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Post by Daos on Aug 17, 2018 15:22:33 GMT -8
Ladonna Marche (Village Square) Ingot tilts his head slowly. "Age? Myra is the...same age as myself," he points out. "I do not see...why that would bother me."
Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth) Bula blinks a few times in utter confusion. "What? Respect?" she repeats. "Ubisek. Son of Gressek, the Goblin King who attacked your town twenty years ago. You, a human, respect him?" She clearly has no idea to react to that statement.
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Post by Ezeze on Aug 17, 2018 15:42:37 GMT -8
"Very much" Katya responds. Then, when it's clear that Bula is going to need a little more exposition, she continues;
"He is not his father. According to his subordinates he's abandoned following Renos, and his tribe has followed him. He spent years enslaved by humans, led a bloody uprising to free I don't know how many people. Won his freedom by violence. Yet for all that he has suffered he doesn't hate humans."
"At least, not all humans."
"If there is any hope of peaceful coexistance between our people it lay in leaders like him."
She has more to say, but stops there to gauge Bula's reaction. It would be foolish to voice her more inflammatory views if these ones were met poorly.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 18, 2018 12:17:55 GMT -8
"I'm not talking about Myra," Ladonna says. "What if the next woman you are set to married is older than you?"
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Post by Daos on Aug 18, 2018 13:18:12 GMT -8
Ladonna Marche (Village Square)"Next?" Ingot repeats. "I do not...understand. Are you implying...my parents will decide...not to go through...with my marrying...of Myra?" he asks. "To answer your question...the age of the bride...is irrelevant. It is not...my choice...to make anyway. It would be up...to my parents...to decide if age...should be a factor." Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth)Bula thinks things over, still trying to process all of this. "Well, I mean, it's all true. He was part of the slave uprising, but I don't know if I'd say he led it. It was more of a group effort thing. I mean, he did help getting the other humanoids on board, but..." She trails off and then clears her throat, as if suddenly realizing she was saying too much. "Anyway, I didn't think I'd hear such words from a devout Gontorite human of all people."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 18, 2018 13:24:18 GMT -8
"I'm working under the assumption that your parents are going to go through with your request," Ladonna says. "And if they need another option in women to marry you off too, I am an option," she points out.
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Post by Ezeze on Aug 18, 2018 13:55:04 GMT -8
"Wasn't he? His people seem to think he was instrumental, but you talk as if you were there."
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Post by Daos on Aug 18, 2018 14:05:27 GMT -8
Ladonna Marche (Village Square) Ingot stares at Ladonna for a good thirty seconds before speaking, his face completely bereft of emotion. Finally, he says, "You...wish to marry...me? I was under...the impression that you...did not wish to marry...at all."
Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth) Bula chews on the inside of her cheek for a moment, then gestures for Katya to have a seat. "That's because I was there. Grat, too. The three of us worked together to get out of there."
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Post by Ezeze on Aug 18, 2018 14:55:42 GMT -8
"I had no idea" Katya admits. She takes the seat Bula indicated.
"What happened?" - and if Bula was still worried Katya was going to report her before Katya asked it would have been difficult to worry after. Her tone is one of curiosity tempered with admiration.
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Post by Daos on Aug 19, 2018 12:13:50 GMT -8
Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth) "Grat was the brains of the operation," Bula explains. "He was often given messages to pass around the mine, and he managed to teach himself to read Tardish that way. The overlords had no idea he could actually read their missives, so that gave us an advantage. We waited until we intercepted one that brought the right opportunity. And then one day, we did. The message said that they were planning a large raid to capture more slaves, and as a result there would only be a handful of wardens left to watch over us. That was our time to strike. They never saw us coming. Once every single one of them was dead, we fled out east, all of us. Most peeled off along the way to seek fortunes elsewhere, but Ubisek had told us of his people, and Grat and I had nowhere else to go, so we went with him. We stayed with the Woodfangs for awhile, but once I got pregnant...Grat felt it was a better environment here to raise our child than out in the woods. So we bought this place and have been here ever since."
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Post by Ezeze on Aug 19, 2018 12:36:31 GMT -8
"That must have been terrifying. Forgive me for asking but how did you and Grant end up at Dragon's Wall to start with? Ubisek said he was captured by slavers after The Battle of Buho and sold."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 19, 2018 13:29:55 GMT -8
"I never said to anyone that I didn't wish to marry," Ladonna says. "Besides, as I told Myra, you would be a pretty good catch."
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Post by Daos on Aug 19, 2018 14:04:49 GMT -8
Ladonna Marche (Village Square) Ingot thinks this over. "A good...catch? I see. Because I am the son...of a council member," he reasons. "You are the daughter...of the watch sergeant. Myra, however...is also the daughter...of a council member. I am not sure...my parents will view that...as an improvement."
Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth) "Oh, we were born there," Bula answers. "It was the only life we knew until we escaped. My father," she pauses to spit on the ground, "was the head warden. I killed him last."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 19, 2018 17:12:33 GMT -8
"Are you sure? I am well respected within the community, especially now that I have helped save Buho twice," she explains. "I am going to bring learning from councilwoman Hazel soon when it comes to council matters, and I am also going to be volunteering for the church soon as well," she points out. "I am not too old that I am not able to bear children either."
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Post by Ezeze on Aug 19, 2018 18:30:38 GMT -8
"Oh gods" Katya covers her mouth with both hands when Bula says she and Grat were born there.
It confirms that they only killed the Wardens, though, and only a few of them besides.
"Do you know if they are still doing that? It's been two decades. Maybe something has changed?"
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Post by Daos on Aug 20, 2018 13:40:08 GMT -8
Ladonna Marche (Village Square) Ingot remains silent in thought for a full sixty seconds, if not a bit longer, before he finally speaks. "Perhaps. If your parents...are willing to make...the offer to my parents...it is possible...they may accept."
Katya Mereida's Daughter (Goblin's Tooth) Bula shakes her head. "No idea. I left three years ago, and never looked back. It's a long journey to make just to check if there are still slave camps there, and even if I was willing to go back myself, there's a good chance I'd be recaptured again if they are still running."
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