Recent content by Carine Vale

Carine's hands found their place on her hips, her eyes widening with intrigue at the unexpected although entirely welcomed thud of Jelle's bag on the table, the resonance of it echoing through the barn momentarily. The louder the thud the heavier the contents of the bag, Carine understood, and...

Carine busied herself by pruning the roses in front of her as Ulric ventured to the barn, humming a tune to herself as she cut each browning leaf or rosebud with browning petals she could find, allowing them to fall to the ground for her to pick up afterwards. It wasn't long before she heard the...

Aleena's response regarding their small talk was admittedly a relief to Carine who as a result practically wanted to melt into her arm chair; though it was an action she chose to avoid from wanting to maintain her posture. That at least, was a polite necessity she tried not to avoid lest seeming...

Astraea's emotions were akin to that of an iceberg, a trait Carine had observed early on and one she entirely appreciated and encouraged in her daughter. Being vulnerable with obvious emotion shown so outwardly was in most cases a sign of weakness. Astraea's reality of allowing only certain...

There was a contented silence that always fell between Carine and her eldest daughter, a silence she believed formed by warmth and understanding and the promise they were comfortable simply existing while next to one another. A silence Carine knew would linger for as long as either of them...

Carine watched as Ulric threw another handful of fish food into the water, this time the pieces flying far enough for the small fish to attempt to eat in spite of the greed of the larger ones. It was survival of the fittest after all and while the larger fish had an ability to shelter the...

Caught in distraction while adjusting her vase, Carine could not help but notice a few of the Dahlia's petals had begun wilting, brown seeping in from the edges in a reminder of the flower's impermanence. While in some ways she welcomed the sight of degradation it was hardly pleasing to see in...

The beginning of Autumn made its presence known that year with a sudden bite to the air, it's impending chill causing Carine's prized flowers previously in full blossom to begin their degradation into wilting. Their dissolution into hibernation for the cold winter months would soon start to show...

Carine answered Jelle's owl as quickly as it arrived, chicken-scratching down her barely inked quill on the first remnant of parchment she could find and no sooner flicking it away to her own owl in response. After all there was no better nor urgent news to her ears and eyes than news of newly...

Started this roleplay for Aleena and Carine! https://hogwarts.nz/threads/afternoon-tea.119642/ For Sylvie and Avery: https://hogwarts.nz/threads/shrouded.119646/ For Theia and Delilah: https://hogwarts.nz/threads/dont-let-the-light-go-out.119680/ I will edit this post when I start the other...

It was unlike Carine to seek out an afternoon of tea and small talk. Especially when she had countless curiosities on her mind to study; dark tomes to peruse and potion hypothesis to test. She was a woman consumed by academics, a woman who's personal studies and newly obtained potion ingredients...

Set during the summer break of 2060. Carine couldn't help but cling onto the moments Astraea was still very much her baby; when she could guide and dote on her daughter in the way she always had and always would. One of these priceless moments being the one Carine was currently in; where she...

Sylvie's smile tugged at Carine's heart strings, causing Carine to smile in turn as she knew this meant her sister would be okay, that even if their parents had cut her off maliciously, she would always have a place in Carine and Yves' home. Wiping a tear from her face, Carine soon turned to...

Feeling her heart swell, Carine nodded at Sylvie's words to whether she was sure if she could stay. As if her little sister needed to ask such a question. With every ounce of her spirit and being Carine was sure her sister could live with them, could stay as long as she needed to rebuild her...

Carine wasn't disappointed, nor angry to receive a letter from her parents to update her on Sylvie's situation, announcing in words far from kind that Sylvie had been cut off. That Sylvie had disappointed them and the family far too many times to count, and therefore needed to find penance for...