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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:58 am
A good two hour horse ride east of the castle takes you to the Minzaio Family Home. A small mansion like building with plenty of rooms to sleep as well as an indoor training ground. Next to the house is their personal Anvil handed down through the generations since the first silver knight to help strengthen their blade, a Forge made by the king's blacksmith of long ago to help heat their weapons to perfection. As well as their variety of tools for the job. It is here, that each generation of the Minzaio family begins their training at age ten and so on till they are considered "adults". The youngest adult in record was nineteen years and the eldest adult started at age twenty three.
The current owners of the Minzaio home are the parents of Gave and his long gone sister, Elisa. Mathew and Fiona Minzaio.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:54 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖Gave arrived at his family home with Scarlet on the back of his horse. The door opened to reveal his mother greeting them. "Oh Gave. Another student? It's rare to see a knight take two-" "Mom. I have something to talk about. First, this is Scarlet. She is a tailor and...well let's talk about it inside." Gave wanted Scarlet to go in first with his mother and he would follow behind.〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:02 pm
Scarlet looked back at Gave briefly. She gulped and followed after his mother. Her entire body was trembling. She bit her bottom lip nervously as she walked behind the older woman. Scarlet was obviously terrified. As if the woman before her was an executioner instead of Gave's mother.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:33 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖Once Gave followed them inside, the three went into a side room to sit and relax. Gave's mother sat across from the two and folded her legs. For an old woman, she seemed built still. "Gave? What is the matter?" She looked at Scarlet then Gave. "Mother. I kind of forgot about our line's way of marriage. It came to me one Anwen became a knight..And i love Scar-" "No." She bluntly replied. Gave was stunned and about to arguing. "Please. let's break traditi-" "No means no." She looked ready to slam her fist on the table. Gave was in a hard spot...maybe Scarlet could help?〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:48 pm
Scarlet listened to the dialogue between Gave and his mother. "...Ma'am, I know I'm not what you are looking for in a mate for Gave. I'm not a noble nor a knight. But I will be the best spouse I possibly can. The last thing I want is to taint your family's bloodline but, with all do respect, now is the time for change. You are living proof. Years ago, women could not be knighted. You and countless other female knights changed that. Change can be frightening and uncertain. But it is something that must be done."
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:55 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖"That is touching, but no is still the answer. We must have a child that has special trait of their mother for the male. Your father is actually interested in the knight from France. Ebony Fugen the second. She is truly a master of arms. Of course, the second one is a Dutch's daughter with looks so divine, you swear she was an angle. And then we have the third candidate who has vast knowledge and works at the library in England." The images did look promising of the candidates. But Gave tossed them aside. "I want not one good with a blade, or vast in knowledge or as beautiful as five angles! I want the woman who can fix clothes in seconds with a needle!" Gave was getting angry once more. But her mother did not flinch. "Gave. I can not change the outcome of the suitor. We decide and you accept." There was one more chance. There must be some way to convince the stubborn mule. 〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:08 pm
Scarlet bit her bottom lip once again, thinking very hard on any possible way to convince her. Her mind came up blank. Nothing... She bite her bottom lip harder and harder until it began to bleed. Her mind started spinning and her vision got blurry. The effects of the alcohol most likely.
"My father was a knight who came from a very long line of knights...He married my mother, a penny-less girl with nothing to her name. Because he loved her, not to get the children he wanted."
{{Editted}}
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:18 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖Just then, Gave's mother smelt something. "She reeks of cheap ale! How can you be in love with this drunk?!"Gave tried to clear things up. "She was celebrating at the tavern over Anwen's success! She is not a drunk!" "Gave! You are truly pushing it. You may be my son but tradition is-" "Scarlet and I had sex!" Gave blurted out something of a random card. It caused her mother to fall back in her chair. "You...what?" "I loved Scarlet so much...I could not just keep it as a possible end. So one night we...made love. I am no longer a virgin." It was a full blown lie! Sure Gave did have sexual relations once with another woman but...He had not touched Scarlet at all. He gripped her hand tightly to make sure it was true. "Gave. How could you lie? I knew about the first girlfriend, and that is why we have this tradition. So women like that would not leave. You wish to protect this woman so much and yet you fail to see what tradition is?" His mother slowly got up, getting her husband. Compared to her, Gave's mother looked more like the dominant one in the family due to being the last knight. "Son. Your mother and I...we wish to keep the legacy going and the tradition strong." His father openly admitted with a soft tone. "You do not understand father! You were not a knight! Mother was a knight and she is free to choose! But if you were in her shoes and she was in your's, YOU TWO WOULD NEVER MEET!" Gave then recieved a full blown punch in his cheek from his mother, sending him and the chair down. "Gave!" "Dear, no need for violence. Let's try working things out." there had to be some idea. One to make it fair for them all.〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:36 pm
Scarlet understood the game Gave was playing by telling his parents they had made love. His parents didn't take it well. Before she knew it Gave was punched in the face and falling to the ground. "Gave! Are you alright?" she gasped, kneeling beside him and stroking the cheek he got punched in. A bruise would most certainly form but nothing serious.
An idea suddenly came to mind. "D-Did I tell you about my newest business deal? My mother and I are expanding trade to Egypt. I'll be making the first voyage to secure a trade route. Our income will triple in the first week alone. The money we earn will be more than enough to raise a family comfortably."
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:42 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖Gave's mother soon had it. "Fine. But you are only a candidate. You are not going to be a definite choice for Gave. So how about we get to know you better then? With Gave's own squire out of the way, we can start the evaluation now. We just have to send letters to them and they will gather. You each will take part in a series of events to show if you are worthy of Gave. You can take The empty room." She exclaimed. The empty room was actually Gave's sister's room. They seemed to hate her as well. But regardless, it was something than nothing. Gave cracked a smile under the pain. "This is nothing Scarlet. Mother use to hit me like this when I was a teen. Mostly when I was stupid or out of line." He did not care. Scarlet was a possible choice after all!〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:58 pm
Scarlet sighed with relief that he was seriously injured and hugged him. " I'm a candidate, Gave. We did it," she said with a giddy smile on her face. She was nervous about staying in Eliza's room, though. Who knows what could be in there? "You're mother may not like me much but at least I have a chance."
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:25 am
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖Gave was also excited. He gently took Scarlet by the hand and escorted her to the family gallery. In order from the first to current, all the knights were on displayed from the family. Strangely enough, the latter half started to get some females in the mix. Each one was either a portrait or a bust of their image. Gave stopped at the very first Minzaio, imagined in a small statue. Montgovery Minzaio The First it said on the plaque. Under the name it told more. 'The first Minzaio. Creator of the Creed.' His image showed to hold an Axe instead of a sword with his shield. It was an odd sight. "The story of my greatest grandfather told the tale of how he could best any knight with a simple axe. It was so small and easy to grip that he could truly deflect blades, small and large, out of their hands. It is said his style was all about using the axe as a fist weapon and lengthening it when he needed reach." The Minzaio Family seemed to be varied in looks and their style. No one else was seen with the first knight's weapon at all. Near the end of the timeline,the portrait of a younger Gave, mostly before becoming an official Silver Knight, hung proud with his sword out. But unlike other blades, this one was depicted to having a heavenly glow. But it was clear now why they have the arranged marriage to men. It was not only for the trait but so they were each unique, not special. "Scarlet. You have to make a good first impression. My mother may be brutal but she too was kind. My father is a soft one. So a word of warning, try not to get too soft with him." 〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:50 pm
The seamstress listened to Gave as he told the story of the first Minzaio. She smiled up at the portrait of the young Gave. Scarlet nodded when Gave warned her. "So, what I just saw with your mother was here being kind?! Oh boy..." She sighed and crossed her arms. She knew this wasn't going to be easy but now it seemed impossible.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:09 pm
☢ Gave Minzaio ☢ ✥-━┈┈━-✥ 〖 Just then, Gave's mother appeared behind them. "Actually, that was me being serious and in line. But if you want to say that is my kind side, i can talk like that more often." She spoke in a joking manner. Gave knew it was time to leave the room. But he was waiting just outside the gallery for Scarlet. "Little Scarlet. I did a bit of history checking of any famous tailors and so far, from what I read, your family's last name must be Artly? I have to give you some credit on that. But let's begin the so called introduction. Tell me your name and anything that you find might be wonderful in being a perfect woman to bear Gave's child? And besides being motherly. I require a few examples And remember, no lying." She stood there, a foot taller than Scarlet and even in her age, looked old enough to be forty. Her smile did feel more relaxed this time around. 〗✥-━┈┈━-✥
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:34 pm
Scarlet cleared her throat and begin with her name. "My name is Scarlet Fleur Artly. I'm not afraid to say I'm in love with you're son. Also I am more then capable in handling myself so he won't have to worry about me when he's training our child. When my father died, I took care of my little sister and my sick mother all while running my family's shop."
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