[FF] The Handmaiden's Tale [Part 16, Pg 44] [3/8] - Page 5

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Posted: 16 years ago
#41
the update was good,,, waitng to read how the story progresses.... thanx for the PM and will be waiting for the next one too...
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Posted: 16 years ago
#42
im lukin forward to the next prt hun n i also luv historical romances so i luv the idea...havent red a fic lyk this B4!
upd8 soon hun
xxx
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Posted: 16 years ago
#43

Originally posted by: indiandoll89

woof! 😛

*unreserved*

Love both the names of the ff's Bhav! 😳😳 I'm partial to Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, cus of the song!😆😆😆
😆 I'm partial to the other one too, because it fits the story more!
Ohh her dream was awesome!!!😳 I hate those types of dreams though, where you can see someone waiting for you, but as you step closer the face gets blurrier and blurrier till poof he disappears!😆
Actually, I don't think I've ever had that kinda dream before...Hmm...😕
Anyways--sigh four poster bed, I love reading about those for some reason!😆 sound so grand!😃 Oh and before I forget, the way you described the whole dream was really surreal Bhav, very realistic, all mistyfied!😉😳😆
And the misty-ness must have helped, huh? 😆 Thanks!
Can't wait for Meher's intro, as well as of course our two boys!😉😃😳

Update soon Bhav! 😃

Love you loads,

Meera😳

Originally posted by: blackdaughter

mine!!!!!! =D

Ok, i'll try my best to remeber using animal sounds everytime i reserve from now on for both your FF's. I've been going for different types of dances lately though *shrug, don't ask why*!!!!!! Anything for you though!!!!! *hug* 😉😆
*hugs back* Awww you don't have to! I'm scrapping the animal sounds tomorrow...Don't know why, but I feel like it!
OMG, i'm sooooo excited for this FF!!!!! Eeeeek!!!!! Early 19th century is a good time!!!!! I really like it!!!!!
Whee you're making ME all excited for this too! Which is weird, but yeah...!
Oooooh, Heer is having a dream about her sapno ka rajkumar eh?????? Well don't worry Heer, Bhav is going to bring him into your life soon!!!!!! (at least i hope so) *fingers crossed*
Oh yeah, I will...soon-ish...!
I wish i had numerous silk pillows *pouts* that would be so nice!!!!! And someone coming and gently knocking on my door and calling me my lady instead of my dad shouting at me to get up at six in the morning everyday!!! Sometimes, my mum even pours water on my face to wake me up (stop laughing, it's not funny) *pouts*!!!!! It's a hard life for us normal people!!!!!
o.0 Many years ago on April Fool's Mum woke me up by telling me there was a cockroach on my bed. Honey, I feel for ya...*nods solemnly*
Anyways, i'll stop my monologue now!!!!! 😳😆 I can't wait till Thursday!!!!!! Please Thursday, have some pity and come quickly!!!!!
😆 I hope it's had pity enough on you!

Originally posted by: munam_13

Hey Bhav.. dont know how I missed this... but better late than never right.. while reading the prologue I was just in awe because you are adding spices of one of my fav. comedies midsummer night's dream... I loved your prologue a lot...
Haha thanks! It's not so much Midsummer's though...As in, it's not exactly like any of the Shakespeare plays I've read...(i.e., Twelfth Night, Midsummer's, Othello...Yeah, I don't read Shakespeare unless it's for school...😆)

1st part was amazing... so who's in Heer's dream?* scratching head*... i hope we find that out soon😉...
post soon😃
Hmmm yes who *is* Mystery Man in Heer's dream? Well don't worry you'll find out...erm...in a part that I haven't written yet...

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Posted: 16 years ago
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Originally posted by: pooji123456789

hey
awesum part
heer dreams hmm
loved it every bit of it
tooo goood
thankz for pm
Thanks! And you're welcome! 😃😳

Originally posted by: Anhdara13

moo!

*edited*
I am not using an animal sound ever again. 😆 Why'd I moo?
*shrugs* Beats me. But yeah you don't have to moo or quack or anything anymore! Lol...
Anyways, love the bit. Loved the dream, it's so enticing, pulls you straight into the story. And you know I love the way the story is going to move, so nothing more to say but update soon! 😆
If I see you using that line again I'm gonna go crazy...er than I already am! (I realised that I've been talking to myself an awful lot...)😆
Love,
Radz

Originally posted by: lghosh

Bhav,

Splendid, superb, intriguing! I am slowly becoming a fan of ur writing. This concept itself is so unique that it has grasped my interest right from the beginning. It almost has an aura of an ethereal feeling. Almost looks like really a dream will come true!
😳😳 You're waaaay too sweet, Lana! Thank you!
Will look forward to the next part. Thanks for the PM.
Lana.

Originally posted by: *lucky_karen*

hey bhav! ooo what a start👏...i loved the dream sequence with heer n the mystery guy😉 who im pretty sure we can all guess who it is😆😉..the funny thing is i get soo many of those dreams where i find myself waking up n saying no no keep dreaming! Ah now see *those* kind of dreams, I've had! I've also had dreams that are so bumming (like dreaming about my results 😕) that I force myself to wake up!! 😆😳 so i kind of saw glimpses of myself..haha...but i cant wait for the next part..ive got my theories about what her dad has to say to heer but we will see in ur next update and looking forward to the intro of meher! Oooh I think your theories may not be too far off...! 😆😃...thanks so much bhav for writing for us!😃

Aww thank you for saying that! 😳
- karen

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Posted: 16 years ago
#45

Originally posted by: bd670816

hey , awesome update.
loved each and every part of it very much.
cont.soon.
Awww thanks! 😳

Originally posted by: sugi77

wow!😛wht a dream...beautiful😳 luvved the way u explaind👏👏👏.waiting for nxt pt......😍

Thank you! Well you don't have to wait toooo much longer! 😃

Originally posted by: Pyari_Zahra

Ribbet!! Frog Emoticons

Ribbet right back at ya! And ten points to you for the most original animal sound so far! 😆
*EDIT ADD*
Hehe, I just LOVE the second name!! Reminds me of SRK!! 😍😍😍 Excuse me whilst I drift off into my dreamland!! 😆Hahaha...drift away!
*slaps herself across head* Okay, back to your FF- wow, you already have me captivated just by the first part. It is really intriguing, can't wait to read more!! That dream was really interesting to read, especially after reading Heer's character sketch. She runs from marriage, yet she still has these vivid yet incomplete dreams. Ooooh, I am really looking forward to see how this progresses!! Great start- I loved it!!
Yay thank you!
Love Zahra xx

Originally posted by: shabo24

w - o - w.

Is there a genre that you can't write? That was just flawless, the descriptions of the most minute details, just WOW...I loved it and seems like Heer trusts no one other then Meher (to an extent) ? Can't wait for the next part!
Aww gee 😳 Thanks dear! And yep you'll see later on that Meher and Heer are really close...
--shabz

@ premeer928, kis desh Rocks!: Thanks! 😳
@ Reemz93: Thank you! Yep I think this is the first FF set in an entirely different time zone! Maybe I'll do a future one next...😆
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Posted: 16 years ago
#46

Originally posted by: -Ravjot-

Quack =)

I love both the names😃
Yay! 😃
Ooh she's been having weird dreams? And there's a guy? I bet it's Prem😃 At first I was like is this going to be a nightmare type of dream (cuz I was reading a book where this girl had nightmares. Can't remember the name now😆 Anyway, too bad her handmaiden came before Heer could see his face and woke her up. I'm guessing she'll have this dream again?
Naw she never sees his face...His face is always fragmented and stuff...So even if her Handmaiden didn't wake her up, she wouldn't have seen his face... 😃
I wonder why Heer's dad's calling her...Ooh is a guy gonna come to see her? I bet she already knows and is going to plan something with Meher😃
She has an inkling...! 😆
Can't wait to read the next one =)
-Duck😎
...Duck...Right...*plays along* Bye Duck! Can I call you Ducky instead? Oh hey Ducky's the nickname Mrs Evans called Ryan in HSM2...And um...um...um I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT!!! *shifty-eyed*

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Posted: 16 years ago
#47

So you're gonna call me ducky from now on? Cool😆

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Posted: 16 years ago
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Whee! It's Thursday! And like I ranted on KK, OHMYGOD Preet can DANCE! *more giggling* Anyway, without further ado, here's Part Two!

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The Handmaiden's Tale, or Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye

Part Two

Meher Gupta knocked on the door to Lady Heer Maan's room. Lady Heer was the only child of the esteemed Count Balraaj Maan and Countess Teji Maan. Meher was merely her lady-in-waiting, and considered herself lucky that generations of her family before her had served the Count. She enjoyed being in the castle without having any of the responsibilities of an eventual Countess. She got more freedom that way, something that Lady Heer had often told her she envied.

"Kaun?" Lady Heer asked.

"Ji, it's Meher, my Lady," she answered.

"Come in."

Meher turned the doorknob, entering the lavish room. The walls were, like the manor walls, made of grey stone, but the harshness of it was neutered with the peaches-and-cream dcor.

Meher headed for the four-poster bed and began smoothing the orangey-pink sheets, arranging the cream-coloured pillows neatly. From behind a silk screen (a gift from one of Heer's many suitors), Heer poked her head out.

"Meher, help me with my corset," she called.

"Coming, my Lady." Meher abandoned her position at the bed to help Lady Heer lace up the back of her corset.

"I have honestly no idea how those French ladies manage to breathe in these," Heer muttered, gasping as Meher pulled on the strings. "Not so tight, Meher! Are you trying to kill me?"

Meher winced, loosening the strings a little. "I'm sorry."

"So what have you heard today?" Heer asked, referring to the grapevine of news that travelled from servant to servant.

"Nothing much, my Lady," Meher replied, finally done with the corset. Heer heaved a sigh, proceeding to put on her dress. Meher helped her. "Oh! There are rumours of another suitor, the son of a Duke this time!"

Heer groaned. "I thought I told Bauji that I'm not ready to get married!"

Meher grinned. "They say that you are getting too old, my Lady. A few more years, and no one will want you. You know how these men are looking for women younger than themselves…"

"Some pretty little airheaded thing," Heer said contemptuously. "Something that I will never be."

And that's why her suitors often rejected her.

This unspoken fact lay between them, both of them smiling in this knowledge. Heer was rather proud of her smarts. The Count had made sure that his only child received the finest education possible, and had spent lavishly on tutors for science, philosophy, music, art and so on. As such, Heer was smart. Too smart for most of her suitors, too.

The dress was finally on. Heer headed for her dresser as Meher returned to making Heer's bed.

"So what do you know about him?" Heer asked, sitting down at her dresser. She picked up a brush and absently ran it through her hair.

Meher glanced at Heer's reflection. She briefly wished she could have finery like that, but that thought didn't linger. She was happy as she was. "They say he's the son of the Duke of Illyria. Lord Lalit Juneja," she clarified at Heer's puzzled look.

Heer shrugged. "I've never heard of him. What is he like?"

Meher hesitated. Noticing her hesitation, Heer turned away from the mirror. "What?"

"Um, nothing, my Lady."

"You do not know about him?"

"All I know is that his name is Lord Prem Juneja, my Lady. Apart from that, nothing more. You called for me."

Heer returned her attention to the mirror, plaiting her silken black hair. "Lord Prem Juneja," she mused, a smile growing on her face. "Let's see if Lord Prem Juneja will still want me as his wife after he's met me."

Meher looked at Heer's reflection helplessly. Here we go again.

-|end of part two|-

So yeah...Here it was! You guys don't have to reserve with animal noises anymore. Kudos to whoever sportingly played along, though! 😆 You guys made me grin! ⭐️

Just a little note: even though I'll be updating KK on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from now on, HMT will only be updated on Mondays and Thursdays. Until I'm done writing it completely. Then I might just update it on Saturdays as well.

Love,
Bhav (:
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Posted: 16 years ago
#49
mine!
*edited*
The relationship you have portrayed between Heer and Meher really reminds me of Gwen and Morgana. They are more friends than anything else, though there is still that element of respect from Meher's side for Heer. But they tell each other everything and know everything about one another, a fact that just reinforces their relationship.
And bechara Prem, he has no idea what is going to hit him. 😆
Waiting for more!
Love,
Radz
Edited by Anhdara13 - 16 years ago
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Posted: 16 years ago
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wow amazing update... i am eagerly waiting to read when prem and heer meet... wat's gonna happen...
waiting for the next update...

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