The Secrets of Llawnech

"Sail? Dangerous that is. I can see the appeal of it though. You hear stories of pirates and the life on the ocean get romantised a lot."

"Yeah, I mean it takes a ship to get here and it is pretty gun."

"I can be a pirate in the week and a farmer on the weekends." Natasha laughed.

"You could." He laughed.

"As long as I could join your crew,"

"Hmm I'd have to think about that."He told her playfully." Women are bad luck aboard ships. "

"Mm, the only people I'd be bad luck to is every other ship. I'm as quick as a hare and as harsh as a wolf."

"Hmm, I can't wait to see that."

She just gave him a cheeky grin, picking up the empty plates and wandering over to the sink to wash up.

(( Aww I can see them working ))

He watched her and smiled slightly.

((me too))

(( Now we must think of drama - maybe skip a week or so, Alicia could be talking to villagers and speak to Natasha and we can explore the family links more? ))

((sounds good, can Alicia and Leo make up? I don't like them fighting))

(( Sure. You post first? ))

((no worries, how's the lockdown?))
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A few weeks later everything was back to normal, Marcus was still refusing to talk to his brother, but Alicia had given him the day off and she was taking over the negotiations whilst Marcus spent time with Rose and Leo spent time with their son. Alicia was walking through the village in some. Of the more affected areas, she was talking to villagers, sharing out food and money for house building.

(( Day 1 and already going insane haha! The past 2 times I have had teaching and uni to keep me busy but this time will be hard as I dont even have that ))

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Natasha was stood just outside one of the homes, at one of her seamstress jobs - doing work on the dress outside where lighting was better as she worked with the delicate beads.

Alicia watched her as she made the dress, she made some. Noise to let her know she was there so she didn't startle her.

Natasha glanced over her shoulder at the noise, snorting softly when she spotted Alicia. "Yes?"

"Just admiring your mastery." Alicia told her. "You're Natasha, right?"

"Jack of all trades, master of none." Natasha answered with a subtle shrug. "I am. Why?"

(( I am winging thr family ties entirely by the way so if you have any ideas let me know))

"Don't know, I would call this mastery." She told her. "It's nice to meet the person Alex keeps talking about." She told her.

"Mm, he talks more than politics with you all then?"

"He had a quandry that he thought he would talk to a woman about, I think I was the only woman about at the time the poor guy."

"Mm, and what was the quandary about?"

"Ah, unfortunately he swore me to secrecy, I cannot say."

"Okay, and is there is a reason you are here talking to me? No offence but I am not your sorts number one fan. No where near."