Romeo & Juliet Legacy

Showing my medieval/fantasy Sims 4 adventures, I play with minimum mods + cc, currently doing Romeo & Juliet slow play legacy

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Happy Home Happy Life

Over the last few months Romeo and Juliet have built up a routine of venturing out into the jungle and finding many treasures including ancient artifacts that will increase their wealth upon their return to royal life. For now they usually spend 2 days hiking and 2 days at home uncovering the artifacts they have discovered and storing their newfound treasure.

They attend their flock of chickens together, with Romeo doing the cleaning of the coop and Juliet collecting the eggs. Once every week they sell their produce, Romeo even sells the paintings he makes of landscapes and his beautiful wife Juliet and would sell some of the treasure of cultural significance back to the locals in hopes of prolonging the culture of the ancient people, there was enough wealth to go around for everyone. They also regularly meet their local friends and the people of the temple, having established somewhat of a normalcy in Selvadorada.

Juliet had grown accustomed to homestead life and getting her hands dirty. She had learned many useful skills in herbology and apothecary study. Now they had established a comfortable life in Selvadorada, there was only one thing that would complete their little piece of paradise. Romeo and Juliet had been making love whenever they managed to find themselves at home and not completely swamped with choirs about their tiny jungle cabin which required a lot of legwork to keep things running. It had only been over the past few weeks but Juliet had begun to notice that her clothes were fitting tighter and she felt more fatigued, and it wasn't long before she began showing.

Juliet was pregnant! The couple were beyond ecstatic to welcome their first child into the world. It had come at an opportune time, they had received word from Laurence that the arrangements had been made and things would be finalised once their first born child had reached the age of a toddler. They had been corresponding regularly sending him the artifacts they had accrued over their time already, and he had been making the arrangements for them to rejoin royal society under new surnames. They were both nervous and excited to raise their newborn on the homestead, they knew it would be an all round the clock struggle they would not receive the aid and luxury they were accustomed to and would be responsible for the newborns every whim and need. Yet still Romeo was more than willing to bet that they could survive and thrive and he was filled with joy at the thought of his and Juliet's love bringing new life into this world and continuing their legacy.

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Treasure of The Temple

Hours later, deep within the heart of the temple, they found many a golden relic in treasure chests, but the totum they found resting upon a stone altar was different. It was not the wealth that caught their attention, but the inscription carved beneath it:

"The greatest treasure is not won by those who hunt for glory, but by those who, hand in hand, do make the journey."

They both look to one another and smile, knowing this is the path they have set for themselves. This treasure will not be sold, or bought, only passed down as their family may fortunately grow one day.

As the sun began to set over Selvadorada, the two explorers emerged from the temple victorious. The jungle glowed gold in the evening light, and the ancient ruins stood silently behind them.

They had not found a kingdom to rule, nor a feud to end. Instead, they had found something rarer: a new adventure written not by fate, but by their own choice.

And hand in hand, Romeo and Juliet disappeared down the jungle path, already searching for their next adventure.

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Journey to The Temple

It had been several months since Romeo and Juliet had settled in Selvadorada, they had hiked countless hours of the jungle, mapping out all the exits and hidden areas, finding treasure along the way. This time thet had come seeking adventure, hoping for a story grand enough to rival the legends written about the temple centuries ago. They went to that same familiar clearing and decided to take a different path. The temple stood hidden beneath tangled roots and twisting vines. Romeo drew his machete and carefully hacked away the overgrowth while Juliet held a lantern and watched for danger. Dust drifted from the ancient stones as the entrance slowly revealed itself.

Beyond the jungle stood a magnificent temple, rising above the ruins like a forgotten monument to another age. Wide staircases climbed toward shadowed chambers, and weathered carvings covered every wall. The structure seemed untouched by time, as if it had been waiting for them.

At first, the temple refused them entry.

"Dost thou truly deem this wise?" Juliet asked, brushing a leaf from her sleeve.

Romeo grinned. "The stars themselves once held us apart; shall a few perils now bar our way?"

Juliet marveled at the colorful stonework and the jungle reclaiming the edges of the ancient temple. Romeo, however, could not shake the feeling that unseen eyes were watching them from the treetops. Somewhere inside the temple, treasure and danger awaited. They climbed the grand staircase side by side. They each studied the monuments laid before them with the knowledge they had been granted through their communications with the people of the temple and other local Selvadoradiansms.

“Whatsoever fortune may bring” said Juliet, taking Romeo’s hand, “together shall we meet it.”

Romeo squeezed her fingers tightly. "Together we shall."

Inside, they discovered rooms filled with strange mechanisms, hidden passages, and ancient puzzles. Some doors led to dead ends. Others concealed glittering relics left behind by a vanished civilization. More than once they narrowly avoided traps, even with Romeo developing a fear of fire from getting burned by pulling the wrong lever, they each took turns to solve the puzzles, feeling triumphant but cautious as every puzzle brought them closer to what they were seeking and yet every challenge brought them closer.

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Journey to The Jungle

Romeo and Juliet both take their first arduous journey to the Selvadoradian jungles, they've already found many treasures with their archeological tools. Their plan is to map out the jungle areas before finally journeying to the first temple. As the Spiritual guide of the temple people had foretold, their machetes obtained from the marketplace would indeed be most useful.

They enter a clearing with vast views of the jungle land. They can spot numerous temples from here and begin trekking through the forest. They come across many scenarios such as travellers stuck in quick sand, they do their best to help every human and creature they come across, and receive more great treasure for doing so. After hacking at another passageway the couple are treated to the great Omiscan Royal Baths, the people of the temple had told Romeo and Juliet fondly of this place as they would regard it as a sacred place built by the ancestors who regarded the water to have healing properties. The people of the temple would perform their own practices of cleansing every full moon making the expedition with their people to the baths to wash away the impurities of the human experience. It brought them closer to the universal oneness in their beliefs. The temple people spoke of the great tradition of dipping into the healing waters completely naked, as the day you were born, to heal the body and soul.

Romeo and Juliet didn't feel that their souls needed much cleansing after the experience they'd both had as young lovers, so eager to die to then be reborn, in a place so far away from home, with one another and each others infinite love. It was an incredibly raw and romantic moment for the pair. They spent awhile floating, and pondering their own place in the world, what would their story now become?

Before calling it a day and heading back to their new home, the couple stopped off at a viewpoint in the central forest they had originally entered. They both agreed that this would be their most favourite place of all. They marvelled at the extraordinary view and how the sunset hit the valley of the jungle as if God were smiling down on us all with such light and radiance. Although neither of them could say they followed religion anymore, they still believed there was something out there, beyond the veil. That we were all part of the same thing, experiencing itself over and over throughout time and all there ever was and will be was love. It had been an incredibly spiritual journey for them, connecting with the jungle - and they longed to return soon to learn all the roots of the jungle before making their way to the temples.

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People of The Temple

Romeo and Juliet had been told by the kind market place woman that they could gather more information for their jungle expedition from the people of the temple.

This was an ancient temple of which lived a few locals indigenous to Selvadorada, they had inhabited these lands for generations and were very intune with mystical magic.

Romeo and Juliet would often attend the sermons given by their spiritual leader. Particularly Juliet had questioned her faith after her brief interaction with the spirit world and being born again, she looked for something beyond Catholicism to explain the experience she'd had. The wise leader could tell immediately that Juliet had an otherworldly glow about her, and had received a second sight and wisdom through her death experience. The spiritual leaders summons provided her with much needed answers to her questions, they became great friends and she would continue to attend his sermons, sometimes with Romeo and sometimes alone.

On this particular occasion the leader passed on his Selvadorian local culture, and secrets of the jungle. He taught Juliet about different herbs and flowers that could keep insects away, and that the machetes they had picked up from the local marketplace would be most useful. He said great treasures lie if Romeo and Juliet could get through the puzzles in the maze of the Selvadoradian temples with courage and knowledge. He passed along some sacred texts to help them along the way as he had taken a particular liking to Juliet. The couple were now ready for their first big adventure!

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Days of Heaven...

Romeo and Juliet head out to trade some of their produce for gear and to converse with one of the locals who informs them that deep in the Selvadoradian rainforest, treasures of great wonder can be found! This intrigues the pair and they trade their produce for adventuring gear and herbs. They will make an expedition to the jungle of Selvadorada next week once they have settled into their new routine.

When they have returned back to their cosy cabin and all the choirs for the day are completed, Romeo gets about to one of his favourite activities: cooking. Romeo delighted learning every component of a perfect stew from the Montague servants in his youth, spices. By far his favourite part about cooking was getting to watch Juliet enjoy the meal he had made for her, she always shone with delight and made sure to compliment his skills after a long day of labour.

Romeo also loved to paint, he had been given special tutorage when he was in school to enroll in art classes. At first he painted gorgeous portraits of his fair Verona, but as he grew older and mused of the beauty of women, he began to enjoy painting Portraiture. The idea of encapsulating the female form in everlasting glory appealed to him. The first chance he got he began painting his lovely wife Juliet, for she was his greatest muse of all, that all other of his portraits paled in comparison and he was happy to have blank canvases to fill his new portfolio with. Often their evenings would proceed this way, he would paint Juliet, and then wash away the labour from her soft soul in a bath he made just for her, then he'd carry her to bed, thankful and relieved they got to finally be a real couple not sneaking around in bedchambers.

They would whisper their sweet nothings every night. Speaking of gratitude for the new life they had been given. They knew it would not be forever but they enjoyed the salt and the earth of their new life, and they would treasure the humility it would give them forever. Once they had affectionately given their graces to their new life and each other, they would kiss passionately and often make love together.

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The Start of a New Beginning...

Romeo and Juliet after the long and at times perilous journey Laurence had secured for them on a cargo ship where they docked in a nearby kingdom, before using Laurence's map to journey the rest of the way to the lost kingdom of Selvadorada, they had finally trekked to their new cabin. Friar Laurence had made the pilgrimage to Selvadorada in his younger years on his journey to Priesthood and had made many trusted friends there, he had arranged via letter for Romeo and Juliet to hire out this cabin for the period of a year. It was not the life of luxury they were usually accustomed to, but finally being able to live together as man and wife, this would be like their own little castle.

Life would settle into a natural flow consisting of the many choirs Romeo and Juliet would have to complete to maintain their little jungle cabin. They had been blessed with a coop to maintain via Laurence's friend who allowed them to rent out the property, it would give them eggs which they could trade with locals at the market and also use as sustenance. Although Romeo would be cooking all the meals, it was something that he had passion for already. Many a time in their youth had he and Benvolio been caught stealing delicious goods, that as punishment they would be forced to complete cooking duties alongside the servants, however this became less of a punishment for Romeo. He would continue stealing and the cooks would never inform his parents how much he enjoyed it so they'd continue "punishing" him as the boy seemed to be learning and it was a help to them. Juliet was also adapting well to the lifestyle change, she enjoyed the freedom of being on her feet and not being ordered to sit properly and still. It was new, and also extremely tiring at first, but the freedom she felt in her own moments of silence and it felt very satisfying to be self sufficient.

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Forever After

Friar Laurence, wracked with guilt and knowing more about the afterlife than he probably ever should. Sough out the spirits of Romeo and his fair Juliet wandering one of Verona's lovers spots, as passionately in love and bound to one another as they were in life. He speaks of a traveller who had given him a powerful secret recipe called Ambrosia which required 3 rare ingredients to complete, being a man of great Christian faith, he had never dared to use this recipe, until now. Having felt some great responsibility in the downfall of these lovers, he had questioned how god could bring such perilous fate to two young lovers. He already had 2 of the three ingredients for ambrosia, and the last being a rare fish, he sat there all the day catching two of the rare angelfish and watching the lovers dance as their ghostly apparitions.

They almost seemed otherworldly and unconcerned with the task at hand, he was barely able to see if they understood what he was saying.

Once the two fish had been caught he hurried away to the tower in his chapel, carefully preparing two Ambrosia's to bring the couple back to this mortal coil. He laboured arduously to perfect the recipe the old traveller had shared with him, and once it was complete the Ambrosia had an otherworldly glow, encapsulating life itself.

He returned to the ghostly residence of the lovers, putting the ambrosia before them he encouraged them to consume the dish, explaining that they would not be able to go back to their old lives, for fear of pariah and witchcraft and speak of the devil raising the dead was all trouble that Friar Laurence didn't want on his own door, nor the door of the newly reunited lovers. He had set aside a plan for the couple to make safe passage to a far away land not burdened by the same societal pressures as this one, a land where magic and mystery roamed free and young love was allowed to blossom in whatever form it might take.

The two lovers agreed that too much had conspired in fair Verona, their best chance at happiness and continued survival was to go forth to a distant untamed place and start all over again. They embraced each other in carnal flesh once more, realising how lucky they were to be given a second chance at life together. Friar Laurence informed them that this would be temporary until he managed to find a more suitable accommodation to their status and amass new royal identities for the two to allow them to rejoin regal life in a distant neighbouring kingdom on these shores once again.

To be continued...

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: The End... Or is it?

A procession of 6, including the Friar and Prince Escalus, not long after Juliet's last breath had entered the crypt to witness pure horror. For there lie Romeo, heir to Montague who had slain fair Juliet's cousin not even a mere week ago, and laid at his feet was beloved Juliet, who had been set to marry the own Princes cousin, thought to have died in grief over her cousin's death laid to rest that early day, had perished once more by daggers hand. Capulet bearing witness to his child dying all over again had reduced him to wreckage as with stricken guilt the Friar began to yarn the tale of star-crossed lovers who he had wed the same day Tybalt had been slain in bad conscience setting in line a tragedy that was solidified in Juliet's hasty proposal from Paris, she had come to Friar speaking of death right there if he did not help her escape this fate. He had tried to send word to Romeo and would hide away fair Juliet when she awoke to await her beloved Romeo to flee to Mantua to live anew unburdened by wretched cursed names of Capulet and Montague spitting fury and misfortune on their pure love. After hearing this acursed tale of misfortune, Prince Escalus spoke to all.

"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,

That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love,

And I, for winking at your discords too,

Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished."

Then Lord Capulet too, did turn to his object of such unending hate, with nothing but sympathy pouring from his soul.

"O brother Montague, give me thy hand.

This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more

Can I demand."

Then it was Lord Montague who spoke, promising to lay monument to his late son's wedded wife, for all will know the sacrifice.

"But I can give thee more,

For I will ray her statue in pure gold,

That whiles Verona by that name is known,

There shall no figure at such rate be set

As that of true and faithful Juliet."

Lord Capulet replied, noting that such a monument should grace that Romeo be by Juliet's side, as ever they were in life and death.

"As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie,

Poor sacrifices of our enmity."

The two shook hands, like true brothers now, there was nothing left of their rivalry to be found. As the stage has been set and the lights fading out, our Prince Escalus speaks departing words of such a tragic tale.

"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.

The sun for sorrow will not show his head.

Go hence to have more talk of these sad things.

Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.

For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

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Chapter Thirty-Six: Til Death Do Us Part

Tw: death/self deletion

Romeo remarks to himself aloud that he did not expect Juliet to look as beautiful as the first night he'd laid his eyes upon her in the wake of death. Time had not yet erased the colour from her cheeks and lips, she had been freshly laid upon the crypt where her cousin's body, now laid to rest in stone as to keep prying eyes away from his slaying, none of that same wretchedness had touched his fair Juliet, he longed to join her and feel her presence once again, for no ghostly call came to haunt him in this old crypt, laying the many kinsman of his fair and noble Juliet, he briefly wondered how many of those kinsmen had hated Montague. He kneeled before Juliet spouting the last words of a desperate lover, bound to fate. Then he kissed her one last time.

"Ah, dear Juliet,

Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe

That unsubstantial death is amorous,

And that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps

Thee here in dark to be his paramour?

For fear of that I still will stay with thee

And never from this palace of dim night

Depart again. Here, here will I remain

With worms that are thy chambermaids. O, here

Will I set up my everlasting rest

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh! Eyes, look your last.

Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O, you

The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

A dateless bargain to engrossing death."

Romeo retrieved on his person, the potion that the apothecary witch had sold him, he took one last glance at his lover and bid this miserable earth fairwell with a deep swig of the deathly poison, for upon the stars dancing with his fair Juliet was now the only place he belonged. He spoke his last words before dying.

"Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on

The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!

Here’s to my love. O true apothecary,

Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."

As the Friar Laurence had foretold, Juliet awoke on the 30th hour of her taking the potion, except when she awoke Friar was not present, no doubt having been delayed at the news that his letter had not reached Romeo and the pageboy having returned with it that morning and receiving news of a letter to Romeos parent in his hand that he was going to join his love in blissful afterlife. Juliet slowly adjusted to her surroundings, her eyes then set on the tragedy before her. Where once she was confused her vision was now tunneled on one directive, such had Romeo's mind had been only a moment before, to join her dear Romeo in matrimony of death. She cradled his body, seeing that he had drank poison, she kissed him once more begging for his lips to contain at least a drop to send her to her one love, but death did not reach her there.

"What’s here? A cup closed in my true love’s hand?

Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.—

O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop

To help me after! I will kiss thy lips.

Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,

To make me die with a restorative.She kisses him.

Thy lips are warm!"

Juliet then notices a sheathed dagger upon Romeo's person, she begins to hear people descending the crypt in panic, in absolute desperation she takes the dagger and finally joins her beloved Romeo in everlasting death.

"Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,

This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die."

Juliet dies quickly, and no agony is too great, for she is finally at peace with her beloved fair Romeo.

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Chapter Thirty-Five: Sweet Love Hath Perished

Once Benvolio finally finds Romeo in Mantua, he breaks the news that his sweet Juliet hath perished, everyone assumes it is due to suicide or grief from Tybalt's death. Romeo is shattered by the news, his rational mind barely has time to ponder the cause of Juliet's death, only his unending willingness to join his wife beyond the pale. In a series of unfortunate events, the letter Laurence had drafted had it been an hour earlier, would've reached the forlorn Romeo, however Laurence wouldn't bet on Benvolio witnessing the mock funeral or swiftly reach Romeo before the courier. As Romeo makes his way back to the Capulet crypt, to be with his beloved, he stops at an old witches shop at the market. He purchases a draft of deadly poison for his endeavour to the afterlife to join Juliet. He has made up his mind completely, and no force, not even his beloved cousin Benvolio could stop him now.

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Chapter Thirty-Four: The Funeral

Juliet's funeral is conducted later that day in the same hasty manner as Tybalt's, the Capulets had always been a prideful family, and although they tried to keep a brave face; news had spread of Juliet's tragic passing throughout Verona. Benvolio had caught the rumour by the time the morning dew had settled, he could not believe what he was hearing, and had traversed his way to the Capulet family chapel, peaking through at the precession for himself, he was devastated. Before Romeo had left for Mantua he had informed Benvolio, his most trusted ally of the entire truth of why he would not fight Tybalt, and why such brutality had occurred and that he was the husband of Juliet Capulet, who he now saw lying still and dead among the tomb. It was a tiny precession, with only Lord and Lady Capulet, Nurse Sicilia and both Prince Escalus and Paris in attendance to grieve such a tragedy. As soon as Benvolio set his eyes upon fair Juliet, he immediately thought to Romeo, none the wiser in Mantua, he had to be the one to break such tragic fortune and support his cousin in his miserable fate. He immediately set off on his horse to Mantua.

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Chapter Thirty-Three: Dead by Mourning

Juliet does as instructed, taking the draft before bed, she is so drowsy she cannot even adorn her nightdress and drifts deeply into her deathly sleep. The next morning, as predicted, Nurse Sicilia comes to perform her routine duties of waking Juliet, only to find Juliet stiff and unmoving. No breath draws from her lungs, she lays undisturbed in eternal rest. Nurse Sicilia is frantic, first trying to stir Juliet, unable to comprehend that the child she'd raised as her own flesh and blood had chosen to end herself over such a tragic fate, whether it was her cousin's death, Romeo's banishment or Paris' proposal, the reason did not matter for her precious Juliet had departed this world. She then wailed stirring the rest of the castle's staff and eventually Lord and Lady Capulet set their own eyes upon their shrivelled rose in utter devastation.

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Chapter Thirty-Two: Save Me from My Sins

After the frightful proposal her parents had laid before her, Juliet returned to the only place of solace, Laurence's chapel. This place had held the happiest day of her life, her secret wedding. Maybe now he could provide help. As Juliet prayed on her knees for absolution, Friar Laurence approaches, asking what troubles her so. She explains her predicament, with Romeo's banishment possibly spanning months in advance she is set to marry Paris in 2 days, despite already being in Holy matrimony. Friar Laurence is incredibly patient and understanding, he tells a tale of a traveller that had once gifted him a potion that would cause the drinker to appear dead for 30 hours. He devises a plan for Juliet to take the draft before bed that night, in the morning she would be found breathless and appear to have fled the mortal coil. She will be laid to rest in the chapel swiftly and letter to Romeo would inform him of this and he'd be waiting for her to take her to Mantua where they could be happy and free. He asks if Juliet would be willing to forgo her life with her family for Romeo. He sees a way to set Capulet and Montague feud to rest, through banishment and death of their two heirs. Juliet agrees that she would forgo her wealth, her title and her parentage to be with her Lord Romeo free to love forevermore.

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Chapter Thirty-One: Dare to Disobey

As Lady Capulet steps in, joining Lord Capulet in berating Juliet, she conducts a grand speech about how she became a wife to Lord Capulet 2 years younger than Juliet is now. That Juliet is lucky to have been sheltered from suitors for as long as she has, that her father has been so protective of her. As Juliet continues to protest, her mother snaps and she feels a hard slap hitting the side of her face. She is taken aback that her mother would commit such violence upon her, Juliet had never complained before. She had attended every prayer dutifully. She had been a dutiful daughter, their little pet to groom and prod as they pleased, but now she had met and fallen in love with Romeo Montague, she was wedded to him. She could not commit the cardinal sin that was drilled into her from her earliest conceivable memory - do not commit adultery. She was now Romeo's, her parents had no say, but for fear of her life she could not reveal this. The argument ends with Lord Capulet insisting that she will be in the chapel to Marry Paris come Thursday even if they have to drag her by her hair as Juliet is left sobbing in despair or she will meet a fate worse than death. Juliet laments that death would be a gift compared to betraying her precious Romeo as Nurse Sicilia comforts the poor child.

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Chapter Thirty: You Will Marry Thy Lord

Juliet's parents the Lord and Lady Capulet enter her bedchamber early that morning. Lady Capulet is the one to break the news that she will be marrying the Lord Paris in 2 days. Juliet is immediately combative, saying she is too young, that she doesn't love nor know Paris, that Tybalt has just died, how could they do this to her? Lord Capulet steps in calling her an ungrateful mule, he threatens her with brute force, saying that she will bend to his will. Lady Capulet finally steps in, but not to Juliet's rescue.

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Consummating thy Marriage

Tw: nudity & sex

As Romeo is kissing Juliet, their embrace deepens as their unbinding passion is given carnal flesh. Romeo takes off the remainder of his clothes. Romeo is gentle, he makes sure his wife is ready before he enters, she flinches slightly, but it is not long before they are in sync, pushing and pulling in a blissful ebb and flow of ecstacy. Although they are both virgins before this night, something about their bodies were designed to perfectly move in harmony with one other. The passionate act of consummating their eternal love is effortless. When the act is done, Romeo holds Juliet as they both drift off to sleep for a few hours until morning must come. Before the dawn breaks Romeo is awake, lamenting his doom that he must wilfully leave Juliet's chamber and be apart from her for an unknown amount of time. As he rouses Juliet to say his goodbye, she is just as forelorn and would do anything just to relive this moment for all eternity. Nurse Sicilia enters warning Juliet that the Lord and Lady Capulet will be coming up to her chambers shortly, with this Romeo hastens and hence the way he came, goes to meet Laurence's man, to flee to Mantua. Juliet is so caught up in Romeo's goodbye as she dresses in her nightrobes that she does not give a second thought to what her parents could wish to discuss in what should be such a tragic period of mourning.