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Who: Robb Stark & People at the Blue Fish and the Vanquish :) (and some closed logs)
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When: backdated 28th of February to the 1st of March

Action – The Blue Fish
[Anyone who wishes to drop by is welcome to do so. Robb has sent a polite message to everyone on the ship with the question if they are interested to learn to shoot with the weapons available on this ship.

He has cleaned up one of the cargo holds to create a sort of shooting range, the targets all made from scrap iron. All he truly knows of shooting ranges are those in Winterfell and Riverrun. Made for archery practice instead of shooting with these space guns. Still, Robb figures that it must do for now.

He decides to wait for a couple of hours, slowly chewing on a piece of bread. If no one should come...well, at least he tried.]

Action – SS Vanquish
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[Robb does not like to fly these small ships and it shows in the way how it shakes and wobbles when it approaches the ship. It also shows in the way he docks the tiny ship and how he stumbles out of it. Space is something he can understand a little, weapons are also not a problem, but flying, no...Robb Stark is not made for flight.

A sigh of relief escapes his mouth when he sets foot onto the vessel, glad to feel something solid underneath his feet again.

Not every ship is the same, he knows that by now and he enters it slowly, calling out to someone who might hear him.]

closed to Hermione
[After a deep nod he smiles. He is not sure if he truly wants to learn magic. His wolf dreams are already one thing he does not wish to go into, but actual magic...it makes him feel a little uncomfortable. Yet, he does not want to decline such a kind offer. Lady Granger means no harm. She is kind and warm and the color of her hair reminds him of Jeyne.]

Let us start at the beginning. [He hopes his voice sounds neutral enough. That he is able to hide his wariness. She is not going to harm him but it is not for a king to become a sorcerer. His men would turn from him. They would whisper worse things than ‘half wolf-half boy’.] Or you can show me first. [And then he can decide to politely decline or not.]

Action – Closed to Dany
[Now his chambers aren’t the most neutral place for a conversation like this and he has been fussing over whether he should don his crown or not. Or the clothes he came with. For once he wonders if all of this has a place in space. And, of course, there is the worry that they are recording everything. They are watching his every move because, apparently in modern societies, it is something amusing and entertaining.

So without crown and without his Westerosi outfit he waits for her by the docking station, sometimes moving his fingers through his hair or touching his chin to determine he has stubble there or not.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Hope is such a bloody fragile thing that Robb has learned to let that go. He puts his money on luck lately. Mayhaps, if he was lucky he would win the Freys back. Or he would win the war. Or he would free his siblings. But he does not mention that here.]

With your own, or those of others? [Robb rubs his thumb over the bump just above his ear.]

If I would do it I will turn to a...doctor. So I will turn to you. [Even though she does not wear any chains from the Citadel, he does trust her. She seems capable.]

I do not fear pain. [It is the truth. With war came death and pain and all things unpleasant. If he would fear that, it would be ten times worse. Robb has always learned to conquer his own fears and push down whatever emotion that might hold him back.] I do not fear much, really. [There are some things, though. But those are his own little secrets.]

It doesn't matter what you do and do not fear, not with this. Remember, the augments affect our minds, what we know, what we feel, what we see. The result is always the same, whether I try to remove it from myself or someone else: incapacitating, overwhelming dread.

[Robb straightens his back a little and frowns once again. Everytime he hopes he looks a little like a man when he does that but instead of that he looks like a very serious teenager.]

Isn’t fear based on that as well? What we see and feel and know? [While saying that Robb realizes that he is a bit scared. Just like he has been scared after deciding he’d go to war.] Fear shouldn’t be considered a weakness. Someone who is afraid can lash out.

No, you're right: fear isn't a weakness. It's a natural human response to danger, it's what helps keeps us safe, tells us when to run and when to fight. The problem is when the fear becomes too overwhelming and you can't do anything to overcome it.

[She gives him a gentle, sad smile.]

I'm not saying any of this to say you ought to give in to Atroma, I just want you to have a better understanding of what we're up against.

[Robb is fairly sure that he would never allow his fear to paralyze him. After all, it would not be something a king would do. He would lash out, afraid or not.]

I do not believe that fear is something that stays forever. And I do not fear these lords of Atroma. [As he says that he realizes he is not lying. Even though he is sure these modern lords can do quite awful modern things to him and they have a lot of power as well, he does not feel very anxious.

When facing lord Tywin in battle he felt more than now.]

Are you afraid of them?

[Beverly suppresses a sigh. It seems Robb might be one of those who has to learn the hard way. It's not a matter of will and besides... everyone has a breaking point. She's seen it.

And even if he does lash out instead? That still won't get him anywhere, as far as the augment is concerned.]

Of course I am. [Said without hesitation or shame. It'd be foolish not to be afraid of them, after seeing what she has, particularly in the calibrations.] But I don't let that fear rule me either.

[Yes, Robb is someone who needs to learn things the hard way. He is too stubborn to accept things right away.

When he opens his mouth he sounds quite like an old man with the body and face of a teenager.]

When I went to war I was afraid as well. I feared... [He feared he would not be taken seriously. Just a hotheaded boy with a will to avenge his father.] ...going up against an enemy with far much more experience. But I managed quite well. And I learned to not to fear those who seem stronger. It does not always mean that they are.

My lady, I have other things to waste time with instead of fearing them.

[Her jaw tightens. She is a patient woman but frustration is setting in.]

And I don't? Do not make the mistake of assuming you are the only one who has fought battles before.

[Robb rolls his eyes at her snappy response. He does not like it when he tries to explain something from a rather personal perspective and gets such a response in return.

The look on his face hardens.]

I assume nothing, my lady. If you will excuse me.

[He figures he can use some food right now.]

[She steps in between him and the exit.]

No, I won't. I know you're upset and I know you have a life to get back to and I know a lot of this situation doesn't make a damn bit of sense, to any of us, and I'm sorry for snapping at you, but that's no excuse for rolling your eyes at me. That is not how a leader acts.

[Robb does not like it to be confronted like that and he definitely does not like it when people block his path.]

This is also not how a lady acts, my lady. Now let me pass. [Robb ducks his head so he can pass by sneaking under her arm.]

I never claimed to be one.

[But she lifts her arm. Best to let him go now before one or the other of them say something they might regret.]

[She has teats, so she definitely is one and Robb leaves it at that.]

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