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@vnncli
“ we don’t have to attend, ” anneli mumbled to him, stopping him by putting a hand on his chest. they were still far enough from the courtyard to turn around without it being a problem. “ or i can go alone. it’s not going to be easy there. ” ( &. @rcmvncv )
“ i think i should have asked for one of those... “ she drew a circle in the air with her index fingers. “ spit cups. this is the fourth wine and i definitely can feel it. ” ( &. @hshqstarters )
and anneli's wearing bottega veneta !
apowys:
I wish I had a choice, he wants to say, but on the other hand, he’s been preparing for this all his life. “Yeah,” he mutters into his champagne flute, his fourth now, almost empty, as his back is touching the wall. For a moment, he considers just slipping behind the curtains and not leaving the balcony for the rest of this evening. He has a second flute for spare and offers it to her, “How do you like it here?”
she accepted the glass, holding it by the rim with her fingertips. she considered mentioning how casual drinking was terrible for the liver but he looked just a bit too miserable to hear it. “ it’s alright. it’s a bit... monotonous. i don’t like how business mixes with personal. ” the blurred lines were annoying and she would have preferred being hard to reach. “ you might like the parties though. people do their best to milk money out of their peers. i swear there’s a charity thing every two weeks. ”
rcmvncv:
“No. I figured I wouldn’t talk to them anyways.” If he had been at a camp with only people he knew and liked, he might have been curious to find out. “Croÿs.” He shot her a look. His wrinkled nose relaxed as he directed his attention to the hot cup. “No. She just told me that there are cracks within their ranks. The middle one. The one that likes me the least, the French-sympathizer.” He remembered the face, the title, the surname… but the name always escaped him. He probably should have memorized the name considering she was the only one in the family (and one of few in the world) who had chastised him at his own party. “We might want to talk to Levente soon.”
“ okay, that’s true... ” he hadn’t participated in such behaviour, morocco was unlikely to change it. “ but it’s still nice to know who’re the most likely to overhear us. the fences are really bad. ” but the patio was nice ! it was an annoying combination. “ fanni. you’re talking about fanni. ” she couldn’t help frowning at the description. it was true, of course, but anneli would have chosen different things to concentrate on. “ we could talk to both of them. you’re unlikely to get the whole truth from only one half. ” she cautiously tried the hot tea but had to let it go untouched for a moment longer. it was scalding hot. “ fanni’s a bit peculiar but she’s not unlikable. ” she probably did not bide well under the romanovs’ scrutiny. “ i helped her out quite a bit with that danube project. remember the one ? it’s possible she sided with leonid. ” which anneli would have understood perfectly.
the wife was not the worst one of the bunch but she had to have a few screws loose in the head for willingly marrying the czar. the lack of trust she had in the woman's judgment and mental state had made her reconsidering knocking. she had hesitated once more when sitting down. giselle rarely felt STUPID but it was positively foolish to be expecting cooperation from the russians. at least after the meeting she could say she had truly tried. " i want to visit my daughter. the summer holiday has begun. " [ &&. @vnncli ]
fucking christ. why did it have to be anneli who became the link between the french and the russians. as much as she sympathized with giselle d’orléans ( which was surprisingly much ), anneli wanted nothing but to be spared from these meetings. her polite smile was slow to appear on her face, the muscles were forced to form the expression. “ that is... true. the school year has ended. ” anneli nodded a few times. did this fall under her jurisdiction ? she had no problem telling the frenchwoman to take the child to france for july but anneli had a feeling a handful of people would be infuriated with her if she gave the permission. “ come inside, i just made some coffee. we can talk it over. ” it was odd to have the upper hand. anneli had never imagined being a position where a french royal would be asking something from her. “ your daughter’s under vorontsova’s care. the correct route would be to talk to her about this and not make me the middleman. ” and put her at odds with vitaliya. she placed two cups on the table and a carton of milk. “ i don’t have sugar. ”
“ i’m shocked to see you here. your sisters have been here for so long without you. i was starting to think that you wouldn’t bother at all. ” ( &. @apowys )
“ did you see who are our neighbours ? ” anneli inquired as she settled on the sofa next to him. she passed the other cup of tea to him. “ a lot of croÿs. ” she informed him, assuming he hadn’t bothered to check. “ did nadya ever tell you how they feel about you– us, now ? ” ( &. @rcmvncv )
ONE CHICK HAD FOUND THE HEN. now there were only three more to go ! vitaliya despised not knowing where the rest of the russian delegation was. at least having the czarina within her field of vision was comforting — not because she would have been worried for anneli talvitie romanova’s well-being but because at least now she knew if the czarina would be used. “ sit. ” vitaliya pointed at the cold spot on the floor next to her. “ do you know where his majesty is ? ” [ @vnncli ]
anneli did not have the energy to fight vorontsova — uncharacteristically meekly she sat down as she had been told to. she was frustrated with herself for not remembering what time the sunset was in italy. she couldn’t tell if they had been held captive for ten hours or twelve. whether the information was valuable or not was not important, anneli just yearned for the feeling of control. “ he wasn’t where i was. ” and he wasn’t in the room with them. “ i thought he’d be here. it was the only reason for my transfer i could think of. ” when ordering didn’t help, blackmailing usually did.
[ GROUP ONE // @jinjianguo @vnncli @aromancva @barbiebraganca @giselledorleans @diannayi @anamariaabolivar @svmucl ]
“ WHAT IF i took one for the team and asked to use the bathroom ? ” sitting in silence only made him delve deep in thought. “ i can get some sense of the layout – and i don’t know … do something. ”
“ you can do that if you think it will make you feel at ease. ” the back of her left hand was dotted with red crescents, it felt like digging her nails into her skin was the only way she felt at ease. “ but i think if they are willing to let you use the toilet, they know it doesn’t matter what you see. ” reginald zulu. anneli wasn’t sure what he was doing in the same room with her, giselle d’orléans, the chinese emperor and a braganca. “ staying calm and sensible is best for us. ” no one was crying hysterically, which anneli was grateful for. ( @jinjianguo, @aromancva, @barbiebraganca, @giselledorleans, @diannayi, @anamariaabolivar, @svmucl )
elysefz:
“if those are my options, i might just elope.” with whom she would not say. “i liked your wedding. it was elegant. it was very you. I like this too. mexico city is always stunning.” she glanced across the room at the bride, “she is very energetic, isn’t she? do you think it’s because that’s how she is or because she’s in love?”
“ i didn’t like it, ” anneli admitted with a laugh. “ two thousand too many guests. i would have been happy with forty. ” she would have preferred having to sit through a dinner with anya to her right to being at the center table of a spectacle. “ she’s like that. people don’t fake that sort of stuff. ”
kcliningrcd:
“You and me both.” He said with a laugh. “You were a beautiful bride, by the way. I never got the chance to tell you.” Nikolai let out a sigh. “Marisol has always been a ray of sunshine. Her husband…. well….”
“ thank you. ” well... at least there was at least one russian duke that did not despise her. anneli sipped on her water. “ do you know her personally ? him ? ”
“ zhenya promised to be present for the first month. the summer break already starts in the beginning of june... i’m sure we can find some sort of an agreeable arrangement for summer. ” it was almost embarrassing to be presenting russia. holding her tongue was difficult when she wanted to make it extremely clear that she had not supported the decision. “ have you decided who’s going with her ? ” ( &. @giselledorleans )
“ i have to applaud the couple for having the energy to keep the festivities going for three whole days. one day was challenging enough to handle. i can’t imagine doing this for three days and staying sane. ” the bride practically sparkled — she had some vault of energy that anneli had never been blessed with. ( &. @hshqstarters )
“…her? oh god- i can’t believe that she managed to convince the guards to let her in.” dahye drew a dramatic little sigh. “you wouldn’t believe of how loudly some people like to talk in public powder rooms.” ( @hshqstarters )
“ what does someone have to do for you to think they would be unwanted here ? ” being annoying couldn’t be grounds for an absent invitation — it’d rule out too many people ! “ talk loudly ? ”
the wedding of arthur and marisol
rcmvncv:
“I could have,” he agreed. “But I don’t think the other options would have sent the same message.” They were practically stealing a child — he did not feel good about it, but eventually he’d forget the subtle guilt to which the decision had given birth. “Vitya raised Zhenya. Zhenya’s a well-balanced and good person. We’re letting her bring someone the d’Orléans want with her.” A small pause. “Except for the mother.” And they were counting on the uncles to not care enough about the child to move to Karelia with her. “Is it?” His collar felt tight now. He had forgotten the victims of the ordeal. “I believe it was, yes.”
She silently stared at him for a long while. The words did not sit quite right with her. The duke deserved no compassion but the daughter? Alexei’s indifference was cruelty. “That is not the same and you know it.” Vitaliya was a stranger and for an older woman, she was very un-motherly. Some people had been made to be grandmas, sweet great aunts, but Vitaliya Vorontsova was not one of them. “Would Zhenya agree to be present? She’s familiar with her, isn’t she?” Though, there was a great probability that Roman Yurivič had had the good sense to keep his daughter removed from the Russians. “You’re getting what you want with the d’Orléans, can you promise me to make sure that at least some effort is put into preserving the child’s mental well-being?”
