A Diplomat's Folly [IC Thread]

[ZeroNumerous]

Thrush

(Thrush)"It-live. It-cold-but-no-leave. It-egg. Walky-thingy-weird-to-bird-talk."

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Yes, I live here. It's winter, but I can't leave. I have an egg. It's weird to see a humanoid talking to me.

[Fax Celestis]

"True 'nough. 'Tis a sad time indeed when one's birth and one's blood matter more than one's morals." He sighs. "D'ye think Shepard will be a'right?"

[The_Snark]

Ariana

(Thrush) "Yes-odd. Thrush-you-seen-other-walker-thing-past-days?" She keeps her distance, hands splayed slightly out at her sides to show that they are empty.

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Yes, it is. Have you seen other humanoids recently?

[ZeroNumerous]

Thrush

(Thrush)"See-walky-thingy-sunset-ago. It-no-bird-talk."

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I saw a humanoid yesterday. It didn't talk in bird.

Fleetrunner

"He's obviously capable of taking care of himself. Other than that, I do not have an opinion of Shepard. He seems to be the type to keep everything.. What's the phrase.. "working like a ship"?"

[Fax Celestis]

Praxiteles cracks a smile. "Ye realize you're askin' a dwarf about the ocean."

[The_Snark]

Ariana

Her eyes don't reveal it, but that was what she had been looking for. Had the changelings come this way to the fort? Or had a spy left the fortress early? Or it was simply someone else. No way to tell from a description, even if birds weren't bad at describing faces. (Thrush) "Which-way-did-it-walk? Was-it-taller-shorter?"

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Where did you see it last going? Was it taller or shorter than I am?

[Aeylis]

Aeylis nods gratefully at Poet, continuing in much more comfortable Meer,

"They have been troubling me all day. I cannot help but wonder if they are an ally of the Rothuns, to assay our mistrust as the Fleetrunnner and Praxitales have hit upon, or outsiders seeking to prolong this conflict for some purpose."

She sighs softly,

"Such is beyond my ability to ken though, but it is disturbing not to know, nonetheless."