{"id":1586,"date":"2018-02-08T19:44:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2018-02-08T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:44:20","slug":"quill-warmth-frigidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1586","title":{"rendered":"Quill – Warmth, Frigidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collection – Love Letters
\nScenario \u2013 A Cruel Distance
\nCharacter \u2013 Courtier
\nSkill \u2013 Illumination<\/em><\/p>\n

To Monsieur Aubrey Cornais,
\nThe Bookbindery, Saut-Leronne\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have set pen to paper at the very first moment I have been left alone since you bade me farewell from the docks of your river city. It is a memory that shall remain with me all my days, an image indelible of the charred Peaks of Vandrias<\/strong> against the gray sky, the mercilessly freezing<\/strong> wind whipping at your coat as if to tear it from your shoulders. A morning too cold for tears, though my eyes stung with them just the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though hardly a week has passed since our parting, I miss you<\/strong> so very painfully<\/strong>. The month we spent together, stealing moments from under the watchful eyes of our masters, seems a lifetime glittering with shining memories, each moment a facet in a gem I hold more dear than life. Were you here with me now, I would madly hold<\/strong> you to me, with no care for what my lady might say.<\/p>\n

In my mind\u2019s eye I see you now, finishing your days\u2019s work just as I take this moment from my duties. Are you thinking of me? Do your lovely, gentle <\/strong>fingers remember my skin as they plait the smooth pages of some tome<\/strong>? Do they recall the laces of my dress as you sew up the bindings?<\/p>\n

You must come to me. I ardently want<\/strong> nothing else. Your island is all cold and dampness \u2013 here with me you will know only warmth. I would walk with you in the fields of bright flowers<\/strong> here in the sunny afternoons of Voet\u2019s countryside. I long to watch you bloom as they do in the uninterrupted sun of my love.<\/p>\n

My request must not rudely tick you off<\/strong>, my dear one. You must leave off your pride and know that it is here with me that you belong, that you shall flourish in delights. Your books do not love you as I do. Come to Voet, where you must continue to court me publicly until my lady is satisfied and allows me to be merrily wed<\/strong>. Do not delay in your response my love, and better yet, forget writing back and simply bring the news yourself.<\/p>\n

Awaiting your presence with love,
\nMarie-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e Chastel
\nDamoiselle to the Lady Seraphine Ferrand<\/p>\n

Result: Marie-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e receives a response to her letter, explaining that Aubrey could never be with her. Her true love tells her to never write again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collection – Love Letters Scenario \u2013 A Cruel Distance Character \u2013 Courtier Skill \u2013 Illumination To Monsieur Aubrey Cornais, The Bookbindery, Saut-Leronne\u00a0 I have set pen to paper at the very first moment I have been left alone since you bade me farewell from the docks of your river city. It is a memory that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}