004 -- voice;

[northerner]

It seems there are many from my world to be welcomed aboard after this past jump. If those of Westeros inclined to make their presence known, I would speak with all of you.

[ there's a pause. a direwolf's low whine can be heard, and robb exhales slowly. ]

And I'm sure it is already known, but the lady who called herself Aberdeen is no longer aboard.

[ and feed is cut. ]

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[stacked]

Bummer about your sisters.

[ because she'll just assume they're not here. ]

New people show up all the time, I guess. [ faith uses COMFORT.

someone explained comfort to her wrong. ]

[northerner]

[ so much unsure ]

More by the month, though I don't know that I'd wish this ship to house anymore of Westeros than it already does.

[withfireandblood]

[ But a family nonetheless ] You are in good company then.

[ And King of the North? Daenerys had been away from the kingdoms since her childhood, but word had still reached from there previously - like the message from the one who had tried to kill her, a gift from the Usurper ] There are two kings?

[northerner]

The boy Joffrey rules on the throne in the South. The North has split away, and I shall govern it independantly from the Lannisters and their offsping.

[stacked]

I don't know, you guys seem all right to me.

[ because that is what the king in the north needs the fail!slayer's stamp of approval. yes. ]

[purrfectlycute]

There's a good chance that it won't! Depends how this universe's temporal state coincides with Westeros. Since it s33ms capable of yanking people straight out of their time lines without any visible disruption, it wouldn't be a fur reach to suspect you'll be put right back where and when you were taken from!

...Of course, it could always be the opposite case, but I'd prefer to be pawsitive about it.

[grndnpnd]

[ While he's waiting for Robb to fill the silence with something, Tommy fishes a partially-chewed toothpick out from the pocket of his hoodie, picks a bit of fluff off, and sticks it between his teeth. He chews for a while after Robb's finished talking, thinking about what he could possibly say. ]

Got a brother back home. Older. [ A pause to rearrange the toothpick with his fingers. ] I think sometimes you end up feelin' like that even without all this.

[withfireandblood]

And what of the Usurper? [ Baby girl has yet to know ]

[northerner]

Dead. In a hunting accident, if the talk from the Red Keep is to be believed.

[northerner]

Not all are as easy to speak with as the members of house.

[northerner]

[ the silence isn't uncomfortable. grey wind pads up beside robb, and robb sinks a hand into fur, cards his fingers through it and there's something so very boyish in it, something robb shouldn't display except he is. ]

They feel like strangers. They are family, should they not feel as such even now?

[northerner]

Wwe should hope for the best, shouldn't we? All would be very bleak if we did not.

[stacked]

Yeah, I got the Team Stark memo.

[ BUT THEN SHE'LL MEET THE KINGSLAYER and become bffs sorry team stark. ]

[grndnpnd]

[ Tommy shrugs a little, tucks his hands back into the pockets of his hoodie. He's all too aware that he's not the person to turn to for uplifting reassurances about family, but he figures for Robb he can take a shot at it. ]

I figure showing up and saying "Hey, we're related" doesn't always cut it. Sometimes you can't just be family; you gotta act like it for a while first, y'know?

[withfireandblood]

Do you believe it? [ She isn't sure if she does, she does not know of their honour, nor Robb's, but she's testing - seeing what he thinks ]

[bruxisms]

[ well... ]

I have heard your name more times than I would like, Robb Stark.

[ and damn that vow he made to Jon Snow... ]

[northerner]

And I am not in possession of yours. It seems unfair, ser.

[northerner]

So long as you are aware.

[northerner]

It is not for me to say, for I was not present.

[ which is a very diplomatic way of sidestepping a question robb doesn't know how to answer. ]

[northerner]

[ it's appreciated more than tommy knows, more than robb can say. he takes another drink, thumb rubbing over the label on the bottle, not even pretending to read the unfamiliar words printed there. ]

I don't think I know how.

[ a brother he can be. but he is now the head of their household, a role he scrambles to fill even as everything around him grows more and more distorted. ]

[stacked]

Snow gave me the run-down. Kinda more interested in the Wall than who feels like being king, but I still got it.

[withfireandblood]

[ But Robb, she wanted to know ] We may know should he be brought.

[bruxisms]

[ flatly ]

Stannis Baratheon. I trust you can attach mine titles appropriately, boy.

[grndnpnd]

[ There's a sentiment that Tommy can relate a little too closely with. He looks down at his shoes. ]

Fuck if anyone knows. We're all making it up as we go.

[northerner]

[ oh gosh try not to backsass him, robb. ]

I know of the titles you held before, though I fear I know not which of your kin holds the crown now. I cry pardon for my ignorance, though surely you understand. Things are unsettled in Westeros.