i feel
a bad moon rising
a bad moon rising
Oceane has been in Pangea long enough.
Lepis does not disagree. Any time in captivity is too long for her friend. That most of that captivity was under Castile’s rule, and that the entirety of Alcinder’s was, Lepis does not bring up. It lingers at the forefront of her mind nonetheless, held back behind the knowledge that casting blame will do none of them favors. The control over her expression that she has relinquished returns as Castile argues with her, claiming that the West and Nerine were not involved. He set fire to a territory belonging to the north, and was opposed by a Western leader, and he wants to argue that they were uninvolved. Let him thinks so, she thinks; he is not the one that will have to deal with the blowback.
The dun mare’s ear flick forward at the mention of Leilan taking over the island. Well, she thinks, at least that means Jesper hadn’t made it back in time to be endangered by the destruction. What will become of the northern island? She allows herself to wonder for a brief moment. She’d told Dracarys that a visit there would include an offer of aid, and now it seems that Loess owes their new leader a boon as well. Lepis hasn’t forgotten the bronze dragon’s return of Alcinder, after all. At the word ‘funny’, her attention turns back fully to Castile, who still seems determined to fault Lepis.
If it wins you favor, he says, and for a moment she is uncertain what he means. Favor? The accusation that follows, that she must want Oceane as a captive to cement her claim to rulership, only further adds further clouds.
Oh, she thinks. Oh yes. The theft of Brennen and Jesper.
The pensive look she gives him is surely not what he expects after the accusation, the coolness in her expression requiring no effort. He thinks she ordered that theft to gain favor? Lepis? She does not need favor. She’d wanted them to weaken the North, and to use as a bargaining chip. She’d have released them both the moment she’d gotten what she wanted, yet the theft of Brennen had failed, and the very horse that she’d wanted the magician’s assistance with had been the one to successfully sneak away with Jesper. The Tod of the Icicle Isle had no purpose in her plans, which was why her first action after assuming power had been to release him.
Castile continues in what she can only assume is an effort to provoke her. He’ll disobey her, he says, he’ll do his best to cause strife between Oceane and Lepis. Lepis sighs, and shakes the long hair of her navy mane.
"If you don’t want to be treated like a child, Castile, then perhaps you should stop acting like one." With that and another shake of her head, she takes a second step away, flaring her own wings to catch the wind and depart.
@[Castile]
Lepis does not disagree. Any time in captivity is too long for her friend. That most of that captivity was under Castile’s rule, and that the entirety of Alcinder’s was, Lepis does not bring up. It lingers at the forefront of her mind nonetheless, held back behind the knowledge that casting blame will do none of them favors. The control over her expression that she has relinquished returns as Castile argues with her, claiming that the West and Nerine were not involved. He set fire to a territory belonging to the north, and was opposed by a Western leader, and he wants to argue that they were uninvolved. Let him thinks so, she thinks; he is not the one that will have to deal with the blowback.
The dun mare’s ear flick forward at the mention of Leilan taking over the island. Well, she thinks, at least that means Jesper hadn’t made it back in time to be endangered by the destruction. What will become of the northern island? She allows herself to wonder for a brief moment. She’d told Dracarys that a visit there would include an offer of aid, and now it seems that Loess owes their new leader a boon as well. Lepis hasn’t forgotten the bronze dragon’s return of Alcinder, after all. At the word ‘funny’, her attention turns back fully to Castile, who still seems determined to fault Lepis.
If it wins you favor, he says, and for a moment she is uncertain what he means. Favor? The accusation that follows, that she must want Oceane as a captive to cement her claim to rulership, only further adds further clouds.
Oh, she thinks. Oh yes. The theft of Brennen and Jesper.
The pensive look she gives him is surely not what he expects after the accusation, the coolness in her expression requiring no effort. He thinks she ordered that theft to gain favor? Lepis? She does not need favor. She’d wanted them to weaken the North, and to use as a bargaining chip. She’d have released them both the moment she’d gotten what she wanted, yet the theft of Brennen had failed, and the very horse that she’d wanted the magician’s assistance with had been the one to successfully sneak away with Jesper. The Tod of the Icicle Isle had no purpose in her plans, which was why her first action after assuming power had been to release him.
Castile continues in what she can only assume is an effort to provoke her. He’ll disobey her, he says, he’ll do his best to cause strife between Oceane and Lepis. Lepis sighs, and shakes the long hair of her navy mane.
"If you don’t want to be treated like a child, Castile, then perhaps you should stop acting like one." With that and another shake of her head, she takes a second step away, flaring her own wings to catch the wind and depart.
@[Castile]
