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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 20, 2015 22:37:34 GMT -5
"So the little sister would win," nick laughed. "How excellently petty of you." He smiles. "I approve." He rose. "I'm getting very drunk tonight," he said. "And then I need to find a lady I'm not related to," he said.
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Post by Robyn Stark on Jul 21, 2015 8:29:15 GMT -5
"It's not a serious consideration." She said, "I will leave you then, to do what you like, but I hope you will be okay."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 8:31:12 GMT -5
"I'll be better in a while," he said. He gave her a hug. "I won't do anything too rash."
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Post by Robyn Stark on Jul 21, 2015 11:40:08 GMT -5
"All right then, you know where i am..." she said returning the hug, "Well I doubt I'll be there, but I am sure you'll be able to find me"
She smiled at him again, and left.
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 12:49:13 GMT -5
A while later there is a rap on the door, Prince Benjen waiting to see his brother.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 13:07:13 GMT -5
Nick comes out a bit later, in a damp shirt and loosely tied breeches. Unsurprisingly, his younger brother gets a less enthusiastic greeting than his sister had. "Benjen," he said. "It'll be better if we talk outside. Reputations are at stake inside," he said. Whiskey is light on his breath but his voice is untainted by slur.
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 13:49:00 GMT -5
"I'm sorry," Benjen said as soon as Nick came outside. "That is all that I can say. Your sister stopped Cedric Dayne and myself from killing each other."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 13:56:30 GMT -5
Nick breathed in and out with his mouth, calming himself down. "A fair lot of good it did her," he said. "She always did like that chap too much. You know how people are about Daynes," he said. "When they aren't Bryce."
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 13:59:27 GMT -5
"Aye, I know very well," Benjen said, thinking of his feelings towards Ellaria. God damn Daynes. "That is all I wanted to say, that I'm sorry it happened. I..." He thought about telling him about the promise he'd made to Eliza but decided not to.
"I don't know who did it," He said finally.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 14:27:44 GMT -5
Nick nodded slowly. "I'm sure you don't," he said. He puffed out a breath. "You know that means that my mother and my sister have both died at your mens' hands, right? Such a fascinating dynamic we have. My brother kills my mother, his friend kills my sister, and our sister kills my uncle." He looks at his fingernails. "You tried to kill me for much less then that, back in the day," he noted.
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 16:40:20 GMT -5
"Back in the day I didn't know what side you stood on. All I knew was that you had something to do with the kidnapping of Joanna Lannister," Benjen stated. "But yes, our family is... strange."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 16:48:16 GMT -5
Nick just smirked a bit at that. "I'm ignoring the rest," he said. "Your mere existence occasionally gives me inconvenience," he admitted. "Ellaria left me because she still loves you," he said, shaking his head with a grim smile. "What side do you think I stand on?"
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 16:51:16 GMT -5
"She... she what?" Benjen said, paling a little. His heart seemed to beat as fast as an engine (which hasn't been invented yet). He took a deep breath and composed himself. "You're on your own side, Nick, I know that. But your own side is doing what you think is right. I think our concepts of right and wrong aren't too different."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Jul 21, 2015 16:57:27 GMT -5
"Moral compasses can follow strange paths," he said. "Were you and Robyn anyone else, your bodies or mine would be being dumped in the Narrow Sea right now. But I can't very well take some sort of blood vengeance on my own kin," he sighed. "But I don't have to pretend you don't share some responsibility for what happened, either. Fighting for Vhagus Fucking Targaryen. I thought we were of like minds on him," he said.
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Post by Amelia Royce on Jul 21, 2015 17:22:45 GMT -5
"We are," Benjen stated, looking away. His mind was still on Ellaria... "I needed to see him, what he does. Up close. And his men. They liked me, you know. Might make them just a little bit reluctant to fight me, when the day comes."
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