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[partialities]

Who: margaery tyrell
Broadcast: fleet wide
Action: the windrose and all around the moon
When: current

[ enter margaery tyrell of the windrose. remember? silks, beautiful curls, too generous of a cleavage for a sixteen year old? queen to be?

today, the pale pink silks are tainted, as well as the usual fair skin with a mixture of dirt, mud, leaves and at least three colors of paint. ]

I do believe I won against the locals in their odd little paint game. I find it quite brilliant if a little bit of a hazard if one is very attached to their clothes.

[ the queen to be seems much more of a brat today ]

I offer a different game of chance. some smallfolk in my realm say that one can tell someone's future and their traits according to the palm of their hands. I was told it is all false but.

[ there is a but with margaery tyrell ]

A guessing game! I shall attempt to read your palm and if three of my guesses are correct, that must be worth a prize. I shall leave it to you to choose what to give me. If I lose, I shall of course be in debt of one prize to my company.

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[bryces_pup]

I have heard of fortunes being read through tea leaves, but by a palm? That is new. And enticing.

[Riona smiles at the mess Margaery made of her clothes. Even Highgarden queens-to-be aren't above a bit of sport, it seems, and Riona likes that. Though it's a shame about the dress.]

I would love to hear what you might decipher through my palm.

[partialities]

Tea leaves? I do not reckon I ever saw that kind of leaves. How can one tell fortunes through them?

[ she heard tales of women who would cut apart an animal and look inside in search of signs of the future but that is both too cruel and too repulsive to speak of ]

Shall I come visit you, my Lady?

[bryces_pup]

It was something I learned about after I was brought here. A form of magic, I believe. I drank from a cup of tea and thought about my past and how I pictured my future. When I was done, he looked into the cup and interpreted what he saw from the leaves. It was quite entertaining.

[Riona nods.]

That'd be lovely, though I am amenable to coming to you as well if that is easier.

[partialities]

And did he guess right at all? You must tell me, I am so curious. Had the tea leaves told him truth?

[ and then she thinks of it and smiles ]

Very well. You shall come to visit me, only because it will allow me to see that ferocious mask once more. I do believe it is my favorite one of them all.

[bryces_pup]

You could say so. But the answers were very... vague. Along the lines of "change is coming your way" and "a very important decision lies ahead of you". The sort of answers that could be applied to just about anyone.

[She loves how much Margaery seems to like her breathing mask.]

Then I'd be all too happy to indulge you. Are you out and about on the moon?

[partialities]

Oh, well that is easy. My Lady, I trust great things shall happen to you during your stay here. Am I not very proficient as a teller of the future?

[ she chuckles ]

You are sweet to wish to indulge me so. I am on the Windrose, currently. You may come visit me, if you wish. You shall be my honored guest.

[bryces_pup]

[Riona throws her head back and laughs.]

Perfect! I would never have guessed such a fate for myself. Thank you kindly, great prophet.

[Though she does feel a bit bad, like she's making fun of Remus, which isn't her intention. More like making fun of Divination itself, as most tells are vague.]

I will be there soon, mask and all.

[partialities]

Oh you are very welcome. In return for my prophecy, I shall be expecting a token of a sort when you approach me upon your visit.

[ she is being an absolute brat only because she knows her current company might yet find it endearing ]

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[bryces_pup]

Hmmm... [A token? That'll be easier said than done.] then my arrival will be a tad delayed. But I will be there soon, token in hand. Wait for me.

[She waves before ending the feed.

As she predicted, it does take her a little while longer than she'd have liked to. But she does arrive on the Caprine some time later. She calls out to Margaery, mask still in place.]

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[partialities]

[ she herself had changed into her blue silks, paint gone from her hair and skin and she rushes to meet her, making certain to gasp dramatically upon her entrance ]

Who can it be under this beautiful mask?

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[bryces_pup]

Beautiful? I think most would disagree with you there.

[Riona takes off the mask, as it's redundant here on the ship. As she tucks it under one arm, with her free hand she pulls out a gold coin. On one side is a fierce dog, the other a silhouette of a woman.]

Your token, my lady.

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[partialities]

I am a queen to be, I mind very little of what most would say. I would dare them to try and argue their point to me in person.

[ haughty and mostly bratty but she does pen her palm to receive her gift ]

my goodness, how beautiful. where did you come such finery?

[bryces_pup]

[Riona envies Margaery's ability to openly admit to such. For her, she still struggles with the thought.]

So I have heard. You have my congratulations. [She places the coin in her palm.] And my sympathies.

The coin is called a sovereign where I am from. It is the highest standard of coin in Thedas. I do not have much in the way here of things - besides weapons and armor and clothes. Nothing so lovely as that rose you had with you when you came. But it is a little piece of my home, now yours.

[partialities]

[ she is reminded of sansa, suddenly and her tears and her sweet, innocent insistence on margaery not marrying joffrey, the boy king who is also a monster. still, even monsters bow before wit and charm and while she does not favor anything of joffrey, she does need him if she is to be queen.

him. or his brother. out of the two, margaery surely prefers the younger one ]

It is beautiful.

[ she presses a happy kiss to her palm ]

come. I have a spare necklace of silk, we shall attach it to it. That way I can always wear it.

[bryces_pup]

[Riona is glad the gift is so welcomed and liked. She felt it meager, but she had so little else to offer.]

You are too kind, but I am pleased you like it so. I will help you fashion it, if you so need.

[partialities]

I must apologize, I was jesting about the token. How cruel of me and to think you have searched for one. Forgive me - I meant not to cause you trouble.

[ as pretty as her gift ended up being. she leads her to her room, one very much like all the others with some dried flowers in a cup, the jewelry she had on her in a box and gowns of silk in a little closet ]

it is quite the bore. I do wish we could paint it.

[ she sits, gestures for her to join her ]

I will ask you something.

[ said as she reaches into the box to take out a long ribbon of pale green silk ]

[bryces_pup]

It's quite all right. Think of it as money for services rendered, if nothing else. And you'll do more justice by it; with me it would have just sat in a pocket.

[She nods in agreement; their rooms really are drab. On her ship, they pain the outside of their doors, which is fun, but it does nothing to cheer up the room inside.

She takes a seat next to Margaery, leaning back on her arms.]

And I will happily listen.

[partialities]

Well in the future, you must not mind my jests. I shall never wish for you to go through any trouble for my sake.

[ she smiles, busies her fingers with the task of making a necklace out of her little present ]

Why sympathies? for my upcoming reign? You must have known I would ask, you know me already.

[bryces_pup]

But I do like some trouble.

[She'll still keep her words in mind, though. perhaps as she gets to know Margaery better, she'll be able to ascertain best when she is kidding and when she isn't.

And ah, that question.

Riona's lips twitch. A part of her wondered if Margaery would ask. She almost didn't say anything, but it would have felt a bit too dishonest. To just say congratulations and pretend that becoming queen is all rainbows and sunshine.]

The life of a monarch is not easy. You're tasked with helping rule an entire country, filled with people of varying needs and demands. I understand you are marrying into it, so I imagine your will be husband will be the go-to for most decisions. Yet, you do not strike me as someone who would be content to have no say in anything that goes on.

[partialities]

You are right, I am not.

[ especially not with a husband-to-be like joffrey who takes the lives of men and children and enjoys it. certainly not with joffrey. ]

Our realm is in war, I do not know if I told you. They name it the War of the Five Kings. My - husband-to-be is quite preoccupied with matters of armies and battles and such matters that I hardly understand.

[ and if she does, that shall remain another secret ]

In the meantime, there is a need for someone to take care of the people, their needs. many children were left without parents, the state of the orphanages and their numbers must improve as well as the living conditions of the smallfolk. I am not a war lord, not by far but I can certainly make those my responsibilities.

[ she takes her hand and squeezes it ]

You are sweet to tell me this and brave. few would dare. they must all think me a silly girl in silks with little idea of what she is doing.

[bryces_pup]

I have heard bits and pieces of what is happening in Westeros from a few others here, Sansa included. From what I gather, it's quite an involved matter and I am sure I barely know the surface of it.

[Those who sit on the throne remain a nebulous entity to her, but from what little she has heard of them, they are not good people.]

Good. I am glad you recognize that. In war, it is the commoners who suffer the most. The nobles may lose coin in war, but commoners lose their lives.

[She returns the squeeze.]

Then they clearly do not know you well. But from what I have gathered, you will do fine. Just keep your wits about you and don't lose yourself in the politics and scheming.

[partialities]

Do you think I am in danger of such?

[ this is but a game, her grandmother had said - with the highest stakes there can be. To be the winner, one must be a good player but to lose oneself entirely - to become old and mad for power and cruel like the lioness of Lannnister - ]

Becoming someone else. Someone -- not good

[bryces_pup]

Anyone involved in politics and power is in danger of such.

[She thinks of Anora, smart and savvy and diplomatic. And yet, she was willing to side with her father, though he was half crazed and nearly destroyed Ferelden, just so she could stay queen.]

It does not mean you will definitely fall prey to it. Remember who you are and where you came from. Do not hold onto power for power's sake. That's where you'll get into trouble.

[partialities]

I will be a Queen people will love not one they will fear, I promise.

[ she smiles a little ]

If I close my eyes I can make believe we are in Highgarden, lying on soft grass. The air is warm and carries the scent of roses and summerwine.

[bryces_pup]

Then that is all I can hope for, and what your people can ask for. You'll do well.

[Some will be unhappy with her, but such is the way of things. You cannot please everyone.]

Hopefully we are partaking in said summerwine. [Said with laughter in her voice.]