Veridia Round 7: Seax Part II/II

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Along with Ruby, Sun's mother brought back cloth for a new dress for her. She feels very grown-up in it with the fabric gathered and pinned at her shoulder the way Aunt Fial wears her dresses.






Unfortunately, her mother also brought home the world's most annoying boy to foster. When Sun complained, her mother only said that it wasn't her idea. If it were Mam, Sun might be able to press the issue, but it's Norweni, so that's that.




He doesn't even behave the way you'd expect a prince to behave! He does every task and chore Norweni assigns him without complaint, even emptying pots or cleaning out the firepit—things Sun is sure he's never done once in his life before now. When Sun asks if it bothers him, all he says is, "Busy hands make a steady mind", which sounds disgustingly like something one of her parents would say. He's making her look bad in comparison, and she is not having it.

Anyway, you'd think a prince would be less boring.






Prince Cadwgan is a rather serious young man who has little tolerance for his older siblings' scheming (Eluned) or lackadaisicalness (Cynric). He prefers to spend his time in contemplation, learning, or caring for his horse, Acorn.

(Knowledge/Family, 6/7/8/2/3)




Cadwgan isn't Sun's biggest fan either, mostly because she seems determined to pick a fight with him.

Sun: You'd better not do anything to disrupt my party later.

Cadwgan: I won't even be here. Your mother gave me a list of errands to complete.




Sun: Well. Good!

Cadwgan: Good!




Cináed: Sun, can I go hang out with Xiuying after we eat?

Sun: Sure. Actually, Uncle Eisu is coming for your party later—why don't you run over and see if everyone wants to come over early?




Senovara: Hi, Mam!

Diseta: Are you excited for your birthday today, Senna?

Senovara: Yeah! Um...




Senovara: After our birthday, do you think I could just stay here with Mum most of the time?

Diseta: What? You don't want to live with me anymore?

Senovara: No! It's just, the smithy is really busy and loud when you're working or even when the shop's open, and it's all the time... it's always quiet here.




Diseta: Oh, Senna, you'll get used to it. I should've brought you along with me to the shop more often when you were younger, like your sister.






Sun: That's my seat.

Cadwgan: Oh—

Diseta: She's trying to needle you, Cadwgan. She never sits there. If it's anyone's seat, it's her mother's.

Cadwgan: Oh.

Sun: Thanks for betraying me, mother.






She had charisma points?












Xiang: Jia has to work, but she says hello. How is your new housemate?

Sun: He's incredibly annoying.

Xiang: Ah, yes. Having been a teenage boy myself, I can safely say that's an unfortunate side effect of being one. It takes a while to grow out of it.




Eisu: So, Wenna, how was your trip?

Norweni: Fine.

Eisu: Has anyone ever told you you're not very loquacious?

Norweni: You, repeatedly, and Vee last week.




Eisu: Oh, how were your friends?

Norweni: Maccus was away doing something only moderately stupid. Vee... is fine.

Eisu: Fine, huh?

Norweni: *sigh* I'll tell you later.


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Time for birthdays!! Cináed grew into a knowledge/popularity sim interested in girls who are strong and good at cooking; Senovara is a straight up family sim with a penchant for tidy (as in, good at cleaning) boys with dark hair.




She also rolled this LTW from Lamare's new lifetime want pack, and I think it's adorable.






My opinion of which parent Senovara looks the most like switches depending on who is standing closest to her, lmao.




Even Faun came to the twins' birthday party! Hi, Faun!








This is less cute, Faun. At least knowledge sim Dinn will be happy about it.






Cousin Faro has BETRAYED Sun by befriending the enemy. 😤






Cadwgan: Oh... are you using Cassiuellaunos' Gambit?

Sun: No.

Cadwgan: You might want to.

Sun: No one asked you.

Eisu: Sun, you're being a little unkind. Maybe you should go get a drink or take a break outside.

Sun: Ugh, not you too.




Norweni: Thank you for cleaning up. Don't bother about the table, I'll get it back in place in the morning. Sun, go to bed soon, alright?

Sun: 'kay.






Cadwgan: Have I done something to offend you? Is that the reason you're being such a brat to me?

Sun: I am not a—I'm offended by you being in my space and being so—so—like you are!

Cadwgan: Wow, that really clears it up.

Sun: You act so stuck-up and perfect and it's really annoying!

Cadwgan: And you're somehow even more bratty than my sister is, but we all have our flaws. That's the trouble with being imperfect creatures.

Sun: Urrrrrrgh, just get out of my way.




Faun must be on Sun's side, because he woke Cadwgan up three times to scare him, lmao.




Eventually he gave up trying to sleep and went out to stargaze, where there are fewer restless spirits.


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Senovara: Um, Sun, I think he's resting. Maybe you want to wait until later to practice?

Sun: Nope!

Senovara: Well. I tried, I guess.




Cadwgan: Must you play that right next to me? I'm trying to sleep.




Sun: You're in my practice space. Maybe you should try sleeping at night like the rest of us.

Cadwgan: I would love to, except your house seems to be haunted by restless spirits.

Sun: My house is not haunted!




Cadwgan: The—where are you going? I wasn't done speaking.

Sun: Yeah, but I am.






Acorn deserves a much nicer owner than Cadwgan. Luckily now she has Sun to look after her and plait her mane.






Meanwhile, Cadwgan is probably asking the Watcher for more patience. He finds prayer to be quite meditative and calming, which means he's probably going to be doing a lot of it in the foreseeable future.


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Diseta: Norweni, why doesn't our daughter want to live with me anymore?

Norweni: You're going to have to be more specific.

Diseta: Senna. She told me she doesn't want to stay at my place because the smithy is 'too busy'.

Norweni: Well, there you go. She hasn't said anything about it to me, but that sounds pretty clear.




Diseta: It's really not. I don't have even half the work a smith would in larger town. She just needs to get used to it.

Norweni: Or you could just listen to her. Anytime anyone has told me I 'just need to get used to' something, I never have.

Diseta: Yes, well, you're... you.




Norweni: You could move the shop away from the house.

Diseta: You have to know that's wildly impractical.

Norweni: Sure, but I think your options are that, making Senovara do something she apparently doesn't like, or letting her come back here when she wants.




Diseta: I… fine. We'll tell her she can stay here. What even was the point of dragging that lawspeaker all the way here?

Norweni: You know that it's not you she doesn't like, right? She loves you.

Diseta: I know. That was all, I'm going to head back to work now.




Norweni: Diseta, wait a minute. Please?




Norweni: I've been thinking about how I acted—

Diseta: That's new.

Norweni: Ouch.

Diseta: You deserve it.




Norweni: I know. I wasn't very thoughtful or kind to you, and I think I was taking your presence for granted for longer than I'd like to admit. And I am sorry for it.

Diseta: You were shitty to me.

Norweni: It was unkind of me.

Diseta: You've said your piece. Can I go now?




Norweni: Fine. Diseta... I will always love you in a way.

Diseta: Don't. Just don't fucking tell me that.


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Eisu: Sounds like you had a successful trip.

Norweni: Please stop waggling your eyebrows like that. I didn't go because of that.

Eisu: Sure you didn't.




Norweni: Vee said something about me coming to stay with her.

Eisu: Are you considering it?

Norweni: I... the children are still much too young. Senna and Cináed are barely thirteen. I wouldn't want to uproot them all or leave them here.

Eisu: That's not a no.




Norweni: Each time, she's said something along those lines, and I've said no, and at this point I have no idea whether or not she's just making a joke out of it.

Eisu: Couldn't tell you; I've never met the woman. But if you want to know, next time just ask her point-blank if she's being serious.

Norweni: I like how you just assume there will be a next time.

Eisu: Norweni, I know there will be a next time, because otherwise you wouldn't be talking to me about it.




Norweni: Hm. You'd like her. She's clever. And funny

Eisu: And she must have a mountain's worth of patience to put up with you and her husband.

Norweni: *snorts* Definitely.




Eisu: For what my opinion's worth, I would hate not having you here. But I would want you to go anyway if it would make you happy.

Norweni: I'm happy enough here.

Eisu: Okay... also, question. Why is your taste in men so shit?




Norweni: Not this again.

Eisu: I just don't get it. The women you like—the ones I've met, anyway—are always perfectly lovely! But the men are always dicks—

Norweni: Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean they're a dick.

Eisu: Ehhh...




Norweni: If we're doing this, what about that guy from Evervale you liked when we were young, what was his name—

Eisu: I retract my question! Let's have another drink instead.

Norweni: Hah!




Sun is having a nice evening and she refuses to let the presence of some annoying prince ruin it. Unfortunately, said prince is very diligent about caring for Acorn and is often out in the pen when Sun goes to check on Ruby and Norweni's horse.




Cadwgan: You're very good with the horses.

Sun: Yes? I mean, I've been helping Mum care for hers for years.




Cadwgan: Acorn likes you.

Sun: Well, that's because Acorn is very smart.






Cadwgan: Would you like to ride her some time?

Sun: Could I?! Mum hardly ever lets me take out her horse—I mean, yes, I would. Are you sure?

Cadwgan: You might be a bit of a brat, but like I said, you're very good with the horses. I trust you.

Sun: Hmph. We were almost having a moment until you had to ruin it.


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👉👉 👈👈




Cináed gets along much better with Cadwgan than Sun. (As for Senovara, he's just sort of there. She has no strong opinions about it. She's busy, she has wool to spin and Family sim things to daydream about.)








Sun: I feel like I haven't seen you for ages!

Jia: Heh, yeah, I've been busy. Someone has to pick up Drustan's slack now that he's run off to play explorer, and I have a newbie to help train too.








Jia: Where's this prince? I could sneak a fish into his trunk for you.

Sun: Where are you getting a fish from? Do you, like, have one in your pocket? Anyway, he's... not that bad. Much as I hate to admit it.

Jia: What? You've been complaining about him for weeks.

Sun: He likes horses. No one who likes horses can be all bad.










He's straight, sorry, Faro. Maybe I could bring in the other brother for you when you get a little older.




Sun: Good girl, Acorn. You're a very good horse—Ruby might be prettier than you, but that's not your fault.




Cadwgan: You take that back.

Sun: Hey!

Cadwgan: Acorn is just as nice looking as your horse.

Sun: No way. Don't make me sic Jia on you!




Sun: Now who's being a brat?

Cadwgan: I have an older sister; I'm wise to all your tricks, Sun.

Sun: Hmph. Acorn is a real sweetheart, though. She's very gentle. How long have you had her?

Cadwgan: Five years. She's about eight now.

Sun: Hmm. The horses do like you, so you're alright. I guess.




Cadwgan: Uh, thank you. Can you tell your friend that? She's been giving me scary looks.

Sun: Jia? No way! You know, between the two of us, I'm secretly the one people should worry about.

Cadwgan: I believe it.


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It's time for Norweni's Samhain party, where I find out that Eisu has caught a bad case of Pink Flashing Beard. 😔 And I think Fial was already hitting the mead before she and Dinn left.




Norweni: Oh, you came. I wasn't sure you would. I haven't seen you much, so I was kind of assuming you're a bit pissed at me.

Maddan: No, we're good, I've just been a bit busy... anyway, who would pass up free drinks? You always get the good stuff.

Norweni: That's the spirit!






Sun has remembered who the true enemy is. :) :) :)




Senna swoops in to distract her sister.






Fial: I guess the next big party will be your birthday!

Norweni: Mm. I might not have one; I don't see much of a point in it.

Fial: What! You have to! I'll make you a cake and everything.

Norweni: Put some booze in it and you have a deal, sister.

Fial: Now there's a thought... honey and mead cake.










I almost forgot what his face looked like under all that hair.




Helenet: So... Maddan is here.

Norweni: Yes. We're friends.

Helenet: I see.




Norweni: Something you want to say, Helenet?

Helenet: Eh, I don't feel like getting into it at a party.

Norweni: Now I'm just more confused.




Sun: Gotcha!

Cadwgan: Fuck! Okay, I deserved this one.

Sun: True...






Cadwgan: Uh—what was that?

Sun: A kiss!

Cadwgan: Let me rephrase: don't you hate me?

Sun: I don't hate you, I think you're annoying and also annoyingly attractive for some reason. We're both tipsy, could you stop trying to analyze everything just for a few minutes and let it be?




Cadwgan: That depends. Can we try that again, maybe a little more gracefully?

Sun: Hmmm, yes.














Why is he angry about bread? 😭




No one at the party seems to notice that two of the participants snuck off to make out in the barn loft. That wraps up round seven both here and in Veridia as a whole!