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one | voice | seelie & unseelie

It's been a few days since we arrived, hasn't it? That's right, I was wondering how many of us have gotten nice and cozy in our new homes! But it's a reeeal shame for the less adventurous. After all, setting foot outside with all this magic flying around seems a little scary, don't you all think?

[Kano gives a small laugh.] Ah, but staying safe inside is real dull, too! So, so, until my friends pick me up, let's play a small game, okay? The rules are veeeeeery simple. I'll give you my name and two facts about my world. You'll give me yours and we'll both try to figure out who's lying.

[He chose to leave it open to both sides--after all, looking at a broader sample wouldn't hurt much.]

I'll even start off, just to make it easy. My name's Maru! I come from a place that's always summer--and crawling with monsters!

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Leave from what? Is your life very busy -- [ a pause as she tries to remember what he'd introduced himself by ] -- Maru?

Maru... yup, that's right! Though, I don't remember your name, miss.

[He won't elaborate it to a stranger, certainly not a public network where Kido or Mary could stumble upon this. If they picked up that something had been wrong back home...

It's better to play the fool.] And you could say that. I was always running aaall over the place. I rarely got a break. It was horrible.

Alayne. [ she plays her own sort of fool -- though she uses her real name in face-to-face interactions, she is not so keen to announce it on the lockets. ] Alayne Stone.

That sure is an easy name to remember. You mind if I just call you Stone, then?

[ a soft hum of disappointment. she would mind; she'd mind very much. for stone is not a family name -- it's something else entirely. ]

I'm only one of many, many Stones. [ careful. she doesn't want to be so bold as to actually request that it not be used. ]

[The reply makes him laugh.] I see, I see. Then I'll stick to Alayne! It's a pleasure to meet you.

A pleasure to meet you, as well. Maru -- I must ask. Whose court do your find yourself joining?

[He'd rather not share information like that over the network. Though everyone's been remarkably friendly towards one another so far, he doesn't want to paint himself or his family as targets for either side.]

What a tricky question. If I were to ask you that, would you answer?

I would see no harm in it. Or -- rather -- I see more harm in lying about my location. After all, isn't a lie rather easily uncovered?

I see.

Then, if I had a choice, I wouldn't join at all. This isn't my war. That's my answer.

If you had a choice--

[ she muses aloud, but then snaps her mouth shut. she'd had a choice; everyone she'd spoken to had a choice. the fairies had enticed them and invited them and coaxed them. could it be different elsewhere?

sansa shakes her head; she doesn't want to drag out anything that the stranger doesn't want to say. she knows what it's like to keep secrets. ] You're correct, of course. Whatever side we're on, it isn't our conflict.

Exactly! [He sighs.] Waiting this out might be the best course of action. That's what I feel, at least. Are you a fighter, Alayne?

A fighter? No. Not at all. Only a girl.

Ah. That's good to hear. That gives a chance to be friends, then.

How so? What would otherwise pose an obstacle to your friendship?

I'd rather be friends with an ordinary person than a fighter. It's really stressful, knowing that you'd run into someone you know during a battle. I'm a guy who doesn't like taking on too much.

...Then I take it that you do fight?

Are you asking if I fight or if I fight well?

[He laughs that question off.] Don't worry, I'm not a warrior either. I'm just a boy.

But boys so often grow up to be knights or soldiers. Do you not have such aspirations?

No way, no way! Those sort of things are way above me. I couldn't be one even if I tried.

In that case, I am certain we won't meet on any field of battle. Not at all. For neither of us have any reason to be on one.

And with any luck we'll meet somewhere much more pleasant, right? [A little peevishly:] Ah, somewhere romantic like a garden or something of that sort~

[ romantic! the word sends an unhappy shiver down her spine. ]

Or else at some feast. [ but she has to remain somewhat pleasant, she decides. but she has to work hard not to immediately impress upon him that she has at least one knight at her disposal. ] Or any other part of a castle, should we keep the same.

That's right, huh? [It's a response he expects and is used to.] Speaking of, have you been to the libraries recently?

I have.

[ her answer is prim and distant; the romantic comment still resonates with her, generating fear. ]