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eswareinmal2012-08-24 12:45 am
consultmybooks) wrote in eswareinmal2012-08-24 12:45 am
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[The orb shows the beach - grass leading to rocks leading to sand leading to the vast expanse of ocean in the distance. It's a picteresque sort of sight, with the bonus of no dragons around to eat people. Turns out you just can't entirely trust the maps here..]
I've, um, I've found the ocean. It's not as bad as it looks, out here...I mean, um, the thorns are moving rather fast, but it turns out that we're hardly cut off.
Well...hardly cut off yet.
I did stop by the infection zone before I came out this way. The reports are certainly true. For plants, they are moving alarmingly fast. I didn't want to stay in the area. If I'd actually dared make camp there, I probably wouldn't be here now. Still. I, um, I made an effort. A couple of basic identification spells, and a bit of scrying, although s-something about them made that even harder than it normally is, for me.
If anyone has any ideas how I might, um, proceed further, or even get a bit off for further examination, I'm certainly all ears. It's not as though I'll have to walk that far to reach the border zone on my way back.
[...really, though, looking out at the beach, at the ocean and thinking of what lies beyond it, it's actually a little hard to remember that they're all in such terrible danger. The land around him brings up a feeling of nostalgia in Giles' chest that he can't ignore.]
...if worst comes to worst, I suppose we could always build a ship.
[Because, when he finds himself forgetting, now he can summon up the mental image of that great, gnarled tangle of malevolent, thorny evil. That's a familiar feeling as well - consult the books. Fight the evil. Save the world.
What happens next? Well...they'll burn that bridge when they come to it.]
((ooc: Hey, sorry for the edits, guys! Turns out I was a bit mistaken as to the positioning of the thorns. But! Things should be able to proceed from here.))
I've, um, I've found the ocean. It's not as bad as it looks, out here...I mean, um, the thorns are moving rather fast, but it turns out that we're hardly cut off.
Well...hardly cut off yet.
I did stop by the infection zone before I came out this way. The reports are certainly true. For plants, they are moving alarmingly fast. I didn't want to stay in the area. If I'd actually dared make camp there, I probably wouldn't be here now. Still. I, um, I made an effort. A couple of basic identification spells, and a bit of scrying, although s-something about them made that even harder than it normally is, for me.
If anyone has any ideas how I might, um, proceed further, or even get a bit off for further examination, I'm certainly all ears. It's not as though I'll have to walk that far to reach the border zone on my way back.
[...really, though, looking out at the beach, at the ocean and thinking of what lies beyond it, it's actually a little hard to remember that they're all in such terrible danger. The land around him brings up a feeling of nostalgia in Giles' chest that he can't ignore.]
...if worst comes to worst, I suppose we could always build a ship.
[Because, when he finds himself forgetting, now he can summon up the mental image of that great, gnarled tangle of malevolent, thorny evil. That's a familiar feeling as well - consult the books. Fight the evil. Save the world.
What happens next? Well...they'll burn that bridge when they come to it.]
((ooc: Hey, sorry for the edits, guys! Turns out I was a bit mistaken as to the positioning of the thorns. But! Things should be able to proceed from here.))
Re: video;
...but I think, anywhere we went, we'd only be buying ourselves time.
video;
[ she purses her lips ]
How swiftly can this ship be made, ser?
Re: video;
Three months with three people, the last time. With more, and, um, a way to get decent timber quickly? Probably a few weeks. Of course, um, th-that would take most of us away from the city. The beach isn't far, but it's probably far enough.
video;
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I've only...well, learned by doing. Something tells me that won't do for more than a few people.
...if you can't find anyone, of course, half a dozen to ten would probably do.
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[ her lip curls a little in disgust ]
What is your name, ser?
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And yours', miss? I, um, I would certainly appreciate the help, of course. [She doesn't look like much, at first glance...but, hey, it took Giles being turned into a dragon before he had a hope of building a boat.]
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Daenerys Stormborn, of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Dothraki of Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Mereen and the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the Rhoynar and the First Men.
Well met, Ser Giles.
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Oh, yes. Um, hello. It's, it's nice to finally meet you. You've made, um, rather a splash, since your arrival.
I did mention about the "ser", didn't I?
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I take it you speak of my dragons?
[ her tone is dry. ]
Forgive me, this is not the world who speaks the same speech that I do. You would wish only to be called Giles?
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I, um, I speak of the people who in turn spoke of your dragons. So, um, yes. I hope they're doing all right, for what it's worth. A place like this...it, it isn't kind to dragons. Probably and especially also not young ones.
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[ she nods to that. ]
They are fine. Perhaps safer than they were in my city, for many seek them. They are the last in the world.
[ a pause ]
Would you tell me what you mean by that? I assume you do not just speak of the thorns.
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Sorry, um, it's a bit...specific. But I've always felt...honestly rather at home, in this place, because there are elements her that tie into several of the stories I studied back home.
Some of which...many of which featured nefarious dragons being defeated and killed by budding heroes. Typically after they'd kidnapped a princess of some description.
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[ an incredulous chuckle laces in her voice as she shakes her head ]
This is not a tale I have heard. Where I come from those of Old Valyria learned to ride them, my forebears rode them into battle as they are the sigil of my house. Everyone knows that Aegon the Conqueror rode the Black Dread and conquered Westeros. If anything they were great allies of war. Of course, I imagine to enemies they were no different than what you've described.
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As a result, um, dragons began to be seen as a representation of sin, in general. Greed, lust, vanity, cruelty...humans, um, never had much dealings with them as allies, that I know of, but if that's the case in your world then that would certainly explain matters. Anything that can breathe fire and comes with built in armor would probably be a great help, on the battlefield.
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[ though she has a ways to go before she is aegon let alone visenya. ]
Strange how different things are told between worlds. The truths are not the same.