003 - voice (open to both courts)

[digophelia]

[ Time has passed since Alice found herself here, but not by much. It feels like ages, on one hand. She's stressed and irritated, choosing to keep the locket to voice this time. She hasn't sleep well, although that's not news, she never sleeps well. This could be brought on from pieces of her hallucinations.'

Maybe it would have been wiser for this to be excluded to my court, but it doesn't matter does it? Young I may be, but I've come to learn that ideas such as "good" or "evil" are nothing more than concepts sometimes and explanations offered up by those who cannot accept a mind is capable of doing heinous things that they themselves loathe. It is really no secret that so many of us chose to find ourselves in between the courts. And yet, there's something inside of each of us that compels us to fight, apparently, the things I've heard. I'm stating the obvious for some, I know. How can so many of us content ourselves currently that these shards could force us into doing so much more?

[ Alice pauses. She's tense in her voice. ]

Is there really nothing else to convince certain seelie residents here to reconsider their positions before we find ourselves facing one another down in battle? Are we that great of fools that we are not able to rationally talk to one another? I implore some of you to remember that us unseelie court members are in this as much as you are.

[ Just as Alice finishes that sentence, her voice betrays how really worn she sounds. ]

Comments

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[gordianknots]

There's several individuals involved that want there to be a fight, which is what I think you're missing. Having spoken to one, that person's understanding is that a decisive victory gets them back home faster. Utter rubbish, of course, but not from that person's perspective.

[digophelia]

And how many of those willing to fight outweigh those who don't and have no experience? There are those who are too young to engage in battle.

[gordianknots]

You're missing my point a little, miss, although some of that may be on me for not being clear.

Those loud voices are going to drown out others. But that's an advantage. People who don't want to engage with fighting have an opportunity to speak to each other and form their own alliances during this time with little supervision, that can become advantageous as things progress.

[digophelia]

And what if those who want to use diplomacy and speak to others road off before the forces did? Will they be met with blades?

[gordianknots]

You figure out where the problem people are going first. You take along at least a few individuals who can fight in case you run into problems. You make sure you use neutral ground (like the station) to meet. Research other locations as well.

You're practically suggesting organizing a resistance, going after specifications like this.

[digophelia]

My fear is that the unseelie forces have already begun to move. I am in the neutral grounds already, seeing as I wanted to stay out of feuds.

I'm afraid I am not the first to speak of a resistance; it was King Thranduil of the seelie court who spoke of it before me. He is right, however, and I agree with him.

[gordianknots]

I'm on the road at the moment, and can confirm that they are.

Now might be a time to, in fact, look into doing that for real.

[digophelia]

Are you with them?

[gordianknots]

I am not. I personally find this entire war to be, bluntly, full of shit.

[digophelia]

It's a fair assumption. If I may ask, are they anywhere near the station or are they possibly past it?

[gordianknots]

Less assumption, more assertion.

Past. Mair is the newest captured stronghold.

[digophelia]

[ Well, that's no good. Will no one listen? ]

I see. Thank you.

I will take your suggestions into consideration.

[gordianknots]

If you do do anything, kindly keep me informed? I'm honestly invested in doing this, but my methodology is a lot slower than what others are comfortable with.

[digophelia]

If I could have a name, firstly.

[gordianknots]

Lord El-Melloi II.

[digophelia]

Might I ask if you prefer certain title?

[gordianknots]

Hey you is fine, or else the full title. I have previous disagreements with the first Lord El-Melloi that when the II gets dropped, well, it's irritating.

And thank you for asking, you're the first to have requested clarification miss er--?