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[seidhe]

[ The elf is found amongst the trees, so high as to be consumed by the foliage. He sits with a lap full of arrows to be fletched ( as well as one more important arrow set a part from the rest, feathers weather worn ) and scowl upon his lips. This is the first he as appeared in such a manner, and he does not do so with a smile and warm words. ]

Watching you all scurry around preparing for war is much watching ants; curious for a moment but boring swiftly after. [ Ants so easily crushed, decimated. Mindless drones in service of a queen, ha. ] Glosse, que bloed raenn aig a' cuislean dhe weddin. They will bleed you dry and the fault shall lay with you for letting them.

[ Single eye looks away from the locket, hands busying with his self appointed task. ]

I wonder, once the smoke has cleared which among the swine shall climb on top the pile of corpses and proclaim 'I win.'

[ Such a happy fellow, aint he? Ah, but before ending he picks up the separate arrow and holds it for the locket to record. ]

Your arrow, Elvenking. [ Inside joke, none of you will get it. ]

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[metalica]

Sind Sie nicht eine Ameise als auch?

[ You're not the only one that can play cute language games, Iorveth. Erik lifts an eyebrow. ]

You get bored so easily?

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[seidhe]

[ His brow furrows briefly but he appears largely unimpressed. ]

Pissing contests hold little value to me.

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[metalica]

Maybe not, but there are some benefits to playing along.

[ Come on, he's trying to be a good Unseelie bro here. ]

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[seidhe]

Is there? [ He scoffs. ] None that are worth becoming little more of a frothing dog.

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[orcsurfing]

[ He makes no comment about the war efforts, about the preparations and the battle. For them it's a necessity, a duty to the new people they are trying to lead. His own thoughts on the war itself are quite similar, not very enthused, but he does what he must, what his father orders. ]

I see you have awakened my father's- [ And his mouth quirks here in amusement. ] fatherly instincts.

[ Yes, he knows that game, or challenge. That and many others that Thranduil used to keep him occupied for long periods of time. ]

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[seidhe]

[ Perhaps he would think differently were the circumstances not so, but Iorveth is a stubborn elf and he has fought too long for kings and queens who do not care about those they order.

His eyebrow raises, disappearing underneath his headscarf. ]

Is that what we are calling it?

[ Iorveth just thought he was being a pain in the ass, honestly. ]

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[ Legolas's smile, in turn, stretches even wider. ]

Aye, we are calling it exactly what it is. [ He chuckles. ] If it is what I recall, it is one of the... less troublesome challenges he is capable of giving.

Though it has been some hundreds of years since the last time I had been subjected to those.

[ They were... frustrating, he will give Iorveth that, but they were also exactly what allowed Legolas eventually - when he was but a wee elfling - hone his skills to perfection. Archery and hunting and tracking and all the other various things. ]

[seidhe]

[ Iorveth screws up his nose as if a foul smell had wafted into it. ]

He shot the arrow high into a rock face, something to keep my hands busy. [ And considering that it has taken him this long to retrieve it? It worked. But admittedly, Iorveth took his time in the retrieval. ] Some hundreds of years, [ Stop making him feel so young. ] aren't you lucky.

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[erythristic]

And where will you be at that time? Tucked away safely in some little town as a coward who fled before the fight even began? Or unwittingly dead upon the field, caught in some tragic accident?

Mock us for our preparations if you would, but it is better than being helpless and letting the enemy come and slit our throats.

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[seidhe]

[ The elf throws his head back with a laugh, harsh and almost cruel. ]

Is it cowardice to refuse to fight a war not your own? I have no reason to fight for these monarchs. I know their ilk well, elaine d'yaebl.

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[erythristic]

It is your war whether you like it or not, so long as you keep what lies in your breast. The monarchs and the enemy alike don't care for you not holding a reason to fight.

Of course, if you're so determined to not engage in this, I could offer my assistance in removing the obstacle to that.

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[seidhe]

The aedd in my chest does not obligate me to fight their ploughing war, nor does it make it mine.

Try and you will die with an arrow to your throat.

[digophelia]

It's a pity I don't remember any French.

[ Otherwise like Erik, she would have said something smarry, too. ]

And that is the question, isn't it. Although I have the mind to wait for some of the more pushier on the opposite side to do so. [ She's not thrilled with the courts, but she's also still very bitter about the first battle she joined in, too. ]

[seidhe]

[ What the shit is French? ]

It won't matter which dh'oine is the one to scale the corpses, the result will always be the same.

[digophelia]

[ Still fairly biased, but that's besides the point. ]

There will be places you can go to if you want to avoid the war entirely, you know. If that is your goal, that is.

[seidhe]

I choose not to fight their ploughing war, I do not flee from it.

[lusiphur]

[This elf would have something sarcastic to say back as well, except he's one of the idiots playing along with this little war game.]

Well aren't you the voice of reason around here?

[seidhe]

Am I? [ Iorveth laughs. ] You are certainly doomed then.

[lusiphur]

Yeah, we're doomed. Doomed since we each set foot in this fucking place.

The only thing I know for sure is that I don't want to end up as one of those corpses. Sometimes that does mean fighting. Sometimes it means running the hell away and hiding until it's over.

That doesn't change the fact that we're all morons for playing along.

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[firith]

It's nice to see you so chatty today, Iorveth. The arrow is well won. [ Son, you are going to stir up a hornet's nest but you probably already know that. Calm down, Jason Todd kid. ] Am I to count myself amongst the swine, too?

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[seidhe]

[ Yes, he knows don't you worry. It might be the entire point, or it might not, hard to tell. ]

No. [ The look he gives is almost like he assumes Thranduil to know that. ] Do you manipulate your soldiers into war? Do you stand back as they are slaughtered? You are a wise man, Elvenking. If you fight I would believe it to be out of necessity than the whims of near absent monarchs.

[ Or so he assumes. ]

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[firith]

[ His laugh is the first in days, clear and fond. ]

I hope to remain so in your eyes. You are not wrong, I would hardly be here if the vampires would keep their fangs to themselves and out of Elven throats. [ His tone gentles a fraction around the edges. ] Will you not come and ride with us? Your business is your own, of course, but your company is missed.

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[menelluin]

Not all would take war so lightly.

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[seidhe]

Mi dean neén. War is a familiar taste to my tongue. [ He could not treat it lightly if he wished, but he will make his feelings on the matter known. ]

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[menelluin]

As it is on mine. Many of those who fight here do not fight only to win some competition.