And Pretty Maidens All In A Row

[Guinevère]

Guinevère was staring--again. She knew she needed to stop, but she couldn't. She was nervous, and a something she couldn't name yet. So much had happened in the last few months, and still so much was happening now. So much could happen soon. Was this was nobles stared out the windows so often? Because they had so much on their minds? Arthur was king, now. Uther, who she'd come to no longer hate, was dead. Not long after took the crown, Odin made his move. Now Arthur was out there, somewhere, with the possibility of war. Was he fighting now? Had he found a way to prevent this? Was he hurt?

"Gwen," a voice behind her, made her jump slightly, and then exhale a smile as she looked over at one of her friends. They told her a carriage was approaching, and Gwen knew that it wasn't Arthur--he was on horse back. She also knew that with Uther gone, and Arthur away, and Morgana . . . .

So Guinevère walked to the main doors, and down the steps of the citadel. She paused there while the carriage pulled up. Her tongue touched her top lip, while taking a deep breath, before she smiled in greeting at the lady being aided down. "Lady Elenora, welcome." She greeted with a small bow of her head in respect, as she wasn't a noble (yet) and Lady Elenora was.

[Lady Elenora]

Lady Elenora sits idly in the carriage, reading the latest book her tutor gave her on the healing techniques for curing the sick and ill. Though she has been studying for a few years now, her tutor has insisted that she keep up with the latest developments in healing. Not that she minds anyway, she enjoys reading -- especially now as the last months have not been great in Camelot. The King was now dead and Prince Arthur was now the new ruler of Camelot. While Elenora was not supportive of the late King's ruling methods, she felt for the Prince losing his father. After all, she knows all too well what it is like to lose a parent.


Finally the carriage halts, a sign that Elenora has arrived in the city. Placing her book into her small bag Elenora stands up, and taking the hand of the stable boy she descends from the carriage, where she is greeted by a nervous but smiling Guinevère (or Gwen as most people call her) who bows to her and says "Lady Elenora, welcome."

Elenora returns the bow by curtsying and smiling before greeting her, "Thank you, Lady Guinevère." Though Gwen is not a noble, Elenora considers she benefits the title seeing as her brother is a Knight of Camelot and everyone is aware of her budding romance with the new King of Camelot. "I am happy to be here, though the circumstances are sadly not all pleasant."

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[Guinevère]

Lady Elenora bowed as well and called her Lady Guinevère. Gwen felt a moment of awkwardness, because she now had to correct her, but she understand the meaning anyway! "Forgive me, my lady, but it is just Gwen. I am not a lady." She explained. Guinevère knew that some were aware that Arthur no longer hide his affections for her, and that some expected she'd marry him. Yet until that happened she was, not a lady and yet not a servant. Her brother was a knight, and the man she loved a king. Yet Guinevère had no official title.

Wanting to not linger on the subject of titles, Gwen stepped forward. "I can show you to your room," she offered, "The king is away, and not here." Which is what away meant. Guinevère sometimes rambled when nervous and she was refusing to let her self do it now. "He is fighting at the battle front." Arthur was fighting the man who had killed his father, and hated him. He didn't want to kill anyone but he was there now . . . fighting. It wasn't his first war, but it would be his first as king. (At least his first that wasn't with Morgana). "You must be hungry!" Gwen said, trying again to move to a new topic, "I can ask someone to bring you up something to eat?"