THE LEWIS AND CLARK

[inferis]

[You have woken up aboard the Lewis and Clark. It's a nice, clean, light vessel and everything seems to be in working order...at the moment. Explore!]

[[OOC: AROUND THE SHIP | THE CONTROL ROOM | THE DOORS | STASIS | DAY ONE OOC POST | PLOT CHAT | PLOT HUB]]

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[wolfchild]

[ Hidden behind her brother, Arya draws a knife. ]

[unvarnished]

[August spreads his hands out in a sign of peace. Look, he knows how bad this appears. Here these people have been protecting Henry for a long time, and he's stepping in at the last minute as if he has any right. It just seems to be the way things work out when August gets involved]

Someone who wants to protect Henry, just like you.

[wolfskin]

[ A one long moment Robb does nothing but stare, expression unreadable before his sword lowers a touch. ]

Then you should not stop me. We do not know if this cage of metal and glass is keeping him safe, it could be killing him.

[wolfchild]

[ Arya shifts her grip on the knife in case she needs to throw it. ]

He's looking for a magical book with all the answers.

[unvarnished]

And I did find some answers. [he taps the little screen next to the pod] He's alive in there, just asleep.

He's not the only one. Look at all the kids who are asleep here. Maybe there's a reason. Maybe something bad is going to happen, and the people asleep here are being protected from it.

[wolfskin]

[ That makes him pause, sword lowering even further. The cage is keeping Henry safe? Frowning he turns to face the boy, asleep within his cage of metal and glass. Can he trust the word of a man he does not know nor frankly trust? He has little choice it seems. ]

Are you certain he will be safe? Those no harm will come to him while he is within this thing?

[wolfchild]

[ Arya's head swivels to look at Robb. Why is he giving in so soon? He cannot trust this man, there is nothing that says he speaks true…

She brushes past Robb to glare at August. ]

It'll be on your head if something does.

[unvarnished]

[no, August is usually the last person anyone should trust or believe in. But this time he has a conviction in his voice that shows he at least believes what he says is true. The glass stasis pod reminds him of the glass coffin where Snow White was kept.

He knows it's a lot to ask these people to believe. Belief is harder for some people]

If something happens to him, you can both come after me. For now, let him sleep. Deal?

[wolfskin]

[ That he seems content with. If Henry comes to harm it will be this man who suffers, and whoever does the boy harm themselves. If not than he will know what the man spoke to be true. ]

Aye.

[wolfchild]

[ Arya glares. ]

[unvarnished]

The deal is struck. [just to make it official. Though of course nothing in that deal says August has to leave Henry's side]