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[amiable]

[ friends ]

Are you guys busy on April seventh? It’s a Saturday, and I’m not working... so I was wondering if we could all get together. [ A brief pause. Then pretty sheepishly: ] It’s my birthday on the second and I wanted to celebrate with all my friends! We can have a party in the ballroom since my own apartment is way too small to hold everyone.

I’d really love it if you guys could come. I just want to spend more time having fun and crea–creating happier memories with you all.


[ clark kent ]

If you’re not busy on April seventh, I would be really happy if you came by the ballroom for a birthday party! Your fiancée is also welcome to join. [ In fact, she should really come. ]


[ tavros ]

Can I ask you something? Nepeta said I should ask you.


[ And today, Uru can be found at the duck pond accompanied by adorable ducks she's feeding, and a certain blue footed pal. Her journal lays open to the side, so it'll be picking up the occasional quacking and what sounds like, "Julian!"

It's been over two weeks since the weird message in her journal, plus that strange feeling that shook her for a bit. She might have been imagining it, but the weird stuff did happen on the leap day...

Hesitantly, she'll start: ]

I guess Julian migrated to wherever the ducks went for the winter. I knew he'd have more fun out here with them then being stuck in my apartment. He looks really healthy, too. I wonder where it is they fly off to. The south?

[ ... ]

Hey... um! At the end of February, the castle's magic acted really strangely, didn't it? It's just... has anyone felt or heard anything weird lately? [ A beat. ] Something creepy, maybe?! Or maybe it was just a cruel prank.

Or I'm imagining it? [ A heavy sigh. That's probably it. ]


[ ooc: open through journal or action at the duck pond. :D ]

Comments

[ex_avenged224]

[She continues looking out across the pond, thinking about this for a moment in silence.]

Well, you are young. I can understand a desire to explore what this place has to offer and learn from it. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

But you're right -- for many of us, we have things to return to. People to return to.

1/2

[amiable]

I'm not that young!

[amiable]

[ Regaining her composure now. ]

How long have you been here now?

[ex_avenged224]

[URU YOU'RE TOTALLY YOUNG...]

Ah. Around a year and a half.

[amiable]

[ A pause. ]

That's a long time.

[ex_avenged224]

[Nodding.] I know some have been here longer.

[amiable]

Do you miss home?

[ex_avenged224]

[Frown.]

I miss what my home once was. But even if leave this place, it will not be the same.

[amiable]

No? [ That baffles her just a bit. ] It changed?

[ex_avenged224]

Yes ... my sisters are from several decades in my future, and according to them, our world has seen many changes in that time.

Where I come from -- or when, I suppose -- we are in the midst of a war against savage invaders. And in my world's future, it only gets worse from there.

[amiable]

Oh... [ Her expression falls. ] You're fighting in this war?

[ex_avenged224]

[A firm nod.] Of course. They razed my homeland, and so I sought to eliminate the threat once and for all.

i keep losing this tag I'M SORRY

[amiable]

[ She averts her eyes now. Eliminate.... she probably meant kill. ]

Um, there's no other way?

IT'S FINE ilu

[ex_avenged224]

[She frowns at that reaction. This girl must be from a land where war and training for battle is not part of the culture.

She softens her voice, but has no real desire to lie or cover anything up.] They left us no choice. They killed many of our people and burned our forests to the ground. Their desire was to take over all lands for themselves -- beyond the realm of the elves, they also sacked one of the kingdoms of man.

Peace is often not an option.

[amiable]

[ No matter how many versions of war she hears about, it never gets any easier. It's hard to imagine a home ransacked and terrorized. She's so sheltered... ]

I'd like to believe that understanding each other can be possible, but... Sometimes it isn't.

And that's hard to understand in itself.

[ex_avenged224]

[She places a sympathetic hand on Uru's shoulder, inclining her head a bit with a gentle smile.]

Not all are born into such worlds. Even before this war, my home has a long history of battle and fierce warriors. It is a part of our culture.

My own family is renowned for our prowess in defending our forests going back generations.

[amiable]

[ She jumps a little at the touch, surprised by that. ]

I forget how different our worlds can be. We never have to fight like that back home for our homes... but anything to do with war has to do with our governments and armies.

But I hope... one day the war will be over for you all.

[ex_avenged224]

[She blinks, withdrawing her hand. She doesn't want to make her uncomfortable!]

Yes ... thank you. I don't know how likely it is, but it is nice to dream.

[amiable]

You can't have war forever.

[ex_avenged224]

[She smiles sadly at that.] Perhaps not a continually, no. But my people have been at war with the neighboring trolls for as long as our kingdom has existed. It isn't a constant state of battle, but we must always be on the lookout for approaching bands and threats.

[amiable]

What's the kingdom like?

[ex_avenged224]

Oh -- it is beautiful. Our city is built within the woods itself, and there is nature all around. Of course, I do not spend much time in Silvermoon, as my profession requires me to be in the woods for most of my time. The Eversong Forest is perpetually green; we have an eternal summer, not seasons like in the southern countries of man or dwarves.