words of such a tragic tale.

"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.

The sun for sorrow will not show his head.

Go hence to have more talk of these sad things.

Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.

For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

Tw: death/self deletion

Romeo remarks to himself aloud that he did not expect Juliet to look as beautiful as the first night he'd laid his eyes upon her in the wake of death. Time had not yet erased the colour from her cheeks and lips, she had been freshly laid upon the crypt where her cousin's body, now laid to rest in stone as to keep prying eyes away from his slaying, none of that same wretchedness had touched his fair Juliet, he longed to join her and feel her presence once again, for no ghostly call came to haunt him in this old crypt, laying the many kinsman of his fair and noble Juliet, he briefly wondered how many of those kinsmen had hated Montague. He kneeled before Juliet spouting the last words of a desperate lover, bound to fate. Then he kissed her one last time.

"Ah, dear Juliet,

Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe

That unsubstantial death is amorous,

And that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps

Thee here in dark to be his paramour?

For fear of that I still will stay with thee

And never from this palace of dim night

Depart again. Here, here will I remain

With worms that are thy chambermaids. O, here

Will I set up my everlasting rest

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh! Eyes, look your last.

Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O, you

The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

A dateless bargain to engrossing death."

Romeo retrieved on his person, the potion that the apothecary witch had sold him, he took one last glance at his lover and bid this miserable earth fairwell with a deep swig of the deathly poison, for upon the stars dancing with his fair Juliet was now the only place he belonged. He spoke his last words before dying.

"Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on

The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!

Here’s to my love. O true apothecary,

Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."

As the Friar Laurence had foretold, Juliet awoke on the 30th hour of her taking the potion, except when she awoke Friar was not present, no doubt having been delayed at the news that his letter had not reached Romeo and the pageboy having returned with it that morning and receiving news of a letter to Romeos parent in his hand that he was going to join his love in blissful afterlife. Juliet slowly adjusted to her surroundings, her eyes then set on the tragedy before her. Where once she was confused her vision was now tunneled on one directive, such had Romeo's mind had been only a moment before, to join her dear Romeo in matrimony of death. She cradled his body, seeing that he had drank poison, she kissed him once more begging for his lips to contain at least a drop to send her to her one love, but death did not reach her there.

"What’s here? A cup closed in my true love’s hand?

Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.—

O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop

To help me after! I will kiss thy lips.

Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,

To make me die with a restorative.She kisses him.

Thy lips are warm!"

Juliet then notices a sheathed dagger upon Romeo's person, she begins to hear people descending the crypt in panic, in absolute desperation she takes the dagger and finally joins her beloved Romeo in everlasting death.

"Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,

This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die."

Juliet dies quickly, and no agony is too great, for she is finally at peace with her beloved fair Romeo.

Once Benvolio finally finds Romeo in Mantua, he breaks the news that his sweet Juliet hath perished, everyone assumes it is due to suicide or grief from Tybalt's death. Romeo is shattered by the news, his rational mind barely has time to ponder the cause of Juliet's death, only his unending willingness to join his wife beyond the pale. In a series of unfortunate events, the letter Laurence had drafted had it been an hour earlier, would've reached the forlorn Romeo, however Laurence wouldn't bet on Benvolio witnessing the mock funeral or swiftly reach Romeo before the courier. As Romeo makes his way back to the Capulet crypt, to be with his beloved, he stops at an old witches shop at the market. He purchases a draft of deadly poison for his endeavour to the afterlife to join Juliet. He has made up his mind completely, and no force, not even his beloved cousin Benvolio could stop him now.

Juliet's funeral is conducted later that day in the same hasty manner as Tybalt's, the Capulets had always been a prideful family, and although they tried to keep a brave face; news had spread of Juliet's tragic passing throughout Verona. Benvolio had caught the rumour by the time the morning dew had settled, he could not believe what he was hearing, and had traversed his way to the Capulet family chapel, peaking through at the precession for himself, he was devastated. Before Romeo had left for Mantua he had informed Benvolio, his most trusted ally of the entire truth of why he would not fight Tybalt, and why such brutality had occurred and that he was the husband of Juliet Capulet, who he now saw lying still and dead among the tomb. It was a tiny precession, with only Lord and Lady Capulet, Nurse Sicilia and both Prince Escalus and Paris in attendance to grieve such a tragedy. As soon as Benvolio set his eyes upon fair Juliet, he immediately thought to Romeo, none the wiser in Mantua, he had to be the one to break such tragic fortune and support his cousin in his miserable fate. He immediately set off on his horse to Mantua.

Juliet does as instructed, taking the draft before bed, she is so drowsy she cannot even adorn her nightdress and drifts deeply into her deathly sleep. The next morning, as predicted, Nurse Sicilia comes to perform her routine duties of waking Juliet, only to find Juliet stiff and unmoving. No breath draws from her lungs, she lays undisturbed in eternal rest. Nurse Sicilia is frantic, first trying to stir Juliet, unable to comprehend that the child she'd raised as her own flesh and blood had chosen to end herself over such a tragic fate, whether it was her cousin's death, Romeo's banishment or Paris' proposal, the reason did not matter for her precious Juliet had departed this world. She then wailed stirring the rest of the castle's staff and eventually Lord and Lady Capulet set their own eyes upon their shrivelled rose in utter devastation.