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[ Caer Scima had not been a place Ariadne had wanted to return to after the previous month. But when searching for the feathers and feather thief pointed the trail in that direction, Ariadne had returned both her mare and her bandersnatch to her manor. Bentley the imp would look after them, and with the offerings (offerings, of all things) being left at the gate, she doubted finding others to employ would be as difficult as she'd feared. She uses her ability to move through shadows again for the first time, and combined with the fairy ring, she is soon back at Caer Scima.

For the best, she supposes; she has to pick up Ser Pounce-a-lot anyway.

As she opens the locket, Ariadne twirls a blue feather in her fingers; another one she'll have to give back to the imps, though she wonders if perhaps she ought to see if she can turn into something decent at tracking. Catching thieves is hardly her strong suit. ]

I have a confession to make, [ she starts, forcing herself to look at the locket. The twirling of the feather is a nervous gesture. ] Last month, some of you encountered a large shadow creature -- horned, with giant claws. Some of you were injured by it.

[ Some saw others killed by it. ]

The creature attacked the Station, Caer Scima, and Caer Glaem. It was at Caer Glaem that it was brought down and returned to its true state.

[ She takes a breath. ]

Me. And I'd like to apologize for what I did as the creature; I didn't have any control over it, any conscious thought at all.

[ She would not, at least, have attacked the Station or Caer Scima or her friends. Caer Glaem... well, she had been there before because she had been ordered to. ]

I have already been punished for it; I was in the dungeons of Caer Glaem, and I'm sure I'd still be there now if things were different. [ If Razul of the Larks had not been sent for her. ] I just thought that I should explain.

So. Now you know.

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[ >:( ]

Not even to say why they were imprisoning you? For a court being all about order and rules, they're not very big on due process, are they.

[ gdit seelies... ]

No, though- well, I'm pretty sure we all knew why. If not, being Unseelie in Seelie territory was probably enough.

[ She shakes her head. ]

I don't know if they even know what due process is.

[ and he shakes his head right back ]

Not stating the reason for imprisonment is how unjust incarcerations as a general policy gets started.

[ a slight pause, and he thinks back to why this whole thing sounds so familiar... ]

You're Ariadne, right?

[ SORRY IF THAT'S CREEPY UH... ]

I think it may have already started.

[ And not just for the Seelie, though she's less intimately familiar with the Unseelie dungeon.

And yes, Mako, that's a bit creepy. ]

Um. Yes?

Just checking. Your... friend asked about you on the network earlier.

[ and for the record, he doesn't think you're half bad if you've stepped up and admitted this and apologized for it, when it would have been so easy to keep it hidden so... congrats on not being a total dick like some of the other unseelies. ]

Aubri?

[ That's her guess, anyway. He wasn't exactly pleased when he found out where she was.

And well. Thanks, she thinks. ]

... Is that the name of the bird that talks?

[ MAKO PLEASE. ]

[ She laughs despite herself, shaking her head. ]

He's a gryphon -- part bird, part lion.

Oh, like a lionhawk? I didn't think animals could talk unless they were spirits...

[ and then he met ammy kinda so... MAKO UR WROOOONG ]

I'm not certain what a lionhawk is, but it sounds like it could be?

[ She shrugs. ]

Gryphons are magic.

[ UGHHH magic is such a cop out answer. it's like oHHH WE DONT HAVE ANY RULES FOR IT LETS JUST DO A THING AND MAKE IT TALK???? spirit or not a spirit bender or not a bender, and then things go wrong when they're combined or messed with. he... sighs... ]

Wouldn't having a beak make it hard to... say words, though? [ dont say it, don't say it ]

I know, I know, magic, but — [ his nose wrinkles in distaste, a brief flash of an eight year old in a nineteen year old's face. ]

[ Hey, don't look at her, there's no magic in her world. ]

Yeah, there are some sounds he kind of trips over. Trying to say "Lawkamercyme", for instance.

[ Ariadne laughs a little bit again. ]

We don't have magic in my world; just stories of it.

We don't have it in my world either, though most people are convinced we do when I talk about it. [ a wry twist of his mouth. ]

I'm Mako, by the wa — [ suddenly, there's a chirp from off screen and a tiny gold and jade dragon climbs up onto his shoulder, nuzzling the side of his face in greeting. um. oops. he tries to recover. ] ... way..

Oh? Why's that?

[ Of course, then baby dragon appears and Ariadne has to squeal slightly. ] What a cutie!

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