elnysa | Video -|- un: nunya

[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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[ She's reclining on her balcony's chair, surrounded by green. In her hands, she works with fabric--a bright turquoise. ]

It would be reason enough to stage an attack. The question, of course, is how our survival thwarted their plans.

[ Now she looks up, gazing at the screen Jessica is on. ]

Do you intend to hide?

[The voice is familiar, even if the face isn't. She hadn't seen Daenerys during their captivity. She'd heard her. They'd talked. She might have seen a flash of that hair near the end, but she'd been too out of it to really piece together too much of what happened then. Poison and pain... great combo for good memories.]

I still want to know what it was they expected to gain by grabbing us in the first place. I'm not buying the political outrage excuse.

[Jess came from a time and place where one couldn't believe what one saw in the news, and the government was pretty much expected to fuck you over.]

I'm not that big on cowering.

[ The voice, her attitude, it was still a vivid memory prior to the haze of pain and hallucinations which plagued her. ]

I would also like to know that. [ The ring is on her, but not her finger; it's looped around a chain, worn as a necklace. ] Attention in and of itself is harmless. Knowing who we are, what occurred to us, that may garner the sort of attention none of us needs should we decide to wear the rings.

[ Outrage excuse, though. She knows too little of Wyver's ruler to pass judgement. ]

Then you'll attend their gathering?

I haven't made up my mind yet. Force of habit says no.

[It had been out of the ordinary for her to have gone to the winter festival. Walking head-on into a potential trap was just too reckless, even for her.]

Seems a shame to disappoint our hosts. [ Back to working on the fabric in her lap. ] I imagine if we're to make any difference in this world, leveraging with trust is one way to go about it.

What makes you think I want to make a difference here? That anyone does? We haven't exactly been given a list of alternatives or options.

Turning a blind eye means you aid those abusing their powers--particularly when you've the ability to stand in opposition.

[ She doesn't know how strong Jessica physically is (yet). It doesn't matter. She's making her voice heard now. ]

No, we haven't been given alternatives. Which means we make our own.

Turning a blind eye to shit that the rest of the world ignores is just called survival.

[She spoke a good game, but there were things that Jessica couldn't walk away from. Not to say there weren't things she'd happily leave to sort itself out, but she had her lines, and when they were crossed...]

I'm in such a great place to forge my own path right now. Blind and trapped in a goddamn hole. Sounds great. You planning on channeling your inner-mole?

Not when you've the resources to try and make amends. Then it's called cowardice.

[ There's a light huff, and she stares at the screen Jessica appears on with an unamused tilt to the lips. ]

I don't know what a mole is. Bide your time then, until you are in a position. [ Honestly... ] What sort of world do you hail from?

[Go on, Dany. Judge her. Trish and everyone else who knew what she could do did all the time.]

A more advanced one than this. At least in technology. Every world has terrible shit like this.

[She couldn't even say that people didn't get kidnapped or tortured in her world. People were the problem.]

[ So more advanced than hers was. ]

Some have far worse.

[ All the more reason to try and fix what was broken. ]

And some have better. Yeah, I know. But I didn't sign up for this shit. I had my own crap to deal with. I still do. And now I'm here, shoved down onto a planet, told to play nice, and then kidnapped anyway because... oh, right. Because I exist. That's just great.

For a bunch of beings set on trying to maintain life and order in the universe, those fucking Orbiters are doing a shit job of giving people a reason to play along and not just blow shit up in retaliation.

You phrase it as if any of us have--here or in our own worlds. [ From her world alone, the lists went on with how many suffered when they had no reason to. ] I understand, you know. Might not agree with you on all you speak of, but I understand.

[ She'd need some wine at this point. With a sigh, she leans back and glances up toward the canopy. ]

Are your loved ones not reason enough? Is there not something you wish returned to you?

What makes you think I have loved ones?

[She had Trish. But there was that unspoken threat of 'play nice or something might happen'. She had Clark, but Clark could live without her. He might be better off, actually.]

I don't like being dragged into something I didn't sign up for and not given a choice that isn't outright blackmail or a threat. That's never an effective way to get people to play nice. Or at all, in some cases.

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