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[isinganyway]

I understand that I am in a distant land very far from my own, and I should like to think I am grateful for the chance to travel. Though - I am sorry to say it, and hope I do not cause offense - the high lords of the Initiative have been misled to think a lowly baseborn girl of simple upbringing could assist them in their struggle.

Even so, I worry for my companions. Perhaps, if any hear this, you might be so kind as to attend for them? I seek the following: A man of middling years, small and thin, with close-cropped dark hair shot with grey and a short, pointed beard, who wears a mockingbird upon his breast. A boy of six, small and pale, with brown hair and large eyes, who may have the sigil of a falcon sewn upon his clothing; I am his guardian and must know where he is at once. A young woman, tall, with dark hair and blue eyes, most likely in men's dress. Alayne Stone seeks them.

You have my thanks.

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[ video ]

[hostage]

Ain't seen anybody like that, but I'll keep a lookout.

[ voice ]

[isinganyway]

I thank you, ser.

[hostage]

[His lips twitch when she calls him "sir".]

Name's Jesse. And you shouldn't worry too much about 'em. If they ain't here, they're probably home all safe and sound.

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[onblackwings]

You probably won't find them here. The only people who ever arrive from home are the ones you'd rather not see.

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[isinganyway]

[ That fills her with dread. She pauses. ]

Is that very common?

[onblackwings]

Out of the three here I've met from my world, two are my enemies and one is merely tolerable. The odds don't really seem to be in your favor.

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[whomheloved]

Hush now, don't speak that way. Anyone is capable of a great many things, no matter who they are.

I'm afraid I don't think I've seen any of the people you've described, but I'll do my best to keep an eye out for them. It looks like a lot of new people are arriving just now, so they might be among them.

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[isinganyway]

I speak only the truth, as the septas taught me. I am no warrior.

You have my gratitude.

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[whomheloved]

Fighting is far from the only way of being useful.

It's nothing. No one should be separated from their dear ones, least of all like this... Is there anything else I can do for you?

[video]

[futurarex]

This is hardly a chance a mere chance at travel. This is, we are told, a war, and is hardly a place for any young woman, no matter her birth.

[but, all right. brusqueness over, he can now offer:] I have not seen the people that you speak of, but there are many here, and more arrive each day, unfortunately. What are these people called?

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[isinganyway]

Is it not perils that drive men from their homes, more often than joy?

[ She hesitates. But she has already given her name, and their descriptions; their names will be obvious to any who know of them. ] The man is Petyr Baelish, my lord father, and the boy is Robert Arryn, who answers to Sweetrobin; he is my father's ward, and I am the nearest he has to a mother. Oh - and the girl is Mya Stone.

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[thewhitepawn]

They don't seem to choose based on class, my lady. It seems to be more based around the potential for merit than anything else. That's just my opinion on it, though.

[He tries to offer a friendly smile.]

I'm afraid I don't know your companions - but I'll keep an eye out for you, at the very least.

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[isinganyway]

Then they have been misinformed on my potential, for there is very little to speak of.

I am grateful for that much.

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[sharpe]

It might be better ta give some names with those descriptions, lass.

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[isinganyway]

[ This time she pauses for an entirely different reason.

She has not dreamed of that moment before Baelor's Sept for many moons. They are a different girl's memories but they come to Alayne just as easily-- the summer sun overhead, the seething masses shouting for blood, her father's voice those false words, those horrible false words, that she'd begged on his behalf for him to say. She'd smiled so sadly, so proudly, because her father was a man of honor and her shining prince could see that, would show mercy just as he'd promised, and they'd be happy, she knew they would be happy --

Suddenly her throat is tight, too tight, she fears she may not be able to even speak But this man does not recognize the sound of her voice (wouldn't Sansa Stark's father?), and though his voice is nearly the same as the one she knows, it sounds different. ]

Bed pardon, my lord, but do I know you?

[voice]

[livinuptothename]

I don't think there's a whole lotta thinking involved deciding who they bring here, to be honest.

Any luck on finding your friends?

[voice]

[isinganyway]

Though I may know little of war, even a girl like me can see that makes for poor stratagem in a game such as this.

No, ser. But I may find them yet.

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[rescuer]

You don't have to be a fighter to contribute. Everyone has something they're good at.

[ Though some of those words the girl used to describe herself are completely unfamiliar. ]

What does baseborn mean, anyway?

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[isinganyway]

[ The continued insistence by the people here that she has some worth unnerves her. Easier to fool those who would underestimate you. Alayne must be careful. ]

You don't know? It refers to children born of the...the natural inclinations between men and women who aren't married. The baser instincts - baseborn.

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[graciousness]

[ Gwen answers at once because she can relate. Isn't that how she felt when she arrived, not long ago? What can a simple handmaiden do to help in a war? ]

I haven't seen a boy nor the man you speak of, but this city is very vast. Perhaps we can still go about looking for them. Or if they are here, they have this - box, too. And they can hear your voice and know you've arrived.

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[isinganyway]

You needn't trouble yourself with searching for them on my behalf. Only - if you happen to see them, and could tell them Alayne is here, I would be grateful for that much.

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[bittertears]

Do you always underestimate yourself like that?

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[isinganyway]

Pride is a sin; a proud woman is an affront to the gods.

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[ringletted]

I don't recognize any of the people you speak of, but I'm certain that if they reside here they'll hear this message and respond.

[She pauses.]

Even if you have no experience with war, you needn't think that having a simple upbringing makes you lowly.

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[isinganyway]

If my lord father were here, he would hear this. Of that I am certain.

But it does.