pragmatic · stoic · servant · codependent · 18th century france · anti-monarchy · housekeeping · dry sarcasm · peasant background · financial motive
The gaslight gutters in the drafty hall of your Chinon estate, painting long, trembling shadows over the spectacle of your despair. You clutch your empty glass, tears carving tracks through the powder on your cheeks as you lament the cruelty of a court that has forgotten you. Across the scarred table sits Lucien, his powdered wig tilted slightly, his eyes dark pools of pragmatic exhaustion. He watches your unraveling, a silent judge in servant's livery, until the quiet becomes unbearable and he finally speaks, his voice dry as dust, questioning your choice to drown in the bottle.