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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[northerner]

Then they are of no use at all.

[ LAME. ]

[northerner]

[ welp. ]

Robb Stark, King in the North and Lord of Winterfell. Who are you?

[ um excuse you he is a man!! ]

[hejhej]

[she shrugs even though he can't see her.]

I agree, but everyone seems to love it. Other countries have the same.

[wolfinthesnow]

He feels that the Kingdom is his by rights, and you are....

[There's a pause]

He will not want to ally with you, Robb. He is a hard man.

[northerner]

[ HIS FAKE DESCENDANTS BETTER BE GOOD KINGS. ]

What is the point of such a ruler if they do not rule?

[hejhej]

[IT'S OKAY JUST DON'T LET THEM HAVE AN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT]

My world went through something called the age of enlightenment. People wrote about democracy, a concept that came from the Greeks thousands of years before us.

Representative governments and all that other shit. But some countries were raised on the backs of peasants who were loyal to kings and queens. To make it work, they limited their powers, but still kept them as figureheads.

I would explain it further, but reading about it might be better.

[krakeness]

[ Um... No, a kid. ]

[ A kid who m...iiiightbe getting a silent feed for a few moments before - oh. ]

[ Oh what's that. ]

[ A low chuckle. ]

[tumbleweeds]

[ She takes a deep breath, but this time her tone is icy. ]

I took on an entire cult by myself to keep my god in the game. Before that I spent eleven years fighting to stay alive any way I could, and until he disappeared, I fought to keep my brother alive, too.

I know a lot about battles, Robb. I grew up with them. You're an eighteen year old kid who thinks he can win, because you think you're fighting for the right cause. Maybe you are. But the right cause doesn't mean jack shit if you can't defend against people willing to kill you in any way they can to stop it. And sometimes? That means killing them the same way first.

[hisfinestact]

It does go without saying. What I meant was that I can think of rather a long list of people who might show up here that you would give as warm a greeting as you do me.

[andblockbuster]

Assuming she went home.

[purrfectlycute]

[ ONE DAY YOU WILL GIVE IN ROBB IT WILL BE TENDER AND LOVING AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ]

Aha! Alternia had those once, long befur our empire encompassed galaxies and we had to think a little broader. But Eridan is more of the history buff than I am so I can't say much about our countries.

So I suppaws Winterfell is a part of Westeros... can you tell me what other exotic lands exist on your world? The ones you know, anyway.

[ she needs them for her fanfictions ]

[20mentholkools]

Lost one, though.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

When did she disappear?

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[stacked]

[ oh hey, faith knows that name. ]

You're one of Snow's guys, huh?

[ yes. that is exactly how it works. ]

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[turncloak]

[ This is a terrible idea because he still doesn't understand how to private lock anything because Ros can give him information but she can't fucking read. ]

[ So even though he's been laying low (licking his wounds more like and thanking every deity in Westeros and beyond that he's not in the bowels of the fucking Dreadfort) and trying to work out how to keep his head, something about these words... it's not the call to speak. Theon'd like enough have no trouble ignoring that and pleading ignorance later. But Robb's voice has a peculiar pitch to it that means he cannot help but answer. Like a dog, coming when he's called. ]

[ It's pathetic, and he hates Robb for it. ]

Without even showing your face, you would speak? You're lucky I'd know the sound of you brooding anywhere.

[20mentholkools]

You aren't the best person.

[tumbleweeds]

Thanks, peanut gallery.

I'm still right.

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[unparental]

Does this mean the bannerman club is getting less exclusive?

[ MOSTLY JOKING. ]

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[grndnpnd]

[ Tommy looks serious, just shy of pissed of even. He barely knew Aberdeen, so it's not for his own sake but for Robb's. ]

So about men and their cups...

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[withfireandblood]

[ Daenerys was born in the Kingdoms, she totally counts for this ]

Do you know them? Those that arrived? [ Know them personally, more than by name. The only thing Daenerys knows are names: Stark and Kingslayer. Lannister. She knows no one ]

[20mentholkools]

Strange to see you admitting it.

[tumbleweeds]

It's been a long few months.

[voice]

[wolfdreamer]

I am sorry about Aberdeen.

[She will be missed, he might say. She was good council, a good teacher, but he doesn't say it. A king does not need sorrys or sorrows. So instead, he offers a small silence.]

How many of Westeros are now aboard the ship, do you think?

[20mentholkools]

Learning the hard way.

[That was what the universe did to you, and you either learnt fast or you didn't. He knows it.]

[tumbleweeds]

Only way I know how. But we both know a girl who'd rather Robb didn't.