An Intimate Little Chat ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

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Summer Wind smiles encouragingly. "You know him. You don't think... I'm too old... or he'll want children?" says the widow. "I think he'll want you, exactly as you are. I also think I wouldn't set too much store by your own barrenness if having no nieces served the Queen's interests," the young girl replies, wishing she had Smoke Cat's soothing ways. Jade Moon Shadow's eyes fly open wide, then narrow, as she considers. "She plans to use the cabal to reign the East," volunteers Moon Shadow.

10 years ago

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"I was there... you'll think it odd... or perhaps you won't... but I was there because of a dream I'd had the night before..." Summer Wind reaches out her hand to the nervous older woman. "His name is Blue Turtle Dreaming, and there's a reason for that," the girl says reassuringly. "Yes, I suppose... I dreamed that I would meet my husband... the father of my children... me, at my age, and barren as I am... but I knew him right away." "He is a fine man, and my good friend; I'm very pleased."

10 years ago

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"But instead it attracts disenfranchised and bitter potential witches?" surmises Butterfly/Summer Wind. "Oh some are wicked enough already; those go straight into the cabal if their power is sufficiently great. The others are coached and trained and tested in various ways. My own magic just barely qualifies me for the cabal, and if it wasn't for my relationship to the Queen I would never outrank the portress." Moon Shadow sets down her cup as though afraid her hands might shake and spill it.

10 years ago

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"The Queen usurped the Dawn Gate first, then assassinated the holder and the heirs of the northern Winter Gate; the heirs to the southern Summer Gate fled and hid, although there are rumors that some of the Winter Gate daughters survive with them... somewhere. You are the last legitimate heir to the Dawn Gate. Jade Black Rose has no daughters or neices, so there is no one to succeed her." Jade Moon Shadow paused. "Her grand education scheme is ostensibly to help her find a worthy candidate."

10 years ago

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"Ah, I was one of her junior handmaidens. I think we all wanted to be just like her when we grew up." Moon Shadow sighs. "Instead I wound up marrying the brother of the Princess of the Evening Gate, who later became the Queen." "It was very lucky for us that you happened to be in the viscinity to outrank the portress," commented Summer Wind. "You heard that? It wasn't intended for your ears, but I suppose it's better that you know the whole truth than snippets that you glean accidentally."

10 years ago