A Castrovel Adventure: Part 5, Chapter 50

~O'mei Vaeol-Ile delondya reqoea ilame.~ (In which Lady Vaeol practices the fine art of insult.)

From the Daylog of Vaeol-Zheieveil Yaranevae be’Son

Evelae Treesong, 24,547 - 16th Month in Qabarat
Under a shy fit, Kaure has withheld to come to Yaraesa’s Bookminster, nowise much I begged, and even when I enwed Remaue to my sake. I tried answer that Yaraesa’ priests, who forswear kindstarkness, might become worthy allies, not only as Elindrae’s priest but also as Korashe. Though the thought recked, she could not forbear showing herself. So I have left the thing, at least for now.
In else word, we have gotten a welcome-bode for Lady Eneae’s mirthtide tonight, even under Semuane’s awayness. More outstandingly, she boded it unmerely to me, but also to Kaure and Remaue together. This feels meaningful, and we have yaysaid, happily with Kaure’s shyness not overtaking.

2. Evelae, 24,547 - 16th Month in Qabarat
At yesternight’s mirthtide, we came to Lady Eneae’s hall under dusktide’s dandy latter half. Unlike the last time, this gatherhood showed a broader ladyhood: more than evermaidens. I misdoubt Lady Eneae is already forereadying the matronhood’s next choosetide and would garner goodwill. I beheld many wealthy trademistresses, and even a few masters who surely own sway. When the doorman outcalled us, Lady Eneae greeted us, naming me: ~Varrye Semuaneve homaeve loeve~ - Wifelove of her worthy friend Semuane. Then she dolefully swerved to Kaure, knelt, kissed her belly, and cheered her rise to wifehood. She outspoke to the whole hall that she had witnessed Kaure’s bridetide. Here I reminded the boon she had done us at the Threefold House and had further banned any doubt of wifehood’s right. While Kaure flustered, Remaue and I forthrightly answered thanks.
On a more forebodesome whit while mingling among the ladyhood, Remaue undermet me with Mistress Kinuye of Nivaea, a tradeguest. Under an enthralling talk, she lightly flirted with us both. Yet I witted an inkling that her flirtsomeness was less earnest, and also less than frank. She laterward beseeched to overtalk a doleful thing in the midyard. With a wary thought to Remaue and Kaure to stay unfar, I yaysaid.
In the midyard’s nightshadow, but shed from the odd lovers seeking whelve (and whence I broadcast to my wifeloves), Mistress Kinuye spoke that word of Taiase’s wonder had reached Nivaea (which city often we name wicked), and that Nivaea’s ambassador newly come will likely beseech Taiase’s idleness. For this word, I thanked the trademistress, but also asked why she needed to tell sunderly, since this thing was hardly secret.
Kinuye answered that another had come from Nivaea, whom I knew: Lady Maiali, who is an elder matron and until now Qabarat’s ambassador to Nivaea. At that name, I halted a swift breathtide. Then I answered I would yield Lady Maiali only goodwill. Mistress Kinuye hoped my meeting Maiali might shift well, and that we should soon meet again. I yaysaid and bestowed her hand a light kiss. Then under a glum qualm, I sought my wifemates.
This morn, I went early to the Embassy and sought hearth with Her Highness Lady Sheneal. I told my speech with Mistress Kinuye, Nivaea’s upcoming offer to Taiase, and also her word of Lady Maiali. Her Highness reminded something of Maiali, which I atrusted that eleven years ago, the matron had come to Son as Qabarat’s trucebode, and with Semuane an outrider within her honor-host, and that the matron had chosen feud with us. When Lady Sheneal asked what had befallen, I told Maiali had grown ill will toward Semuane’s and my maidenlove as belessening a Qabarat outrider’s worth. Her Highness atook and deemed that eleven years is an old time to ward such a small grudge. She read that Lady Maiali’s life had likely shifted so much as mine in that while, and surely none would now gainsay my love with Semuane, dolefully since we had dwelled together since yesteryear.
Her Highness’s mood shifted weighty. ~Si koazhiathade,~ - “She has outlearned you,” she reckoned, meaning Mistress Kinuye, and said we should not be forecaught to guess the trademistress afellowed with the Nivaea Embassy. She added that Nivaea has seemingly found my heed and may groom me for knowledge. She beread me to speak again with Mistress Kinuye if the hap showed. Then she said: ~Kanao hoveari-si ehi,~ - “It seems your gainstand bears fruit.” So if nothing else, Her Highness gladdens that my yearlong play as an outsider to Son’s goodwill has gotten answer else than idle jabs misnaming me a Formian-lover.

3. Evelae, 24,547 - 16th Month in Qabarat
Today held another foot-drill among the Outriderhood. As share, I beseeched Kaure and Sievae to cleave, and wherein Istae and I made show of fighting them both. Kaure merrily hunted me through the yard, although I kept out of her grasp with long nimble strokes. Then I openly benamed my flagmates to the gathered outriders as true, doughty swordbill-warriors, and dared them to fight both: to any who would fight I forespoke a winecup, and to whoever beat either, a mead jug. Although the outriders needed little heartenship to fight Sievae (who fought well and lost only twice, and ended the drilltide with the word: ~O’eaefi shiemyaef zheievere o’hani-komi!~ - “I would merrily beat outriders all day long!”), they were more withholdsome of Kaure. So to stoke their boldness, I fought her again, and then outnamed: ~Me Damayara-Vellaze!~ - “This is the Damaya-Hunter!” brooking my wifemate’s nickname from the Lemussa Yard. Then I greatened the bet from one mead jug to two, thus heightening her dareworth. In the end, six outriders undertook to fight my beloved. She beat them all.
Afterward when we came from the bath and headed to the wineyard, I saw not only Meiss watching but also Master Evauess, and shortly met. The yardmaster grinned. ~Di diyada, a Ruzhyahaze,~ - “Not bad, Worry-maker,” he deemed, and said it was a cunning deed to outdraw the other’s doughtiness. It also made me wonder how he knew Her Highness Lady Ivassil’s nickname for me!
Remaue yaysaid, and added we had also garnered further watchfulness than only outriders. ~Hithande,~ - “She came back,” she told. When we asked who, she answered Demante, whom last Sievae had witted. Master Evauess nodded at the name, and quoth we know whom we must beat.

5. Evelae, 24,547 - 16th Month in Qabarat
Today at the Embassy, another guest sought me. Her Highness Lady Sheneal called me to her stallroom in such wise I befelt a naughty schoolmaiden. There she waited with Lady Kael, headmistress of the Spearcradle Outriderhood. After a short greeting wherein they let me stand without tea, I asked the ladies’ idleness, whereat Her Highness said the lady-mistress had brought word.
Lady Kael, with some faltersomeness, said she wished our rede. She had lately heard I had broken couthness by bringing a Korasha into an outrider’s drilltide. Forthwith I inbroke: ~Dei keama eisrye-vere?~ - “Do you mean my wifemate?” This halted the lady-mistress, who afterreckoned thought and asked whether I was bemated to a Korasha wife. ~O’sholi-yei,~ - “So truly,” I answered in my broadest Son lilt.
The lady-mistress outspoke this stead’s awkwardness, whereat Her Highness asked how we might oversoothe. Lady Kael answered we should see the thing ended, and thus beseeched that I should end the foot-trial drill and take chide. I full-wared they forelooked my anger, to gainsay, bid my bewrayer’s name, and maybe dare weapontrial. Instead, I answered: ~ O’romi inahya-shyalis,~ - “You may chide me.” Both ladies looked warily after my even answer. Lady Kael asked whether I understood. ~O’komi kovya-rualave,~ I answered: “I fully ware.” Her Highness asked whether, by chide’s atakenness, I also forspeak not to so do again. I answered nothing.
After an awkward breathtide, the lady-mistress outsought whether I had anything else to say. I answered that I, bedeeming myself so chided, would wish peace to the outriderhood and would not hold their shortfalls against.
~Sihoeioli-sti?~ - “What shortfalls?” asked Lady Kael, her antennae flattening.
I begged sorrow. ~Diyaleazya-rualdalaf o zheieve Qabarate eazye moare,~ - “I had misguessed the outriders of Qabarat were warriors.”
At my word, Lady Sheneal’s antennae twisted down. Lady Kael stared shamelessly. ~ Dei miari reqoea-rualdis zheievemara komara?~ - “Did you right now offthank my whole outriderhood?”
~Dei zheievema reqoea-shyaldis yaomara assamara?~ - “Did your outriderhood offthank my flag and house?” I asked back.
Lady Sheneal set hand on the lady-mistress’s knee and begged forgiveness, outspeaking a wild mood overtaking. I yaysaid and added that hopefully the lady-mistress understood that, afollowing the philosopher-sages’ wisdom, truth cannot offthank. Eyesome that most Qabarat outriders do not forelook to wed war; elsewise, the lady-mistress surely understood Damaya cannot shun fighting Korasha. Yet she would doubtlessly drill her outriders as she deemed fit, and I would not gainsay. Lady Kael misgiftully answered she had seen war. I acknowledged and merely gainsaid one warrior makes not a warhost. She then muttered she had heard I had grown much nameworth bragging I had fought Korasha. ~Mezhoe di diyame,~ I answered: “Neither of us are wrong.”
The lady-mistress glanced from me to Her Highness. She outspoke that, under threat of this awkwardness becoming open feud, we should reckon the thing settled. Her Highness stared me. I swore to behave no deed that would deal the outriderhood offthank. Grimly Lady Kael took my word. Then with short worship she left.
Her Highness bade me tell how this thing had behappened. I told Master Evauess and I had set a gambit to outdraw knowledge of the upcoming Motorae foot-trial. She asked whether our gambit enwed offthank to the whole Spearcradle Outriderhood, whose fellows sit high within the city’s alderhood and had formerly afforded me goodwill. I naysaid, outlaying it a mere further weal after they offthanked my wifemate, and Her Highness had besides wished me to forestand as outsider to draw whispertales. ~O tivearaze, o’di yi kezhante!~ - “As an outsider, not as cursed!” she yelled ere her throat hushed. She warned I will gather no knowledge if none speak. I answered I would behave as I had forespoken to Lady Kael. ~Di usa!~ shrilled Her Highness: “It is not enough!”
After he outburst, I haughtily spoke that, so far as I recked, after Motorae Her Highness may welcomely send me back to Son, whereat I will become my mother’s bother. She answered it forelooked well. With that word I beseeched leave.
Against my boldness before Her Highness and the lady-mistress, I came not straight home but again wandered the city, though this time without doleful aim. When I laterward reached home, I came straight to my writing board and began this log, brooking ink, leaf, and words to outwork these thoughts, until Remaue warned my son sorely missed me. So we played awhile, whereafter now he sleeps on my lap while I write. I have not spoken with her or Kaure, although, once under mindshare with my son, I may reckon they have found an inkling. Now that I end, I want nothing more than to crawl into bower with our mighty, fair Korashe wifemate and lie upon her pillowsome breast.

Recap: Lady Vaeol explored the bookminster of Yaraesa.

Lashunta Words & Phrases:

• Varrye (fem): wifelove; mature female lover
• Semuaneve homaeve loeve (fem poss): of Semuane my worthy friend
• Si (adv): to/about/of you
• Koazhiathade (3rd-fem perf): she has outlearned
• Kanao (adv): seemingly; it seems that
• Hoveari-si (spir 2nd-dem): your withstand; your resistance
• Ehi (3rd-spir): it bears fruit
• O’eaefi (adv): merrily
• Shiemyaef (1st cond): I/we will/may beat
• Zheievere (fem acc): outrider; knight
• O’hani-komi (adv): all day long; the whole day
• Me (fem incl): this [female]
• Damayara-Vellaze (fem): Damaya-hunter
• Di (adv): not
• Diyada (3rd-comm): it was bad/wrong
• A Ruzhyahaze (voc fem): oh Worry-maker
• Hithande (3rd-fem perf): she came back
• Dei keama (3rd-comm): does it mean
• Eisrye-vere (1st-dem fem acc): my/our wifemate
• O’sholi-yei (adv): truly so
• O’romi (adv) let; may
• Inahya-shyalis (2nd-trans honor): you chide/reprove
• O’komi (adv): fully; wholly
• Kovya-rualave (1st-fem humbl): I/we wit/ware
• Sihoeioli (spir): shortfall; deficiency
• Sti (spir): what; which
• Diyaleazya-rualdalaf (1st plup humbl): I/we had misguessed
• Zheieve Qabarate (fem): outrider of Qabarat
• Eazye (3rd-fem perf cond): she/they might be
• Moare (fem): warrior
• Dei (adv): interrogative particle
• Miari (adv): right now
• Reqoea-rualdis (2nd-trans perf humbl): you offthanked/insulted
• Zheievemara (comm acc): outriderhood; society of outriders
• Komara (comm acc): whole; full
• Yaomara (comm acc): flag; flag-troop
• Mi (prep): and; with
• Assamara (comm acc): house; housemate
• Mezhoe (fem): both of us; neither of us
• Di diyame (incl-fem): we are not wrong
• O: as; on; in
• Tivearaze (fem): outsider
• Usa (3rd-comm): enough
• O’di (adv): and not
• Yi kezhante (fem): so accursed