[21:38] (mollyk1) I think I'll give it a try. I'll understand if you'd prefer not to see
[21:38] * @Morgan nods slightly
[21:38] (@Morgan) I cant say I'm keen on it, but I understand your needing to
[21:41] * mollyk1 nods. She goes to the bed, picking up the dagger. She runs this cold, hard steel tip down her forearm. She winces loudly, inhaling sharply at the pain
[21:45] * mollyk1 's action leaves a relatively deep red line, bleeding fairly swiftly. She seems very calm about it.
[21:45] * @Morgan frowns
[21:47] * mollyk1 carefully puts the dagger down to spread as little blood as possible. She runs her other hand over the wound, concentrating hard.
[21:55] * MollyK looks surprised, then grins, as the wound heals rapidly. She goes to wash her arm in the water bowl before coming back to him
[21:55] (MollyK) I'd say that was a success
[21:55] * @Morgan nods
[21:55] (@Morgan) I'm rather glad about that
[21:56] * MollyK smiles, offering her arm. Its as if nothing ever happened
[21:56] (MollyK) I'd have been fine, liebling
[21:56] (@Morgan) I take it it didn't occur to you to try something smaller?
[21:57] * MollyK shrugs
[21:57] (MollyK) Not really, no. Within a few days I'd have healed as well as this anyhow
[21:57] * @Morgan sighs
[21:57] (@Morgan) I suppose so
[21:58] (MollyK) you are upset with me?
[21:58] (@Morgan) No, more concerned that you could've hurt yourself more than needed
[22:00] (MollyK) I was quietly confident
[22:00] * MollyK grins
[22:01] (MollyK) does being healed always feel that good? It wasnt just the pain stopping, I feel exhilarated, full of energy ((he had the same when she did it to him))
[22:01] (@Morgan) Not normally, only when you do it
[22:02] (MollyK) I must be special
[22:03] (@Morgan) absolutely
[22:03] * MollyK blushes a little
[22:04] (MollyK) You did not get the same feelings with Captain Tsaylur
[22:04] (@Morgan) No
[22:05] * MollyK nods
[22:06] (MollyK) Even... even when you had feelings for her?
[22:06] (@Morgan) No
[22:09] * MollyK nods again, studying her arm, almost as an excuse to avoid eye contact
[22:10] (MollyK) So it isnt only an emotional connection with the healer
[22:10] (@Morgan) Evidently not
[22:11] (MollyK) It already seems different than usual m-...healing
[22:11] * @Morgan nods
[22:11] (@Morgan) same with me
[22:12] (MollyK) Oh?
[22:12] * MollyK looks thoughtful
[22:12] (MollyK) I've never really known much about how it usually works, I used to find it scary with Curtis
[22:13] (@Morgan) From what I've seen... the fire throwers create a ball of flame in their hand and throw it
[22:14] * MollyK nods, expression turning solemn, even a little sad
[22:14] (MollyK) Curtis used to light his pipe from it
[22:15] (@Morgan) Perhaps not the wisest thing he could've done
[22:15] * MollyK shakes her head
[22:16] (MollyK) I used to worry that something would happen to him, or our children would inherit it
[22:16] * MollyK looks briefly at her upturned palms
[22:18] (MollyK) Who knows what will happen with our own
[22:19] * @Morgan shrugs
[22:19] (@Morgan) I haven't the faintest idea
[22:20] (MollyK) With a combination of both abilities, theyd be almost unstopable
[22:20] * MollyK smiles a little
[22:20] * @Morgan nods slightly
[22:20] (@Morgan) there's a thought
[22:21] (MollyK) Rebuild Eisen by force?
[22:21] * MollyK giggles
[22:21] * @Morgan sighs
[22:21] (@Morgan) it doesn't seem to be willing to help itself
[22:22] * MollyK nods
[22:22] (MollyK) I see what you mean, liebes herz
[22:23] * MollyK looks at him
[22:24] (MollyK) So what are you-... *she pauses, taking his hand* what will -we- do about it?
[22:24] * MollyK smiles softly
[22:24] (@Morgan) I'm not entirely sure
[22:25] * MollyK laughs quietly
[22:25] (MollyK) And once more, I offer you any comfort or aid that you would seek
[22:26] * @Morgan nods
[22:26] (@Morgan) thank you
[22:27] * MollyK lowers her eyes, looking up at him through her lashes
[22:27] (MollyK) and this time you do not need to ponder upon whether I am serious or teasing you
[22:28] * @Morgan nods
[22:29] * MollyK lets go of his hand
[22:29] (MollyK) I suppose we must resume the decoding now
[22:29] * @Morgan nods
[22:29] (@Morgan) best had
[22:31] (MollyK) I can think of many things I'd rather do than wade through entries about who did and didnt hunt on a particular day more than five years ago
[22:31] * @Morgan nods
[22:31] (@Morgan) quite
[22:33] * MollyK spends a few minutes organising papers before they begin. She works quietly but quickly, and the decoding is becoming so familiar that they are starting to recognise the patterns without having to use the reels religiously. A few boring enries pass before Morgan finds one of interest
[22:35] (MollyK) "Feb 1663- Make that two. Natasha is also with child. It means neither of them are hugley available to me, especially as Alarice is very sick almost every moment. She has the best of everything, I need that boy in her belly, then another, and another, if I have any chance of taking the Grafdom for the Eldreichs as it should be."
[22:35] * @Morgan reads it aloud
[22:36] * MollyK mutters something rather offensive about Karsten in montaigne
[22:36] (MollyK) Your father will be absoluely livid if he discovers this
[22:39] * mollyk1 watches Morgans reaction to the entry
[22:40] (@Morgan) He'll go mad
[22:43] (mollyk1) I rather suspect Karsten should be glad the hunting accident got to him first!
[22:44] * @Morgan nods
[22:44] (@Morgan) it'd be something of a race to see who got to him first I think
[22:45] (mollyk1) Oh definitely. I'd happily provide cheering and refreshments
[22:50] (mollyk1) ((can u come have Dylan a few mins so I can get stuff sorted for bed
[22:53] ** MollyK has quit (Quit: I-n-v-i-s-i-o-n 3.1.3 (May '10))
[23:01] (@Morgan) Hard as it is for Varick, I dread to think how hard his upbringing would've ended up being
[23:03] * mollyk1 nods solemnly
[23:04] (mollyk1) No matter what happens, I'm not willing to let him go
[23:04] (@Morgan) quite
[23:06] (mollyk1) I'm ashamed to admit it isn't even because it'd be best for him
[23:06] * mollyk1 fiddles with a quill
[23:06] (@Morgan) I'll admit to it being both
[23:07] (mollyk1) At least this time I'm not shocked by my realisation that it's love
[23:09] * @Morgan smiles
[23:09] (@Morgan) aye
[23:10] * mollyk1 smiles at him warmly
[23:10] (mollyk1) Last time was a little like having an anvil dropped on my chest
[23:10] * @Morgan chuckles
[23:10] (@Morgan) its difficult when you first realise it
[23:12] (mollyk1) I was just so shocked that I done something I'd tried so hard not to do
[23:13] * @Morgan nods
[23:14] * mollyk1 shrugs playfully
[23:15] (mollyk1) I can't be held responsible for submitting to someone so irresistible
[23:17] * @Morgan chuckles
[23:20] * mollyk1 smiles before returning to the decoding. As she's doing it,  her frown becomes deeper. ((let me know if he tries to read emotion etc))
[23:20] (@Morgan) ((yeah, would do))
[23:22] * mollyk1 feels both disgusted and ashamed. Her thoughts are weirdly of the view from the deck of the Rose of the dock of carleon
[23:23] (mollyk1) ((my autocorrect thinks I mean dick not dock lol))
[23:24] * @Morgan sips his drink
[23:25] * mollyk1 reads it to him
[23:25] (mollyk1) " Spring 1663- Both bellies blossom, one weakly, with lost blood and sickness and general distemper, the other quietly and calmly, shielding her roundness from view in the town. Part of me wants to just declare openly that both children are mine, Eldreich sons, as is my right. But Alaraice gets more peevish every day knowing that I take mistresses to my bed. I have 3, not including Natasha, who is more a close friend now than lover. I have needs, and I am a Lord. Its already decided that I am a bad Eisenman, why not enjoy the benefits of that?"
[23:26] (@Morgan) ((I have needs, and I a-- last of what I got))
[23:27] (mollyk1) and I am a Lord. Its already decided that I am a bad Eisenman, why not enjoy the benefits of that?
[23:28] * mollyk1 looks at the papers
[23:28] (@Morgan) charming
[23:29] * mollyk1 bites her lip, nodding. 
[23:29] (mollyk1) Indeed.
[23:29] * mollyk1 starts decoding again
[23:31] (mollyk1) *a few more boring entries before Morgan gets:
[23:32] (mollyk1) Summer 1663- Alarice is driving me to distraction with her constant complaining. Pregnancy does not suit her at all, she is all aches and fainting. Natasha doesnt visit now, she stays indoors. I'll support her financially, but I think our time is done. Edward is going into the army. I tried to persuade him that he's fighting for the wrong side, but he tells me his family honour depends upon him following the wishes of his father and brother. He's a fool.
[23:32] * @Morgan reads it aloud
[23:34] * mollyk1 's eyes darken briefly
[23:34] (mollyk1) It must be wonderful to be so perfect
[23:35] (@Morgan) I wonder what he did
[23:35] (mollyk1) Who?
[23:35] (@Morgan) Karsten
[23:36] (mollyk1) I don't understand?
[23:36] (@Morgan) I went into the navy, Edward the army... what did Karsten do
[23:37] * mollyk1 looks thoughtful
[23:38] (mollyk1) Given that I have seen no entries about his time in the war, I'm guessing he spent his time plotting to undermine your family
[23:39] (@Morgan) That would be a fair assumption I think
[23:40] (mollyk1) And he was well-liked and trusted?
[23:40] (@Morgan) apparently so
[23:42] * mollyk1 shakes her head, muttering another insult in montaigne
[23:45] * mollyk1 reads one just as Morgan finishes decoding his
[23:45] (mollyk1) 17 August 1663- Natasha gave birth early this morning, according to Mae. Mother and child healthy. I have a son, a Fitzeldreich perhaps...
[23:46] * @Morgan mutters Fitzeldreich
[23:47] (mollyk1) But proof that he intended to acknowledge Varick and that he didn't doubt the child was his
[23:48] * @Morgan nods
[23:48] (@Morgan) true enough
[23:48] (mollyk1) That could be rather important
[23:48] * @Morgan nods
[23:49] (mollyk1) 18 August 1663- Alarice has gone in to confinement, her pains great, though she is worryingly weak. The headaches that she's complained of, as well as the dizziness and fainting are worse. It is in the hands of Theus now..." is Morgans
[23:49] * @Morgan reads it out
[23:53] (mollyk1) Regardless of how greatly I dislike him, it must be truly horrific to wait out childbirth like that
[23:54] (@Morgan) no doubt
[23:57] * mollyk1 subconsciously touches the sudlache ring, almost as if checking it's still there for reassurance. It's a surprising insight into how quickly the superstitions of the children of the Sudlache have started to affect her
[23:57] (mollyk1) I wish it had a happy ending
[23:58] * @Morgan nods
[23:59] (@Morgan) The best we can do now is try to make it a happier future
[23:59] (mollyk1) Definitely

[22:17] (MollyK) [21:50] (MollyK) *she watches him closely* I could offer to try and heal Alarice in exchange for her releasing Varick without question or further claim
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:50] (MollyK) Indeed probably not a safe idea... My cousin isn't terribly provincial but I think it's probably too big a risk
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:51] (MollyK) *she nods* I can understand that
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:51] (MollyK) Plus I don't know I could trust her to hand him over or keep it secret
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:51] * MollyK nods
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:53] (MollyK) I should imagine she's still angry enough that you would not choose her over me to bear a grudge 
[22:18] (MollyK) [21:53] (MollyK) ((done))
[22:22] (MollyK) ((oh and can u let me know if he tries to read thoughts or emotions or both at any point? Or do I just assume he does it unless told otherwise?))
[22:23] (@Morgan) ((he'd probably be keeping an ear out, so to speak
[22:26] (@Morgan) very true
[22:28] * MollyK smiles sadly
[22:29] (MollyK) I seem to inspire negative emotions in noble women
[22:29] (@Morgan) only in the unreasonable ones
[22:29] (MollyK) I still can not comprehend -why-
[22:30] * MollyK sips her brandy
[22:33] (@Morgan) well in her case, you have sometyhing she wanted
[22:38] * MollyK smiles at him cheekily
[22:38] (MollyK) In all senses of the word
[22:38] * @Morgan chuckles
[22:39] (@Morgan) quite
[22:39] * MollyK is thinking 'stop thinking about the rope!'. 
[22:40] * MollyK blushes a little
[22:42] (MollyK) I dearly hope her pursuit is now at an end
[22:43] (@Morgan) I dare say if it isn't yet, it will be before long
[22:43] (MollyK) *he can feel a little jealousy from her*
[22:43] (MollyK) Unless the Eisenfurst prevents their marriage
[22:44] * @Morgan shrugs
[22:44] (@Morgan) wont make any difference
[22:47] * MollyK nods
[22:47] (MollyK) I appreciate that
[22:53] * MollyK smiles at him
[22:53] (MollyK) I appreciate everything. I'm not sure I've said that enough
[22:54] (@Morgan) everything?
[22:55] * MollyK 's thinking: ...or will ever be able to say enough. *he starts to feel her gratitude and love while reading her*
[22:57] (MollyK) For everything. For our past in Tawstock, for my new home, my title, my new family...
[22:57] (@Morgan) you may yet regret it
[22:57] * MollyK watches him intently
[22:57] (MollyK) I do not see how that could come about
[22:59] (@Morgan) my family can be a lot of work
[22:59] * MollyK raises an eyebrow
[23:00] (MollyK) You've met my father... 
[23:02] (@Morgan) fair point
[23:05] * MollyK watches him a moment, as if trying to gauge how frank to be
[23:10] (MollyK) I love your parents, they are wonderful people. They are the sort of nobles all of you (thinking: us?) should be
[23:12] * @Morgan nods
[23:12] (@Morgan) most of the time
[23:14] * MollyK looks intrigued
[23:14] (MollyK) You don't agree?
[23:15] (@Morgan) I think sometimes my father gets a little carried away with himself...
[23:17] * MollyK smiles
[23:17] (MollyK) I actually like that about him I think. It makes him more....normal
[23:19] * @Morgan nods
[23:21] * MollyK shrugs slightly
[23:23] (MollyK) Even if they weren't my parents by marriage, if I were just a villager there, I would still love them. My regard isn't solely because they gave you to the world
[23:27] * @Morgan smiles
[23:28] (@Morgan) thats a good thing... I think we all need to be approachable
[23:30] (MollyK) You are. I think even your reputation is starting to fade
[23:30] * MollyK pinches her lower lip
[23:31] * @Morgan frowns slightly
[23:31] (@Morgan) I'm not entirely sure I'm pleased about that
[23:32] (MollyK) *her thoughts are a recollection, him saying 'maybe he's not as observant as he thinks he is'. Molly looks distracted
[23:32] (MollyK) Sorry?
[23:33] (@Morgan) my reputation fading... I'm not sure I like that
[23:38] * MollyK smiles wryly
[23:38] (MollyK) Yet you yourself told the villagers you are firm but fair
[23:39] * @Morgan nods
[23:41] (MollyK) I'm afraid you can't be a rough, domineering tyrant and firm but fair
[23:42] (MollyK) *he stops being able to read her*
[23:42] (@Morgan) yes I can... as long as its known that if fairness dictates a smack, a smack will be dispensed
[23:42] (MollyK) But that isn't tyrannical
[23:47] (@Morgan) I never said I was a tyrant
[23:48] (@Morgan) who's not as observant as he thinks he is?
[23:49] * MollyK smiles
[23:51] (MollyK) A certain master-at-arms who described himself as a tyrant ((on the day she nearly drowned. She pointed out that he seemed quite observant to her))
[23:52] (@Morgan) I was tyrannical then
[23:52] * MollyK grins
[23:52] (MollyK) Observant too
[23:54] (@Morgan) now and then
[23:54] * MollyK giggles 
[23:55] (MollyK) Definitely more now than then
[23:58] (@Morgan) I have my moments
[00:01] * MollyK smiles
[00:02] (MollyK) I didn't even finish thanking you
[00:10] (MollyK) Mostly I wanted to thank you for choosing me. Not just above Alarice, but  in general
[00:11] (@Morgan) there's no need to thank me for anything blossom
[00:12] (MollyK) There is. I do not wish you to ever think that I take any of it for granted
[00:17] * MollyK drinks a little of her brandy
[00:20] (@Morgan) I just hope yuou dont come to regret it
[00:23] * MollyK smiles enigmatically, and he still can't pick up anything
[00:23] (MollyK) I wont.
[00:24] * MollyK looks back at the decoding, beginning to work again
[00:30] (MollyK) *after a few minutes, he starts to slowly feel her emotions, sadness and pity. Her expression is filled with it, and tears start to form in her eyes
[00:30] * @Morgan looks at her
[00:30] (@Morgan) whats wrong blossom?
[00:30] * MollyK keeps working
[00:31] (MollyK) I'm almost done
[00:31] * MollyK 's tone is somber
[00:33] * MollyK takes a deep breath, beginning to read. She doesn't look up from the paper, and he still feels her sadness
[00:33] (MollyK) 18 August 1663- Alarice delievered a daughter, who Theus in his infinite wisdom kept in heaven to be with him. It was just awful, the screams coming down the hall all night. I honestly thought Alarice would die. She lives, but is very ill. She is unconcious now, and I havent the heart to tell her that all her pain and suffering has been for nought.
[00:34] (MollyK) ((where'd it get to?))
[00:34] (@Morgan) nd suffering has been for nought.
[00:34] * MollyK takes another deep breath, reading further
[00:35] (MollyK) And this is what my ambition has bought me, a lost child, a gravely ill wife. It is now my sad duty to bury that tiny body in our graveyard, perfect sleeping face consigned to the ground. If I lose Alarice too, I don't know what will become of me. I love her a great deal. There is no way that she will bear this tradgedy.
[00:35] (MollyK) *a solitary tear runs down her cheek. 
[01:31] (@Morgan) finally a bit of humanity about him
[01:34] * MollyK nods
[01:35] (MollyK) It's just so awful, I can't even imagine...
[01:35] * @Morgan nods
[01:35] (MollyK) *he once again suddenly stops being able to read her*
[01:36] * MollyK 's voice fills with pain, yet she still doesn't look up
[01:36] (MollyK) My mother lost four babies this way
[01:37] * @Morgan nods
[01:40] * MollyK once more touches the Sudlache ring subconsciously. Something in her expression darkens, looking at the stone. She goes back to the decoding.
[01:41] (@Morgan) is there an issue?
[01:42] (MollyK) No, I'll be fine. I want to get this finished
[01:43] * @Morgan frowns
[01:43] (@Morgan) as you wish
[01:45] (MollyK) ((if he tries to read her thoughts, he gets only the image of the doors to the great hall at tawstock shut tight, as when she first practiced how she could keep her thoughts contained.
[01:47] * MollyK continues to work on the decoding, no longer looking as troubled
[01:54] (MollyK) *his next one is: 30 August 1663- I've done the only thing I could think of. I've moved Natasha and the baby in to the house. Only Mae and I know the sad truth, everyone else has been told that Alarice, although ill, was delievered of a healthy, blonde boy. Fortunately he looks like me, and doesnt have Natasha's Ussuran colouring.
[01:55] (MollyK) ((where did it get to?))
[01:56] (@Morgan) nd suffering has been for nought.
[01:56] (MollyK) 30 August 1663- I've done the only thing I could think of. I've moved Natasha and the baby in to the house. Only Mae and I know the sad truth, everyone else has been told that Alarice, although ill, was delievered of a healthy, blonde boy. Fortunately he looks like me, and doesnt have Natasha's Ussuran colouring.
[01:56] (@Morgan) e Natasha's Ussuran colouring
[01:57] (MollyK) ((done))
[01:57] * @Morgan reads it aloud
[02:01] * MollyK speaks quietly
[02:01] (MollyK) Well know it's only Mae, Marta, Morgan and I who know what you truly were...
[02:03] * MollyK looks up at him.
[02:03] (MollyK) Poor Varick
[02:04] * @Morgan nosd
[02:05] * MollyK looks to her work, reading a few minutes later
[02:05] (MollyK) 31 August 1663- So far everything is going well. The boy, who I've named Varick, is strong and healthy. Natasha is is 'wet nurse'. Alarice is slowly improving, and will soon see him.
[02:09] (MollyK) **twenty minutes later, Morgan decodes:
[02:09] (MollyK) 7 September 1663- The doctor tells me Alarice suffered a great deal, and should not conceive for at least three years. That will seriously halt the growth of the Eldreichs. She seems mostly disinterested in Varick, and cries a great deal, especially whenever my current mistresses are present. Given that she won't be entertaining my attentions for so long, I have no intention of being rid of them.
[02:09] (@Morgan) and back to normal we go
[02:14] * MollyK nods. If he tries to read her feelings, she feels both revulsion and shame. Her thoughts are too jumbled to make sense of
[02:14] (MollyK) Charming.
[02:15] (@Morgan) quite
[02:16] (MollyK) *the clock strikes midnight just before Molly reads
[02:16] (MollyK) October 1663- Alarice is beginning to resent the closeness between Varick and Natasha, and refuses to have Natasha in her presence. Natasha replies in turn with complaining to me about how Varick is her child and not Alarice's. What a mess!
[02:17] * MollyK looks to Morgan
[02:18] (MollyK) I feel a little like this serves him right...
[02:18] * @Morgan nods
[02:18] (@Morgan) ahe
[02:18] (@Morgan) aye**
[02:19] (MollyK) If you make so many beds, you'll have to lie in all of them
[02:19] (MollyK) ((trying to read her?))
[02:19] (@Morgan) ((yeah))
[02:20] * MollyK is quite angry, irrationally so. Her facial expression doesn't give it away. 
[02:21] (@Morgan) what is it blossom?
[02:22] * MollyK drops her gaze, becoming somewhat submissive
[02:22] (MollyK) I'm sorry, I know as a noble it's his right to keep mistresses...
[02:23] * @Morgan snorts
[02:26] * MollyK watches him
[02:27] (MollyK) It's not really something we women are supposed to have an opinion on, of course
[02:27] (@Morgan) rubbish
[02:29] * MollyK tilts her head. She smiles, but it doesn't reach her eyes
[02:30] (MollyK) That we aren't supposed to have opinions, or that we dont
[02:31] (@Morgan) both, really
[02:32] (MollyK) A good noble wife doesn't comment on such matters
[02:33] (@Morgan) a good noble man doesn't put her in a situation where she'd feel she needs to
[02:33] * MollyK looks at the table
[02:33] (MollyK) Is it really always that simple though?
[02:34] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:36] (MollyK) "never as easy as just don't do it"
[02:36] * MollyK drinks her brandy
[02:36] (@Morgan) that keeps coming back to bite me
[02:38] (MollyK) It could be because often expecting people to just behave appropriately is how you work. Saying it's not that simple gives them an excuse to disobey you
[02:38] (@Morgan) and get a fist to the face
[02:38] * MollyK nods, smiling a little
[02:39] (MollyK) But what happens to good men when they fall in love with someone other than their wives?
[02:40] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:40] (@Morgan) he should do whats right, not what he wants
[02:41] * MollyK looks thoughtful, though he can't read what she's thinking at all
[02:43] (MollyK) And so the bad men take mistresses, and buy them houses, and 'visit' as required, leaving their wives at home feeling rejected...
[02:44] (MollyK) *he still picks up the mix of shame and disgust he did earlier
[02:44] * @Morgan nods
[22:10] (MollyK) I hadn't really thought of it like that
[22:15] (@Morgan) most dont I suppose
[22:20] * MollyK 's expression darkens a little
[22:20] (MollyK) I ought to have
[22:22] * @Morgan shrugs
[22:23] * MollyK sighs, with a slight shake of her head
[22:23] (MollyK) How naive I was
[22:24] (@Morgan) I think its part of your charm
[22:29] * MollyK looks ashamed then, and he can feel a wave of sadness from her
[22:30] (MollyK) But I could have done this *she waves her hand over the decoding* to some poor wife by being her husband's mistress as I'd planned
[22:31] (@Morgan) its entirely possible that tje wife is not only aware but happy with the arrangement
[22:32] * MollyK frowns
[22:33] (MollyK) Or wouldn't feel that she has the right to object
[22:33] (@Morgan) possibly yes, but I think you're restricting yourr view to only the one side
[22:34] * MollyK shrugs a little
[22:34] (MollyK) Blinded by my own sense of shame and guilt I suspect
[22:35] (@Morgan) possibly... I dont know I understand where this guilt comes from though
[22:36] * MollyK looks up at him slowly
[22:37] (MollyK) Because I would possibly have hurt someone, and hadn't thought of anything more than my own freedom, security and desire
[22:39] (@Morgan) but you didn't
[22:43] (MollyK) But I would have. I don't like that I was so selfish in my aims. I like to think I am better than that
[22:44] (@Morgan) and given the knowledge and choice, you would have been
[22:44] * MollyK smiles softly
[22:45] (MollyK) I suppose you may be right. Perhaps it's just now that I -am- a nobleman's wife that it's dawned upon me
[22:46] * MollyK 's thoughts are still completely unreadable
[22:46] (@Morgan) you're worried you'll be put in that situation?
[22:49] * MollyK watches him closely. He can feel her discomfort
[22:50] (MollyK) My head tells me your honour is too strong for that... *she looks as if she's considering saying more, but looks away*
[22:50] (MollyK) My head tells me your honour is too strong for that... *she looks as if she's considering saying more, but looks away*
[22:51] * @Morgan watches her
[22:51] * @Morgan watches her
[22:52] * MollyK doesn't add to it, keeping her eyes on the table. He feels her confusion, warring inside
[22:52] * MollyK doesn't add to it, keeping her eyes on the table. He feels her confusion, warring inside
[22:54] * @Morgan waits
[22:54] * @Morgan waits
[22:58] * MollyK looks to him, with a small, wry smile
[22:58] * MollyK looks to him, with a small, wry smile
[22:58] (MollyK) You won't just let this lie, I assume?
[22:58] (MollyK) You won't just let this lie, I assume?
[22:58] (@Morgan) corrent
[22:58] (@Morgan) corrent
[22:59] (@Morgan) correct*
[22:59] (@Morgan) correct*
[23:00] * MollyK fills her cherry brandy, then downs half of it. She runs her hand through her hair. He can feel her gathering her resolve and defences. She looks at him
[23:00] * MollyK fills her cherry brandy, then downs half of it. She runs her hand through her hair. He can feel her gathering her resolve and defences. She looks at him
[23:02] (MollyK) Would you at least be willing to bear in mind that it has been your choice to pursue this, in the event of my saying something that displeases you?
[23:02] (MollyK) Would you at least be willing to bear in mind that it has been your choice to pursue this, in the event of my saying something that displeases you?
[23:02] * @Morgan nods slightly
[23:02] * @Morgan nods slightly
[23:02] * MollyK watches him closely, scrutinising his reactions
[23:02] * MollyK watches him closely, scrutinising his reactions
[23:04] (MollyK) I want to believe that I will be afforded the same arrangement regarding mistresses as you had last time, though I fully accept that our situation is different
[23:04] (MollyK) I want to believe that I will be afforded the same arrangement regarding mistresses as you had last time, though I fully accept that our situation is different

[23:10] (MollyK) *he can quietly hear her thinking 'now you've gone and done it Moll. Couldn't just keep quiet, oh no.'*
[23:10] (MollyK) *he can quietly hear her thinking 'now you've gone and done it Moll. Couldn't just keep quiet, oh no.'*
[23:12] * MollyK sighs, drinking again. She rests her glass and empty hand on the table. She looks up at him, so solemnly.
[23:12] * MollyK sighs, drinking again. She rests her glass and empty hand on the table. She looks up at him, so solemnly.
[23:12] * @Morgan sips his blokners, watching her
[23:12] * @Morgan sips his blokners, watching her
[23:13] (MollyK) I know I have no right to, and I know it's probably a large insult to your honour for me to even question your judgement....
[23:13] (MollyK) I know I have no right to, and I know it's probably a large insult to your honour for me to even question your judgement....
[23:15] * MollyK watches him, trying to read his expression
[23:15] * MollyK watches him, trying to read his expression
[23:15] (@Morgan) go on
[23:15] (@Morgan) go on
[23:17] * MollyK looks at the table. Her voice is quiet, intense,  full of emotion
[23:17] * MollyK looks at the table. Her voice is quiet, intense,  full of emotion
[23:18] (MollyK) I don't want you to take a mistress... If-... *she takes a steadying breath, thinking 'you're really going to say this?!'*
[23:18] (MollyK) I don't want you to take a mistress... If-... *she takes a steadying breath, thinking 'you're really going to say this?!'*
[23:22] (MollyK) If Dietlinde didn't have to deal with it, then I don't feel I should have to either. But I accept that that is unreasonable
[23:22] (MollyK) If Dietlinde didn't have to deal with it, then I don't feel I should have to either. But I accept that that is unreasonable
[23:22] * @Morgan shrugs
[23:22] * @Morgan shrugs
[23:22] (@Morgan) you wont have to deal with it
[23:22] (@Morgan) you wont have to deal with it
[23:22] * MollyK downs the last of her brandy
[23:22] * MollyK downs the last of her brandy
[23:23] (MollyK) And if you were to fall in love again?
[23:23] (MollyK) And if you were to fall in love again?
[23:23] (@Morgan) I already have
[23:23] (@Morgan) I already have
[23:23] * MollyK looks confused
[23:23] * MollyK looks confused
[23:23] (MollyK) I don't understand
[23:23] (MollyK) I don't understand
[23:24] * @Morgan sighs
[23:24] * @Morgan sighs
[23:24] (@Morgan) for a smart girl you can be very dense
[23:24] (@Morgan) for a smart girl you can be very dense
[23:24] * MollyK nods
[23:24] * MollyK nods
[23:24] (MollyK) I know
[23:24] (MollyK) I know
[23:25] * MollyK smiles slightly, though it's against her better judgement
[23:25] * MollyK smiles slightly, though it's against her better judgement
[23:26] (MollyK) But I still don't understand
[23:26] (MollyK) But I still don't understand
[23:26] (@Morgan) I love you, and that is the be all and end all
[23:26] (@Morgan) I love you, and that is the be all and end all
[23:28] * MollyK blushes, and her eyes fill up. 
[23:28] * MollyK blushes, and her eyes fill up. 
[23:29] (MollyK) Th-thank you. Do you truly think you would never fall in love with another, in my lifetime?
[23:29] (MollyK) Th-thank you. Do you truly think you would never fall in love with another, in my lifetime?
[23:30] * @Morgan nods
[23:30] * @Morgan nods
[23:32] * MollyK looks up, meeting his eyes briefly
[23:32] * MollyK looks up, meeting his eyes briefly
[23:33] (MollyK) I would say that in that case I'd prefer to outlive you, but I don't honestly think I could go on without you
[23:33] (MollyK) I would say that in that case I'd prefer to outlive you, but I don't honestly think I could go on without you
[23:34] (@Morgan) I suppose we'll just have to live forever then
[23:34] (@Morgan) I suppose we'll just have to live forever then
[23:36] * MollyK laughs softly, and that is enough to break her resolve, a large tear rolling down each cheek as her suppressed sadness releases
[23:36] * MollyK laughs softly, and that is enough to break her resolve, a large tear rolling down each cheek as her suppressed sadness releases
[23:37] (MollyK) I suppose so
[23:37] (MollyK) I suppose so
[23:41] * MollyK wipes away her tears
[23:41] * MollyK wipes away her tears
[23:43] (MollyK) If it's of a comfort to you, I have no intention of taking lovers after our first two male children, as Jarvie tells me is the fashion in Freiburg in recent years
[23:43] (MollyK) If it's of a comfort to you, I have no intention of taking lovers after our first two male children, as Jarvie tells me is the fashion in Freiburg in recent years
[23:43] (@Morgan) really? Now why would sweet innocent Jarvie know that
[23:43] (@Morgan) really? Now why would sweet innocent Jarvie know that
[23:44] * MollyK giggles
[23:44] * MollyK giggles
[23:44] (MollyK) I couldn't possibly say
[23:44] (MollyK) I couldn't possibly say
[23:51] * @Morgan sighs
[23:51] * @Morgan sighs
[23:51] (@Morgan) some nobles really confuse me... just because they can, doesn't mean they should
[23:51] (@Morgan) some nobles really confuse me... just because they can, doesn't mean they should
[23:52] (MollyK) You refer to Jarvie, or in general?
[23:52] (MollyK) You refer to Jarvie, or in general?
[23:52] (@Morgan) in general
[23:52] (@Morgan) in general
[23:54] * MollyK looks thoughtful. ((is he still trying to read her thoughts?))
[23:54] * MollyK looks thoughtful. ((is he still trying to read her thoughts?))
[23:54] (@Morgan) ((yep))
[23:54] (@Morgan) ((yep))
[23:55] (MollyK) There isn't much forsaking going on, is there?
[23:55] (MollyK) There isn't much forsaking going on, is there?
[23:55] * MollyK is thinking of Curtis, vegetable patches and Companionship
[23:55] * MollyK is thinking of Curtis, vegetable patches and Companionship
[23:56] (@Morgan) no, not really
[23:56] (@Morgan) no, not really
[23:57] (MollyK) Though I suppose for those in arranged marriages it must be difficult
[23:57] (MollyK) Though I suppose for those in arranged marriages it must be difficult
[23:58] * @Morgan nods
[23:58] * @Morgan nods
[23:58] (MollyK) *now she's thinking about the barn back at Catherines
[23:58] (MollyK) *now she's thinking about the barn back at Catherines
[00:00] (@Morgan) cant be easy
[00:00] (@Morgan) cant be easy
[00:00] (MollyK) Now that I know how it should be between husband and wife, I really do not think it would have worked between Curtis and I
[00:00] (MollyK) Now that I know how it should be between husband and wife, I really do not think it would have worked between Curtis and I
[00:01] (@Morgan) no?
[00:01] (@Morgan) no?
[00:01] * MollyK smiles
[00:01] * MollyK smiles
[00:02] (MollyK) It would have been awkward, embarrassing...
[00:02] (MollyK) It would have been awkward, embarrassing...
[00:03] (@Morgan) It almost sounds funy
[00:03] (@Morgan) It almost sounds funy
[00:04] * MollyK watches him playfully. Her voice is low, teasing
[00:04] * MollyK watches him playfully. Her voice is low, teasing
[00:05] (MollyK) I'd have had to have, as Lady Daventry ((the Romance she was reading)) said, had to 'laid back and thought of Eisen'
[00:05] (MollyK) I'd have had to have, as Lady Daventry ((the Romance she was reading)) said, had to 'laid back and thought of Eisen'
[00:05] * @Morgan laughs
[00:05] * @Morgan laughs
[00:07] * MollyK giggles
[00:07] * MollyK giggles
[00:08] (MollyK) Though I suppose it wouldn't have been Eisen I was thinking of as such 
[00:08] (MollyK) Though I suppose it wouldn't have been Eisen I was thinking of as such 
[00:10] (@Morgan) no?
[00:10] (@Morgan) no?
[00:12] (MollyK) I think you know full well what I mean, my Lord
[00:12] (MollyK) I think you know full well what I mean, my Lord
[00:12] * MollyK grins
[00:12] * MollyK grins
[00:12] * @Morgan chuckles
[00:12] * @Morgan chuckles
[00:15] (MollyK) I was never sure which I would have been more scared of, had Jaeger and I wed; that you wouldn't come to visit at all, or you would and I'd hate myself for not setting my hat at you while I had the chance
[00:15] (MollyK) I was never sure which I would have been more scared of, had Jaeger and I wed; that you wouldn't come to visit at all, or you would and I'd hate myself for not setting my hat at you while I had the chance
[00:15] (@Morgan) not something you need concern yourself with now
[00:15] (@Morgan) not something you need concern yourself with now
[00:16] * MollyK grins
[00:16] * MollyK grins
[00:16] (MollyK) No, now I have you mostly where I want you
[00:16] (MollyK) No, now I have you mostly where I want you
[00:16] (@Morgan) mostly
[00:16] (@Morgan) mostly
[00:16] * MollyK giggles
[00:16] * MollyK giggles
[00:17] (MollyK) Are you sure you want to ask?
[00:17] (MollyK) Are you sure you want to ask?
[00:17] * @Morgan considers it
[00:17] * @Morgan considers it
[00:17] (@Morgan) I'm not entyirely sure
[00:17] (@Morgan) I'm not entyirely sure
[00:18] * MollyK laughs
[00:18] * MollyK laughs
[00:18] (MollyK) You aren't afraid of my imagination, surely?
[00:18] (MollyK) You aren't afraid of my imagination, surely?
[00:18] (@Morgan) A little... its a powerful thing
[00:18] (@Morgan) A little... its a powerful thing
[00:19] (MollyK) I'll spare you then... This time
[00:19] (MollyK) I'll spare you then... This time
[00:20] * MollyK smiles
[00:20] * MollyK smiles
[00:21] * @Morgan nods
[00:21] * @Morgan nods
[00:21] (@Morgan) thank you
[00:21] (@Morgan) thank you
[00:22] * MollyK sighs softly
[00:22] * MollyK sighs softly
[00:23] (MollyK) I suppose we'd better resume our decoding
[00:23] (MollyK) I suppose we'd better resume our decoding
[00:23] * @Morgan nods
[00:23] * @Morgan nods
[00:23] (@Morgan) best had
[00:23] (@Morgan) best had
[00:23] (MollyK) *she's thinking: or just sweep it all on the floor and...*
[00:23] (MollyK) *she's thinking: or just sweep it all on the floor and...*
[00:24] * MollyK smiles at her thoughts, but begins to work again
[00:24] * MollyK smiles at her thoughts, but begins to work again
[00:24] * @Morgan shakes his head, setting to reading
[00:24] * @Morgan shakes his head, setting to reading
[00:28] (MollyK) *he gets: October 1663- Alarice is beginning to resent the closeness between Varick and Natasha, and refuses to have Natasha in her presence. Natasha replies in turn with complaining to me about how Varick is her child and not Alarice's. What a mess!
[00:28] (MollyK) *he gets: October 1663- Alarice is beginning to resent the closeness between Varick and Natasha, and refuses to have Natasha in her presence. Natasha replies in turn with complaining to me about how Varick is her child and not Alarice's. What a mess!
[00:28] (@Morgan) ((done that one))
[00:28] (@Morgan) ((done that one))
[00:29] (MollyK) ((ok))
[00:29] (MollyK) ((ok))
[00:29] (MollyK) ** December 1663- These women will be the death of me! At present I'd like to throw them both from the house with their constant sniping and whining about the other. I've started taking Natasha to bed again, in the hopes it may distract her, but the spark that was once there has faded.
[00:29] (MollyK) ** December 1663- These women will be the death of me! At present I'd like to throw them both from the house with their constant sniping and whining about the other. I've started taking Natasha to bed again, in the hopes it may distract her, but the spark that was once there has faded.
[00:29] (MollyK) My son grows healthy and fine though. If only I had a few more, to ensure the Eldreich name would live on. Alas, Alarice will not allow me to her chambers at all at night, so there is no chance. The doctors may well be wrong, and I need more heirs
[00:29] (MollyK) My son grows healthy and fine though. If only I had a few more, to ensure the Eldreich name would live on. Alas, Alarice will not allow me to her chambers at all at night, so there is no chance. The doctors may well be wrong, and I need more heirs
[00:30] (@Morgan) one track mind, it seems
[00:30] (@Morgan) one track mind, it seems
[00:31] (MollyK) ((does he read it?))
[00:31] (MollyK) ((does he read it?))
[00:31] (@Morgan) ((yep))
[00:31] (@Morgan) ((yep))
[00:32] (MollyK) Such care and concern for his wife...
[00:32] (MollyK) Such care and concern for his wife...
[00:32] * MollyK reads:
[00:32] * MollyK reads:
[00:32] (MollyK) January 1664- Natasha very nearly told Alarice the truth. I can't have that. I need this child to be completely accepted as a child born of wedlock. She gets more and more angry about not being allowed to mother her son every day. Alarice however is begining to bond with him, and her rare smiles are for him.
[00:32] (MollyK) January 1664- Natasha very nearly told Alarice the truth. I can't have that. I need this child to be completely accepted as a child born of wedlock. She gets more and more angry about not being allowed to mother her son every day. Alarice however is begining to bond with him, and her rare smiles are for him.
[00:33] (MollyK) She loved him once it seems
[00:33] (MollyK) She loved him once it seems
[00:33] (@Morgan) the beginnings of a motive for Natasha's removal there perhaps?
[00:33] (@Morgan) the beginnings of a motive for Natasha's removal there perhaps?
[00:34] (MollyK) Quite possibly, yes. *she looks at him* are you starting to wish we'd never found out any of this?
[00:34] (MollyK) Quite possibly, yes. *she looks at him* are you starting to wish we'd never found out any of this?
[00:35] (@Morgan) in some respects
[00:35] (@Morgan) in some respects
[00:36] (MollyK) Which respects would they be?
[00:36] (MollyK) Which respects would they be?
[00:36] * MollyK continues decoding whilst talking 
[00:36] * MollyK continues decoding whilst talking 
[00:37] (@Morgan) Well, in some respects it stregthens our task, but in others...
[00:37] (@Morgan) Well, in some respects it stregthens our task, but in others...
[00:37] * MollyK nods sadly
[00:37] * MollyK nods sadly
[00:38] (MollyK) It's going to break hearts
[00:38] (MollyK) It's going to break hearts
[00:38] * @Morgan nods
[00:38] * @Morgan nods
[00:38] (@Morgan) absolutely
[00:38] (@Morgan) absolutely
[00:39] (MollyK) *the useful entries are much closer together now, his next decoded only five minutes later
[00:39] (MollyK) *the useful entries are much closer together now, his next decoded only five minutes later
[00:39] (MollyK) January 1664- Alartice has hired a new wet nurse, and has said Natasha must be sent from the house. Natasha is furious, and only confining her to her rooms has prevented an incident. I'm going to have to take action. If I banish her, she will reveal everything. My son will not be respected amongst his peers, especially the vaticine ones. I can not have damage done to the reputation of the family.
[00:39] (MollyK) January 1664- Alartice has hired a new wet nurse, and has said Natasha must be sent from the house. Natasha is furious, and only confining her to her rooms has prevented an incident. I'm going to have to take action. If I banish her, she will reveal everything. My son will not be respected amongst his peers, especially the vaticine ones. I can not have damage done to the reputation of the family.
[00:39] * @Morgan reads it out
[00:39] * @Morgan reads it out
[00:39] (@Morgan) that sounds ominous
[00:39] (@Morgan) that sounds ominous
[00:39] * MollyK frowns deeply
[00:39] * MollyK frowns deeply
[00:40] (MollyK) Yes, it does rather
[00:40] (MollyK) Yes, it does rather
[00:40] (MollyK) *a few minutes later, she reads: February 1664- May Theus forgive me. I will never forgive myself.
[00:40] (MollyK) *a few minutes later, she reads: February 1664- May Theus forgive me. I will never forgive myself.
[00:41] * MollyK sighs heavily
[00:41] * MollyK sighs heavily
[00:42] (MollyK) I suppose that answers that
[00:42] (MollyK) I suppose that answers that
[00:42] * @Morgan nods
[00:42] * @Morgan nods
[00:42] (@Morgan) I suppose so
[00:42] (@Morgan) I suppose so
[00:42] (MollyK) What is wrong with these people?
[00:42] (MollyK) What is wrong with these people?
[00:43] (@Morgan) an overbearing sense of entitlement perhaps
[00:43] (@Morgan) an overbearing sense of entitlement perhaps
[00:43] * MollyK nods
[00:43] * MollyK nods
[00:43] (MollyK) Disgusting
[00:43] (MollyK) Disgusting
[00:43] * @Morgan nods
[00:43] * @Morgan nods
[00:44] (MollyK) *he gets: February 1664- I had her buried here, in the graveyard, quietly. The Sheriff has apportioned blame to the sons of the men who killed her husband, and I have banished them. But it is my hands that bear her blood, stained forever. For him. All for him. I told her how sorry I was as I cut hr throat, and held her as she died in my arms. What sort of man have I become, all in the name of Eldreich?
[00:44] (MollyK) *he gets: February 1664- I had her buried here, in the graveyard, quietly. The Sheriff has apportioned blame to the sons of the men who killed her husband, and I have banished them. But it is my hands that bear her blood, stained forever. For him. All for him. I told her how sorry I was as I cut hr throat, and held her as she died in my arms. What sort of man have I become, all in the name of Eldreich?
[00:45] * @Morgan grunts
[00:45] * @Morgan grunts
[00:45] (@Morgan) definitely he did it ((he doesn't read it out))
[00:45] (@Morgan) definitely he did it ((he doesn't read it out))
[00:46] * MollyK watches him a moment before nodding
[00:46] * MollyK watches him a moment before nodding
[00:46] (MollyK) If only he were still alive so that he could be appropriately punished
[00:46] (MollyK) If only he were still alive so that he could be appropriately punished
[00:47] (@Morgan) aye
[00:47] (@Morgan) aye
[00:47] (MollyK) *she reads the next one
[00:47] (MollyK) *she reads the next one
[00:47] (MollyK) June 1664- My father-in-law is dead. The Graf and I had serious words after the burial about the future of Innesbruck. He wanted to take back the lands and hold it until Varick, or one of his precious sons were ready to take it on. I wanted it given over to me, to care for until it was Varick's turn, cutting out those half-Avalon bastards for good. Why sully the blood of Eisen so?
[00:47] (MollyK) June 1664- My father-in-law is dead. The Graf and I had serious words after the burial about the future of Innesbruck. He wanted to take back the lands and hold it until Varick, or one of his precious sons were ready to take it on. I wanted it given over to me, to care for until it was Varick's turn, cutting out those half-Avalon bastards for good. Why sully the blood of Eisen so?
[00:50] * MollyK frowns
[00:50] * MollyK frowns
[00:50] * @Morgan bursts out laughing
[00:50] * @Morgan bursts out laughing
[00:51] * MollyK watches him, slowly laughing too
[00:51] * MollyK watches him, slowly laughing too
[00:51] (MollyK) People in glass houses....
[00:51] (MollyK) People in glass houses....
[00:52] (@Morgan) something liek that
[00:52] (@Morgan) something liek that
[00:52] (MollyK) *she reads on : In the end we agreed that I would run the lands in trust for Varick. I still hate that man. I've once again been subverting Edward, making him my friend, hosting him here. His dear cousin Alarice seems very fond of him, and I think she does it to spite me. She has become hard towards me, openly disdaining my need for other women. As if it is my fault that she can not please me as a wife most of the month.
[00:52] (MollyK) *she reads on : In the end we agreed that I would run the lands in trust for Varick. I still hate that man. I've once again been subverting Edward, making him my friend, hosting him here. His dear cousin Alarice seems very fond of him, and I think she does it to spite me. She has become hard towards me, openly disdaining my need for other women. As if it is my fault that she can not please me as a wife most of the month.
[00:53] (MollyK) He has a point there....
[00:53] (MollyK) He has a point there....
[00:53] * @Morgan shrugs
[00:53] * @Morgan shrugs
[00:55] (MollyK) After all, how unreasonable is it to expect a man not to act like a crazed bull in mating season. We all know men have no self control or restraint *she rolls her eyes*
[00:55] (MollyK) After all, how unreasonable is it to expect a man not to act like a crazed bull in mating season. We all know men have no self control or restraint *she rolls her eyes*
[00:56] (@Morgan) quite
[00:56] (@Morgan) quite
[00:57] (MollyK) You managed to wait to bed me for two full months, surely he could manage
[00:57] (MollyK) You managed to wait to bed me for two full months, surely he could manage
[00:58] (@Morgan) he doesn't strike me as a man of self control
[00:58] (@Morgan) he doesn't strike me as a man of self control
[00:58] * MollyK nods
[00:58] * MollyK nods
[00:58] (MollyK) Women have better self control
[00:58] (MollyK) Women have better self control
[00:59] * MollyK grins
[00:59] * MollyK grins
[00:59] (@Morgan) my cousin suggests otherwise
[00:59] (@Morgan) my cousin suggests otherwise
[00:59] (MollyK) She doesn't count... Look how long I waited for you!
[00:59] (MollyK) She doesn't count... Look how long I waited for you!
[00:59] * MollyK giggles
[00:59] * MollyK giggles
[01:03] * @Morgan chucklews
[01:03] * @Morgan chucklews
[01:03] (@Morgan) true enough
[01:03] (@Morgan) true enough
[01:04] (MollyK) Most definitely worth the wait...
[01:04] (MollyK) Most definitely worth the wait...
[01:04] * MollyK resumes decoding
[01:04] * MollyK resumes decoding
[01:04] (@Morgan) I have my moments
[01:04] (@Morgan) I have my moments
[01:06] * MollyK smiles and nods, but he can feel her desire for him increase
[01:06] * MollyK smiles and nods, but he can feel her desire for him increase
[01:09] * MollyK starts to frown whilst decoding the next
[01:09] * MollyK starts to frown whilst decoding the next
[01:10] (MollyK) September 1664- I suspect Alarice may have taken a lover of her own, her cousin. He's been here several weeks now, whilst on leave from the army. Rumour has it that a truce will be declared soon. Varick is strong and fine, walking on his little chubby legs and talking. In a house full of rage and resentment, he is a bundle of love and smiles. He is my pride and joy.
[01:10] (MollyK) September 1664- I suspect Alarice may have taken a lover of her own, her cousin. He's been here several weeks now, whilst on leave from the army. Rumour has it that a truce will be declared soon. Varick is strong and fine, walking on his little chubby legs and talking. In a house full of rage and resentment, he is a bundle of love and smiles. He is my pride and joy.
[01:11] * MollyK is,quite annoyed
[01:11] * MollyK is,quite annoyed
[01:12] (@Morgan) I'm not terribly surprised
[01:12] (@Morgan) I'm not terribly surprised
[01:13] (MollyK) I'm not surprised as such, just angry
[01:13] (MollyK) I'm not surprised as such, just angry
[01:13] (@Morgan) oh?
[01:13] (@Morgan) oh?
[01:15] (MollyK) She tried to break up our relationship by making you hate me due to captain holzheims offer, and having broken my heart would then not have been able to marry you due to the laws of affinity!
[01:15] (MollyK) She tried to break up our relationship by making you hate me due to captain holzheims offer, and having broken my heart would then not have been able to marry you due to the laws of affinity!
[01:17] (@Morgan) I might mention that next time I see her
[01:17] (@Morgan) I might mention that next time I see her
[01:17] * MollyK nods
[01:17] * MollyK nods
[01:18] (MollyK) I'd quite like to add her to my 'people I wish to do Eisen things to' list
[01:18] (MollyK) I'd quite like to add her to my 'people I wish to do Eisen things to' list
[01:18] (@Morgan) feel free
[01:18] (@Morgan) feel free
[01:19] (MollyK) And as a woman, I can hit her without it being dishonorable
[01:19] (MollyK) And as a woman, I can hit her without it being dishonorable
[01:20] * @Morgan nods
[01:20] * @Morgan nods
[01:22] (MollyK) *a few minutes later he gets: November 1664- The war is over, both churches conceeding to a truce. Things are still tense, and Eisen is ruined, but at least it is done.
[01:22] (MollyK) *a few minutes later he gets: November 1664- The war is over, both churches conceeding to a truce. Things are still tense, and Eisen is ruined, but at least it is done.
[01:23] * @Morgan reads it out
[01:23] * @Morgan reads it out
[01:23] (@Morgan) no doubt he thinks that means he won
[01:23] (@Morgan) no doubt he thinks that means he won
[01:26] (MollyK) Not that he appears to have done much -proper- sword wielding!
[01:26] (MollyK) Not that he appears to have done much -proper- sword wielding!
[01:28] (@Morgan) no...
[01:28] (@Morgan) no...
[01:29] * MollyK is decoding something long, looking very tense. She looks up at him.
[01:29] * MollyK is decoding something long, looking very tense. She looks up at him.
[01:30] (MollyK) If I asked you, would you be willing to leave the decoding to me, and for me to just summarise it for you tomorrow?
[01:30] (MollyK) If I asked you, would you be willing to leave the decoding to me, and for me to just summarise it for you tomorrow?
[01:31] (@Morgan) why?
[01:31] (@Morgan) why?
[01:31] (MollyK) Because I think it would be kinder that way
[01:31] (MollyK) Because I think it would be kinder that way
[01:32] (@Morgan) I'm confused
[01:32] (@Morgan) I'm confused
[01:33] (MollyK) I'm decoding early 1665 ((he and dietlinde were married in jan 1665))
[01:33] (MollyK) I'm decoding early 1665 ((he and dietlinde were married in jan 1665))
[01:34] (@Morgan) you think Karsten may have been involved?
[01:34] (@Morgan) you think Karsten may have been involved?
[01:35] (MollyK) In all honesty, I don't know yet. But he hasn't been too supportive of the situation so far
[01:35] (MollyK) In all honesty, I don't know yet. But he hasn't been too supportive of the situation so far
[01:35] * @Morgan nods
[01:35] * @Morgan nods
[01:35] (@Morgan) if you wish then
[01:35] (@Morgan) if you wish then
[01:37] * MollyK nods
[01:37] * MollyK nods
[01:38] (MollyK) Luckily the irrelevant posts are getting fewer, but it's still going to take much longer.
[01:38] (MollyK) Luckily the irrelevant posts are getting fewer, but it's still going to take much longer.
[01:39] * @Morgan nods
[01:39] * @Morgan nods
[01:39] (@Morgan) if thats what you want, blossom
[01:39] (@Morgan) if thats what you want, blossom
[01:40] * MollyK skims the entry, looking for anything that she thinks is acceptable
[01:40] * MollyK skims the entry, looking for anything that she thinks is acceptable
[01:42] (MollyK) Ummm... Basically commenting on the unevenness of your status', adalbrecht and edward's reaction, and how useful the bad blood will be for karstens desire to annexe you all
[01:42] (MollyK) Ummm... Basically commenting on the unevenness of your status', adalbrecht and edward's reaction, and how useful the bad blood will be for karstens desire to annexe you all
[01:43] (@Morgan) the more I hear, the more my knuckles itch
[01:43] (@Morgan) the more I hear, the more my knuckles itch
[01:44] * MollyK sets the translated sheet aside, not hiding it from him. In her thoughts he can tell it's totally up to him what he does with it, she just worries he'll be upset
[01:44] * MollyK sets the translated sheet aside, not hiding it from him. In her thoughts he can tell it's totally up to him what he does with it, she just worries he'll be upset
[01:45] * @Morgan reaches over and reads it
[01:45] * @Morgan reaches over and reads it
[01:45] (MollyK) I am not surprised
[01:45] (MollyK) I am not surprised
[01:45] (MollyK) 2 February 1665- I can not help but laugh! Whilst we were all watching Edward for his hot-headed ways to destroy the family, Morgan has done it instead! Adalbrecht wrote to me in outrage, thinking me his ally, to tell me that last week he discovered his first-born son had secretly wed a commoner! And apparently too much had occured for an annulment
[01:45] (MollyK) 2 February 1665- I can not help but laugh! Whilst we were all watching Edward for his hot-headed ways to destroy the family, Morgan has done it instead! Adalbrecht wrote to me in outrage, thinking me his ally, to tell me that last week he discovered his first-born son had secretly wed a commoner! And apparently too much had occured for an annulment
[01:46] (MollyK) So the Grafdom could be seriously damaged, priming it for annexation. Edward arrived not much after the letter. He was livid, shouting about the destruction of the family honour and how his brother was a cunt-smitten fool. Apparently she's a seamstress in Sudlachenburg. What an admirable heritage for a Grafin.
[01:46] (MollyK) So the Grafdom could be seriously damaged, priming it for annexation. Edward arrived not much after the letter. He was livid, shouting about the destruction of the family honour and how his brother was a cunt-smitten fool. Apparently she's a seamstress in Sudlachenburg. What an admirable heritage for a Grafin.
[01:46] (MollyK) It hasnt taken much to encourage Edward that he should push his father to banish them, thus weakening Sudlachenburg further. Bad blood between them all is exactly what I need. From the noises from my darling wife's bedroom that night, Edward obviously appreciates the more noble born woman!
[01:46] (MollyK) It hasnt taken much to encourage Edward that he should push his father to banish them, thus weakening Sudlachenburg further. Bad blood between them all is exactly what I need. From the noises from my darling wife's bedroom that night, Edward obviously appreciates the more noble born woman!
[01:47] * MollyK watches him a moment whilst working
[01:47] * MollyK watches him a moment whilst working
[01:48] * @Morgan puts it aside
[01:48] * @Morgan puts it aside
[01:49] * MollyK works on, feeling a little unsure of herself
[01:49] * MollyK works on, feeling a little unsure of herself
[01:50] (MollyK) *after ten minutes she hands the next one over* nothing bad, liebling
[01:50] (MollyK) *after ten minutes she hands the next one over* nothing bad, liebling
[01:51] (MollyK) March 1665- I've bought a lot of land here and there, slowly encroaching on Sudlachenburg from the south and west whilst Maubourg does the same from the north. I even own some of the schwarzenwald. I'd like to strip it back and burn it, it gives me the creeps. Alarice is taking more lovers than I, and I've stopped caring. Let her bed who she wants, and if bearing their child kills her, that is her own doing. I refuse to bed her until the three years is up, to save any confusion on the matter.
[01:51] (MollyK) March 1665- I've bought a lot of land here and there, slowly encroaching on Sudlachenburg from the south and west whilst Maubourg does the same from the north. I even own some of the schwarzenwald. I'd like to strip it back and burn it, it gives me the creeps. Alarice is taking more lovers than I, and I've stopped caring. Let her bed who she wants, and if bearing their child kills her, that is her own doing. I refuse to bed her until the three years is up
[01:52] (@Morgan) Maubourg and I are definitely going to have a discussion
[01:52] (@Morgan) Maubourg and I are definitely going to have a discussion
[01:53] (MollyK) He'll be a poor substitute, but better than nothing
[01:53] (MollyK) He'll be a poor substitute, but better than nothing
[01:54] * @Morgan nods
[01:54] * @Morgan nods
[01:55] (MollyK) *another five minutes, just after the clock strikes two
[01:55] (MollyK) *another five minutes, just after the clock strikes two
[01:55] (MollyK) August 1665- Varick is two, and strong and healthy. He is wonderful, my heir, my boy. I visited the sad grave of my daughter too. She has no name, a child with no thought from anyone but me. Mae moved to Seeufer a month after Varick's birth, and Natasha is dead. I'm the only one who stands beside that tiny burial mound and remembers her innocent face. Perhaps Theus deemed her too pure to have a father such as I. Poor girl, meaningless to the world.
[01:55] (MollyK) August 1665- Varick is two, and strong and healthy. He is wonderful, my heir, my boy. I visited the sad grave of my daughter too. She has no name, a child with no thought from anyone but me. Mae moved to Seeufer a month after Varick's birth, and Natasha is dead. I'm the only one who stands beside that tiny burial mound and remembers her innocent face. Perhaps Theus deemed her too pure to have a father such as I. Poor girl, meaningless to the world.
[01:56] * MollyK looks quite upset by this
[01:56] * MollyK looks quite upset by this
[01:57] (MollyK) And soon Mae will be gone too
[01:57] (MollyK) And soon Mae will be gone too
[01:57] * @Morgan nods
[01:57] * @Morgan nods
[01:57] * MollyK looks at him
[01:57] * MollyK looks at him
[01:58] (MollyK) We're going back to Koln soon, aren't we?
[01:58] (MollyK) We're going back to Koln soon, aren't we?
[01:58] * @Morgan nods
[01:58] * @Morgan nods
[01:58] (MollyK) Good.
[01:58] (MollyK) Good.
[01:58] * MollyK carries on 
[01:58] * MollyK carries on 
[02:01] * MollyK starts to look angry within a few sentences of the next one. By the time she finishes it, her expression has only deepened. She looks up to him. 
[02:01] * MollyK starts to look angry within a few sentences of the next one. By the time she finishes it, her expression has only deepened. She looks up to him. 
[02:01] (MollyK) Shall I sum it up or do you prefer to read it?
[02:01] (MollyK) Shall I sum it up or do you prefer to read it?
[02:01] (@Morgan) I'll read it
[02:01] (@Morgan) I'll read it
[02:03] * MollyK hands it over, a look of concern on her face
[02:03] * MollyK hands it over, a look of concern on her face
[02:03] (MollyK) September 1665- Edward is here again, raving as usual. His sainted brother, pride of Sudlachenburg, is now holded up in some tiny peasants cottage with his common-born wife. And better, Edward says she now carries his child! A quarter-Avalon, mixed blood child! Edward says his father is very unimpressed. I'm not sure which would look worse, a half-common future Graf, or denouncing his son's actions and banishing him. Edward is pushing for the second. He can not convince his brother to lay aside his unsuitable bride.
[02:03] (MollyK) September 1665- Edward is here again, raving as usual. His sainted brother, pride of Sudlachenburg, is now holded up in some tiny peasants cottage with his common-born wife. And better, Edward says she now carries his child! A quarter-Eisen, mixed blood child! Edward says his father is very unimpressed. I'm not sure which would look worse, a half-common future Graf, or denouncing his son's actions and banishing him. Edward is pushing for the second. He ca
[02:04] (@Morgan) Edward is pushing for the second. He ca
[02:04] (@Morgan) Edward is pushing for the second. He ca
[02:04] (MollyK) ((should say quarter -avalon not eisen btw))
[02:04] (MollyK) ((should say quarter -avalon not eisen btw))
[02:05] (MollyK) He can not convince his brother to lay aside his unsuitable bride.
[02:05] (MollyK) He can not convince his brother to lay aside his unsuitable bride.
[02:07] * MollyK continues, but he can feel her concern and love
[02:07] * MollyK continues, but he can feel her concern and love
[02:07] * @Morgan sniffs
[02:07] * @Morgan sniffs
[02:07] (@Morgan) quarter avalon is less sullied, isn't it? The mans never satisfied
[02:07] (@Morgan) quarter avalon is less sullied, isn't it? The mans never satisfied
[02:08] * MollyK speaks quietly
[02:08] * MollyK speaks quietly
[02:08] (MollyK) He's a hateful, arrogant ass.
[02:08] (MollyK) He's a hateful, arrogant ass.
[02:09] (@Morgan) adn the cottage wasn't tiny
[02:09] (@Morgan) adn the cottage wasn't tiny
[02:09] * MollyK nods
[02:09] * MollyK nods
[02:09] (MollyK) I know
[02:09] (MollyK) I know
[02:11] * MollyK reads the next one
[02:11] * MollyK reads the next one
[02:11] (MollyK) October 1665- Edward has taken himself off to court in Freiburg and is whoring his way through every brothel there. Certain friends of mine within the court circuit tell me is entertaining certain noble women also. Alarice is livid. The plan is progressing well, though in the long term Maubourg will have to go. Varick is too young to marry his daughter who is easily 23 years his senior. If I could just get her married off to produce a child...
[02:11] (MollyK) October 1665- Edward has taken himself off to court in Freiburg and is whoring his way through every brothel there. Certain friends of mine within the court circuit tell me is entertaining certain noble women also. Alarice is livid. The plan is progressing well, though in the long term Maubourg will have to go. Varick is too young to marry his daughter who is easily 23 years his senior. If I could just get her married off to produce a child...
[02:12] (@Morgan) well... that'll be why I called Edward home
[02:12] (@Morgan) well... that'll be why I called Edward home
[02:13] (MollyK) This time, or then?
[02:13] (MollyK) This time, or then?
[02:13] (@Morgan) this time
[02:13] (@Morgan) this time
[02:14] * MollyK nods
[02:14] * MollyK nods
[02:15] (MollyK) *she starts doing the next one, muttering ' you silly, silly girl'
[02:15] (MollyK) *she starts doing the next one, muttering ' you silly, silly girl'
[02:16] (MollyK) November 1665- Alarice is acting strange. She's been to the town a great deal, and looks unwell. Her maids have said she's missed two courses, and is sick in the mornings. That stupid *molly hesitates briefly while reading it* bitch! It can't be mine.
[02:16] (MollyK) November 1665- Alarice is acting strange. She's been to the town a great deal, and looks unwell. Her maids have said she's missed two courses, and is sick in the mornings. That stupid *molly hesitates briefly while reading it* bitch! It can't be mine.
[02:17] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:17] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:18] * MollyK watches him closely
[02:18] * MollyK watches him closely
[02:19] (MollyK) Are you any good at counting backwards?
[02:19] (MollyK) Are you any good at counting backwards?
[02:20] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:20] * @Morgan shrugs
[02:20] (@Morgan) maybe
[02:20] (@Morgan) maybe
[02:21] * MollyK double checks
[02:21] * MollyK double checks
[02:21] (MollyK) I'd say there's every probability it could have been
[02:21] (MollyK) I'd say there's every probability it could have been
[02:21] (@Morgan) could've been...
[02:21] (@Morgan) could've been...
[02:22] (MollyK) ((is that a question or acknowledgement))
[02:22] (MollyK) ((is that a question or acknowledgement))
[02:23] (@Morgan) ((a question))
[02:23] (@Morgan) ((a question))
[02:23] * MollyK looks at him
[02:23] * MollyK looks at him
[02:24] (MollyK) Two courses missed by November, so probably conceived in early September... Which is whilst Edward was there.
[02:24] (MollyK) Two courses missed by November, so probably conceived in early September... Which is whilst Edward was there.
[02:24] * @Morgan nods
[02:24] * @Morgan nods
[02:24] (@Morgan) sounds reasonable
[02:24] (@Morgan) sounds reasonable
[02:24] * MollyK nods
[02:24] * MollyK nods
[02:25] (MollyK) For a given value of reasonable in this whole mess, yes
[02:25] (MollyK) For a given value of reasonable in this whole mess, yes
[02:25] * @Morgan nods
[02:25] * @Morgan nods
[02:25] * MollyK sighs shaking her head
[02:25] * MollyK sighs shaking her head
[02:27] (MollyK) I know they're your... -Our- kin, but I really think this goes far past the point of acceptability
[02:27] (MollyK) I know they're your... -Our- kin, but I really think this goes far past the point of acceptability
[02:28] * MollyK works again, reading it out. Almost every entry is useful now
[02:28] * MollyK works again, reading it out. Almost every entry is useful now
[02:28] (MollyK) December 1665- Alarice has supposedly lost the child. The doctor apologised for my loss, and reminded me that she shouldnt conceive til the summer. My loss! Needless to say harsh words have been had. She refuses to say who the father was, I suspect she doesnt even know. It'd have been better if it had killed her and I could remarry. Varick is two and a half, I need another heir.
[02:28] (MollyK) December 1665- Alarice has supposedly lost the child. The doctor apologised for my loss, and reminded me that she shouldnt conceive til the summer. My loss! Needless to say harsh words have been had. She refuses to say who the father was, I suspect she doesnt even know. It'd have been better if it had killed her and I could remarry. Varick is two and a half, I need another heir.
[02:29] (MollyK) ((is he trying to read her thoughts?))
[02:29] (MollyK) ((is he trying to read her thoughts?))
[02:29] (@Morgan) ((aye))
[02:29] (@Morgan) ((aye))
[02:29] (@Morgan) supposedly lost the child...
[02:29] (@Morgan) supposedly lost the child...
[02:33] * MollyK is thinking: pennyroyal tea and blue cohosh
[02:33] * MollyK is thinking: pennyroyal tea and blue cohosh
[02:33] (MollyK) Yes...
[02:33] (MollyK) Yes...
[02:33] (@Morgan) pennyroyal tea?
[02:33] (@Morgan) pennyroyal tea?
[02:34] * MollyK looks a little alarmed
[02:34] * MollyK looks a little alarmed
[02:34] (MollyK) You know of it?
[02:34] (MollyK) You know of it?
[02:34] (@Morgan) vaguely
[02:34] (@Morgan) vaguely
[02:35] * MollyK sighs
[02:35] * MollyK sighs
[02:36] (MollyK) I dont really agree with it, but I know it can be done. *she looks at the floor* I've seen it done
[02:36] (MollyK) I dont really agree with it, but I know it can be done. *she looks at the floor* I've seen it done
[02:37] * @Morgan nods
[02:37] * @Morgan nods
[02:41] (MollyK) Mrs Tanner used to say the women were willing to try anything not to have another child, sometimes dying in the process, so wasn't it better to give them the pennyroyal and save them all the danger
[02:41] (MollyK) Mrs Tanner used to say the women were willing to try anything not to have another child, sometimes dying in the process, so wasn't it better to give them the pennyroyal and save them all the danger
[02:42] (@Morgan) from a purely practical point of view, it makes sense
[02:42] (@Morgan) from a purely practical point of view, it makes sense
[02:43] * MollyK studies him a moment
[02:43] * MollyK studies him a moment
[02:44] (MollyK) I don't think I ever could
[02:44] (MollyK) I don't think I ever could
[02:44] * @Morgan nods
[02:44] * @Morgan nods
[02:50] * AndroUser2 looks away, working. She hands him the paper. 
[02:50] (AndroUser2) Not as bad as the others
[02:50] (AndroUser2) Not as bad as the others
[02:51] * @Morgan reads it
[02:51] * @Morgan reads it
[02:51] (AndroUser2) March 1666- The Koertigs have a daughter. Maybe if they marry her well enough she could just about scrape past as a Grafin someday. Much as I'm loathe to pollute the Eldreich line, she'd be a useful match for Varick. Next time I see the Graf, I'll suggest such.
[02:51] (AndroUser2) March 1666- The Koertigs have a daughter. Maybe if they marry her well enough she could just about scrape past as a Grafin someday. Much as I'm loathe to pollute the Eldreich line, she'd be a useful match for Varick. Next time I see the Graf, I'll suggest such.
[02:52] * AndroUser2 watches him
[02:52] * AndroUser2 watches him
[02:53] (@Morgan) so suddenly she's nor onlt less sullied, but suitable marriage material to further his plans
[02:53] (@Morgan) so suddenly she's nor onlt less sullied, but suitable marriage material to further his plans
[02:55] (AndroUser2) I think the most worrying thing of all this is that he and Alarice are both so devious, it wouldn't have seemed like such a bad idea
[02:55] (AndroUser2) I think the most worrying thing of all this is that he and Alarice are both so devious, it wouldn't have seemed like such a bad idea
[03:03] (@Morgan) if they'd worked together, aye
[03:03] (@Morgan) if they'd worked together, aye
[03:06] (AndroUser2) You wouldn't have considered a match between the children?
[03:06] (AndroUser2) You wouldn't have considered a match between the children?
[03:06] * @Morgan shrugs
[03:06] * @Morgan shrugs
[03:06] (@Morgan) that would have depended on how they felt
[03:06] (@Morgan) that would have depended on how they felt
[03:07] * AndroUser2 smiles a little
[03:07] * AndroUser2 smiles a little
[03:09] * AndroUser2 reads solemnly
[03:09] * AndroUser2 reads solemnly
[03:09] (AndroUser2) August 1666- Finally the three years are up. Such a smart lively boy, enjoys hunting and just being with me. His poor half sister, silent, enjoying only the graces of Theus.
[03:09] (AndroUser2) August 1666- Finally the three years are up. Such a smart lively boy, enjoys hunting and just being with me. His poor half sister, silent, enjoying only the graces of Theus.
[03:13] * AndroUser2 sighs sadly. The clock strikes three. Molly appears to come to a decision, and her thoughts are September 21st, 1667 ((the date they died)) 
[03:13] * AndroUser2 sighs sadly. The clock strikes three. Molly appears to come to a decision, and her thoughts are September 21st, 1667 ((the date they died)) 
[03:13] * @Morgan drinks his blokners
[03:13] * @Morgan drinks his blokners
[03:14] * AndroUser2 watches him
[03:14] * AndroUser2 watches him
[03:15] (AndroUser2) I'm only going to do this a little while longer... If you wish to help, it might get us further along, as you're reading them regardless
[03:15] (AndroUser2) I'm only going to do this a little while longer... If you wish to help, it might get us further along, as you're reading them regardless
[03:16] * @Morgan nods, picking up some papers to decode
[03:16] * @Morgan nods, picking up some papers to decode
[03:16] (AndroUser2) *their speed is impressive, rapidly plowing through
[03:16] (AndroUser2) *their speed is impressive, rapidly plowing through
[03:17] (AndroUser2) He gets: November 1666- How could she grow the seed of another with ease yet mine is scattered repeatedly only to find her barren and inhospitable? I need an heir Alarice!
[03:17] (AndroUser2) He gets: November 1666- How could she grow the seed of another with ease yet mine is scattered repeatedly only to find her barren and inhospitable? I need an heir Alarice!
[03:17] * AndroUser2 reads hers with a smile
[03:17] * AndroUser2 reads hers with a smile
[03:18] (AndroUser2) January 1667- Still nothing. Every night for months I've laid with her. I've even set aside my mistresses. She thinks I've fallen in love with her all over again. She's wrong, I'm coming to hate her. She lost my daughter, and she lost the bastard child. I wonder that there is something wrong with her. Our bridal plate smashed in two, so where are my children? She barely speaks to Varick, as if his presence reminds her of her current failing.
[03:18] (AndroUser2) January 1667- Still nothing. Every night for months I've laid with her. I've even set aside my mistresses. She thinks I've fallen in love with her all over again. She's wrong, I'm coming to hate her. She lost my daughter, and she lost the bastard child. I wonder that there is something wrong with her. Our bridal plate smashed in two, so where are my children? She barely speaks to Varick, as if his presence reminds her of her current failing.
[03:18] * @Morgan reads his out
[03:18] * @Morgan reads his out
[03:19] (@Morgan) it almost suggests the issue now lies with him doesn't it
[03:19] (@Morgan) it almost suggests the issue now lies with him doesn't it
[03:19] (AndroUser2) We know exactly what happened to your bridal plate! *she laughs a little*
[03:19] (AndroUser2) We know exactly what happened to your bridal plate! *she laughs a little*
[03:20] (AndroUser2) Hmmm yes, perhaps. I'm going to try and find out more tomorrow. Unless she was taking pennyroyal often though, she should have had more children by now
[03:20] (AndroUser2) Hmmm yes, perhaps. I'm going to try and find out more tomorrow. Unless she was taking pennyroyal often though, she should have had more children by now
[03:21] * @Morgan nods
[03:21] * @Morgan nods
[03:21] (AndroUser2) ((heinzharold saw Alarice aim the plate at a raised flagstone btw))
[03:21] (AndroUser2) ((heinzharold saw Alarice aim the plate at a raised flagstone btw))
[03:22] (AndroUser2) July 1667- If she isn't going to give me any more heirs, I'll just have to have some acknowledged bastards. What more can I do? The true faith will not allow me to divorce her.
[03:22] (AndroUser2) July 1667- If she isn't going to give me any more heirs, I'll just have to have some acknowledged bastards. What more can I do? The true faith will not allow me to divorce her.
[03:22] (AndroUser2) **is Morgans next
[03:22] (AndroUser2) **is Morgans next
[03:23] (@Morgan) I'm surprised the damn plate didn't bounce
[03:23] (@Morgan) I'm surprised the damn plate didn't bounce
[03:23] * AndroUser2 nods
[03:23] * AndroUser2 nods
[03:24] (AndroUser2) Given how blatantly they discarded their wedding vows, I'm surprised it even dropped back out of the sky
[03:24] (AndroUser2) Given how blatantly they discarded their wedding vows, I'm surprised it even dropped back out of the sky
[03:25] * @Morgan nods
[03:25] * @Morgan nods
[03:26] (AndroUser2) ((does he read it out?))
[03:26] (AndroUser2) ((does he read it out?))
[03:26] (@Morgan) ((yeah))
[03:26] (@Morgan) ((yeah))
[03:26] * AndroUser2 frowns
[03:26] * AndroUser2 frowns
[03:27] (AndroUser2) The objectist church lets you divorce , doesn't it?
[03:27] (AndroUser2) The objectist church lets you divorce , doesn't it?
[03:27] * @Morgan nods
[03:27] * @Morgan nods
[03:28] * AndroUser2 frowns briefly, but returns to decoding
[03:28] * AndroUser2 frowns briefly, but returns to decoding
[03:29] (AndroUser2) *her next is boring, Morgan gets : August 1667- Edward is back and his anger has been made worse by his time in Freiburg. He keeps ranting that his father needs to act now and denounce Morgan and have Edward as his heir instead. He's even talking about Adalbrecht taking back Innesbruck to put up Morgan and his little family so that Sudlachenburg can be run by those who still have honour. Obviously I can not allow him to ruin my plans like that. Although over the long term, if Morgan takes the land, and I wed my child to his, the Eldreichs will take the land regardless. So far my proposal of a promised betrothal has not been well met, Adalbrecht insisting that at this point he is unable to force his son to do anything he doesn't want to.
[03:29] (AndroUser2) *her next is boring, Morgan gets : August 1667- Edward is back and his anger has been made worse by his time in Freiburg. He keeps ranting that his father needs to act now and denounce Morgan and have Edward as his heir instead. He's even talking about Adalbrecht taking back Innesbruck to put up Morgan and his little family so that Sudlachenburg can be run by those who still have honour. Obviously I can not allow him to ruin my plans like that. Althou
[03:29] (@Morgan) that. Althou
[03:29] (@Morgan) that. Althou
[03:30] (AndroUser2)  Although over the long term, if Morgan takes the land, and I wed my child to his, the Eldreichs will take the land regardless. So far my proposal of a promised betrothal has not been well met, Adalbrecht insisting that at this point he is unable to force his son to do anything he doesn't want to.
[03:30] (AndroUser2)  Although over the long term, if Morgan takes the land, and I wed my child to his, the Eldreichs will take the land regardless. So far my proposal of a promised betrothal has not been well met, Adalbrecht insisting that at this point he is unable to force his son to do anything he doesn't want to.
[03:30] (AndroUser2) ((done))
[03:30] (AndroUser2) ((done))
[03:30] (@Morgan) well, yes, he's right about that
[03:30] (@Morgan) well, yes, he's right about that
[03:30] * AndroUser2 laughs
[03:30] * AndroUser2 laughs
[03:31] (AndroUser2) I doubt anyone could make you do something you truly didn't want to
[03:31] (AndroUser2) I doubt anyone could make you do something you truly didn't want to
[03:31] * @Morgan nods
[03:31] * @Morgan nods
[03:32] (AndroUser2) And those of us who stood half a chance love you too much to try
[03:32] (AndroUser2) And those of us who stood half a chance love you too much to try
[03:34] * @Morgan nods
[03:34] * @Morgan nods
[03:35] * AndroUser2 goes back to her task. Almost immediately he feels her tension and solemnity. She works quickly and quietly
[03:35] * AndroUser2 goes back to her task. Almost immediately he feels her tension and solemnity. She works quickly and quietly
[03:37] * AndroUser2 's emotions are mixed. She looks at Morgan
[03:37] * AndroUser2 's emotions are mixed. She looks at Morgan
[03:38] (AndroUser2) He didn't do anything, it was all Edward.
[03:38] (AndroUser2) He didn't do anything, it was all Edward.
[03:38] * @Morgan nods
[03:38] * @Morgan nods
[03:39] (AndroUser2) Is that better or worse?
[03:39] (AndroUser2) Is that better or worse?
[03:39] * @Morgan sighs
[03:39] * @Morgan sighs
[03:39] (@Morgan) I dont know
[03:39] (@Morgan) I dont know
[03:41] * AndroUser2 watches him. She lays her hand on his. The skin where they meet tingles. Although it does take away how he feels, it just takes the edge off, smoothing the hate, the pain a little. 
[03:41] * AndroUser2 watches him. She lays her hand on his. The skin where they meet tingles. Although it does take away how he feels, it just takes the edge off, smoothing the hate, the pain a little. 
[03:41] (AndroUser2) Doesnt**
[03:41] (AndroUser2) Doesnt**
[03:42] * AndroUser2 watches for his reaction
[03:42] * AndroUser2 watches for his reaction
[03:43] * @Morgan takes a deep breath, releasing it slowly
[03:43] * @Morgan takes a deep breath, releasing it slowly
[03:43] (@Morgan) I think its best we get some sleep
[03:43] (@Morgan) I think its best we get some sleep
[03:44] (AndroUser2) I was just about to invite you to bed, no naughty behaviour, I promise
[03:44] (AndroUser2) I was just about to invite you to bed, no naughty behaviour, I promise
[03:44] * @Morgan nods
[03:44] * @Morgan nods
[03:44] * AndroUser2 llooks at him gently
[03:44] * AndroUser2 llooks at him gently
[03:46] * AndroUser2 leads him to the bed, slowly undressing him as she would Varick, tenderly, innocently, reassuringly. She lays beside him, just holding him, giving comfort, until he drifts off
[03:46] * AndroUser2 leads him to the bed, slowly undressing him as she would Varick, tenderly, innocently, reassuringly. She lays beside him, just holding him, giving comfort, until he drifts off