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[ladysarmor]

My dear Lady Mun--

Though I've no doubt your intentions are kind, are you certain this is the way to keep me safe? Another universe... it hardly seems real.

I will do as you command, of course. I only pray that your decision is wise.

Signed,

Lady Sansa

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[littleorphanarry]

It will be safe here. You'll probably like it.

[featherdream]

There is, for the most part, not much danger. Unless your mun likes endangering their charges, of course. Then I could not say.

[ladysarmor]

It isn't Winterfell. [But Winterfell's gone, along with the rest of their family. Only the two of them remain.] But you've been there? Safe?

[ladysarmor]

She does at times, Ser, but she knows I am no knight. She would not make me try and fight. [Sansa hopes.]

[featherdream]

[He smiles a little.]

That is good to hear. There is plenty to do that does not involve violence.

[ladysarmor]

I would be pleased to help, if I am able.

[featherdream]

I am sure that no one here would turn such a thoughtful offer away.

[littleorphanarry]

For many months now. Robb was here, too.

[ladysarmor]

[Robb. Yet another of her dead brothers.] But no longer. [She glances down. If she were alone, she might cry, but she's gotten so good at not crying in front of people. Even though this is her sister and not her husband. Maybe especially because it's her sister.]

I prayed for him.

[Even now, away from the Lannisters, she can't say aloud exactly what she prayed for, that he'd come to King's Landing and kill Joffrey and her lord husband all the Lannisters and bring Sansa safely away, safely home, wherever that could be now. She knows she's gone from King's Landings and all its birds and spiders, but she's grown so used to always being watched, she can't risk speaking treason, even now. Even admitting she prayed for Robb and not Joffrey took some effort.]

[bloodredridinghood]

Who cares about being safe? Another universe away from your own sounds fun!

[littleorphanarry]

[Arya frowns, looking away from Sansa. She doesn't know what happened to Robb after he left the Observatory - if he's alive or if he's been killed or worse. But she refuses to believe he's not still out there, waiting and finding a way to take King's Landing.]

He'll kill Joffrey. He promised.

[He promised Arya many things. But he still left all the same.]

[ladysarmor]

I only hope that the strangeness of this new world will not confuse me too much.

[ladysarmor]

[Sansa cares about being safe. More than she cares about fun right now.] I doubt it's less safe than the my own world.

[ladysarmor]

Oh, Arya! [Her voice breaks a little and she pulls Arya into a hug because he won't kill Joffrey. Robb's dead and Joffrey too and Arya knows nothing about it. Sansa may not tell her everything. Arya doesn't need to know. But she can give her sister one thing, at least.] Joffrey's dead.

[littleorphanarry]

[Arya stiffens at the hug. She's not used to too much physical displays of affection like this and especially not from Sansa. When she mentions that Joffrey's dead, she wriggles to get free.]

What do you mean?

[featherdream]

It confuses most, but I am sure you can adjust, as well. Your sister, I believe, has adjusted very well indeed.

[willas_tyrell]

It may seem beyond comprehension, but it's real. I'm sure it's safe, I don't think your mun would send you there if it weren't, and your sister is there. It would do you some good to be with family, would it not?

[It could not be much worse than her current situation.]

[ladysarmor]

[Sansa doesn't press the hug, though she wants to. It's just been so long.]

At the wedding. He-- he choked. [On his pie, or so she'd thought until she saw the little missing amethyst in her hair net. The hair net she still has in her cloak pocket. But who could have managed it? She would never have expected it of Ser Dontos. As kind as he'd been to her, as cruel as Joffrey had been. Sansa shakes her head.] It all happened so fast. I had to get away...

[ladysarmor]

So I see. I'm glad she is well.

[littleorphanarry]

You escaped from King's Landing?

[The shock is a mixture of the timing and well, this is Sansa. Sansa isn't like Arya. She's more the type to hide in plain sight and not take action like that.]

[ladysarmor]

[There is very little that would be worse than her current situation, save if it were her marrying Joffrey even still.]

Yes, ser. I am glad to know she's safe.

[ladysarmor]

I was to escape that very night. [She isn't sure if she succeeded or not. She didn't manage to leave with Ser Dontos, but she ended up in another universe. That's... one way of escaping. Speaking of...] Have you been here this entire time? No one knows where you are! Not even Lord Varys! [So she assumes, at least. No one quite trusts the Spider, but he'd have certainly told the Queen if he knew. That was his job.]

[willas_tyrell]

[He puts on a smile and nods. He's heard about all she has had to go through, all the loss ... he cannot imagine how deeply it must hurt.]

Yes ... yes, I'm sure it is. For what it is worth, I've heard that your half-brother still lives up on the wall.

[He'd want to give his condolances, but he has a feeling the last thing she wants is to be reminded of her parents and siblings that are no longer with her.]

[bloodredridinghood]

Well if it's safter than your own world, then I say take advantage of it!

[ladysarmor]

[Yes, her bastard brother lives. It's more of a comfort than it would have been while her other brothers were alive, but the sentiment is kindly meant, if not especially reassuring.]

Yes, my Lord. He is a man of the Night Watch, and not a part of this war.

[ladysarmor]

[That had been Sansa's plan, more or less, especially as coming here meant she missed out on the escape Ser Dontos had planned. But she won't say any of that. Instead, she nods her head politely.]

It's good advice, my Lady.

[willas_tyrell]

[This war ... he'd give up his claim to the Highgarden if he could undo all of this. Her family, Renly, and so many others had all died in this miserable pissing contest. And yet, despite the war being over, the fighting rages on.]

Yes ... he's had his own war up there. Although for once, it seems that the people who deserve it have come out on top. If only the rest of the world worked that way.

[He chuckles and shakes his head.]

I can't help but wonder what would of happened if we'd been married. King's Landing would have fallen, that's almost certain. And without Joffrey, our support would have gone to the North- where it should have gone ... maybe the Red Wedding would never have happened. Maybe the Lannisters would pay for causing all this with their greed and ambition ...

Maybe, I should stop brooding.

[He says, a little annoyed with himself, now that he thinks all of this out.]

It doesn't do any good to sit here moping.

[bloodredridinghood]

Yeah, it really is! Carpe Ominous and all that.

[littleorphanarry]

I went with Yoren out of King's Landing the day Father... [Her voice falters a little, but she forces herself to say it.] ...was killed. Everyone thought I was a boy.

When I came back to Westeros to find Robb, I went with Lord Raven. He can turn into a great bird the size of a dragon. [He can actually turn into a dragon, but he's only done that once. So, that doesn't merit mention.] I was able to ride on his back to Riverrun and fly higher than anyone could see

[ladysarmor]

[The day when father died. One she remembers all too well.] I can see why. What have you done to your hair? Have you completely neglected caring for it? [She gives Arya a despairing look. She's missed her sister, of course, despite Arya's complete lack of interest in matters of appearance, but Arya could at least try and brush it every now and again.]

Lord Raven. Is he... a warg?

[ladysarmor]

I'm sorry, I don't know that tongue.

[littleorphanarry]

[Arya rolls her eyes at the talk of her hair and decides to ignore it rather than fight with her. Right now, she'd rather not fight with her sister ever again. This will last approximately a week.]

No, he's an archaeopteryx.

[Duh, Sansa.]

[ladysarmor]

[The words are kind, of course, and there have been many a night she wished it was Willas Tyrell in bed with her instead of her dwarf husband, but... These Tyrells are only Lannisters with flowers. Was it her claim Willas was after or was he truly concerned for her safety? Once, she'd trusted Joffrey and thought he'd be a loving husband if only she could please him.

She doesn't know much of Willas, save what his grandmother and sister had said. He certainly seems kinder than the Lannisters. And he's far handsomer than Tyrion, though that's not saying much.]

I've thought of it too, my lord. I'm certain you'd have been a wonderful husband.

[willas_tyrell]

I'd like to think so. [He says with a shrug]

I'd think you more suited to the Highgarden as well. King's Landing always felt so ... bloodthirsty to me. It always felt like there was a blade at your back, even when among friends, waiting for you to cease your use.

[There is always danger where people play the Game of Thrones. People are used as pawns, and discarded just as readily.]

I hold no illusions that some of my family may be of that same morally-bankrupt political leaning, but I've not seen them go to the dark depths the Lannisters have. I've hope that some day they'll realize there are more important things than a throne. Small things. A good book, a warm hearth, a horse to ride ... maybe I'm just overly sentimental, but I like to think I have some merit.

[ladysarmor]

[....what is that a sneeze?]

A what?

[littleorphanarry]

Archaeopteryx.

It's a type of bird.