Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 6:50:38 PM)
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Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 6:50:51 PM)
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Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:03:41 PM)
Anahita is sitting on the floor in her room, the window open and a soft breeze ruffling the sheer drapes. The sunlight angles through the window, hitting her fully in the face. She looks to be wearing the same yellow and blue dress that she was wearing at the dinner. Her shoes are sitting just outside her door, but her hair, which was once pinned and free, is now covered by a black hijab, lined with red stitching at the edge in the shape of tears.
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:08:20 PM)
*Caroline was not use to being by herself very much, sort of a sheltered girl who was use to her family being around most of the time to keep her company. Having wondered around the house most of the day along after practice she decided she just could not stand being alone anymore. After preparing two small bowls of fruit that included all her favorite, strawberries, pineapple, cantaloupe and watermelon she head towards Ana’s room lightly knocking on the door, performing a balancing act with the bowls in hand. * Miss Anahita…it’s Caroline, I am feeling kinda lonely do you mind I come in? I brought a snack for us.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:11:24 PM)
A soft voice filters from behind the door, giving her permission to enter. She does not move from the floor where she is sitting. The bed appears to be untouched, save for the pillow and blanket that are carefully folded and placed on the floor near the window, where the rising sun will wake her.
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:15:02 PM)
*When the door was opened Anahita would see Caroline, dressed in jeans and a pink v-neck t-shirt. Her feet were bare and her over all casual appearance. Moving into the room she closed the door with her foot, all bright smiles as usual. Looking over at Anahita, she was taking back for a moment hoping her causal clothing did not offend the woman* Hi…would you like me to go by your apartment to pick up some things that you might feel more comfortable waring…I know the things I gave you were not really anything but summer dresses and jeans.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:20:04 PM)
She turns to glance over her shoulder at the woman, her face pale and withdrawn, even though she smiles faintly. "Thank you for your help. You have been very kind." Her voice suggests that others have not been before she turns her face away from the window and climbs to her feet, tugging the dress down to where it covers her down to her ankles. Her feet are clad in a simple pair of white socks. "My keys are in my purse, which Conquers Luna's Ferocity~rhya confiscated, but I am sure he would allow you access to them, if you asked."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:24:54 PM)
Oh, It’s nothing really. I like to help where I can. I will talk to him later today when I see him. I will try to have you something by the end of the evening. Is there anything else you need to be taken care of? Pets or anything? *She asked still smiling at her softly, she turned to look at the window for a moment. She loved the sunshine and the outdoors. Remembering the bowls of fruit she passed over to Anahita.* I hope there is something that you like.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:30:12 PM)
She smiles faintly and inclines her head politely. "There is only myself and my child that I need worry about. Abbas died while I was back home." She looks down at the fruit and picks up a small piece of pineapple, placing it between her lips and chewing slowly before swallowing. "All I need are the rest of my hijab and my other gowns. If they wish to keep me prisoner here, the least I can do is dress properly. It is time for me to stop forgetting and ignoring who and what I am."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:35:33 PM)
*Caroline was settling down on the floor, tucking her feet underneath her as she sat the bowel of fruit on the floor, making herself more comfortable. Picking up a piece of pineapple she popped it in her mouth. Tilting her head to the side slightly as the other kinfolk mentioned at child* Oh I didn’t know you had a mate and child? Would you like to tell me about them? We can get to know each other better while you are staying here. I don’t really think the elder means to keep you prisoner, just…protected maybe…I of course don’t know the details
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:38:57 PM)
She smiles sadly, setting her own bowl on the floor. Dragging her finger along the side, she gathers a bit of moisture, then starts writing in arabic on the floor. "He would not give us permission to be together." Gathering more moisture, she continues to write. "He said that the one I chose is not fit to be a mate because he is not of our tribe. I do not understand his reasoning. We are all supposed to be the same. Jack said we are all blessed by Luna, but some of us are just also cursed." Gathering more moisture, she continues to write, right to left, her eyes focused on the wood of the floor.
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:43:12 PM)
*Caroline stopped happily chewing on her pineapple at that news for a moment. Letting the graveness of what she had just heard sink into her thoughts, playing around with it in her mind carefully before she would speak on it again.* Who we take as mates is very important to our tribe. I guess that is why the elder has you hear now is it? Were you forced by this Jack?...I don’t mean to be rude. I just grew up…knowing these things. I want to understand though.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:46:07 PM)
Her eyes flicker up before a faint smile, more real than the previous ones, appears on her mouth. "No. Not at all. He and I had a connection from the beginning." Her eyes fall back to the floor, watching the water dry, leaving behind a very faint discolouration on the wood. "He is the kindest man I have ever met. He would never hurt me. I just wish I could get a message to him to let him know that I am alright, in case he tries to go to my apartment to look for me and finds me gone."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:55:33 PM)
*She watched the water dry on the floor wondering what it had said. Her eyes looking towards the bowel of fruit, picking out a strawberry from the blow popping it in her mouth*I have this feeling that you would want me to take a message for you, though I am afraid I could not do that. My guardian would not like that….I am sorry…I just could not. How..did you come to…be…with him?
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 7:56:45 PM)
She shrugs faintly, then dips her finger again to the bowl, drawing something new on the floor. Adding an accent mark, she smiles as she watches it dry. "Fate."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 7:59:08 PM)
Fate? You think so? *She questioned like she was unsure of how that would be* I have never heard of Falcon leading someone to be out of the tribe…What is going to happen now? Your child…falcon…it…Wont be of the tribe?
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:03:38 PM)
She shrugs again, then dips her hand into the bowl to pluck a piece out and bites into it gently. "Honestly, that is the least of my concern right now. And if this tribe of yours was honestly so worried about keeping us from finding our own way, they should have told me when I was here late last year. They should have told me when I came back. Now they seek to punish me for finding happiness instead of being forced to marry my nuncle." She eats the last bit of it and shrugs again. "If this is the tribe of kings, I should hate to see a tribe of fools."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:10:32 PM)
No Miss. Radan, not my tribe, our tribe. If you should fault someone why are you not faulting your parents for your lack of education? You cannot fault the people who never knew you were here can you? You are looking for someone to blame for your mistakes. *She frowned lightly taking another bite of her pineapple* I have been kind to you but I cannot stand for you to insult our family and tribe the way you are. Falcon loves you…he loves all his children. Why do you hate him so?
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:14:12 PM)
She shrugs. "I have never met this falcon, so I cannot hate him. Nor do I hate anyone, not anymore. I am merely voicing my frustration at having the blame placed soley in my lap for this. As far as my parents are concerned, I have no parents." Her voice cracks at the end before she looks to the side, sighing faintly when her eyes fall on the water stains on the floor. "Forgive me if I have insulted you. But I do not consider myself a part of a tribe that threatens the life of an unborn child, simply because they do not approve of the parents. It is not their fault that he was concieved, so why punish him for the transgressions of the parents?"
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:20:28 PM)
*She sighed deeply as well taking in a breath into her lungs, like she was a bit of a loss for words. Slowly she shook her head* Falcon is the totem spirit of our tribe. He is a spirit of honor and kingship. Our tribe normally keeps very detailed records of our blood lines. It is a very serious issue to mate with a silverfang kinfolk with out permission. I am surprised he would not know this.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:21:31 PM)
She smiles faintly. "To be fair, he did not know my tribe. My father never told me, and I only found out because Jack said I was of the same tribe as Miss Julia. She was the one who actually gave me a name."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:23:08 PM)
Then it is your family who is at true fault. If you want to lay the blame be lay it on them. But there mistakes that have to be corrected...Thank Gaia I am not having to judge on that.
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:23:50 PM)
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Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:26:14 PM)
She smiles faintly. "As I stated, I no longer have a family. Fury of Fire, and Walks Without Fear and Behnam and Victoria... I am dead to them. My father is the head of the family, now, and he has stated that I am dead to him. I will have one chance to go back home and gather my belongings and my two horses. After that, I have no home, no family." She looks away again, reaching up to smoothe a stray lock of hair back under the headwrap. ((wb :) ))
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:35:32 PM)
That is most unfortunate I am sure. Is it because of what happened here? Not that I know much about the birds and bees myself. I’ve never been allowed to around the opposite sex in such a way. There are very strict guidelines and rules in place. Only for my protection though. You know…if you ask the Elder for his help…he is very merciful he can help you. Maybe even find you an honorable mate?
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:39:21 PM)
She shakes her head vehemently. "No. I will not take another mate, simply because someone tells me that I must. I would take exile and leave before mating someone I do not love, or even know." She looks away, her face pale. (softly) "Please, forgive me my outburst. But I will not take another, even if they order me to. They speak of honor, but what about mine? What about Jack's honor? More to the point, he is a man. What about his pride?"
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:44:38 PM)
Well hon, when he mated you with our permission his honor went stright out the door, at least with our tribe. *She paused for a moment.* Anahita..I think you have it all wrong...Falcon is honored when you take a mate you love, when you honor your mate by saying truely faithful. Falcon would not lead too people togeather who were not a good match.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:47:06 PM)
She folds her hands in her lap and looks down at them, curling her shoulders forward. (softly) "Then if he wishes Jack and I to be together, why would he allow the elder to deny us that chance, and allow Conquers-Luna's-Ferocity~rhya to keep us apart?"
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 8:52:59 PM)
I don’t think that was Falcon that lead you both to be, perhaps it was lust? I don’t mean it to sound rude or forward….but it happens that way. It is why I was never allowed to be around many males without supervision.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 8:57:40 PM)
She shrugs again, sighing softly. "It was not something as mundane and trivial as lust. I know about that. My father and mother made sure I could see the look on men's eyes, and make sure to dress in such a manner as to not have that look ever directed at me."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 9:04:51 PM)
Then…I don’t understand how it ever happened. Bitten-rhya brought me flowers, but I refused them. Not because I don’t enjoy flowers or enjoy his company, but because it is not proper for me to accept gifts from a man who is not officially courting me or my mate. If he gets my father’s permission, then that will change. But not until.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 9:06:05 PM)
She shrugs again. "I do not know. I just recently found out that I was supposed to have a guardian, but no one ever mentioned it to me. Not last year, nor when I came back. The first I ever heard about it was when Miss Julia said something at the sept."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 9:10:31 PM)
Your parents should really be ashamed for leaving you so clueless. It seems that is what have left you in the predicament that you are in now. But we must deal with the hands we have left.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 9:14:36 PM)
She laughs bitterly. "My parents? My mother is thrilled, but has to hide her joy from my father, for fear that he will become irate. My father has disowned me, leaving me with only my own savings to survive on, and no real job skills to be able to support myself or my child. My grandfather does not know, else he would already have come here, and we would not be having this conversation, because I would have been forced to go home for a trial. My nuncle would not have even allowed me that. He would have left my dead and mutilated corspe on the grounds of the sept." She lifts eyes glistening with unshed tears. "You must think me horridly ignorant and uncouth, not to mention a whore. I came here to learn, but ended up shaming myself, this tribe you seem so fond of, and being disowned."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 9:30:55 PM)
*She saw the tears in her fellow kinfolk’s eyes, leaning in she sighed deeply and reached out to hug her. She didn’t like to see the suffering of another, even if they had done wrong. Lightly she patted the kinfolk’s back not thinking she might not care for the touch* The Elder has not abandoned you like that…we have not…we are not your family….this is a different place. You can start a new if you are prepaired to fix the mistakes that have been made.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 9:33:29 PM)
Her jaw spasms before she reaches up and rubs away the tears with the heel of her hand, then nods. "I will do what I must to ensure the safety of myself and my child. If it means that I have to go into exile, I will. But I will not just mate with someone else because someone says I have to. I cannot do that." Her jaw spasms again before she leans a little to the side, resting her temple against the other woman's arm, then straightens back up.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 9:40:05 PM)
((afk for a sec brb))
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 9:44:29 PM)
*Caroline was a sweet girl and good hearted, she felt bad for the girl. She really did, but at the same time it hurt her to know that falcon had been dishonored in such a way. When Ana leaned back up she moved away slightly* I am glad I have no decision to make her. I am not sure that I could do it. I am not really sure what the options are or what has been discussed between you and the elder.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 9:50:58 PM)
She smiles sardonically. "Thus far, my options are death, death, or exile to die. To take a quote from a movie, I shall have the chicken."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 10:00:24 PM)
Oh...well none of thoes seem rather pleasent. He has not offered you to...take care of the problem a live. I know it sounds awefull...but sometimes it can be the only choice.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 10:06:51 PM)
She shakes her head. "No. I will not kill my child. Allah would not like that, and I will not kill Jack's child, either."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 10:13:19 PM)
I don't really know much about Allah to tell you the truth. This is to difficult a subject for me to really even wrap my head around. I am sure it is hard for you with out your family to talk to.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 10:16:18 PM)
She sighs and shakes her head. "My family... the only one that I would be able to talk to is my mother, but the elder has forbidden me the ability to speak with even her."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 10:22:25 PM)
That is so sad. I can't imagine that happening to me, if I could not talk to my parents. You must feel very lonely. I am sorry for that.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 10:25:09 PM)
She turns and points to the rolled up blanket in the corner. "I have myself and my god. And my heart. When I get too lonely, I talk to it and wait to hear what it tells me I need to do."
Caroline Bradford (Jun 18, 2011 10:29:16 PM)
*She glanced in the direction Ana pointed to nodding her head slowly* I understand. Diffrent things offer diffrent people comfort. I guess in times like this you need to take comfort where you can.
Anahita Radan (Jun 18, 2011 10:33:58 PM)
((brb, gotta restart the computer))
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