ext_250630 ([identity profile] mouthy-merc.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2012-06-30 12:21 am
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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I

Well.

It was raining popsicles and suntan lotion today. Because Fandom liked to make the newbies cry sometimes. Yes, the island had a sense of humor about these things.

We've all learned to accept that and move on with our lives. Well, all of us except for Britta. But she's the worst.

[Please wait for OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here and here, in an effort to keep browsers from breaking for as long as possible.]
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps the sort that resided in Littlefinger's brothels? Oh, or in Braavos! He'd never been to Braavos, mind.

"I'm in a strange land as it is. Perhaps things truly have changed when it comes to them."

She looked, he thought, more like a sellsword. Though one that would not make it long without being set upon by her fellows when their blood was up. It made his jaw clench for a moment at the memory of Pia.
wrongkindofsith: (Your mouth moves and nonsense comes out)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"This place doesn't even have washerwomen." At least not in the sense either of them meant. "They have machines for it instead."

People attempting to set upon Cara when their blood was up tended to result in them getting very, very dead, very, very quickly. The cold, calculated betrayals had been somewhat more effective, but in the long run...well, she was standing there talking to him.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Wasn't that strange?

"Like the 'phones' that young Andrew mentioned?"
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
If Jaime knew anything about Mord'Sith in general and Cara in particular, not really.

"Yes, whatever use those are." Look, unlike some people she wasn't a technology geek. Plus you needed people to call, and who where capable of picking up. She didn't exactly have a lot of those.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He'd be more apt to associate her with the Faceless Men than a Mord'Sith, really.

"Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard," he said, bowing his head just enough to be respectful. He had enough pride to keep it from going further than that.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara would likely admire their efficiency, if nothing else.

She inclined her own head not even a fraction lower than Jaime had. "Mistress Cara of the Mord'Sith" It had been a long while since she'd actually used the title, but she had more than enough of her own pride as well.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mord'Sith?" he asked, what had been his swordhand almost going to rest at his belt. Ah ha. He found his own mistakes far too amusing and crushing.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara drew herself straight, a hand resting casually on an agiel.

"The sisters of the agiel are dedicated to protecting and serving the Lord Rahl, ruler of D'Hara." Unless the Lord Rahl took it upon himself to betray the Mord'Sith and slaughter them en masse, leaving any survivors with a choice between two overwhelming and opposing loyalties, but it was unlikely that would happen. Again. At least not while Richard was Lord Rahl.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Betrayal was, in Jaime's experience, as common as the changing of the seasons. Sometimes slower, sometimes faster.

He'd be the expert on it, after all.

"You're a knight." He wasn't laughing, but it was a close thing.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
For all her cynicism, Cara believed in loyalty, it's how she tended to get blindsided by other people betraying her even when she knew better. Dahlia.

"No, I'm a Mord'Sith." Yeeeeah, the Midlands were kind of lacking in knights or a 'noble' chivalric tradition. "Why would I want to be a knight?" Yes she was implying that being a Mord'Sith was better than being a knight. Because it was.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Loyalty was a tricky thing when you were sworn to a madman.

"I haven't a clue," he said cheerfully. "I'm certain I would have had an answer no more than a year ago."
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell her about it.

Cara raised an eyebrow, because she certainly wasn't going to admit to that sounding familiar. "And what would you have said then?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Something about honor and duty, no doubt. Glory might have made an appearance in the speech."

His right arm flexed as though he made a fist.
wrongkindofsith: (At least one of us has a clue)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nothing about prowess as warriors?" Cara asked idly. It wasn't that Mord'Sith didn't care about duty and honour, they just cared about them differently, and she got those looks from Richard and Kahlan when she tried to explain.

Her eyes followed the line of Jamie's arm, but she didn't say anything, mostly because commenting on the gold being kind of flashy wouldn't really have added anything to the conversation.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, any man can be good enough to kill." Your average sellsword, for example. He smiled, following her eyes to the stump and golden hand. A last gift from his father before...

"Not all men can be a knight, though. Protecting the weak, serving the king--the number of those have dropped dramatically now, which makes it easier."
wrongkindofsith: (Oh no. We're all about to die horribly.)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara rolled her eyes. "Because the king is never the one the weak need protecting from." If that were the case, there'd be no need for a Seeker or a Mother Confessor.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"The king needs it the most," he said with a smile, thinking of Tommen. Sweet, young Tommen who had never been trained to rule. And, perhaps, that was why he would make a better king that Joffrey ever was.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-06-30 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Given that Darken Rahl and Joffery would probably have been the very best of pen pals, Cara was understanderbly somewhat...sceptical there. Even if she was likely to agree that as rulers went Richard needed all the protecting.

"In my experience, most kings are far less likely to rescue kittens from trees," or else order their faithful Mord'Sith to do so, Richard. "And far more likely to break their necks to cure a bad mood." Insert victim of choice who wouldn't fight back if no kittens were available.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-06-30 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Joffrey... It was probably for the best that he had not been free and at King's Landing for that debacle.

"I am in perfect agreement with you," he replied cheerfully. "Which means they are in the most need of protection. Even from themselves."

Especially if one of those kittens was named Ser Pounce.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-07-01 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I do hope you're referring to the former rather than the latter there, because otherwise our agreement is less than perfect."

And the last thing Cara needed was Richard deciding to adopt the kittens. Maybe if he found a puppy instead.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-07-01 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
GET HIM THREE.

"I did not say what manner the protection would come in," Jaime replied with a smile.
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-07-01 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
No matter how ridiculously adorable Cara Kahlan would find that, she'd only end up having to take care of them and Richard.

Cara tilted her head thoughtfully, because again, this wasn't sounding at all like something she'd admit to. "Or wouldn't?" To refer to completely hypothetical examples.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-07-01 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
He smiled again, nodding at nothing in particular. "You catch on quickly."
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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-07-01 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Not that she had any particular reasons to. None at all. "Quickly enough."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[identity profile] givehimahand.livejournal.com 2012-07-01 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you a student here or a teacher?"
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