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livingmyths) wrote2011-05-26 10:12 am
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0163: There was a Young Maiden...
A beautiful girl in a flowing white dress is wandering through the gardens. While clearly from the upper class, it would be equally plain to anyone who speaks to her that while she is sweet and loving, there is also something... simple about her. She is undoubtedly someone who needs to be protected as it would be remarkably easy to take advantage of her simplicity and innocence...
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[ooc: Please, feel free to do either!]
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[Rain looked at Sparrow curiously.]
What do you mean? Father and Mummy said it was all settled.
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But, do you want to? You could--well, I'm not sure yet what you could do about it, but if you don't want to then you shouldn't. I would never let anyone make me marry against my will.
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I... I don't know. I never thought about it. Except how much of an embarrassment I'll be to him. And... I do wonder sometimes if he'd be nice to me or mean because I'm... because I'm not quite right. The way the other girls were at school.
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Run away to the circus? That's silly!
[Then she became more serious.]
But, how would I tell Father I didn't want to marry him? He barely even let me meet him. And I'm almost never allowed off of our estate, so how would I meet someone else.
Besides... I think it would make Mummy sad.
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[Sparrow shrugs apologetically and laughs.]
What did he seem like, when you met him?
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I was so frightened that I'd do something wrong that I could barely even look at him. He... I suppose he seemed... nice enough?