Shake It Out – Marto Copperkettle – 30.11.2022
Dec 9, 2022 9:40:36 GMT
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Post by Marto Copperkettle on Dec 9, 2022 9:40:36 GMT
Dear Merla,
I completely forgot to ask this in my last letter and even though I’m seeing you at the Winter Fayre in a few days I need to at least say I’ve asked you before hand else Ma will be upset if I just spring it on you: Are you free to come to the ol’ Homestead for a day or two over the Solstice? If it helps, Pa said he’d be “okay” if you brought Kruxeral. They don’t know about Gwenael yet so maybe I’ll be able to distract them with her if you need it.
And speaking of distractions, I’ve been feeling just that after coming back from a rather simple escort request.
I guess, a little bit of context: My friend Silvia used to have a pact with a powerful creature but recently broke free from it, with the consent and possible help of said creature, or so it seemed. Since then she’s been… I don’t know how to put it. Half there? Missing something important? I guess that works, but there was a difference to Silvia when I saw her after all this time.
Well, on this escort request — from Port Ffirst to Daring Heights — I was talking to the merchant and his daughter, and catching up with some of my friends; Velania and Pipper and Cyclone and Silvia. I hadn’t seen her since going to Phlegethos. And I don’t know if it was that or maybe it was picking up on the changes she was going through on this escort job (I’m losing track of how many Big Things happen in simple Everyday Things), but it was definitely when I felt this aura of protection from Silvia that made me want to just… It made me remember feelings I didn’t want to.
It made me think of Zola.
What’s the saying? “You’re never going to be happy in Love if you spend the rest of your days pining over the one who got away.”
I’ve done my best to let go of my feelings for her because I know… I know she doesn’t love me. But by Yondalla’s right ear, it still hurts. It hurts to be around her. I didn’t realise this from the knight tournament because I was preoccupied. I had something else to focus on. But on that quiet stretch of road between Port Ffirst and Daring Heights questions and thoughts can come outta nowhere.
I guess I’m telling you because you’ve loved the fey and well… I know they don’t always love how mortals love. You still remember what it’s like. You’ve been on this side and know.
So, yeah, that happened.
Silvia has a holy calling now, blessed by Lathander and Helm, I think. It really suits her. She seems so much happier now, in more ways than I’ve seen a person be happy before.
Anyway, I should probably resummon Gwenael so I can apologise to her properly. She tried to get me to talk about all of the above when I wrote my last letter but I was rude and brushed her off. She says she didn’t follow me here at your behest but sometimes I wonder…
Guess that’s it for now. I’ll see you at the Winter Fayre. Oh! A request from me to Astra, if you’d ask her for me? Would she allow me to race with her against Frankie at some point during the day? Pleeeeeease?
Love you,
Marto
I completely forgot to ask this in my last letter and even though I’m seeing you at the Winter Fayre in a few days I need to at least say I’ve asked you before hand else Ma will be upset if I just spring it on you: Are you free to come to the ol’ Homestead for a day or two over the Solstice? If it helps, Pa said he’d be “okay” if you brought Kruxeral. They don’t know about Gwenael yet so maybe I’ll be able to distract them with her if you need it.
And speaking of distractions, I’ve been feeling just that after coming back from a rather simple escort request.
I guess, a little bit of context: My friend Silvia used to have a pact with a powerful creature but recently broke free from it, with the consent and possible help of said creature, or so it seemed. Since then she’s been… I don’t know how to put it. Half there? Missing something important? I guess that works, but there was a difference to Silvia when I saw her after all this time.
Well, on this escort request — from Port Ffirst to Daring Heights — I was talking to the merchant and his daughter, and catching up with some of my friends; Velania and Pipper and Cyclone and Silvia. I hadn’t seen her since going to Phlegethos. And I don’t know if it was that or maybe it was picking up on the changes she was going through on this escort job (I’m losing track of how many Big Things happen in simple Everyday Things), but it was definitely when I felt this aura of protection from Silvia that made me want to just… It made me remember feelings I didn’t want to.
It made me think of Zola.
What’s the saying? “You’re never going to be happy in Love if you spend the rest of your days pining over the one who got away.”
I’ve done my best to let go of my feelings for her because I know… I know she doesn’t love me. But by Yondalla’s right ear, it still hurts. It hurts to be around her. I didn’t realise this from the knight tournament because I was preoccupied. I had something else to focus on. But on that quiet stretch of road between Port Ffirst and Daring Heights questions and thoughts can come outta nowhere.
I guess I’m telling you because you’ve loved the fey and well… I know they don’t always love how mortals love. You still remember what it’s like. You’ve been on this side and know.
So, yeah, that happened.
Silvia has a holy calling now, blessed by Lathander and Helm, I think. It really suits her. She seems so much happier now, in more ways than I’ve seen a person be happy before.
Anyway, I should probably resummon Gwenael so I can apologise to her properly. She tried to get me to talk about all of the above when I wrote my last letter but I was rude and brushed her off. She says she didn’t follow me here at your behest but sometimes I wonder…
Guess that’s it for now. I’ll see you at the Winter Fayre. Oh! A request from me to Astra, if you’d ask her for me? Would she allow me to race with her against Frankie at some point during the day? Pleeeeeease?
Love you,
Marto