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Tweak says, "all that matters is what we do"

Princess Katarin of Kordala (Katarin Tavehi) (katarinmiri) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2022-02-22 14:46:00

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bruno madrigal, miguel o'hara, rawdon crawley, ~arcturus black, ~katarin tal-kordala

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[N.B. Backdated to several hours after the conclusion of this. Unless otherwise marked, all replies are visible to all of them, not just Katarin - that way the guys can interact with each other too if we want.]

Please tell me that all is well!

It is not so bad as I thought. I cannot write, I am speaking to my phone now, but I will not lose my arm, and by Asharai I will heal and not fall to the wound fever.

You must visit me, all of you, even if you avoid one another in your feuding. The pain - the pain is bad, but I must bear it, because I have seen too many half-drowned in taishel-syrup and never the same in the mind after their bodies healed. The medics here are too quick to press for these things! I am not so damaged to be left to that!

Tell me you are reading this and you are not hurt, and nothing worse came of this. You are all blameless to me. It happened because it was seen to happen, and we are all powerless before the magic that underpins the world.

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katarinmiri
2022-02-22 04:57 pm UTC (link)

You were right to doubt me! If I heard that one of my messenger-girls in Privkat were to be shot by a stranger, and when I went out to her aid she would not leave his side? Ai, more than doubt. You did not know our friend could not have shot me had his own life depended on it.

You were an instrument of fate, there is nothing to be sorry for.

Will you bring me a length of blue cloth, or a blanket - anything, so long as it is blue?

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	cpt_crawley 2022-02-22 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	You are very wise for one so young, and very understanding for one so wounded. I am lucky. A lesser woman would have me in stocks. Of course. Dare I ask why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

katarinmiri
2022-02-22 05:14 pm UTC (link)

If this were Kordala and you were my enemy, I would have your head! But you are not, and here I would prefer to have another friend. Let me tell you a secret. I am to rule someday, and rulers must be merciful.

Oh. Blue is for constancy. Blue will prevent the bleeding and help me to heal well. It means that I am not now going to battle, but safe at home. You do not have this custom?

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	cpt_crawley 2022-02-22 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	You are? Well, then, I am honoured Your Majesty. No, it is not a custom we have, but I'll gladly find something that will suit for the purpose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	katarinmiri 2022-02-22 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	My majesty? Maybe someday. For now the most majestic thing about Kordala is - oh, don't listen to me, I am being much too silly. Thank you. Do you have no colours, then? Blue for healing, and priestesses and peace and serenity and death, and red for birth and a girl when she first - oh, strike that, he's a man! For marriage and war and long journeys. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_crawley 2022-02-24 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	What is the most majestic thing about it? Maybe I can visit one day, if the opportunity arises through a door. No, not that I've heard of. At least not in my country, I don't think. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	katarinmiri 2022-02-24 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Not if it is to the time I came from. Kordala is in a bad way. We were invaded, and the battle has been very long and very difficult. It would be more dangerous there than it was in France. But the Kordalan people who keep fighting are the majestic ones. Maybe I can visit your country someday instead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_crawley 2022-02-26 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but we can help. Like you helped Enjolras through in Paris. My country? It's not that interesting, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	katarinmiri 2022-02-27 08:24 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure that you could, but I wouldn't want to put any of the people here at risk, and none of you speak Kordalan, so you might be in danger from both sides if we were separated. But we mustn't worry, a door is very unlikely, yes? I think I would like to visit an uninteresting country, if it is a peaceful one. It would probably be restful. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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