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[solariaevermourn]

Little Bird

The Evermourn estate is dry and comfortable with the late summer air. Solaria pulls the thin linen blanket tighter about her shoulders, eyes gliding across dozens of sheets of paper. She’d repeated the same words over and over until they lost all meaning, and the letters were started to get jumbled together. A void lingered in her heart, a spot that had been reserved for missing her late mother. With the wedding preperations, it had started flaring up again. Solaria wanted her help with the vows. A mother’s advice. A gentle whistle tears her drifting mind away from the papers, and she turns her golden gaze towards one of the tall, open windows. There’s a flurry of white feathers before a quaint little bird lands on the branch right outside, black eyes fixed on her. Solaria looks around the estate - it was empty. The majority of her servants had been sent to the Dawning lot to help with the move, and Nitali was taking a well deserved nap in her chambers. The heir slowly gets to her feet, walking towards the window as quietly as she can, so as not to scare the creature. It doesn’t move until she’s standing right by the windowsill, at which point it hops closer with a low ‘hoot’. Solaria stifles a giggle before hooting back. It hoots back, in her voice. The sound catches Solaria so off-guard that she trips backwards. A pair of hands is at her back immediately, and she whips her head around to come face to face with Vitali. “Woah, sick bird,” the tall blonde chuckles, and the bird flies off. “Hey. I’ve got some stuff to talk to you about. Come on.”

[solariaevermourn]

31.07.2020

I sealed the deal with Silvermoon today. The Dawning estate has been left abandoned ever since the Scourge invaded and nobody has made an offer - nobody could afford it. They seemed elated to finally get it off their hands! They kept reminding me that the land has long since been reclaimed by nature. I told them I like, LOVE nature! And they love me. Once they see what I do with the land, they’re gonna love me even more. My project in the Eastern Plaguelands is proving fruitful! Or vegetable-ful, I should say! The family has already had a harvest of new potatoes. They sent a couple to the Cenarion Circle for testing, and they’re perfectly edible! Once they’ve harvested their final batch this August, I’ll have them move to the Dawning - Evermourn - Estate’s grounds to start working the land here instead! I trust these people, they’re really good, and they’re gonna need a place to live once winter sets in.  Vitali is moving with us to the new Estate as groundskeeper. She’ll get the Groundskeeper’s hut. She says she wants to start training guards, and I think that’s an excellent idea! I had a long talk with Nitali. The Silvermoon estate will still be in my name, but she’ll get full reign over it. The majority of the maids and guards will come with us to the new Evermourn Estate, but a few are staying behind with her. She says she’s considering making a Bed and Breakfast - that’s SO cute. I’m gonna miss living with her. I love her so much!!! But she promises to visit a lot, and besides, she’s insisting that she oversees the first month at the new Estate to make sure all the maids are up to par!  I got a moving notification in the mail this morning. Symerenia’s officially moved to Hearthglen. Not gonna lie, I didn’t expect that - I hadn’t even brought up my plans to her yet! Maybe she just knew. She’s smart like that. I’ll buy her a new place whenever she wants to, maybe something closer to her duties! I’m sure she’d like that!!!

It feels like we’re all grown up now. Going our seperate ways. I mean, all our lives will be entwined forever - Vitali and Nitali and Sym are a part of me that I could never get rid of. But here we are. I’m about to get married, Vitali’s getting her own place and a promotion, Nitali starting her own business at her new place, Symerenia moving away...... What a year this has been. And holy shit what an ENTRY this has been! Gosh, I need to write more often, I obviously have a lot to say!!!

[solariaevermourn]

The very moment the doors to the Evermourn estate close behind Lord Nightflare, Vitali and Nitali descend on Solaria. They scoop her up and squeeze her tight, Vitali’s face buried in the crook of Solaria’s neck, Nitali’s cheek squeezed against Solaria’s chest. The trio simply stand there for what feels like an eternity, speaking in a language much more powerful than words.

“I was so worried.” Comfortably seated on the couch, all three women squeezed together, Nitali gives Solaria a pained stare. “That explosion.... like... I really thought we lost you.” The worry in Nitali’s voice is evident, and genuine. When Vitali speaks, the tall guard sounds exhausted. “I just don’t, like, get it, you know? I remember when we were kids. You couldn’t... do anything like that, Sol! This doesn’t make sense.”

Solaria has no answers to give them. The three were stuck having to comfort each other, not knowing why they were in this situation in the first place. Solaria leans back against the cushioned couch, rubbing her eyes. “I’m so sorry. If I knew I would explode or whatever, I would have made sure you two were out of the way. I’m so sorry.” Every word she speaks becomes more choked up, but Vitali and Nitali hush her and squeeze her tighter. “We’re okay! You know it takes more than that to get me down, Sol!” Vitali’s confidence wavers under the confusion in her voice, but it comforts Solaria none the less.

“We should make breakfast.” Solaria barely recognizes her own voice from how strained it is. Every time she speaks or makes the slightest movement she’s afraid the whole Estate will catch on fire. But the presence of her two friends helps calm her mind. They make pancakes, like they used to make them back in Goldenmist. For one morning, Solaria can pretend they’re young girls again, free of worry and pain, happy in each other’s company.