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October 31, 1883 - Novandria

Something Good

by Maelie Arsenault

Where's your life boat?
It's not so simple
You've got to take a chance for all you been through and lost
Let the walls come crumblin'
You better ho-ho-hope something good

 
For a while, Maelie wasn’t sure what had changed as the week after the wedding progressed. At first, she’d thought it was just the happy atmosphere around the manor, even Mordecai seemed in a better mood since the ceremony. Maybe it was the soft touches and kisses in the hallways whenever they passed each other during their daily routines. Maybe it was security that she’d managed to deal with the baggage that had been following her for the last year.
 
Are you gonna dance your heart into the moment?
Are you gonna lie to yourself in attempt to reason?
Are you gonna hold yourself so highly regarded?
Oh-oh-oh something good happens to you
As a part of me in love with you
And as a part of me
You better, you better hope that something good happens to you

 
It struck her when she was sitting in her office doing the mundane and unexciting work of business plans and proposals for her new projects. Mordecai droned on, something to do with where to slip the income from her recent heists into the books, when Maelie blinked and looked at her desk, then at the tabaxi, then out the window. She could hear Sareena playing the piano. She could smell Monsieur Bocuse’s cooking downstairs. She could hear the clinking of tea on a cart in the hall where Clover was tidying up from the afternoon.
 
Where's your life gone,
has it been a little bit evil?
You've gotta take a chance before it's all said and done
Complicated,
something easy
Ho-ho-hope something good
Oh you better ho-ho-hope something good happens to you
As a part of me in love with you
And as a part of me

 
Her entire life she’d looked back on her past, trying to make sense of it. Trying to find mistakes that needed correcting, opportunities she better not miss the next time, lessons to be learned, wounds that to be closed. But today, she looked forward. She could plan for a future that didn’t compensate for her past. No more late-night musing, feeling lonely and weighed down, like it was all on her to figure out by herself.
 
Are you gonna dance alone?
Are you gonna lie to yourself, babe?
Are you gonna take your time?
Are you gonna hold on?

 
This wonderful thing had happened to her, and she felt that comforting feeling of knowing you are awake when you’ve been afraid that it was just a dream.
 
Are you gonna dance your heart into the moment?
Are you gonna lie to yourself in attempt to reason?
Are you gonna hold yourself so highly regarded?
Ho-ho-hope something good happens to you
 
As a part of me in love with you
And as a part of me

 
“Is this what it was like for you two?” She asked to the pendants she carried wherever she went now. “Thank you for giving me this chance.”
 
Are you gonna dance alone?
Are you gonna lie to yourself, babe?
Are you gonna start with a head on the good-bye?
Are you gonna hold on, are you gonna hold on?

Continue reading...

  1. The Last Rule
    November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
  2. The Den
  3. Am I losing?
  4. A Close Call
  5. Plans
  6. New Toys
  7. Mistakes were made
  8. Too close to home
  9. Not like you.
  10. This City is Mine.
    February 6th, 1883
  11. Aimless?
    March 5, 1883 - Novandria
  12. The Game Begins
    February 13th, 1883
  13. Too much like You
    March 13, 1883
  14. Safer in Shadows
    April 3, 1883
  15. New Beginnings
    April 7th, 1883
  16. Ready to Run
    April 17th, 1883
  17. Home
    April 25, 1883
  18. Can you steal a heart?
    May 8th, 1883
  19. Trouble
    11th of May, 1883
  20. Heartbreak
    14th of May, 1883
  21. Hunter or Prey?
    16th of May, 1883
  22. Guilt
    19th of May, 1883
  23. Untrustworthy
    21st of May, 1883
  24. Why am I like this?
    25th of May, 1883
  25. Worthy
    8th of June, 1883
  26. The One She Left Behind
    13th June, 1883
  27. Annnd it's back...
    July 1st, 1883
  28. Learning to Fly
    July 4th, 1883
  29. Thrill of the Hunt
    July 29th, 1883
  30. From the Embers
    21st of August, 1883 // 1867
  31. Mother Knows Best
    16th of September, 1883
  32. A Snake, a Star, and a Fox
    25th of September, 1883, Novandria
  33. It wasn't him.
    28th of September, 1883, Novandria
  34. The New Blade
    13th of September, 1883
  35. Something Good
    October 31, 1883 - Novandria
  36. The wound that won't close
    18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  37. Promise
    25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  38. Fallen through the cracks
    6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
  39. Day to Night
    7th of January, 1884
  40. What's Left to the Shadows
    22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
  41. The World without Colour
    18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
  42. Seventeen Roofs
    26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
  43. Crossing the Board
    4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
  44. New Freedom
    May 4th, 1884
  45. Saved
    5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858

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