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Post by Glinda Upland on Oct 15, 2008 23:33:38 GMT -5
Glinda waited anxiously with pink clad Kay on her lap, sucking quitely on her passie. She held a dolly and seemed to be making it dance in front of her. She was a very well mannered child, quiet, jovial, and beautiful. She got all the best attributes of both her parents. Glinda had no doubt she'd surpass her own beauty, and that didn't seem to bother her so badly. She just hoped it didn't bother her three girls who would be arriving any moment.
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Post by Polly Chrome on Oct 15, 2008 23:34:43 GMT -5
Polly all but floated into the room. "It's so good to see you Glinda!" Polly had sobered up a bit since her experience on the dark side. But she was still as whimsical and etherial as ever.
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Post by Ellie Baum on Oct 15, 2008 23:35:46 GMT -5
Ellie walked in just behind her. "Glinda! She's gotten so big!" She exclaimed. Sitting down she added "there's something I'd like to talk to you about too when you get the chance."
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Post by Claire Heart on Oct 15, 2008 23:37:44 GMT -5
Claire trailed in looking tired, hair a bit of a mess and a small stain on her dress. It wasn't like the Claire she used to be at all. "Hi Glinda--" she stopped dead in her tracks. "My goodness! That was one fast spell." she half smiled with a weary look in her eyes, "she is beautiful."
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Post by Glinda Upland on Oct 15, 2008 23:40:19 GMT -5
Glinda was glad to see her girls. "I'm so happy you're all here! I haven't had the three of you in one room for almost a year now..." the doe-eyed little girl studied all three of the ladies in the room, looking from one to the next as if summing them up or reading them like a history book. "A lot has happened recently, and I wanted to see all of you...talk it over. You've all had a lot of your plates as well. I just felt like it was far past time we all..caught up."
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Post by Claire Heart on Oct 15, 2008 23:42:52 GMT -5
"I'd say so," Claire nodded, taking an exhausted seat in a chair across from Glinda. Her eyes were half closing on their own. "I'm glad everything's working out so well for you, Glinda."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Oct 15, 2008 23:47:13 GMT -5
"What do you want to talk to us about? Is anything wrong?" She had to confess, she hoped they were there to talk about their futures. Things had gotten so complicated lately, and Ellie still had some decisions to make.
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Post by Glinda Upland on Oct 15, 2008 23:53:47 GMT -5
"Well...I'd wanted to let you girls know what was going on..and what would be occuring in my near future. I also wanted to know what plans you all had. And I'm still here for you, more than anything. I wanted to really reestablish that. Just because I have a little girl of my own doesn't mean that I'm not the girl I hope you turn to when you're at your wits end. Or need some good advice. Or just need to gossip." Glinda smiled warmly. There was even more of a glow about her now, her kindness radiating.
"As you know Kay was concieved via a spell from the Grimmerie concocted by Ellie and Elphaba. However, it had effects beyond our knowing. Because the hair was retrieved seventeen years ago, Kay was essentially brought into being then. So...in a short matter of time she will grow and mature to that age, having essetially lived out her life to that point, only in a much shorter length of time. She almost is from an alternate universe where Boq and I would have been together when we were both still human. So she will, within the year we assume, essentially be close to your ages.."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Oct 15, 2008 23:56:36 GMT -5
Ellie sighed. "I should have expected that to happen. I could tell mother thought something was up. I guess there's a lot more about sorcery I need to learn from her."
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Post by Glinda Upland on Oct 16, 2008 0:01:34 GMT -5
"I think there are still things you all need to learn...which is why i'm going to make a suggestion. Yes, you are all very bright, and yes, you can learn just as much from real world experience as you can from a book; but it means a lot to the general population that those they are ruled by are educated. That's why I'd like to suggest you all finish your degrees. This year has been extremely trying for all of us, and I realize none of you will ever be able to be the same carefree students you were. However, I do think it best for you to at least take some classes and finish out your degrees." She bit her lip, not wanting to add the last but feeling it necissary, "also, Ellie, your mother and I were combing the fine print in hiring teachers...they have to be at least thirty or have completed a degree in the subject they wish to teach. They can student teach classes, but they can't actually be full time teachers without the required life experience or degree. I'm sorry, but the only way you can lead a class is to take one.."
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Post by Ellie Baum on Oct 16, 2008 0:09:22 GMT -5
Ellie sighed. "That's actually just what I wanted to talk to you about. I have forever...literally now... and I want to get to, at least try to finish out my childhood with those I care about. I have so much to learn - I only spent a year at Shiz. Less even! And now that it's not led by Mombie... I'll get to learn the truth. Maybe in a little time...I'd love to teach eventually, but I want to just be a student again."
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Post by Glinda Upland on Oct 16, 2008 8:08:09 GMT -5
"I think it's best. I think it's best that all of you hold on to a little piece of your youth for as long as you can. You all grew up too quickly. Everything that happened just perpetuated your sudden ascent to adulthood. Hold on to that little piece of yourself for as long as you can, because once you let it go, it's gone. It's really nearly impossible to get back.."
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Post by Claire Heart on Oct 16, 2008 8:10:56 GMT -5
"There's nothing to hold on to!" Claire suddenly burst out. She looked a little teary eyed, but she wasn't crying. It was more...angry tears perhaps. She sat back in her chair, tired, droopy eyes returning, the tears pushed away. "I can't go backward...I have a husband, children, a job. I can't just say 'oh, I'd love to go back and be carefree again. I think I'll leave everything I have behind because it might be more fun to be back at Shiz.' That's rediculous." there was such a bite, such bitterness in her voice. There was more going on than met the eye with the once bubbly and beautiful Claire Heart.
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Post by Ellie Baum on Oct 16, 2008 8:41:45 GMT -5
Ellie rushed and embraced Claire. "Oh Claire! It's all right! You can have both. It's time for Gayelette and Tristin to have a governess anyway, if you want one, and it might help take some of the strain off of you. You don't have to live at Shiz, if you don't want. You could even elect a steward of Quaddling for a while. Boq's offered to help with Munchkinland. Since we rejoined the Ozian union, and reinstated the Munchkin's rights there hasn't been much to do, and even less for you down in Quaddling. No one would mind. Just because you're a wife and mother doesn't mean you're not the same wonderful Claire! You have to do things for yourself. Get dressed up, go to a ball. You can do it."
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Post by Claire Heart on Oct 16, 2008 9:00:57 GMT -5
That teary-eyed look came back again, but this time they were real tears. "I feel guilty to leave them..." she admitted. She'd grown up with nothing but governesses and nannies, maids and butlers and servants all taking care of her. At least she'd had siblings. And at least Tristan and Gayelette had each other.
She understood what Ellie was saying, but she just wasn't sure you could have both. Was it really possible?
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