Sadik
is
re-organizing his house....again.
lets herself in...before seeing him and realising that this wasn't where she meant to be. She slowly backs up, closing the door.
hears the door close and stops what he's doing before making his way to his door and opening it to find the retreating figure of
Trinidad. "Hey...did you need something?" He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say.
Shaliza
is
a little nervous. Just about all her family told her to beware of this nation. "No, I got lost actually..wrong flight I think." This was so_
_not Portugal. "I'll just get out of your way..." She starts to retreat slowly.
quirks a brow a little confused by her behavior. "Why don't you stay. I can show you around. Saves money."
"Or if you'd like I could give you a ride." 
laughs a little at that. "Yea, give me a ride back to an island. Sounds great."
realised what he said. "Can you not give a ride via plane or boat?" He seems amused by the mistake as well.
doesn't think he's so bad...her family is silly. "It's a fair bit to the Caribbean sea. I don't think you have a plane you can use_
_whenever you like, can you?"
shakes his head. "Unfortunately not but I can see if any government official is heading in that direction. They're usually pretty good about
letting certain people tag along especially if I ask. But if you'd like we could go for some sight-seeing as I try and get a hold of
someone. What do you think?"
Shaliza
thinks
she's never been to Turkey, and loves the idea of sightseeing. "That sounds great! Thank you so much!" Uncle Portugal was so wrong about him
_, and so was Papa and Lovi. Pshh
can be nice and friendly despite what others may think. "How bout a round to the palace or would you rather a tour of the bosphorous?"
Shaliza
thinks
a palace sounds exciting, but.. "What's a bospho..thing?"
chuckles lightly. "The bosphorous is a famous strait that goes through Istanbul connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It's very
beautiful and has been depicted in many famous European paintings. Either or works for me, really." He explains as he finishes an SMS on his
phone sending it to several government officials.
hums. "Can we see both?"
pockets his phone and nods. "I don't see why not. It's fairly early." He glances at his watch. "Lets go to the palace first in that
case." He smiles as he starts walking forward motioning with his head for her to follow.
follows happily along, looking around and trying to see as much as she could. "Your home is gorgeous..."
had been concentrating on how to get them out of the crowd when he hears that, he turns and smiles. "I'm glad you like it. I'll have to come
pay you a visit one day." He says as he gently wraps an arm around her shoulder to guide her through the crowd. The palace was almost in
sight.
stays close to him, for fear of getting lost in the crowd. "You should! It's not as big as your home, but it's nice."
chuckles. "You should have seen my home three hundred years ago. It was big then." He leads her past the front gates of the palace without
any trouble. The workers already knew who he was and never harassed him for entrance fees.
glances up to him at that. "Is that when you tried to take Lovino?" Always her Papa's favourite, he was.
quirks a brow at that amused by the mention of that specific siege. "Haha, yes, there was a time I tried to take South Italy. Managed to
conquer it for a few days before I was kicked back out. Spain tell you that?"
shrugs. "I hear things. I'm kinda on speaking terms with Papa, but not really? I dunno...but Uncle Portugal tells me lots." Like to stay_
_away from Turkey. Oops.
snorts, of course, Portugal. "I know your Uncle well. We used to do a lot of trading when I was younger. He doesn't like me much." He
smirks. "Can't really blame him though."
Shaliza
is
sure he knows her whole family well, hence all the warnings. "Why does he hate you?"
shrugs. "There are probably many reasons but lets go with because I used to be an Islamic empire."
sighs at that. "Oh right. That whole religion deal." Oddly enough Catholics seemed to be the most blood-thirsty. At least back then.
Sadik
thinks
they still kind of are...or at least the radicals are. "Yes, the religion deal. It was more important than race back then."
doesn't get why. "Oh..." Well it wasn't like Spain didn't try to convert them.
Sadik
thinks
Spain was insane during those days...still kind of does. "Want to see the harem room?"
isn't talking to him for a reason. "The what?"
understands now. He wouldn't either, not that he really does anyway. "The Harem Room. Where we kept the woman...the concubines.""
..."Do you still keep them? >>;;
"
laughs at her expression. "No. That would be illegal."
nods. "Oh, good...did you used to have male concubines?" >//>
quirks a brow at that. "Not in the harem but there were male lovers. Usually younger boys. Why?" He asks very much amused.
tries not to fluster. "Curious! That's all..."
Sadik
gives
her one of those knowing glances. "Right, don't be shy to ask anything you want. If you're really that curious."
doesn't know what he's talking about, there's no knowing glances needed. "Well all the guys had a bunch of girls, right? I was just_
_wondering if the girls had a bunch of guys...or something."
shakes his head. "No, the woman did not have more than one lover. At least, they weren't supposed too. And they were considered inferior
since they were all of the slave class and foreigners."
guesses that sounds about right for that time period. "You didn't have any female royalty or whatever?"
smiles at that. "Suleiman the Magnificent was the first to officially marry a woman and made her his Hurrem Sultan."
doesn't know what a Hurrem is, but thinks that sounds good. "Good for him. Why was he Magnificent?"
Sadik
likes
that she's very curious and asks questions. "Because he did a lot of good for the empire. He was a very intelligent man who conquered quite
a few lands, reformed the administration of the empire and was very firm in his laws. He was compassionate and very cultured, on top of
changing many other things. The empire was strong under his rule."
doesn't get off her island as much as she'd like to. "Oh...wow, he sounds like a great ruler. Plus he made his wife a..." Hurr something. _
_"Uhm...Sultan..person."
chuckles lightly. "Let's just call her a Queen if that makes it easier." He agrees with that, she does need to get off her island more.
grins. "Yea, that's easier. So I'm guessing he had concubines on the side, right? Does that mean if she wanted she could have male _
_concubines? Or does it not count despite her being royalty?"
shakes his head. "Yes and no, Suleiman loved her, he was infatuated by her and thus broke a Ottoman tradition when he married her and she
Sadik
was
not allowed to have male concubines. She would have been killed for that."
guesses it's at least good that he broke tradition to be with her. "That's kinda romantic..." for the time period, she supposed.
nods. "He also wrote a lot of poetry for her under a false pen name."
melts at that. "Awww, that's so sweet!" She wonders if anyone still wrote poetry these days...
doesn't write as much as he used too but he'd keep that secret to the grave. "Yes, she was very lucky but Roxelana did some good for the
empire as well. I believe, if I remember correctly, she put up either a hospital or a school for girls."
Shaliza
thinks
he's had some really good bosses. "That's so great. It must have been horrible for you when they weren't in power anymore.."
shrugs. "You get used to it. I tried not to get to attached to my bosses." There had only been one and the man's memory will never be
forgotten.
hasn't. She gets attatched to people quite easily. "It's hard though..."
can understand how it can be hard. "It's not easy. I know how hard it can be....I did grow really attached to one boss."
glances over at him. "Really?"
nods. "Yes, I'm still not completely over it." He glances up momentarily before letting his gaze fall back on Trini.
Shaliza
feels
bad for bringing it up. "Sorry..."
smiles lightly. "It's not your fault. What about your bosses? Have you come across the one you would die for in a heartbeat?"
laughs a little at that. "I'd die for a lot of people. But lately..Kamla, my current boss. Mainly because there's already been an _
assassination attempt, a little while ago. So I'm a little protective of her.."
"But what has she done for you? Not only because she's your boss but because they've done something to merit your loyalty and care."
Shaliza
thinks
she fucked up a few things too, but a lot of her bosses did. "She's doing a lot. All our university's are free, all the students are getting
_laptops, she's trying to fix up the poorer parts...there are a few bad decisions, but she's trying."
Sadik
thinks
she doesn't sound bad in that case. "That's good to hear. How old are you...by the way?"
blinks up at him, grinning a little. "Tsk, asking a girl her age. It really...depends? Nations count by different things. It could be when I
_got independence from Ma, when Papa discovered me before that, or the Amerindian and archaics before that." She knew she was the earliest_
_settled in the Caribbean at least.
laughs. "Considering you look like a teenager I don't think it really matters since I'm also your elder. Do you remember when you were
born?"
knows she looks young. v.v "Mm..." Was it 7000 years? "Before 250 BC"
nods. "Not as young as I first thought. ))
"*
Shaliza
gives
him a curious look. "How old did you think I was?"
tilts his head. "No more than 700 years."
grins. "Then I guess I look pretty damn good for my age, huh?"
chuckles lightly. "I guess you do. Keep up the care."
nods. "I will. Are we almost there yet?"
laughs. "We've been here for a while. This is the Harem room."
startles a little, looking around. "Sorry, I get caught up in things quickly.."
waves his hand to dismiss her apology. "Don't worry about it. As long as your not in a rush, we have time."
Shaliza
is
never in a rush. "Good." She peers around, looking at everything. "So concubines, huh? Did you have a lot of those?"
smiles knowingly before bringing his finger to his lips. "Now that's a secret." He chuckles as he gives her a wink.
laughs a little. She's taking that as a yes. "Of course it is." Everything was so nice though. "I like the architecture in your home."
glances around also admiring the architecture. "Thank you. What kind of architecture do you find in your home?"
smiles a little. "Uhm...kind of a mix of everything. Spanish, lots of French styles, Chinese, styles from Ma...a little bit of everything, _
_I guess."
finds that interesting. "A lot of occupation I see."
nods. "Yea...not to say Papa whored me out or anything..." But he basically did.
_Although she should remember it was England that brought workers from all over onto her land...
Sadik
thinks
that she can perceive it as something negative or something positive because it allowed her to see different cultures and experience
different lifestyles and people without having to travel. "And he calls me a monster...."
Shaliza
thinks
Turkey is very much an optimist. It's good now, but back then it was an invasion. "Ah well...he's okay now. He's trying, he comes and visits
_me. He's changed a lot...everyone was kind of horrible back then though. Power struggles, right?"
Sadik
is
trying to be an optimist.....it doesn't always work. He's seen to much to be a real optimist. "Yeah, lets go with that." He says as he leads
her to the old bathhouse in the palace.
sighs a little. This is why she's been struggling. To forgive for past misery, or not to forgive.
can only tell her to do what she wants. If he told her to forgive than he'd be a hypocrite if he told her not too well...it wasn't his place
to really say that.
Shaliza
will
have a long talk with her Papa and probably decide from there. "So this bathhouse..."
Sadik
thinks
thats a good way idea. "Yes, this used to be the palace bathhouse. It was very lively and always filled with someone. The Tellak always
consisted of younger and generally goodlooking boys."
looks to him curiously. "What's the Tellak?"
can't help his smirk from widening. "They were the people who washed you in the bathhouse."
colours a little at that. "Oh...sounds convienient. Lucky you, huh?"
chuckles. "Yeah, lucky me. Do you find that odd?"
-"Find what odd?"
"Bathhouses? And being washed by others? I find that most westerners find that odd."
shrugs. "I wish I had something like that. It's just a fancy version of us bathing in the sea or river, isn't it?" And they had cute guys to
_help them...even better.
chuckles. "You seem more open then most."
grins at that. "Thanks. You guys just made it fancier though. And had the idea of..." Uhh "Talleks? Them. I don't know why anyone would _
_complain about that."
"Tellaks." He corrects. "Others would think it very homo-erotic...not that it didn't get to that at times."
blushes at that. Technically she knew what her stance should be on that. It was still illegal in her home afterall. But she was a nation, _
_open to more than what her bosses wanted. "Well...if you enjoy that, then all the better, right?"
shrugs. "My elite did." Not that he didn't either but not with just anyone.
still thinks it's a shame females never got to enjoy all that. "Lucky for your elite~ What about you?"
"What about me?"
looks over to him. "Did you enjoy all that too? The Tellaks."
nods. "Yes, but I was a bit more pick-y with my Tellaks."
-"Picky how?"
shrugs. "I didn't let just anyone touch me."
Shaliza
thinks
that's kind of admirable in it's own way. "Fair enough."
doesn't know how that is...some may say its arrogant. "Haha, next time you come you can try one of my bathhouses. The tourists love it."
Shaliza
thinks
it's the way you go about it. "You still have them around?" Probably not the tellaks though. No cute boys to help her wash up v.v
nods. "We do but mostly tourists go there."
Shaliza
thinks
it's cool anyways "Good thing I'm a tourist. I'd love to go next time."
Sadik
will
remember that. "I'll make sure to take you. It's an experience you must have."
grins happily that that "Really? Thank you, that sounds amazing."
Sadik
feels
his phone vibrate and grabs it to check it out. "So it seems that one of my officials is heading in that direction." He smiles. "He's living
tonight and said there was more than enough room for you."
Shaliza
is
a little sad to leave...but will visit another time. "Oh. Thank you for arranging that. It really helps me out."
Sadik
gives
her a smile, he really did enjoy her company. It had been really nice. "We still have time so why don't we head to the bosphorous?"
perks up. "That sounds great! Can we go now?"
[niiight]
(( Goodnight~ ))
nods. "Definitely." He says as he motions her to follow.
follows him happily. It was nice here, and he was fun to talk to. "Is it far away?"
smiles. "I have a short cut so not to far." He says as he takes her through several streets before coming out in front of a mosque located
right by the strait. It was surprisingly not as busy or filled with tourist as he was used too which was nice. "Here we are~"
Sadik
shares
just stares. It's completely breathtaking...
"We can walk along, there is a fort around here. It's nice to look at."
nods, gazing around. "I wish I had a camera...it's so beautiful."
glances around nodding in agreement. "Next time."
grins at that. "Definitely." She walks closer to the water, admiring the view.
goes off to look at other stuff giving her some time on her own to explore what she wanted too.
leans forward, fingers skimming the water a little. 'Do people go swimming in here?"
turns around when he hears the question. "Yeah, some people do. There are also annual swim races here."
would love to go swimming here. She walks around a bit without straying too far. "That's so cool."
wouldn't advise now since the water is pretty cold. "Come back when its warmer for a swim."
definitely will. "How long til it gets warmer?"
Sadik
has
to think a little about that. "Three to four months."
siiiiighs. "That's so long..."
chuckles. "Yes, but there are much warmer places here that you could give the beaches a try. Honestly, I prefer waiting for warmer weather."
might. "Why wait?"
smiles. "Maybe it's the baby in me." He winks. "I'm not much of a swimmer anyway."
smiles at that "Aw, really? Maybe I'm biased though, island ans all. But I adore the water."
*and]
can understand why, it was pretty majestic. "Here's an interesting bit of information for you. My navy consisted of 90% Greeks. They were
much better at sailing than me but that's the only compliment you'll get out of me about the stupid Greek."
laughs softly at that. "Well at least you had his help. I've never sailed with him before."
sometimes it was really forced help. "Maybe you should go pay him a visit sometime. Tell him you want to go sailing. Maybe he'll get off his
lazy ass and do something for a change."
grins "You think he would take me if I asked?" She's never really spoken to him much before.
nods. "I definitely think he would and if not just let me get a word in." He smirks jokingly.
tries to hide a small laugh. "I'm sure I can handle myself, but I'll definitely let you know."
smiles. "Just make sure not to tell him I sent you and you'll be golden."
nods, grinning. "Okay. You think he'll tell me no if I say you're the one that sent me?"
isn't too sure about that...there was a possibility but he'd probably wonder why he sent her to the Greek. "I can't be sure but it's best
to just not mention me."
hums "I'll keep that in mind."
nods. "That a girl~"
beams. "I'll tell you how it goes, and take pictures~"
would like that. "Yes, do that."
Shaliza
will
definitely. "Sucks you guys don't get along. It would be fun if you could come too."
shrugs. "Some things are hard to forget. You'll have fun either way and if not than I'll make it up to you."
smiles a little at that "I'm sure it'll be fine, but thank you."
Sadik
is
sure it will be too. He glances down at his watch and eyes widen slightly. "If we don't leave here now for the airport you won't make that
flight..."
wouldn't mind, but should be getting back... "Oh...yea, thanks again for arranging that."
waves the thanks off. "No problem at all." He gently places a hand on her back as he stirs her away from the Bosphorus so they can catch a
cab to the airport.
glances back at it, making a mental note to come back. She follows along though, very glad she got lost today.
flags one down and ushers her in before following suite. He was also glad for the unexpected guest. Beat being in the house all day.
Shaliza
thinks
that's boring. Next time they could go drinking!
it would have been boring and agrees. He'd be up for drinks whenever. >D
can't wait to come back >w<
Sadik
will
be awaiting her visit. The taxi pulls up to the airport, he pays and ushers them out right at the moment his governor official drives
up. "Good timing." He smirks.
Shaliza
thinks
so. She feels bad that he paid for her taxi though.
doesn't think she should worry about it at all. He goes and exchanges a few words with the government official before turning and pointing
to her saying a few more words and then beckoning her forward.
moves to stand beside him, waving a little nervously to his officials.
chuckles. "Don't worry they don't bite. The one that you'll be accompanying is Mustafa. He's a nice man if not a little shy so you won't
have to worry about awkward conversations if you don't want to talk."
often talks too much ><; Especially when nervous. "Okay, I'll take your word for it." Aw, she hoped the other could at least walk them to_
_the terminal. She enjoyed the time she spent here.
Sadik
will
do at least that. He won't leave until she's on the plane and so as his official heads into the airport he follows gently guiding Trini
along. "Did you have a good time at least? I know it wasn't were you wanted to be."
nods. "I had lots of fun, I'll definitely visit soon. If you want, you could visit me too."
smiles. "I'll definitely have to take you up on that offer."
grins happily. "Great. Just show up whenever."
could easily do that. "Same goes for you." They head into the terminal with no problem and the official begins to board the plane. "I guess
this is where we part ways. Well, it was nice having you here. Expect a visit from me soon." He smiles as he pats her shoulder warmly.
grins, hugging him and kissing him on the cheek. Standard goodbye~ "Thanks for having me. I'll be waiting."
chuckles and hugs her back planting a kiss to her forehead instead of her cheek. "Not a problem. Have a safe trip." He steps back smiling.
waves to him as she follows..Mustafa. "Thanks, bye.."
waves until she disappears before taking a seat to make sure the plane takes off on time.
walks through into the plane, sitting next to Mustafa. "...Heeey." >>;;
watches the plane fly off and his mind is at peace knowing that she would be getting back home fairly soon. (( Pfff, poor Trini stuck with
Mustafa. ))
[xDDD She'll just awkwardly talk his ear off, that's all]
(( He'll probably be confused to why someone is talking to him so much but politely listen. xD ))
[xD Awww]
(( Haha, that was fun. ))
[It was >w<]