Shards of Memory--Act I: The Boundless Void

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Yuriko]
"Hmm...I'd guess that I watch schedule would be useful if we were to use it, though I haven't really set one yet. The crew knows when to stay awake, and we'll need at least two spellcasters, myself included, to man the helm each day, but you need not worry about that, I guess. Would you like to help with the watch order?"
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[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kirkesh]
"Hmm...I think we had exceptionally bad luck and he must have been headed out here already. Either for a business reason or perhaps he determined that the gala I claimed to be attending as my reason for being here was a fake, or maybe he wanted to come too."
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[Bront]

[sblock=RA] "Well, he must care an awful lot about you if he's willing to go this far just to check up on you."[COLOR=] Kirkesh smiles and brushes a stray hair out of Vanessa's face. "I can't blame him for going to such great lengths to protect someone so precious though." [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kirkesh]*Vanessa sighs a bit and then catches herself and regains her composure.*

"No...he surely just wanted to get back his property. A beautiful daughter is a powerful tool for advancing the family's fortunes, as she could catch the eye of some old lord with wealth and power or his son, perhaps even a prince--in fact, it is considered the daughter's duty to marry and create alliances..."
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[Bront]

[sblock=RA]Kirkesh draws Vanessa into a hug. "It sounds like you and your father never saw eye to eye. I'm sorry to hear that. It's a shame he can't see more in the lovely daughter he raised. You're far more than just some token Vanessa."[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kirkesh]"Thank you, Kirkesh...I'm just glad I was always able to remind myself that...some poor girls I know allowed themselves to become deluded by society's view of them until they became no more than the trophy wives that others saw them as..."
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[Bront]

[sblock=RA] "That must rot at the very unions of marriage. Of course, you mentioned that female to female attraction was somewhat encouraged, but with wives being trophies, it must mean little to the solidarity of a marriage." [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kirkesh]
"Well...not really. They become devoted wives and dote on their husband, serving him in whatever way he pleases...and they just smile blithely as he takes mistresses as he pleases."

"As to female to female attraction, it is due in part to the fact that girls spend almost all of their time with girls and women until they are married. The men don't discourage it because many find it arousing."
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[Bront]

[sblock=Rystil] "Well, that's so sad to hear, though I'm glad you can find me attractive in any form."

"Vanessa, my heart is yours, wholely and truely, as I believe yours is mine. And I want our marriage to be a symbol of that love. I will trust in you as to how open you want our marriage to be, for while I am a free spirit, my heart will always be yours, and I don't ever want you to question that." [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kirkesh]
"Well, I've always been taught that a wife should always be faithful to her husband to maintain the uttermost purity of the bloodline for the heir, but also that men are naturally attracted to various multiple women so that they can spread their seed prosperously among the next generation."[/SBLOCK]