Snow Queen Script Preview (Patreon)

Hello, my darlings! I bring for you the final script preview of 2023 🥹 Reminder that this final audio will be fully free, as a holiday gift for my listeners! However, while brainstorming and writing this, I found that I… quite enjoy this story immensely and already have ideas for future parts 💀 so if there is to be a continuation, the nsfw portions will only be accessible to patrons, as usual. But for at least this first part, I really hope everyone enjoys the gift!

Currently recovering from a bad cough - turns out my earlier cold I posted about was most definitely the flu 🗿 all that remains of it is this persistent cough! So as of yet unsure when I will be recording this, but rest assured, this audio WILL be out before the new year - even if I have to release it on 12/31 (but hopefully not so last minute)

Well, enjoy the preview! This one is gonna come with a pretty lengthy plot synopsis eventually, but for now, I’ll see what you are able to glean from the script :)

Xoxo

Sevira

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A knock? You dare disturb your queen when she is preoccupied? *pause* Oh… you bring my bride-to-be. Yes… I suppose I did… summon her. Well, then. Leave us, you two, and stand guard outside the door. Spies may yet well lurk around every corner, and I will not be caught unawares.

…I did not anticipate you would come so quickly in response to my summons. I suppose it is to be expected - I admit I may have neglected you by not greeting you upon your arrival, or by not making myself known to you this past week, and for that I… do apologize. I have been a poor host. I’m afraid I have been… indisposed.

Let me look at you. *tone briefly sharpens* No, keep your distance. Come no closer unless I permit it.

*she takes a breath after a moment. tone loses its edge, although she is clearly still wary* Well. The last time I saw you was many years ago, at a summer solstice gathering in your kingdom. I’m sure you do not remember me, you were quite young, and I… did not do much mingling, not even with the teenagers my age. You have grown into a true beauty. A pleasing arrangement, to be sure. You’ll make a lovely bride, and our realms will be all the better for our union. Indeed, I will have great use of your father’s army in the war.

…I am penning a letter to an acquaintance in the autumn court. Make yourself comfortable. *pause. The listener does not move* Or… don’t. I am agreeable to this as well.

*a few seconds of silence pass. She murmurs to herself* That should have her see reason. Seal the envelope with the queen’s insignia, and… finished. *she says this last word on a sigh* Guards! I bid you re-enter, I have need of you. *pause* Have a raven deliver this letter postehaste. It is of the utmost urgency. Only one of you need accomplish this task, the other may remain. Return to your post once complete.

*pause as the doors close. She looks over at the princess, who has inched closer to the queen’s desk. The queen’s tone becomes sharp again, suspicious* And what do you think you’re doing, princess, approaching my desk while my back is turned? There is nothing for you to see, and I don’t take kindly to attempted snooping. *pregnant pause* I will overlook this for now. I do not want to mire our first meeting with accusations.

*she abruptly falls into a hollow, instructional tone* You are my betrothed, and therefore most of what is mine is yours. While I have instructed a guard to be with you at all times, you otherwise have full access to the majority of the castle and grounds. My private quarters are of course off limits unless I summon you, nor are you permitted access to the eastern wing. Or the dungeons, of course. No place for a summer princess.

*her tone becomes a bit stilted. Almost awkward. She is trying* But you will find that I have an extensive library, if you have not already come across it in your explorations. And… the drawing room possesses a finely tuned piano. I know those of the summer court are musically inclined, so you are welcome to use the instrument at your leisure. *clears throat, reverting to the impassive tone* I will call for you once a week to keep me company for an hour or two, in order to fulfill my duty to you as your intended - unless, of course, business calls me elsewhere, which cannot be helped… additionally, we are set to wed in about two months’ time, upon the winter solstice, as my parents were before me and my grandparents were before them. Any questions?

… you want to know more about me? *she is taken aback, but brushes it off quickly* That is your right as my fiancée... I’m afraid, however, there is not much to tell. I am a queen, and I am currently in the middle of a war effort. That is all there is to say. *pause* You refer to my favorite things? *tilts her head* I used to enjoy reading. Hence my well-stocked library. But I do not have the time or want for such frivolities anymore. I have not wanted such things in… a long time. *her tone sounds wistful here*

…You are confused by me. Why? Do I surprise you? Were you expecting someone… different? *pause* You find my disposition forlorn? I see. I have… nothing to say to that.

*pause. At this point she walks away, facing the window. When she speaks, her back is to the princess* …I’ve heard what is spoken about me, you know. Carried on the wind by my ravens, murmured even by those within my kingdom. The stories say I am cruel, pitiless ruler… I suppose the stories neglect to mention the cruelty of the spring court, the ruthless nature in which took advantage of my kindness. To hear them tell it, they are innocent, whereas I am the twisted, crazed individual who declared a war without rhyme or reason. A sick, brazen lie… but they will see. I am not to be ridiculed further. *voice quiets, almost emotionless, if not for the trace of cold anger* If they want me to be a tyrant… then a tyrant I shall be.