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[disfavour]

[ This isn't going to be sweet but it will be short, courtesy of your resident Prince Not-So Charming. ]

There are now three flets, which pass as treehouses, in the gardens. These are homes and if anyone is seen nearing them to gain access, they will be shot on sight. I assure you, an arrow is far more difficult to extract than a bullet. [ #EXPERIENCE, urgh. ] Additionally, you will find the Elven quotient aboard the ship is now officially in charge of garden-based security.

That means we need not apologise if your actions force us to maim you.

[ Can you hear someone sharpening a knife? Humming? Sounds a lot like Legolas in the background, right? Someone pissed off the Space Elves. ]

Thranduil is indisposed and has appointed myself in his stead. If you have any concerns which fail to be entirely moronic in nature, you may bring them to me.

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[favouring]

The young Elizabeth you first pushed toward me; I've taken charge of her. She'll remain with me - with us, by extension, and I'd be terribly grateful if at no point did she receive an arrow for returning to my side.

How fares Thranduil?

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[disfavour]

Very well, she's yours.

He ... is quiet and wishes to be alone. I'm concerned for him, though he is sometimes better than he was.

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[uncurse]

... Did you just occupy the oxygen gardens?

[ in the war sense. like. elves have 100% taken over the gardens what just happened DID THEY MAKE THEIR OWN LITTLE COUNTRY is this real. emma doesn't even know how to react at this point ok and she's very visibly trying to bite back her disbelief. ]

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[elvenking]

[Ahhhh, the glee of hearing the hostile questions and not being the one who has to answer them. Good luck, Nuada. Daddy's watching.]

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[inafadingcrown]

[The expression Galadriel is giving Nuada right now is a cross between exasperated and mildly amused.]

You do not believe in softening your words, I see.

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[disfavour]

I don't see what will feel very soft about an arrow's shaft piercing through a hamstring, my lady. They may as well be warned of Legolas's aim, if nothing else.

[ He's built this way, okay. :( Anyway, there's something else!! ]

May I ask a favour of you?

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[fertilefeet]

[She's in another portion of the gardens so she turns on her communicator.]

Nuada.

[She sounds amused but omg, are you really threatening people? And almost insulting them? Never mind that Lu totally questions the intelligence of people on this ship, shh.

That's not how you make friends. DON'T YOU WANT TO MAKE FRIENDS?]

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[disfavour]

Yes, my lady?

[ :D Hi, Luthien, how u doin gurl. Who needs mortal friends, wow. ]

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[tofindthesun]

Maiming with good reason, of course. [don't you use this as an excuse to harass people nu legolas is watching you.]

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[disfavour]

That's what I said.

[ ... Basically. And wow rude, he leaves gross humans alone 99% of the time. ]

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[woodlander]

[ Nuada, what did you just do. Tauriel is 100% not okay with any of this. ]

If anyone is seen nearing them, we will react accordingly. We will not shoot innocents who do not know what they are doing. We harm when we are threatened, and we do not maim unless there is good reason.

We are not monsters, Nuada. I will thank you not to make us sound like it.

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[disfavour]

You will protect your king at all costs, Tauriel. I do not care if it means shooting me if I look out of my mind, you will do it without question.

He requires sanctuary, not an indignant debate on the matter, and especially not one in public.

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[vindictam]

And for those of us that prefer to sleep in the gardens, who are not of your kind?

[ he knows arrows and bullets well, and you all freak him out a little too much. Or at least Galadriel does. ]

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[disfavour]

[ Who doesn't Galadriel freak out tho, he feels that. ]

Don't do it in the treehouses, obviously.

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[bullshead]

[ gendry has practically no comment on the whole "elves taking over the oxygen gardens" section of this post. honestly he was under the impression they had already done that. ]

Is he okay? [ though only spoken to thranduil a couple of times, gendry thinks him good people. thus, concern. ]

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[disfavour]

[ You'd think three treehouses were the end of the world, the way some people go on. Good boy, Gendry.

Such a direct question doesn't leave him much room to switch to private without admitting that no, he doesn't think Thranduil is. Bad boy, Gendry. ]

Yes. He simply desires a short respite, as any king is due.

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[handelaar]

You're Nuada.

[Completely bland, businesslike tone - and it's not actually a question so much as a demand for confirmation. Thranduil's told him about you.

His accent, by the way, completely butchers that name.]

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[disfavour]

[ Sweet heaven. ]

Thankfully, yes.

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[skjalf]

It is a good idea. The rooms provided are far-too confining.

[ she is gentle and easy, with how she addresses this now. ]

I am honoured that your sister has invited me to remain.

[ but also not asking permission. his sister's word is enough for her.

at least she won't pester him to sing... much. ]

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[disfavour]

[ She's so nice that not even Nuada can be a dick to her, it's an early Wintertide miracle. ]

You will be safe with us, my lady. On my honour.

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[puppydogeyes]

"Official" wasn't checked with me.
You hurt people when you could otherwise stop them without undue harm + I'll be putting you in the brig.

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[disfavour]

It would be the last use you ever had of your hands, in trying.

[ 'Official' is amazingly relative, today. ]

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[cargojet]

Thranduil appointed you. Well, I guess that explains a lot. Let me see, pissed off the Head of Security, check. Head of Agriculture, check. Claiming autonomy over the place on this ship most crucial in keeping us all alive, check. Act of war, I think is how Miss Swan put it? It feels like one.

But let me put it this way, shall I? The gardens are a respite for all, and the curious are likely to see your buildings and wonder what they are. Further, if you intend to rule the gardens like a separate country, with a security force separate and unaccountable to the Tranquility's existing security force, you will encounter resistance. This is not how this ship is run. We survive as a single unit or we perish.

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[disfavour]

[ It's impressive, really. ]

I did not say the gardens were not for all, nor would I harm others for making use of the area. [ Selective hearing, he's honestly beginning to believe people own it. ] It is our homes I defend, and those I have warned against entry.

[summerlord]

[Honestly Nuada, you could have just asked people to leave them be.]

That was blunt.

[... Okay, yes, so was that response but honestly.]

[disfavour]

I tend to have that effect.

[ There, there, Elrond. ]

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[redheaded_rock]

[Alexis makes every attempt to appear gracious and inquisitive without looking completely flummoxed.]

I have a handful of questions to ask, if I may?

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[disfavour]

[ Expectant and attentive. There are ways and means to anger Nuada, and they are in myriad, but he responds to courtesy in kind. Which is, really, where Netherlands screwed up. ]

Of course, my lady.

[ It's a lot like reaching out a hand to a snarling dog to let him decide whether he feels safe enough not to bite, instead of batting him on the nose outright and gaining nothing but ire. ]

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[doesntdohumble]

If Thranduil is comfortable enough to be leaving you "appointed in his stead", someone really needs to teach you some diplomacy...

[Really, now. Really.]

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[disfavour]

You ought to have words with my sister on that account.

[ Diplomacy. >:( No. Where's a Golden Army when you need one. ]

locked. fuck the hiatus police tbh

[wolfchild]

[ this all makes sense tho. the ship's inhabitants are so soft. ]

— they're children, [ comes her observation. idly, arya scratches nymeria behind one long ear. ] Wonder if they would say the same when someone trespasses on them.

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[disfavour]

[ ARYA'S THE GODDAMN LEADER THIS SHIP DESERVES. ]

Quite. Gods forbid anyone aboard this vessel defends their loved ones without pretty words to make everyone else comfortable.

[boogiewoogiebugleboy]

Nearing them to gain access is sufficiently vague. What do you mean? Ten feet? Twenty feet? Fifty feet? What's the perimeter before you start attacking?

[disfavour]

[ Actual migraine from humans? The struggle is real. ]

Approaching with the intent to invade our homes. [ Feeling very much as if he's re-wording himself because mortals can't keep up. ] Which, given they are treehouses, would be quite obvious and smack of stupidity following such a warning.

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[coffeeking]

[After he's done going through all the responses and spent a minute rubbing his temples, thanks Nuada...]

Right, two things.

First, if Myfanwy lands on one of your flets, I would ask you not to shoot her. She's big, she's occasionally loud, but she won't harm anyone who doesn't try to harm her first. That said, no one can tell a pterandon where she can and can't perch, so just shoo her away if she's bothersome, yeah?

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[disfavour]

Certainly.

[ Who would shoot an animal anyway, what even. ]

The second?

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[longestnose]

I think I should have a say in this.

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[disfavour]

Of course you do, Fili.

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[strayed]

Arrows have more to hold on to.

[not quite the same thing everyone else is objecting to.]

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[disfavour]

[ That gets a brief laugh. ]

True, but it hurts to snap either end off, if both protrude after it finds its mark, and then the shaft must be dragged through flesh and bone. A bullet is like a bee-sting, by comparison, especially the ones fired on this ship.

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[endureandsurvive]

wow who died & made u king of the universe

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[atent_dead]

[Taking charge of part of the ship that is traditionally communal? Utterly unilaterally?

The face on the screen is unsurprised. Also unimpressed.]

Elves would.

[northerner]

You've caused a stir, my friend.

[ though robb's arrived late enough that his objections have more or less been voiced, and hopefully sorted through, which is why he follows up with-- ]

How is Thranduil?

[disfavour]

I'd not realised there were so many simpletons on board. One would think the entire gardens were off-limits.

[ And he's ignoring anyone who thinks so, since he's since determined they're not worth his time. If the children can grasp his meaning, there's no excuse the so-called adults shouldn't be able. ]

He is. The Elvenking wishes for a short respite, as he is due. He does much for those in his care, I am minding his position for the moment.