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TEST DRIVE #6
TEST DRIVE MEME
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That sounds a little bit like the different Jinn. If you want to, I'd like to hear more about these Houses.
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[He thinks for a moment on how best to phrase it.]
The Jinn are caretakers of the forest. Their shapes tend to resemble what plants they specialize in the care of. A Pinecone Jinn cares for the pines, and so on. So there are as many kinds as the plants in the forest. And then we Leafmen protect the Jinn and the forest both.
There are also others who live in the forest with us that are more animal in form. They are not quite Jinn, but close enough, and take the form of insects and frogs and the like, but with the power of speech and hands.
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My own people's Houses would likely not be as recognizable to you as your Jinn would be to me. There are physical differences -- all save the Yendi and Jhereg have distinctive features -- but they are more in the matter of the shape of certain features of the face. Many accent this by choosing to wear their heraldic colors, though there are exceptions.
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[a flicker of sadness there, as if that brings up memories]
The Cycle is... one can say it is how it is decided which House holds the Orb, and, thus, rules the Empire. That is a simplification, however.
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Is the Orb a magical object then? It must give a measure of comfort to know who will rule next, though.
[His own expression dims for a moment, not quite sad, but more lost in memories. He hardly remembers Tara's coronation, and of course there were all the complications to the choosing of the new Queen after her, but there had been that little bit of wondering who would be next, even before the ceremony to choose the Pod.]
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It nearly is; it was created by Her Majesty Zerika the First at the dawn of the Empire. As for the comfort, it has some. One knows who will receive the Orb, and some manner of their character.
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In some ways, knowing is easier. But, I suppose, in some ways, not knowing who, but knowing that whoever they are, they will be the best suited is its own comfort.
[If it sounds like a round-about invitation to ask questions, that's because it is. Ronin is thinking about it, so he might as well share, but it's easier to share after a prompting to.]
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[He knew some countries in the East treated kingship as another title, passed from parent to child.]
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Apparently it's "all about the feeling."
[Though he's smiling, there's something heartbreakingly sad in his eyes.]
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[because that sounds personal]
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I am the General of the Leafmen; the Queen's safety, and the safety of the forest is my most important duty.
But I knew Queen Tara before she was given that honor, so it was always a little different with her.
[Which is a round-about way of saying that they were madly in love with each other, but Duty got in the way. And then there was death and... yeah. It hurts him so much, but he bravely smiles through it, trying to focus on the happy times.]
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[he pauses, looking pained, and takes a sip of wine]
Forgive me. She died very shortly before my arrival to this place. She was a friend I'd known for many years, before I was Duke, as well as a loyal vassal to my duchy.
[Also, yeah, madly in love, couldn't be with one another, tragic deaths, etc.]
Were I at home, we would be preparing her funeral pilgrimage.
[And technically his own, since he had been dying when the fairies showed up, but details...]
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I understand. They had very poor timing in bringing us here.
[Not as poor as it could have been, in Ronin's case, but to be torn from a funeral for someone so close-- He dips his head for a moment, sending up a mental word to Tara to look after this man's friend, if the afterlifes of different places touch.]
There aren't words that begin to express it, but, I do understand.
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I would not have been able to attend to the matter, in any case. I was dying myself.
I wonder if my friends observed me being spirited away.
[that would worry them, especially as Sethra Lavode had just closed a hole to another world in that location. But, she would be able to advise. Perhaps even track the fairies to this realm.]
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I have to wonder that too, and how many others were brought here with me. I haven't seen them.
[Ronin looks around and shrugs. It would take him quite a while to cross this place on foot, even without dodging all the big people. It would be easy to miss a Jinn or another Leafman.]
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[because Ronin's people should be distinct from everyone else]
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[It's the least he can do in return. More pairs of eyes would help. And it makes him feel less alone.]
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