hadriel_logs | Event Log: Home Sweet Home

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Event Log: Home Sweet Home

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Home Sweet Home event
Where: All over the city
When: June 20th-July 2nd
Warnings: Nothing bad could ever happen now that you're home

It could happen at any moment- any action you do could be cut short by a sudden trancelike state, and so hopefully it happens when you're safe in your surroundings. And of course you're safe... after all, what could happen to you now that you're finally home?

Whether you don't remember Hadriel at all, or you just believe that this entire ordeal is over, you're home for good now, which is something worth celebrating. What happens in your home? Are you treated like royalty or just cast aside and forgotten? How are your friends doing? Your family? Everything is just as it should be and it's easy to get lost in it, even for an unlucky onlooker who may find themselves drawn into your trance and able to interact with you as you mill about your world and your reality.

Snapping out of it is the only way to end this trance, and you've got to eat and sleep at some point, but how can you go back now that you've been teased with what you desire (or maybe even fear) the most?

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I suppose that's what many think about the Deryni, your world's saying. The more power you have, the more temptation there is. Perhaps you're right. As for corruption, I would say it depends on the kingdom and the culture. Torenth for instance, even if there ruling family is Deryni, and it being a foundation of their very belief system, has been known to be rather ruthless. Torenthi culture however, is quite different than Gwyneddian.

[It would shock and hurt him to realize that power does corrupt and many of the Deryni in Gwynedd, Kelson included, have strayed beyond the lines of what might be considered moral. Without rules or guidance, such errors are unavoidable.]

I suppose so. I only have the Festil's to go by. Their line was not a shining example

[if only he knew.]

What do you a normal school? Like classes with teachers and tutors? We have those too. But there are some things you can only learn by doing and watching.

And Mother? Until very recently it was against the law for Deryni to join holy orders. A few have, of course, and have managed not to get caught. They used to burn them. She joined as a novice, not taking vows and was with the convent for several years. She only left to....ensure I might take a bride that might save my soul.

[Apparently his Red Wedding was his fault, that his foul Deryni curse touched and hurt others. Thanks so much Mother.]

And Morgan did nothing to her. Mother is quite racist. It takes a special kind of fanaticism to forget your only son's birthday.

Yeah? How are they different? I'll need to know this kind of stuff.

[what would those things beyond the lines of morality be?]

Those are the incest rulers, right?

Yeah, we have classes with teachers on stuff like math, science, literature, history, stuff like that. It's usually boring, but I got straight As. But what are those things that the pages learn?

...yikes. She sounds like a piece of work. Any way you can convince her to go back to the convent? Permanently?

[she'd call that a load of bullshit if she knew.

she shakes her head] It sure sounds like it. Why's she so hyper over the whole religious thing?

Their religion for one. Torenthi are Moorish as well as Christian. It's different enough that you can see the similarities but the symbolism, the structure of their government is all different. Cousins almost. Viziers instead of council lords, even the way they cross themselves is different. The architecture, from what has been described, is quite unlike Gwynedd, sweeping grand domes made of brilliant blue stone that glitters in the sunlight, and there is a lot of it in Torenth. Just different. Instead of drawing and quartering they impale traitors.

[Which still made Kelson horrified but he knew it really wasn't that different than drawing and quartering.]

And yes, the Festil's did engage in incest. I am not sure how deep it goes in their line or if it was a failing of Imre and Ariella but I would say no doubt one learns from and imitates their parents.

[Kelson allows himself a laugh as she listens to him trying to learn Gwyneddian culture.]

No, those are regular classes, gentle born still have to learn that. Pages are deliver messages, clean clothes and weapons if appropriate, serve food and clear it. Depending on the page they can attend their lord during functions, like at court. By standing by carrying appropriate items for when they are needed, they listen and learn politics, diplomacy and the like. Pages also learn horse riding, and combat skills, all they will later need to know as squires and then knights. Does that make sense?

And no. I can try but Mother goes where she wishes. No doubt she would tell me that even if I got the Bishop's to change the law regarding Deryni allowed in religion, it doesn't mean I can change God's law. She would not want to be convinced.]

Mother was educated in a convent, I believe the Mother there was a rampant Deryni hater as well. It's what she was taught. She never knew she was Deryni until my coronation, or if she suspected, she tried to keep it hidden amidst the guilt.

Moorish. That's like Muslims, right? I remember hearing that word used for them when we studied "Othello." [she gets a skeptical look] I dunno, they both sound pretty gruesome to me.

[she assumes that drawing and quartering takes longer]

Oh. [she kind of squirms for a moment. incest is a touchy subject for her] Ugh. You'd think that they'd realize that incest isn't a good thing. Or a normal thing. Or a moral thing.

[she's trying!]

Yeah, that makes sense. So it's like a really intense immersive learning thing. With the bonus of combat training. I bet it's tough, but they appreciate how tough it is when they grow up and have to actually use those skills.

Yuck. She sounds like a massive pain in the ass. Will I have to just stand there and smile and nod at her if and when I meet her?

Helluva time for a revelation like that. Timing's kind of convenient.

Othello? Is that an important in your world?

[Kelson shrugged at the word 'Muslim', having never heard it before.]

Perhaps. Their line has been severed, and I hope no more will take up the mantle.

That's it exactly. Some are lucky enough to be able to use those skills in battle as pages and squires, and serve their knights and lords in combat. But not all. It's good experience for them.

Mother is still the Queen. I would be polite, yes. As for her true identity, I believe it was my Champion who figured it out and blackmailed her. Otherwise, she wasn't going to come to my coronation. She inadvertently used her powers when my life was threatened.

Kind of. It's a play by a guy named Shakespeare. He's important.

I can't imagine why anyone would want to. I mean, power's great but so is not being associated with incestuous assholes.

Did you get to do that? Go into battle as a page?

Okay, I can manage polite. And not going to your coronation . . . I imagine would be a pretty public snub. One that potential enemies might take advantage of. But, your life was threatened? When was that?

Why is Shakespeare important? Are his works very good?

And people are willing to do a lot for power. The Festils believed they had a claim to the throne of Gwynedd, granted, only because they killed almost my entire family, but a claim is a claim.

No, I never went into battle. My father held the peace for years, I never knew war until I became king. I did have to serve my father as a page though. It was terrifying. I was the same, and he was the same but the moment I put on that royal livery, it was different. I assume going into battle for a page is similar to that. Practice is one thing but once you put on that uniform.....it's very real and it changes things.

Mother is very good at making public statements without actually making a public statement yes. And my life was threatened during the coronation. I got about three fourths of the way through before Charissa--she's the last of the Festil's--waltzed in and challenged my right to rule. She wanted a dual to the death and I had no choice. Mother tried to defend me.

I'm not ashamed to say I was scared. I didn't know if I had magic, much less if I could even do something like this and win. And of course, after that very public spectacle....well. It wasn't exactly a secret anymore.

The Archbishops were not thrilled with the idea of heretical magic at the coronation to say the least. It's a lot easier to say it's divine right after you've been crowned. When you have magic before, well, it's a little dicey.

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They're hard to read 'cause he lived a long time ago and the writing style was different. But, yeah, people think he's good.

But it's too bad for them because you're king.

Well, before you were father and son. I bet there's a huge difference between that relationship and the one between a king and a page. One of 'em is family and you're close and you love each other. The other one, that's between someone who serves and the one being served.

If she tried to defend you, then she loves you. Even if the way she expresses it is weird.

But isn't it better that way? Not having to hide who you are? If you did have to hide and the wrong person found out, they could try to blackmail you or something.

Well, it sounds like they had to deal with it since you are the king, despite the whole mess before you were actually king.

I'd love to be able to read his work sometime.

[He doubts he'd ever get the chance, but it would have been nice.]

I'm sure hints of the relationship sneak in. I know I try to keep things seperate when a page is serving me, whether it's the son of a noble or my cousin. It might be different when it's a father and son, I don't know. But they won't get the right experience if they're coddled.

And mother? Yes she loves me, she just chooses odd ways to show it. If she didn't care she wouldn't try so hard.

I suppose in the long run, everything worked out. But the cost of me not having to hide was quite a lot of lives lost. I wish that didn't have to be, but I'm told that's something many kings wish and wonder. Are they worth it? I hope the legacy I create makes it so. Makes their lives worth something.

I don't know where we'd find a copy.

[and the gods are such nonentities to Laura that it doesn't even occur to her to ask them]

It sounds really strict. But it's probably good for things like discipline. [she laughs] I'd like to see my old boyfriend try to do something that needs discipline. He probably doesn't even know how to spell it.

Sounds like my mom, in a way. Mom's always been. . . high-strung. And I didn't always like the way she tried to keep tabs on whatever I was doing at all times, but I knew she loved me.

Hey, if what I saw in court was anything like how you rule, you're gonna do fine. Honest.

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