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[elisif]

You can't be serious!

There is a war going on in my homeland, and you plan to take me away for "fun" — I can't allowed you to do that. I am a Jarl, and there are people who need me. If you want to go on an adventure, your best choice is to ask an adventurer that's willing to tag along.

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[hearkens]

[Elisif! Yolenta's pleased to see you. c: She offers a sympathetic smile.]

I do not believe they will be so eager to listen, my jarl.

[elisif]

[ time to push her canon point forward — ]

Hello, Dragonborn. [ a nod of acknowledgement. ] She insists that I "enter a game" when I have no interest at all. Is this what you're to deal with whenever you leave Solitude?

[hearkens]

I am fortunate, perhaps. She chooses to keep me in the lands of Skyrim, rather than sending me off to a world I do not recognize. [She pauses, tilting her head.] I have spoken to others, however, and they tell me that it matters not in what they want. She will choose for them, regardless.

[elisif]

I am fortunate to hear you are well, but the others... [ a shake of her head. how sad. ] I wish I could help them. They don't deserve being taken from their homes.

[hearkens]

Most do well with what they are given, surprisingly. Two of them even enjoy the change.

[She's not too sure what to think of them. But then again, they are a little weird, even moreso than Skyrim's terms.]

She has done terrible things, but she also has done good things as well. I'd like to think she has some kind of redeeming quality.

[elisif]

This is a surprise, and a first. [ a smile appears on her face. ] All I've heard and been told are angry cries. [ like herself, for instance. ]

[preyed]

I believe we have little choice in the matter, Jarl Elisif. Despite what we may wish to do, and what we are obligated to do, some people believe they can force us to do otherwise.

[At least you're not stuck with Ulfric.]

[elisif]

[ if she was she'd tear him apart.

and most likely fail. ]

... How do you fair, Dragonborn? [ she sounds concerned. ]

[preyed]

I am faring, my lady. [And there's a bit of a wry smile to go with it.]

Trapped on a ship with no feasible escape, my ears bombarded with Stormcloak propaganda, and looking after our deceased emperor... A curse and a bit of entertainment both, actually.

And how is the court? And yourself?

[elisif]

[ she makes a face for the shortest moment when she hears of the word "stormcloak" — elisif is still angry, but she knows how to keep it down. and now, with the rest of the news... ]

After preventing the Wolf Queen's return, Solitude is as peaceful as ever. [ as much as it can be, that is. she smiles at vera. ] It could do more, however. [ after the war. ]

But... did you say our deceased emperor? [ please explain, the tone of her voice suggests. the necromancy in skyrim can bring back people from the dead, but they never were the same people at heart. ]

[preyed]

One disaster at a time. [But at least all of them have been preventable. So far, anyway.] At least things are safe for you and yours for the time being.

[After a moment, she nods.]

Martin Septim, my lady. The people who control the ship - and our arrival there - seem to be rather adept at magic, both in relation to time and the dead. He has been gone these two hundred years and yet he is whole, flesh, and unharmed. And very alive, as well. [Don't ask her how. In many ways, she doesn't want to know.]

[elisif]

Martin Septim...

[ do you know what this means — people coming back from the dead, flesh and bone and personality and heart. martin septim died during the oblivion incident, and that was two hundred years ago. maybe, just maybe...

initially, elisif looks hopeful before she shakes her head. her wish is too far from a star. ]

It's hard to believe, Dragonborn. [ but she believes. ] I wish the both of you well in that world. It's disturbing, to have that much power. One wonders if it's a Daedra's doing.

[preyed]

[But she knows what it means. At her core, she knows, because she also knows the vast implications such power can denote. If one man can be brought back from the dead, so can others, so can more dangerous things.]

I wonder as well. It's unnatural. Many claim there are necromancers but I have not seen them personally.

[Not that it would help.]

I am told, too, that Alduin may make an arrival there at some point. And another dragon I'm acquainted with. [UNCOOL.] Which would not be the work of a mere necromancer.