002 In The Bleak Midwinter (OTA)

[theladyofwinterfell]

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.

***

( 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.

Comments

[theladyofwinterfell]

The Fire Lords are...from what part of the world? I know you said that the Water Tribes are from the poles, yes?

( Sansa is trying to learn about his home as much as he's tried to learn about hers. She feels it's only fair. )

[alwayscomeback]

They are! The Fire Lords are from the Fire Nation, kind of in the middle. We've also got the Earth Kingdom, and the ... well the Air Nomads- but the Air Nomads were pretty much wiped out. They make a recovery, in the future. But...yeah, the Fire Nation wiped them out during the war.

[He's only too happy to share. ]

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa nods a bit, committing all the players in their politics to her memory. These are things to remember when talking to Sokka, things key to understanding how his world works. )

If it were up to me, I would rather live where it is cold. I suppose I would be part of the Water Tribe, then?

[alwayscomeback]

[If he knew, he'd truly appreciate the effort. He knows his world isn't the easiest to understand. ]

It would, the South and North poles, where the Southern and Northern tribes live, respectively. It's cold there year-round. It took a while of travelling to get used to warmer weather.

[theladyofwinterfell]

I don't think I am ever going to be used to warmer weather, unfortunately. I much prefer the cold.

Do you miss it?

[alwayscomeback]

Boy do I hear you on that one.

The cold? Sometimes. Every year at least we hit a planet like this, so that's nice. And the last thing I remember back home was returning to my Tribe. So I know I'll be back there, if I ever return.

[theladyofwinterfell]

I hope that if I return to Westeros, I will be back at Winterfell. I am needed there.

( Sansa always manages to smile a little around Sokka, if only because he's so enthusiastic, and now is one of those times. )

I would like to see your tribe someday, though. It sounds interesting.

[alwayscomeback]

I hope so too, chances are that'll be the case. We just go right back where we were.

You never know, we might be able to find a way out of here. [He pauses, then chuckles softly.] You know. The you here before, younger you, before you got back home, to your family...I offered for you to come back with me, to my Tribe, where you'd be safe. All the Starks, actually. I promised I'd get your family somewhere safe, if I had the chance.

[Where they wouldn't go back to death and torment. ]

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa smiles softly at that. The offer of a chance of safety, of refuge? For her whole family? It is better than anything she has currently at Winterfell, that's for certain. )

I wish we'd taken you up on it.

[alwayscomeback]

You were all for it. Unfortunately...Atroma decided that wasn't happening.

[As, one by one, the Starks vanished from the Fleet- gone to their terrible fates or terrible deaths. ]

But hey, if the opportunity ever arises, I'm so taking it.