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To my Black Rabbit, my heart will always know Freedom.
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Summary:
The book was slim, the cover nondescript. Inside, the writing was neat and, if one looked closely enough, had the occasional page missing from the glue. The spine held a single red feather.
This piece belongs to a long series of in-game interactions as a journal written under guise of a faerie tale whilst recounting several roleplays and characters. Summary of lore and two years' worth of roleplays given; actual RP posts assembled in Know No Bounds.
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Context for those who are curious and don't want to read two years' worth of roleplay:
This journal is written by Rinwilya Brightwing of House Freedom, the first ascended Elyos of Lord Vaizel's bloodline in a thousand years. The Court of Light forced her to follow in his footsteps as a Ranger thinking she would be an exceptional daeva against the Asmodians. When she proved to be a pacifist, they arranged a marriage thinking at least they could continue the bloodline. Refusing to be anyone's puppet or broodmare, Rin ran away to Asmodae with a crafted disguise. She kept to the outskirts of towns, using her skills to eke out a modest living as she learned the language and customs of her supposed enemies.
Poor luck struck and she was discovered by Aezrel, an Asmodian noble playboy with a penchant for ill-accepted things, and his longtime lover Jianna, an Elyos officer with a charm for disguise. Aezrel captured the ranger with the intent to Vanish her but noted the disguise coming undone. Rin speaks honestly as to her cause, hoping to either be spared or truly Vanished since being sent back to Sanctum was the worse fate. Jianna and Aezrel choose to spare her with the latter providing a contact in the hopes for sexual conquest. Despite nearly getting murdered, Rin sought Aezrel out for a charm like Jianna's, standing her ground against his advances.
Her earnest offer to help rescue Aezrel's brother was a turning point, the chanter and ranger forming something that danced along the lines of friendship and eventual courtship. They were ever careful to keep others at arm's length. Even with isolating themselves, the two found happiness and eloped. Close friends and family would, however, note strange little details. J'nanin, Aezrel's effective sister-in-law and best friend, was with the ranger when an Elyos spirit master should attack. Rin reacted to defend her friend only for the charm to be dispelled, the cleric seeing the ranger for what she was. The offending Elyos captured Rin as a deserter and left J'nanin to wrestle with the revelation.
The Court of Light welcomed Rinwilya back to the capitol with shackles and slander, spreading rumor that she was mentally abused by the Asmodians while they kept her away from public eye. Salems, her former brigade general and Ariel's choice for the arranged marriage, was cruel and unyielding. Documents were forged for her consent to marriage in which she was abused and raped. Through it all, Rin managed to write a journal with an Alice in Wonderland veneer as a discreet love letter and farewell to Aezrel, with whom she spoke often of fae tales. The journal, Overland, was smuggled to Asmodae to a broken chanter.