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[beatavirgo]

[They tell her it's safe here. However, she has been told many times that a place is safe, and many times such a statement has been proven false. In other other world, such caution would be viewed as paranoia.]

[On Alternia, you sometimes cannot be paranoid enough. Especially not during war.]

[So while she smiles politely to her guide and thanks them for all that's been done for her, the Dolorosa's first act is to immediately hide away as quick as she can. It's a skill she's practiced long and hard on after so many years of being on the run. There's still 'royal' blood on her clothes, after all, stuck beneath her claws and on the edges of her skirt. The state of her weapon will have to be checked on soon.]

[But her main priority is inspecting this curious little device they gave her. There is some experimenting, and she remembers some old tricks Psiioniic once taught her. She never quite caught onto computers and hacking like he always excelled at, but she knows enough to get on. Finally, she has it figured out well enough, she thinks, or at least as much as she's going to at this rate. So she starts to write her words on the mirror, script fine and elegant.]

[But it's not jade. And it's not her quirk. She has enemies everywhere, might even have them here. So until she can find her own allies or evaluate new ones, well...]

oOo Well well well this certainly is interesting. oOo I never thOught of myself as a spacertrOll but here I am On an entirely different wOrld. oOo Name is Natkun Zavija, denterrOrist at yOur service. oOo Any Other trOlls abOut? oOo Might get a bit lOnely if I'm the Only One of my kind. oOo

oOo Retry Of that, actually. oOo
oOo I give nOthing but respect tO my hemObetters but yOu need nOt answer. oOo
oOo Maybe I'm a peculiar sOrt but I prefer my blOOd on the inside. oOo

[She writes and erases quite a few times before finding the 'voice' for this fake individual, this imaginary denterrorist, satisfying. And if any of her allies are there, hopefully they'll spot her little message in the last three sentences. The little nickname her not-so-young charge had given to her a long time ago. As she waits for messages, she inspects herself. Goodness, she hopes this doesn't stain...]

Comments

[annihilistic]

Now this
This is a surprise

[Mostly because this isn't some variant of those she knows, knew, or has been told about. Or rather, it doesn't appear to be.

She will be ever so cross to find she's been misled.]

[beatavirgo]

[Sorry, Handmaid, better gratuitous amounts of paranoid than sorry. Like she would have been if she ran into a certain seadweller who came right after her. She'll reveal herself! Eventually.]

oOo NOw why wOuld that be? oOo DOesn't this city have any denterrOrists? oOo

[annihilistic]

[She still doesn't like unknowns.]

None to speak of
At least none that I am aware of
Until now I suppose

[beatavirgo]

oOo Then I may be busy. oOo
oOoo I dO nOt suppOse I cOuld have yOur name? oOo

[annihilistic]

Perhaps
Perhaps not
Most who have any idea who I am call me the Handmaid

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[beatavirgo]

[beatavirgo]

oOo By using the title of Handmaid dO yOu mean a Handmaid tO a higherblOOded trOll of nObility Or dO yOu perhaps mean the figure frOm traditiOnal Alternian mythOlogy? oOo
oOo The individual pOlitely referred tO as the Handmaid tO Death itself? oOo

[annihilistic]

I think you will find that no servant would be foolish enough to call themselves any such thing
Its about the same as telling their masters they will be the death of them dont you think

[beatavirgo]

oOo That wOuld nOrmally gO withOut saying. oOo
oOo But I certainly never expected that I wOuld meet a living legend if yOu are telling the truth. oOo
oOo Then again I never imagined circumstances in which I wOuld be transpOrted to a foreign wOrld untOuched by Alternian rule either. oOo

[annihilistic]

Most would prefer not to meet me at all Denterrorist Zavija
And I believe none of us expected the latter
Its something of a red writing glyph day for everyone isnt it

[beatavirgo]

oOo If this were a meeting back On Alternia then I believe I wOuld be a great deal mOre frightened. oOo
oOo HOwever this place appears tO be intact and not taken in by strife. oOo
oOo SO I will simply stay cautiOus. oOo
oOo It is actually a surprise tO learn that you are a marOOnblOOd. oOo

[annihilistic]

There is no reason to start anything here
It is not part of any assignment I have been given either
It would be a waste of time and effort

[That isn't to say, however, that she couldn't still do it easily.]

Youll find that blood has very little to do with capacity for power

[beatavirgo]

oOo COming frOm sOmeOne such as yOurself, that is a relief tO hear. oOo

oOo That I dO nOt dOubt One bit. oOo
oOo It is simply an interesting bit Of irOny cOnsidering things. oOo
oOo A being that we hear sO Often as wrigglers tO scare us intO cOmpliance if we misbehave by nOt gOing to the recuperacOOn On time is an individual whO, under nOrmal circumstances, we wOuld have been taught is the lOwest One can be bOrn. oOo

[annihilistic]

Youll find Im hardly the thing to worry about in this place

Troll society is a special brand of hypocritical
They say lowbloods are the lowest of the low but the empire is built on the power and the backs of individuals with powers that dont occur in highbloods
Well not in normal ones at least

[beatavirgo]

oOo Perhaps. oOo
oOo But the less I have tO wOrry about, the mOre ideal my situatiOn becOmes even if Only by a small degree. oOo

oOo I knOw all tOO well Of the hypOcrisy that riddles the Empire. oOo
oOo Not many highblOOds wOuld ever admit it, but withOut the pOwer of lOwblOOds Or the pOwer Of that emissary beneath the waves, they wOuld have sO much less. oOo

[annihilistic]

I suppose thats true enough
Youre still not out of the proverbial woods yet though
So many highbloods here so little time

Of course
Thats the only reason that monstrous thing is still alive really
Though they have reason to fear it as well if it keeps the lowbloods under control they allow it to exist

[beatavirgo]

oOo SOmetimes yOu have tO take One step at a time befOre you can make leaps and bOunds. oOo
oOo Are there really that many highblOOds here? oOo

oOo It truly is a dOuble-edged swOrd. oOo
oOo Such a pOwerful creature is nigh-impOssible to get rid Of. oOo
oOo If the Handmaid is truly marOOnblOOded then I imagine even yOu cOuldn't pOssibly dO sOmething about it. oOo

[annihilistic]

There are at least six sea dwellers and one blueblood
Three are varying shades of tyrian three are violetblooded


I could were I allowed to
But dealing with the Emissary is not part of my mission

[beatavirgo]

oOo Well nOw it almOst feels as thOugh I am in sOme sOrt Of aquarium Only the variOus aquatic life have a chance at ending my life. oOo

oOo That is cOmpletely understandable. oOo
oOo Out of curiOsity, just hOw wOuld yOu deal with it? oOo
oOo I can hardly imagine an Alternia withOut it. oOo

[Purely out of innocent curiosity. Definitely. If this is the Handmaid- something she cannot say for sure over text- then her input might be valuable. Even if it isn't, then it will be something to think about.]

[annihilistic]

It depends really on how easy you are to be rid of
Though I dont think theyd be too quick to try and be rid of you

There are places to be rid of the beast where its screams might not reach Alternia as it dies
However it is more of a risk than should ever be undertaken

[beatavirgo]

oOo Well I have a few tricks Of the self survival sOrt stOred away. oOo
oOo If push cOmes to shOve at any rate. oOo

oOo I can certainly see why. oOo
oOo Then again almOst everything tO dO with the Emissary is a risk. oOo

[annihilistic]

For everyones sake it would be best if it did not

It is
A shame the empress wont learn that until it is too late

[beatavirgo]

oOo It is a shame that the Empress has nOt learned many things if I may be frank. oOo

[annihilistic]

She will come to learn them the hard way
And yet she will persist the only way she has ever known how

[beatavirgo]

oOo It wOuld almOst be pitiable. oOo

[But with all the suffering the Condesce has caused, thinking of such an ending only brings about a bittersweet feeling.]