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[moonofmylife]

Who: Daenerys Targaryen
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Aoard the Caprine
When: Now

[Daenerys addressed the network, still looking a little worn around the edges despite her time asleep. She felt as if she hadn't moved from her bunk in days. In her hands rests the device, pointed towards her face and atop her shoulders rests one lazily dozing dragon. Drogon's black scales had a bit of a copper and red glint to them in the lights cast about her room, his eyes were closed and his wings were curled in close to him. His clawed hands clung to her shoulder while his feet dangled over her back, hidden by her hair. Across the other shoulder, the very end of his tail could be seen. He was draped neatly around her neck where he could rest comfortably.]

I apologize to anyone who may have been inconvenienced by my mishap. My absence from was not intended, though I have no idea how long exactly I was asleep. This is my first time experiencing such a state. Should anyone from the other ships wish to brief me I can be found at my post aboard the Caprine.

[A smile and she reaches with one hand to stroke the end of Drogon's tail. His wings fluttered, sensing the disturbance.]

And this is Drogon. He is one of the dragons whom I call my children, born of a funeral pyre originally, but reborn and returned to me by the Tree that gave us gifts. Perhaps some day Drogon's brothers will join us but for now he is all that remains to me of my home.

[Drogon's hands stretched sleepily and in his attempt to awaken he fell clean from his perch on her shoulder and down her back. With a loud raptor-like shriek, Drogon shot into the air, out of the video's view and out of sight somewhere above Dany's head. He wasn't happy to have been woken up. Thanks for that, Mom. :|]

Private Message: Tyrion Lannister

Lord Tyrion, if you wish to meet him in person, you are welcome to at your earliest convenience, though I don't know that he'll be quite ready to receive guests beyond yourself. He's still adjusting to the ship, I think.

[Another loud screech and Drogon dive bombed back into view, landing in a heap in her lap. Looking down, Dany coos at him, trying to console him.]

Shh, shh... you're with me... you're just fine, sweetling.

[She smiles, bringing her gaze back to the device.]

Be prepared for him to be a bit difficult. He is a child, after all.

Action

[The Caprine crew can find their Captain up and about, checking on various stations throughout the ship and finally stopping in awe of their new gardens. The lemon tree in particular received her adoration. She was excited to be able to harvest it and perhaps task Qing with making lemon cakes to send to one Sansa Stark as a bit of a peace offering between her and the girl and her brothers.

Drogon alternated between remaining perched on her shoulder, tucked beneath an arm, or flying a few inches beside her head. He made soft hissing and rasping noises on occasion, not displeasured at the moment into full on screeching. Having him around made her smile more brightly, her step more upbeat. If anyone in the crew or visiting the ship should happen upon her they would be greeted by him as well.]

Drogon, sweetling, don't wander too far...

[Not an easy command to follow for a baby dragon in a new place.]

Comments

[moonofmylife]

Perhaps, but Robb has assured me that revenge means nothing to him, as he is a dead man back there. As for his sister - I don't even know where to start with the girl.

[She was definitely of Northern blood, right down to her veins. It wasn't that the girl was cold, only reminded Dany very much of looking into a wall of ice. She blocked civility between them at every turn, just as her brother did in the beginning. Each of their conversations had been lined with tension, their last being about Drogon.]

She- [She laughs at this, almost in disbelief.] She implied that I keep Drogon away from the Iskaulit because she fears him. She doesn't want him in her presence. I had no idea what to say to that in a polite manner, if at all.

[She'd wanted to say something not so polite about the topic, but she refrained in the end.]

[tallasaking]

Well, we do not need Robb Stark ... since he is dead. We have his agreement so he can protect his family here and now. That will be enough.

[He pauses at that, before his mouth twitches upwards.] ... I take it your response was somewhere along the lines of, 'it's my dragon and I will take him where I please'?

[Dany did not seem like the person who let people tell her what to do anymore. Not without consequences.

[moonofmylife]

More or less.

[She shakes her head, smiling a bit.]

I felt bad for it, but I couldn't very well agree. It wouldn't be fair to him. Why should he be trapped on this ship while I am free to come and go?

[Though she did keep a close eye on him, of course.]

He's- he's honestly too small to be a danger to anyone, save for maybe the furniture.

[tallasaking]

Every creature has rights. I am sure if she had her direwolf, she would say the same thing.

[It was heartlessly said, that. Not out of any rancor but honestly, fair was fair.]

He is rather small - perhaps she is simply disturbed of the fact of what would happen if he was allowed to grow..

[moonofmylife]

Perhaps, but then the Atroma would have much more to fear from me. Drogon has burned cities, burned men alive. But that was as a still growing dragon - much larger and much more powerful than he is now.

[At most? He could probably light a candle or light the curtains on fire if he was determined enough.]

That feels like a lifetime ago, since I took Astapoor, Yunkai and Mereen.

[Has it really been so long since she's been home? Maybe not a lifetime but well close to a year, by her estimate.]

[tallasaking]

That is true ... and they would not make such a weakness. Our ... 'allies' outside might have some way to change that. As terrifying and exhilarating as that might be.

[He looks at her thoughtfully, before smiling softly.]

Do you love it there, in the Free Cities? Or does it all seem too foreign, and too wild?

[moonofmylife]

[She's thoughtful herself, for a moment. Ruling was hard, but the people made her feel better for it. She felt as if she was accomplishing something.]

I love the people. They stood beside me and accepted change. For it, those who deny what I've tried to do have punished them. I've done my best to keep them safe, though. I can't deny that it worries me how many have and will die for my choices.

[Including him. She didn't want the same to happen to him.]

[tallasaking]

[He looks over at her, folding his hands together, and then opened them once more.]

Many people will die. That is the nature of war. We cannot stop that - but we can lessen them. We can make wiser decisions then our fathers.

[He gave her an encouraging nod.] We can see to it that people are, in fact, holding that life is valuable. No matter whose life it is.

[moonofmylife]

I hope you're right. But then, there isn't much to any of that here, is there? We're here.

[It was funny how her thoughts kept circling back to that fact, but she still found value in keeping alliances, in making friends with those she could from Westeros.]

[tallasaking]

Just because we are here, dear lady, does not mean we need to seek fewer alliances. In fact, considering just how ... far off our map that we are, we should be seeking more. Making ourselves invaluable as possible, so that our friends will be quick to defend against whatever outside threat might come.

[Tyrion was a tad on the paranoid side, but he would and will protect his Queen. No matter the cost.]

[moonofmylife]

[He was right, of course. It was a relief to have someone like him to point her in the right direction. Part of her wanted to just give up ever seeing home again, in a moment like this.]

You're right. I was being... I don't know. [She laughs a bit, shaking her head.]

It doesn't worry you? That we might never see home again? I have been here nearly a year. Longer, it feels like.

[tallasaking]

[He held his hands open at her, before he smiled in turn.]

You have to remember, my future is not as bright as yours. I am not really sure what I have left to return to, when I come home.

[moonofmylife]

I wouldn't call my future bright. Mereen has been at war with Yunkai over my rule and they've been giving people the bloody pox. It's all I can do to keep them alive and now - Drogon carried me away after we were attacked by Sons of the Harpy. I don't know when or what I'll be going back to.

[And that was the terrible part - the waiting and the unknowing.]

[tallasaking]

Well ... then perhaps the reason we need to get back is, we need to know what the next chapter awaits us. If we can become the masters of our own destinies.

[He gave her a quirky little smile.] For you, I am willing to try and find a brighter tomorrow.

[moonofmylife]

You always have so much faith in me. It's - it makes me feel better, honestly. It makes it easier to believe we'll go home when you say things like this. Thank you.

[tallasaking]

Perhaps it is because I have seen you rule with more compassion in a handful of moments than I have anyone else. You ... have given me a vision of a brighter future. Hope is not something I usually keep a large supply of, these days, but I like the future. It has interesting possibilities.