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Sometimes. [ Other times, it's her job to make him see what he's blind to, for his own good. ]
[ Beat. He was going to say that if she does, then he's probably right. Now he flounders a little. ]
He is a god. [ Softly. ] Does he not see clearer than mortal eyes?
He is a god. [ Softly. ] Does he not see clearer than mortal eyes?
He's lived a long time, and the world's different than it was. If they didn't sometimes need our help, my job wouldn't exist.
[ Pause. ] ... There was... an incident, a few months before I came here. Gods are fueled by belief, and someone was getting rid of every mention of them. They were weak, and he was ready to die, having lived for so long. I wasn't ready to let him.
[ Pause. ] ... There was... an incident, a few months before I came here. Gods are fueled by belief, and someone was getting rid of every mention of them. They were weak, and he was ready to die, having lived for so long. I wasn't ready to let him.
[ Jaye excepts, perhaps with a touch of reservation and Alayne wonders if perhaps she has misspoke and Jaye is simply being polite in humoring her. But Alayne has seen Jaye speak to others over the devices and knows that her tone can wax brash as any sellsword. (It had startled her, at first, but then began to warily endear her; like Tommy, who was a brute capable of courtesy, the juxtaposition of a hardness against the softness they showed Alayne was welcome and wondered at and considered precious.) ]
You've met gods, [ she says, repeating. A question couched in a statement. ]
You've met gods, [ she says, repeating. A question couched in a statement. ]
I work for one.
[ There's little point in hiding it anymore, not when the fact that she can shapeshift was given up to the ship when she was paranoid and frightened. ]
A lot of people have met gods, where I'm from. They just usually don't know that's who they met.
[ There's little point in hiding it anymore, not when the fact that she can shapeshift was given up to the ship when she was paranoid and frightened. ]
A lot of people have met gods, where I'm from. They just usually don't know that's who they met.
If no one remembers the gods, they forget themselves.
'Tis strange. The gods who have the powers to create are now powerless to keep from fading, for they rely on the fickle minds of the Men they created.
There's one, a demon -- Belial. [ It's hard to miss the way her voice twists into a snarl at his name. ] He thrives off disbelief. He was the one who started destroying any mention of them.
[ Pardon her, Jaye, if her level of conversation has slipped into the bemused and amazed parrot phase because this is, truly, a little beyond her reach. The lift of Alayne's eyebrows just lifts higher and her mouth forms a very small 'oh' shape before she speaks. ]
You work for a god? [ It's almost visible, the way her brain seems to search for some kind of foothold or context to place this possibility in and the closest it manages it something akin to a Westerosi nun. ] Like a Silent Sister or perhaps a septa? Are you sworn to your god — in both fealty and love?
You work for a god? [ It's almost visible, the way her brain seems to search for some kind of foothold or context to place this possibility in and the closest it manages it something akin to a Westerosi nun. ] Like a Silent Sister or perhaps a septa? Are you sworn to your god — in both fealty and love?
Edited 2012-05-21 15:34 (UTC)
don't lie, you just like me because i'm pretty
[ jaye stop ]
no
[ jaye stop ]
no
[ Amazed parrot phase. ]
Yes. [ Her head tilts, one hand tucking some hair behind an ear as she tries to figure out what those are and... completely fails. ] I have no idea what either of those are, though. But I'm sworn to him -- I'll be his minder until I die, if he doesn't fire me first. [ Or until Coyote dies, which she didn't think of as a possibility in her lifetime until recently. ] And when that happens, my apprentice will take my place.
But I didn't really lie, when I said I work with animals. [ Normally she wouldn't care, but... well, this is Alayne. ]
Yes. [ Her head tilts, one hand tucking some hair behind an ear as she tries to figure out what those are and... completely fails. ] I have no idea what either of those are, though. But I'm sworn to him -- I'll be his minder until I die, if he doesn't fire me first. [ Or until Coyote dies, which she didn't think of as a possibility in her lifetime until recently. ] And when that happens, my apprentice will take my place.
But I didn't really lie, when I said I work with animals. [ Normally she wouldn't care, but... well, this is Alayne. ]
i'm not sending you nudes sorry
[ JAYE. STOP. ]
any animal.
[ JAYE. STOP. ]
any animal.
depends on how nicely. i'm open to persuasion. but actions speak louder than words, etc.
[ w e l p ]
[ w e l p ]
[ She may be a medieval princess, but let's not forget she's still a fifteen year old girl. Amazed parrot phase is a go. ]
Does your god mind animals? [ A pause, then a realization, followed by a poorly-hidden enthusiasm. ] Do you serve the children of the forest? They served the Old Gods and gave the North the weirwoods. [ Alayne's nose crinkles in embarrassment; did she sound a fool for being so eager, for prattling off Old Nan's stories as if there was some hope they were true. ] And they say the skinchangers and greenseers were among them.
Does your god mind animals? [ A pause, then a realization, followed by a poorly-hidden enthusiasm. ] Do you serve the children of the forest? They served the Old Gods and gave the North the weirwoods. [ Alayne's nose crinkles in embarrassment; did she sound a fool for being so eager, for prattling off Old Nan's stories as if there was some hope they were true. ] And they say the skinchangers and greenseers were among them.
Edited 2012-05-21 17:24 (UTC)
[All that stuff about shapeshifting is totally interesting but will be momentarily placed upon the backburner because what]
you dont know what youve gotten into you know
I am extremely persuasive
and I have very nice actions that will help to convince
in short: you will be asked EXTREMELY nicely are you prepared for that
you dont know what youve gotten into you know
I am extremely persuasive
and I have very nice actions that will help to convince
in short: you will be asked EXTREMELY nicely are you prepared for that
He is one, in a way. His most common name is Coyote, but he doesn't serve anyone. He's a trickster and a creator -- and a shapeshifter himself.
[ No, not foolish. Jaye likes to hear the stories, likes to know that there are some other gods somewhere that are being kept alive by them. ]
[ No, not foolish. Jaye likes to hear the stories, likes to know that there are some other gods somewhere that are being kept alive by them. ]
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