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Post by Marie on Jun 26, 2011 12:41:21 GMT -5
"Kings Landing, of course. We'll demand Mother's freedom. What good are we if we cannot protect our own? I've made a fool of myself many times, I know, but I listened when Mother told me that family protects its members. I am not like to forget it. "
And besides, he hoped Viviane would forgive his wildness and grant him a high post if he helped to win her freedom.
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Post by The Smith on Jun 26, 2011 19:09:26 GMT -5
Merlyn slapped his son across his mouth, "And how do you plan on getting our men to King's Landing?"
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Post by Marie on Jun 27, 2011 5:15:53 GMT -5
Isolde gasped as Merlyn slapped her husband. Mark rubbed his face. Merlyn's fingers had left a red mark across the side of his cheek.
"I don't know. I've never commanded troops. But Mother is your wife. Triston and Arthur are arrested too. Triston is your son, ser. Could you leave him to die?"
Not that Mark was especially close to Triston and especially not his cousin Arthur, who had stolen the place he meant for himself, but they were blood kin, both of them, and innocent.
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Post by The Smith on Jun 27, 2011 17:40:38 GMT -5
Merlyn spat, "It does not take a military mind to see the distance between here and King's landing on a map."
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Post by Marie on Jun 27, 2011 17:46:09 GMT -5
"What of it? Armies are made for marchig. I thought you loved Mother?" Mark said with a hint of contempt.
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Post by The Smith on Jun 27, 2011 18:08:04 GMT -5
"March alone into the Stormlands, and start a war that will guarantee they execute your mother before I am within sight of the capital." Merlyn replied.
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Post by Marie on Jun 27, 2011 18:18:45 GMT -5
"Then what would you do, Father? We must od something, that's plain."
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Post by The Smith on Jun 27, 2011 18:39:26 GMT -5
Merlyn replied with scorn, "There is nothing to do. When you play the game of thrones you live, and die by that game."
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Post by Marie on Jun 27, 2011 18:47:31 GMT -5
"So...play the game. Mother is innocent.. We can pay a ransom, surely, if that will appease them. I know we can't threaten the Vale and hope to see Mother live, I am not as stupid as that, but there must be something."
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Post by The Smith on Jun 27, 2011 22:12:23 GMT -5
"They have not offered a ransom. There is no gold I would not pay for your mother." Merlyn replied, "I sent word offering to pay what ever cost they have."
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Post by Marie on Jun 28, 2011 5:18:21 GMT -5
Mark let out a long breath.
"And then what? What must we do next? Has the princess sent word of support?"
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Post by The Smith on Jun 29, 2011 18:13:43 GMT -5
Merlyn let out a long breath of his own, "She has not... besides calling up troops she has disappeared from court. Locked away in her rooms."
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Post by Marie on Jun 29, 2011 18:47:08 GMT -5
"Then who commands those forces?" Mark asked. "We should speak to whoever that is, at least. Or...who rules at Sunspear itself if the princess is shut away?"
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Post by The Smith on Jun 29, 2011 19:33:58 GMT -5
Merlyn replied, "It is claimed she still does, but at this point I doubt her even being alive."
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Post by Marie on Jun 29, 2011 19:47:10 GMT -5
"Why is that? Do you think an assassin has crept into the castle and murdered her?"
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Hope you all are well and happy.