eulalia | Veridia Round 4: Salter

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It’s the ~~Gytha Show~~ I mean, Salter household!

Speaking of Gytha, she’s gonna love this ROS.

Gytha: Quick, over there! That spider is HUGE!

Glamaer: What? Where?!

Gytha: Heheh.

Glamaer didn’t enjoy his pranking. He just wanted to see the big spider. :(

Wulfric: Good morning, dear!

Have I mentioned that Wulfric and Brigid are three-bolters? I can’t believe it, my first three-bolt couple in Veridia and it’s these two.

Enna is a frequent customer at the fish stall... shop... place.

Glamaer: You’re, like, such a hard worker. Norweni is lucky to have you! I mean, lucky to have you working for her... anyway, I, like, really admire it.

Enna: Awww, you! Aren’t you sweet!

Wulfric: Glam! Stop flirting, we have customers!

Poor Wulfric, having to ~~ring up~~ abacus up the customers himself. He was doing the grouchy face disapproval thing every time he saw Glamaer and Enna together this round, lmao; I don’t know if it’s because Glamaer is technically kinda still dating Lucile or because he’s slacking on the job. Probably the latter.

He can’t help it, Enna is simply too beautiful and clever and amazing for him to focus on work.

Between the fish and the rather expensive salt, Wulfric’s stall is turning a tidy profit. I think the building will have to expand again in the spring.

Brigid is simply PLAGUED by teenage girls.

Brigid: Gytha! It’s not polite to—to—

Gytha: To what, fart prank people? Lucile thinks it’s funny, it’s fine!

Brigid: What it is is unseemly, and I don’t want to see—or hear—it under this roof.

Gytha: Yeah, whatever, maybe that would hold more weight if you’d been here longer than a few seasons. You aren’t my mother, so stop trying to scold me like one.

Brigid: Don’t think I won’t be telling your father about your behavior today.

Gytha: Go ahead! He never does anything about anything anyway!

Anyway, Gytha has more pranks to pull before I forget about this whole thing.

Enna: A flying horse? What in Andraste’s name are you talking about?

More teen girls to plague Brigid. 😔

Enna: What do you think about the idea of me dating your brother?

Gytha: Ew, I thought you had taste. Other than that, I don’t care.

Enna: Alright!

Glamaer keeps rolling wants for Enna, not Lucile, so I decided to have him put an end to their very short formal relationship. also I just like Enna better because she’s a playable

Glamaer: We can still be friends?

Lucile: Yeah, nah, I don’t think so.

Glamaer: Oh. Okay.

It’s really cool and fun to have to watch the kids have temper tantrums every single time Wulfric and Brigid kiss.

Brigid: Your daughter is running around, trying to pull vulgar pranks on everyone she encounters.

Wulfric: Uh... she’s just having a bit of fun, I assume.

Brigid: Well, I don’t find it very funny, and I doubt anyone else does either. It’s very childish behavior for a young woman.

Wulfric: I suppose she has gotten a bit old for such things. I’ll tell her to knock it off.

Brigid: Good.

Gytha spends a lot of time out of the house meeting up with either her various boyfriends or Enna (when Enna isn’t busy swooning over Glamaer, barf). Tonight she wanted to sneak out with Angus. Where did he get a horse from? Whose horse is that?

Bread is a safer bet than Brigid’s cooking. Not because she thinks Brigid is gonna actually poison them or anything (probably???), but because Brigid is not good at cooking.

Gytha: Hey!

Brigid: If you’re going to sneak around and come in late, at least don’t leave your dinner plates lying around for me to deal with.

Glamaer: Um... there there.

Gytha: Whuh-why does she hate me so much?!

Glamaer: I don’t know. Do you… d'you want the puzzle ball?

Gytha: No, I don’t want your stupid toy! Why would I want that!!

Glamaer is just doing his best to ignore any household drama. He’s got the fish, and his bestie Drustan, and his new love interest; that’s all he wants out of life at this point, really.

The twins headed into town for the morning and met up with Angus at the market.

Gytha: She’s so nasty. I don’t see why Da had to marry her.

Angus: What does your father say about all this, anyway?

Gytha: Not much!

Just a lil townie fight to spice things up.

Angus: Gythaaaaaa, help—

Gytha: Busy, sorry.

They’re still fishing when the temperature is warm enough to thaw the water.

Gytha: I’m trying to decide whether to make Angus or Drustan my steady beau. They do both have their benefits… but I don’t think I want to date both of them forever. That sounds like a lot of effort.

Enna: Which of them’s got more money?

Gytha: Not everything is about money, you know.

Enna: So says the girl who’s always had enough!

(The answer to that is actually Angus. Some of those herbs fetch a pretty penny! Drustan’s family has the farm/sheep, but they keep having to replace the flock when they run off, so they don’t have that much liquid wealth, lol. I imagine the farm was a bit run down and neglected when Eisu inherited it, and he and Xiang had to put a decent amount of effort into getting the place into working order.)

Brigid’s sister, Derelei, stopped by for a visit! They clearly have a great relationship!

I took this picture basically as proof that Wulfric has a friend (townie Cara, aka Lucile’s da).

Brigid has been more tired than usual lately; she thinks she might be pregnant. But now she has a lot of time while she rests to think about her various petty feuds with teenagers.

Salt is truly the hottest commodity. It might seem odd that Wulfric is fairly wealthy as a fisherman, but it’s because of the salt business! In addition to selling some at the stall, Wulfric periodically takes sacks of it to sell at the larger market in Evervale (aka I sell off the excess in buy mode).

Glamaer is trying to make friends with Angus. He’s not too bad once you get him out of his shell, he’s just shy.

Enna is here basically every day. Norweni and Diseta must be eating so much fish.

Brigid: 😑

There’s a new baby Salter on the way!

Gytha likes to take advantage of the mostly empty house (and Brigid napping all the time). Girl, I really hope Helenet has talked to you about that magic birth control tea.

Angus: Um... before I go, does this mean you’ve maybe changed your mind about going steady with me?

Gytha: Oh, hm, sure. I’ve decided you’re less annoying than Drustan.

Angus: Thank... you?

He simply wouldn’t roll away that ‘go steady with Gytha’ want, so I let him try asking her again.

Brigid: So, you might have noticed, but we have another little family member on the way!

Wulfric: Oh, no, I hadn’t noticed.

Brigid: :| :| :|

*patpat*

Glamaer: Yahaha! Sneak attack!

Gytha: Hey, cut it out! You’re going to mess up my braids!!

When they’re not flirting in the middle of the fish stall, Glamaer and Enna will meet up at the mead hall to share lunch or an early dinner.

Gytha: Da, stop it, he doesn’t want to hear about your boat repair tools.

Angus: No, no, it’s... interesting.

When Gytha does join her family for meals, she makes sure to sit as far away as possible. :) :) :)

Despite not being too fond of Wulfric these days, Helenet is still here to see Brigid and reassure her about what is and isn’t normal with pregnancy—Brigid, not unusually, is worried about every little thing. She’s also concerned about the amount of time it will take Helenet to get there when she goes into labor.

Helenet: It should be okay. First babies usually take their time getting here. But if it would make you feel more secure, you could come stay with someone in the village when you’re farther along. Maybe your sister?

Brigid: Absolutely not.

He caught a fish.

Gytha: Oh, so if I leave one measly plate out, it’s a huge problem, but now I have to clean up after Brigid just because she’s got a baby on the way? This sucks!

Glamaer: Where do these boots keep washing up from?

Gytha: Glam, we’re BUSY.

Glamaer: Yeah, yeah, but I need to tell Angus about this cool scarf I saw someone wearing at the market!

It’s Yule, and the family heads into town to partake in the feasting and dancing.

And the alcohol.

Drustan: Uh, is your sister okay?

Glamaer: Oh, yeah, she does that when she drinks, it’s fine probably.

Their friendship is so cute to me. 🥰

Drustan: Baba thinks we should start keeping a hive on the farm, but I dunno about that. I still don’t trust those bees.

Oh, I guess that means it’s time to go home. Veridia’s first big pink soup! <3

I was a little concerned that Brigid would go into labor as soon as they got home, but Helenet got there in plenty of time. There’s not much for her to do with Brigid napping, so Gytha gets to play riverstones with her instead.

(I decided that I will roll for survival rates at births that Helenet doesn’t attend. She’s usually there, so I don’t know when this will actually come into play.)

I bought Glam a fiddle and Wulfric sat down to boo him. I hate this man. You have SEVEN nice points? No sir, I don’t believe that, and I literally CHOSE his personality.

Helenet: You must be excited to meet your child soon.

Brigid: Oh, yes. I’ve been learning all sorts of things about how to raise a child properly. It’s so important to raise good citizens.

Helenet: 😬

Brigid’s worries about Helenet not being there turn out to be unfounded; it takes the baby until after nightfall to actually arrive. Brigid and Wulfric’s first child together is a girl named Gwendolen.