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[miscreant]

[The video feed clicks on to show a woman with pasty skin, a slight grey tint visible thanks to the shadow cast by her wispy black hair. When she tilts her head to spot that the device is indeed recording her, one might notice the long ears at the sides of her head, blackened at their points by decay and decorated with several small gold rings -- one of them has a telling purple soul gem embedded in it. Her eyes glow a soulless blue, her body covered in thick black plate armor with the hilts of two handaxes poking out over her shoulders.

She takes a moment to smile, without teeth. Its not a kind smile -- its hollow, devoid of anything actually resembling delight.]

You are all certainly cheerful for a band of transports dragged into a war that has naught to do with you.

[A pause.]

Well, most of you.

I would be interested to see what sort of organized combat such a congregation of outsiders is actually capable of.

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[keep_smiling]

Are we not supposed to be cheerful?

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[miscreant]

I am hardly your keeper. It is merely my experience that people do not enjoy being uprooted from their lifestyles on a whim.

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[obliterating]

[A small nod. Hello, fellow Knight.]

Some of us have little but war.

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[miscreant]

[WOAH HOLD ON--Seviilia looks a bit surprised, judging by the owlish blinking that takes over her expression. She had been told of Koltira's existence here, but not Thassarian's.]

Yes. Well. Our's is a unique state of being, I should think.

[She takes a moment to remind herself that Thassarian, while the ambassador for the Alliance, is still a high ranking officer of the Blade.]

Forgive me, Commander Thassarian, I was not aware of your station here.

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[flarp]

Wars are just a big game of FLARP. There's loads of people out there wearing their big troll pants and talking bullshit when they're really just a bunch of grubs ready to be taken down a couple pegs.

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[miscreant]

[Wow those sure were a lot of words she didn't understand. But she picked up "trolls" in the middle of that. Disgusting things, but allies nonetheless.]

You are familiar with trolls?

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[motherofnemesis]

hey, you know how it goes
push us down and we push right back with a smile and all that good stuff
we've managed pretty well in the past

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[miscreant]

[She hasn't quite figured out the text feature yet, but she plays it off rather well.]

Such wasted energy. On smiling, of course. I would never speak ill of rebellion when shackles are involved.

Have you been here long, then?

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[goinbust]

"Well ain't you just a bundle of sunshine darlin. Sometimes doin' the things you don't want to do just goes by easier if you do it with a smile."

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[miscreant]

["A bundle of sunshine" pulls another thin-lipped smirk from her. Maybe even a light chuckle.]

A bundle of sunshine, hm? That's a new one, I must say.

I prefer cutting my problems away rather than blissfully ignoring them.

[honorofkings]

Is... it wrong to be cheerful, given the circumstances?

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[miscreant]

Its not particularly a problem for me. However, I recognize my circumstance as being rather unique.

[Her brows furrow. You know, because she's dead and everything.]

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[thewhitepawn]

Some people are able to find cheer no matter where they are. Perhaps it is their beacon of hope to be returned one day.

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[miscreant]

[...give her a second, she's processing the fact that the Prince of Stormwind is talking to her.]

Quite the price to pay for an ordinary citizen, when nothing had been asked of them.

[Its not an argumentive statement, but her tone hints that she thinks such hope to be naive.]

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[deadelfwalking]

I think you'll find that many of them are eminently capable, Seviilia.

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[miscreant]

[That's a voice she knows. Her expression sobers a little, though there's no need for her posture to change. She had already been standing impeccably straight.]

Bal'a dash, Commander Deathweaver.

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[highfrequency]

...Yeah. I've been wondering about that, myself.

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[miscreant]

And has anything come of it?

[She would be placing her chin in her palm, perhaps, if she were more comfortable.]

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[carchars]

Because they are fools.

[Scowl!]

And from what I have seen. The majority do not understand the situation they have found themselves in.

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[miscreant]

The fault of our recruiters, I think. After all, you cannot always expect a civilian to take up arms and be a soldier merely because you asked.

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[boundbyheart]

They can't do much at all.

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[miscreant]

Excellent, the pinnacle of a useful well-oiled war machine, then.

[The sarcasm is strong with this one.]

hi hihihihihihihhihihihi

[unholy_rebirth]

[Musing; ]

It is not the first time I have been dragged into a war.

haaaaaaaai

[miscreant]

[Ah, she recognizes that echo. Maybe. May as well be cordial about it. God this is hard for her.]

Another Knight, then? Sinu a'manore.

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[worldswillburn]

You noticed too?

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[miscreant]

[Some of these introductions are not making her feel much better about the situation. Kerrigan might hear it in her tone.]

Quite impossible not to. Or perhaps I merely have an experienced eye.