Post by Duchessa on Apr 17, 2005 7:13:17 GMT -1
Hey guys, I got v.v.v. bored on the plane back from oz (23 freaking hours) so I wrote the beginning of this. It's the wedding! Yay! Oh, I couldn't remember all the Bellezzan place names and I wasn't sure where a Duchessa would get married so I just called it the Great Cathedral (I think I mean the one with the big horses on the outside..or rams or something..my mind's going..). Ok whatever, here it is..
It was a clear, bright morning in the beautiful city of Bellezza. The sun broke over the water of the canals in glittering ripples and everything seemed rejuvenated and fresh in the crisp morning air. In the Ducal Palazzo, a figure stirred upon a canopy bed, rolling onto her back as the sunlight crept up over her through a chink in her curtains. Arianna, Duchessa of Bellezza, sighed, her violet eyes fluttering open. She lay, bathed in sunlight for a few moments, before there was a light tap on the door and her maid, Barbara, entered the room.
"Good morning, your Grace!" she said, looking strangely excited about something, "And a beautiful one too!".
She pulled the curtains back properly so that the whole room was flooded with a glorious daylight. Arianna yawned and sat up in bed, trying to decipher the strange feeling which was welling up inside her. Suddenly, she gave a gasp and hugged her bedclothes to her.
"Oh Barbara, it's today!"
* * *
All around the city of Bellezza, a gradually increasing feeling of excitement was taking hold. People were waking and eating fancier, fuller breakfasts than usual, best clothes were being aired and jewels and elaborate masks being set out. People were running about the streets, shouting excitedly across at each other as they wheeled barrows, carried clothes and ran about setting up their city for the day, rather more exuberantly than was normal of an early morning.
In the Great Cathedral of Bellezza, everything was being cleaned and polished to perfection. Monks and Nuns hurried this way and that, flustered and excited, despite the struggle to remain calm and serene. Across the city, there was only one possible topic of conversation;
Their beloved Duchessa was to be married today!
* * *
"Oh Goddess"
Luciano had woken that morning feeling calm and relaxed, thinking that today was an entirely normal day. Then, his foster father had nearly given him a multiple heart attack by bursting into his room in a frenzy of excitement and the enormity of today had come back to him! It wasn't as if he wasn't looking forward to his wedding, this was the day he had been dreaming about for longer than he could imagine, yet now that it was here he was suddenly flooded with the sort of nerves he had not felt since right before facing the Grand Duke in a duel all those months ago. And, unhelpfully, flashes of the last big regal wedding he had attended kept popping into his head...
"You look green." said Leonora when he entered the kitchen. He didn't reply, sinking down onto a chair and staring at the food set out on the table with an attitude of dazed terror. He was so distracted that he managed about half a bite of toast before throwing it back down and jumping up from his chair again. His foster-parents watched him with amused faces for a few moments before there was a loud knocking on the front door and Leonora when tot answer it, returning with a fully dressed and apparently wide awake Rodolfo.
Luciano span around when his old master entered the room and Rodolfo smiled when he saw Luciano's pale, anxious face.
"Have you seen her?" Luciano asked, eagerly, wishing very much that he didn't have to wait for hours to see Arianna for himself.
"Not yet." Rodolfo replied, smiling "But she's awake and apparently will not stop talking. I just wanted to come here quickly first. Now, Gaetano and Francesca sent a message to say that they set out late last night and should be here in an hour or so."
"Right."
"Oh and although I know he can't officiate a Bellezzan Ducal wedding, I thought it might be nice if Sulien were here to help with the ceremony. He'll be here soon too, and he's bringing Guiditta and, I think, Sandro."
"Oh, excellent!"
"And the music is taken care of. Aurelio and Raffaella insisted on coming from wherever they were to Bellezza today, so there it is."
"Ok."
"Good? Right, now I've got to go and see Arianna, I'll be back soon."
"Oh, hang on one second. Could you give something to her for me?"
Ok, I haven't got any more for the moment so I'll hav 2 make it a continuous thing...that is, if u like it. ;D
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
It was a clear, bright morning in the beautiful city of Bellezza. The sun broke over the water of the canals in glittering ripples and everything seemed rejuvenated and fresh in the crisp morning air. In the Ducal Palazzo, a figure stirred upon a canopy bed, rolling onto her back as the sunlight crept up over her through a chink in her curtains. Arianna, Duchessa of Bellezza, sighed, her violet eyes fluttering open. She lay, bathed in sunlight for a few moments, before there was a light tap on the door and her maid, Barbara, entered the room.
"Good morning, your Grace!" she said, looking strangely excited about something, "And a beautiful one too!".
She pulled the curtains back properly so that the whole room was flooded with a glorious daylight. Arianna yawned and sat up in bed, trying to decipher the strange feeling which was welling up inside her. Suddenly, she gave a gasp and hugged her bedclothes to her.
"Oh Barbara, it's today!"
* * *
All around the city of Bellezza, a gradually increasing feeling of excitement was taking hold. People were waking and eating fancier, fuller breakfasts than usual, best clothes were being aired and jewels and elaborate masks being set out. People were running about the streets, shouting excitedly across at each other as they wheeled barrows, carried clothes and ran about setting up their city for the day, rather more exuberantly than was normal of an early morning.
In the Great Cathedral of Bellezza, everything was being cleaned and polished to perfection. Monks and Nuns hurried this way and that, flustered and excited, despite the struggle to remain calm and serene. Across the city, there was only one possible topic of conversation;
Their beloved Duchessa was to be married today!
* * *
"Oh Goddess"
Luciano had woken that morning feeling calm and relaxed, thinking that today was an entirely normal day. Then, his foster father had nearly given him a multiple heart attack by bursting into his room in a frenzy of excitement and the enormity of today had come back to him! It wasn't as if he wasn't looking forward to his wedding, this was the day he had been dreaming about for longer than he could imagine, yet now that it was here he was suddenly flooded with the sort of nerves he had not felt since right before facing the Grand Duke in a duel all those months ago. And, unhelpfully, flashes of the last big regal wedding he had attended kept popping into his head...
"You look green." said Leonora when he entered the kitchen. He didn't reply, sinking down onto a chair and staring at the food set out on the table with an attitude of dazed terror. He was so distracted that he managed about half a bite of toast before throwing it back down and jumping up from his chair again. His foster-parents watched him with amused faces for a few moments before there was a loud knocking on the front door and Leonora when tot answer it, returning with a fully dressed and apparently wide awake Rodolfo.
Luciano span around when his old master entered the room and Rodolfo smiled when he saw Luciano's pale, anxious face.
"Have you seen her?" Luciano asked, eagerly, wishing very much that he didn't have to wait for hours to see Arianna for himself.
"Not yet." Rodolfo replied, smiling "But she's awake and apparently will not stop talking. I just wanted to come here quickly first. Now, Gaetano and Francesca sent a message to say that they set out late last night and should be here in an hour or so."
"Right."
"Oh and although I know he can't officiate a Bellezzan Ducal wedding, I thought it might be nice if Sulien were here to help with the ceremony. He'll be here soon too, and he's bringing Guiditta and, I think, Sandro."
"Oh, excellent!"
"And the music is taken care of. Aurelio and Raffaella insisted on coming from wherever they were to Bellezza today, so there it is."
"Ok."
"Good? Right, now I've got to go and see Arianna, I'll be back soon."
"Oh, hang on one second. Could you give something to her for me?"
Ok, I haven't got any more for the moment so I'll hav 2 make it a continuous thing...that is, if u like it. ;D
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox