Hi yes it's Saturday. Thanks to everyone keeping up with this and all your wonderful advice - I'm going to have to be a bit disappointing today. I've got a lot of school. It's been a packed couple of weeks (midterms, ect...) I do have words written, but I don't have the complete scene written because I skipped a part to write the part I was very excited for. So I have some words, a gap, and then quite a bit of words. I'm not going to post everything I have written, because the gap would leave you confused, but I'll at least post the start of the scene.

Hence why I say, "a bit disappointing." I still am posting writing, it's just a sadly small amount.  You do, at least, find out what Temell said even if you don't get the Court's decision on it! I am going to try and write tomorrow to fill in that gap, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. I have a paper due Monday at 10AM *insert cringe emoji here*

Alas, I shall stop rambling and just post, already. Thanks for reading <3

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The King’s Court was almost back to its original size. Most of the dukes were pressed to return home and had the preparations already in place, so only Duke Simmons, Haynes, and Cooley remained. They all were aware of the reason behind their summons. Lucius had included that in the message, yet the conversation and atmosphere before their meeting wasn’t as tense as he had expected it to be. There was anticipation, but it seemed the pleasant aftereffect of the party made everything more bearable and less worrisome. 

Lucius felt it himself - a certain confidence. Parties really were more than a means for fun. They were a unifying experience. And it was the experience of sitting and laughing with his Dukes that truly made Lucius feel as if he was king. Everything seemed so right, now. 

He straightened in his seat and looked down the table at His Court. It did not just seem right, but was right. The crown on his head finally settled into place - perfectly even, comfortable, and the perfect fit. Taking a deep breath, he stood and gestured for silence. It immediately came. Eyes looked up at him expectantly, and Lucius spread his arms wide as he began. 

“I hope you all enjoyed the celebration last night.” There was a cheer from the group. He sat down while they grew quiet again. “I am pleased by your reaction. Regardless, we do have business to attend to this morning. Ethan!” 

The Envoy stood from his chair abruptly at the call. In his hand, he held a small scroll. It was actually quite large compared to most Pigeon messages, but still small enough to travel by air effectively. 

Lucius nodded at him. “Please, read for us the message from Temellon.” For a moment, he felt his confidence fade. It could be good news, or news heavier than a pigeon should have to bear. 

Ethan cleared his throat. He untied the scroll, his fingers fumbling over the knot. The string fell to the table. The scroll rustled and crackled as it was unraveled. There was silence as his eyes scanned the note - he cleared his throat again. He smiled. “King Eno Blakshir of Temellon sends his greetings to His Royal Highness, King Lucius Maelfesta of Valoria. He is burdened by the events of the coronation, and would like to express his condolences for the attempt on King Malefesta’s life.” 

Lucius leaned forward in his chair. He felt his mother’s hand come to rest on his arm as the Envoy continued. 

“As proof of goodwill, on behalf of Temell, King Eno would like to request a resigning of the treaty forged between our ancestors, King Gideon Maelfesta and his friend and ally, King Ramel Blakshir. King Eno has every intention of honoring the peace between kingdoms, but would like to restore any lost faith that Valoria has in Temell by reforging and resigning the treatise.”

The note rolled back up as he placed it on the table - a sign of completion.

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also, to clarify, I am probably alternating between calling "temel" "Temellon." And I'm also mixing up "Valoria," with "Vamir." just ignore my blunders. 

Anyways! in light of the short section today, I want to ask you a different sort of question! Tell me; what are some of your favorite things to read in a book? This question is vague on purpose; you're welcome to ramble on about genre, characters, plots, worldbuilding, ect. Anything that you just LOVE reading about it is 100% game.

I personally love reading books that aren't just about the story. They aren't written simply to entertain, but they have a message to be discovered. The Chronicles of Narnia is a good example of this, because the Christian message that C.S. Lewis portrayed its pretty straightforward and obvious. Another example would be Metamorphosis by Ovid. It's not an enjoyable read, but Ovid does that on purpose to make the reader think. Really his work is a masterpiece and he has a LOT to say when you look between the lines. 

Anyways, that's my ramble. Toodles! Hopefully I'll post the rest of this scene sometime soon.

Hello! I am the 100th comment on this thread, woo hoo! I just decided to pop by and give y'all an update on how writing is going as well as say YES LOTR. 

I'm glad I'm not the only one reading it slowly, MoonKitten! I started on the Hobbit around Christmas and am in chapter 4 of the Twin Towers lol. And honestly its the best that two of my three readers are confirmed LOTR fans. (I say confirmed because not sure about Peregrine yet! Although I wouldn't be surprised.) And to Silver Crystal; I am definitely planning on reading the Silmarillon. I've heard pretty mixed things about it but everyone says its worth the read.

Anyways - writing. It's going pretty slow. I think this Saturday I'm going to post what I have written and just fill in the gaps with stuff like {poor explanation of something that happens.} The best thing about writing is when you're stuck on a scene and don't know what to write you can skip it and come back to it later. However, knowing that i'm sharing this with people like youuu, I have to at least explain the missing pieces before continuing. And that's what's happened! I'm stuck on some bits of the scene so I'm just going to post a choppy version next Saturday and then I can finally move on to the fun stuff. 

Meanwhile though I'm doing a teensy bit of worldbuilding and I had an idea - I could post some close up pictures of my map and y'all could ask generalized questions about something that intruigues you. Like the capital, Belfriese, you could just say, "Tell me about Belfriese now." Then I would come up with random knowledge on the spot and pretend like I've been working on it for months. :3

Let me know what you think of the idea, I guess! I don't want to become a huge time commitment for anybody but I know a couple people mentioned wanting to know more history/info about my world. 

As always thanks everyone for reading and even just a little post letting me know people are enjoying my story is very motivating :) TTFN!

Lol, happy Saturday. And I say that with a lot of internal sarcasm. Why? Because today is one of those days where the heart just kinda hurts! I've been actually like genuinely great recently but Friday night I just like crassheddd and fell into old habits and now I'm lowkey (highkey) sad? 

In summary: I've written nothing. I do have words to share, though! They are just... super choppy and cut and pasted scenes pretty much. I do have a map to share though, too. I'll post the map here (took the photo on my phone and am uploading this post from my phone) and I'll post some writing afterwords. 

Thanks guyysssss.  Feel free to ask as many questions as you come up with and I will hopefully answer them! Schools been packed recently and I'm also behind because of today's bought of sadish, but it'll be OK! Come summer things will be a lot easier.

Hopefully the quality of the map is ok....