`I love you not - arranged marriage rp - open

[Whale_Shark]

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❁ Charis Simonides

nick name None
position Maid
age Forty Five

sexuality Heterosexual
attraction tba.


tags Victoria
thoughts This is a mistake...

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Charis sighed shaking her head as she slowly walked into Victoria's room. It wasn't her place, it never was her place to say anything. It killed her. She cleared her throat lightly forcing a smile. " You look beautiful m'lady..." 'You look like a bride, you look sick, you still look like a child...' Biting her tongue was something Charis learned quickly, especially around the royal children. And it made her heart ache for the young princess, she was betrothed, she was terrified, and although she was not by blood she was the Grecian's child, and currently Charis wanted to show her, how much she cared, how angry she was. But she couldn't.
She kept her eyes downcast gently and gracefully moving through the room. " You need to get dressed m'lady, do you wish for me to help you with the dress or only for your hair." She wanted so badly to reach out and hug the young princess. " I saw him, arrive that is. He seems kind of face... Maybe he is kind of heart, he isn't terribly old." She sighed fixating her eyes on her thin worn shoes, physically biting her tongue, this hurt. Not just the princess, this was a foolish action of a foolish and desperate king. She swallowed waiting to hear what the princess would say.

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Theodore Pennington

nick name Theo
position Youngest Prince
age 17

sexuality Heterosexual
attraction tba

animals Aldis, Gyffard,
Elizabeth, Kitt,
and Tomkin
tags open
thoughts Bored...

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Theo scowled looking around his room. He had holed himself up in the room as soon as the carriage was in sight. Already his dogs where whining, pawing at the door to leave, especially Tomkin the young hunting pup not used to being cooped up. Kitt showed her displeasure by shredding away at her rope toy, wanting to hunt pheasant and quail and doe. Gyffard whined rather pathetically slumped against the door looking at Theo with big sad eyes, Aldis copying him. Theo just grumbled looking around, he COULD slip out the window, steal a horse and go hunting... But how would he get the dogs to the ground... There was no way to avoid the stupid wedding, and he wasn't even the one getting married!

[Fleetwood]

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Princess Victoria Pennington
of Alaria
betrothed to: William Linscott
mood: Angry, irritated
tagged: Cheyenne, Charis
location: Her dressing chamber
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Victoria started when she saw Cheyenne standing outside her doorway. "Oh, Cheyenne you scared me! Come in." she motioned for the woman knight to enter. Cheyenne was her friend, pretty much her best friend. She turned and walked to her bed, quickly and with purpose. Not that she had a purpose.
She started again when a maid, Charis, startled her. "Oh, thank you. Um... Could you just help me.." she stopped when she heard church bell chimes. She counted mentally, and winced once it had finished. High noon. She was going to have lunch in her room while the rest of her family dined with the Linscott family. Feeling sick, she sat down at her bureau and looked into her mirror. "Oh, uh help me with my hair. Cheyenne, come sit by me." she said, patting a chair beside her. She hated having maids doing her hair, but today was important.

(someone can rp the king & queen of
Wennington if they desire. they'll only
be appearing briefly.)
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King & Queen Pennington
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The king sat at the head of the table, his wife by his side. They sat, statue like, starting at the doors. When their family, and the Wennington family, arrived, their lunch would be served.

[Whale_Shark]

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❁ Charis Simonides

nick name None
position Maid
age Forty Five

sexuality Heterosexual
attraction tba.


tags Victoria, Cheyenne
thoughts This is a mistake...

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Charis stayed silent, moving quickly to start her work on the princesses hair keeping a sigh to herself. Carefully she brushed to soft blond hair and began braiding and styling focusing on the task at hand. " You will make a wonderful queen m'lady, and bring peace to your people." her eyes where sad and tired, some small tears pooling and threatening to fall. She sniffed hiding them and went back to her original task, making the princess look like a bride... The idea alone made her sick.
((sorry. short))

[broken*]

jessica linscott || eldest princess || wennington || 19 y/o girl
ｔａｇｇｅｄ her family,jason,yoska
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as her family left the carriage, greeted by her brother's friend, a baron named Jason, she couldn't help it but allow her eyes to wander along all of the carriages, the people, the things, searching for one curly-haired lad. as her family began to follow Jason into the palace, she refused to follow them; she went no where without her best friend, her darling servant; she wished to free him of his work, but knew he wouldn't leave her; they loved each other dearly, nonromantically of course, or at least for her. he was her best friend, her partner, her soul, and he was known as her personal servant, the only excuse he had to be able to never leave her side, even sleep at the foot of her bed. "Yoska!" she called loudly, her feet firmly planted in place, ignoring the looks she was given, the alarians thinking she was calling to a pet, no doubt.
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cheyenne "chester" lee || royal guard || alaria || 22 y/o girl
tａｇｇｅｄ victoria,charis
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the older maid was likely the only, no not like, she was the only person outside the royal family that knew of her true gender. if anyone else had been in the room, she would have killed Victoria for the name slip up, but allowed it, knowing how panicked she was feeling, how scared. locking the door behind her, she pulled off her helmet, setting it down on the bed before taking a seat gentle next to the princess, wrapping an armor covered arm around her friend's small waist. "it's alright to be scared tori. god know's I would be absolutely terrified if I were in your shoes."
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jason rosette || baron || wennington || 21 y/o guy
ｔａｇｇｅｄ king,queen,princes,princesses
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as the entire royal family exited their carriages, he bowed once more. "would you care to follow me? I can lead you to the dining hall, where the king and queen of wennington await." he offered a kind smile to the others, especially his dearest friend William. he didn't dare say hello to his friend at this moment, however, since it was a time of all business. if they were alone without the alarian prying eyes, he would be offering his friend words of wisdom and comfort; but the time would come. he himself would help will get ready for the wedding, and they would talk then. as the king and queen nodded to him to lead them on, he made his way into the castle, followed by the royals.
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throughout the entire trip, daniel was engrossed in a book, avoiding any form of contact with his siblings. his older siblins were going to be wed to the eldest prince and priness of alaria, which was a rediculous idea to daniel. forming a military alliance would've be enough. the only thing that stopped him from reading his book was hearing his sister's voice. looking out the window, the carriage came to a stop. he followed his siblings out of the carriage with a sigh.

[Metronome]

The journey hadn't been easy on Yoska, but he was just grateful to have been allowed to tow along. A skittish creature in nature, he didn't do well with the loud, crowded caravan trip all the way to Alaria. But he had been put in charge of driving one of the carriages, so he had to horses to keep his focus off the chattering people in the seats. He was in his element when he was with his animals. Yoska was a great stable keeper, one of the best. In fact, when the summers were warm and the weather was pleasant, he often found himself sleeping out in the stables.

Before coming to the castle, Yoska had never spent a night of his life indoors. It had been a drastic change from where he'd come. A welcomed one. But drastic. Princess Jessica had helped his adjust. She was so kind to him; kinder than anyone had ever been. She was the best (only) friend he'd ever had, and he cherished that. It went without saying that this whole wedding thing had him a bit nervous. What if she got married and forgot about him? What if her husband didn't want him around? Worst yet, what if her husband was mean?

As the carriages came to a halt, people began to unload. Yoska had barely gotten the horses tethered before he heard his name being called through the crowd. He looked up, his curly head poking over the fancy hats and big hairdos. That was Princess Jessica. He checked the horse knot one last time before weaving into the crowd to find his friend. His curls bounced as he looked around, too timid to call out her name.

Finally, he saw the princess. Yoska approached her, a smile on his face at last. He gave a formal little bow to greet her.

[SaphiraBrightscales]

Vasilisa Pennington / 16 / female / youngest princess / Aleria / Tags: open
Vasilisa walks to her window of her room and looks out it to see the carriage arrive. She gently picks up Bella, her cat, and gently pets it's back before putting the female cat down on its bed. Lisa turns to the dress that she would be wearing as a maid came in. She puts on the dress with the help of the maid and carefully slips on her light pink heels while the maid put her hair in a bun. Vasilisa dismisses the maid with a quiet thanks after the maid put makeup on her face before returning to the window, not bothering to put on jewelry or her tiara at the moment

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❁ Charis Simonides

nick name None
position Maid
age Forty Five

sexuality Heterosexual
attraction tba.


tags Victoria, Cheyenne
thoughts This is a mistake...

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Charis looked between the two girls stepping back from the pair of friends. Her lips twitched wanting to mother both of them, but having to keep back around her princess. " Cheyenne you better not be binding under all that armor, it's a long day for all of us and if you bind too tight you will be sore all day tomorrow." She smiled at the knight rolling her eyes. "And as much as you are helping her highness, it's making my job working on her hair a little hard." She playfully shooed the knight with her hands smiling at the two girls a little sadly. They where like her children... She hummed and went back to work. " You both need to eat, I'll call for you two to get something..." Her Greek accent was thicker than ever as she focused smiling softly and talking, her fingers moving swiftly finishing the princess hair. "I think that's it, I'll be right back and get you two some lunch. There is lots to eat do you two have request?" She looked over at Cheyenne signaling for her to try to help Victoria and kept her eyes down, hands folded over he small apron waiting for the girls to talk.

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betrothed to: William Linscott
mood: Angry, irritated
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Victoria placed her hands, that were slightly trembling, into her lap. She didn't try to hide the tremors; the other women obviously knew that she was terrified. She smiled as Cheyenne hugged her and looked over at her. "I'm pretty sure if you were in my shoes, you'd challenge William to a dual. And win. And runaway and be free." she said, exasperated. She leaned back and sighed.
She smiled when Charis started up at Cheyenne, though. It was hilarious, her lecturing Cheyenne about binding. She found it odd that Cheyenne did stuff like that, but if you must.
She looked up at Charis, who kept going on. She'd known Charis all her life, a well-trusted maid of her family. She was kind and devoted, always there for Victoria and her siblings. "Oh, a meal would be lovely. How about.." she paused briefly, wondering. "Sandwiches. All types of sandwiches. And chocolate cake. We're going on a picnic, girls." she said, suddenly excited. She'd had picnics in the garden often as a child, taking sandwiches and cake and dragging along her dolls. She'd stopped years ago, but now felt right.

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❁ Charis Simonides

nick name None
position Maid
age Forty Five

sexuality Heterosexual
attraction tba.


tags Victoria, Cheyenne
thoughts Just like old days.

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Charis smiled widely nodding. " That sounds lovely your highness, I'll gather up the quilts and get the food." She smiled widely giggling playfully. " And maybe we can get a look at your fiance." Charis hummed happily. "It's been ages..." She smiled wistfully and bowed to each of the girls before heading out to the kitchens to get the food for their outing.
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Charis hummed personally making each of the sandwiches, she was one of the older maids and besides the king queen and cook the oldest in the castle... She was rather old... Quickly she shook her head and went to work making many types of sandwiches the scullery maids and cooks simply moving around her. She was not her own person, after so many years of working here, her stubbornness and the delicacy of her original job she had become a part of this family, of this castle. She had "bought" her freedom about ten years ago, but a poor foreigner with no husband, no family, and now dowry. It seemed foolish to leave.
Delicately she tucked the sandwiches into a basket along with water skins full of sweetened water and juices. As a second thought she added a jar of olives, apples, some cheese and the chocolate as requested, with a personal favorite of her's, sweet fruit bread. She nodded to the cook who hummed and then went back to serving the other royals and preparing for the wedding feast. Carefully she gathered the large basket with the food and went to find a suitable quilt.
She was quite fond of needlework, and would make quilts to sell for a few spare coins, her room was full with many bright patch work blankets. Looking through she found one that was large and soft, with a dainty sewn princess with a bowing knight, small roses in each of the large corners and a bright square tower. It seemed fitting for their outing and situation, and when she had been a child, the princess loved it. Charis would make up stories about the quilt and tell them to the eldest princess and her dolls. Silently she wondered if the princess remembered, bitterly she reminded herself that the princess was not her child. She was just a maid...
She folded the old quilt carefully and carried it with the blanket back the the princess room, knocking the best she could with both her arms full. "M'lady, sir knight. I have everything you will need, should I accompany you to the gardens?"