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Post by Illyria on Feb 10, 2014 23:16:05 GMT -5
| After driving for a few minutes in silence Esmeralda spoke again. "Heard any interesting news lately?" She said glancing in the mirror at the newcomer. "It's been a while since I've heard anything juicy. The stories I've heard in the past have been strange and interesting. But I haven't heard anything of late. At least nothing interesting." She said wondering if the woman might have heard anything of interest they could use on their quest to save Rose's sisters. |
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 10, 2014 23:22:50 GMT -5
| Rose said little, she sat in the front seat listening, learning. It was what she did, it was what she had done growing up and what she started to revert back to as she was being forced to socialize with more people. She knew that this would be part of the experience but it would take some getting used to. All her childhood she'd been shunned and kept away from social situations so now that she was an adult and being expected to socialize, and in fact it was going to be increasingly necessary for her to socialize in order to claim what was rightfully hers, Rose felt awkward. She had nothing to say, not topic of conversation to present to the group, nothing. So she said nothing rather than make idle small talk that would amount to nothing anyway.
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Post by sithlordghranna on Feb 12, 2014 0:25:20 GMT -5
| Mulan Mulan nodded "Grumblings, and rumors it seems some wish to rise against the queens. It seems some think the queens have no right." Mulan pulled a paper from her pocket and handed it to the girl who wasn't driving. "Not sure if this is a ruse by the queens to draw people out or a bad idea by the next person to take a stance on the chopping block. If I were you I would keep my head down and stay well away from idealistic idiots...they never help...they only get people killed." She said haltingly thinking back about her attempt to help her family and how horrendously they had gone wrong and how she had nothing left. She didn't want anyone to feel the way she did.
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 12, 2014 12:27:50 GMT -5
| Mulan's words perked up Rose's ears as she sat in the front seat. How could she have become aware and made these decisions exactly when people were beginning to feel that her step-mother was not the proper ruler of their country? Many would call it destiny, or the hand of "God", but Rose didn't believe in any of that. There had to be a rational explanation for it. She turned and practically ripped the paper from Mulan's hands as she handed it forward. Her eyes scanned the page and had Rose been les emotionally stable she would have started crying. Everything was moving at the right time, it was clear... Rose was meant to do this.
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Rose's eyes shifted to Esmeralda as she held the paper out for her companion to see before handing it back to Mulan, "Somtimes all you need is proof... proof that the cause is just and people will realize the validity of supporting it." She realized how crazy that sounded, but it was what she believed and what she knew but she couldn't do it before she was ready, she couldn't do it before she found her sisters.
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Post by Illyria on Feb 12, 2014 18:11:55 GMT -5
| After scanning the paper in quick glances she smiled softly. "I do believe you picked the right time to make your move. Maybe you should tell our newcomer who you are. Seems she might be someone that can help us spread your cause." She said quietly thinking that maybe this was the right time to gather a few people in close to help them do what they had to do. |
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 12, 2014 18:41:21 GMT -5
| Rose sat and chewed on her lip for several moments. She knew nothing about this woman. What if she was someone who worked for her stepmother who was trying to weed out traitors? It didn't explain why she was walking on the road by herself, but anything was possible these days. She just couldn't be sure but she knew that if she was going to do this she was going to need to take risks. She wasn't worried about her own life, she was worried about giving herself away and thus making her sisters targets of her step-mother's assassins.
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Rose sighed as she took her head covering off revealing her fire red hair, "My name is Rose Red. I'm the eldest daughter to King Stephan and Queen Catherine before Grimhilde took over." Her eyes shifted back as she waited for the woman's response. She didn't even know if she'd believe her and Rose had no way to prove it other than the things she knew from her childhood, as horrible as it was.
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Post by sithlordghranna on Feb 13, 2014 19:21:37 GMT -5
| Mulan Mulan sighed heavily "Do not take this wrong, but I have no stake in this fight. I have no love for the queen but I can not say that I wished to see her dead. When you start down a path like the one you have chosen be prepared to find that the thing you have always wanted.....you do not truly want." Mulan dropped her hood and pulled down her scarf. "I was once loving daughter now my own father seeks my death, I tried to save him but I only served to shame him. Are you prepared to go alone?" She asked Rose her words held no malice only an honest question. Following the heart is not always safe and you may end up in a far worse place than you could have ever imagined.
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 13, 2014 19:32:52 GMT -5
| Rose sat quietly hearing Mulan's words. She had a point, everything she said was true, Rose had a choice. A hard choice. So far she'd just taken a ride down the street but the closer she got to collecting her sisters and the closer she got to actually making her move on the Queen, the harder things would get. She had to question her own dedication to this, but as she sat and thought about it she nodded, "Yes. I'd do this alone if I had to." It was true, the only way to rid herself of the traumatic memories of her childhood was to eleminate her childhood, all of it. She had to do this, she had to grow up and take what was hers.
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Post by sithlordghranna on Feb 13, 2014 19:39:58 GMT -5
| Mulan "Very well, I will help you I have no care for this life, so my death will be no matter. Before....this I was once a soldier a good one.."Mulan looked out the window before she continued. "I answered a draft for a male family member to save their life, when they found out what I was they tortured me and left me for dead and my family is shamed for sending a woman when they needed men. I can never return home to the one I risked everything to save. Just be sure your future is not my current life Rose..." Mulan let her voice trail off as she continued to look out the window. She was hurt but filled with rage had she been born a boy she would of been praised as a brave warrior, a hero and a good and faithful child who would not see his father harmed instead she was outcast. Why did she have to be born a girl?
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 13, 2014 23:24:35 GMT -5
| Rose listened carefully to their new ally and nodded slowly, "You have my word that I will do everything I can to make this happen, or I will die trying. I've spend my years alone, bitter and living in the past. I won't do that again. Either Grimhilde dies or I do, but either way people will know that we stood for what's right." She looked at Esmeralda. She couldn't believe this was happening, she couldn't believe that there was actually a chance this might work. If someone has asked rose the day before if she would be fighting for a Kingdom that she didn't even feel a part of, she would have laughed, but today was different. One chance meeting with a Gypsy had made all the difference.
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"You said you were a soldier, do you know others? Others that might be able to help us?" Rose remembered that there had been a rebellion right after Grimhilde had taken over, which was what caused Grimhilde to send her sisters away, but Rose was too angry then to do anything about it, now... several years later, she'd mellowed some. She was far more rash and much more wise. It was time for her to embrace her destiny.
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Post by sithlordghranna on Feb 14, 2014 18:48:28 GMT -5
| Mulan Mulan's face went blank and stony "They may help you but, you will have to ask them and say nothing of me. The men I served with would not join if they new I was with you...there is too long a story to explain. They have no desire to obey the queen but if they will follow any woman willing I can not say. My people do not ...do not think much of females beyond a few moments of fun and breeders." Mulan was honest for once something she rarely did when speaking of her people or her past. She had however said enough and folded her arms over her chest and let herself sink back in her seat.
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Post by Illyria on Feb 15, 2014 19:53:45 GMT -5
| Esmeralda listened to her passengers talk of war. She drove in silence as they spoke. Only two days ago she had been wandering, looking only for a place to rest as she journeyed on to see the rest of the world. Now today she sat with a soldier and a woman she had unintentionally pushed towards such a fight. "When we find your first sister, you may be able to get more information. It may help you convince more people to join you fight back against Grimhilde." She said after a few moments of silence. She began to wonder how she had found her way into such a situation, but she had always believed in doing what was right. And as far as she was concerned this was right. "I have some spare tools in my supplies. It may prove to be useful to take out the last bench and put down mats for us to sleep on. It may help us along the road." She spoke again. |
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Post by ghoffman on Feb 17, 2014 14:55:16 GMT -5
| Rose nodded as Esmeralda spoke, "The first one will be the easiest, after that it'll be an uphill battle." Rose knew that they weren't going to be able hide forever, and as she gathered forces, and as she planned her eventual rebellion, Rose knew that Grimhilde would be doing the same with the sole purpose of crushing her. Rose could only hope that Grimhilde had other things to focus on her mind and that Rose would be able to get in a good place before Grimhilde could notice her. Honestly Rose didn't think that it would be that easy. Maybe Snow White would be easy to get... the rest of them would be a constant fight and she had no idea how to fight. Maybe this new friend could help with that.
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Post by sithlordghranna on Feb 21, 2014 18:39:30 GMT -5
| Mulan Saying nothing and only listening to the two women who had offered her a lift she remained stone faced. Gather her sisters and fight the queen would be a hard road, the people may not love the queen but that did not mean they would accept another woman. they rebels wanted a king a 'man' to lead them. Just another job women weren't 'cut out for' just like she wasn't meant to fight.....blood meant more than ability or your efforts. How could this ever change?
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Post by Illyria on Feb 25, 2014 22:28:49 GMT -5
| Esmeralda thought for a few minutes before speaking again. "Along our trip it may be a good idea to show people that you are not like her. Make them see that you care about the people and the future. They may need more proof that just words." She said knowing that everyone would be so trusting. She knew that the general public would require more than words and stories. |
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