Twentieth House of Westeros ♛ Dictated ♛ Starks of Winterfell

[songsandstories]

[She's watching the snow fall out in the lobby, still adjusting to the changes the castle has brought. For as hectic as this time of the year seems for some, for her it reminds her of home, of family. She smiles despite the pain those memories bring. It's bittersweet, to have them and to long for them once again.]

Winter has coated this place with snow and ice, a true winter, save that it lasts years where I am from. The North has a saying, "Winter is coming". With whatever the castle is up to, its mischief or its merriment, precaution is wise. Both now and always.

ooc: feel free to action it up. mistletoe shenanigans are still a-go, planned or unplanned.

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[the_effect_she_has]

Wise words.

[songsandstories]

They are, indeed. [And it only makes her think of her father, her real father. She swallows back the sudden tightness in her chest.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[She's looking out at the mountain of white, then to the ice furniture all around her.]

Where we come from ... there's not so much a saying, but a general consensus. Expect the worst. Hope for the best, but always expect the worse.

[songsandstories]

[A grim outlook, but she can't say she doesn't agree.]

It is best to live under such ideals. The castle seems to enjoy what it takes as much as it gives.

[the_effect_she_has]

It feeds off our pain, and our suffering. But it also feeds off of joy, as well.

[She sighed quietly.] Damned parasite.

[songsandstories]

That is an apt word for the castle. It is no more than a leach.

[the_effect_she_has]

Well, it could be worse. We could be trying to kill one another, besides being trapped here.

[songsandstories]

There is still a game to be played here. Simply the rules have been changed. [Power is nonexistent and there is no throne, but the castle still toys with them.]