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@lacrymosas,       [LIKE RAIN ON FERTILE SOIL,  A SINGLE INQUIRY BIRTHED THOUSANDS OF WHISPERS.  THE STRANGER WAS FOR A TIME IN THE COMPANY OF FOUR WOMAN.  WITH ONE THEIR SENIOR BY THREE DECADES,  DRESSED IN BLACK FURRED KAFTANS EMBROIDERED ENOUGH TO REPRESENT SOME SORT OF STATUS BUT NO WHERE NEAR ROYALTY.   THAT DIFFERENCE WAS SHOWN WHEN A FIFTH ENTERED,  CALLED FOR BY ONE OF THE YOUNGER THAT THE ELDEST OF THEM ALL SENT FOR,  THE QUEEN—THEIR TSARITSA. SHE RELEASED A BREATH THAT HELD NO OTHER EMOTION BUT DISBELIEF AND RELIEF ALL WRAPPED IN ONE;   THE CURSE OF DEATH DID NOT WIN TODAY.]      ..  dāvvyos m’zi irr ka’hanās (prepare the tea for her)    [SHE COMMANDED,  AND TWO WERE SENT OFF TO DO AS THEIR QUEEN BIDDED.   THE ELDER ROSE FROM HER CHAIR SLOWLY, THE WOOD CREAKING BEFORE THE QUEEN STOPPED HER.   INSTEAD,  SHE KNELT AT THE BEDSIDE WHICH THIS NOW CONSCIOUS STRANGER RESIDED,]     you are lucky to be alive.     winter withholds her blade for no one——especially the ill-dressed. 

// am I too late ..wa..

@DRAGONEIR 
            
            Plz 

/   makes a snow angel here

[Briefly, anger bubbles in his chest. The woman speaks with a firmness that almost makes him feel chided. But her posture doesn’t suggest aggression or dominance, and it isn’t in his nature or whatever sense of morality he’s built to attack without reason.]   I catch fish.   [He murmurs, now wondering if this ‘fisherman’ is any better than him at it. Scales ears flutter at the mention of names.]   Kenzou.   [The name isn’t his own; one of his hunter’s were called it. He simply liked how it sounded.]

@ofspite,   you are. [LEANNA LEFT NO ROOM FOR PROTEST.  IT WAS A BELIEF SHE VIEWED AS FACT.  A TRUTH NO ONE CAN PROVE WRONG.  WHEN ALL ELSE IS LEFT ALONE ASIDE FROM THE FISH SHE SETS THE PLAYE ASIDE.   HANDS CLASPED BEFORE HER—NOT BEHIND]    the great one created the sun to give all things light—that is her duty.  without her the fishermen would not have been able to catch these fish for you—nor would we have the ability to survive in a dark world at all.    [SHE WAITS,  STUDIES THE STRANGER.   HE WAS TALL—NOT AS TALL AS THE HALF GISNT JORRUND WHO BECAME HER TRUSTED ALLY DESPITE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GIANT AND MAN—BUT TALL ENOUGH TO BE ANYTHING THAN ONLY HUMAN… THE HORNS PROVED THAT ENOUGH]     …    what is your name? 

[This is different. Not the different he was fond of or curious about, but instead that which elicited an innate sense of distrust. After all, humans often show pity to feel morally superior. He frowns. He didn’t need pity, let alone a meal he didn’t recognize. The only thing he decides to indulge in is the fish.]   I am not her people.

thread rewrite tba

@sunarchy / yes please !!

/   starter   &   mirage   pls  ! 

      /      one - liner & lev pls 

/       YESSIRRRRRR

@sektrjc        /        FACE CARD  GENERATIONAL I NEVER LOSE IN ANY UNIVERSE