#rosie malconaire

[forgottenkale]

kale/rosie "i can't believe you talked me into this"

[ f l a s h b a c k ]

Kale laughed, "And yet, here we are. What was it, little Rosie, that finally persuaded you?"

Rosie raised an eyebrow. "You will get no such answer from me, Kale Brennan. I might have fallen victim to your convincing arguments, but I will not be helping you corrupt my sisters and friends in the same manner in future."

"You make it sound as though I've asked you to be an accomplice -- "

Rosie raised an eyebrow. "Did you not?"

" -- in something illegal."

"Just because it is legal, doesn't mean it is right. I don't think father would like it ... "

"No, but it will be quite funny."

Rosie couldn't help but smile, "I suppose it will be funny." A pause. "But Kale ... Cassimir is our brother now. Perhaps we ought to try to be a little nicer to him, then maybe he might be nicer to us."

"Perhaps to you and your sisters but ... not to us," The light in Kale's eyes darkened at the thought of what he was to say next. He had decided to spare Rose the details of what had prompted this latest attack against Cassimir, but the words tumbled out, just the same. "Yesterday he had little Charlie Reaves whipped just because he forgot to relay the message that he wanted his horse ready to ride in the afternoon."

"Why did you not say so at the first? I would have eagerly agreed to help you if I had known that. The punishment does not fit the crime. In fact, I think that now he is getting off rather easy, considering." She put her hands on her hips, "Really, Kale, is stealing his clothes and replacing them with Lord Cormac's really the best you can do?"

Kale laughed, the lightness in his eyes returning, "I think I've becoming a rather bad influence on you, Lady Roisin. For I can think of no worse punishment than having to prance around dressed in the ridiculous things that Cormac Calleary chooses to wear."

[forgottenpercy]

percy & rose: its not what it looks like!

~ Flashback ~

“Thank the gods,” Percy said dryly, raising an eyebrows. “Because it looks like you’ve just stolen the housekeys from your poor housekeeper.”

Rosie held the ring of keys behind her back, not quite as inconspicuously as she had thought. “Well.” A beat. “Perhaps it might be exactly what it looks like, but I can explain! It isn’t really stealing. It is my house.”

Percy raised his eyebrow, “Cillian’s idea?”

“Brigit’s.” Rosie replied, abruptly. Percy raised a suspicious eyebrow. “… and Cillian’s may have contributed.”

“Whatever this is, they shouldn’t have gotten you involved.” He crossed his arms, annoyed that Cillian and Brigit had roped her into it.

“Percy,” Rosie began, quite seriously, “I am eleven. Quite old enough to make my own decisions and deal with the consequences. And just now, I’ve already accepted the punishment that will likely come with it.”

“What, exactly, are you planning to do now that you’ve gotten the keys?”

“Sneak into Valentina’s room.”

“To what purpose?”

“She has our mother’s necklace. It was her favorite necklaces. And it shouldn’t be her’s at all. It should be Eithne’s. Valentina swears she doesn’t have it, but we all know she does. Father says we must trust her word but —- oh, Percy! She’s trying to wipe out any signs there ever were of mother and we won’t stand for it. She has the necklace and she has hidden it somewhere in her room, I know it.”

“They sent you alone to do all of this?”

“I volunteered! I’m the smallest and can hide in all sorts of places they can’t.” She informed him, proudly.

Percy sighed, “They are going to be the death of me.” He said under his breath as he came to the realization that not only was he not stopping this madness, he was now involved.

“If you are going to do this, then I’d better be your lookout.”

[forgottenaine]

ooc | Aine & Rosie

Aine honestly adores all of the Malconaire girls <33 Also, Rosie was only 10 years old when Aine married her cousin and I feel like she was probably the Astairan equivalent of the flower girl in their wedding <3 (also it probably blows aine's mind every time she realizes how old rosie is now no lie she'll always be like 11 years old in her mind)

she's def lowkey pleased that Clea is demonstrating some Rosie traits and I feel like Clea idolizes her almost as much as she idolizes Fiona!

[forgottenpercy]

When Malconaire called, Percy answered.

He may have left many years ago, but Malconaire was his home and if they had called upon him to help rebuild the entire estate -- brick by brick -- he would have done so. And done so eagerly.

Especially now. He knew that the Malconaire girls did everything they could to continue in their father's footsteps, but they were fighting an uphill battle with Valentina at the helm. His former mistress cared only for herself and her children. The people she governed meant little to her beyond what she could gain from them. And it saddened Percy to see the changes that her spending and carelessness had wrought upon the place.

He had not thought twice when he heard that the barn needed repairing.

"It was a good day," Percy agreed. It felt like the old days, when they were younger and more carefree. It had made him miss his own brothers, though, who would have been working right along side him if they hadn't ....

... and the presence of Lord Malconaire and Ronan and Kale was missed, too. Still, there was something renewing in working side-by-side again with the people he'd had grown up around.

"I noticed Valentina didn't bother to show her face," He couldn't help but take a jab at her, "Nor did her son, except to pretend to supervise." Percy rolled his eyes. They hadn't needed his help, anyway.

He cocked his head and managed a grin, "Perhaps that was one of the reason it was such a good day, eh?"

Percy took on a more serious tone when she mentioned the Queen. He was afraid, for a moment, that she was going to ask him questions about the riots. As he had been near the palace gates at the time, he had been everyone's man to ask but the truth was, he did not like to relive those moments more than he had to -- and he certainly had no intention of sharing that information with Rosie, who he still felt was too young to even know about such things.

But she'd asked about the Queen and while that was an easier question to answer, Percy didn't particularly want to discuss that, either. She had been through a lot and Percy suspected that she suffered much more than she ever let on.

"She is as well as can be expected," He finally managed, "But she is strong, Rosie. Very strong. And if anyone can withstand it all, she can." He did not know what was in store for her -- the emperor could easily blame her for the revolts and after declaring her a bastard, did he still have plans to marry her? As abhorrent as that prospect was, Percy did not like to consider the alternative. What use would he have for her then, if he did not mean to make her one of his queens?

Percy couldn't help but smile as Rosie took it upon herself to thank him as though she was the Queen, herself. "Nicely done," He said, clapping his hands, "I feel as though she were standing before me."

He did not think that the Queen gathered much strength at all, if any, from him, but he did hope that, at least, he was able to reassure her that Astaira was still behind her, even if he could not voice it as explicitly as he would like. However, he had no intention of shattering any illusions Rosie had of the Staffords finding comfort where they could, and so he did not say as much.

"I think you could have been very successful with playacting, you know, if you had not been born a lady," He winked at her and, although he gave her a laugh, he found that he meant it. Her imagination and empathy, both, would be handy tools for such an occupation.

Snow Falls | Rosie & Percy

With the heavy snows falling so suddenly, the House of Malconaire had not gone without its share of troubles. As the snow turned to ice, one of the heavy beams of the great barn had finally cracked and collapsed. While the others remained, holding the structure aloft, it was a precarious situation, though one that oridinarily would have been easily put to rights with the correct number of hands. However, with the Valentina-imposed shortage of servants, it proved an impossible task with only those on hand, though necessary with the bulk of the storage of food for the winter and a number of the Malconaire farm animals, alike, housed within.

As a result, a number of friends and locals had been called in specially to help (with even Valentina allowing that -- as she did not wish to go without food this winter -- perhaps this was, indeed, a worthy investment and worth some of her precious coin!). Rosie's heart swelled, watching Malconaire once again set to life with all its old familiar souls buzzing busily about the estate to help however they could even in the cold weather. Somehow, however, Rosie did not seem to feel the cold, however much her breath clouded before her, surrounded by all her old friends once again.

For her part, no matter how heavy the lumber they heaved or how high to ladder they climbed, the conversation never abated as she asked after that cousin and that aunt. It wasn't that Rosie no longer saw these people -- she was always sure to visit with baskets whenever she could -- but to see them here again put her in mind of all the festivals her parents used to bservere here with them, causing the event to take on what was, to her, a sort of party atmosphere.

With the barn fully raised again, however, and the day dwindling to evening, the villagers began saying their goodbyes and slowly peeling off back home and, with their departure, Rosie once again felt the cold.

Spotting Percy by one of the hedgerows, Rosie hurried off towards her, leaning back against the fence behind him. "I don't think the barn has ever been steadier, with such good hands reaching out to support it," she chirped. "I'd be shocked if anything else so much as budges it, come the winter!"

Of course, Malconaire sported a large number of barns, with this being only the largest (and most important) of them, so other collapses were possible -- perhaps even inevitable if the winter were terrible -- but Rosie meant what she said. Granted, she was far from a barn or architecture expert, but she did not believe the great barn was in any danger, whatever, after the help it had received today.

"Today was a good day, wasn't it?"

Rosie was a proud young woman, to be true, and did not much like serving her stepmother, but spending useful time doing something jointly with people she cared about -- that was something she did like. After all, this food would benefit the whole Malconaire community, not merely the noble family. It was a good thing they had done today, Rosie thought, done with good people, and that -- to her -- was enough to make it a good day.

"May I ask you something, Percy? Is this...Is this how you feel everyday, working at the palace, making life better for the Queen?"

She frowned. For a moment...for a moment she had forgotten. Forgotten about Roderick. Forgotten about Valentina. Forgotten...all the bad. For a moment, she'd been her father's daughter again, and not merely her stepmother's stepdaughter...or servant.

"I mean..." she shrugged, tried to brush it off. "It was how I felt when I served her...however briefly," she chuckled. "And however relatively useless. I swear, I only figured out half of what I was doing about a fortnight before I returned home."

She was exaggerating, of course, hoping to win a laugh from her often serious friend, but it wasn't that far off the mark. Her service had been brief, indeed, compared to what she'd expected. Her mother, after all, had served Eilia's mother for years before she'd at last gone to Malconaire to wed its lord.

"How..." Rosie sighed, glanced to the ground. "How are they? I'm sure things haven't been easy since..." Since the conquest? Since they'd been declared bastards? Since the riot? Rosie hardly even knew which calamity she meant. She'd hardly seen them since it had all began and she'd been sent to Malconaire with Eithne's plans in a last ditch efforto to help before the battle overtook her home, once and for all.

She turned to Percy, then, her eyes shining and confident. "I know their troubles are great, but...I know, too, however great they may be, your loyalty and bravery in the face of everything helps them to bear it. I also know they're not in a position to thank you so, as one who once served the Queen...Let me do the honors and give you a last message in her name."

Straightening from where she leaned, she smiled and looked him in the eye and said, just as she had been accustomed to doing when she was lady-in-waiting to many a court official. She took his hand. "Her Grace the Queen of All Astaira bids me bear you all her thanksgiving and gratitude in this trying time. May the guardians bless you, Percival Reaves."

Squeezing his hand, she released him and smiled softly. "Did I do her justice?"

[forgotteneilionora]

OOC | Astairan Wedding Traditions

ok so this is inspired by [ this ] post and these tags:

#ooo.... is handfasting a tradition in astairan weddings?#bc i could see#valentina malconaire objecting to this!#and then astairans not considering the eithne/cassimir union#as valid since it didn't happen#also its just a pretty tradition i love!

i loooove this!!!! both for the tradition and for the ~general vibes for astaira andddd for the plot point it could play!!!!! and i thought we might take this opportunity to talk about weddings in general -- i was literally reading up on traditional irish wedding vows just last night bc we were talking about domhnall's wedding etc!

i can also 100% see @forgottenvalentina specifically objecting to a tradition the astairans hold dear on ~roderick grounds or vice versa specificially w the hope itd invalidate the wedding too smdh so this verrrrrry much fits!

also the wedding vows:

[ “Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, `til our Life shall be Done. You cannot possess me for I belong to myself. But while we both wish it, I give you that which is mine to give You cannot command me, for I am a free person. But I shall serve you in those ways you require and the honeycomb will taste sweeter coming from my hand." ] “I vow you the first cut of my meat, the first sip of my wine, from this day it shall only your name I cry out in the night and into your eyes that I smile each morning; I shall be a shield for your back as you are for mine, never shall a grievous word be spoken about us, for our marriage is sacred between us and no stranger shall hear my grievance. Above and beyond this, I will cherish and honor you through this life and into the next." “I, (name), in the name of the spirit of God that resides within us all, by the life that courses within my blood and the love that resides within my heart, take thee (name) to my hand, my heart, and my spirit, to be my chosen one. To desire thee and be desired by thee, to possess thee, and be possessed by thee, without sin or shame, for naught can exist in the purity of my love for thee. I promise to love thee wholly and completely without restraint, in sickness and in health, in plenty and in poverty, in life and beyond, where we shall meet, remember, and love again. I shall not seek to change thee in any way. I shall respect thee, thy beliefs, thy people, and thy ways as I respect myself. By the power that Christ brought from heaven, mayst thou love me. As the sun follows its course, mayst thou follow me. As light to the eye, as bread to the hungry, as joy to the heart, May thy presence be with me, Oh one that I love, `til death comes to part us asunder. “We swear by peace and love to stand, Heart to heart and hand to hand. Mark, O Spirit, and hear us now, Confirming this our Sacred Vow.” “You are the star of each night, You are the brightness of every morning, You are the story of each guest, You are the report of every land. No evil shall befall you, on hill nor bank, In field or valley, on mountain or in glen. Neither above, nor below, neither in sea, Nor on shore, in skies above, Nor in the depths. You are the kernel of my heart, You are the face of my sun, You are the harp of my music, You are the crown of my company.” “Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend.” “May the gentle breeze bear witness to this ritual, and carry its message to all lands. May the sun warm their hearts, and its ever burning fire fuel their desire for each other. May the water provide for them from its bounty, and comfort their souls with their sounds. May the land lend its strength and reveal its mysteries."

and like literally swearing by the breeze and the sun and water and land like????? if that aint so astairan!!!!!! there's def tons of other stuff but yeah

also apparently irish brides traditionally wore blue, back in the day, that were long and flowy w intricate embroidery, celtic knots, and a big sash or belt! often including a hooded cloak in weather!

she also traditionally has a handkerchief embroidered w like a motto or the couple's initials or an emblem or smth of significance to them, and then that's used as the bonnet for the firstborn child at their christening, and handed down to them to potentially use at their own wedding etc generation after generation

also the handfasting probs means that 'tying the knot' is an expression in astaira (that would baffle the varmonts too btw!) which is fun <3

[ Ever heard the phrase “your goose is cooked”? ] Traditionally, the night before the wedding, a goose would be cooked in the bride’s house for the groom’s wedding meal. When the meal was fully prepared, it would be seen as bad luck for life to back out of the wedding. So, the phrase, “your goose is cooked” pretty much means there’s no backing out now!

there's this thing w the child of progue that might be done w statues of the guardians?

[ This is a funny Irish wedding tradition. The child of Prague is a statue popularly known to ward off bad weather, which can rue the day. The figure is placed in different ways but performs the same function. ] Some parents leave their children in their hallway the night before a wedding. Others abandon their children outside, while some put the child out under a bush. In addition, people tend to behead the statue before placing it at the selected spot. The rationale is that the figures are not of the best quality. Their head usually fell off by themselves when left out overnight; hence, it was better off already beheaded. Some people even reattach it afterward.

guests have bells to ring ward off evil spirits and discord! they set to ringing them as the couple walks down the aisle and bells are sometimes included in the bride's bouquet

Weddings were civil, not religious, affairs. While some involved a vow of lifelong fidelity, that wasn’t universal. The ancient Celts recognized several types of marriage. And they also had very liberal divorce laws. They knew not all marriages would last, and they planned for it. In ancient Celtic traditions, one could opt for a one-year trial marriage. If all went well, they could take more permanent vows. If it didn’t work out, they each went their way, free to try again. Men and women enjoyed equal rights in the 1100s. Irish brides owned their property; if the marriage ended, they took it with them. They would also take a portion of any wealth the couple acquired together.

so yeah obv there's lots more these were just some things that jumped out at me after a cursory review that felt astairan for one reason or another <3

[forgottencormac]

OOC | Cormac & Event 5

ok so stuff from various replies abt our boy (these are i think in backwards order but anyway alkjdsfkljsdf):

giadesstrin said:  @forgottenfiona Fiona, shoving yet another into Cormac’s room: ‘I just think they’re neat’ jk jk 

forgottenfiona said:  @giadesstrin Fiona, not at all a Lorcan but somehow has the power to summon swans 😂 

giadesstrin said:  @quillington Forgot to say…Cormac only betted on Cassimir <3 Eabha: you somehow just lost us even ~more money wo doing anything at all today except getting dressed… 

giadesstrin said:  @forgottenfiona Cormac, crying furiously; ‘the only thing that’s embarrassing today is ~you trying to enter the lists!’ Why do I sense another heated argument dhkhdfjj was it a coincide he saw Swans?? 😂😂😂🦢

before his tragic accident (stubbing a toe, seeing swans) cormac probs requested one from brigit, aoife, and roisin but at least in the last one he got rejected

quillington said:  @forgottencassimir also yes cormac and valentina are ABSOLUTELY taking turns cheering the loudest for cassimir…meanwhile rosie is booing him (but only when @forgotteneithne wont hear bc she doesn’t wanna hurt ~her) 

forgottencormac said:  @forgottencassimir WEAR HIS FAVOR IM SCREAMINGGGGGG ‘its just bc…due to the severity of my injury [his stubbed toe] i am unable to join the lists today, but perhaps i may be w you in spirit if you but wear this…’ its like…hot pink tulle that’s at least two years long so it can gracefully trail along his horse and…trip it while trailing in the mud presumably 

forgotteneabha said:  @forgottenfinnegan real talk, i feel like eabha and ofc fiona <3 have some actual weapons training…they aren’t allowed to enter. cormac, who is a danger to himself and those around him (but not in the way you want in this kinda competition) ~is allowed alkdsjfkjlds eabha: this whole situation is so unserious… 

forgottenfiona said:  @forgottencormac Fiona is so embarrassed right now. 

forgottencormac said:  @thelongforgottenrealm cormac is a hero who saved lives (his own) this day…;DDD laksdjfkljsdf

saoirse is betting on arthur bc she might despise the guy but this isn’t abt pride its abt odds and she’s here to get cash for the revolution. for the same reason, she is betting ~against cormac and, tho she’ll probs get her money returned and told its moot…she will argue that he ~did fail to anyone who’ll listen alksdjfsd

(including him bc i feel like he signed up bc #peerpressure but then def backed out at the last minute)

Name: Cormac Calleary Participating Categories: Jousting Skill Levels in the Following –

Melee (on foot): Level #0

Melee (on horseback): Level #0

Archery: Level #0

Jousting: Level #0

forgottencassimir: said:  @forgotteneithne Haha excellent point. ( except for maybe @forgottencormac who I am now imagining trying to get Cassimir to wear his favor in the tournament ashdhdj jkjk )

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cormac ~also got so excited that cassimir was going into round two that he started weeping and, blinded by his tears, didn't see who won so, since there was cheering, he just ~assumes it ~must have been cassimir...i did not know this, he revealed it to me in writing a comment me: 'wonderful' lkajflksdjafdf

he also ~may now think that roderick is thinking of wedding @forgottencassandra to him, given that roderick is thinking of wedding eoin to guinevere, and that marian has now asked him if he's engaged! lakjsfjklsd sorry @forgottenaoife/brigit/rosie! ;D aklsdjfaklsdfjsdf he's now probs thinking one of the malconaire girls should deffffff marry @forgottenfinnegan if cormac, himself, isn't available to do so, bc cormac aint going against roderick's will! (roderick irl if he knew: stay away from my daughter)

cormac wore one of the gaudy pendants he brought from valentina in a show of display for @forgottencassimir , he also absolutely ~did try to get him to wear his own favor (tho he didn't put it that way!) bc he gave him a ring set w the largest emerald which he'd had engraved w cassimir's birth!coat of arms and begged him to wear it for good luck alkjdsfkldsfj he thinks this worked bc he thinks cassimir won the archery contest alkjsdfjklsdf he's def picturing a robin-hood-esque moment where cassimir's arrow bissected the other to take the win!!!!!! he was fully screaming his lungs out (unwittingly for brigit laksjdfkjlsdfjk) at the time al;sdjflkjdsf he's too over the moon to even really care abt ~swans today lakjsdfkljdsf (that wont last tho!)

he's def mad at @forgottenfiona more than usual bc she tried to enter the competition and he thinks that's personally embarrassing! aldksjfksjdf

there's def more bc i just never know what this mad lad is gonna do next but yeah!! here's the stuff i can think of rn lakjsdfkljsdf

oh! i ~do think he might be tryna organize a swan hunt at lorcan w his male friends tho laksdjfksjdlfksdf SCREAM (i feel like @forgottenrian hasn't heard bc he'd def put a stop to this -- he ~will hear asp tho bc cormac thinks they're close and will def invite him lkjasdlkfajskdjf)

[forgottenvalentina]

OOC | Valentina & the Tournament

so as per usual, our girl is scheming <3

so some stuff ive already chatted abt a bit:

Valentina wakes up everyday and everyday decides to be the WORST I swear 💀💀💀 honestly I do think eithne does get a reprieve when in public bc Valentina wants to give the impression that they’re one big happy family and def none of her kids are serving the others why would you even ~imagine such a ludicrous thing 👀😅 no but yeah!! Adhkjfdg the more I think abt it the more I think Valentina may have somehow incentivized the og girls all showing up for at least one of the tournament days as a happy family to cheer on their lord and brother (blah blah blah) bc she’s now watching first guin then arthur and now edmund slip through her fingers and she’s realizing it has to do not w her own children but w the og girls (much to her chagrin!) and she’s like DO UR THING GET THEM BACK but wo saying that so and let me just @forgottenbrigit Valentina’s probs giving alms at Malconaire for every day and every girl that appears bc she knows that’s what’ll entice them honestly! Sgjjfdg so while I was initially thinking @forgottenroisin would absent herself (I mean she just learned edmund killed her dad in battle the LAST thing she wants to do rn is watch him fight 💀😭) and I think she did insist she wasn’t coming till Valentina pulled that one out but yeah. Anyway!! Valentina also probs tried to get them all to wear green as both a malconaire and a vasilieva color anddddd I’m thinking she may have at least tried to host a private after party at malconaire for the victors!! Weirdly the peasants couldn’t make it… ;D but she probs didn’t think it was v weird if Brigit disappeared since she often absents herself from such things anyway and really this is abt reminding the princes they want to be here at malconaire!!! Agklgsdhkfd

So yeah idk if eithe Brigit or aoife were receptive to these bribes but rosie was! Tho she probs didn’t spend much time at the stands except whatever was the absolute minimum requirement for Valentina re: being seen there in order to help malconaire etc. Do you guys think ur ladies were receptive to this bribery? Valentina wants to know which jewels she’ll have to sell to bankroll this but if publicity 😂😭

@forgotteneithne Valentina forced to give alms to the poor then throwing a party for the varmonts and the only one to show is freaking @forgottensebastian while having to watch first eithne be publically hailed as cassimirs fiancée and then Cassimir lose like…worst day of Valentina’s life except the day roderick executed all her relatives and the day bran died shljdsjlfjl

Also i defff think Valentina wants them all to show up as a big happy family to support Cassimir (except she has no worries abt eithne not wishing to attend! But she ~will be reminding @forgottencassimir that this is the sort of wife he has chosen, one who will not support him, and it’s still not too late to dump her in favor of literally…anyone else atp!!! She is no longer picky!!!! As long as it isn’t Brigit anyway…afjlgshlg 😂😂😂)

forgottenaoife

@giadesstrin That makes sense! Meanwhile all the girls are like “… him? The guy who won nothing?” (Which good bc Valentina doesn’t need anymore terrible curtains or w/e 😜) but I did write a thing up for Eithne and she ends up coming to SOME of it! And idk if Rosie is there at all but I def think Rosie being their or her being there and also wanting to go asp too? Anyway I do think aoife might have been the last standing Malconaire sister (minus brigit ofc!) there by th end! @giadesstrin Aoife being the only sister to make it through the whole thing AND being the only one who brings back a prince like her step mother wanted… but Valentina like “NOT THAT ONE” is perfect after everything Valentina has put her through! She’s still doing want her step mother wants but it’s actually NOT what she wants! 😂

giadesstrin

@forgottenaoife Aoife can never win 😭😭😭 Valentina: ‘try for arthur next time’ *storms off* jk jk (but only kind of 😭😭😭)

couldn't find where i said it but i do actually think that, if its before the money disappears (if that even happens!), @forgottenroderick ~would come to this party and that @forgottenarthur would then come but largely to run interference for sebastian both re their dad and valentina (if edmund comes he might do a ~lil for him but largely lbr he is here for sebastian!! alkjsdfjks) but yeah honestly arthur is only there if sebastian is -- he doesn't wanna put eithne or sonya through it if he can help it bc hebelieves that valentina will as usual be pushing sonya at him...he'd be in for a surprise there bc valentina would ~def push eithne at him instead and yeahhhh i can't imagine that would best please cassimir or, really, ~anyone but valentina lakjsdfkljsdlkfj

lizzy, do you think sebastian, cassandra, or edmund would show?

idk if guin would be there but if she is then its bc she's still hoplessly in love w cassimir and cant bear to be parted from him in valentina's mind but conversely if she's ~not its just that again she's so hopelessly in love w him she can't bear to see him w eithne so yeah lakjsdfkljsdlkjf

but yeah, valentina is there loudly and proudly in the stands every single day and then feasting it up later!! also!!

valentina offered hers [her favor] to her 'one true champion’ cassimir but idk if he’d already accepted another or what so yeah, anyway hers was a green ribbon w the arms of vasilieva embattled w those of malconaire

@forgottencassimir also yes cormac and valentina are ABSOLUTELY taking turns cheering the loudest for cassimir…meanwhile rosie is booing him (but only when @forgotteneithne wont hear bc she doesn’t wanna hurt ~her) (also this is current!me sidenoting that the only way you can tell if you haven't gotten close etc that the frosts are all there is that you'll just randomly hear lots of booing from everywhere whenever cassimir appears ;D annnd also that valentina is kinda mad when cormac is cheering more loudly than she is and makes the girls cheer and rosie is laughingly like 'sorry i saw a swan i can't' [yes, i stubbed my toe and/or i saw a swan are her new joke excuses for everything] until she offers more alms for it lakjdsfjklsdf)

kate: I still think Eithne maybe didn’t go? But if she did she brought something to @forgottencassimir and I sort of love the idea that Valentina beat her to it? 🤣 but idk what you think cassimir would have done

lizzy: "Cassimir is wearing Eithne’s (sorry mom)"

valentina defffff salty abt her own son turning down her favor SOB lkjsdfalkjsdjf

dldskjfasdf valentina after he fails 'we can all see how much luck the favor of eithne has already granted you...' at least ONCE but...probs more often than that alksdjfalkjsdkfj his losses are deffff her fault btw!!!!! later when she accuses them of witchcraft its probs one of the signs that she cursed him or smth bc otherwise he woulda knocked everyone dead laksdjflksjdfkj

ok so like!! @forgottenmarian im also wondering if marian might mention to valentina abt eithne's pregnancy w arthur's kid bc!! valentina would defffffff run straight to @forgottencassimir w that one being all 'she's just marrying you to avoid the scandal when arthur refused to marry her himself!' laksdjfklsjdf

girl will literally try ANYTHING atp even tho that scandal would def reflect badly on her, on sonya, on cassimir, and on them all, she'd def spread the rumor laksdjflksjdf (SCREAM) hoping that cassimir would leave her lakjdsfkljdsf

ofc what she's noT considering is that would piss off @forgottenroderick to no end bc he doesn't like the way that reflects on ~his family but yeah when it inevitably turns out that eithne's ~not pregnant w arthur's baby he'd blame valentina entirely even tho he thought it too and lakdjsflkdjfdsf mess!!!!! but yeah!! laksjdfkljsdf

anyway there might be more but this is everything i can think of atm alkjsdflkjsdf

[forgottenroisin]

The lily has a smooth stalk Will never hurt your hand But the rose upon her briar Is lady of the land

When with moss and honey She tips her bending briar And half unfolds her glowing heart

There's sweetness in an apple tree And profit in the corn But lady of all beauty Is a rose upon a thorn

When with moss and honey She tips her bending briar And half unfolds her glowing heart She sets the world on fire

When with moss and honey She tips her bending briar And half unfolds her glowing heart She sets the world on fire

🌌🌹🌌🌹

[forgotteneithne]

Carriage Ride | Roisin & Eithne

Eithne stared across the carriage at her youngest sister who's eyes were firmly set staring out the carriage window. Normally Rosie would have much to say about the tournament events they'd just witnessed-- but also, normally they would have not left the event so early.

"I am sorry you're feeling poorly," Eithne spoke finally after most of their ride out of the Citadel had been in silence. When she received little response from Roisin, she was silent for a few minutes more.

"I hope it is not anything too serious. I had word that that merchant who had the lovely embroidered silk would be stopping at the markets in Hanthom. Cassimir has promised he shall give me a portion of his tournament winnings to purchase fabrics for my wedding gown. I thought you might enjoy coming to browse the merchant with me?" Eithne offered. "I trust no one more than you with such an important decision."

Eithne knew everyone was entitled to their secrets but Roisin rarely seemed out of sorts for this long. Eithne had hopped the prospect of Emperor Roderick's tournament might have brightened her spirits, but it seemed to do the opposite.

"Rosie..." Eithne paused as the carriage hit a particularly bumpy patch of road, most likely signifying they were back on Malconaire land. Once the carriage at stopped lurching from side to side, Eithne dared to move across the carriage to sit next to her sister.

"I would never wish to force anything out of you but you know you can talk to me about anything... anything at all. You seem... you seem sad, darling, and I only wish I could fix it for you."

[forgottencassimir]

ooc | Cassimir & Cormac

I'm sorry I know you haven't even made his site yet, so this is premature, but I went on a walk today and I just thought about this relationship????

So, first, I feel like Cassimir did NOT like Cormac at all when he first met him! I imagine they met pretty soon after Cassimir came to Malconaire and he was like "who is this loser??? and why won't he leave me alone????" Honestly, he probably was kinda mean to him atp but I can also see where the sarcasm might have just gone over Cormac's head #facepalm

I do think he treated him better as they got older and Cassimir started being a tad bit more empathetic and while he might have been friendly at times, I don't think you could have considered them friends (even if Cormac did lmao) -- that being said, I feel like Cassimir was still frequently pretty annoyed with Cormac, but even then he did like the attention/compliments that Cormac would pay him!!

I think they've become more of a duo though, since the war?? Both because I think Cassimir feels a little isolated and lonely since the events of the battle and part of him wonders if that is justified, but keeping people like Cormac around makes him not think about any of that!!!!! I feel like Cormac is just Cassimir's personal hype man and between him and Valentina, Cassimir is really out here thinking he can do no wrong sometimes ;D

I'm crying because Cassimir does NOT consider him and Cormac to be friends, but in reality Cormac probably ~is his best friend. #facepalm [ Honestly, I imagine that there are some Gaston/Lefou parallels here lmao ]

But Cassimir definitely takes advantage of Cormac!!! He's come to realize that Cormac will do pretty much anything he says and he knows it?? And I feel like Cormac is half his friend/half his servant (even though he's a legit lord in his own right alsjflasjfldsfj -- although that being said, I'm sure he knows that Cassimir has ~royal~ blood)

I think Cassimir is also pleased that a) Cormac is currently residing at Lorcan b/c Cassimir thinks that that should pass to him and not Rian since he is a step-cousin to Padraig Lorcan and he definitely wants any and all dirt he can get on Rian and b) that Cormac is now going to have an estate of his own to manage, which I feel like Cassimir pretty much feels will be his own to control?!??! Like, he can tell Cormac to do whatever he wants him to do and he will do it!

I also think he sees Cormac as a potential husband for either Rosie or Brigit tbh??? I imagine that the northern estate he has been gifted is further away than Lorcan/Hanthom/Malconaire/the capital all are in relation to each other (which reminds me that I should construct a map soon!!) and that it is farther away that they wouldn't be a ~constant problem to him. I think he'd prefer Brigit, because he imagines that she would run away as soon as they are married, but that the harsh winters up there would (~conveniently) kill her but he knows he has talked a lot of shit about Brigit over the years and its a hard one to try to turn that around and start saying good things about her to get Cormac on board??? So he does think that Rosie will be the easier sell

[forgottenkale]

ooc | Kale & Rosie

isolda thinks that kale sitting next to cillian is bad, but that's because she's never experienced the full chaos that rosie x cillian x kale x brigit could unleash together. (@ cassimir & valentina: sorry not sorry they were probably the target of 99.99% of whatever plots/schemes/pranks the four of them thought up together)

kale thinks that rosie is an absolute GEM and he's here to always encourage her rebellious/mischievous side

[forgottenpercy]

ooc | Percy & Rosie

Percy loves Rosie lots!!! He enjoys her adventurous spirit, her charm, her sense of humor!! all a+++ but tbh he def worries a LOT about her!!!! Friends with Cassandra??? And Edmund????? NOOOOOOO Also, ngl I think he knows that Rosie would jump at the chance to be part of the resistance and Percy is here to make sure that never happens!! He's v protective of the Malconaire girls, but especially Rosie and Aoife tbh and he's not going to let anything bad happen to them!!

[forgottencillian]

Hart & Raven | Cillian & Brigit

"How does Rosie manage all this," muttered Cillian with an irritable sigh as, for about the fourth time, the antler fell away.

It was perhaps foolhardy to try to assemble a real antler to a white-washed wooden mask, but it was, notwithstanding, what he had done. He'd found two perfectly recognizable shed antlers lying on the forest floor, after all, and it was true that they were hefty, but it was easier than trying to...fashion false ones. Still, this exercise in fashion setting had left him with renewed respect for Rosie and her many such endeavors.

He'd also borrowed some green fabric from her, which he'd used to fashion fairly nondescript clothing, and all that was left was to complete this completely stubborn mask which, in truth, he didn't particularly wish to wed, anyway, but it was better than losing his alter ego. Lord Ormond was too valuable an asset, he told himself, to risk in so cavalier a fashion. No, this was all for the best, and so he bent once again to his task.

He'd been blessedly spared from making much clothing, one way or another, beyond the occasional repair. He had forgotten how greatly he disliked the activity. Cillian's thoughts and feelings on the matter of Ciara Varmont were more complex than he would like but, this morning, as he slipped ran his fingers over the fresh noble clothes she had given him, he was glad of it. The one Rosie had made for him, nearly two whole years ago, had gone very nearly threadbare in spots, given all the strange things he undertook while wearing them and the fact that they had come to him already a touch worn, a mixture of the half-tattered Ormond standard he'd claimed from the battlefield, and of Lord Malconaire's own clothing. While he thought, nonetheless, he'd probably keep those initial threads his whole life long as a reminder, he was sure that sooner or later court would start to note the increasingly shabby manner of his dress, and today he was to be on full display. But today, he was not dressing either as himself or as Lord Ormond. He was to play someone else entirely.

Donning the green raiment, including his antlered mask, he completed the look with a green bycocket to which he added a red feather. He exhaled slowly and, making off with a Malconaire horse (no one but Brigit was like to notice, and Brigit was unlike to begrudge him the use of the steed, as he was not to be riding the poor creature into any of the melees or jousts and thus would expose the beast to no harm), he rode to the spot, a familiar field outside of Stafford where, once, the queen had been accustomed to welcoming her people for dances and celebrations and the seasonal festivities of the year.

It was the dawn of the day of the archers, and he dismounted quickly, letting the horse into the paddock and handing off the reins quickly to Percy, there, lest someone recognize the creature from Malconaire. "Wish me luck," he said to his friend before making his way to the field where the archers were beginning to assemble.

Excitement for the hefty reward had indeed been piqued. Glancing at the long line, he could see that many were those who had come from far, indeed, including accents from other parts of the empire, itself.

How many have come here to make their fortune, only to watch so much of it slip away, already, to the greedy emperor and his lackwit son, already? They must feel desperate to get whatever's left...

Ahead of him, Cillian saw a huge, boorish man shove a much smaller person. "Outta the way!"

"Hey!" shouted Cillian, reaching out to steady the person. "Wait your turn like the rest of us!"

"What're you wearing, mate?" rumbled the boor, shocked out of his anger.

Cillian smirked. "A forest crown," he joshed, openly laughing at himself, managing to diffuse the moment. "Mind your own business."

The boor breathed a contemptuous laugh and looked away.

Cillian turned to the person he'd so rudely jostled with a smile. "Steady now?"

[forgottenroisin]

house malconaire + pre-raphaelite paintings

[forgottenronan]

OOC | Love Languages

continuing w this series...

5 love languages:

words of affirmation

physical touch

giving/receiving gifts

quality time

acts of service 

and here's what i said my initial instincts were re: my peeps...

Godfrey — appears as a words of affirmation dude but if he ~really loves you it’s acts of service!!

Tristan — acts of service he is literally a knight!! Send him on a quest!! He will goooo!

Eabha — bc of her ruling lady outlook she looks like acts of service but she’s really more physical touch

Cormac — giving of gifts

Ronan — acts of service!! I hope you like someone just wordlessly doing smth for you bc that’s what ur in for here bc sadly he’s pr rubbish at a lot of the others these days

Cillian — quality time

Saoirse — physical touch

Rosie — quality time

Valentina — receiving gifts

Eilia — words of affirmation 

Rian — quality time

Roderick — giving of gifts

Amira — tbd

Arthur — tbd

words of affirmation

ok so i don't feel like ronan was ever the most ~eloquent person really like ofc he'd def be the sort of take someone aside and give big brotherly advice or a pep talk or whatever was needed bc he is here to help but!! just breaking down smth that deeply felt into words isn't really his strong suit -- he's always been an actions speak louder than words type, and being a wanted and defeated man living alone in the woods has NOT helped this one iota!!!!

i do think ronan was always the quietest of his siblings (not that that's saying a lot the other two are pr loud and lbr 'quiet' isn't really the first word you might've used for any of the frosts lakjsdaflkjsdf) but i do think he's actually in some ways gotten more outspoken over time, but sadly not really in this way!!! i think this has only gotten more difficult for him but he can still pull it out when needed, but it's more likely to be really impassioned, these days, than quiet and calm, as it would've been in the past, bc he's fighting so hard for it these days

physical touch

this is smth that i def think he used to enjoy!! however, i also think it's smth he can't quite handle nowadays! this poor guy has been through the ringer, emotionally, and honestly he struggles to directly connect now w ppl. touch feels too intimate, even if its just a handshake, skin on skin is a personal barb to him. he's watched too many ppl die and touch goes hand in and hand w connection which goes hand in hand w loss -- touch him and likely watch him recoil. its that saying that the risk of love is loss -- he's no longer sure its a risk he can take again

but yeah i think he was def a roughhousing kinda kid, a v physical person, and always felt it was so natural and easy to show how much you care w a simple touch!

giving/receiving gifts

honestly think this was a go-to back in the day!!!!!! like, those lil mobiles he made for aoife and rosie??? i mean its bc he was continuing his dad's legacy, etc, but also he did that bc it was important to him bc he couldn't just...not, yknow? i think he feels sometimes feels awkward receiving (tho he def treasures that thought and effort, too!), but ronan loves to give!!!!! he wants for others to have everything they could want and likes to find a way to provide them w that

i do think his position as a peasant growing up w (tho v humble, generous, and gracious!) aristocrats also def made him sort of...more aware of that divide, that having is easier for some ppl than for others, and i think that has def informed his outlook. but he's also aware of his own privilege, how the frosts themselves ~were sheltered by the malconaires (as if beneath the arms of a great tree... ;D) and always tried to use that to help those less fortunate, too

quality time

this is still one he can quietly relish! tho its rarer, living alone in the woods laksjdfkljsdf but honestly i think that's only made him value it more -- i def think he kinda took it for granted before his bestie died and while he lived at home etc like!!!!!! there's boundless time!!!! its not so special!!!!!! but now he's been v rudely awakened to how mistaken he really was and so even an emotionally charged/draining meeting like the current one w eithne, for example, means the world to him!!! at least we're together!!!1 and who knows if we ever shall be again!!!!! kinda thing

acts of service 

this is it!!! this is his whole thing!!! boy said i die on this hill and quite literally tried kaljdsfkljsdfdf his big brother energy is so powerful it extends to literally the whole country lskajflkdsjfsdf but yeah he's def that 'my love language is acts of service but unfortunately the only thing i know how to do is kill' meme atp lakjsdflkjdsfdf he used to be much more than a one trick pony that way but yeahhh here he is

i mentioned the meeting w eithne before, and even that is, i think, an act of service at its core -- man's literally risking his life in an effort to save hers (even if in a slightly less literal way) bc he loves her!! ronan's a wreck of the person he used to be, but he's still loyal as they come, yknow? the rebellion is his love letter to astaira, he marched off to war to try and protect the ppl he loves...like this is so much his love language its literally at the heart of who he is as a person and every action he takes

now the sad thing is that everything's gotten twisted up inside him and this is no exception, and that's why some of the plots we've discussed have such a potential foothold w him/he lowkey WANTS to die for this, now, but yeah!! its not from a lack of love!!!

[thelongforgottenrealm]

SAOIRSE FROST / FLORENCE PUGH

♛ Age: 24 ♛ Relationships: Ronan Frost, Cillian Frost (brothers), Kale Brennan Percy Reaves, Ciara Varmont, Fiona Calleary, Isolda Vane (fellow resistance members/friends), Finn Calleary (interest/fellow resistance member/friend), Aoife Malconaire (best friend), Eithne Malconaire, Brigit Malconaire, Rosie Malconaire (friends), Aine Lorcan (mistress)

if saoirse's brothers had any say in the matter, saoirse would have never even found out about the resistance -- let alone be a part of it

but saoirse could tell that her brothers were both up to something and she wasn't about to let them do anything this stupid unless she was a part of it, too

they are, at least, grateful that saoirse's job keeps her busy enough

saoirse has been working for lady lorcan, mainly as a nursemaid to her two young children

saoirse adores them as though they were her own

loves storytelling and often entertains them with fairytales and stories of her own making to help distract them from the fact that their father is v likely dead since no one has heard from lord lorcan since the war

ends up re-telling a lot of the same stories to the resistance by night to keep spirits up!

saoirse may be the youngest frost, but sometimes she's the most mature!

certainly spoiled by both of her brothers, but they can both be wild and impulsive and have quite the knack for getting themselves into trouble

ronan is a wanted man and saoirse is sure that cillian will join him on that list one day

knows they can both be idiots but loves them more than anything in the world!

didn't initially trust ciara varmont, but has warmed up to her

ronan seems more like himself when she's around and honestly it has made her blind to any suspicions she might otherwise have

saoirse can't see the guardians but sometimes she swears can feel their presence!!!

isn't sure if this is just her imagination or not, she's never even heard them, but she is always the one to make sure that they are still left offerings both at her own home and the resistance hideout

TAKEN BY KATE AA.