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

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Floppy wieners, flippy floppy...]

Some things are. Definitely! [He nods.] But gods, doesn’t all of this make a man lazy? If the technology makes walking completely unnecessary?

[You will get a lot of fat men. Like lord Manderly.]

[huaaaaagh]

Maybe a little.

[Lots of fat people in his time, too.]

But that comes down to discipline, too- people can still stay active if they want to, even with the tech. What I like about it is the possibilities. You can hang out with and talk to people who live super far away, when in different circumstances, you might never meet them. It can be pretty life-changing!

[kingofbadlifechoices]

Well, lazy people might become even lazier. If one of those robots can do their work, why should they get up?

[Oh! Yes!] You mean the net work and the communicator. Aye, that is very handy. Back home we send our messages tied to a raven’s paw. Ravens aren’t that fast. It would be so much easier if we had these back there.

[But no man would know how to make them. And it definitely will not be Robb himself.]

I could give orders to my armies far away without having to wait for the next bloody moon.

[huaaaaagh]

Whoa, hold on- you lead armies?

[Plural, even. The guy doesn't look really young, exactly - unless the beard is deceptive - but still, he's used to army leaders being middle-aged men at the youngest.]

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Robb nods at the question as if it is something as common like blue sky and green grass.]

I also wear a crown from time to time. [Now he snorts a little. This young man probably would’ve expected someone different to command armies.]

[huaaaaagh]

...Oh geez. Prince or king?

[What the heck, did he just get carried around by royalty? Thank god Klein's not around, he would definitely die laughing.]

[kingofbadlifechoices]

The weight of a crown falls onto my shoulders, not yours. So worry not. [Robb says the words with a bit of a smile after Kirito’s response.]

A king. But here I am not.

[huaaaaagh]

Well, it's not like I was offering to bow to you or anything, but that's still pretty cool.

[kingofbadlifechoices]

Gods, please do not. [Robb laughs softly.] I am not your king. And this is not the North. [Now he does understand the meaning of ‘cool’ now. Something really impressive.]

It is not that cool. As in impressive-cool.

[huaaaaagh]

Nah, it's definitely cool.

[Dude don't be modest, royalty is impressive even if you don't necessarily respect them.]

The North is where you're from? Is it called anything else?

[kingofbadlifechoices]

Very well. Yet I would not wish the burden of a crown upon anyone.

Just the North. But it is a collection of holdfasts, castles, villages and one large city.

[huaaaaagh]

At the risk of sounding like a total plebe- what's a holdfast?

[kingofbadlifechoices]

Plebe? [Robb raises his eyebrows and starts to chuckle a little. Apparently being away from the poisonous air does the other man good.] Holdfasts are smaller castles. They are mostly held in the name of one of the larger houses.

[huaaaaagh]

Um, slang. It's like an uneducated commoner.

[That name does make sense, though. Holding land for somebody else, basically.]

Gonna take a wild guess and say it's cold there.

[kingofbadlifechoices]

I know what it means. But you do not have to call yourself that just because they have placed a crown onto my head. I do not think myself a king as I play the part in the mummers farce the lords of Atroma forced upon us.

[He points at his surroundings.]

The North is colder than most parts of Westeros. [He nods.] When I left snow was starting to fall. And the maesters have sent a white raven to Riverrun, announcing the start of winter.

[huaaaaagh]

[Wow, this guy's so serious. Maybe Kirito ought to dial back the jokes, especially the self-deprecating ones.]

You need an announcement for that sort of thing? Where I'm from, it's just a normal time of year.

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Robb nods.]

The winters can take long and can be considerably harsh. People need to know when to prepare. When they sent me here snow was just starting to fall... It would be my first winter.

[huaaaaagh]

First...? Wait, you've never- how old are you!?

[He wasn't kidding when he said long, sheesh. Guy looks older than he is.]

[kingofbadlifechoices]

I reached the age of seven and ten a couple of moons ago. [A couple of days before he rode out to the Twins.]

[huaaaaagh]

...Whoa. You're the same age as me, and never had winter...

[That's honestly mind-blowing.]

Back home we get winter once a year. It lasts maybe three months?

[kingofbadlifechoices]

I take it that it must sound odd to someone who is not from Westeros. Mayhaps there are other Westeros’-like realm who have winters and summers the way you describe it.

[A pause.]

I come from the North, I do know cold. [He nods at the shower...] Maybe you should take a shower first, to rinse off the poison...

[huaaaaagh]

Ah- geez, I got totally sidetracked. Thanks- sorry!

[Hastily he scrambles into the shower, flinging his clothes in a pile off to the side. That was embarrassing...]

[kingofbadlifechoices]

[Robb laughs softly and turns away as the other heads towards the shower. He does pick up those clothes and thinks it would be a good idea to offer them to the washing machine.]

I will take your clothes and replace them with some spare ones.

[Have fun with your linen undershirt and woolen breeches, Kirito!]