video | this is it boys, this is war | open to both courts

[noflying]

I don’t know you people. Not really.

[ Jake is seated in what looks to be some sort of a tavern, the walls behind him planks of wood instead of the stone of any of the castles. His hat is on, bright blue eyes staring out from under it, fixed on the locket. ]

And unless I’ve missed something, none of you know me.

[ He certainly hopes no one knows him – he’s wanted, after all. ]

But I don’t know these people who took us here, neither. And I ain't inclined to go to war on their word.

[ This isn’t a draft. It’s kidnapping, and while he has vague memories of having kidnapped before, it was never to gain soldiers. ]

Now, I reckon I ain’t the only one feelin’ that way. If I’m right [ and he’s willing to bet that he is ] and you ain’t content to sit around or be pushed into fighting for ‘em, then… well. [ Surprisingly white teeth show in a sharp grin. ] We may have some things to talk about.

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[died_a_virgin]

I don't fight for anyone but Sir Integra and my Master.

[noflying]

They here?

[died_a_virgin]

Sir Integra is and she is my Master's Master.

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[digophelia]

You are in plenty of good company. I do not fight for anyone and I am no soldier.

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[noflying]

You have any ideas for what to do, then? Or are you just waitin' to see what happens?

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[smallshoes]

[She's made her decision - to be a protector, as best she can - and so she can say, with some shaky confidence,] I don't want to fight anybody. But if someone needs to be helped, I have to do what I can.

[Big words from a little girl, and she's bad at being stern like her mother. But she's trying.]

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[noflying]

Just going to help anybody that asks, huh? That's how you get taken advantage of.

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[foreignflight]

I haven't met anyone here who wants to fight in their war.

[ He hasn't. And that he's glad for. He doesn't want to think people would want to, but... ]

I'm sure there are some that might, for their own reasons... But, even so, if there's going to be fighting... I'm going to do what I can to protect all of them.

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[noflying]

All of them, [ Jake repeats, flat. ] Even the ones that'll try to kill you?

[tawarwaith]

I think you and I are in agreement. I have no desire to fight for these courts either. The only oath I swore was to my king.

[noflying]

Your king here?

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[knightspirit]

Are you thinking of starting a resistance or something?

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[noflying]

Or something. Resistance implies more fighting, and I ain't gonna ask anyone to do that for me just because they don't want to do it for them.

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[bythewaves]

You are far from the only one, sir. Yet I would have a care of broadcasting such sentiments openly. I doubt me our ... 'gracious' rulers will look overly kindly on their precious pawns refusing to play their game.

[ so maybe we are just a bit bitter about the way our brother is wrapped around the Queen's finger ]

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[noflying]

... How d'you get it to be private, then?

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[caditquaestio]

A would-be king and his son fled, word has it, on the same reasons. Though I cannot say where they've opened their court.

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[noflying]

Might've heard about him already, but no details on a location either. But I ain't lookin' to serve another king.

[ Though work with, be paid by... those are other options. ]

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[orcsurfing]

[ All know, rulers and the shard holders alike that the both of them, the King and the Prince of Mirkwood have forsworn their allegiance. Though Thranduil has done it for him to start, without his knowledge, it's a decision Legolas came to all on his own as well. As such, he doesn't bother making the conversation private.

All know, there is nothing to hide. Legolas stands... oddly proud, when he responds, no matter the sheared off hair braided into a single weave running over a forehead and forwards an elegant point of an ear. The dull phantom aches all across his back, trailing the lines of scars always, always threaten to bend his back, yet he keeps steady and keeps his voice even. At the very least, he does have a faint smile to offer. ]

Then we should talk.

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[noflying]

[ Another elf. It isn't surprising, considering he's already spoken to Tauriel and how many of them that are here, but... there are a lot of them here. This one's different, though, aside from the hair. Jake just can't quite put his finger on what it is -- there's a presence that the others didn't quite have, even Galadriel in her worry. ]

You one of them that's already left their court?

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[starspangled]

I think most of us feel this way. I haven't found a reason to fight anyone I've spoke to, Seelie or Unseelie. It's more like we're all in the same boat.

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[noflying]

Not them others who live at the castles, though.

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[parallels]

You're not the only one.

[She cocks her head.]

So I'm listening.

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[noflying]

[ And Jake tips his hat, because that's what you do when you're trying to make a good impression and a lady is talking to you. ]

You at all inclined to help either side?

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[devotedqueen]

[She's busy traveling so she can't exactly stop for a video but Jake can probably pick up on the sound of rushing wind]

You have my ear.

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[noflying]

[ Yes, yes he can. ]

The monarchs and them that actively serve them ain't too interested in changing, in not fighting the war. But we are, an' there's got to be others -- others who probably couldn't quite stand up to the rulers, but who might want to.