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[bothfoulandfair]

I froze to death, while the ship stopped in port. [And - perhaps understandably - she doesn't look too happy about it.

She's not in the infirmary anymore though. She'd stayed until the residual cold was bearable, and had waited until she felt completely back to normal before trying to address the Barge and ask the questions she's been sitting on since she wound up in the infirmary.]

How often does that happen? Why didn't anyone tell me that could happen?

[She's trying to hold it together, present herself as the calm, cool and collected future queen she's been trying to be for the last three years, but people can probably see the cracks in her veneer because this is all just... beyond crazy.]

[Private to Arthas]

You tried to save me. [She remembers that much, even though parts of the end are a little blurry.

And she wants to know why. :|]

Comments

[strangehistorian]

The pamphlet did say that ports were dangerous. Are you alright?

[bothfoulandfair]

No one gave me a pamphlet.

Private

[darknessb4me]

It was the decent thing to do.

I created things like that, at home. Vampiric undead. I never got the chance to help any of them.

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[bothfoulandfair]

Why would you do something like that?

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[darknessb4me]

At the time? Because I could.

[coldlies]

[You have Loki's full attention.]

How did you freeze? I don't recall anything at our previous stop that would cause that.

[As for her question.] Ports are unpredictable as are the "floods." Our only warning is what the Admiral announces.

[bothfoulandfair]

I was- [She almost wants to say monster, but she stops herself at the last moment.] A creature that needed heat to survive. I starved to death, and I froze.

[coldlies]

I... see. A curious creature to change into. [So very glad he didn't go over board, right now.]

[Video, Private]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

...Froze to death?


Often, I hear. Mainly at port, occasionally during floods, rarely by other inmates.

Are you all right now?

[Video, Private]

[bothfoulandfair]

I'm fine.

[Not really, but she doesn't really want to talk about it. She doesn't know who she can trust, or what to expect from people here, and she doesn't want to end up getting hurt.]

[Video, Private]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

No.


No, you're very far from fine.

But I'm curious as to why you feel you'd need to lie about it.

[voice]

[logistical]

The frequency is highly irregular - and deaths are usually caused by another passenger, rarely the elements. I apologise I cannot provide more information at this time.

[voice]

[bothfoulandfair]

I don't care about dying, [Not explicitly true, but that hadn't been the primary thing she'd been asking about.] No one told me I'd be forced to live someone else's life.

[Private]

[youwillgotohell]

More often than you'll want it to.

[She doesn't feel protective, exactly, nor guilty for not warning her - but there is something that urges her to speak.]

[Private]

[bothfoulandfair]

[She feels... embarrassed. Like she should be apologizing for wasting what she'd given her, even though she hadn't been that person, and neither had Morgana.]

I feel like I should thank you.

[sinningsaint]

[Well, Joshua used to be excited about getting to see other words while at port.]

You died? I'd read they were sometimes dangerous, but...

[bothfoulandfair]

I woke up in the infirmary not long afterward.

[enchangement]

Sometimes screaming helps.

[bothfoulandfair]

I don't think it would.

[mightthinkthat]

Someone definitely should have told you.

[bothfoulandfair]

Obviously.

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[versusnurture]

You froze?

[She should have been a better hunter. Which is not a nice thought, but Abigail's eyes are bright with it anyway.]

I'm sorry.

private

[bothfoulandfair]

It's not your fault.

[She feels like an idiot, it's cool Abigail.]

[Video]

[mercurialize]

[He's missing something.]

Wait. Are you complaining that no one told you that you could die?

[Video]

[bothfoulandfair]

No one told me I would be forced to live someone else's life.

[She's not an idiot. u__u]