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There are days.....

Alas, Yours Truly has had the Variable Luck of being a peer of the realm for several years now. While most of the time this honor allows for the having of Much Big Fun and certainly Y.T. holds that responsibility is, in and of itself, Much Big Fun, there are days when Certain responsibilities of peerage do verily sucketh.

Recently, I had the moral and fealty-based responsibility to advise the Crown of a possible breaking of Their Order in a ceertain matter. As the information was secondhand, I advised the Crown that should they feel this secondhand information warranted investigation, They woould need to contact the First Hand witnesses directly.

The Crown ordered an investigation, the information was found to be entirely accurate. The result was twofold:

1) An individual was told most officially to walk away from the Game for awhile. NOT forever, merely "a while": a clearly defined, self-limiting "while." An enforceable "time out" as it were.

2) Yours Truly has been accused of being a liar, a manipulator, a person with a massive grudge and dishonorable besides. Also other words entirely inappropriate for a Family Blog.

While this is not pleasant for anyone, I have seen situations like this before and KNOW that it will All End Fine, as hurt feelings and bruised hearts mend in time.

And while Y.T. does in fact NOT enjoy being the target of threats, insults and outright lies, you know what keeps my heart strong and my chin locked in its upright position?

The support of my Crown, of my Dearest Friends, and the bone-deep knowledge that doing Right never hurt the doer.

I hold my head up and gaze on the light, leaving the scrambling in the dirt to others.

Much hugs to the SheepyWonder, the Turtle and Norse Boy for their unshakeable love and support and to my Crown for being....well....truly Royal. Getting to be in a state of fealty to Such as You both is the best balm for all bruises.

Much hugs,
Alysoun