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bellelurette2025-03-09 11:31 pm
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WEEK ONE
WEEK ONE
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Maybe being swept away to a fancy castle isn't what you wanted (Hickey aside), but the fact of the matter is that you're stuck here, at least for now. Thankfully there's enough food even if hot chocolate for breakfast might be a bit rich for some palates. There's at least a stock of raw food in the kitchens, but your hapless kidnapper is a Witch, not a chef, so you'll have to perform your own, manual kitchen magic if the provided meals aren't to your liking.
Just try not to burn the place down before you get the chance to take your host at his word (that you'll be leaving in a week's time, certainly, trust).
If you do get the cabin fever immediately, the grounds are a beautiful reprieve from the great indoors -- and if nothing else, perhaps you can find time to get to know your fellow guests. The weather is gorgeous all week, cheerfully sunny, which lends something to the mood.
WEEKLY EFFECT
This week, characters will feel heightened emotions periodically. If they're very happy about something, it'll feel like the best thing in the world! If they'd usually brush off something mildly annoying, suddenly it'll grate on their nerves. This effect will last throughout the week until investigation and is completely optional.
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You could say I'm pretty familiar with Northerners, so why wouldn't it be?
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What if it was offered, but never happened?
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What was the offer exactly?
( he doesn't need to know this to answer he just wants to know this, )
And did they just leave before acting on it, or was there something else that interfered?
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It would've turned out to be a real messy diplomatic incident if he did, and we were trying to be careful. So...
[ Regardless of intent behind the offer he still would have said no. But when he thinks about the look on his face...? ]
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Then the reason it didn't happen wasn't because his feelings weren't true, but because you rejected his heart.
( Very dramatic. But this is Mahoyaku and this is how we talk. Regardless, his tone isn't scolding - it's very much like he's letting Cain in on a little secret. )
Northerners are pretty selfish. Even worse, they're pretty bad at understanding their feelings, and they're only really fluent in violence...
( His beloved Gwawlyn, his darling Balthazar... Even the twins, in the end. And ... himself, too, in some ways still. )
... So if they do something for someone else, it can only mean that person is dear to them. But they don't know how to speak in any language but aggression. So he probably saw you didn't like this guy, or he looked at you funny, and he tried to do something sweet for you.
( Whether it was romantic or a little more complicated than that, he leaves this to Cain to decipher - he knows this guy, not Hwylryn.
Still, he doesn't blame Cain for not recognizing it, though - Hwylryn only knows this well enough himself from having to grow some extra braincells to survive Gwawlyn (affectionate), and Centrals are clear and straight forward in their manner, when Northerners are tumultuous and opaque as the blizzards of their home. )
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And then he feels that frustration all over again. He...really isn't sure what to make of it. That irritation he always feels when Owen acts up around him scratches at his inside and he doesn't know what to do with all of this.
After a long, long pause— ]
I see.
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That's all I wanted to know. Thanks, Hwylryn.
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Of course. I'm always here if you're in need of perspective, again.