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eachdraidh2015-08-17 05:19 pm
huntedby) wrote in eachdraidh2015-08-17 05:19 pm
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[Vanessa turns on her locket, placing it on the table. She looks...much better than she had before. In fact, people can catch glimpses of a wedding dress.
She looks resigned, tension in her face, her chin held high. And yet...well.]
As of this morning, I am no longer Lady Vanessa Ives.
[She looks down at her hands for a moment, then back at the screen. She taps into her ability to remain stoic in the face of horrible things. The public does not need to know how much this angers her, or how helpless she feels.]
To better Arachne's Eye, Queen Morla has decided that it would be best for me to marry.
I agreed.
[As she was given no real choice.]
Henceforth, you would do well to refer to me by my husband Balem's last name, Abrasax.
[Yep. Lady Vanessa Abrasax. Wife to Balem. Lovely. She knows very well who is getting the most out of this deal. And it is not her.]
We have worked out the logistics, and while we are married, I will still spend a great deal of my time at my Spire, and will continue to be open to any of those who need to speak with me.
My plans...to make sure the Seelie pay, are unchanged. Just delayed.
[Her goal is still a fixed point.]
...apologies who anyone who wished to attend the wedding.
She looks resigned, tension in her face, her chin held high. And yet...well.]
As of this morning, I am no longer Lady Vanessa Ives.
[She looks down at her hands for a moment, then back at the screen. She taps into her ability to remain stoic in the face of horrible things. The public does not need to know how much this angers her, or how helpless she feels.]
To better Arachne's Eye, Queen Morla has decided that it would be best for me to marry.
I agreed.
[As she was given no real choice.]
Henceforth, you would do well to refer to me by my husband Balem's last name, Abrasax.
[Yep. Lady Vanessa Abrasax. Wife to Balem. Lovely. She knows very well who is getting the most out of this deal. And it is not her.]
We have worked out the logistics, and while we are married, I will still spend a great deal of my time at my Spire, and will continue to be open to any of those who need to speak with me.
My plans...to make sure the Seelie pay, are unchanged. Just delayed.
[Her goal is still a fixed point.]
...apologies who anyone who wished to attend the wedding.
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[she says this a little fondly, a little sadly.]
Don't believe it impossible. Believe it doubtful, improbable, but not beyond all truth.
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And if the person you care for retreats at every turn, regardless of their possible affection?
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I have spent...longer than I care to admit thinking on this. And for all my deliberations, there is still not a precise answer save that it is changeable, personal, something that you know. You can lock your heart away for decades and think it safe, but there always lies the possibility that someone will be able to touch it regardless. For that reason, I say hoping for something true is no fool's errand.
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[She will have to keep it for the both of them.]