Quest 324

[primrosella]

Mm. It's August 2nd again, isn't it.

There's a story I tell every year on August 2nd, you know: the one about the princess with the six brothers that were turned into swans, and how she spent six years in silence sewing shirts for them out of thistles, because the only way to break the curse was to go the whole time without ever smiling or laughing as she worked to make the shirts that would change them back. This is the fifth time now that I've found myself thinking of that story. And every year when I do, I think of how long of a time six years really is--it's only a few lines in a story, but living it out is something very different entirely, isn't it? I certainly don't think I could've managed it myself.

A dear friend of mine once told me, during her stay here, that the first year seems the longest of all, and every year after that seems to come faster and faster. On days like today, I do wish she were here, almost, just so that I could tell her she was right. Well, and because I miss her, of course. Five years certainly means a great deal of goodbyes, too.

Every year on this day, I find myself wondering what it is I'll do if I manage to run out six years, just the same as that princess with her swan brothers did. To think it's just one more year, now. What story will I tell on my anniversary if I should finally outlast her with my own time in the City?

Though I suppose by that point, perhaps, I could always start retelling a few of my own, instead. With all the changes we've seen lately, goodness knows there'll certainly be plenty of them.


[OOC: And with August 2nd comes Rosella's Polyversary--today marks five years she's been in the City! Thank you all for all the wonderful years of gameplay, Polyites! I'm hoping for many more still to come. ♥]

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[affectioning]

Who cursed them?

[ Because, his first priority in the story is the origin. Why were they cursed? Who did it? He's curious. Then he'll have other questions. He's used to being up at an ungodly hour as a werewolf, saving people, hunting things. Or, hell, before that, just hanging out with Stiles. He's never been an early to bed kid. Maybe that has to do with late night fights when his parents were together or the collective influence of Stiles Stilinski and junk food.

Either way, it's translated well into the City. Pretty much the same. ]

Have you made it six years?

[misterblackbird]

I wonder how such a princess would fair in the City. Certainly, there's quite a lot of misery here. The center of town is even named for it, you know. But there's quite a bit that makes one smile here too, surprisingly.

Are you well, Rosella?

[hexuality]

Happy anniversary, Rosella. I mean, I know we're stuck, but... It's nice to still have a few familiar faces around.

[othersdie]

Do you want to leave?

That moment when you thought you tagged something and realize you failed >>

[had_not_lived]

Isn't it strange to think of all the things we've seen here, all the things we knew about the way it worked, and know that some new arrivals won't ever have to? No deals with the Deities, that sort of thing.