Matchmaking

Thursday, Winter in Tartosa (Oct 12)

Mariama: It’s a good thing we got up early this morning!
Coralie: Yeah, we have just enough time to finish our cheer practice before our first day of high school.
Mariama: And als0 our first Cheer Team meeting after school!
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Tae: Finally! Five of my 51 bottles of nectar are Finely Aged!
I sell them immediately, then make my first bottle of Prairie Grass Nectar. Now, I’ve made one of every nectar flavor except for the ones that only occults can make.




Cordelia: Now that you’ve consulted me as your Royal Advisor, can we talk matchmaking? How do you feel about your violet-eyed son Fenrir marrying our violet-eyed Cordelia?
Alej: I’m sorry but Fenrir’s already in a serious relationship plus he’s not interested in a life of nobility.
Cordelia: Well then, what about your daughter Mariama and our son Tomas? Thiago and I would really love to be related by marriage to your family, King Alej.


Alej: Again, I'm really sorry but Mariama’s my heir and will be staying with Tae and me. What about Kenji’s daughter?
Cordelia: You mean King Kenji’s heir, Princess Binti?
Alej: No, I mean his second daughter, Aisha, who recently aged up to a gradeschooler. She inherited Kenji’s violet eyes.


Alej: *excuses himself to accept a gift from a Happy Commoner
Cordelia (to herself): I appreciate King Alej’s offer to talk to his son about his daughter Aisha and our son Tomas. No offense to King Alej, but aligning our house with Ondarion’s royal family would be bring even more prestige to the House of Thebe! I must go talk this over with Thiago before King Alej invites us later to the Dambele Palace.


Alej: Since I have the Maker trait, I’m going to try the Master Maker aspiration. I’ve never thought to try it before because I’m not a fan of fabricated items.


Coralie: Mama, why are you phoning me at school? I’m in class now!
Cordelia: How may I show my gratitude for the honor you’ve brought to the family name?
Coralie: Um, can you arrange a promotion?
Cordelia: I’ll see what I can do.
(Watcher: When I checked Coralie’s career panel after the Cheer Team meeting, she was still at Leven 1, but her Goal Oriented aspiration’s Reach Level 3 of an Afterschool Activity” goal got checked off. Score!)


Alej: Princess Aisha, this is my royal advisor, Grand Duchess Cordelia Thebe V.
Cordelia: How do you, Princess Aisha! (She’s adorable!)
Alej: Oh, look! Aisha thinks you’re a cook grownup!
Cordelia: Aisha would be an ideal choice for Tomas. You mentioned that your son King Kenji already approves of this match…


Kenji: That’s correct, Cordelia. I would love for Aisha to marry into the family of my royal advisor, Thiago. With you as my father’s royal advisor, both our dynasties and our families have always been close. I welcome a marriage between our children!
(Note: Cordelia’s son Tomas Thebe is in the brown jacket, standing next to Alej.)