driftfleet | 002 In The Bleak Midwinter (OTA)

Who: Sansa Stark & You!
Broadcast: Entire Fleet
Action: On Selvin-9
When: 10-11 January

( Sansa hasn't addressed the entire fleet since she'd first arrived around a moon ago but she feels like if she's going to make an expedition down to the planet below, she ought to have some company. This isn't something she's familiar with, travel through the stars, and the information she's been given about the land beneath them seems appealing. She wants to feel a true ground beneath her feet again and the lure of snow and all that comes with it is hard to ignore. She's pink-cheeked and slightly optimistic when she addresses the fleet. )

I've been wanting to go down below to the planet but since this is my first experience with it, I wondered if someone might like to accompany me? I know my ways are likely different from most of yours but I appreciate your indulgence just this once.

( She presses her lips together and chances a bit of a smile. )

I've heard there's treats and things? It might be nice for a day or so.

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( When Sansa gets down onto Selvin-9, the first thing she encounters are snow leopards. They're small, beautiful little things that look rather like spotted jungle cats only their coats are white as snow. She's never heard of such a thing in Westeros and she immediately wants one upon setting eyes on them playing around. She asks around and it seems they're quite tame and able to be taken as pets so she has one on a length of ribbon, a lovely creature she's started referring to as Jonquil. She looks to the person next to her, someone who seems like they might be from the fleet as well. )

Do you see her? Isn't she amazing? I haven't had a pet in a long time. It's just a pity this one won't grow to be much larger than it is right now. I could use something to protect me.

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He was, for a little while. [ But, ah, this is where it gets complicated. ] But I knew him from a world before this one, too.

( Sansa frowns a bit, trying to puzzle that out. She knew him before? Truly? )

How is that possible? I wasn't aware that there were any other fleets like this one.

It wasn't a fleet - it was another world entirely. I was there before I was brought here, and a version of your brother was there as well.

[ So was her father, and her sister, and some other people, but she definitely isn't going to talk about them. ]

( Sansa has only recently been able to grasp the concept of the fleet. The idea that there's an entire other world out there bringing people to it - including her brother - is a bit too much to comprehend. She will have to deal with that by herself later. For now, though... )

Was he well when you saw him? I feel like I've lived an entire lifetime since I've seen Robb.

[ It is difficult, and Hermione accepts that; it's not the easiest thing in the world to hear, especially with what she knows about Robb's life. Romulus makes a soft noise at her side, and she reaches to pet over his head gently. ]

He was happy. He had a pack and he had friends, which I think he had been missing for some time.

( Sansa nods. She knows that all of them have been alone and suffered greatly since they've been separated from one another. To know that Robb had been in a place where he'd been happy? That's a good thing. )

I'm glad you told me. It pains me that I didn't get to see him again but I'm glad he had a life somewhere, a happy one.

[ Hermione wishes she had more comfort to offer Sansa, but she doesn't. What happened to the Stark family in the other world hadn't been great, and there's no need to burden her with that. ]

He missed you. He thought of you often - you and your sister.

( Knowing that Robb had missed her means a lot to her and Sansa's shaken for a moment before she recovers. )

Thank you for telling me. It's almost as if I got to see him again, in a way, to know someone that knew him after I last saw him.

[ Hermione can't help her soft smile and she leans forward, earnest, Romulus nudging at Sansa's hand again. ]

I'm glad to have been able to give you something good, then.

( Sansa is far from one to be a miser with her pets and she gives Romulus another good round of petting, getting behind his ears the way Lady used to like. )

You haven't told me very much about yourself. I feel terrible, having monopolized everything.

[ At least Romulus likes it, basking in the attention with his tail wagging behind him, as if he was more a puppy than a ferocious protector. ]

I'm happy to be able to give you good news, my lady. I don't think there's much to tell about myself.

( Sansa shakes her head. She may be the Lady of Winterfell and a princess by right of conquest but those titles mean nothing here in the fleet. Besides, this is a friend of Robb's. )

No, please. I insist you call me Sansa.

002 In The Bleak Midwinter (OTA)

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