[Open] Catch All for January (Some closed prompts)

[unyieldingmarch]

Who: Edelgard von Hresvelg and You!
When: Pre-Snatched Plot, some Post potentially
Where: Dorchacht and Aefenglom
What: A Catchall
Warnings: Possibly discussions of torture, war, and 3 Houses Spoiler Warnings.



Tarnished Reality

[Unsure of what to expect when she stepped through the teleporter, Edelgard had gone fully prepared for the worst, insisting on wearing her scarlet battle armor, with her axe strapped in a leather thong across her back. When she found the city nothing like what she had been told, she'd initially been puzzled, but as it became more apparent that she was not going to be troubled she found herself relaxing fractionally.

Her changes were making it more difficult to function during the day, so she'd come at dusk, well rested and ready to explore the city. Moving among the people, her outlander dress marking her as a Mirrorbound as surely as the unusual battleaxe she carried, the Emperor was quiet through most of her wanderings. The sounds of a scuffle up ahead of her current path drew her up short, though and she stopped and looked around a corner.]

It seems all is not well. [Mumbled, but audible enough for any nearby to hear.] Do you think we should aid the guard?


Bond Lessons

[It's strange seeing other Mirrorbound being pulled up onto the stage, but so far she has avoided being ensnared herself. Watching the goings on is interesting enough, though, but she's still a little uncomfortable with it. So, she slides through the fringes of the crowd towards another unmolested Mirrorbound.]

Eager, are they not?


Home

[Edelgard has made it a point to attempt to win over support from the aristocracy early on, including personally investigating the Mist that had settled in there. The few supporters she'd managed to charm haven't quite turned on her, but when she makes her way out of the district she can feel something building. Tensions are rising, a thing she is extremely familiar with, and that's going to potentially be a problem.

It's not until she leaves the district and makes her way towards the Haven, the cool and crisp night air making her more alert than she might otherwise be, that she senses something amiss.

Eyes narrowed, she pokes her head around the mouth of an alley to see two graffiti artists hard at work. With an exasparated sigh she turns to wave a passing Mirrorbound over.]

Look at this nonsense...


Wildcard

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Comments

[hallucinogem]

[easier said than done. but she's trying. she has help. she has more help than she ever thought she would.]

There's people fighting her back home. We're... enemies, I guess, me and them, but what's the line? The enemy of my enemy is my friend? [she laughs, but it's a dry sound. humorless.] I guess I'll take it.

[unyieldingmarch]

The enemy of your enemy is your friend. But...there is an addendum, and that is to never turn your back on the enemy of your enemy, as well.

[An important lesson for the Dubstep Crew.]

[hallucinogem]

Everybody in that group is too... heroic to do anything about it. They'd probably let me go if they thought I wasn't going to cause any more problems for them.

[she sighs like she's exasperated with herself. that's not how it works. she has low opinions of team RWBY, but she's not stupid.]

But maybe by the time I get back there, I won't want to cause any more problems for them. Who knows. Maybe that's part of the war I don't need to worry about right now.

[unyieldingmarch]

Is that so wrong? To be...heroic?

[This is a thing that she feels needs to be explored. Emerald may disagree, but it's clear that this is weighing heavily on her, if she's bringing it up like this.]

[hallucinogem]

[not... the question she'd been expecting. it takes her a second, and she looks at Edelgard silently as she weighs the answers. whether she wants to be honest or say something that's going to appease her. fight or fawn. the two her puca tendencies aren't giving her.]

Not if it means they're saving the world, I guess. [she doesn't know Edelgard nearly well enough to go beyond that.] It's just not for me.

[unyieldingmarch]

Nonsense.

[Edelgard waves that off, though not with an unkind look.]

Emerald, what you just did was heroic. And you did that very well.

[hallucinogem]

I... guess? [there's less of a fight in it than she thought there would be, confused though she might sound by the whole thing.] It's just that the refugees here have been through enough. It's common sense to stop people from making it worse for them. Anybody else would've done the same thing.

[unyieldingmarch]

Would they, really?

[Edelgard strongly disagrees...]

...that has not been my experience, Emerald. That was a heroic act and you should take pride in it.