eachdraidh | (third lemon cake) voice ✧ open to both courts

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Fellow [ ... ] shardholders. Seven blessings upon you all.

[ sansa is back in caer glaem, but there is no visual recording to accompany this address. (perhaps foolishly) she believes she may be somewhat protected from joffrey's attention. she would avoid an address altogether, but she feels there are those in the opposing court who ought to be quietly warned against the evil presence in their midst. trouble is, she doesn't know their names. and so here is a quiet attempt to draw out some of those people she'd spoken with at the very outset of using these lockets. ]

These lands are impressive. I have spent the larger part of two turns of this moon travelling them. Their roads are hard, perhaps, but I find myself oddly...pleased that I made any progress at all. [ there is a quiet (and honest) reverence in her voice. improvement and daring is not a thing she expects of herself, and so the mere understanding that she can now build a fire or ride a horse for days? it kindles something in her heart. a spark of pride. ] Seelie. Unseelie. Both territories boast beautiful landscapes -- I should like to see them painted, perhaps. Are there any artists in either court? Painters? Sculptors? [ ... ] Have we any musicians? These kingdoms must have their own songs. I would fain learn them.

From what played at the first feast, I imagine fairy music must always be a delight.

[ a protracted conversations, perhaps. but she hopes to catch the ear of wary allies and would-be friends. and as for her public behaviour? ah, well. she will be alayne stone a little longer. she is not ready to reclaim herself in one headlong rush. small steps and little leaps must be made. ]

(ooc: this post comes on the evening of june 27th. if your character is in caer glaem and is more apt to find here somewhere around the castle, go ahead and hit me with an action thread instead. i'm good with it. )

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Just because you're not fighting doesn't mean you're not contributing somehow -- or that you won't in the future. If there's anything I've learned from dealing with the gods so much, it's that they usually have a plan. These things happen for a reason.

[ she wants to voice her hesitation over being a part of someone's plan but the protest sticks in her throat.

instead: ] From where do you derive such optimism? Is it your faith?

[ how much easier faith must be when it can rely on certain knowledge of the gods, she thinks. ]

I think faith is supposed to be about believing in things you don't have any absolute proof of. [but who knows, he's never had any need to learn much about other religions. save that for the athena kids.] I just...don't want to give up so easily, I guess. I don't know, maybe it's just my nature?

[you wouldn't be the first person to think he's kind of excessively positive. ask nico sometime. or better yet, ask luke, who's still trying to fend off all that irritating blond optimism and friendship so he can continue to sulk on his own out at the station.]

Sometimes I feel as though such natures are inevitably broken in Westeros.

Good thing we're not there, then. I don't wanna be rude, but...well, I am glad you're not there anymore. Being kidnapped and all that sucks, but Westeros still sounds like a lot worse a place than here.

I would not be so quick to pass judgement, Jason. We have not been in these lands long enough to know how much hardship they might give us.

[ certainly, she'd lived over a decade in westeros before she'd learned how it could break a girl. it used to be the most beautiful place. ]

Edited 2014-07-10 13:10 (UTC)

But Westeros sounds bad because of the people. Uh, some of the people. [smooth, bro.] I'm not saying I subscribe to everything the rulers here believe in, but so far they seem like they're on our side. As long as the hardships are just in the form of monsters, this place can't be any worse than home.

[hell, if it's just got monsters than it's better than home. the gods are at least half of what makes home miserable sometimes, even if he is technically on their side.]

Don't you fear that there might be monsters in our midst?

I'd hope that the fairy rules of everything good and light picked their soldiers a bit more carefully than that.

Again, I wish I had your faith.

It's not faith. I'm just hoping for the best.

[he's fully capable of defending himself, after all. maybe it's just easier for him to take risks on other people because of it.]

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