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[ladyistcrap]

Night blankets the villages south of the wall. While the pacifistic Gagarians are huddling around what may be the last bowls they'll ever smoke, the Hildnr are preparing to march and ride out in force come the dawn. Thankfully, you're far enough north that the nights are a hell of a lot longer than normal. Looks like you have about fourteen hours to kill.

You'll probably want to make a stop at the armory to get equipped, at some point, but there's also a fair amount of feasting happening where a bard is telling tales of the Hildnr's victorious history. The Blood Queen is in attendance, accepting oaths and blessing the warriors.

Of course, if what you'd rather do is train, the training yards are open, and there's a small barracks hall that's been outfittedwith clean furs and a roaring fire so you can rest before unleashing your bloodlust. Thoughtful!

Just don't forget: you still gotta find the blood champion, save the helpless stoner fratboys, and make it over that fuckhuge wall before lunchtime tomorrow.

Comments

[mercyless]

[ there's one standing beside the throne, preparing the blood queen's knives. ]

[inenochian]

[ it's not all that far of a walk, so dean probably would object to flying. ]

[ wraps folded coat around arms a few times and starts crunching through the dead quiet of nighttime snowscape. ]

There's something I've noticed about your speech previously, but it's more apparently now in these circumstances.

[ licks lips while thinking of how to phrase this. ]

[sawedoff]

These circumstances. You can say now that I'm a chick, dude, I'm not gonna go full-on PMS.

[slogging through snow in the direction of the village, hands tucked into excess sleeve and shoved deep in pockets. glances over shoulder at him because he's doing the lead-in comment that demands some form of attention]

[fairyvagina]

[nods and heads towards her]

Um...Excuse me?

[mercyless]

[ got your back. ]

[ immediately surrounded by the warriors. refuses to be face-painted. thanks but no. ]

[inenochian]

That's just it. That word. "Chick."

[ not making nearly as much of a mess in the drifts as dean is with his bulldog walk. ]

I've come to realize you only use it situationally. Specifically, the lower your respect for the woman or group of women in question, the more frequently you choose that term. But there's not animosity behind it.

[crotchbite]

[ facepainted.

her face gets a lot of shit on. mud. paint. who knows what else.
what
else.

waves crossbow at them ]

[sawedoff]

Yeah?

[he doesn't see where cas is going with this the more you know about yourself moment, or if he does he doesn't seem to up for the topic. the look he gives him says as much]

[fairyvagina]

[waves back]

[talks to npc to get grunty short responses while getting face painted]

[mercyless]

[ please tell me you found out something otherwise being crowded like this wasn't worth it. ]

[crotchbite]

[ she found out vikingzons give great head but you don't wanna know that do you ]

[inenochian]

[ just going to blunder right into this, ready or not. ]

It's just...led me to question. If my vessel had been female from the start, how much differently you might have behaved. How much harder it might have been.

[fairyvagina]

[steadies hand on warrior woman to mindsiphon her while she fixes a furry pelt cape around her]

[gets description of blood champion and idk maybe some habits who knows im flying blind here]

[mercyless]

[ i hope you busy listening to the warrior instead of hel because man. ]

[ k let's get out of here. pushes the facepaint out of her way. ]

[sawedoff]

Yeah well you weren't a chick from the start so-

[snappy and defensive, good old dean. he's not too fond of the "what if" chats on the best of days, so cas blindsiding him with that is definitely unwelcome]

-so.. how much harder what?

[inenochian]

...To become your friend. [ instead of being written off as a Chick. ]

[sawedoff]

I have friends with boobs-

[SO MANY. oh my god so defensive. don't ask him to name them. what, it's like... charlie. and you could count hel if you're talking tumba. can you list them as a friend if you're banging them? is that like listing family as a reference on a resume?]

[slows to a stop as he starts to sort through the implications, turning to face him with the confused finger raise]

Wait, no. Hang up. Are you saying what I think you're saying?

[crotchbite]

[ don't judge

gets a couple more bolts for the crossbow and furs up in this bitch, before following michonne towards sookie ]

Are we ready?

[fairyvagina]

[escapes before they try to get the leather bra on her]

Got enough for a start.

[inenochian]

[ they only count if you were friends with them for a period of no less than one month before the banging commenced. ]

[ stops walking a few steps later and turns around to look at him. ]

...I doubt it? [ cas means that dean would have had difficulty valuing her efforts, opinions, and skills in the same way. which is part of what dean is getting at, true, but not the full monty. ]

[mercyless]

[ great. so what next. ]

[ puts hands on hips once they're outside. hand out the orders boss. ]

[crotchbite]

[ the leather bra would probably be a good idea ]

Did you guys find out more about the blood champion? Description, anything?

[fairyvagina]

We know it's a little girl afraid of nothin' and could probably survive anywhere around here on her own. She could be alone for all we know wantin' get out of this big mess.

[this would be a good moment for a crazy clara idea but she's too busy trying to make sonic walkie talkies with hook. who saw that coming]

Think griffins are good bloodhounds?

[mercyless]

[ shakes head. don't think so. i don't really know much about griffins. but they probably like the champion 'cause she sounds like a fearless leader. ]

[ frowns at the 'little girl'. she's surprisingly sympathetic when it comes to children. believe it or not. ]

[sawedoff]

[awkward faltering half-smile of disbelief as he slowly lowers accusation finger]

...Yeah.

[yeah he doubts it too. wipes a hand over his mouth to try and recover some lost footing after he screwed that leap up, starting up past him again.]

Doesn't matter what your junk is to me now, Cas, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have given two craps then, either. Can we maybe drop it?

[yes? thanks]