rebirth 17 | orb 1

[ladysarmour]

Please, there must be some sort of mistake. I've told them - I can't be a princess, I'm not even from this place, I've no rightful claim, I-I'm only a baseborn girl.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to do insult to the honor done me. Only I'm not sure what is expected of me in such a role, and…and I would very much like to go home.

[ There's an animal whine from somewhere out of sight, and a nervous look flitters briefly through Sansa's eyes. ]

The man said… It can't be true, can it, that death does not bind here?

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[sorcerous]

Do not fear; as a princess, your life will be a sweeter one.

[ladysarmour]

Is that so? [ no, she thinks. ] That is reassuring.

[sorcerous]

In this village, all is exactly as it seems. Or, if it is not, the people of the town will make it that way. They like nothing less than their views being challenged, or their carefully ordered place brought to chaos.

Remember it well, and if you wish to protest your role, have care.

[ladysarmour]

I will, ser, thank you. I would not wish to cause displeasure.

[sorcerous]

Wouldn't you?

Perhaps you'll fit in after all.

[ Ever-so-delicate disdain in his voice. He detests these townspeople. ]

[ladysarmour]

It is good of you to say so.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

[Faolan looks a little confused] Death is. Vati and Mutti are dead, so they don't come back. So now Faolan lives with Hawk.

Princesses are pretty.

[ladysarmour]

But Lady - Lady is here, and she died.

Yes. They are. ...Do you like stories?

[sarcasticbite]

Hey, look, it's just a title. It doesn't define you or anything.

I mean, I know I'm not going to be bowing and curtsying in front of you, calling you Princess.

[She's pretty bad at this comforting thing, especially when dealing with strangers]

It seems that you're in the same situation I am, except you didn't set the bed on fire and you're not a Mage.

[ladysarmour]

[ terrible at it tbqh ]

And you are? A - a mage.

[shiromadoushi]

If it doesn't, no one's mentioned it...

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan likes stories! You know stories? [Eager wriggle]

[ladysarmour]

Lady died, but she is here with me.

[ladysarmour]

Yes.

Is it my role to tell them?

[shiromadoushi]

Maybe she's from a time before she died? If a place like this can take people from different worlds, different times should be easy too, right?

[ladysarmour]

Then time does not bind?

[shiromadoushi]

[[a nod]] Un, that'd be more right. Since there are a few people, I think, who are from times far more modern than this.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Yes yes please!

[ladysarmour]

More modern?

[shiromadoushi]

Un! Places with computers and video games and cell phones and things like that. [[a thoughtful pause]] Or maybe it's only me who's that far forward...

[ladysarmour]

Very well. Which sort of story shall I tell?

[ladysarmour]

I have never heard of those things.

[shiromadoushi]

Aaaa-- a computer's like a machine that you can make do specific things like play games or send messages or things like that, video games are games you play on the computer and cell phones are portable phones that don't need to be plugged in anywhere to work. [[and most of those had games on them to!]]

[ladysarmour]

But what are phones?

[shiromadoushi]

They're sort of like this thing we're talking over. Only they only do voice or text.