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TEST DRIVE #6
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Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket! |
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Ow.
[ In Drabwurld, she's been in two major battles, climbed on a dragon's back, been kidnapped, stabbed, and knocked out, but just this once, she'll whine. Once Alice has her hair out of her eyes, she glances up to the man, her lips pressing into a frown. Apparently she has a habit of crashing into very large men, too. Rather timidly, Alice takes that hand back up, only because that was a pretty nasty spill.
It's not his fault, she wasn't paying attention. Alice makes the unconscious dusting herself off. ]
I'm very sorry, sir. I should have been watching where I was going.
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[He surveys her as she dusts herself off. She doesn't seem to be too badly hurt, whining or not, at least, although he is somewhat curious about whatever's in that bag she's carrying.]
I assume you are one of those here brought here to fight this war, as well?
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A newcomer that'll ask all the painful questions -- she has the patience for it, at least. Well, only today. ]
Yes. It's been at least six months give or take. I take it that they haven't given you the proper introduction yet, have they.
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[A painfully long time, in a war, though it might seem a short time in any other situation. It can take only a week of fighting, a day, an hour, to be cut down in battle. It's impressive she's lasted this long.]
The imps explained the situation here briefly. [Very briefly. They seemed more interested in teasing him than explaining anything.] What more should I know?
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[ Alice would argue that she has had dumb luck surviving this long and good friends. She certainly isn't the type for battles or armies. ]
The natives of this world haven't taken too kindly to people like us. Transports.
[ For personal reasons, she's still avoiding the word "shards" or "shardbearers". ]
Not that I can entirely blame them. There was a man here not long ago that tried to create his own court and he's had many sympathizers. He fed off their dissent against the Seelie and Unseelie court, including their transports. It's unfortunate he was a bit of a madman, but their dissent is starting to get very ugly. Furthermore, we're expecting a movement to Caer Scima by Seelie forces.
[ Such is life in Caer Scima. Maybe she shouldn't have settled so quickly. ]
The feasts typically belay that fact.
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[He looks around, that frustrated expression returning to his face, then back at Alice. This court seems to be run by madmen too, in his opinion.]
What was the goal of the third court and its dissenters?
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Morale. A distraction. Or perhaps to play with your mind.
[ Although Alice is quick to add with a firm cross of her arms. ]
That would be the monarchs' aims, hardly the court members. I have many friends in this court that are good souls. Questionable people, but all around good people. Some of them have been off in neighboring territory or around Caer Scima perparing. Of course it's wasteful.
[ She grimaces, her lips growing tighter. ]
Reynard the Fox was the most notable. But his goal was to raise a third court for his own whims. His position was against the monarchs and from my understanding, they had wronged him and his kin in some fashion. I'm sure on the surface to the impoverished natives that he looked like a martyr- no, he is one to them. But he was willing to sacrifice individuals, allies, and even put his own child in danger for it. He was killed for it and all for the better. If he raised a third court, he wouldn't be that much different. He almost killed some of my friends, you'll have to forgive me if I don't shed a tear for him.
The dissenters may get aggressive, but I haven't heard anything about others taking the same route as Reynard. For now.
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[That... is something he's learned from experience. Luckily, despite this being his second time being pulled into a different world with mad kings, there is no Apple of Eden here to lead him astray as before.
It's a lesson he won't be forgetting any time soon.]
About the Seelie army we will soon face -- I assume their numbers and strength matches our own?
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[ BOY does she ever have feelings on that. ]
Because it always wields the same results, over and over. They lose touch with the cause that they have originally fought for. It's better left to those who know the cause best and have lived the life.
And not unless you intend to join the others in battle against the Seelie. Not all members of the Unseelie court will raise their weapons unless it is a last resort. Myself, included. You have the options of relocating to neutral territories like Redgate, the Barrel, or the Station. There's already plans underway to help get natives and transports out of harm's way before they descend on us. Contrary to what the monarchs say, there's still a chance for transports to have freedom.
[ Just. No raising sundered courts and being very cautious about that. Because screw the monarchs and the courts. ]
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Do you mean us?
[He'll try to memorise the names of those neutral territories for later. He's done enough fighting battles for other people to last him a lifetime -- he has no intention of continuing, unless caught in the crossfire.]
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[ She decides to make that clear right about now, just in case he has to deal with that later on. There's a reason for this dislike, a really painful reason. ]
An essence of your own world. There are some who will try to rip it from you or use it for their own desires. Some of us only see us for that stupid jewel and nothing else.
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[Or penal convicts dumped in a colony, for that matter, which was what transports were considered in Connor's time. It doesn't have positive connotations to him any more than "shardbearer" does to her.]
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She never says it, she gives him an impassive response. ]
You're right.
[ But they're in the way of the natives; they're not helping their already short lives here. ]
Regardless of what we are, stay safe out there. As much as the others may be happy to have another head count to our court, I loathe to see it. Just remember you do not have to lend a hand to the upcoming battles.
[ In short, survive. ]
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Is there no punishment rendered for those who do not fight? I thought that was our whole purpose of being here.
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[ She's beyond the point of caring. ]
It's the principle of that matter.
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But... Is it true that our homes are in danger, if our court were to lose?