TEST DRIVE MEME #5

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

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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[empireofrats]

Gabranth. [She says it so she will remember it. She won't forget. Judge Magister Gabranth, the man in the knightly armor.

The question sweeps any sort of mirth from her face. She doesn't look angry, or even upset, but perhaps... sad. Her eyes lower, followed by her head, and she scans the floor at their feet a few moments without speaking.] It's complicated.

My mother was Empress. She... [A short, but deep sigh.] She died. Someone murdered her. That's... why Corvo has to hide his face. Some people said he killed her, but he didn't. I was there when it happened. He was trying to help us. It wasn't him at all.

I would be Empress, but the murderer took me and gave me to the Pendletons. [She twirls the quill between both hands, frowning, not meeting Gabranth's eyes.] They kept me at the Golden Cat until Corvo came to get me. Corvo's friends were going to make me Empress, but it was a lie. They weren't good people at all, and they tricked us. They took me away again, but then I followed the fairies here.

[A pause.] I hope Corvo is okay.

wehhhhh that would be so cute

[judicatus]

[ That answer is rather different from what he was expecting.

Pendletons, Golden Cat... Neither of these names carry any significance for him, but the turns of the story they adorn are all too familiar to him. Were he a different sort of man — had he led a different sort of life, made different choices in his past — he might wish that a child so young should never have to witness such bloodshed.

But he is no man but himself — pitiless hound of the Solidors, and kingslayer of Dalmasca to boot — and so he knows too well that this is merely an inevitable toll for a life born in royalty.

Even so, he can't very easily set aside the regret that twinges at him for spoiling her good spirits. ]

My question stirred deeper waters than what I'd intended to tread. [ He bows his head. ] I can only apologize for such thoughtlessness.

[empireofrats]

[A moment or two passes, and then she lifts her head again. Gabranth's apology doesn't go unappreciated. She puts the quill down on the table, and then reaches out with both hands to take one of Gabranth's in her own, an attempt to gain his attention.] It's okay.

I will just work harder. [The formalities of being an Empress bore her to tears; the history, the etiquette, the rules. But taking on the mantle her mother wore, becoming a good Empress isn't something she takes so lightly.] I'll be strong, like Corvo, when I get back to Dunwall. I'll learn to fight, [A great future passion of hers.] and I'll go seafaring myself, and I'll help the people with the plague and try to find a cure. Maybe there's a cure here.

[Lightly, she squeezes his hand.] Thank you for helping me, Judge Magister Gabranth.