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1st Circuit - Text for Both Courts, Video-locked for Unseelie

[There's probably a better way to do this, but at least he can put out feelers and see what he's working with. Since the decimation of Caer Scima Hiro's been a little more than bitter toward the Seelie and while he doesn't want to have anything to do with any of them, he realizes that as a scientist he needs to gather as much information as possible.]

It's been a long month, hasn't it? I'm not used to any of this. Monsters? Destroying people's castles? It's weird. I was getting ready for class one day and the next I came here and then the fighting started. I think I'm going to fall really, really behind in my homework. Makes me wonder…what do you miss most about home? I can't be the only one who really misses advanced tech (computers, video games, even the old stuff like VCRs would be okay at this point.) And I know, I know, the Station exists but it's not the same. So, what about you guys?

[If he can figure out what people value? Maybe they can use that to their advantage, too.]

[Unseelie Locked]

[Now comes the hard part. With that out of the way the video function of the locket clicks on and it's obvious that the locket's hanging from something in front of Hiro. He's in a room at the Station, ever-recognizable blue hoodie hanging loosely on his frame but the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. More importantly than that? He looks a little nervous.]

…hi. My name is Hiro Hamada. I don't know most of you, but I hope you're listening anyway.

[He pauses and looks to the side, evidently looking at someone else who's in the room with him. Deep breath, Hiro.]

It's not a secret that we lost this battle pretty bad. That's a fact, but I think there's something we can do about it to help recover. I know there are other people that don't know how to really fight, or there are people who can only fight with weapons. What if we could do something more than that?

[Give him a second and he's holding up his hand. It looks as though he might completely freeze up but after a short moment a small fireball appears in the palm of his hand. He wants to put it out immediately, but he pauses long enough to at least look at the locket again.]

I couldn't do this when I first got here. [And the fireball vanishes.] Think about how much stronger we'd be as a court if everybody could wield a couple of spells. Even if it's not something you want to use for offense even picking up a few for defense is better than nothing. I know there're a lot of magic users here but…well, Lemina and I have been working on something pretty cool.

[He's going to lean forward and pick up what looks like a piece of paper with a class list and a list of elemental spells written on it to show the camera.]

The Guild's designed to not only teach people how to unlock their own magic ability but hone it and build up to becoming a better magician. We have a few ideas how to use it to help our side of this war. We're going to start classes soon for anybody who's even kinda curious. [A pause.] Look, I didn't even really believe in magic before I got here and knowing the little bit I learned saved me back there. It'd be really cool if you guys considered it and you can always ask Lemina or me if you have questions.

[Actually…he looks off screen toward where Lemina's sitting.] Maybe we should do that now?

[ooc: This is actually going to be open to both Seelie and Unseelie because of the mage university being started by Tzilan just outside of Redgate. Lemina's been putting up flyers around the Station and Hiro just doesn't realize it and has a very strong bias against the Seelie. You can check out more about said-Guild in the class link above, and you can sign up your character here. As an aside, Lemina will also be teaching classes at said-university on her own, but will be keeping the Guild as something separate. edit: also Lemina might pop into some threads as well!]

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World...wars?

[Someone hasn't clued her in on that. If they happen in her world and she's hoping very much they do not but history has not been that merciful so far and it seems a fair few people here do come from her world.]

The place of a woman should always be where she wishes it to be.

[She'll digest the rest of the information as she listens to him, nods where appropriate.]

Then you hope to explore and then to return to your home. And your actions will lead you down that path.

We've only had a few of them. [Hiro that's not really helping...] It's a long story and I mean I can tell you about it sometime if you really want but it's sorta boring.

And you wished to be a knight?

[A shrug.] That's a good way of putting it, yeah. I have a feeling I'll end up going down a few other paths though before I get to the one to take me out of here. That's not always a bad thing though.

I knew I wished more than to be a court lady when I was very young. I asked for sword lessons and my parents allowed it. I was better than my brother, actually, because he always had his head in books.

[There is a certain fondness at that memory. She always had been so happy with a sword in her hand.]

To be a knight of the king was my greatest privilege, but I agree that it is not such a bad thing to wander down other paths. Wandering led me to what my true calling was and so I am certain it will do the same for you.

What's wrong with having your head in books? [It's not a defensive question but one formed out of curiosity. He reads enough but it's also not his main or his favorite pastime.] I kinda wish we had sword lessons at home but my aunt wouldn't let me look. [Probably because both Tadashi and Aunt Cass knew better than to trust Hiro swinging around sharp objects.]

Do you think you want to be a knight here, too? [He's purposefully not touching on what he wants to do, or what his true calling is.]

Nothing is wrong with it. Only he was supposed to be the knight and I the lady. It is difficult to improve your skill with a sword when you are reading.

[He had always been too gentle. But Lia smiles again, has the irrational urge to groom his hair with her fingers.]

I do not know what I would like to be here, except that I would wish to be useful.

"Supposed to be." [He thinks it's funny to have such a set idea even if it appears Lia doesn't agree either, which is nice.] I think it's more interesting to have it be the other way around, but how cool would it be if your brother could use a sword and read at the same time?

[What? It would be kinda awesome...]

A lot of people want to be helpful and useful here, but how can we do that if we don't know what they really want from us? [It's the nice way of gauging if Lia knows the Seelie agenda and also carefully avoiding talking about his own court.]

I believe that would make him most happy. He did learn, eventually, but I am still better at it than he is.

[Will always be, more than likely, but that's alright because he's a sweet boy and perhaps he will gain a position that is not combat heavy.]

We can not know what anyone desires from us unless they tell us, I fear, and even then it may not be the complete truth.

[Bad boy, Hiro. She's a diplomat. But is also not used to being questioned by boys.]

I imagine service is expected. To our fellow man and to a common goal, rather than a personal end.

Well if you're a knight, you've gotta be on top of your game.

[He really shouldn't be this interested in talking to her and learning more about her, but…seriously. It's kinda cool.]

You don't think the monarchs are being truthful with us? [That's interesting. He's completely unaware that she may very well be on to what he's doing but he hasn't met a Seelie that actually thinks there might be something amiss.] How can we know what the common goal is if nobody's actually saying anything beyond "fight in the war"?

A knight not at his best is at his worst, or so I was taught.

[And so she tries to practice, even if it is difficult at times.]

I believe that a ruler must often conceal things. Transparency is something to strive for but the head that wears the crown must keep order.

[Even in lies. But she looks a little pained saying that.]

I can not bring myself to fight people who are not my enemies.

Pretty good analogy.

But how can followers believe in a ruler that doesn't disclose the whole truth? How can you have order if people don't know all of the facts?

...who would you consider enemies then?

I have devoted my life to a King who I know does not tell me everything. Some things...they are best left unsaid. But I might agree people do not make fully informed decisions if facts are hidden.

[She's had a million of these revolutionary arguments. It somehow never gets any easier to voice her point without finding flaws in it.]

I do not have enemies in this place. It used to be the enemies of my country were my enemies, but I have no country here.

[He has to wonder if Lia knows the Seelie monarchs probably aren't disclosing everything...and furthermore, he has to wonder if she even cares in that place. Are there Seelie that just don't care about the orders so long as they're fulfilling their duty? It's a scary thought.] Possibly. I guess I just like to know...well, everything.

[It's true. He's aware that he's overly nosy and too curious for his own good and that alone has helped him find his way right into the middle of trouble so many times but it doesn't make him stop. All it really does is push him forward to figure out a better answer.]

Would you consider this a new home, or just a temporary prison?

This country will never be my country, however much I might wish it was. I would not call it a prison but I would not call it a home.

[Maybe in time. Maybe with additional people, additional bonds, but she misses what is left of her family so fiercely she doubts in this moment she will ever find peace here. But there is nothing to go back home to, really.]

A knight carries out orders. There is questioning, of course, but to fully serve someone you must accept that they will do what is best for their people and their country.

An in-between then. [That's a good way to look at it, too. He's not even sure what he considers Drabwurld yet but he knows there are people here he'll look after in the meantime.]

I don't know if I could ever be a knight. That takes a lot of dedication. [Which, while admirable, is also kind of stupid in his opinion. No more blindly trusting people. People got hurt when you so blindly trusted.] As long as the leader isn't corrupt though. [Like the monarchs may or may not be.]

God placed my King on his throne and I had to trust the divine wisdom in that decision, even if I had my mortal doubts.

[Doubts that were well founded. Doubts that had gotten her killed, if she's fully honest.]

But I believe you must place your faith in something or you will remain lost. Perhaps you would not be a knight. Perhaps you would be a minister of state.

[That doesn't do much to assure him either, but that's a whole other issue revolving around believing in higher powers or not. None of that is lost on him and he kind of quietly agrees with that sentiment. Believing in something kept him from drowning completely at home...even if it wasn't quite the right something at first.]

You mean like the government. Maybe. Politics aren't really hard to understand. [They're just boring.] I think I'd rather be doing something instead of just talking about doing something for whoever the ruler is, but maybe not a knight. Something else.

You need not place your faith in an earthly body, or in a heavenly one. It can be...difficult. When you do not believe your ruler has best interests at heart and some do not. Then you must have faith you exist to make your king a better man.

[A lot of good that does, though. And she's studying him, head tipped, pleasant and polite smile on her face.]

You need not get embroiled in politics at all.

You mean having faith in yourself then. [That's how he's interpreting it, and she can't convince him otherwise. Oops.] I think that's probably an even better idea. How can you make people better if you're not making yourself better too?

I don't plan on it. The politics of this place kinda seem like a mess between you and me.

Or in others. In something.

[Is she repeating herself? She is. It's kind of unfortunate but at least she's trying to be clear. It's so strange explaining to people who are not nobility, who are not even from a hundred years near her.]

We are all small pieces, or so my mother told me once. We must work together as a whole to create something greater than ourselves.

[As for the rest?]

It is better to not become jaded by politics, but I feel sometimes we are left with no choice.

[It doesn't help that sometimes Hiro doesn't listen the first time either, not when he's fixated on his own ideas.]

Hey, I'm not the one opposed to working with other people. Try telling that to everybody else out there. [Other than the fact that that, of course, is also a lie. He has his qualms about working with certain people but he's trying. He's being selective, but it's a start.]

Doesn't it ever bug you not to have a choice? [He feels like he's asked this before but it's a concept that he can't wrap his head around.]

[It's a tough question, once she can understand what 'bug' actually means in this context.]

I believe more and more that our paths are chosen for us, but I feel it is a sorrow that we must suffer to walk them and that others must suffer for their paths as well.

[A pause, then.]

But I would not wish to be embittered with politics of a country not my own.

You believe in a predetermined destiny. [Things like "fate" and "destiny" are still foreign concepts to him when he's used to being able to change his own story. He won't discount it of course, but it's something worth questioning.] Do you believe those paths can be redirected at all? Who chooses the paths?

I wouldn't want to be, uh, embittered either, I guess.

I believe my fate was written and God put me on the path to it. [It was literally written in this case.] Vague, I must say, but not all together inaccurate.

I am not certain what I believe. Only that I fulfilled what was written for me in a way I never imagined I would. There is no reason, however, that you should not try to change your path if you are unhappy.

I'm not unhappy. [Uh. Well actually...that's a good point and a good thought. He's not continuing for a second because wow way to jump right into that, Hiro.] But I want to be sure I write my own fate and that way I can decide when it's over.

[This way he doesn't get his life cut off before he's ready, too.]

It is a great honor to be noticed enough to have your future written, I suppose.

[Her voice, her expression, makes it obvious that she doesn't consider it such an honor. That it might in fact be a burden.]

You are very young, are you not? You have plenty of time to write your own fate and to find the path that will take you there.

1st Circuit - Text for Both Courts, Video-locked for Unseelie

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