#ilmadia

[zeesbumblingbees]

⚔️BladeBard🎵

"If there's one thing I can promise you, Wyll Ravengaurd, it's that you'll never be bored around me."

"I couldn't imagine such a concept in my wildest dreams."

[mahvaladara]

Merinn: Would any of you wish to say anything before I announce my first choice?

Harmony: I’d like to speak, your highness. 

-Merinn is surprised with Harmony being the first to talk and they nodded, looking at her.-

Harmony: Prince Merinn, I don’t wish to leave. I know we don’t know one another well yet, but I’d like to stay longer, I’d like to get to know you better. If I was to leave right now, I fear this chance to know one another better, this opportunity the stars and moon have placed on our path will be lost forever. I will never know if you’d be the one for me or not, and I don’t wish to loose this chance. 

I know I don’t have any special powers, what can a wingless fairy do against a musician and a elf gifted with the power of life? But, perhaps, together, we could discover so much about one another.

And I sound silly right now, but... I don’t know, just, I want a chance. Just some time, a little more time.

Merinn: Thank you for your words. Ilmadia, Dorian? Do you want to talk?

Ilmadia: I do. This week was not a fair week for me, I feel, I may have come out of it on bad light for you, prince Merinn, I feel I was robbed of a chance to get closer to you and it was never given back. I let my jealousy take the best of me, but be aware my jealousy came from a good place. I would have not felt so strongly about this if I was not commited to this. 

Merinn: I see. Dorian, do you wish to say anything?

Dorian: In a way I make Harmony’s words my own. We have not been given enough time to get to know each other, and I simply wish we could have this time.

[mahvaladara]

Merinn: This is not an easy choice to be done, but one I must do. I have decided on who will leave the house today, and I am afraid your words did little to change my mind.

This was a difficult week, especially with the numbers dwindling and with the final choice becoming more immenent. But it is one I must do.

-Merinn looked at the ground and took a deep breath.-

Merinn: Jealousy is something that is bound to arise in these types of challenges, and one i have seen happen. My problem is not with jealousy itself but with the way it is dealt. We saw it with Agate, whose jealousy lead him to strike me, and now with you, Ilmadia.

You felt unjustly treated, by an unfortunate accident involving me and a hookah, but your jealousy coloured all of your actions this week and I am afraid it did not paint a good figure for yourself.

I have been in a relationship in the past, one that, even though there were no feelings of love involved, jealousy from my partner resulted in them hurting me more than once. I am afraid this is not something I am ready to face again.

Ilmadia: I would never hurt you! -she quickly interrupted them-

Merinn: Perhaps, perhaps not, but with what I have seen from them, from Agate, from even Tateo and Respen, this is not something I wish to face again. Jealousy is an ugly monster, and I hope my Shaharaja will be one whose trust I will have. Jealousy is rarely synonymous with trust. 

@queenofvraquin

[mahvaladara]

Merinn: I am very happy to have met you, Ilmadia, you are a wonderful woman, a wonderful person. I cannot think of anyone more righteous to hold the power that you hold, but sadly enough, I cannot repeat stories I have gone through already. 

Thank for the chance that you gave me, to know you, and to see a friend in you, but I am afraid that is as much as I can go.

Ilmadia Rokrana, you may leave the palace.

Ilmadia: No... -she started sobbing-

@queenofvraquin

[mahvaladara]

It was a different experience. I wanted it, I wanted to win, to be the one for the prince, I truly did. I never considered myself better than anyone, nor did I try it, I thought being myself genuinely would be what was necessary to gain the prince’s heart, but from the beggining I was treated unfairly. 

I thought Merinn would be someone with whom I’d be compatible with, we’ve both been punished by circumstances. But it was not so. 

I suppose jealousy did get the best of me, but I am not about to say I was treated fairly, for I was not. I lost a date everyone else got, and I was not given the same opportunities. I felt miserable in the palace and watching this. I suppose this type of challenge not have been the best for me.

Alas, I am resilient. I have endured many things in my life and I have always come out stronger. And I will again rise strong, this is but a new learning experience, the future will surely have more in store for me.

~Ilmadia Rokrana

@queenofvraquin Thank you so much for sending me Ilmadia. I loved her so much, but sadly by the end, the jealous trait started getting the best of her. She was constantly unhappy and uncomfortable, which made Merin’s interactions with her fail.

Thank you so much.

[mahvaladara]

Embala: You all were tested this week, to see who was most fitting to be with Merinn, and you have been the less fitting ones. To be the Shaharaja, it entails incredible responsabilities. To be the Shaharaja is not to just be the wife or husband of the Shah, but the head of the Court, responding directly under the Shah.

To be able to respond well under pressure and keep a good head over your shoulders, is of great importance.

Today, two of you must leave, one will stay. I think it is time for the three of you to speak your defenses as to why Merinn should keep you in the Palace.

[mahvaladara]

-The suitors were lead to the sids, where flowerwork benches waiting for them. Merinn frowned, clear to them that challenge was meant to favor someone, and they were certain now of who it was. Naleah, the flower elf. Though Harmony was also a fairy, she was a commoner, but Naleah was a literal princess. They sighed and continued.-

Merinn: You will all have to do a flower arrangement, the suitor to make the highest quality arrangement, will gain immunity.

-They looked at their mother than back at the suitors. If she wanted to fix the challenges, then she would play by their rules. They grinned.-

Merinn: I am aware some of you are fairies and elves, which gives you an unfair advantage, as a result, each and everyone of you will make the exact same arrangement. One simple, with Chrysanthemums: Summer’s Morning

-They noted their mother’s glare.-

Merinn: Afterwards, I, my siblings and her majesty will evaluate your arrangements. Good luck suitors. You may begin.

[mahvaladara]

Embala: Welcome back, suitors. We have deliberated and chosen one among you as the winner. I must say I am disapointed, I was expecting more from you, but you did not meet my expectations. However, one of you stood out among the others and that person, I believe, deserves to win.