first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

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!]

Comments

[partialities]

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]

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?

[partialities]

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]

[ 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?

[partialities]

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]

[ 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.

[partialities]

[ 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]

[ 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.

[partialities]

[ 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]

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.

[partialities]

Why.

[ she moves her piece, arches an eyebrow ]

is it because women are smarter or less cruel?

[precedented]

[ Hm. He considers this, thoughtful. ]

They are, certainly. But perhaps it is more than I find that they consider peace as more than a childish dream.

[partialities]

There was peace for many years in my realm, held by kings and princesses who rode dragons but the last one - they named him the Mad King and the realm rebelled against him. There was a long war and now another house holds the Iron Throne and without the dragon-kings all bowed to -

[ they were all led to robert's death and after that to the war of the five kings ]

I suppose now nearly everyone would want to be king.

[precedented]

[ Softly. ]

My father won the Golden throne against his enemies. But no peace came. Only more plots and deceit. Keeping a throne and winning one are very different realities.

[partialities]

And yourself, my Lord?

[ she looks up from the board ]

will you keep the peace in your realm?

[precedented]

I will. That is my pledge.

[ It will be a peace that will last centuries. A stifling peace. ]

[partialities]

Mayhaps we shall both succeed where others have failed, my Lord.

[ she smiles ]

and keep the throne and our people safe.

[precedented]

[ He laughs softly. For him, it was assured. ]

I shall wish you all the best then, my lady.