Locarda's Links
Spent much of her youth worrying about him as she went through her medical training. She admired how hard he worked, how hard he tried, and always did her best to patch him up afterwards. Having not yet determined the limits for proper interaction with patients, she wasn't able to get very close to him and, truthfully, could barely hold a conversation. Sometimes, she walks along part of Raphim's shoreline and gazes out at the sea, wondering if the boy she knew is still working hard, still trying... She should have said something to him when she had the chance.
A spark from his youth than never got to be a flame. Amidst the gruelling training and all the bruises, she was a breath of fresh air and one of the few things that made everything bearable. But with his stiff conversation and then-shy disposition, he never really got as far as to confess whatever feelings he buried deep. Nowadays he remembers her fondly and appreciates her for what she truly was - an anchor in a stormy sea. He only hopes she's safe... and happy.
"I'm watching you."
Mortis doesn't trust Caspian- and if he's in the area she's by Roselia's side 24/7. Her opinion of him is almost frozen in distrust, a sign of her more zealous stubborn nature.
Something tells him she'll go through with any threat she makes. That is as admirable as it is disconcerting considering he hasn't done anything to garner one of those, in his humble opinion. She's not swayed by his diplomatic streak, sees right through that veneer and leaves him as insulted as he is impressed.
"I can't say I approve of you on a professional level, but on a personal level, I can see all the Ori's and Cion's to safety in the mainland."
She gives him rueful and dainty smiles, and though she wants to free the ransomed prisoners he has, she'll stay her hand to offer it for the ex-slaves Caspian brings to the Rot and Rose.
Yet another naysayer of many and part of the few that make him feel defensive about it to boot. Something about her borderline motherly disappointment rubs him the wrong way...
"A Pirate Captain! How in-ter-est-ing~ Tell me, do you make the Mervesi swoon and the little Ferry Co shake in it's boots?"
She says backhanded compliments with a sardonic smile and probably made the Ferry Co. and Pirates deals so much worse.
"Swooning pavesi? I don't know, do they? Do you?" He can come head to head with Syu in these little battles of wits and banter with the best of them (even enjoys it at times) but has never fully relaxed around her. She's something alright, keeping him on his toes and not many unarmed folk can do that. It garners his respect and occasionally peaked nerves. As if he needs more trouble...
"Ugly is the one who'd even think the word."
Her first impression of Gorgia was that of a young beautiful woman with countless opportunities, so learning her life had served her the very opposite broke Anna's heart a little. Her Iho Palla battle scars tell a beautiful story of survival and perseverance and her occupation shows that Georgia took the only open door and came out the other end successful.
As Ischade's friend, Kayla has been around Anna quite a bit. She admires her strength and perseverance. Being surrounded by woman who have lost their loved ones to Iho Palla, Kayla fears falling in love.
A promising young woman from an awful past that Anna tries her best not to mother, since Ischade does that enough. She can only support her dreams and hope for the best for her. Maybe dolling her up is a bit much, but she sees a princess in her that deserves to look and feel the part as well.
FRIEND: A fellow member of the Iho Palla widowers club. Vicorianna is stunning, and Laakari enjoys seeing what she wears. Like other widows, Laakari feels a huge guilt for not curing Iho Palla in time for Victorianna.
It's one thing to lose a wife, it's another to believe you're at fault for others losing theirs. Anna wishes Laakari didn't feel this way and tries to combat it with praise and comfort whenever she can. There's a deep protectiveness she feels for the woman and she tries to hide how much more it fuels her hidden rage.
A man of the sea, and oooooh what treasures he has brought me. I'll certainly have to repay him for bringing my two newest family members to the mainland... I can't wait to experience Pakaasu~<3
Yet another Pakkeli that overlooks dark dealings with ease. A beautiful, dangerous woman with power. But one that doesn't abuse it. Consider him drawn. Maybe for all the wrong reasons of seeing someone else in her...
Anna has been a god send and a balm to her hurt and beaten soul. Known about each other for ages but she never really spent the time to truly get to know her till now.
After her bitter heartbreak from Kalama and then her random dates after, she found herself lost and losing all interest in anything around her. She walked around almost a former ghost of herself when her friendship with Anna began to spark up again and she felt herself pulled to her, it felt like Anna was mirroring her own pain back at her, although it seemed hidden.
She's slowly bringing her light back and as more time passes she finds herself wanting to know more.
She knows what her parents are up to with them and she ignores their pressure...she doesn't want them to ruin what may be going on before it even starts...just like they did with everyone before Anna.
There's something in her wistful eyes that Victorianna recognizes and feels squeeze her heart every time... Something that hints of love lost that makes everything Anastasia's parents are trying to do even more unacceptable to Victorianna. As old family friends by fortune and riches (high classes stick together, she supposes?) she's known of the young woman but has only recently gotten to know her better because of Anastasia's parents insisting - an innocent seeming correspondence with more sinister undertones. Victorianna is convinced they're trying to achieve a marriage between the two - beating down a rebellious streak in Anastasia and benefitting from Vicky's fortunes and broken heart... She feels for the woman.
A purveyor of luxurious fabrics and tailor clothing that satisfies Anna's guilty pleasure of beautiful clothing in pastel colors. Between their hair, their love of fancy things and taste in music, there's a lot Anna has commented on and felt comfortable doing so, for the first time ever, in La'ecy's cheery presence.
When Victorianna is troubled, Tamsyn does what she can to help. Witchcraft usually helps. She's kept her distance, though, as she is wont to do - though there is something about the other woman that Tamsyn finds intriguing,
Someone she desperately sought good fortune from when time was misfortunate. Anna nowadays is endeared by the possibility of more beneath all the mystery, but has been waiting for the right time to trudge further into their acquaintanceship.
"Victorianna- she's a professional. I wouldn't trust anyone else to jar my mother."
Rivierra has openly praised her, and suggested a few peers to seek her work. Aside from that, she hasn't talked too much with her aside from regularly obtaining or fixing jars.
The biggest thing she's commissioned is a life sized glass figure of her grandmother sleeping peacefully in a bed of glass flowers.
"Life is too short to not enjoy it to the fullest." She's probably hinted that to the woman inbetween business chatter. But at the end of the day she's left it at that, sensing a softer undertone and not pushing further. Perhaps one day she'll be brave enough to ask for a casual outing away from business and death?
Though Ischade is a strong woman and manages herself well, she knows deep down she owes a lot of that to Ana. Having someone who understands your own hurt on such an intimate level can make all the difference, and the mutual support they share has been integral to keeping her going. She does indeed have a number of Ana's glass figurines, and decorates every nook and cranny she can with them. There's also at least one she keeps with her to remind her that when her sorrows are the greatest and coping is at it's toughest, she always has someone to reach out to, a friendship that will always keep her going.
"You have survived the pain. You can survive the recovery." Connected by the worst possible fate - left widowed and anguished in the aftermath of the Iho Palla outbreak. Ischade was a balm for her soul no matter their mutual mourning and Anna appreciates her continued correspondence. The woman has a small collection of trinkets and gifts and Ischade has probably accumulated enough glass figurines from Anna to fill an entire cabinet.
There was a noticeable change in Unei following the Iho Palla outbreak, and Ana seems to be one of the only people that truly "gets" why she became a more closed off individual following it all. Of course she feels guilty that she wasn't able to save Ana's love, but the snake bracelet, more suiting than she realizes, is forever a reminder not to give up. She sometimes sends dried herbs to Ana in thanks and sympathy.
She was there through the heartbreak, but Anna didn't demand anything more than her silent understanding. A small token winding snake bracelet was given to her as thanks, assumed to be suitable as it was the mark of a healer. Anna can only guess the stress and sadness Unei went through during the outbreak, having to watch desperate pakkeli walk in and out, grieving and disappointed.
What is there to say? I know he can be a bit hard on the outside, but I've seen the softer side to him.
I know we got off on a bit of a bad footing, but to be fair, he was trespassing in my kitchen. I decided to help him, I always try to be kind and help those in need (Him being handsome had nothing to do with it!). Cas invited me to come with him, aboard his ship, which I was more than happy to do (was not going to risk being sent to Raki for breaking clan law).
I love when we get to spend time alone together. Just... talking. I do also like when we are more intimate, but it's a rarity at the moment. I don't mind too much though. I love him, and I know he loves me too, Just not sure how much...
Cute, witty, good cook and semi-lethal with a ladle. That last one should have been an awful first impression but he was running from Kiiai guards after having docked in Pizzleti and knocked out a florist, a hit to the head could've hardly lead to even worse decisions. But the one to offer Uri to board wasn't such a bad one, he'll admit... It's one wrench thrown into his plans of grandeur that's made him realize he enjoys the quiet comfort of a shared bed more than the buzz of a fight and candlelight cast upon long hair more than the glimmer of gold.
Endral has called him 'Castian' and 'Captian' instead of his name or Captain more then once.
Aside from that he's pretty chill with the guy. He's considered slipping away again to try and look more stylish like the captain, but aside from that he's a permanent casual feature to the ship.
Kidnapping and ransoming? Yeah sure he guesses they do that. Yar har har and all that.
Genuinely didn't notice him the first few days of hangover-riddled haze and then had arguably the most surreal moment of his life discovering that 1. he knew the guy's name already 2. he wasn't a pakaasu and 3. he'd been helping out on the ship. In Caspian's defense he didn't even know where he was at the time. Suffice to say the captain of Tiderule needed a solid lay down and a vow to never touch mainland booze. But he kept Endral. Everyone on board had grown fond of the stray already... One supposes he's not bad for a Pakkeli.
He's a stupid young boy fresh out of teenagehood and he thinks he can make up for all the wrongs in the world, starting with a woman he only knows the hardship of no less. Stupid, foolhardy boy in love. And yet Caspian agreed to help him. So what does that make him...
He strikes me as a bit of a cynical bastard at times, but he's a cynical bastard that I can trust much farther than many others in these goddessforsaken isles. There is none that could get us to the ferry faster, nor safer that Caspian and his Tiderule, it is a ruler of the tides after all. I'm in his debt, undoubtedly, and will be even more so in the future I'm certain...
It certainly hurts a bit that we grew up in such closer quarters; sparring partners, allies, friends... and yet he could just vanish on my like that. However, that guilt may have been just the leverage I needed to get some help... if the "old friends" bit didn't work to persuade him anyway. Oh what fun it would be to remain and pester him on his seafaring adventures, but I have some plans of my own to carry out, so I suppose sneaking a ride once in a while will have to do. Regardless, it is good to know, at least, that my old friend is still kicking.
He's grown up alongside her, fought her, admired her, looked up to her and yet left her without so much as a goodbye. So much for the only long-standing friend he'd ever had. But he's had his chances to make up for those mistakes by keeping her secrets. He looks at Cionaodh and his Orinda and can only think of a woman that deserves that kind of happiness.
Poor thing. Yet Caspian holds no pity for him. Only the mild and strange compassion he reserves for those whose future he can practically predict. The juuou idly wonders how many more betrayals he can handle before those tall walls of pretence break. And if he himself can speed up the process.
She won't let it be known but she cares for the fool, well as much as person like her can. The training is enjoyable and their drink talks are always nice, she sometimes finds her clam like personality opening up around him...but then she just flips him on his ass.
Can't have him always thinking she's reliable but she knows she'll come running if he ever really needs her help.
His kryptonite for a while. Something vicious and blissfully unreachable that he left with equal parts wistfullness and relief. Their drinks were enough, so were the brawls, whatever has stirred within him amidst adrenaline-fuelled frenzies has been long buried. Out of sight... out of mind.
Udara has sold him information about ships many times before. Its to repay him for her freedom when he happened to find her ship when she was younger.
A noblewoman of the Geefe that boarded a ship with unfortunate fate. Caspian's aim to steal the vessel itself ended with him having to deal with her coming into his possession as well. And it was an ordeal alright...
In return for a Geefe trade route he was more than happy to release her and hasn't lived to regret that decision. After all, a woman that would sell even her own people... that isn't a woman you'd do good trusting. Come to find out, she was just returning the favour.
Birds of a fuckin feather aren't they?
A good quiet friend. He's a little scared of her when she gets grouchy, but he knows it's temporary and not her fault. He does his best to just leave her with a book and make sure she's eating right when she gets like that. Really jives with her analytical and precise habits.
One of the few people she doesn’t mind talking to and just enjoying their prescence. They share a hatred, at the very least.
Doesn't know who he is in relation to her...
Long lost daughter. Knows she exists in theory.