The kitchens are a busy, hot place. They are filled with kitchen staff rushing around to prepare the main meals for the king's family and residing nobles. Tonight they are preparing two deer the king and his nobles caught while hunting, as well as some rabbit from a few days ago and seasoned vegetables. There are multiple fires around the kitchen to cook the animals and boil the vegetables, and combined with the heat of all the people the room is stifling. While the main kitchen workers are middle aged women who stay at one station, there are also younger children running around taking ingredients from one place to another. People are shouting instructions and gossip to one another constantly, so it is very hard to hear anything, but the atmosphere is very cheerful.
the kitchens, Inside Castle
rat
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.
I am a poor young woman who was recently widowed. I sell flowers to travelers and passersby on the road outside my village. I hope to earn enough money to be able to provide for myself and my child.
Another missed customer... -pokes head around looking for food- Is that a rat? -looks over towards voice- At least you can live a simple life. Oh we all can, it is just a matter of choosing to do so. It is hard though, I need money to live. Could consider trying to live off the land, a kitchen seems a strange place to sell flowers though. I simply stopped here for scraps like you. I see, business must be rough then. Yes it is, I am very poor. Have you no skills to make use of?