Twenty-Third House of Westeros ♛ Dictated

[songsandstories]

The holidays here are most strange. First Christmas, a day for the birth of your God's son, and then the death of one of your holy men is celebrated by sweets and tokens of affection? We have no such day in Westeros.

[Protip: Westeros never has anything nice.]

I spent the day in my room. If Christmas would have us being intimate with one another, I only feared what the castle would do on this day. I wonder if every holiday is accustomed by some trickery here.

[Perhaps that is part of the game.]

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[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well, Christmas is about Wonder, too. Bringing people together, and all that.

[songsandstories]

[The Pope's daughter explained Christmas to her.]

You mean the wonder of a babe being born to a maiden?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well, not just that. Wonder in general. To see happiness and joy in the world, even when it's at it's darkest, you know?

[Of course you don't know, you come from Westros]

[songsandstories]

Darkness can always flush out the light. [It is a fool's hope to wish for otherwise. She's learned that well enough.]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

But that's the thing. It can't kill the light. Not ever.

[songsandstories]

Those are just stories.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

All stories have truth in them.

[assassino]

Not keen on rousing the anger of those that would not see you behaving improperly?

[songsandstories]

Perhaps I do not wish to act improperly.

[assassino]

Fair enough, Alayne.

[songsandstories]

That is not to say I do not enjoy your company.

[assassino]

[He chuckles.]

I know. I was only teasing, dolcezza.

[songsandstories]

Oh. [If he were there, he would see her blush.]

[heloise]

Next comes Easter.

[songsandstories]

And should I favor it, Lucrezia?

[heloise]

Do you favor mercy?

[songsandstories]

The gods should decide that, the Mother. Those that show no mercy should get no mercy.

[How hard had she pleaded, in front of the court, for her father's life. No mercy was shown to her while she was beaten. What good has it done in the Vale? Lysa's maid took the blame for death when it was Petyr who had done it. What mercy is that? And she feels the guilt of it still.]

[heloise]

The merciless should suffer by their own hands.

[songsandstories]

Does your House-- your father have many enemies, Lucrezia?

[foolreversed]

Holy... men...?

Oh! Right, Valentine's has Christian origins for foreigners doesn't it?

[songsandstories]

St. Valentine was his name, was it not? We have no such day where I am from.

[foolreversed]

Right, right that's what it was... In my country we kind of just... ripped off the concept of the day to do our own thing with it haha...

What kind of place are you from then?

[songsandstories]

The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

[foolreversed]

[the what]

The... ah...

Well, this is embarrassing. I should know my geography better than this. Where's... that, exactly?

[songsandstories]

You are not of my world. It is the lands of Westeros, below the Wall.