IF I BELIEVE YOU / open

[CELESTE G.M.]

[align=center][div style="text-align:justify;width:55%;font-size:8pt;font-family:verdana;border-bottom: 1px white solid;padding-BOTTOM: 3px;"]Goldie did not deserve the fate that life had dealt her. It was a phrase that Temulin found herself thinking far too often, a mantra that she says in the darkest of times and she tells it to her gods when the sun is gone and she has only the stars for her company. For all of her life, they have remained silent at the statement, a silent condemnation of fate and it's fickle follies. Or rather, they ignored the pleas of the mortals that asked for fairness, for those who deserved their due to get them. Life, Temulin had discovered long ago when they took her brother's head and married her sister's to strangers - life was not fair.

That didn't mean that she wouldn't try to make it better. Twas why the Gods anointed shamans and tribes ordained healers. Why there were stories to tell, miracles that can occur and why the world kept spinning, so that the cruel hands dealt can be rectified as much as they can. It seems to be that way to Temulin, and she will always believe in that way, no matter what faith she loses and no matter what happens to her.

[b]"Caesar, leave the child alone." She snaps, the one presence in this clan that she truly despises. He is the antithesis of everything that she has striven to be, and he will not help Goldie one bit. She wonders sometimes why he is allowed to stick around and not have to deal with the consequences of his words - she would love to see him dragged into a fight and knocked down a great deal of pegs. Unfortunately, Temulin is not the one to do it.

[b]"...I can get you some tea if you'd like, and something to help you sleep should it be troubling you." It's the most that Temulin can offer towards Goldie, and she regrets that she can't take away her pain. After all - Goldie doesn't deserve this. She is but a child, and children deserve to be happy. Or at least, that was what she was lead to believe.