Late Meetings & Winter Greetings (Lucinda)

[Lucinda Noru]

Lucinda's face settled into musing, visible occasionally through the blonde curtain that was her wind whipped hair, as Aria explained about the phiorics. "This sounds familiar, I'm pretty sure either you mentioned this before or I read it somewhere. Either way, that is awful, the poor dears. I'm so very glad you didn't get lost,"she said,sounding rather like she meant it.

The conversation turned back to Palico and its princess sighed, sounding disappointed. "Yes, you are quite right about all of it and it pains me so. It's one of the reason I enjoy Nova. It's more relaxed here and naturally beautiful. Not everything's built of cold, hard stone. I don't desire to run Palico myself. The city and I share entirely different ideals," she said, speaking as though it were a living, breathing thing.

She relaxed a bit as Aria asked about suitors, a topic she considered rather more amusing than the state of her home kingdom. "There's a lot of rules and such, yes. Silas, as the head of the family, has the main responsibility of seeing me wed, since our parents are gone. He desires to use me to his political advantage and so, of course, likely has many potential suitors in mind from neighboring areas. I'm assuming, anyway, because I understand how this is supposed to work. However, he did grant me leave to look for suitors on my own accord, so I'm going to take advantage of that," she explained, getting the nitty gritty of it out of the way.

"As for what I want for myself, you know, no one's every asked me that honestly," Lucinda said, looking both thoughtful and somehow sad at the question. "All my life, I've been groomed for my position as a princess and that's how people see me. Some days, I hate it. I want to be a nobody. I suppose that's why I sneak out of the castle, and why I bought the indivisibility cloak," she admitted, then realizing who she was talking to, quickly blushed. "I'm sorry! Please don't misunderstand. I do appreciate the ease of the life that I've had. It's just that all the political and proper business gets rather annoying. So many of my court are dishonest because they want to please me or my brother," The princess paused, looking over at Aria. "I admire you so, to the point of envy really. You've had a hard life, but it's been yours and no one else's. I cannot say the same."

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It was interesting to hear that Lucinda did not share her kingdom ideas; true Aria did picture Lucinda fitting in better in the courts of Nova. After all she enjoyed the finer things and more of the arts then she did the order and militaristic life style of Palico.

”Well then Silas probably should get busy and get an heir going; perhaps you can find a nice girl to set him up with yes?”

Aria listened while nodding as Lucinda explained about suitors and head of family, it made her question if she would have to deal with that..Noku at the current time though she was a decedent from the Cain line ….did that make him in charge of her suiting? Or since it wasn’t a known thing whether she was free to choose herself. She would like to be free to remain with Garrett, he was her love after all. She hoped since she was given to Palico Silas didn’t have any say….after all he had planned on using her for something else entirely….though that might be why he felt he had the right to suggest it in the first place.

Aria listened more closely as Lucinda went on to talk about what she wanted. Aria turned on her drake and folded her legs under her skirts as she gave her full attention to Lucinda. A knowing smile on her features.

”A noble life has its own troubles, no less pressing then the ones on survival. I pity noble life more than I do those who are fighting to survive on the streets. On the streets if someone is kind to you it’s just that plain and simple. Its why I think you nobles need to surround yourselves with such pretty things; cause your constantly seeing the worse in people”

Aria scratched the back of her head; obviously debating on telling Lucinda. She understood the girls pain far better then she could describe.

[Lucinda Noru]

Lucinda laughed as Aria suggested Silas make an heir. "That's his business, honestly. I wouldn't willingly set any poor girl up with him though," she said, amused. Her brother was very strong willed and had quite a few unnerving quirks. It would take a miracle, or at the very least a woman with no self esteem or backbone, to marry him. Lucinda wasn't sure she wanted him to marry honestly. Those poor children.

The princess shook her head, giving her attention back to Aria as she said she pitied nobles. "I can't argue with that. It's very true. I understand the burden I've given you by dragging you into the courts. You could've declined, of course. But I was certain you could handle it better than most and take advantage of it for yourself and for the Fated," Lucinda explained. It wasn't an apology but more like praise for how Aria had handled everything.

"You look a little perplexed, though, Aria," she noted as the other woman scratched her head. "I say these things, I make complaints, but in the end I'd have never made it on my own like you. I couldn't even now. I have no skills, no means to defend myself or make money," the princess said, sounding a bit disappointed with herself.