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ʟᴀᴅʏ sᴀɴsᴀ sᴛᴀʀᴋ: ᴀʟᴀʏɴᴇ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ([personal profile] steeledskin) wrote in [community profile] eachdraidh2014-05-20 11:17 pm

(second lemon cake) video ✧ locked to seelie

Dear fellows and members of the Seelie court -- [ the voice which addresses the locket is composed and clear and perfectly conscientious. but the girl whose image accompanies the voice looks a little less than all those things. her dark-dyed hair is fastened in an uncommonly simple braid...and if one looks very closely, she can be seen to have a haggard look about her. she's somewhere outside and all her caution is bent at hiding a panic she doesn't want to share with strangers. nor with those few genuinely waiting on her return. ]

I don't want to alarm any of you. Indeed, I speak to the very opposite of that effect. It's -- [ her gaze flickers 'off-screen' for a moment ] -- it's Alayne Stone. Those of you who are acquaintances [ not friends ] ought to know that I've found myself...left behind. I'm sorry. It should not have happened. But I suspect I won't make Caer Glaem again for some time. [ the fault of the matter is a little trickier than that, but she knows better than to play with implications. so after a steadying breath, she presses onwards. ] Or we won’t -- because I'm not alone. [ i have nymeria, she thinks but doesn’t dare to say. just like how sansa wants to speak directly to those who know her for who she really is -- but instead: ] I have a knight with me.

Don't I, Ser Gendry? [ and she twists her locket, letting it capture the surly blacksmith who stands a few paces away from her with an irritated expression. his armour is dented and blooded and the man sags with an obvious exhaustion. ser gendry is a man who looks and feels beaten, but it does not stop him from standing tall. he is a talisman of sorts: a warning, to any sansa fears might prey upon what would otherwise be a journey fraught with vulnerability. ser gendry is here; she is protected, albeit not happily so. he at last looks towards her and her locket and grumbles an unhappy agreement to her statement, which is accompanied by a nod. ]

A lady needn’t despair when she’s so well accompanied. Instead, my thoughts are with the returned; I pray the High Queen’s desired prize was taken without steep costs or losses. [ following this, there is no formal farewell. no official sign-off. her attention lingers, perhaps waiting for one or two responses in particular. ]

( ooc; sansa and gendry are now officially stranded and making their long way back to caer glaem -- and it’ll take them at least two months, though they’ll be reachable by locket at their respective ic inboxes. but for now, responses to this post will receive replies from one or the other or both!)
oursavinggrace: (♃weirdest boner right now)

[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[he knows it sounds crazy. take your time.]
oursavinggrace: (♃jason/brick otp)

[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[it takes him a few moments to follow her logic there, eyebrows knitting together in thought.]

What, the lightning? Not really, I usually just channel it through a sword or something, or aim it straight at the monsters. It still hurts if it actually hits me, but I can take a shock better than most people.
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[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. I get hurt in stupid ways all the time. I once took a brick to the head and got knocked out barely five minutes into a fight and my friends had to literally carry me out of there.

[and he'd share the story of how he got the scar on his lip if he thought there was any chance she'd know what a stapler was. it certainly made nico laugh.]
oursavinggrace: (☈why are all the romans so hot)

[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Monsters in our world are attracted to demigods, and especially to kids of the Big Three -- uh, my dad and his brothers, the three major gods -- so we're usually fighting stuff off even when we're not on a quest.
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[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
I'm beginning to wonder if there actually is any logic in how they pick people, actually. Sure, my friends and I are used to this kind of stuff, but there are just as many people here who seem like they have no idea what they're supposed to do. There are kids.

[and like, actual kids, not the "ages 13 and up" warriors he's used to hanging out with.]
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[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hostages? For who?
oursavinggrace: (☈cupid is a dick tbh)

[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
And the kids would...stop people from attacking them?

[see, this is why you equip kids with weapons and teach them how to use them.]
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[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-06-30 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
And what if the enemy doesn't care about a bunch of random kids? You really think the monarchs here would just kill them like that?

[he's not really a fan of having been kidnapped and all that, but at least this court's king and queen hadn't seemed the type to murder children.]
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[personal profile] oursavinggrace 2014-07-02 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
No offense, but Westeros doesn't really sound like a nice place.