Party, it's a party

[halfbloodhatchling]

Who: Party on the Caprine. Open to all.
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Caprine
When: Night 4/01

It’s time for the 'thank Morrígan no one expects us to be fish anymore' party, as promised.

Feel free to come on over to the Caprine if you want in on this. No RSVP necessary.

[ Hopefully they’ll all fit. ]

[ ooc: It’s a party mingle! ]

Comments

[onlyvengeance]

[It is not something she gave much thought to changing. It is just The Way Things Are (tm). Yet she had been well aware that she was one of the fortunate few. She and Ned had truly been a good match, no matter how rocky the start of their relationship had been. ]

To be fair, neither did my husband. I was promised to his older brother, but when Brandon died....

[ strange how much that still hurts. It's a sharp pang rather than the missing-limb ache of Ned's loss, and the two pains barely compare. Yet she had loved Brandon as well as any girl her age might (12, she was 12). A small shake of her head and she continues. ]

Ned was raised to do his duty as well, and part of that meant becoming Lord of Winterfell and making me his lady wife. Another man might have tried to reject an ill-luck bride. But Ned is not like other men.

[ Still present tense, though she has wept over his bones. Still proud of her beloved. ]

[halfbloodhatchling]

So as far as I can see the fact that you were both forced into it makes it...well, at least there was that starting equality, but it doesn't really count for much.

And you want the same for your children?

[onlyvengeance]

My son chose a girl he fell in love with to marry, despite the fact that he had promised to marry another. And for that, we all died at his wedding.

I was considered a traitor for freeing a valuable hostage in exchange for my daughters' safe return, but it is often easy to justify one's own actions, correct?

It is not black and white, an obvious choice. I want my children to be happy yes, but I want to them to be alive more.

[halfbloodhatchling]

[ The part of them all dying at the wedding is probably metaphorical, or only partly literal, since she's here in front of him.. ]

I'm sorry, that's all terrible.

I can't say that it's a level of cruelty past what I'm familiar with, but it is past what anyone should have to deal with.

[onlyvengeance]

It is far from ideal, yet it is the world we lived in. Like all lives ours had ups and downs. Pray remember that we were fortunate enough to be born nobles. Peasants fared far worse, generally speaking.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Sounds like a shit deal for everyone if you'll pardon the language. I think I'll stick with my brand of humans if I leave this place.