10 sentence meme - Sivvu
Archetype*
She thinks it ought to be lonely, being Queen; but thanks to her brother’s family and her own true love, she finds nothing of the sort.
Blessing
“The gods’ own blessing on our family,” Grandmother is fond of saying affectionately about Sivvu, while Mahendra grumbles: “Then what am I?”
Crack
Avantika’s mask falls from her face and is about to tumble into the river, when a hand catches it in mid-air; “Trust me,” a girl says, handing it to her: “You’ll thank me for this when you meet my brother.”
Fair
None in Mahishmati suspect that their beloved Crown Princess has been smuggling herself into the traders’ annual fair and festivities since childhood.
Hide
“It’s easy,” Mahendra tells her; “if you can only convince yourself that you belong somewhere, no one will give you a second glance.”
Mirror(verse)
In a colder universe, they speak of the Tyrant Queen, worse by far than even her sire, and the grandmother who preceded him; they speak of her iron grasp on Mahishmati and Kuntala and every country across which she could extend her borders.
Possession
On her fourth day as Queen, Sivvu fixes a courtier with a glare of such ferocity that he wonders aloud if her grandmother’s spirit possess her.
Pun/Wordplay
Sivvu soon finds that politics in the Mahishmati her father creates seems to be one part actual cleverness to three parts awful jokes.
Vision
For all Sivvu scoffs at her mother’s warnings not to read by lamplight, in later life, she nonetheless finds herself the first member of their family cursed with myopia.
Zodiac/Nakshatra**
Revati, last of the nakshatras, blesses her, and so Sivvu takes up the task of protecting all.
