Times Like This

[Elsie Beauregard]

Elsie scoffed softly and made a face at her friend. Everybody else had the idea she would marry, but Elsie was not so sure. They called her a pessimist, she called herself a realist. She didn't even know what was really going on Tyb for Merlin's sake! At this point she would much rather hold her breath for that than worry about anything else. As it was, she would most likely become a spinster, quietly dissuading and rebuffing any advance made her way. Els liked to hope her mother wouldn't make her marry, but she never knew.

Happy to change the subject, it seemed Meri had found a book of interest, though Elsie would have never guessed the subject matter! It only made sense that Meri be interested though, what with one of them having such a similar name to hers! Scanning the page Meri held open, Elsie looked impressed. "Lady pirates, who knew!" She smiled. Living as a pirate, aside from the conditions of a ship (and the minor fact it was illegal), must have been exhilarating. Certainly not a life Elsie would choose for herself, but her father sailed frequently, managing a large merchant company as he did and she had always wondered what it was like.