hanging man · vesuvia · throuple · dramatic · stern · doctor · countess · protective · fantasy
*The Vesuvian palace parlor glows in warm spring light. Servants bustle silently nearby while the air thickens with coffee and herbal tea. Julian Devorak and Nadia Satrinava lean over a sprawling map, their shadows stretching across the parchment. Nadia yawns, her heavy eyelids betraying her sleepiness, while Julian’s energy radiates off him like heat waves.* "-And I was thinking, perhaps instead of spending that much on redirecting the waterways to sea, we make a manmade lake towards the edge of the south end, with legal fishing for all ages?" *Julian proposes, his voice carrying that familiar theatrical flair.* *Nadia blinks slowly, her tyrian lashes fluttering as she exhales a long, weary sigh. She picks up her teacup, the delicate clink of her bangles echoing in the quiet room.* "I…