[open joint post]

[freeing]

Who: Jorah Mormont/Daenerys Targaryen & You (both new and old CR, monsters and witches)
When: During Black City Event
Where: Stables outside of one of the higher class Witch boarding.
What: Dany and Jorah not being subtle in their distaste for the current political climate. General CR building for both new and old, honestly. Dany and Jorah may be willing to both bond strategically with a Witch who can grant them access to better living conditions (and more privacy/privilege). This is a topic we'd like to explore, so it doesn't have to yield a good fit ICly. It's merely a conversation piece! :) If you are wanting to pursue a Bond with these two, please PP cirilla and sustain or hit up my plotting post over here! Replies will come from both Dany and Jorah!

Warnings: Nothing really!


[ The city felt dead to her. The life of this city had been taken from it long ago, in a dream she had not been privy to. The fog added a sense of foreboding, sure – but it was the stillness of the Monster's eyes here. It was the chains that so cruelly bound those who had learned to love them, the collars that choked the happiness away until all that was left was obedience.

Jorah Mormont had seen slaves more closely than Daenerys had. He had both sold them and been one himself. There had been a discomfort on many levels for him since reuniting with Daenerys, both out of concern for her state of mind and the guilt of facing a truth he had accepted long ago of past mistakes. Now, he stands at the entranceway of the small stable gate for the partition Daenerys claimed as her own. The hay crunched underneath their feet as they move, their voices certainly gathering attention. No one knew Dothraki, but it was a brutal sounding language, one with punch and distaste clear despite the language barrier.

Dany paced uncomfortably while Jorah held his position firmly. Their foreign language continues for a few minutes, actually: ]

I am told I am a Monster, told I am brought to a dream, yet it feels very real. I am still a woman and I am still awake seeing this injustice. No different than Astapor or Yunkai – no different than Meereen. Do you not see? It is haunting and to stand by when my eyes are already open feels cruel.

I understand, khaleesi. What is it that you think you must do? You cannot become everyone's savior. Not here. Even so, this is a dream. Worrying this much will only hurt you. Possibly make... other things... worse as well.

But what if it is not a dream this time? It feels real – the magic here feels like it did with Lhazareen witch. I –

[ During this argument, there are a few options to get involved!

A. Feel free to interrupt them, they are being loud after all. Prodding them will earn a defensive glare from Jorah and offensive judgy glare from Daenerys. They will engage in the common tongue, however so you can understand them.

B. If instead you stand by and stare/linger around too much – Jorah will notice you first. Brandishing his sword and stepping out of the gate, he may be inclined for threats with Daenerys showing a bit of pity and trying to apologize for the disturbance. They will both ease up when they realize it is one of their fellow Mirrorbound.

Either way, it seems like this is going to lead into you being smack dab in the middle of a disagreement. Stay around, hear both sides – eventually! ]

Comments

[freeing]

Of course. As you were, Ser.

[ She yields to Jorah's insistence, in part that it was natural to do so but also because his experience eclipsed hers. It was the right thing to do, patient and humble enough to fall back. She allows it.

At the very least, Dany grabs onto the wood fencing that allows 'stalls' for them, on her tip-toes to visibly ensure any neighboring Monsters resting did not get any ideas to join them or leave for unknown reasons. ]

Do we even want to know what happened? [ Her voice is low, a hushed whisper full of disappointment. Not in Eren, no. In the world. He speaks of dying and it hits her chest — hard. A concerned look to both Jorah and Eren as they hobble inside. ] You'll forgive us, but our experience in this dream is limited. You are with like mind of my trusted here in regards to the dream, but...

[ plz don't gang up on her. :( Dreams are weird things for her. ]

How long does this last?

[heartsbane]

[ there's been an honest attempt at avoiding putting too much time or attention into inspecting Eren out of courtesy, but he encounters difficulty when he is inspecting an arrowhead protruding just above his scales. Jorah makes the natural assumption and comparison upon seeing Daenerys with the affliction on her neck, but he sets aside his concerns about his queen turning into something similar. too many things to fear, not enough time to dwell on it.

it isn't surprising to find the boy turn down his services, but the reason why is. he tilts his head and looks at Eren with scrutiny expressed in his features. ]

But... pain is pain, friend. If you feel it, it is very much real. The least we can do is try to suppress it.

[ he can't begin to try and answer why everyone is stricken with fear over what the witches may do if they find them when the dream makes it all a moot point. it doesn't mean Jorah will allow Dany to be thrown into harm's way. both thumb and forefinger go to pinch at the bridge of his nose as a heavy sigh expels from his chest. he finds a nearby wall to lean on since his services won't be needed. ]

I, too, am curious on what the purpose of these are. Is it manufactured by the witches of the real world? Does no one know?

[usurpers]

[ well. what happened. he'll get to that in a moment. his lips purse and he holds his breath in to sit and let jorah look as much as he needs to. he could say the pain wasn't real, but. it may be hindering him. he still— the older man still has his sword at his hip, yes? eren has an idea. ] We'll need your sword.

[ he's thinking to heat the tip and stop the bleeding, at the very least, but only if jorah would trust him on that train of thought. during that, he'll look around for something to bite— a splinter of wood would do, even. ]

This one is more real than the last ones will ever be. [ so it's understandable. even this dream was new to him. finding a discarded wooden block beneath the settled bed of hay, eren inspects, then keeps it at his side, in his hand. ] No one knows who it could be and why, not yet, but we're connected to it. We could be here for days and it's only been an hour.

[ unfortunately— he didn't have substantial answers for their questions, but . . . he did have something. ]

—This is a real place, outside of the Wilde and northwest of the continent. [ he's looked at the continent's map enough, and draws it with his claw in the dirt floor, pinpointing more or less where he thinks it should be, with those directions. ] Dorchacht. Aefenglom is here. [ another circle to the aforementioned destination. ] No one from Aefenglom are part of the resistance parties, so if they're tied . . . It's probably something deeper. [ in his experience: ] Political.

I flew up to get a better view around us— it's a coast. That's when I got this.

[ this damn arrowhead that he's almost ready to pull out thanks to some friendly convincing— he'll just actually wait for a good time though, no bloody surprises. ]

[freeing]

[ It was clear that Daenerys was not a hands-on type of player in this tango. She may command attention, may mingle better than most when the situation called for it – but she heavily relied on her advisers and trusted ones to pertain to specific instances like this. Jorah was no medicine man, but she trusts him all the same. ]

That is unfortunate. [ The passage of time, she interjects. ] The longer this feels, the more likely trouble will find us. More than it already had.

[ Common sense, but she feels the need to state it. To show her anxiousness of feeling caged in something she truly can not help. However, even with however the next series of events relay as far as helping Eren – he gives valuable information, one that pries her from the stall wall to pace around them. ]

I... see. Then do not do that again. [ Don't fly places? Her voice was stern and given how she follows up with a command to Jorah, it is clear that Eren should heed her words. ] Ser Jorah, if he does anything risky, use your judgment to assist or advise against it. Is there any way I can help you both? I can not go storm the Coven and demand an audience, but if this place is far from the city we were originally brought to... I wonder if it exists truly outside of this realm of dreams. We shall see once we awaken.

[ Whenever that is. ]