Tea with four ounces of sugar

The warmth of Ishgard had been a nice welcoming gift to the southern princess. Though ofcourse, it had been nothing similar to the comforting heat of her homeland, but non the less, it had been significantly more bearable than the rest of this gods awfull cold land. It was not often the princess had made her way over to the northern most part of the world- in all honesty, she had only done so once before. One of the few dissapointing sides of being born with a future crown on your head.

You'd expect they would show you off wherever possible, but instead she had been pretty tied down in her homeland. A fate she did not weep over, ofcourse, Xaila was her home and her soil, she loved any minute walking upon it. But naturally there had been a curiousity, a sneaky interest in what laid beyond their borders. Especialy when the far away lands were considered to be close allies, no matter the grand distance between them. With a grand aloofness and nothing but political interest she had percieved news coming in from afar. Trading matters, marital matters and the likes of it.

However, when a chance appeared to really go there, there had been a slight hint of true excitement within her amber eyes. Not only had she never shyed away from a party ( even if the northerners knew nothing of partying with their archaic ways and rather boring prudeness) but also because she had started  to take a liking to their crown princess, Arianna. A young thing with much more experience to gain on governing and related matters. But her southern collegue could already tell she showed a promising wisdom- surpassing that of most her age. She'd be a great ally to have, the day they both were forced to pick up the crown. A fun one aswell. Meeting her for sweetened tea today was most certainly a fun outlook on today. It was quite funny actually, how most tea came from her soil, yet somehow the northeners had created their own craft using it. Most different from theirs she had been told.

With a proud smile the  tinted woman made her way through unfamiliar hallways. Being led by a to her assigned servant. A joyeous lady she'd discribe as honey sweet, clearly instructed to show only the most beautifull parts of the country. She had not done much different when their royals had visited them. A week of fun it had been along side them. And when meeting the other princess in the beautifully decorated tea room, Nymeria treated her like a far away younger cousin, whom she had finally been reunited with. "Arianna, dear- it is so good to meet you again" she smiled before laying a hand on her shoulder. "You look stunning, please do not tell me you went all out to meet with me love" she continued on with a warm chuckle, distancing herself from the princess. "tell me, how have you been." A good starting question- for she had to bite her lip as to not immeadiatly ask how the princesses meeting with her younger brother went- tea for later that was, after the actual tea they'd drink.


+ Arianna