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[wilee]

[ so if we're pretending there's a list that's called Things Malia Shouldn't Do, but She'll Definitely Do it Anyway, this would be on it. probably up there pretty high, top three. but that list doesn't exist, it's not real, and even if it was, she wouldn't pay any attention to it. so she's just leaving this out on the open locket network- ]

i don't care about the war.
i don't care about the courts.
my shard says i'm unseelie, but i didn't ask to be.
i won't fight someone just because somebody else tells me to.
the only thing i care about is keeping my friends safe, and keeping my home safe, and right now that's Cothromach.

why is that a bad thing now?

[ "now" because of how things are shifting, how the sides matter more than when she first got here, and when she first moved from caer scima, to the mountains. which no, she doesn't realize it's not the other shardbearers' faults ( not completely ), but it's noticeable in a way it wasn't before. she's mostly just curious what changed, and annoyed that her loyalties are being questioned over something she has/had no control over. so yeah! obviously confronting the lockets about it is the Best Idea Ever! malia tate, everybody. ]

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[amplified]

are *you* safe?

( hi malia )

voice;

[depicted]

[GURL he feels for you but even he knows that declaring it over the lockets isn't a great idea]

[His voice is delicate, quiet, sympathetic. But not wavering.]

That seems to be the way of people, when the dividing line changes from a border to a knife's cut. It is the logic of survival, and it ensures that the war will come to you whether you will it or not.

text;

[parallels]

Everyone is fighting to keep their homes safe.

Even if you don't fight. War still marches on and people will be forced to fight. To be able to avoid it is privilege.

voice.

[endurecer]

[ screw you and your texting, malia. ]

It's not. [ but. ] You can't avoid caring about the war forever.

[climbed]

Will you leave us, Malia?

[ :( ]

[digophelia]

Because it does not matter to them what your intentions are. They want nothing more than that rock in you, for the sake of power.

private » text.

[baseborne]

I spoke to Queen Solais of your intention to stay with Stiles some moons ago, when first you came here. She knows it, and permitted it, because I swore to her that all you would do is keepsafe the Cothromach. [So it is the opposite of a bad thing ok.]

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[steeledskin]

MALIA--

The Cothromach would see you safe-kept in turn. Might you mayhaps come to my solar to discuss this together? Aloud? It doesn't seem a matter best suited to the lockets.

--SANSA of HOUSE STARK

Voice

[fairyfoes]

It is only by the High Queen's grace that you live still, Unseelie. Should there ever be a moment when your loyalties to Glaschu and its Seelie sovereigns is questioned, it would be my honour to hunt you down, personally, and deliver up your still-wet shard to my monarchs.

Go with great care, and cast aside all other Unseelie ties 'lest the taint of them mark you.

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[desperate_times]

So.. are you a bloody idiot? Because I'm thinking the answer is 'yes'.

Private - text

[scorchedchivalry]

I respect your choice. The right to that choice is a core tenant of the Unseelie. I also fight to protect my friends and my home, but I know that should the Seelie win this war, all of that will be destroyed. As will your own world and those of your friends. To me, that fact drives me to raise my sword and lead the Unseelie in defense of all existence.

But I have not responded to attempt to influence your decision. It is your own. Though should there come a time when your existence as an Unseelie shardbearer puts either you or those you defend in grave danger, know that I will see you safely back to Unseelie lands and fight off the Seelie High-King's dogs to ensure you have the chance to continue to live.

General Saber
-Commander of Caer Scima
-Knight of the Necroveil
-Champion of Redgate
-King of Knights

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[writeswrongs]

[Castle would just like to +1 this entire text, but he's definitely not going to do that publicly.]

I hear you. And there are a lot of people here who feel the same way that you do. I'd just be careful about advertising it over the locket.

private voice

[bythewaves]

Be very careful, youngling. There are many who feel as you, but equally many who will hear your words as betrayal, of either or both side. There is nothing wrong with your sentiments, but alas, the rulers and their pawns think differently.

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[prophesied]

I am fairly certain that the Starks would - and likely will - defend your right to remain in Cothromach safely, regardless of the court you arrived in.
If this is your home, then Seelie or Unseelie hardly matters.
After all, Bran speaks highly of you. It wouldn't shock me to hear the others say much of the same.