Post by Cass on Dec 22, 2011 8:58:13 GMT 10
Miss R A Oul
by Lisa and Rosie
by Lisa and Rosie
Dear Miss RA Oul,
My dearest friend has been celebrating her birthday on Midsummer for as long as I’ve known her, but now I discover she was actually born on Longnight. Is it appropriate for me to do something special for her – bake a cake, give her new seeds – on a day she doesn’t really celebrate? And is it wrong to overtake our temple’s celebrations in order to honor her?
Sincerely,
Uncertain Songbird
Dear Uncertain Songbird,
Your dearest friend's happy accident of birth sounds like an excellent reason to escape formal celebrations. I would inform your temple that you've both come down with a cold (not implausible at this time of year!), and hold a quiet celebration yourselves. Who doesn't like to be spoiled in an appropriate manner with no risk of having to give a speech?
Miss R A Oul.
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Miss RA Oul –
My friend loves to ice-skate. As soon as the ponds freeze over, she’s out and about doing circles and figures-of-eight in the ice. This is troublesome for two reasons: I fear she will become frostbitten and – perhaps this is the real reason I write – she upstages everyone else. We’re all at court to find our mates, and she is stealing the limelight.
Any help would be appreciated.
Sighing with Envy.
Dear Sighing with Envy,
I know your predicament all too well, being the friend of somebody who always manages to steal the limelight. You'd have thought young ladies wanted to be queen from the way they flocked to his side!
I would excel at something else instead. For example, I chose wrestling, though eventually I had to move onto giantkilling; my friend upped his game by getting crowned.
Gloves should solve the frostbite - or frostbite could solve your other concern. Just a thought.
- Miss R A Oul
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Miss RA Oul,
It all began with a Midwinter kiss. A friend of mine kissed me out of the blue one year, and ever since then all my other friends have made moves during the holiday. What is it with this holiday that brings out such nonsense? It doesn’t even seem to matter where I am – they find me in the middle of nowhere in order to get their holiday snog.
Can a lady knight not have one Midwinter to herself?
- Keeping Busy on the Border
Keeping Busy on the Border,
I have spoken to your commanding officer, and apparently more men have signed up to protect the border over Midwinter after they found out where you were positioned. It is proving to be an excellent recruitment technique.
Keep up the good work.
Miss R A Oul.
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Dear Miss RA Oul,
I’ve been seeing a mot for several years now, and each Midwinter is a chore. She comes from a better family, and is in a position to have aught she wants. What’s a cove to do? I would give her the world, but she already has it.
- Good Dog, No Biscuits
Dear Good Dog,
I find offering time spent with me works best, though perhaps that's because one year, I cooked a meal for her, and she found the former far preferable.
- Miss R A Oul.
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Dear Miss R.A. Oul:
My field of business is security, and keeping my queen safe. However, the Royal Spymaster has this habit of inviting her family to visit for the holidays. (Her mother enjoys the comparative warmth.)
This wouldn’t bother me, other than the fact that I suspect her father might be a spymaster for another nation. How do I keep them from visiting?
- Safety First
Dear Safety First
In-laws are a tricky business, however you try to dress it up. I suggest you plan a holiday for yourself and your sweetheart, somewhere this "spymaster" won't be able to find you. Or won't want to follow you to - like Port Caynn.
Miss R A Oul.