[Event 1] 1227: Oeselians formally accept Christianity (Very Early Danish Estonia Era)
had tried running away, but her vision was blurred with tears before she could get to far. She hid behind a tree crying quietly with her_
_currently uneven hair covering her tear-streaked face. She hates everything: the religion violently forced upon her, the Oeselians for_
_ giving in, the wound reopening on her back after rubbing against the bark on the tree, the turmoil, and mostly the girl who had control_
_over her. In the back of her mind, she knew she would get in trouble for running away, but right now she didn't care.
had been keeping a close eye on the young girl, under the orders of her king. She sat on her steed at a good distance watching quietly.
doesn't notice that the other was actually close by. She mumbles to herself mostly that she didn't want to go back, but she knew she had to_
since she didn't know where to go.
sighed softly as she dismounted and decided to approach her calmly with her steed in tow. She made sure not to scare the other in any way.
takes a moment to realize that anyone is approaching and, when she does, she just back slightly more towards the tree as if maybe it will_
hide her. She knew she couldn't run; she wouldn't be able to make it that far.
sighs yet again as she got closer to her. " Young maiden." She addressed her almost like a stranger. " What are you doing all alone out here
in such a dangerous place?" The glanced around in caution in case the brat from Teutonic Order decided to show up.
doesn't look up at the other. "Nothing... Just... leave me alone," she says with a slight harshness in her voice.
raises her brow slightly. She didn't usually put up with defiance but deciding to show some pity on the girl she merely_
_ nodded. " Still bitter about everything that's happened?" She questioned calmly.
pauses before nodding slowly. She couldn't say that out loud though.
smiles a little. " I'm here to listen if you want to tell me about what's bothering you." She did wonder if the other knew her identity yet.
knew who the other was not need to look up to know. She remains silent as she just brushes her hair back to rub at her eyes. She did not_
even know if she could really trust the other let alone talk to her about her problems.
holds out a silk handkerchief for her to use. " A young girl should never show her feelings on the battlefield" She_
_ paused. " It's a sign of weakness." She teased lightly.
takes the handkerchief with a quiet thank you as she wipes her tears. She wasn't exactly sure how to react to the words though.
didn't mind if the other responded. She just liked to talk. A lot. " You still have the injuries from before right? Let me take a look at_
_ them after. You wouldn't want to let it scar too badly." As much as her rulers would refer to conquered lands as property, she would_
_ always treat them as family regardless.
nods lightly slightly more aware of the pain on her back now. "... Alright," she says quietly.
chuckles briefly at how timid she seemed to be. She tilts her head. " You kind of remind me of myself when I was younger."
looks up at the other finally at that with a questioning look. "How?"
nods. " I was a lot smaller when my Far took me on my first raid." She couldn't help but chuckle a little. " It kind of turned_
_ into a disaster for me and I even ended up running away crying too."
tilts her head a bit at that. She supposed that made her feel a bit better probably not in a way she would help how she felt at the moment_
though.
shrugs and continues on. " Not only that earned me a pretty bad scar on my back but also a spanking for showing my weak side."
looks down a bit at that definitely drawing a few similarities.
sighs. " But at that time I didn't really have anyone else to take care of me." More like a mother figure...
felt rather bad for the the other at this point. She just slowly stood up now not sure if she really wanted to hear more.
just shrugs it off. " Anyways, enough with the lame stuff about me." She grins. " I'm sure you're more interesting than I am."
shakes her head. "I'm not that interesting..."
poooouuuuts. " Nej! You seem like a wonderful and beautiful girl when I first saw you. How could you say you're not interesting?"
blushes at that. "I just think that I'm not really interesting..." Everything else seemed so much more interesting than her in her eyes.
smiles more seeing the other open up a bit. " Well, you are different from the other humans like me. That's already something interesting~"
"I guess that is true..." She doesn't think she is anymore remarkable after that though.
chuckles. " If had to list everything, it'll probably take years to recite to you. So instead , why don't I just show you?" She extended_
_ her own hand to the other.
looks at the hand for a moment before taking it timidly.
holds her hand in a firm and secure hold. " I'm sure you've ridden a horse before right?"
nods lightly. "A few times."
looks over to her steed and nods to it. " Time to get used to it then." She chuckles.
blinks a bit slightly wondering what the other means by that.
nods again. " Well, get on the horse then." She stated.
nods before getting on struggling for a moment getting up but manages.
hops on right behind her effortlessly and pats the horse. " He likes to go fast, so hang on tight." She picked up the reins from behind her.
nods again after settling a bit.
smiles, and kicks the flank of the horse setting it off back towards the town.
might be smiling a bit as they set off to town. She rather enjoyed riding horses.
notices it and ends up smiling herself. " The wind feels nice huh?"
nods lightly saying a very quiet 'yes.'
chuckles and nudges the horse to go even faster. " Good to hear~!"
is a bit surprised by the increase in speed, but she just ends up smiling a bit wider.
glances at her momentarily. She was more focused on steering the horse in the right direction with the town in the near distance.
was just enjoying this while she can especially since she had been feeling so upset lately.
Dorthe
was
going to make sure the kid was going to have fun whenever she was around~
probably would appreciate that even if she wouldn't admit it nor was she sure it would work at times.
did have a few others to take care of to but for now, her main focus was making this one happy.
is kind of happy that she was being taken care of even if she didn't like the way it happened and does not like it half the time.
never really had much control over what her kings demanded or wanted. She only followed orders for the sake of her people.
understands that (though probably not too well yet). That did not mean she wouldn't dislike what had happened.
tugs as the reins as she slowed the horse to a trot, entering the gates of the city with a quick nod to the guards. " And we're back~"
nods lightly looking around slightly.
smiles a bit as she directed the horse towards a manor closer to the wealthier parts of the town.
stares at the manor as it comes into view still not actually used to seeing it.
stares at the manor as it comes into view still not actually used to seeing it.
sort of expected that. She did hoped the other would get used to it soon since it was going to be her home.
might get used to it at sometime, but for now, it was just a strange place to live to her.
doesn't expect her to adapt immediately. The horse came to a halt as they stopped in front of the house. " Pheeew~"
looks down to the ground wondering if she should get off now.
gets off the steed first before extending a hand to help her out while keeping a hand on the reins.
takes the others hand before getting down.
helps her down, making sure she's fine. " Are you alright?"
nods lightly. "Jah," she replies even though she was not entirely fine but at least she felt a bit better than before.
nods as well. " Why don't you go in and explore the place? I'm going to put this little one away in the stables." She pats the horse.
"Alright," she says as she turns to go to the door.
makes sure she enters the house safely before tugging the horse towards the stable.
doesn't go to far into the place before finding a place to just sit down staring at what she could see from one spot. She didn't feel like_
like walking around right now.
returns not too long after. She was a little surprised to see her seated down so quickly.
looks towards where the other was when she heard the other.
smiles at her with a small wave. " Finished exploring already?"
shakes her head. "Ah, no... I'm just sitting..."
blinks a little. " How about we get you fixed up and into some clean clothes then?"
nods as she slowly stands up. Some clean clothes seemed rather nice at the moment.
nods and leads the way to the room where the other was to be staying in. " It's a pretty big room." She even had to admit.
looks around the room agreeing with that. Maybe she could just pretend the door lead to the outside and then it wouldn't feel as big.
ushers the other into the walk-in closet. " They really pulled out the stops for this one." She chuckles.
doesn't get why she needs more space when a room would just be enough.
would simply assume that the king wanted her to live in luxury rather than something similar to the lower classes.
thinks is a little too luxurious though as she starts looking for some clothes to change into.
watches for a bit. She lets her take her time choosing and goes to get some bandages.
picks out just a simple dress to wear before stepping out of closet.
returns with a box and some water. " Well then, let's get to it."
nods putting the dress down at the head of the bed before trying to find something to tie up her hair quickly so that it doesn't begin the
_way.
holds out a ribbon she had found earlier. " Here, use this."
|"Thanks." She takes it before pulling up her hair rather quickly.
chuckles a little as she started to prepare the bandages. " No problem."
sits down on the bed pulling off her top to expose the wounds on her back, which where most of them were.
walks over to take a look after rolling up her sleeves and washing her own hands. " Ah...it's going to scar a little..."
frowns a bit at that. She hadn't had the change to look at her back, but she figured it probably would scar.
nods as she started to clean the wound properly. " But don't worry, it's not going to be as bad as mind if you take good care of it."
sits rather still as the other treated her wounds. "Alright," she says quietly.
smiles a little as she set to work, being as careful as possible as she treated her.
Evelin
is
just quiet not exactly minding any pain she might feel as her wounds are treated though she appreciates the other being careful anyways.
checks her once in a while. She added some disinfectant onto the wound before wrapping it up.
might have flinched at the use of the disinfectant but only a little.
Dorthe
was
a bit alerted by her sudden movement but kept calm. She finished up the bandaging. " Done."
nods lightly before getting off the bed taking the dress. "Thank you," she says quietly before getting changed.
smiles a bit as she turned to clean up. " I can fix you something to eat after."
nods lightly before noticing the other could not she that. "Sure. ...Could I help though?" she asks meekly.
grins. " Sure. They haven't hired any attendants yet so I'll be taking care of you personally." A nod.
blinks a bit as she finishes getting the dress on. "Attendants?"
nods a bit. " We have to make sure you're well fed and safe." She placed the box in a safe location of the room before going to the door.
nods lightly putting her dirty clothes away. "I understand, but attendants?" Sure, one person to check on her was fine, but that probably_
is enough. Though... maybe a few people would be good to make the place less lonely than it felt with all the space...
chuckles. " I wouldn't want you to be all alone here too. You're a female and a nation after all."
pouts a bit, but she guesses it's another thing to get used to.
nods as she lead the way to the kitchen. She pulled her cloak off and detached her sword from her waist to avoid it from getting in the way.
trails behind slightly finally really looking around.
smiles a little, glad she was taking interest in the home. She places the items she had been holding away and goes straight to the kitchen.
probably would say she had an interest since the moment she saw it but only now did she feel like looking. She gets into the kitchen _
wondering what they will make.
hums for a bit as she checked what was available in the kitchen. She frowned noticing it hadn't been stocked yet.
blinks lightly when she sees that as well. There surely had to be something around here...
rubs her neck as she went over to the basket she had taken to the house earlier. " Thank goodness I brought something just in case."
nods lightly in agreement. "What did you bring?"
shows her the basket as she took some ingredients out. " Some were a bit hard to obtain but there's some veal, fish and_
_ vegetables. I even have some ingredients for some pastries later."
"Alright." She thinks of what they could make with that then.
rolls up her sleeves as she prepared the kitchen. It was quite spacious.
helps out and starts to prepare some of the food.
looks over smiling a bit. " It's been a while since I've cooked with someone else."
doesn't look up from what she is doing but nods lightly agreeing with that.
continues to prepare the ingredients while setting up the oven.
finishes preparing the vegetables wondering where to put them.
puts a bowl nearby her for her to place the vegetables into. She was busy working with the meats on the other hand.
places the vegetables in the bowl before finding something else to help with.
watches her a bit before making some stew.
remains very obvious of being watched. She is very unsure what to do at some point seeing that stew would take a bit to cook.
chuckles a bit. " Have you made Danish pastries before?"
shakes her head lightly.
stirred the stew a bit to make sure it was cooking evenly. " Alright then. I'll tease you how to make them after."
((...Well, that line just made my day. Thank you for cheering me up.))
"Okay." She would just wait then by watching or maybe walking around she really wasn't sure which.
((...Wow. And I'm wearing my glasses too. I always type before I think XD ))
smiles a bit more as she prepared some bowls to serve the stew. " I hope you don't mind my cooking."
"I don't think I will mind." It smelled okay, so it should taste good.
grins as she poured a generous helping into the bowls. " Don't worry. My cooking is better than the Brits." She reassured her.
blinks at that not knowing much about 'the Brit' let alone her cooking, but she guesses it has to be bad or something.