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яσвιи яє∂вяєαѕт ([personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-03-25 02:55 pm

first one to make that doctor who joke loses

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]
partialities: (pic#9981793)

[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-09 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
And who begins? how do we decide?

[ she looks quite eager, the way margaery always is with learning new things, especially those involving wit and wisdom. she doubts she will have that many chances at joffrey's side, not with the way he regards what a woman ought to know. her future lessons would have to be more secretive than the ones who came before ]

I fear I am about to lose splendidly, my Lord.
precedented: (And when it has gone past)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-09 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
White gets the first move. And it would be unwise and impolite to underestimate a lady of Tyrell.

[ And he's not interested in winning so much as seeing how other people play. You can learn a lot from the way they orchestrate their strategy on the board. ]
partialities: (And when the hills are full)

[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-09 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
We are like roses, my Lord. The buds are never dangerous, we only become risky when we grow our thorns.

[ she giggles, the metaphor sits sweetly on her tongue. he is right, of course; every rose, however pretty and tame, has its thorns but why think of sharpness and unpleasantness in such fine a company?

she looks at the board, runs the rules and information in her mind before making her first move. ]


Are women allowed to play this game in your realm, my Lord?
precedented: (He shall know your ways)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-09 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He chuckles at that idea. ]

My sister would have my hide if it were otherwise. But anyone can play this game. It is open to everyone. Royalty, nobility and the townspeople. But the intricacies of it differ from player to player.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-09 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
The women of your realm sound so fortunate, my Lord. We are allowed so little exercises of wit in my own realm. Mostly we are taught to dance and sing and play instruments alongside sewing and lest I shall forget - smiling.

[ a tiny roll of eyes ]
precedented: (Only I will remain)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-09 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He clicks his tongue, a soft sound of regret. ]

My sister is of noble birth but I pity any man who would force her to dance and sing. For all her love of green things and gardens, her blade is sharp and swift. Compared to her, I am but a toothless lion.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-09 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Your sister knows how to wield a blade?

[ she leans closer, almost as if this is a secret between her and him ]

does she wield it against men or just other women?
precedented: (A hawk among lesser birds)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-10 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
She will wield it against anyone who has hurt me.

[ That is Ghanima's limit. She's willing to allow any to live, so long as they do not harm Leto. Otherwise they face her retribution. ]
partialities: (And when the hills are full)

[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-20 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
As would I for my own brothers if I had the talent and the tutoring.

[ loras, however gifted, is more emotional and she does wish she could do more for him as he does for her. it is only right, they are brother and sister, after all ]
precedented: (A wall against the wind)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-21 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ He shrugs loosely. ]

I could teach you. If you have the desire for it.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-21 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Shall you?

[ she smiles as she makes her next move ]

and what shall I teach you in return? I doubt there is anything my Lord is incapable of doing already, what a trouble.
precedented: (And when it has gone past)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
My lady flatters me so cleverly.

[ And skillfully. Many men would have fallen for such a line. ]

Perhaps you could teach me more of your world?
partialities: (pic#9981783)

[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-22 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything else would be void and entirely insulting.

[ and some people you must never risk insulting, she knows so much well and true. ]

A fair trade. What shall I tell my Lord about? Our realm is very vast in size and culture.
precedented: (The prayers of the righteous)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
I will let you decide.

[ From what he's glimpsed, the lifestyle is very similar to the kind Leto has lived. Deceit, politics and murder. If Paul hadn't had the support of the Fremen and the messianic title, he could have been easily been overthrown. ]

Perhaps a little about your family?
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
You are serving me with a favor. There is little I love speaking of more than of my House.

[ certainly, other girls would have taken a more emotional turn on these things, would speak in length of their longing for highgarden and its fields of rose and the warmth of the sun. margaery had traded her home for king's landing, however and this, however foreign, however far away, is at the very least much safer.

still, even the walls in this realm has ears and more importantly, eyes. none can tell the size of the audience watching them ( are they still watching them, even now? she always assumes so, always keeps safe ). ]


House Tyrell is of the oldest houses of my realm and its seat is in Highgarden, in the Reach, its lords were named the Wardens of the South. Its current lord is my father, Lord Mace Tyrell, High Marshal of the Reach. He is a good man and a fierce warrior and his confidence in me is a comfort, he had always said I shall make a fine queen.

[ or, as most others knew, he had always wanted his daughter to be queen, no matter who the king on the iron throne shall be. a fine ambition as margaery shares it and is more keen on it than her father imagines ]

He is the Lord of Highgarden, the Defender of the Marches.
precedented: (The attitude of the knife)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
I prefer our relationships to be mutually beneficial.

[ Without realizing it, he finds himself thinking of Irulan. A strong person, bred to be a Queen. But she had also been raised to be used. A pawn in the game of the Great Houses, to maintain power and stability for Shaddam the IV.

Her feelings were not a secret. She loved Leto and Ghanima, even if she never fully understood them. She tried and she loved. Poor Irulan. ]


What does he defend it against?
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
House Tyrell had its enemies in the past and it has them now, still. Our realm is at war, my Lord, has been for quite some time. They name it the War of the Five Kings.

[ though some of those kings haven't lasted to see even the climax of it and as it turns out from her time here, there is also a Queen in the game, a dragon queen who might yet change the course of the game.

Not a thought Margaery enjoys but one she has to accept and work with, still ]


The Reach and its people must be kept safe, that is the duty of their Lord, to protect them.
precedented: (There is no escape)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods, contemplative. Similar to Caladan and the Atreides of old. Now, of course, with complete power, such a simple role was not longer possible or necessary. ]

Do you intend on winning the game?
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
there are only options, my Lord. there is never a safer third. Either you win everything or you lose.

[ she smiles a little ]

I do not intend to lose.
precedented: (Polish comes from the cities)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His fingers linger on a piece. Never a safer third. He hears the truth on it, though it is bitter on his lips. ]

They will never see you coming.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ would that the world could be sweeter and those who lose the game may not lose their heads and the lives of those most precious to them. but that sort of world only exists in children's tales and songs and margaery knows better than to try and pretend her world excels in kindness or compassion.

it should. as a queen, she will strive to encourage those. she would have to with a king like joffrey ]


I am only the Rose of Highgarden, my lord. I trust I shall make a good wife to the king, supportive and sweet.
precedented: (I will turn the inner eye to see its pat)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His lips twitch, as if he's enjoying an unseen joke. ]

I am sure.

[ He continues on. ]

I can teach you how to best to hold and throw a knife. I can even teach you a hidden art. We call it the Voice or the Weirding Way. By training your voice, you can command men to kneel or sweeten the pot so they see nothing else.

Some of these talents you already possess, but I can help you hone them.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and margaery's smile sharpens for a moment, acknowledging the unseen truth between them regarding her ambitions ]

it sounds almost like magic. I imagine you are more than a little proficient in such an art?
precedented: (And when it has gone past)

[personal profile] precedented 2016-04-23 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I am the best at it.

[ No bragging, just a blunt statement of fact. ]

I will teach you. I tend to prefer women on iron thrones rather than men.
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[personal profile] partialities 2016-04-23 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Why.

[ she moves her piece, arches an eyebrow ]

is it because women are smarter or less cruel?

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