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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:02:43 GMT -5
though his recovery was painfully slow, choi was comforted by the fact that chang bi came every day to be with him. she even brought her teaching tools so that they could continue their lessons. "since you have so much time now, you can study even harder" she told him with a smile.
on one of those days, choi asked for the brush and wrote out a character "wang".
"the king?" she asked? he nodded, then wrote the character for "marriage".
"you want me to marrry him?" she said in disbelief. he nodded. "why would you say that? do you not love me anymore?" choi patted the part of his chest where the paper was normally hidden in his armor.
"then why? why would you have me do such a thing?" she asked. writing something else, he pushed the paper to her.
he had written the word "paeksung" (the people)
chang bi felt so much love for this man who was willing to make the sacrifice that she couldn't to maintain peace in shilla. putting her head in her hands, she started to cry.
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 5, 2004 8:07:49 GMT -5
i see the dagger before and i am about to use it. DO YOU HEAR ME VIB?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:14:58 GMT -5
ji soon looked up and was surprised to see chang bi waiting for him on the training field. she bowed. "your highness" she said curtly.
"to what do i owe this pleasure?" ji soon asked. chang bi hated him.
"i've come to tell you that since you leave everyone involved no choice, i will be your consort" she said, saying every word as if it were a plague.
if ji soon noticed, his face did not register it. "chang bi! that makes me so happy" he said with joy.
she looked at him with disgust. "I have not finished" she said flatly. "i will do what you want only if i am allowed to visit the superior general every day until he is healed."
ji soon frowned. "and if i refuse?" he asked
"then i will take my own life" she said grimly.
ji soon looked hurt. "chang bi, couldn't you learn to love me over time? you will want for nothing when you are empress and you'd be the most powerful woman in shilla."
this time he couldn't help but notice that her face held nothing but contempt for him. in a soft, but steely voice she told him, "you are an inferior man. less than a man even. do you want to know why i could never love you over a man like choi bu? though i know it will kill him slowly to watch me be your wife, for the sake of the people and in the interests of peace, he has asked me to accept, otherwise i would never consider it. but if your excuse is that not being with me would make you an inferior ruler, i say that what you are putting the court, your father and myself through makes you an inferior ruler already regardless, whether i am your wife or not!"
"chang bi-" ji soon began.
she cut him off and continued scathingly. "though i will live and breath, know that after i am married to you i will be dead. i hate you and will hate you until the day i die. and until then, i will spend the remaining days of my life with my general." with that, she gave a sarcastic bow and left him
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:16:59 GMT -5
hey don't worry, i'm writing this plotline for you after all aren't I? ;D
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 5, 2004 8:22:28 GMT -5
wow looks like i escaped punishment for beating a superior general up, i guess the excuse of following the prince command, helped me out. ;D
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 5, 2004 8:23:16 GMT -5
hey don't worry, i'm writing this plotline for you after all aren't I? ;D yes, i know ;D she is so much like me i can't believe it. except that she would still be breathing, i wouldn't be ;D
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:31:28 GMT -5
wait and see what's next. i'm surprised yousay that.
so clairvoyant
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 5, 2004 8:34:12 GMT -5
wait and see what's next. i'm surprised yousay that. so clairvoyant uh oh. dum dum dum dum dum!
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:39:01 GMT -5
when chang bi returned to the infirmary, she sat down next to choi and told him, "it is done."
taking his hand she said, "i have told ji soon that i will stay with you until you are well." before he could object, she said, "but he does not realize that i will end my life before the day of the ceremony." choi tried to sit up and doubled over in pain. he shook his head.
she smiled sadly at him. "you are loyal and faithful subject to the emperor. I could not make the sacrifice you were willing to, I am sorry. i will not live as the taeja's wife. it may plunge the nation into war but i will not take responsibility for his inability to put his own personal feelings aside. if i must be apart from you, i'd rather die, but until then, i will stay with you."
choi looked horrified at what she was saying, but chang bi expected as much. "you did your duty to the emperor and offered to give me up. whether or not i become empress is my choice and completely out of your hands. and i choose not to."
choi's mind was racing and his rapid heartbeat was starting to make his chest ache. this was not what he planned - he had wanted her to live. though giving her up had been difficult to say the least, knowing she would commit suicide before her wedding day was even worse.
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 5, 2004 8:43:48 GMT -5
yep, that's me VIB. good work. and you have my permission to kill me if the story so dictates.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:45:28 GMT -5
you really think your man would let you off yourself?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:45:57 GMT -5
you need a choi bu avatar
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:49:20 GMT -5
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 5, 2004 8:53:31 GMT -5
well a banquet would be nice for ji-soon ;D
so i guess ji-young is living in the imperial city with his girl right?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 5, 2004 8:54:41 GMT -5
yes he is.
a banquet with lots of drinking? ;D
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