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Blue Fish Mingle!

Who: Blue Fish Crew + Visitors!
Broadcast: If you'd like?!
Action: The Blue Fish!
When: Month of May!

[Get in here Blue Fish! It's time for a mingle post! Visitors are welcomed, but anyone who requires doors will need to know someone from the crew that can let you in thanks to the passcode on the door.]

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Pardon me for saying this but you are not quite like yourself, lady Riona.

[While speaking he moves to slice some bread.]

Normally you are less quiet. [That is mostly his part.] I do not wish to pry, of course. But if you wish to tell me what has happened, I do not mind to listen. [If she does not, he would not mind either. It is not his place to pry.]

[She glances over at him from the mess table.]

You did not see that embarrassment of a post I displayed two nights ago?

I have not paid attention to the communicator. [Robb pulls a bit of a face.] How bad was it?

[Better to just... show him.

She pulls out her communicator and flips through it until she finds her post. As she brings it up and plays it, she turns it towards Robb so he can see her trainwreck in all its glory.]

Pretty bad.

[Robb watches the video silently. The lady Riona is obviously in her cups and in a rather bad mood as well.]

What is bad about it? That you have been drinking too much red? Or the drunken rambling?

[He thanks the gods he is not that open when drunk. He merely japes and eats too much.]

That, and I made an idiot of myself in public. Not to mention I can only imagine what I said to others who responded. It was no way to behave.

It is not wise to share things in such a way to complete strangers. But what done is done. I do not think less of you.

[He turns the communicator off and tucks it back into his pocket.]

If that is what you fear? That others think less of you because you have been...quite forward during your drunken message, my lady.

...thank you, Robb.

[Her head bows, heavy with relief and gratitude. Even though she wonders if he'd say that if he had talked to her that night, she's still glad for it. That's one less fire to put out.]

Yes. And whatever harm I may have caused in my drunken idiocy.

[Robb nods deeply.]

Do you fear you have caused harm? [He shrugs a little.] You were rather forward. But then again, when my men are in their cups they are either lusty or a little bit too honest.

I fear I said more than I should have, that I revealed things I did not want to reveal. But yes, I also fear I may have wounded feelings and caused some misunderstandings. [She shakes her head.] Yes, that does happen with alcohol, but at least your men did not have access to something that broadcasted their inebriation to - what, over a hundred or so people? Not to mention our audience.

[Robb nods at her words.]

There are many things I do not wish to speak of either. Mayhaps you should stay away from others when red makes you spill things others do not have to know.

Well, my men had...whores. [Lots of whores and he chuckles a little at the memory. He has seen quite some things boys his age do not always get to see.]

I think...the best thing to do is not feel ashamed. The truth is out there but that does not mean you have to speak of it further.

Clearly, though I believe I will simply avoid alcohol of any sort for awhile, especially as a means to cope with my troubles.

[It's for the best she doesn't touch the subject of prostitutes. It's not like she has much experience with them anyway.]

I find it hard not to be. My behavior should not be easily overlooked. But you are right about the truth. Enough has been said and I will endeavor to keep a better rein on it in the future.

If you wish to keep a clear mind, mayhaps. [But then again, alcohol has a different effect on him than it has on her.]
At times I can be a wise man. [Sometimes, when he is not being stubborn or overly strict.] Some people like to talk about their feelings and some do not. [He also belongs to the last category. He does not wish to burden people with his troubles and he figures that, most of the time, he can solve them alone.

Or, at least he thinks he can do that...]

Just do not let them use it against you. [Because admitting to things like feelings and all could make a person weak. That is why that if Robb has to cry, he cries alone and softly. Where no one can see or hear it.]

I belong the former group, truth be told, but that has not served me well in the fleet. Perhaps it is time I speak less on them.

[Use it against her? Funnily enough, she's not terribly worried about it. Partly because she holds it against herself enough, and there is hardly anything anyone can do or say to add to it.]

Pity to the fool who tries to do that. I will readily accept my mistakes and try to make amends. Apologize when needed. But I will not be taken advantage of.

[That's ended well for a total of 0 people who have ever tried.]

[Robb nods and shrugs a little. Not he does not care and it is a subject close to him. Yet, it is for her to solve the matter the best she can.]

Seek someone you trust and talk to them. [Like he does with his lady mother. Whenever things get way too much for him he tends to rant at her.] It has worked for me, my lady.

[When she says that Robb notices he is more stubborn in that. When he apologized to lord Frey for breaking that vow he knew he had to say it but it has never felt genuine. Jeyne wasn’t a mistake to him.]

I would not. Not immediately. There are always different solutions.

[It's good advice, and it's what she used to do. Leliana is here, after all. And Beverly is sensible and good. As is Sokka. And yet... no. She's laid enough troubles on everyone and it just made a mess. While on the fleet, her problems need to remain her own.

She nods along though, pretending to seriously consider his words.]

Those solutions being? I will not hide from my mistakes, Robb. If I have wounded someone and it was not my intention, an apology is owed and reparations should be made.

[Robb thinks of how he has bend the knee to lord Frey and had to suffer his scorn because of a ‘mistake’ he made. It could very well be that he misinterpret lady Riona’s words a little.]

Once I have made a mistake in my life but to me it has never felt as if I made one. [Jeyne’s presence in his life has had an uplifting effect. Robb smiled much more and he got to enjoy the company of her brother Raynard.] I had to apologize for that, my men and my position demanded such a thing. But my words have not been sincere.

[So the solution is telling a lie.]

But I feel that that might not be the case for you, my lady.

Not quite, though I understand your predicament. You had to apologize for something you felt was right, or at least not wrong.

[Which is frustrating, to say the least.]

But I feel and know what I did was wrong. I want to apologize and make amends.

[Robb nods slowly and rolls his shoulders a little. Briefly he wonders why he is not able to take simple matters lightly anymore, did he truly forget how to laugh and be merry?]

I have broken a vow so, to many, it is wrong. But for me it feels absolutely right. I have grown very fond of my lady wife.

[Now he does smile.]

Then you should do so, my lady. If it eases the weight on your shoulders.

The masses are not always right.

[The masses are quite frankly stupid at times.]

Yes, and I have started to. Maker, I just wish I hadn't made such an ass of myself in the process.

Yet they should be listened to.

[Finally he reaches out to squeeze her arm in a reassuring way.]

Try not to worry much about it. I am sure there are other things to worry about instead.

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