video; un: max

[ebeje]

Good evening.

[ The feed clicks to life to a modestly dressed (that is, modest in means, not necklines) but well-kept young woman, seated in the likely familiar mid-level chaos of refugee housing. The walls are not well-painted, and the quarters a bit close, but it's what they're all dealing with, or have recently, and Max is no exception. ]

Like the rest of you, I am finding myself starting over in this place — finding work, building a life. Given the nature of our presence here, displaced from our homes and our histories, it seems the only base of support many of us may have is each other.

So I wondered if those of you who have found your feet might share — what work have you found yourselves suited to here? How are you making your way in this world? Or how do you plan to, if those plans have not yet come to fruition?

And how does that compare to your ambitions? Is the position your hold now everything you had hoped for, [ unlikely, her tone suggests, but feel free to surprise her, ] or is there more that you would seek to accomplish? Perhaps there are others here who could lend their aid, or whose ambitions might align with your own.

[ Perhaps Max can help. c: ]


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[ebeje]

[ Fascinating is the word Max would use, but not out loud. She has seen pirate fleets torn to pieces (because of her, some would say, and she might not argue that), but never hold strong, never last the way a dynasty requires. ]

A noble house to be feared, it seems. How is it you kept the rest of your world from allying against you in your conquest?

[laveers]

They were squabbling kingdoms, ripe for picking, with no ships like ours.

[ The Andals were better sailors than the First Men, but even then there were no sailors like ironborn. ]

That was centuries ago. We bent the knee instead of be destroyed when dragons came to our lands. Now that they are gone, we meant to rise again, knife in hand.

[ Or they would have, if the Storm God hadn't cast them here. ]

[ebeje]

[ A politically flexible pirate kingdom, what a concept. ]

I am sorry you were denied the chance.

How have you found your prospects here?

[laveers]

There is always a need for traders. What follows after may prove fruitful.

What of you?