Recent content by Melina Calcutte

Melina smiled in greeting and accepted the hand of the approaching lady. "Lady Tungland! What a pleasant surprise! I am well, how are you on this fine morning?" Melina gave a clear ringing laugh at this remark... A dangerous laugh to those with a sharp enough ear to catch its warning undertone...

"Fret not, Miss Salamanca. It's the least I could do!" It was slightly freeing, to have both of the girls in her inner circle fully on her side. That meant she could do a little less pretending, just a little bit. She of course knew she couldn't fully trust anyone; this WAS Mardanian nobility...

Melina worked with military intensity and professional mastery. To her it was like she was responding to a tactical maneuver, and the blow would come the moment Stella showed her face in public... If she hadn't already been spotted on her way here... Luckily for Stella she was a willing subject...

Melina released her wrist as she took the book from her. "Stay." She commanded firmly as she turned the book over in her hands and opened it, her eyes glazed over the title in favor of examining the torn pages within. Her lips drew into a firm line and her perfect brows knitted together in...

That was a whole debate that they didn't need to get into. Suffice to say; Melina adhered to tradition as was expected of her, and Eris adhered to Melina and that's all she really cared about. Eris knew how to keep her head down and not make herself or Melina look bad in public, whatever...

Melina liked to think that she was more self aware than most nobles. Nobility was an ancient vocation and literature has reflected nearly every aspect of it from fiction to history. Melina knew that she fit a stereotype, which is why she added "Though you probably would have assumed that" in her...

Melina gasped in mock shock at her words, "Eris! You're so bad! What would Madam Hurdred think if she heard you say that?" They'd been nearly constant companions for a while now, and this was an old routine for them. "... I don't know if I should call you a whore or a slut! At least my husband...

Well... That stung... Not only did Stella decline her help, but publicly called her out for the off the cuff farce she constructed to help her save face... An embarrassing rejection, especially by one so low on the social ladder, but not entirely disastrous. Melina would be viewed by many as...

Melina shared a private smile with herself. An attempt to disassociate, like she's not just as much of a socialite like the rest of them, as if she's not listened to the latest gossip about the first year new arrivals to assess their threat level... Although by that logic it's both an insult and...

Melina winced but didn't correct herself or Eris, it just slipped out but if it served to garner more of Eris' trust, she would let it slide at least in private. "Yes, I love to ride!" She called back. "The horse I ride is a very fine steed that deserves his daily trot. He was a gift from my...

Melina quirked an eyebrow, as if the idea were comical, as if Eris were suggesting that there was something she couldn't do. "I will try not get involved in family matters, in private you should learn to fight your own battles. But your public image reflects on me as mine does on you, therefore...

Melina shook her head, "No no, it's just as I explained. You are to be my companion, being my Lady-in-waiting establishes you within the social hierarchy as part of my faction, so to speak." Melina maintained her polite smile, patiently meeting her ignorance with facts. "If course we're not the...

My dearest father and mother. I've finally settled into my room and roles here at the School of Script. It is just as you described it, mother, just as beautiful and intellectually stimulating as when you attended. I am enjoying my classes and I've made many new frie Melina Calcutte was seated...

Good, so Miss Salamanca could be easily cowed. Knowing she had something to hold over her made Melina like her a little bit more. Stella wouldn't try matching wits with her again any time soon, and Melina might just let her tag along with Priscilla if she behaved herself. Melina walked...