A Cruel Twist of Fate [closed]

[wickedchase]

WHO: Twisted Fate, Nerva, Korrin, Zevran, Beleth, Cyril, Ruby, Sera, Katniss, and special sending crystal guest star, Sina!
WHAT: A companion quest and elven relations all wrapped up in one.
WHEN: Post-Illness plot. The band of merry travelers will be gone from Clouch 23 to Clouchreach 28.
WHERE: Traveling to and from the Serpentine River.
NOTES: The plotting post.

Comments

[eviscerates]

( She left her "What Would Snow White Do?" bracelet at home :C
and let's be real what Snow White would do is make an inspirational speech, get Charming to make an inspirational speech, maybe get Regina to roll her eyes a few times and things would seem to be okay for a while before some new, bigger problem turned up.

Okay, maybe she doesn't need that WWSWD bracelet. )

Both of the leaders ultimately need to keep their people safe, right? I mean, that's the first step, that's got to be the most important thing. ( Her gaze skips between Nerva and Beleth and Fate, uncertain, trying to figure if any of them think it's a decent idea or just rehashing what other people have said differently. She might be, she's exhausted and in over her head. )

If we can ask the Keeper and the Mayor what they need, maybe more than what they want, or getting caught up in the history instead of the future... ( with a nod to Cyril, for his earlier comment ) that might help us figure out what to do better than trying to impose our own logic on it. Both sides have suffered heavy losses and... been kind of terrible to each other.

( She falters, because she really isn't the best at this. ) So if the goal is keeping people safe, maybe... ( Nope, okay, she's got nothing, and slowly drags her hand over her face. ) Maybe we can just pick up the village and move it further away.

( That's not a serious suggestion, and she is pretty drained from closing the rift, shaking her head apologetically in self-dismissal. Her history doesn't qualify her to be anything but a monster to be hated by both sides, she's pretty sure. )

[arlathvhen]

I agree with Cyril. They will not go against their Keeper, but she is not unreasonable. With enough calm voices reasoning with her--without questioning her authority--she can, I believe, agree to parlay. From there, we can figure out what it is that the two of them need [ Here, she nods to Ruby. ] and what we can negotiate.

What about the human leader? Will he agree? [ Beleth spent like two seconds in town before doing a 360 turn and moonwalking out so she's not very aware of what the situation is with him. ]

As for the suggestion of moving--That actually is a good one. [ She glances at Ruby again, a small smile tugging at her lips for a moment before disappearing. ] But not the village, I think. Dalish clans are customarily nomadic--one of the main reasons being to avoid something like this. It won't solve the current problem, but if the Dalish move on after this...

It'll ease some of the tensions, I think.