geonomy: (☆ dreaming about what we could be)
clay тerran | ѕpace nerd ([personal profile] geonomy) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-10-07 11:14 pm

[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...
steeledskin: (# of all you've left behind)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ aghast: ] It would be a nightmare.

[ -- called to by the dead, or the never-living. she gives a full-shoulder shiver. ]
resnipstance: talking, neutral, considering, listening (87)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ahsoka's gaze softens.]

... You know. After we pass on, the energy we left behind sometimes remains here. Not all dead things are malevolent.
steeledskin: (Default)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there are stories about the dead walking north of the wall. stories worthy of nightmares, though she doesn't speak them aloud now. ]

...What happens if we die in space? [ a cold, curious question. ] Do we stay among the stars?
resnipstance: neutral, talking (158)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
The Jedi believe that your energy joins with the Force. So technically, you'd be everywhere. Or anywhere.
steeledskin: (# walk through fire to save my life)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ gently, she sets aside her embroidery work. the pin stays stuck mid-stitch. ]

Ahsoka. Do you believe the Force exists even in a place like Westeros?

[ everywhere. anywhere. ]
resnipstance: neutral smile (144)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Without hesitating:] Of course.

The Force is life. [It's that simple, to her.] Where there is life, you'll always find the Force.
steeledskin: (# stuck in reverse)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and if the force exists in westeros, then mayhaps the dead persist even there. what is it the ironborn say? what is dead may never die. sansa sighs, and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear. ]

It's a comfort. To think even if the Atroma sent me back home, there might be something there connected to -- this. To the fleet.

[ to ahsoka herself. ]
resnipstance: shy, smile, eyebrow raise, unsure (175)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ahsoka tilts her head quizzically.]

... You like it here that much?
steeledskin: (# there were so many red flags)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ softly: ] It's wonderful here. Scary, at times, but -- I would rather stay.

[ she's been honest about this with her brothers. with robb, especially. and he's come around to her desires, promising he'll do all he can to keep them here. together. ]
resnipstance: cute smile, relaxed, shrug (140)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huh. Since she's been here, all Ahsoka's thought about is trying to get home. But she tries to think about it from Sansa's perspective-- her dead family members are here, and her home life seems awful. It shouldn't be such a surprise.]

... Well, maybe you can put in a request with the Atroma? Ask them. I'm sure they'd be happy to let you stay.
steeledskin: (# off of the roof)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-10 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't dare tell them.

[ if you tell anyone the things you hope for -- the things you want -- then they know precisely what to hang over your head. or the heads of those you love. ]
resnipstance: shrug, unsure (08)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-10 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another puzzled look.]

Wait. You realise that the whole premise of why we're here is that they're listening to everything we say, right?
steeledskin: (# no one else but --)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-12 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ quick as you like, she snaps a palm against her mouth -- surprised by her own clumsiness. ]

You're right. [ her answer is muffled. ] I shouldn't have said anything.
resnipstance: :) (26 // young)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-12 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ahsoka tries to give what she hopes is a reassuring smile, in the face of her friend's clear distress.]

Hey. You've been here how long, now?

[She slings an arm over Sansa's shoulders, and it's tentative-- like she isn't sure if she's allowed or not-- but still warm.]

It's gonna be all right. Promise. Anyone messes with you, you direct 'em to me.
steeledskin: ( positive/negative: snark, coy, angry  ) (# bets are all off)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-18 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it is very much allowed. and sansa sinks against her friend, resting her cheek against ahsoka's shoulder. once ingratiated to a friend, she is affectionate indeed. warm, friendly, and welcoming. it sets her anxiety at ease ]

I'll warn them. [ she sighs -- almost smiling. ] I'll warn them you are my champion.
resnipstance: fond smile (79)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-18 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
... Champion, huh?

I've never been anyone's champion before. I hope I live up to the name.
steeledskin: (# to be stuck on forgetting)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-18 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
-- I think anyone would be fortunate to have you as their champion, Ahsoka. Or their sworn shield.

[ but sansa knows better than to expect vows. this is a different world. it works by different rules. ]
resnipstance: shy, smile, eyebrow raise, unsure (175)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-18 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Are they different things...?

[They sound the same, to her.]
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[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-18 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
They can be. [ -- sansa clasps her hands together in her lap. ] A sworn shield is your protector. Your escort. A champion -- a champion fights in your stead. In tourneys, or in trials.

[ a grimace. she can hear the disconnect -- ahsoka is certainly more the former than the latter, but she would never ask her to swear anything. she's already left the bonds of one order. ]
resnipstance: neutral, mild surprise, talking (62)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-18 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Can someone be both?
steeledskin: (# and i move fast)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-18 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly. One role does not preclude the other. [ she straightens up -- just so she can eye ahsoka. ] It was only a jape, sweet Ahsoka. You're my friend. I would not ask you to swear any oaths to me.
resnipstance: neutral (28)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-18 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ahsoka smiles, but it doesn't reach her eyes. Instead, she looks away.]

... I would swear it, if you wanted me to. ... But I couldn't keep it. People here are always-- well. You know. ... Here one day, gone the next.
steeledskin: (# pulls a loose piece of asphalt)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-18 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't need to be force-sensitive to see the disconnect -- between the smile, and the eyes. the turn of ahsoka's head. sansa presses her lips into a line and lives inside her thoughts. ]

No. No -- I would rather you never need be false. [ not to me. not to anyone. ] And you have all manner of friends, Ahsoka. It would not be fair of me to demand more of you than they do. No matter how remarkable a sworn shield you would make.
resnipstance: soft, uncertain (207)

[personal profile] resnipstance 2016-10-19 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks up at Sansa, then.]

Sansa...

As long as I'm here, I'll protect you. I don't need an oath for that.
steeledskin: ( positive/neutral: stoic, peaceful ) (# you're a lilly-livered giver)

[personal profile] steeledskin 2016-10-19 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ frankly, ahsoka's words just now are easily as good as any oath.

indeed: ]
Before I met you, I believed such vows were necessary. Without oaths made before the gods, I wondered why anyone should be loyal beyond their kin. And even oaths are no real assurance. But when you say it, I believe you.

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