aprescoup: (haltham)
destination: still east ([personal profile] aprescoup) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2022-03-29 07:41 pm
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( Friends, family, travellers: you might remember this friendly speaker, eyes bright and wild while blood's drenched the better half of his grinning face. )

Hello? This is Haaaaaaltham. How do you do? Me... I'm — ( The pendant briefly slips from his hands, showing glimpses of Haltham and a rolling, feral dead creature he subdues with a final snap of its neck. Patiently, after recovering the pendant: ) Fine. You, um... you're fine, yeah? Also? You're good people. Good people.

So I told m'friend, I told her... said, me, these are good people, and they will help you. ( Another pause, as a rabid goat jumps over Haltham's head to crush a dead man. Behind him, rows of burning homes distinctly different from the snowed-under peaks of Haltham's native Sa-Hareth. ) Goat says hi. Good goat.

Now... now, my friend, yeah? She's... last we met, she wasn't that, she was... riding hard. In the fancy magic city. And them others coming after, her old friends. One of them. Only... now she's not feeling friendly with the Brothers no more. Now, she's wanting to be friends with us. All of us. Cause she's... in a bit o'trouble with that one. The mean one. The one that brays like animals... and... that's no nice way to treat a lady. Me, I always thought... you got a lady friend, you treat'er well.

She's got to stay in Krrrr-Croak-Weeeey-who? Couple o'days. Call it... three? Four weeks? But she doesn't want no finding, when the animal comes. And she's a little... slimmer in her strengths. Til the old man mountain breathes fire again. So, you know. If you can be nice to her, our huntress. She'll make it worth everyone's while. Yours... mine... ( Another undead creature assaults his back, only to solidify in pure ice within half a heartbeat. Haltham points behind himself: ) His.

What do you say? ( All at once, warmth wanes from Haltham's voice, hollowing it: ) ThIn K. Th ErE aRe BenEfitS o F Gi vInG HER tHre E weEks o F shElt Er. WhaT Do YoU saY?



( ooc: — cast an IC vote until 23:59 GMT on 2 April if the party should hide and protect the Huntress for a few weeks in Ke-Waihu, during the Beastmaster's upcoming visit

— new characters can assume party NPCs Asgeirr or Hatisse have shared told them about the Huntress, Haltham/Anurr and Beastmaster

— feel free to spam/threadjack/discuss IC opinions in this post — Haltham will respond sporadically; no input from the Huntress at this time! )

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aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-29 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all right... it's... it's all right.

( Friendly, fond, fatherly. ) You're a good person.
soulsrob: (Here's what my sweetheart said:)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-29 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles warmly] Thank you for saying so, dear, I do try.

I'm afraid I might not hold much sway over the group's decision, however. Even if they won't take her in, is there anything one could do to help?
aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-29 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd help her? Even on your own and lonesome? You would?
soulsrob: (The two old birds had grown afraid)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-29 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course!

[Why not, after all??]

I'm sure there's a few that might be sympathetic to her that would like to help if we could anyhow. [And since Winnie lacks a soul, she figures she's safer than most people with these sorts of things.]

But I'd rather that Beastmaster fellow not get his hands on her either.
aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-29 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He's... mean, he is. No way to treat a woman.
soulsrob: (que sera sera.)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-29 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head sympathetically] Absolutely not. But you and the lady Huntress seem to get along well! I'm sure she appreciates the efforts.
aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-29 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll make do. She got no one else... and better know the enemy, isn't that the truth?
soulsrob: (when I thought it should be strong)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-29 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
That is true. Why would the Beastmaster be after her to begin with? What has she ever done to him?

[LEANS IN. Give her that good gossip]
aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-29 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Remember Taravast, yeah? You ever wonder... why he chased... and they never met? Two o'them, same side, never joined forces?
soulsrob: (Wherein three speckled eggs were laid)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-31 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I never thought of it.

[Whoops!! She smiles sheepishly, apologetically]
aprescoup: (haltham)

[personal profile] aprescoup 2022-03-31 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Right... right you are. Was a reason, is what I'm saying.
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[personal profile] unpurposed 2022-03-30 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello. I understand you are Miss Winifred?

I would like to offer my assistance in this matter.
soulsrob: (Waiting to see the perfect flower)

[personal profile] soulsrob 2022-03-31 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[she pauses, amused and a bit surprised, before she smiles]

That would be me! Pleased to meet you. It's nice to see someone else would be interested, but may I ask why?
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[personal profile] unpurposed 2022-04-04 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
It was programmed into my very nature to help as help is required.

As I do not currently have a primary administrator, I take this duty to mean help when I am able to offer it. Shelter is a small matter, in this case.



Also, I do not fully understand the aversion to helping in the first place.
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