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Aug. 3rd, 2016 12:44 amThe Many Lives of Genevieve
14,755 Words, 42 pages
And because it's really not a spoiler - here is the life of Genevieve herself:
Aureliacus Genoveva was born in the late 2nd century, in the little village of Vindia, thirty miles out of Argentoratum on the Rhine Border of the Roman Empire to Walther and Helene. Helene died in childbirth. Born in the empire, she was given a Roman style name, but was called “Genoveva” because, as her father said “This is the name I gave you, not the one the Romans wanted.”
Around the age of four, she disappeared from her bed for four hours. She was found back in bed as if she'd never left. When awoken, she had no recollection of ever waking up, or where she might have been for the missing four hours.
At the age of five, she developed the ability to recall nearly every moment of her life from that age on. She began working on the family dairy around this time, and her abilities assisted her father in managing the dairy. As her memory skills sharpened even further, she began assisting in the management of the dairy at age nine.
At twelve, during a trip to Argentoratum, she met Maxence during a fair where they had a booth. Thanks to her memory, she was able to pick him out at age thirteen, and by fourteen, Maxence would make the long trip to Vindia several times a year to visit with her. At fifteen, he moved into Vindia and got a job on the dairy. At sixteen, Genoveva and Maxence married.
By twenty, after many many attempts they were expecting their first child. But after a very difficult pregnancy, she miscarried, nearly dying in the process. According to the village doctors, she had become infertile, and would be unable to have a child.
By the time she reached twenty-five she and her husband were doing most of the running of the dairy, and her father, wishing to retire, sold the dairy to Maxence for one Denarii. His retirement consisted of (more than) occasionally helping the dairy in minor work, much like Maxence did in his first years there. He would die peacefully in his sleep when she was thirty two.
At thirty seven, a mild influenza outbreak occurred in her village. Unlike the village, however, she never recovered. Her infection lasted far longer than anyone else, and her health slowly, but steadily declined over the course of nearly two months. The last month she was completely bedridden and died shortly after her 38th birthday among friends and extended family who had gathered to help with the dairy.
14,755 Words, 42 pages
And because it's really not a spoiler - here is the life of Genevieve herself:
Aureliacus Genoveva was born in the late 2nd century, in the little village of Vindia, thirty miles out of Argentoratum on the Rhine Border of the Roman Empire to Walther and Helene. Helene died in childbirth. Born in the empire, she was given a Roman style name, but was called “Genoveva” because, as her father said “This is the name I gave you, not the one the Romans wanted.”
Around the age of four, she disappeared from her bed for four hours. She was found back in bed as if she'd never left. When awoken, she had no recollection of ever waking up, or where she might have been for the missing four hours.
At the age of five, she developed the ability to recall nearly every moment of her life from that age on. She began working on the family dairy around this time, and her abilities assisted her father in managing the dairy. As her memory skills sharpened even further, she began assisting in the management of the dairy at age nine.
At twelve, during a trip to Argentoratum, she met Maxence during a fair where they had a booth. Thanks to her memory, she was able to pick him out at age thirteen, and by fourteen, Maxence would make the long trip to Vindia several times a year to visit with her. At fifteen, he moved into Vindia and got a job on the dairy. At sixteen, Genoveva and Maxence married.
By twenty, after many many attempts they were expecting their first child. But after a very difficult pregnancy, she miscarried, nearly dying in the process. According to the village doctors, she had become infertile, and would be unable to have a child.
By the time she reached twenty-five she and her husband were doing most of the running of the dairy, and her father, wishing to retire, sold the dairy to Maxence for one Denarii. His retirement consisted of (more than) occasionally helping the dairy in minor work, much like Maxence did in his first years there. He would die peacefully in his sleep when she was thirty two.
At thirty seven, a mild influenza outbreak occurred in her village. Unlike the village, however, she never recovered. Her infection lasted far longer than anyone else, and her health slowly, but steadily declined over the course of nearly two months. The last month she was completely bedridden and died shortly after her 38th birthday among friends and extended family who had gathered to help with the dairy.
