#Felicita Carlisle

[sweet-vanilla-sims]

Year 1641

TW/CW: Death Mention

Antonio also grew into a lovely little boy at the start of the year surrounded by his family. As he grew it was ever clearer that it was hard to tell which parent he took more after. Vincente and Orion would joke about which one of them their son took more after but ultimately they were happy that their little boy was growing well. Unfortunately the joy didn't last as Karmine passed away in mid-February just over a month shy of Francesco's thirteenth birthday.

Following the death of Karmine and helping his younger cousins get on their feet without their mother, Felipe returned to Tartosa to spend time with Giulia and her sisters though it was Giulia and Giovanni that had the extra space for their visitor.

Giovanni enjoyed having Felipe over for a time as he did find the company of the young man relatively pleasant but he was annoyed that Felipe never really helped around the house during his stay. He just chatted and took attention from him and his wife that he could use on the crops or other handiwork. Still Felipe did know when he overstayed his welcome and by June he had left to return home to his own family.

In July, Tala's niece from her brother came to live with them following the death of her mother. She was saddened that her half-sister was living elsewhere but was uncertain of living in Tartosa with an Aunt and cousins she had never met before as well.

While Veniera was quick to warm up to their new household member, Felicita did not want her cousin to take her mother's attention from her. She already had a sister for that and would often bite when Raquel came close to her but after she caught Raquel crying in the bathroom Felicita finally asked her what was wrong to which she answered that she missed her mom and sister and her home and that she didn't want to live with her Aunt but had nowhere else to go. When Felicita thought about how she would feel if she was separated from her sisters and mother and made to live with a stranger she started to cry but quickly decided that she could at least share sisterhood with her cousin and declared that Raquel and her could be new sisters. Though Raquel appreciated her cousin's sentiments and it did help her feel more at home in Tartosa she still missed her old life dearly.

But little by little, Felicita and Veniera helped her to heal to the best of their abilities by talking with her and showing her love and the best care an almost six year old and three year old could provide.

By August, Giulia and Giovanni's home was invaded once more by another one of Giulia's cousins, Isabella this time. The Morosini home was used as a meetup place where Isabella met with Ferdinando's widow after the loss of her husband that June. The two had been exchanging letters since getting in contact through Talia's Tome years ago and now they finally met in person.

The two made sure they were alone and wasted no time getting to know each other the way they had been hoping to for quite some time. Sadie's son didn't care either way about his mother's new lover as he was mostly concerned about the new town and would frequently get their attentions anyways.

While Isabella and Sadie were "exploring the town" or "running errands", Giulia and Giovanni were more than happy to care for Sadie's little boy. They loved having a child in the home that was actually here to stay though Giovanni did resent that another person's child was sleeping in the bed he had hoped his own kid would sleep in one day but despite continually trying, there was still no hint of Giulia getting pregnant.

Life felt short as Sadie's brother passed in the war in September and so early in October while Giulia and Giovanni were taking care of their chickens and the garden, Isabella proposed to Sadie that even if they couldn't officially marry she wanted to spend her life with Sadie. To her delight, Sadie readily agreed.

While they suspected that at least Giulia knew of their true relationship, Isabella and Sadie still had to sneak around to find little moments where they could show affection with one another as it wasn't as if their relationship would be accepted by all. Still, it was as if each day they fell further and further in love with each other.

By mid-November what little patience they had ran out and the pair secretly swore that while the church, their families and perhaps even the world may not recognize it as legitimate, they would love and cherish each other as wives for the rest of their lives.

Not a week after Sadie and Isabella's secret elopement, Felicita turned six.

Veniera spent most of her time playing with Giulia's chicken who made a point of somehow finding her way all the way at their home as a regular guest. Giulia had no clue how it happened but whenever she was a chicken short she could count on the thing being at her childhood home with her baby sister.

With Felicita officially being older, she and Raquel spent time down by the water. While it was cold being December, neither girl particularly minded as they talked about everything under the sun from Raquel feeling for her losses, which was more thoughtful to speak of as time had given Felicita a bit more insight than she had when she was five, to sand castles logistics.

With the girls getting older and the older two spending more time together and out of the house, Tala was enjoying being able to spend more one on one time with her youngest like she had with Felicita. As much as she enjoyed knowing her girls had each other for company, it was nice to finally have the ability to dote on her daughter individually as well now that Felicita had outgrown her clingy toddlerhood phase.

[catboymccartney]

ok uhhh the dio + jotaro playlists r "done" [have enough songs for me to be satisfied to post them LOL. more songs to be add ofc] i'm gonna list the polnareff playlist i have too since i never did that <3 all my playlists are songs that define them but i also try to go for what they'd listen to as well :-]!!

DIO - 25 songs

Confetti - Cold Cave

The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - XTC

How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

Seconds - The Human League

Cities In Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Dreams Never End - New Order

Love Like Blood - Killing Joke

Seattle - Public Imagine Ltd.

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - Bauhaus

Happy - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

My Possession - Ministry

Tasting Static - Panther Modern

Smells Blood - Kensuke Ushio

Exces de Vitesse - Marie Davidson

Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

Wax And Wane - Cocteau Twins

Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters Of Mercy

It's A Sin - Petshop Boys

Master And Servant - Depeche Mode

Seedy Films - Soft Cell

Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick - DAF

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths

The Passion of Lovers - Bauhaus

Transmission - Joy Division

JOTARO - 32 songs

We All Stand - New Order

Don't Fall - The Chameleons

Eighties - Killing Joke

Imagination - Sad Lovers & Giants

Sub-culture - New Order

Mad World - Tears For Fears

Dazzle - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Second Skin - The Chameleons

Black Celebration - Depeche Mode

Decades - Joy Division

Leave Me Alone - New Order

Dead Souls - Joy Division

A Means to an End - Joy Division

Shadowplay - Joy Division

Lazy Calm - Cocteau Twins

One Way Or Another - Blondie

Creep - Radiohead

Geography I - Front 242

Life Goes On - The Damned

Run Away [The Escape Song] - Oingo Boingo

But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode

Blanket Song - Kikagaku Moyo

Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Damned - Plasmatics

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

Just Another Day - Oingo Boingo

Disorder - Joy Division

Assimilate - Skinny Puppy

Our Lady - Executive Slacks

Anywhere Out of the World - Dead Can Dance

POLNAREFF - 56 songs

Little Lamb Dragonfly - Wings

She Wolf - Shakira [joke]

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira [joke]

Part Of Me - Katy Perry [joke]

Iris's Song [Version Two] - Vashti Bunyan

She Wants Me [To Be Loved] - The Happy Fits

Michelle - The Beatles

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles

Dancing Queen - ABBA

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [A Man After Midnight] - ABBA

You Gave Me The Answer - Wings

Hold Me Tight - The Beatles

When I'm Sixty Four - The Beatles

Coming Up - Paul McCartney

We're Off You Know - Klaatu

Take A Chance On Me - ABBA

Honey, Honey - ABBA

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

Aujourd'hui c'est les vacances - Petit Fantome

Pour que tu m'aimes encore - Les soeurs Bouley

With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

Funky Town - Lipps Inc.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee

Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!

Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

La vie en rose - Louis Armstrong

Fernando - ABBA

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

You Spin Me Round [Like A Record] - Dead Or Alive

I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross

Junk - Paul McCartney

Careless Whisper - George Michael

[Just Like] Starting Over - John Lennon

Listen To What The Man Said - Wings

In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

It Only Takes A Moment - Michael Crawford

Somebody Made For Me - Emitt Rhodes

My Way - Frank Sinatra

Promises I've Made - Emitt Rhodes

Someplace Else - George Harrison

Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Love Me, Please Love Me - Michel Polnareff

Sous quelle etoile suis-je ne? - Michel Polnareff

Last Christmas - Wham!

Beautiful Night - Paul McCartney

The Winner Takes It All - ABBA

I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles

Believe - Cher

I'll Be Back Up on My Feet - The Monkees

I Get Around - The Beach Boys

Felicita, ta ta - Raffaella Carra

Who Feelin' It - Tom Tom Club

[alluse61]

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Anez, Manier, Manson, Mapo, Mara, Maran, Marathon, Marba, Marbell, Marbex, Marca, Marcel Frene, Marcena, Mardon, Marex, Marguy, Marinel, Marlux, Maro, Maros, Mars, Martel, Maru, Marubi, Maruxa, Marvil, Master Watch, Match, Mathey Tissot, Matina, Matinatic, Maty, Maurice Guerdat, Mauthe, Maya, Mavar Super, Maviro, Max Buro, Maxor, Mec, Meda, Medana, Meier Watch, Meister Anker, Melba, Melbun, Melissa, Melux, Memosail, Mendys, Mentor, Mercator, Meridian, Merit, Merkury Watch, Mervos, Mestril, Metro, Meyer Watch, Meylan, MFM, MHR, Miba, Mibis, Mical, Michanny, Michel Herbelin, Miconos, Midix, Mildia, Mildor, Milex, Mimo, Minimax, Mira, Miramar, Mirador, Mirak Watch, Mirca, Mirexal, Mirona, Misalla, Misdany, Mithras, Mitot, Miura, Mobilia, Mod, Modina, Moeris, Mof, Mofa, Mogus, Molnjia, Monalux, Monarch, Monbaron, Monex, Monico, Monil, Monitor, Monray, Monroe, Monsegur, Montanus, Montdor, Monté, Montilier, Montine, Montres BD S.A., Montresor, Monumental, Monval, Monvis, Monyco, Mora, Moremar, Morex, Morris, Mortima, Movina, MSD, MuDu, Mulco, Mulfi, Multy, Mundus, Muralt, Murondis, Muros, Murry, Musette, Mutrix, Myon, Myr, Myrex; N: Nacar, Nadexo, Nadine, Nadir, Naits, Nanco, Nappex, Nappey, Narva, Nasia Watch, Natalis, Nautico, Nave, Navet, Navir, Navzer, Nectar, Nefireus, Negmar, Neil, Neker, Nelco, Nemos, Neova, Neptune, Nersa, Net, Neuchatel, Nevac, Newmark, Newton, Nibo, Nibur Watch, Nicao, Nicéa, Nice Watch, Nickles, Nicole Geneve, Nicolet Gedeon, Nidor, Niers, Niga, Nigedo, Nikpol, Nila, Nilax, Nilda, Nileg, Nimer, Ni-L ite, Nimart, Ninfa, Nironax, Nisam, Nisus, Nitava, Nitella, Nivada, Nivarox, Nivia, Nivoc, Nivor, Nivram, Nivrel, Nobby, Nobel, Nobelt, Nobellux, Noblex, Noi, Nomina, Norbert, Norexa, Norina, Norma, Normana, Norstel, Norton, Nostra, Nostrana, Nova, Novelia, Novera, Novilty, Novoris, Novus, Nulox, Numa; O: Oberon, Octo, Octus, Odema, Oderfla Watch, Odien, Oebra, Ofair, Ofelia, Oficel, Ogival, Ognol, Oisa, Oko, Okroma, Oliros, Olivia, Olor, Olympic, Omax, Omer, Omiko, Omnia, Omodox, Ondex, Ondina, Onsa, Opal, Opera, Operarius, Optima, Orano, Orator, Orbiter, Orco, Ordiam, Oreas, Oreba, Orefa, Orfa, Orfina, Organa, Oriental, Original, Orion, Oriosa, Orloff, Orlogin, Orlon, Orltim, Ormo, Ornata, Ornen, Ornet, Orola, Orpheo, Orthos, Orthosa, Ortin Watch, Orvin, Orwa, Osco, Osram, Ostara, Otar-Vatch, Otero, Otha, Ovaras, Ovivo, Oxford, Owix, Owo; P: Packard, Paco, Page, Pagin, Pagol, Pajarola, Paladin, Palerma, Palermo, Pallas, Pandul, Panta, Parger, Paris, Parker, Park Lexington, Paros, Partex, Partout, Pater Watch, Patria, Paul Arpantier, Paul Durelle, Paul Jobin, Paul Peugeot,Paul Portinoux w.c.Pavel Buhre, Paxor, Payard, Pencron, Pentaflex, Perdal, Perenzin, Perfecta, Perfex, Perfine, Perhisa, Perkins, Perma, Permax, Perona, Perret-Gentil, Perry Greaves, Personal, Pesag, Peso, Pevanda, Phenix, Phigied, Philier, Philos, Philippe Precision, Picard, Picton,Pfois, Pier, Pierre Laro, Pierpont, Pierre Denill, Piguette, Pikleur, Pilatus, Pimax, Pingard, Pinlever, Pinnacle, Pirenne, Pirofa, Piztam, Planesa, Planet, Plattner, Plaza, Plymouth, Pokema, Polar, Polhem, Polymac, Polwatch, Poncin, Pontiac, Pontifa, Porluc, Porta, Porter, Portex, Posor, Post, Prado, Praesens, Praesent, Pratina, Précia, Precibel, Precimax, Precisa, Predial, Prefis, Premier, Premira, President, Prestige, Prexa, Preziosa, Primalux, Primato, Primator, Primera, Prince, Printania, Printania Watch, Prisma, Proctus, Pronto, Pronto Verdal, Protus, Provis, Provita, Proxima, Prunus, Puerta, Pyramid; Q: Questar; R: Racer, Racine, RacingTeam, Radar, Radax, Radiant, Radny, Rajawongs, Ralco, Rama, Ramades, Ramba, Rambler, Ramina, Ramino, Ramona, Randal, Ranol, Rapid, Rasec, Raylon, Real, Record, Recta, Recthor, Rectory, Reda, Redue, Regatta, Regency, Regent, Regeor, Regina, Regine, Reglex, Reglia, Rego, Rehard, Reimar, Rela, Relliac, Relide, Reliont, Rellum, Rem Lever, Remova Ancre, Rendex, Renis, Reno, Renoir, Renov, Renna, Reo-Gran, Repa, Repco Watch, Replay, Replic, Republic, Resisto, Reston, Retiva, Reusser, Revere, Revlon, Rex, Rexa, Rexiana, Rexor, Reynolds, Re Watch, Rewel, Rewolx, Rezalfa, Rhodos, RHM, RHS, Rhudos, Ribot, Ribu, Richard, Richmond, Richon, Rideau, Rigel, Rigi, Rigor, Rika, Rila, Rima, Rinkus, Rio, Rios, Riva, Rivella, Rivo, R. Jaquet, Roal, Roa Watch, Roberta, Robur, Rocail, Rocar, Roco, Rocket, Rodams, Rodana, Rodania, Roen, Rofina, Rogata, Rogelin, Roidor, Roki Watch, Rolatron, Rolly, Roma, Romandor, Romex De luxe, Romina, Rona, Ronalp, Rone, Ronet, Roni, Rontex, Ross, Rosselet, Rouan, Roundex, Rovac, Rovano, Roveta, Rox, Roxane, Roxy, Roxor, Roxy, Royal, Royce, Rowil, Rozi, Rubens, Rubes, Rubi, Rubina, Rubra, Rue du Lac, Rulcy, Rulon, Rural, Rutex, Rutina, Rutis, Ruxton, Rytima, RWS; S: Saba, Sabah, Sabina, Sabrina, Sachat, Sada, Sagara, Said, Saint Blaise, Salvest, Same, Samiria, Samska, Sanctus, Sander, Sanitas, Santima, Santire, Santra, Sappeur, Sarda Besancon, Sardlux, Sarpier, Saturne, Sauter Frères, Saveb, Savillon, Savina, Saving, Savoy, Savoyen, Saxony, Saytoko, Scandia, Schaon, Scholler, Sea Liner, Sears, Seca, Seega, Seeland, Sekundant, Selecta, Seliva, Selux, Selva, Selza, Semca, Senit, Seni Watch, Serdix, Services, Seth Thomas, Severo, Sexima, Seyes River, SGT, Shallow, SHD, Sheffield, Shell, Sheloh, Shelton, Sheraton, Shield, Shorewood, Sibel, Sibelles, Sicura, Siderlux, Siduna, Siera, Sigdin, Sigel, Sigena, Sigma, Sigma Valmon, Signo, Siko, Silena,Silyan watch company, Silgar, Siluett, Silvana, Silver, Silver Star, Sim, Simas, Simba, Simplex, Sincron, Sindaco, Sinex, Singer, Sinsa, Sira, Sirius, Siro, Siro Lever, Sisgau, Sita Watch, Sivac, Sivane, Siverwatch, Skiff, Slandex, Smith, Sobimo, Socomex, Socor, Sofior, Sogel, Sokas, Sola, Solar, Solida, Solita, Solix, Sollieres, Solo, Solora, Somali, Sonett, Soni, Sonic, Sorag, Sornadat, Sornana, Sovereign, Sparewa, Sparta, Spazial, Speck, Spendid, Spera, Spes, Sphinge Watch, Sphinx, Spider, Spir, Splendid, Splendor, Sponta, Sportex, Sporting, Sportsman, Stabila, Stahel, Stahl, Star, Starina, Staromatic, Start, Steelco, Steiert, Steiner, Stellers, Stempel, Stendal, Stenis, Stewag, Stima, Stop, Strad, Strada, Strato, Straumann, Styfl, Stylt, Subwater, Sugo Watch, Suizex, Suja, Sulina, Sully Special, Sultana, Summit, Sunex, Superalfa, Superatic, Superb Lever, Superio, Superius, Superoma, Superwatch, Supremo, Supremos, Sur, Surdiac, Surrex, Surtec, Sussex, Suter, Sutil, Sutit, Suzana, Svalan, Svea, Svu, Sydnem, Systema, Swift; T: Tacar, Talia, Talis, Tanis, Tanivann, Tansa, Tara, Tarnan, Tasan, Tasso, Tavernier, Tawek, Team, Technos, Tecron, Tefor, Tegra, Tegrov, Teka, Tekel, Telda, Television, Telhor, Telix, Tell, Tellus, Telor, Telstar, Tempic, Tempo, Temporis, Tena, Tenens, Tenor, Tenor-Dorly, Teriam, Terrasse, Terrote, Terten, Terval, Teseo, Test, Testudo, Tevo, Texa Watch, Textor, Thales, Themis Watch, Theorein, Thermamed, Thermidor, Thiel, Thol, Thomas Blundell, Thoresen, Thormas, Thoro, Th Picard Fils, Thusal, Thussy, Thusyt, Thuya, Tiara, Tiber Watch, Ticin, Tidana, Tiega, Tierce, Tiger, Tilius, Tim, Timavero, Times, Timetone, Timor, Tipsy, Tirza, Tisseran, Titan, Titana, Titanic, Titan-Luxe, Titanus, Titus, Tivena, Tollet, Tonic, Tonodor, Topaz, Torelli, Torina, Tornado, Tosal, Tourist, Tourneau, Tovare, Towa, Trada, Tradition, Trafalgar, Tramlex, Transglobe, Transmarine, Travita, Trebex, Trematic, Tressa, Triglav, Triunfo-R, Trivera, Trojan, Trotteur, Truma, Trumpf, Tucah, Tugaris, Tuhess, Tulxis, Tusal, Tyber Watch, Tyl, Tylex; U: Uhtra, Ultimor, Ultra, Ultramar, Ultrapyl, Ulyclod, Unic, Unichron, Unicorn, Union, Uniona, Union Soleure, Uno, Unver, Urban, Urech, Urra, Ursus, Uti, Utina; V: Vacontin, Valadier, Valand, Valdor, Valent, Valex, Valgine, Valjaux, Valory, Valruz, Vanburen, Vanguard, Vantage, Varbar, Vasa, Veda, Vehns, Veler Watch, Velester, Velis, Velka, Velma, Velona, Vendome, Vensil, Ventex, Veranda, Verbel, Verbena, Verdal, Verimpex, Verity, Verndor, Veroni, Versa, Vertex, Veto, Vetur, Vialux, Viccanta, Vico, Victor, Vidan, Viking, Villard, Villereuse, Vilong, Vilor Watch, Vinca, Vindex, Vines, Vintan, Viola, Violetta, Viscont, Viser, Visotex, Vital, Vithos, Vito, Vitus, Vivat, Vivata, Vivax, Vixia, Voga, Vogel, Voight, Voumard, Vrema, Vuillemin; X: Xantia, Xaros Watch, Xenos; Y: Yarom, Yasma, Yokay; W: Wabos, Wabro, Wadsworth, Wagner, Waigel, Wakman, Walbo, Waldan, Waldman, Walker, Walier, Wall Watch, Walter, Walux, Wan-Tick, Warens, Watex, Watra, Waverly, Weber, Webster, Wedo, Wega, Wegena, Wehrmann, Welbar Watch, Welsbro, Welter, Wema, Wemalux, Wendts, Wenia, Werax Watch, Werba, Werlaine, Wernam, Wernet, Wertex, Wibax, Wilboi, Wilhelm, Wilka, William Watch, Wilson, Wimar, Winex, Winfort, Winthal, Winton, Wirz, Wisdor, Wittnauer, Wivex, White Star, Wladir, Wolbrook, Wolfram, Wotex, Ws, Wuba, Wylerma; Z: Zaigor, Zais Watch, Zarina, Zarvath, Zedon, Zédy, Zeih, Zellcon, Zelma, Zelus, Zentena, Zentima,Zephir, Zermatt, Zeysa, Zewa, Zewi, Zheut, Zico, Zila, Zim, Zinal, Zitaerna, Zitura, Zlatoust, Zome, Zoty, Zu,Zumac, Zundap, Zurc, Zurex, Zurich, Zuryl

[felixcosm]

Book Haul 02-02-19

We have free libraries (places where you can drop or get books for free) around Vienna and I love taking advantage of them

Atlas of human anatomy and surgery (Bourgery & Jacob)

The Mammoth Book of Secret Code Puzzles (Dunin)

Geschichten aus der Heimat (Ernestine Kastner)  = Old Viennese stories

Psychologische Märchen Interpretation (Marie Louise von Franz) = psychological interpretations of fairy tales

Wienerisch (Kauderwelsch) = about speaking the viennese dialect which is something i cant do, ironically, despite born and raised here

Three short stories from Anton Tschechow

On Bullshit (Harry G. Frankfurt)

Her Fearful Symmetry (Audrey Niffenegger)

Russian-German Dictionary (Langenscheidt)

Three magazines about home decorating (Laura Ashley) = 1990/1991/1992

Das Große Sagenbuch (Diogenes Verlag) = fairytales from the medieval times

Homicide in Hardcover (Kate Carlisle)

Französisch in 30 Tagen (Humboldt/Langenscheidt) = french in thirty days

Express yourself = collection of poems

Frühlingserwachen (Felicitas Bovis) = poems about first loves

Fiesta of Happiness (David Baird)

Der Rauchfangkehrer, seine Frau und der weiße Wolf (Razmik A. Gevondyan = Armenian fairytale

An die Laterne (Audrey Erskine Lindrop)  = novel

The Universe versus Alex Woods (Gavin Extence)

Die Frauen um Napoleon (Gertrude Aretz) = Women & Napoleon

Summer drinks recipe book (GÜ Küchen)

Ginger recipe book (Mary Hahn)

A psychological book about communication (Friedemann Schulz von Thun)

Hexenfurz und Teufelsdreck (Eichborn) = about witchcraft & stories & recipes

Tables of Houses (Maison Rosicrucienne Éditeur)

Tarot Psychology (Robert Wang)

Tarot (Gerd Ziegler)

The Shift (Jim Self) = a weird ass booklet about shifting dimensions

[sweet-vanilla-sims]

Year 1652

The year hadn't even truly began when the all too familiar labor pains hit Giulia once again.

Giuliano Morosini was born on January 2nd in the early hours of the morning. Giulia was more than content to celebrate the birth of her hopefully final child.

Giovanni was delighted to have a second surviving son especially as he wouldn't need to fret too much over future arrangements for him as he would with his daughters.

Giuseppe grew up and despite his parent's fears of losing him to the winter illness passed around that year, spring came and he was running after his sisters all the same tiring himself out that he often didn't bother going to the bed to sleep.

Giuliano grew into a lovely little boy, Giulia wondered where he inherited a lot of his features from since she was having trouble placing them but Giovanni mentioned that he himself was surprised by how much the kids took after his father when he himself had taken after his mother. Giulia figured that answered that.

With his maternal family, Antonio celebrated his thirteenth birthday.

Osana celebrated her sixth birthday as well surrounded by her siblings. Giovanni was astounded by how much she took after him but she had no interest in getting into the dirt of the farm as she was horrified of grime and creepy crawlie bugs. Giulia laughed seeing as she was just as squeamish as her aunt Felicita.

Osana was a great help around the house, more so than Orsolina, that she would clean messes between her lessons that her little sisters and brother made while Giulia tended to the baby.

July also brought with it, betrayal. Beverly was horrified when her son who was betrothed to Felicita left town for a week only to return married, his wife very obviously pregnant, and she was a Laurent. He had been keeping their romance a secret for sometime but when the pregnancy was obvious they ran off to elope. In a way Beverly was glad that her first grandchild was not to be a bastard but he had obligations to the Carlisles and the fact that he married a Laurent was not to be ignored. Felicita wasn't exactly emotionally attached to her betrothed so it hardly mattered though she did wonder what that meant for her own future. Tala was pissed as it meant that her efforts to see her daughter wed to a nobleman were for naught as he was already married she wanted her girl to rise above their station. But there was little to do aside from turn their attentions from the wedding that wasn't even supposed to happen for a few more years to Tina's eighteeth birthday that October.

While the broken arrangement for her sister was hot gossip around town, now that Giulia only had one infant to care for and two older children she felt she could finally breathe again and took more of an interest in her children beyond struggling to get all their needs met. Though it was nice that Giuseppe was such an independent boy.

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Year 1651

TW/CW: Death Mention, Infant Death

The new year was ushered in with storms which were bad enough that the Lady of the Laurent family passed when she got caught in it but even still there was work to be done outside.

With the storm raging on outside Giulia was happy for the excuse to snuggle up with her little ones though the longer it went on the more stir-crazy the family got.

For Giovanni though being home with his family was the highlight of his day because working the garden and going to town to sell his crops was miserable in the rain and wind. After the Lady Laurent's passing he started to worry more for his own safety as well in the rain so every time he returned home at night he felt blessed.

There was gossip to be had when not three months following the loss of his wife, the Laurent head remarried.

Giulia and Giovanni talked at length about the events in town. The older the kids got, the more sleep the couple had so while they were still massively sleep deprived, Giulia felt more of a need to speak with actual adults.

Even with the growing desire to connect with people closer to her age, she still enjoyed helping her daughter with her lessons.

Luckily Felicita seemed to be able to read her sister's mind from down the hill and she came to visit to give her sister a second wind. The timing of her visit was also right in that Felicita got to be the first to learn that she was getting a new niece or nephew by either the end of the year or early the next.

While the younger Morosini girls got dirty and messy when the weather turned nice again, Orsolina decided to try and help her father in the garden especially after hearing him complain about how he was getting old for the work.

This latest pregnancy was going better for Giulia than most of her previous ones as she was more rested but she was feeling nervous about it after what happened to her eldest son and the news that came in September that her cousin had also lost her son from her set of twins. Thoughts of losing another child plagued her often when she woke to tend to Giuseppe in the night.

As her pregnancy progressed, Giulia decided to leave the children with her family and take the opportunity to have sometime to herself maybe twice a month while Giovanni was away. It was like a breath of fresh air putting wind back in her sails. But when Giovanni saw her from a distance he had other ideas.

He tried to put from his mind the image of his wife looking excited without the children around as he snuggled his son. But even that couldn't shake loose the idea that perhaps she had begun an affair. He didn't doubt his children and her pregnancy was obviously his since the storms kept everyone indoors but... could she be unfaithful? He was being ridiculous but the thoughts gnawed at his mind.

It was November when Giovanni finally confronted his wife with his thoughts as she returned from where she had been to change before collecting the kids. He had planned to talk to her peacefully but the sight of her in those different clothes made him see red. He screamed at her asking if she had returned from her lover's house. Giulia was blindsided by Giovanni's reaction and took his verbal beratement until the shock wore off and she could process his words. He thought she was cheating. Was he out of his mind? Maybe, she thought, sometimes she wondered if she was all there with such little sleep but seriously? She told him that she had no lover and that she was simply running to keep active and get some time for herself. He believed her somewhat that she was getting time for herself but he was too angry and hot-headed to consider that he was wrong and Giulia decided to wait to change until after she collected the children for both of them to cool their heads.

So much for cooling their heads because Giulia returned home to the house being on fire. Giovanni tried to put it out but caught alight himself, thankfully he put himself and the fire out before anything too much more than a singe could happen but the fire took over whatever talks they would have had about their relationship as their mutual relief for their family's safety took priority.

The year came to a close as Giulia was thanked the heavens for her family's safety and well being.

That said, she still worried about the lack of faith her husband had in her. True she never exactly loved the man and he had a temper and was hard to please, especially in the early days in their marriage but she was never unfaithful. All these years of doing her best to be a devoted wife to a man older than her father that she never wanted to marry because she wanted to live a good honest life and he made no effort to even learn about what she did all day assuming it was an affair. It hurt. It hurt to think he would rather assume less of her character and that she would hurt her family like that than appreciate her efforts more than the occasional bedtime for his own damn kids. By the end of the year she decided that Giovanni simply wasn't worth her time but while she had little care for her husband, she was just going to focus on her children. Her husband had his son. He didn't need her anymore and she didn't want him. She simply steered clear of him apart from meals choosing to sleep in the guest room until he had them switch so she'd be with the children.

[sweet-vanilla-sims]

Year 1649

TW/CW: Death Mention, Child Death

The start of the year proved rather uneventful which would have been a bore for the young ladies of the Carlisle household but after the years of war, no news really was good news.

Between lessons that they sometimes shared with the young Morosini girls, the Carlisle-Robles ladies practiced the skills that would likely actually be relevant to them once they grew into adults. Felicita heard nothing about her brother from her mother but she didn't want to move to hastily as it was news for everyone in the home not just her.

May came around and brought with it news that Sadie and Isabella's youngest daughter passed away. They didn't provide details and honestly, no one wanted to ask if they didn't wish to share. But for Tala it was the push she needed to broach the subject with her daughter about Vincente's son. While Tala still wasn't fully accepting of the idea of meeting her husband's ex and love child but she didn't want to deny her daughter the chance to get to know her brother so after telling her about Antonio's existence they agreed to write a response back to get the kids in touch with each other through letters.

Orsa and Orelia definitely grew into their own features more as they grew up enough so that it was easy to tell them apart at a glance but Giulia still kept them in the same colors that they had been in as infants mostly because she found it cute.

Of the twins Orsa got along more with both of her older sisters while Osana was close to both twins and Orsolina.

The year drew to a close with Raquel celebrating her eighteenth birthday quietly at home. Maybe it was all the years in the garden surrounded by the tranquility of Tartosa but she developed a deep love for the outdoors as she entered adulthood.

[sweet-vanilla-sims]

Year 1648 - Part 2

TW/CW: Death Mention, Infant Death

July brought with it tragedy as just four days before his first birthday, Vincente and Orion's youngest passed away in his sleep. The hits didn't stop there as Ramon's surviving son also passed in the war with news reaching them just a few weeks later. Vincente felt like his happy life with Orion was crumbling down around him and found himself placing the blame for the loss of their son on her shoulders.

Orion did not stand for being accused of playing any role in the death of their infant son and told him off to the point where Vincente could feel the sting of her words. The feeling felt somewhat familiar.

He wandered the streets like a lost man as he tried to avoid Orion following the funeral.

It was during one of his walks that he met a strange man that Vincente felt drawn to. The man introduced himself as Robert but from the way he stumbled over the syllables it was obviously not his name. Vincente knew the moment Robert opened his mouth that he was a foreigner so he assumed that he had taken up a new name to fit in better with the locals. Vincente found himself spending the entire day with him into the early hours of the next morning just spending time with Robert.

The more time the pair spent together, the more Vincente felt butterflies in his stomach. He hadn't felt the same with any of his previous wives and he had loved them, at least he thought he did before Robert.

The feelings were blatantly mutual and Vincente wondered what kind of life Roger had led in that he was so comfortable showing a romantic side of affection towards another man. Even Vincente was had reservations in his mind, internal fears about the mere concept.

But at least around Robert all the fears vanished from his mind because it felt right. More right than anything had ever felt before.

It was late August when Orion decided to confront Vincente on the fact that he had been spending days away from home when he still had a son and her waiting on him. With Orion, Vincente had toned down on his drinking and on his behaviors from back home but while this would have been no surprise to his other family, she had never seen this side to him. Something about Orion's phrasing let him place what was so familiar to him about the situation. She sounded just like Tala which he mentioned in a fit before he realized the words that came out his mouth, that he had revealed that that was why he left her and not that she had died like he had let Orion believe.

Orion paused. What did he mean that he left her? She had died. He told her that herself when she asked about his past but from the way he was scrambling his words... that was a lie. What else was a lie?

At that Orion blew up the grief from her son's loss, the blame her love was unjustly laying at her feet, the lies, his absence, the discovery that she was the other woman to his real marriage, she was disgusted with the man in front of her and with herself for ever trusting him.

Her mother came to check on the commotion outside which led to the deflation of Orion's anger as her hurt heart sought her mother's comfort and she told Vincente to just leave her be. Vincente did leave hurt that he had hurt another person close to him in a way he hadn't really intended to but also it was a relief that unlike Tala, Orion wasn't threatening murder as he was made to leave.

With the break from Orion, Vincente finally felt less reserved in his love for Robert. He needed a fresh start and Robert was there to assuage his broken heart and offer a solution.

Robert revealed the truth about himself that he wasn't actually human but that he was visiting from another planet on a mission to study otherworlds and their life. Vincente hardly believed it until he proved himself. At finally being convinced, Vincente learned that Robert's real name was Rytryx and he was actually planning on returning home to his world soon. Vincente felt things were moving too fast. How could Rytryx leave when they were finally starting something? Which is where his solution came in as Rytryx offered Vincente what Vincente had dreamed of since he was a child, to join him in the stars.

Vincente thought of what was left for him on Earth. His parents had died long ago as had most of his children, his wives all hated him but his two children that he cared for were fine with their mothers. It took less than a minute for Vincente to decide to follow Rytryx to his home planet.

While Vincente planned out what to take with him to abandon another family for a new one with Rytryx, Giulia was growing closer with her elder daughters. Giulia still couldn't believe how fast they grew when she wasn't looking, looking at her girls she felt the meaning of the phrase the days are long but the years are short as things hadn't yet eased up following the birth of the twins but things were changing, her girls were growing.

Then Felicita's birthday came almost a month after the end of the war and she was officially a teenager which was more of a reason to celebrate. She looked so much like her mother and while Giulia felt her hairstyle didn't exactly suit her she made sure not to mention it as she was clearly emulating Tala.

Felicita was delighted to finally be old enough to fit in a bit better with the Ruano girls as being the youngest was making her feel a bit left out. It wasn't the best aspect of her personality but age had made her natural jealous streak grow stronger though age had also meant that what she was jealous over shifted from when she was younger to the point that she felt that it made her more mature.

With Raquel's seventeenth birthday also being around the same time as Felicita's thirteenth, Tala pulled her aside to let her know that she was not going to force her into any marriage like what had happened to Giulia but that she would allow her niece the chance to find her own partner for a few years before stepping in to assure her future as she wanted the best for her. Raquel was once again floored by her aunt's kindness in that she wasn't going to be married off right away for being an extra kid that Tala didn't necessarily ask to take in, a part of her wondered when she would overstay her welcome but Tala was more than happy to have her stay as long as she liked.

It was late into the year when Felicita intercepted a letter for Tala from some woman by the name of... Orion. Felicita found the name to be strange but couldn't contain her curiosity and read the letter herself. Orion admitted that she had to ask around to find where to send the letter but that Felicita's father had been her lover for the past few years before she learned of Tala's existence and threw out Vincente. Felicia also learned that Orion and Vincente had two sons the younger of which died earlier in the year but that meant that she had a brother she had never met before. It was exciting but Felicita wondered how her mother would react so she held on to the letter for a few days before making a choice.

She decided to tell Giulia about the letter while Tina and Tala fussed over Giulia's girls to give her a break. Giulia wasn't surprised to hear that their father had abandoned another one of his children and other than the basic information that he was alive and shamed away to Lord knows where, Giulia found that she had no real interest in Vincente's exploits. What was more interesting to the two of them was their little brother Antonio. Felicita debated penning a letter herself to introduce herself to him and connect with their long lost baby brother but in that statement she let it slip that she hadn't yet shown the letter to Tala to which Giulia chewed out her little sister for stealing their mother's letters. Felicita defended herself by saying Tala may have just burned the letter since it was proof that their father was even worse than a deadbeat drunk who abandoned his family but that he was guilty of doing it serially. Giulia conceded the point that if Felicita hadn't stolen it they may not have known of their brother but that the point of stealing being wrong still stood.

With that Giulia took down the return post for Orion so that if they chose to write their brother they could if Tala burned the letter. They ended the year with Felicita leaving the resealed letter where Tala could find it and wondering what the next year would bring if they managed to contact their brother's mother.

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Year 1648 - Part 1

At the start of the year, little Osana grew up looking more and more like her father each day to Giovanni's delight.

Giulia was hit with waves of false labor alarmingly early which did not ease her worries that had resurfaced from her first pregnancy loss before Osana though she was too far along now for it to pass so easily.

But it was February when true labor began and it was early still but not alarmingly so. Enough that the midwife was convinced that Giulia had truly been carrying multiples.

Their suspicions proved correct when on February 14th, four years to the day of Giulia's youngest sister's passing, Giulia delivered twin daughters. The girls were named Orsa and Orelia as Giulia and Giovanni found they liked the pattern of naming their daughters with the letter O.

Giovanni couldn't help but feel blessed that in the time of war where most families had lost someone and when most children did not survive, he had four living children. The more daughters they had, the more Giovanni wondered if his wife could even produce a son but either way now that they had twins he was happy to wait a little more before trying again. He simply didn't have the energy to keep up with four children all under the age of four that this point let alone more. He could also tell that the last birth had taken it's toll on Giulia in that she had hardly slept the last few months and that was even before the twins arrived.

Giovanni's assessment of his wife was spot on as most of her days were spent running herself ragged following behind the older girls and tending to the newborns. Thankfully the twins hardly fussed and Osana was a relatively independent child content to play with her big sister but sleep was a scarcity in the Morosini home.

Following the revelation of Ramon's several illegitimate children, Tina found joy in connecting with her other siblings through Talia's tome. Her surviving brother had become a father of his own twins that March and it was hard for Tina to think of being an aunt but it was also nice to know that she wasn't alone especially as most of her siblings had lost some of their own siblings, it was nice to discover a new connection.

Orsa and Orelia grew into themselves more as time passed and while they weren't identical, they were very similar in appearance. So while their eye color gave away their identity, Giulia and Giovanni decided that while their personalities were mostly calm, Orsa would be in green and Orelia in yellow.

Life in Tartosa was still calm for the ladies of the Carlisle-Ruano household as they spent most of their days either studying lessons. Raquel and Tina couldn't believe how much they learned from Talia's tome especially considering that normally their 'lessons' would be in tending house for when they inevitably got married in the future but while Tina found she enjoyed the lessons, Raquel was less interested though, she was growing older and hoping to branch out.

Though Orsa seemed to detest being held by anyone, Orelia didn't seem to mind all that much. Giovanni joked that they now could tell their daughters apart because of it, the one who protested being held was Orsa and the one who was aware of being an infant who could barely hold her own head up was Orelia.

While taking care of four girls was tiring at least that was the extent of their problems, Giulia remembered hearing how she had been jealous of her younger siblings when she was young but her girls thankfully were happy to coexist.

They tried not to choose favorites among their children but that didn't stop their kids from having favorites of their own. Orsolina continued following after her Papa while Osana was happy to keep her mother company when she wasn't trying to explore on her own. The twins had yet to choose a favorite but Giulia was always there to give them attention so it was a treat for Giovanni to spoil them each night.

Giulia appreciated the break that Giovanni provided her with the girls but she was starting to hate that their roles with the girls had been divided into her being the sole disciplinarian and him being the fun parent who plays games and takes them through the town. Though with how tired she was, she didn't have the energy to change the dynamic they had found themselves in.

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Year 1644

TW/CW: Child Death, Death Mention, Miscarriage

Still reeling from the news that Hestor and her newborn daughter had died the previous December, more loss hit the Carlisle family as a housefire claimed the life of young Veniera on the 14th of February.

Tala couldn't believe it that her youngest was gone so soon. Though she hoped that at least her spirit would keep Giacomo and Osana's spirits company wherever they had passed on to.

Giulia was devastated by the loss of her little sister especially as she anticipated the arrival of her own little one. It scared her to think about the loss of a child and the idea of losing the child within her as well filled her mind.

The older girls in the Carlisle home did their best to keep busy as they mourned the loss of Veniera the best they could. They were heartbroken but they also wanted to stay strong for each other.

Giulia did her best to support her sister and her sister's cousin as she tried to push her own fears from her mind. At least the other girls were spared from the fire which was a blessing.

Tala was grateful for the support from her oldest in the wake of the younger one's loss. As Giulia approached the end of her pregnancy, Tala did her best to move on from her loss to best support her daughter with her pregnancy.

It was mid May when Giulia felt the pains of early labor for the first time. Tala rushed over and spent the next few hours shooing Giovanni from being a bother to the laboring Giulia and having the girls help out around the Morosini home as Tala talked Giulia through her pains. Tala could at the very least support her daughter through the birth of her first baby.

It was afternoon on May 18th that Orsolina Morosini was born. She was named after Giovanni's late mother and thankfully for the entire family, she was born perfectly healthy.

Despite mentioning from the start of their marriage about how much he wanted a son, Giovanni was truly in love with his daughter. He had never seen a child so lovely and was determined to do the best for her.

Giulia was grateful that following the birth she hardly had to do any work as after Raquel and Felicita finished their lessons and work around their own garden they would go up the hill to help out with the Morosinis. Giulia was even impressed to find meals taken care of and while Felicita was determined to take credit it was clear that the nearly-teenaged Raquel was the true cook. The love her family had for her was so evident in all the rest she could have having given birth.

Orsolina grew up into a lovely infant over the next few months who was such an active child her parents were even more confident of her health. Often times Giovanni would be on the floor with her after working the gardens or going out hunting, he was determined to spend time with his little one.

But with all the extra time on their hands to really focus on their new little family and not the housework, despite their troubles having Orsolina, it was very little surprise that Giulia was expecting again by the end of summer.

Giulia was excited to have another child though she did worry about the added work of going from one child to two and having to restart her own housework soon since it simply wasn't sustainable to have the girls keep helping out.

Though that was a problem for the future. For the time being, Giovanni and Giulia were enjoying being new parents to their daughter and expecting their second child. Giovanni was hopeful that this time they would have a son and the pair spent the late hours of the afternoon while their daughter slept whispering sweet nothings to each other and discussing names for their future child.

Giovanni even after learning about the new pregnancy was still entranced by his young daughter, he knew that some men tended to focus more on their sons and while yes, he did have a preference, he wasn't going to show favoritism when his son arrived.

In early November, Raquel celebrated her thirteenth birthday with the entire Tartosa family by her side. After the losses of the year, Tala decided that she had been too lax about looking into Raquel's sister and decided that she would see if she could bring her younger sister into the family as well to reunite the pair. Raquel was absolutely overtaken with gratitude that her aunt was willing to take in a child that wasn't her own relative for her sake. Tala knew the girl was with her father but... she wondered if it was right to keep siblings separated. She would talk more with Ramon later.

It felt like a weight had dropped on the bubble of happiness that Giulia had been living with following the birth of her daughter when, just a few days after Raquel's celebration, she had awoken to blood and cramping. Giovanni had rushed with Giulia to get the midwife leaving Orsolina with Tala, only to be told that the pregnancy had been lost. The couple returned home with a silent melancholy shared between them that neither wished to bring up.

Giovanni wondered if perhaps they had been too greedy, chasing the high that came with the addition of a new family member that had caused such a devastating loss. They still had plenty to be grateful for as their daughter, oblivious to her parent's loss, was still just as much of a light in their lives even if their loss had made the rest of their days darker.

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Year 1642

TW/CW: Death Mention

The year got off to a poor start as it was soon revealed that Guglielma's daughter was the only surviving child after illness took her younger brother leaving the little girl in the care of her grandfather and step-grandmother.

Things hardly improved as just a few days later, Felipe died in the war towards the end of January. Though the Morosini household tried to stay positive as February brought with it news that Angus had welcomed a second child. Sadie was delighted to hear about her former-in-laws thriving back in Henford.

To keep their minds off the war, Giulia was frequently visited by her younger sisters and Raquel when Giulia wasn't the one doing the visiting.

It felt like each day brought with it new tragedy and what was supposed to be a day of joy when Felipe's expectant widow delivered their twin sons, turned bitter as the eldest named after his father passed away just a few hours after his birth.

Still, life went on and in December news of Angus' passing reached the family's ears in Tartosa.

Even among the devastation Isabella revealed to Giulia some news that deep in the notes of Talia's tome was a spell that would bless her and Sadie with a child and while she had little hope since she herself was not a spellcaster, it had worked and Isabella was with child. Giulia was happy for her cousin though she worried about how her cousin's reputation would fare for being unmarried, at least officially, though Isabella never had the best reputation in her hometown so that bothered her little. But Giulia's big worry would be Giovanni's reaction since he was not the most open minded fellow around.

Surprisingly, Giovanni wasn't too bothered by Isabella's pregnancy since technically she was a more distant relation so their reptution wouldn't hit the Morosinis as hard and he really did enjoy having a child in the house, he was excited to have an infant around. Of course Giulia hadn't mentioned that the child's parentage was actually Sadie's and Isabella's to soften the blow. Giulia figured that some secrets were best left unspoken.

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Year 1637

TW/CW: Death Mention

With Vincente out of the home for so long, Tala was starting to get used to it just being her and Felicita. Felicita hardly knew who her father was but considering his actions Tala thought it for the best. Yet, Tala was beginning to lament that her daughter had no one her age to play with the way the other children had and with news that Guglielma had delivered a daughter, she longed for another child in her heart that she did her best to try and silence.

Giulia was gaining confidence in her new home by the time her anniversary came around and thankfully the nausea had subsided. Though there was no sign of children, she noted a sign in Talia's tome that it wasn't necessarily a problem just yet as it had only been a year into her marriage.

That said while Giulia's marriage was proving rather uneventful she was happy to send her congratulations to her cousin Felipe on his own the same month.

Sadly though, Giovanni's cousin and friend passed away at the end of April before the birth of his son that May. Giovanni who had been so jealous of Stefano for expecting a child felt his jealousy dry up at the thought of his death. He had been rushing things in his haste to have an heir just as his cousin did and look where that got Stefano. After thinking it through for a few days, he came to Giulia with the announcement that he was no longer in a rush to have an heir. Giulia felt for his loss and figured that was what prompted the change in her husband but while she felt guilty for her inner feelings since he was distraught, she was relieved at no longer excessively trying for a baby.

May also brought with it Felicita growing up into a lovely little child to the delight of her mother and sister.

Tala was glad to see it whenever Felicita played on her own because while she adored her daughter's affections, she could be rather clingy perhaps from effectively being an only child Tala thought.

Giulia's life mostly comprised of farm chores and tending house but she liked to write letters to her beloved family namely Isabella when she wasn't visiting Tala and her sister. By summer's end she was enjoying her married life whenever her husband wasn't present but that was often as he would leave to spend time with his friends more often than not or go hunting with them.

Vincente had been enjoying himself with Orion so much so that his casual flirting had progressed to full courting. He could have a new life here but at the very least he needed to return to Tartosa to settle his affairs there before moving on with his newfound lover.

Vincente returned home and was greeted by Felicita. He was shocked by just how much she had changed since he last saw her. He missed so much of her life that the girl had no recognition of him and shied away from his attempts to connect with her. His baby didn't know him and while he was okay with that when he was away from home, being there it broke his heart.

Tala pretended she didn't see Vincente when he came home to get things but she couldn't help but feel a touch of pain as she saw him flinch at the realization that his own daughter couldn't recognize him. At night she went to confront him where he admitted that he was leaving most of his things to Tala and Felicita, well more specifically their children, and he was going to take enough to settle San Sequoia permanently. Tala felt she was going to regret sullying herself with Vincente but the two spent the rest of Vincente's time together before he was set to go. Meanwhile, during his time Vincente only appeared around his daughter as she slept.

The day Vincente left it was like the switch had flipped back to disgust and hatred towards him for Tala. He was abandoning his family, she might not want to actually see him again but he was leaving his child. But Tala's scheming had worked as she noted not long after he left, the holiday season was giving her the gift of motherhood once more.

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Year 1635 - Part 2

TW/CW: Alcoholism, Abuse

Alexis wasn't very happy with learning that her daughter had given up the werewolf trait that they shared though she did note that she looked happier with it gone, it was still hard for her to know that what they once shared was gone.

Thomasin was delighted to see her father again as she had felt the years pass slowly what with all the tragedy the family had faced in recent years. Though she was disappointed to hear that he and Larissa planned to leave Tartosa once more when spring arrived in the next year. Adrian did say that he would see to it that his family was cared for in the meantime and for the future.

To that end, Larissa took over teaching Giulia as not only had she spent over a century pouring over her copy of Talia's tome for information she also had a century of knowledge in her head to share with the studious young lady.

Over the month that Giulia had stopped being a werewolf she had thought long and hard about her future and while remaining human would be good and the safer choice, she wanted to be able to keep herself safe in the future. So she asked Adrian if he knew of anyway to make her a spellcaster. Adrian froze at her question but decided that since he had literally just promised his daughter to see to their family's wellbeing he couldn't refuse her request.

Adrian almost immediately set about granting her the gift of magic. Giulia found herself bathed in light and her body felt energized. Where as a werewolf the power within her gathered like an untamed rage, this power felt like an extension of herself as if it had always been there inside her just waiting to be released.

Giulia was eternally grateful to her great-grandfather as he had changed her life twice. Adrian said there was no need for so much thanks as he was happy to do what he could for his family.

Vincente's habit with the drink stopped being able to be hidden by September where it was easy to tell he was home because the stench of alcohol oozing from his pores assaulted the senses before he even stepped into the room. When he was drunk, he would spout out verbal abuses towards Giulia and Tala, if she tried to stop him or talk about his problem. Even Larissa was speechless at the man's behavior and once Vincente left to crawl into bed, she would do her best to comfort the younger women. Larissa wondered if they needed help to leave but Tala was confident that Vincente just needed a something good and hopefully when their child was born he would pull it together. Larissa wasn't as confident but she trusted Tala's words as she had only known Vincente for less than a year.

But still Vincente's temper flared more intensely as time went on and while Tala held on to hope that if he could change this much for the worse, he could change for the better again, she was tired of him stressing her out when she was worried not only for him and Giulia but their unborn child.

Adrian confronted Tala as well about Vincente's behavior which was impossible to ignore and hard to avoid. Tala was exhausted and tired of dealing with her husband and while she felt she should be grateful he was still present, she couldn't help but miss the days he would simply vanish into the woods with his grief instead of into the bottle. Adrian promised to help out around the home more and with Giulia so that Tala could rest and just focus on her pregnancy for the rest of his time in Tartosa.

So despite Giulia's fears about getting caught using magic, Adrian would take her out after dark to practice using her new abilities.

During the day, Tala and Giulia would tend the garden while Vincente spent it inside with a drink in hand. His drinking wasn't a problem as he could stop anytime but he couldn't stand that Tala was trying to control him in his own home. What right did she have?

Tala was just reading in Talia's Tome that the Robles family had arrived in Windenburg for Guglielma's wedding when the all to familiar pains of early labor began again.

As Tala labored she couldn't help but wonder where Vincente was as surely he wouldn't miss the birth of his child. But while Vincente wasn't present on November 20th, his daughter, Felicita Carlisle was born. Tala looked down at her precious daughter and tried to ignore the rage towards her husband at missing her birth.

Vincente stumbled into the house barely able to stand and fell into the kids' room before passing out instead of meeting his newborn.

Tala was angrier than she had been in her life that her husband had supposedly been anticipating the birth of their child was so far under the influence that he couldn't even greet his new baby. She was distraught. She had heard horror stories of marriages where husbands turned to drink and had always thought them to be overdramatic but this was her life now and even then from the tales she heard, she would count herself lucky. She never wanted this from her husband and knew her family wouldn't want this for her either but she missed the times where her husband was like he was before and was still hopeful that those times would return. Hope was one thing and reality was another. For the time being though, all she felt was disappointment fueled anger.

While Tala and Vincente spent their time arguing in their room because Tala tried to keep their fights to themselves, despite the rest of the household hearing their raised voices from their room, Giulia spoke with Adrian about most anything to keep their minds off it. Though as the year came to an end, the biggest news was Guglielma's December wedding to Victor and the fact that she had become a noble lady through marriage.

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Year 1655

The year was ushered in with the continued grief from Giuseppe's loss as the mood in the house was still low, the girls were beginning to move on though it was hard to find the energy to do much without it feeling wrong to be joyful again.

Giulia laid in bed when Giuliano didn't need care and there was no food to make. Somehow it was easier to function when there was funeral plans to be had but it just felt like loss was all around her as she received news of her cousins losses from their respective families.

But it was no surprise that the younger children began to move on first as they began to return to the normal habits they had before Giuseppe's passing by the time spring rolled around.

As if the twins' response was permission for things to shift for the positive over the next few weeks of spring the older girls felt the fog of despair lift and with it came more reason for Giulia to be out of bed with her children.

Following the death of his wife, the arranged engagement between the Ludovici heir and Felicita was back on and in June the two married making Felicita officially a Ludovici.

The marriage of her sister made Giulia realize that she was going through the motions again rather than living in the moment, she hadn't wanted to be so detached but it was a wake-up call that she was missing out and she wanted to make up for that by taking the children out to town to do things each day. Of course, some of her children decided to take advantage of their mother's guilt but Giulia was fine with occasionally giving in every now and then.

Tala was excited every time she got word of Tina's life from Raquel, not that she didn't write Tala but the sisters were very clearly closer. It was a shame to hear that Tina's father-in-law had passed not long after learning she was expecting and worse yet that her mother-in-law passed in early December as Tina was nearly due to deliver. Raquel decided that she would go to her sister to help her with her future little niece or nephew. It saddened Tala to let her niece go to her sister but with Felicita secretly announcing to her mother and sister of her own pregnancy, Tala was determined to be there for her daughter in her time of need and Tina needed her sister so there was little to say on the matter.

Maybe it was the loss or the changes going on in the family with Raquel leaving Tartosa, Felicita getting married and expecting her first, but there was a shift in the Morosini household by the end of the year where family was more important than pride. They had lost too much and been apart for too long despite being under the same roof. After four years of not exactly being on speaking terms, Giovanni and Giulia began to talk to each other again, pleasantries and small talk but more than they had in years.

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Year 1653

TW/CW: Death Mention

The year began with Tina getting a visit from Faustina which was odd as she had been widowed for sometime and her married son had gone to Henford to check out his father's home with his wife and brother so she had no need of a midwife.

Instead she spoke about how the Laurent family had no appreciation for one of their own marrying a Markovic and that if there were complications in the birth and any tragedy as a result of those complications would not be held over her and she would be compensated for her troubles. Tina was shocked at the obvious implications to sabotage the birth that she was hearing. Faustina mentioned that she should think on it before she left.

Well Tina did think on it and she found the idea reprehensible when she gathered her jaw of the ground. She immediately went to the Markovic head to inform her that her daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild had a target over their heads from the Laurent family. Beverly was shocked that the Laurent head had officially taken steps to assassinate his sister given that they were siblings but the assassination attempt by the Laurent family wasn't entirely unexpected either. Neither family was happy with the union her fool son and daughter-in-law had made for themselves after all.

As the midwife, Tina attended the birth of Leonardo Ludovici on January 23rd but her confession sadly led to the execution of Faustina for the attempt on Aubrie and the Ludovici baby's lives not two days after.

Giovanni was happy that his children were young so that none of them would be involved with the nonsense that was occurring between the Markovics and the Laurents especially as the Laurents began to be more hostile following Faustina's death.

Giuliano grew into a sweet child and if Giulia had felt refreshed after Giuseppe becoming a toddler, Giuliano growing out of his infant like state made her feel positively heavenly.

Still having four young children came with its own sets of challenges especially since they were all so unique but it was a challenge Giulia was happy to rise to now that there were no infants to deal with though she did like when her children were infants it was nice to not be so overwhelmed.

The older girls were a delight to work with after their lessons with Tala, Raquel, Tina and Felicita. The girls liked the break away from the little ones and with both girls being taught, it allowed the older ones to bond with each other more deeply. Giulia wondered just how the dynamics would change when the twins turned six the next year.

When Felicita had her birthday that November she began to wonder about her future now that her engagement had been sidelined but Tala completely shut down the discussion on Felicita finding a match, dismissing it by saying her girl was far too young.

Though Tina wasn't too young as towards the end of November she announced that she was going to head back to San Sequoia to midwife there where there was less drama, less risk of messing with nobility and her half-sister had revealed that there was a young man in town who shared a lot of similar interests so she was going to go be with her other sister in hopes of a calmer life which was entirely understandable.

Still, it wasn't as if Tina was making the decision lightly. Raquel liked Tartosa and all it's drama but after her sister's information led to an execution she had seen Tina become more paranoid and she hated that. If her sister could breathe easier in a different town then so be it. The family spent one last Christmas together and two days later, Tina had set off with her things to stay with her other half-sister.

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Year 1650

TW/CW: Death Mention, Infant Death

The year began with sad news as Giulia learned of her maternal grandmother's passing though she tried to occupy herself with her daughters and the comforts of her husband.

It seemed though that Giovanni had been a bit too comforting as it wasn't long before Giulia noticed her monthlies missing once more and a familiar sickness disrupting her sleep. She didn't want to feel ungrateful for the lack of excitement but she had been wanting a break from babies and pregnancy since Osana's birth and... well... no such luck but Giulia loved all four of her children with her whole heart and knew she would do the same with her next born.

Though this time the girls were ever so slightly older than when she had gotten pregnant before in the past so it was easier in some ways but again there were four young girls who needed attention and only one tired Giulia to parent them.

It was such a relief and joy when Orsolina celebrated her sixth birthday and she needed far less attention than before.

Now that his daughter was older Giovanni was more willing to play an active role in parenting his child as he believed that dealing with young children was the mother's job. With an older child though, she could take guidance from him and he didn't need to do much to help with diapers or late night feedings.

Given that Giulia had four young children and Tala had no young children only a young woman and teenagers in her care, Orsolina would go over to her step-grandmother's home for lessons and return home to practice what she learned. Giovanni thought it pointless for her to learn these things when she was likely never going to use it but Giulia insisted that at the very least it kept her busy during the day while she dealt with the other girls. Besides it could help her make a match higher in station and when Giovanni thought of that he did know that his late friend was a nobleman with three sons not all that much older than Orsolina. It was far too early for anything concrete but the thought was in his mind and Giulia's though she was determined that her girls would not marry as early as she did.

Even with Orsolina spending most of her day with Tala or walking the long way between their homes, Giulia was drained. She wondered how she even functioned most days and as June approached, Giovanni stepped in to at least put the girls to bed so she could get off her feet though she often fell asleep in her chair.

While matchmaking was a distant thought in the Morosini household, for the Carlisles it was more relevant as Felicita was nearly fifteen. The Markovic heir, though given the terms of Stefano and Beverly's marriage, the Ludovici heir, was just a teenager himself that May and with that Beverly was determined to find a match for her son and successor. Tala had wanted her girls to find a better future, ideally through love, but when Beverly asked to make a match between their children, there was no question about agreement. Though both mothers agreed that their children were far too young to actually marry yet, the betrothal was made official at the end of June.

Felicita didn't actually mind her arrangement though it was so far off that honestly, it didn't even feel real but it was fun for her to tell Raquel that she was going to be a noblewoman soon and Raquel was an adult and not even courting. Raquel knew it was all in good fun but she was starting to feel a little behind now that her younger cousin was betrothed.

Orsolina was growing bigger each and everyday and while perhaps Giulia shouldn't have been lifting her around while very heavily pregnant, she wanted to savor every moment before her little girl got to big to carry.

Giulia found that her older girls spent more time with her now that they were getting bigger. Giovanni, of course, was the center of attention when he wasn't working the garden or selling the crops in the market but during the day at home, they loved to lavish their Mama with attention though Giulia was a bit tired of the 'why?'s they seemed to have no end to.

That being said with an older kid around, Orsolina was able to help out her mom by keeping her siblings occupied with fun little stories. Giulia loved how creative her daughter was but hoped that she would stop encouraging her sisters to make messes behind her back.

September came around and Giulia felt the labor pains begin once more as she was just about to send Orsolina to Tala's home for the morning with Giovanni. The plans changed somewhat as Tala left Orsolina in the care of Felicita while she brought the older girls to help with Giulia's labor. Raquel was more than happy to entertain the younger girls downstairs while Giulia labored with Tala and Tina at her side.

Giovanni came home just in time to the last stretch of Giulia's labor as just around suppertime on September 9th, Giulia delivered twin sons, Giovanni and Giuseppe. Though Giulia was showing no adverse effects aside from exhaustion, Tala had Tina run to the church to fetch a priest to bless the children as it was apparent that they were both incredibly weak to the point where Tala whispered outside the room that she would be genuinely shocked if either survived the night. Thankfully the priest came just in time to bless the boys as Tala's prediction came true for the eldest Morosini boy as baby Giovanni did not live to see midnight.

Giovanni had mixed feelings about his surviving son following the funeral of Giuseppe's twin. He had desperately wanted a son but his son was so fragile that every time he slept he wondered if he would wake to find his son gone. He loved the child so deeply like he had with his daughters and yet with the flame of his life so dim, he wondered if it was worth the heartbreak to get attached denying the fact that he was already smitten with his baby boy. Even when with his daughters, his weak son was always on his mind.

Giulia tried to fall into her routine for caring for the children following the birth of her sons. The pain of losing a child was so different from losing her siblings but she was determined to not fall into her grief as she had her girls and son who needed her and she needed them.

Giulia might not have allowed herself to fall to grief but her son's delicate health was a source of deep anxiety for her as she constantly felt on edge about what the future might bring.

As Giuseppe grew older towards the end of the year, he also grew stronger. With him getting bigger the fears of his sudden passing declined though there was still the looming threat of illness. It was a massive sigh of relief for the family that he was thriving.

While the Morosinis dealt with their own worries, Tina found that despite how horrible it had been to witness the grief of her cousin through the death of their son, she enjoyed helping her through the entire process of birth. Raquel was both delighted and not surprised when Tina told her that she wished to study to be a midwife.