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Sep. 7th, 2011 01:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fireforged[Filter: Private, in Atsirian]
It reminds me of the parties I was allowed to watch from the sidelines with my nanny, as a girl.
Grandmother never let me dance, or speak, or even mingle, and I always had to wear my veil. Just another upper class little girl, watching her betters moving in their steps. Oh, how they entranced me, their laughter and smiles and the fine men on their arms. The whirl of their skirts ... the glitter of their jewels ...
I know what her purpose was. She meant to show me the life I would never have, the life a bastard would never be entitled to. She meant to remind me of my place.
What would the Lady Vashj say if she were still here, tonight?
[Filter: Karlesta, in Atsirian]
Karlesta, really.
You feel that ball between your shoulders? Keeping them lashed tightly together and not letting you move them freely?
Well, everyone here sees it, too.
You needn't be so stiff. They all know you're above them. Holding yourself so separate from their gaiety makes you appear standoffish and cold. Move among them. Laugh at their jokes, even when they aren't so very funny. Learn to ask questions.
Do you see how Adrian does it? Of course, you can't simply emulate him; he's in a submissive role. But you can learn his tricks and turn them about to match your own skills and situation.
You do yourself more harm than good, like this.
[Filter: Raezi, in Atsirian]
Saedri, it was a great shame you are not yet in Razen. The event the Queen has staged tonight for all of the campaigners in Razen and their families is exactly the sort of situation you so excel in. What a missed opportunity.
It reminds me of the parties I was allowed to watch from the sidelines with my nanny, as a girl.
Grandmother never let me dance, or speak, or even mingle, and I always had to wear my veil. Just another upper class little girl, watching her betters moving in their steps. Oh, how they entranced me, their laughter and smiles and the fine men on their arms. The whirl of their skirts ... the glitter of their jewels ...
I know what her purpose was. She meant to show me the life I would never have, the life a bastard would never be entitled to. She meant to remind me of my place.
What would the Lady Vashj say if she were still here, tonight?
[Filter: Karlesta, in Atsirian]
Karlesta, really.
You feel that ball between your shoulders? Keeping them lashed tightly together and not letting you move them freely?
Well, everyone here sees it, too.
You needn't be so stiff. They all know you're above them. Holding yourself so separate from their gaiety makes you appear standoffish and cold. Move among them. Laugh at their jokes, even when they aren't so very funny. Learn to ask questions.
Do you see how Adrian does it? Of course, you can't simply emulate him; he's in a submissive role. But you can learn his tricks and turn them about to match your own skills and situation.
You do yourself more harm than good, like this.
[Filter: Raezi, in Atsirian]
Saedri, it was a great shame you are not yet in Razen. The event the Queen has staged tonight for all of the campaigners in Razen and their families is exactly the sort of situation you so excel in. What a missed opportunity.
