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[assholic]

[The video starts with a shot of the invitation that she'd received, the writing bold and clear before she tosses the invite down and directs the camera up to her face, which looks entirely unimpressed.]

Tell me I'm not the only one that feels like this is some lame attempt to gather certain people into a specific area for an unknown reason, aka, a fucking trap?

[Someone was feeling especially incapable of trusting anyone from this world or any of the Orbiters. She held up the ring she'd gotten, not wearing it, but showing it.]

And as far as some kind of... compensation for the shit some people went through, this feels pretty weak to me. An invite to a trap-party, a gold coin, and a pretty little bauble, because clearly I'm that easily distracted and easy to appease. They realize that people died during this, don't they? And we're all supposed to just slap a smile on, pull out a dress, and go along with this like this isn't a giant fucking joke?

[There was a look on her face like she was really, really hoping someone would be as salty as she was over this.]

Maybe it's just in my nature to think everyone's out to screw me over, but when I've already been screwed over, and not in the fun way, I'm not exactly feeling inclined to bend over for round two. There have to be other people that think this is shady shit...

[Please tell her there were other people out there that thought this was shady shit.]

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[assholic]

Uh huh. Like they've been so upfront about everything they've done here. Lulling people they want to off into a false sense of security wouldn't exactly be a stretch of the imagination.

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[song_of_ice]

No, but inviting us to a large event, only to kill us isn't their way. They have kept things from us, deceived us and remained largely silent on the way new arrivals are treated, but they haven't actively harmed anyone. The people that kidnapped others were outside of the government.

[assholic]

You so sure of that? Plausible deniability's always been a thing of the governments I know of back home. What's to say that's not the same here?

[song_of_ice]

I can't say for certain, but I don't believe this celebration is meant to be a trap. It doesn't have the same feel of one. I wouldn't accept any other invitations after this though.

[assholic]

You 'feel' a lot of traps, Yoda?

[song_of_ice]

I have been in enough of them to know how they feel.

[assholic]

[She hadn't been in too many, but enough to get the gist of them herself.]

It still doesn't feel right. It's either belated pandering or a cover up for something.

[song_of_ice]

It's likely both. At least with a fight, you can predict your opponent.

[assholic]

Think they'd take offense if I just walked in and bitch-slapped them all?

[song_of_ice]

I think they would. They'd likely fight back. All of the refugees would be held accountable.

[assholic]

Well way to be a buzzkill, Captain Moody.

[song_of_ice]

I tell you the truth and this is how you respond?

I'm Jon Snow, by the way.

[assholic]

I'm a contrary bitch. You'll get used to it.

[Or he wouldn't and just wind up avoiding her.]

Jessica Jones.

[song_of_ice]

Will I have the chance to meet you again so I can grow used to it?

[He wouldn't mind getting to know someone so honest.]

I think I have heard your name from Daenerys.

[assholic]

I'm stuck in this city for now, so if you're in the area, I guess you will. More likely if you go down near the arenas.

[Because yes, Jon. She fought. And won.]

Ah, yeah. She...

[Quiet for a moment.]

I hope she's doing better.

[song_of_ice]

That is where I have been of late. It's where I will volunteer as well, I think.

[He'd deal with the conversation he needed to have with Dany about it later.]

She seems to be. How are you since then?

[assholic]

Just peachy.

[Sorry, Jon. She didn't know you from a hole in the wall, and even if she did, sharing her woes wasn't one of her traits.]

I'm surprised she stuck around. Considering her welcome to the city...

[song_of_ice]

She's not easily scared away.

[And these sort of experiences only seemed to make her stronger in the end.]

Were you with her when it happened?

[assholic]

We wound up at the same party. It sucked all around.

[song_of_ice]

Sucked? What does that mean exactly?

[assholic]

Right. You're one of the sword swingers. It's slang. Sucked means it sucked. It was not good. Bad. Suck is bad. If someone says 'you suck', it means they probably don't like you, unless dick sucking is going on, and then... well. I'm sure you can figure that one out.

[song_of_ice]

Right. So it "sucked".

[He doesn't like the sound of it and it just sounds awkward coming from him.]

What happened?

[assholic]

If she hasn't filled you in on that yet, don't expect me to. All in all, I'd sum it up with saying that it hasn't made me feel any warm fuzzies towards the glorious lords of this place.

[Right. Translation, Jessica.]

Meaning I still don't like or trust them.

[song_of_ice]

No, I don't expect anyone should.

I wonder if there is somewhere else we could stay, somewhere outside of Olympia or Wyver.

[assholic]

They have an outpost between the two, but it's not exactly a city. There must be other places, because they seem to think most of us newcomers come from 'somewhere else', which begs the question of what other cities there might be and how far away they are.