Word Count: 6,009
Summary of Events:
Chapter 1:
Adaire was summoned to his father's office and told of the latest voyage his father was planning — which greatly excited Adaire. Saoirse had supper and then took food to her father and brothers as they watched over the lambing sheep.
Chapter 2:
Adaire woke up aboard the Heijmegourde Shipping Company's flagship and surveyed the aftermath of the celebration of the night before. Saoirse was given mending by the blacksmith's shy son and decided it was easier to make a new garment than repair the old one.
Excerpt of the Day:
"Adaire felt a flutter of excitement in his chest; they were going out to sea again, and surely he was going along if he was being told of it.
"With the Meignÿvÿca as the flagship, a fleet of eighteen will be sailing from Heijmegourde Harbour on the fifth of the month hence on a trading mission that will circumnavigate the continent of Ureonaiea," Uijllijm continued.
Exhilaration nearly launched Adaire out of his feet and onto his father's desk; such a voyage had never been undertaken before; the shipping industry of Ureonaiea usually shipped goods across the continent between allies, no one nation collected all of their own goods by ship or horse.
"There shall be stops in many of the major ports collecting many fine goods and leaving many fine goods in return; and according to our predictions the fleet shall return to port in a year's time," Uijllijm said.
"What shall be the route?" Adaire asked.
"Anchor shall be weighed on the fifth of the month hence and course shall be made for Aifos, Zeig, Außtöst, the Enanea Islands, and Le Gané before passing north in the height of the summer through the northern straits of Aissure and coming around with a destination of the I Islands — where much of the trading will take place — and then rounding the southernmost point of Ureonaiea and returning back up to Beldonersteine with the haul," Uijllijm replied.
Adaire wanted to dash up from his seat, run out to the Meignÿvÿca, and tell her crew of the voyage; it was a fierce battle to restrain himself and contain his excitement.
"But that, my son, is not the most important notice," Uijllijm said.
Startling, Adaire stared at his father, not sure of what to think.
"As on all voyages, it is requisite that a liaison for the Heijmegourde Shipping Company be present," Uijllijm said. "And I would go; however, the Company and its business hold me here, for there is none of adequate capability to charge all of this management for such a time. On the other hand, though, I have many men capable of being a liaison of the Company on any voyage; men of which you are in the number. Therefore, Eidere my son, I have made the choice to send the best: my heir, as the liaison for the Heijmegourde Shipping Company on this very monumental voyage."
Adaire leaned back against the chair and stared at his father. He had no idea what to say, no idea what to do; he felt about set to explode: he was thrilled, elated, exuberant; this was beyond all his wildest of dreams that such good fortune would ever come to him.
"I should hope that you shall represent the Company well as we put our name into the annals of Ureonaiean history, Eidere," Uijllijm said.
Adaire was silent for a moment before startling when he realized he ought to respond to his father's statement. "I shall do my utmost, father.""
Meignÿvÿca: mygkneefeekah
Uijllijm: will'im
Aifos: ayfoss
Enanea: eenanyah
Aissure: aysyoor
I: ee
Ureonaiean: yoorahneighan
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