(Video; UN: sing of the rage)

[glorioussong]

(Three days have passed since his arrival. Three days spent in confinement while he recovers from...something. He recalls white powder on his fingertips - Patroclus would know the name of it - but that's all. Now he is in his benefactor's wing. Vannozza Spina.

As ever, he is blunt.)

I do not care for this welcome. (It feels like a ploy to pull the wool over his eyes. Achilles has never fallen for ploys and he won't start now.) This is where I introduce myself. I am Achilles Peleides and if you are at war, show me where the men are fighting.

(He will drink wine and party after.)

Comments

un : deft hand of little deaths (voice)

[scrapgege]

Well... it's not really our city, and it's not quite war? Not yet the kind of war where people actually fight with swords, at least.

un: absterge

[downswing]

At ease. Today, we face no bloodshed.

un: lady mockingbird (text)

[notsansa]

I fear you may have readied yourself for the wrong sort of fighting. Forgive my saying, but shed blood now and you may only hasten our downfall.

un : ???

[funnylittleclown]

A bit quick to rush into battle aren't we? Who would you be fighting?

un: vast & furious | video.

[valeas]

( emilia is a study in quiet but sharpened focus. she knows better than to trust first impressions, and still, she'll always attempt to glean what truths she can by way of observation. his is not an unfamiliar name, but she is skeptical by nature and will not make too swift an assumption. )

I imagine you've been counseled on our present circumstances.

( and has been told to stand back. may he listen.

her own temper means she knows such a thing can be difficult, but no less necessary. )

un: wei laozu

[weifinder]

Ah, Achilles Peleides? Then you're new among our numbers, and I'd say welcome, but this isn't a series of realms necessarily warm for the welcoming.

What are there is spans decades and has not been our call, but if action is what you prefer, it will find you. Be peaceful in holding at ready until then, ah? We don't lack for battles requiring strong arms and stronger hearts.