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( Guts )[A little while after that gigantic private entry and filter, she's re-opening the journal. This time she's got a book, and she's reading up on the top of a tower. What? The breeze is nice. She sounds like she's in a relatively good mood, though.]Okay, I know how much you guys love story time. So here's a good one for you!
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there were these two feuding clans. The daughter of the lord of one clan fell in love with the young lord of the other clan. But, of course, since her father hated the other clan, their love was
totally forbidden. Unfortunately for the both of them, the girl's father found out about their secret affair, and he confined her to the castle, forbidding her to see him ever again.
Of course, that never stops anyone, because we all know when people tell you not to do things it just makes them want to do it
more. Right? Well, she was pretty depressed about not being allowed to be with her lover, so you can imagine how excited she was when her boyfriend came to see her. She didn't recognize him at first, because he was in disguise, dressed as a minstrel so he wouldn't be caught. He came to her window and played the lute for her -- I don't know what a lute is, I'm just looking at the book, but I guess it was super romantic back then to know how to play the lute -- and sang her a song with a secret message in it. The message was that he would return at night and bring her a rope every night, so she could sneak out of the castle and they could be together briefly when nobody was around to stop them. Smart, right?
Well, she waited for him to come back that night, and sure enough, after the moon came out, there he was! He threw the rope up, she caught it. She started climbing out of the castle tower with the rope, to come see him ... only to realize that she hadn't fastened the rope properly. So, she fell down onto the rocks and died. But, the magic that surrounded the castle took pity on her - I mean, who
wouldn't? - and turned her into a wallflower. So that's where the wallflower came from. In some world, anyways.
So, moral of the story - if you want to have an illicit love affair, make sure you know how to properly jump out a window, or at least tie a knot properly. Or I guess you could make a secret tunnel or something. Be creative! It's more exciting that way.