exsilium ☼ IC Contact Post ☼ 2012-2013

[wilder]

"Yo. Leave a message."

FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: LITTLE WOLF What are you doing? (2) November 6, 2013 RIKU Maybe this is nothing. (2) October 29th, 2013 ASCH KETCHUM 'Isofons'. It's pronounced 'isofons'. (2) October 25th, 2013 LITTLE WOLF That's for you! (133) October 24th, 2013 LITTLE WOLF are you busy (32) October 20th, 2013 FLORA Hey, Kaneis. I really hope... (32) October 14th, 2013 VICTORIA GUILDFORD Master Kaneis, my apologies for... (20) October 10th, 2013 RIKU Hey, Doctor Kaneis. (24) September 29th, 2013 ASBEL LHANT Hey Kaneis. It's Asbel. (18) September 23rd, 2013 CAT, ALLEN WALKER No Subject (35) September 22nd, 2013 VICTORIA CRAWFORD Hey, Kaneis! What's up? (14) August 23rd, 2013 ALLEN WALKER Kaneis, are you in the apartment? (42) August 18th, 2013 HOWARD LINK To residents of apartment 103... (4) August 4th, 2013 CAT when you come bring back milk (40) August 3rd, 2013 EMIL CASTAGNIER Hi, Kaneis. I bumped into somebody... (20) August 2nd, 2013 SELES WILDER Zelos, I wanted to apologize... (55) July 24th, 2013 EMIL CASTAGNIER I...can I ask you for a favor? (13) July 6th, 2013 ASCH KETCHUM Everything alright down there? (10) June 23rd, 2013 NILL are you ok? (41) June 18th, 2013 SELES WILDER No Subject (21) June 8th, 2013 CAT I have it. Do you want... (91) May 28th, 2013 ANONYMOUS Young male in 409 requiring assistance. (8) April 18th, 2013 VICTORIA CRAWFORD Uh... hey, Kaneis. About last night... (30) February 15th, 2013 SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI Hey, it's me. (2) February 11th, 2013 KRATOS AURION This is Kratos. (73) December 23rd, 2012 There are 3 unfinished conversations.

TO: SUBJECT: DATE: ASBEL LHANT Listen...when you got a moment... (23) November 14th, 2013 ALLEN WALKER I have a favor to ask... (68) August 12th, 2013 SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI No Subject (29) August 9th, 2013 ALLEN WALKER Allen! Allen! Allen! (47) August 3rd, 2013 ALLEN WALKER Cheria and I are going to a Realm of Shadows... (13) July 13th, 2013 CHERIA BARNES Look, I know I'd said I'd cover dinner... July 13th, 2013 SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI Weird question, but- (29) July 5th, 2013 EMIL CASTAGNIER Yo Emil! You there? (49) June 24th, 2013 SELES WILDER Hey my little sister, it's me. (49) June 5th, 2013 SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI Heeey Sheena! You there hunny? (82) June 2nd, 2013 GUY CECIL Hey, it's Kaneis. Are you still up... (12) May 29th, 2013 ASCH KETCHUM Hey Asch, it's Kaneis. You there? (21) April 23rd, 2013 SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI Mithos is here. (13) February 3rd, 2013 There are 0 unfinished conversations.

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[onemistress]

[ The vastness that was suddenly created with a surprise. She closed her eyes and took a breath in, letting herself be lulled by it.

It shouldn't have been so calming, but it was. Filled up her lungs and brought a smile, even if it was only brief. ]

It is a pleasant fiction. [ Her hands unclenched and smoothed down her dress. A reassuring gesture to herself. ] It is what my country looked like once. Spring would come, and after so long kept in palaces, we would leave and ride for hours just to feel the air.

[wilder]

Really? [He looks again as he walks into the door, as if trying to see if he can see remnants of the England he knew. True, he had never really been outside the city limits of Exsilium. But he had seen edges of that countryside from the tops of buildings and images and....honestly? It's nothing like this, not even the slightest bit.]

I...would've never guessed.

[onemistress]

[ She smiled at him for that, laughing again. ]

I can forgive you for that. [ As if her opinion mattered, but she was still arrogant. ] It is impossible to imagine over what is -- was -- there. [ she paused briefly to swallow down on those words unsure of how to proceed. ] There were the wild forests, where the King hunts. They are kept free of bandits most rigorously, and the deer roam there freely. The gardens near court though, they are places for laughter and merriment. All manner of lords and ladies walk through there, for it always smells sweet with flowers...

[ And strangely enough, being able to speak of it openly, even if it was the most mundane of topics.... was relieving. She missed her home, she couldn't stop that or help it, but being able to share it, even falsely, was a weight lifted. ]

[wilder]

[he listens to her, trying to imagine it. In some ways, it sounds like Meltokio's noble quarters, at least the parts of the gardens and court. Fortunately, it differs enough that the similarities don't risk hitting too close to home]

It sounds beautiful. Hard to imagine a King getting an entire forest to hunt through, though.

[onemistress]

It does doesn't it? A lot of people they find the great vastness of Kings... hard to grasp. [ And she gestured over a hill of the false landscape. ] It was established by a King long before my father. He was a fearsome fighter and thought that hunting was a perfect hobby for a man such as himself. It kept him and his men lean and sharp. Stags are tricky to chase you see? You must be quick, and clever, and lucky. I enjoy it myself immensely.

[ Unfitting as it was for a woman, there was a thrill of having something to chase down, as a man would. To have blood on her hands and be vicious about her ability. As good as an prince, as any King. ]

Do you do such things where you come from?

[wilder]

Hmmm...I could see that. Sitting in a throne room all day when you're a fighter would drive anyone mad.

[Even if theirs...differs a lot from stag hunts. But he shakes his head ]

Heh, not really. The wilderness in my world is full of monsters, so it's a lot more dangerous than Earth's countryside. Nobles and knights will use them for training, of course but...our King isn't the sort to risk himself for sport.

[onemistress]

It would, so I am told. They end up lusting after war instead of deploring it. I cannot stand them, myself.

[ She laughed dryly. ] Yes that is why the King has his own forest. Though not from monsters, just to keep out the worst of men. [ She walked a little further ahead of him, into the false forest. Hearing the leaves crunch under her shoes and the rustling of her skirts on the ground. She held herself differently here. Her back straight, her shoulders stiff. ] Why does your King not partake in such things? Does he not like it?

[ Holding herself up to this man she would never meet -- it made her curious what sort of ruler he was. Mistakes she should learn from, in one way or another. ]

[wilder]

Heh, war or the fighter type?

[Party wondering still, what the point of this all and if she'll be attempting to kill him anytime soon. But he follows along, thinking. It's odd, he spent most of his life around the king- but always at arm's length. Always seen as a potential threat even when he was nothing more than a six year old who was expected to fill his father's shoes. It didn't harbor much closeness]

I don't know if he did or not, I wasn't close to him. But...right now, while Tethe'alla is prospering, it's a fragile state. There's only one heir, the queen passed away and the King himself had taken ill recently- but that turned out to be his bastard half-brother poisoning him for the throne.

[he shrugs] With that state of things, I can see him not wanting to take the risk of hunting on top of it all.

[onemistress]

Both. Wars are... too uncertain. You can never be sure of their outcome, even with the best numbers, best canons, finest soldiers, and it is the fighter types that think that are unbeatable. I cannot abide it, them or that lack of control.

[ Not again. Her fingers scrunched up as if she still held the blood soaked clothe. Don't send boys to fight wars. She would never make that mistake again. ]

No I can see why -- [ She gave a short barked laughter despite the serious of the topic. ] That is wise of him... Country before pleasure, nay?

[wilder]

Heh...yeah. Wars never go as planned. I can see why a pragmatic ruler wouldn't want anything to do with them.

[His world's legends speak of a war that lasted a thousand years. He wonders...how many thought they'd be done with it within a year? That they'd be home by new years?]

I guess so. I don't envy him, though.