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lakshmi· ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴅɪsᴀsᴛᴇʀ · bai ([personal profile] shri) wrote in [community profile] therookery2018-06-18 12:34 am

01.

FORM: Sending crystal.
SENDER: Lakshmi Bai
RECIPIENT: Anyone and everyone.
WHAT: Polite requests.
WHEN: After the recent group of rifters arrives back.
WHERE: The Gallows.
NOTES: Tired Queen is tired.


[ There's a little laugh of wonder and then - ] To think I spent all my time hungering after Tesla's machines... [ Clears her throat with the end of that wistful sigh, no time for what-ifs, and she adopts a far more even a tone. Dry, clipped and careful to not muddle her words. Not Tesla's machines, no, but she has heard plenty of poor announcements across radios, to want to make sure that she doesn't do the same. ]

Greetings. I am... Rani Lakshmibai, the, ah.. widower of the King, Maharaja, of Jhansi. [ There's a hesitation, unsure. But like the titles she just gave, she brushes over it quickly. ] I have a request for an individual, who would spend a few hours telling me of this place and its manners, so I might be a better guest of this... Inquisition. I have no more than what I am to receive you, but I can provide honest company in return for yours.

[ pause, and then a moment later. ] And where may I exchange jewels and gold for coin, find a decent cloth merchant and tailor, and whether the weapons the armies here supply are worth the metal they're made from. I prefer a shamsher or talwar, by preference, but any long, heavy blade suffices if its decent enough quality.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-06-18 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm still figuring all of this out, too. If I meet anyone helpful, I'll let y'know.

[ A very long pause follows. ]

Wait, kings are important, right?
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-06-18 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Fancy!

[ Myira sounds curious, mostly. ]

Yeah I mean, I could rattle off m' grandmother's names back to the beginning but that don't mean much here neither.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-06-21 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Grandmums are pretty important.

[ Myira giggles into the sending crystal. ]

I'm doin' alright. Still getting used to sleepin' under roofs instead of th' open skies.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-06-22 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Umm, yeah. Thankfully. It makes gettin' in and out easier. I still get feelin' kinda trapped sometimes, though.

And sleeping laying down is strange.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-06-25 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the strange part! Normally I can do what I like but... I keep havin' to change back into my human skin. It gets hard to keep my feathers on.

Don't like it.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-01 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That's my guess. Magic here ain't really the same as it is back home. Kinda frustrating, but having human skin ain't the worse thing in the world. I just miss my wings sometimes.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-02 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'd appreciate it. I'm not used to humans so much.

[ A pause as Lakshmi clears her throat. ]

Sure! Whatcha got?
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-05 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never tried to kill no one in my life. I mean, I've eaten carrion but I never killed nobody myself...

[ Myira sounds almost indignant! The next question seems to bring her around, though. ]

Oh! I'm jus' a raven. Nothin' fancy.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Welllll if y'wanna get all specific about it, I'm also a witch.

[ Myira's voice is a lazy drawl. ]

But what raven worth her feathers don't know at least some of the magic? My grandmother taught me to change my skin, said it might be useful someday. An' to talk to the Clouds an' the Winds to call up storms or quiet them, to seek glimpses of the future in still water, an' other sorts of things.

Never expected t'get stuck wearing this skin, though. Also I never heard of wolves turning into men or th' other way around.
Edited (the 'though' at the end of the last sentence was bugging me) 2018-07-05 19:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-06 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
A half-breed? A half-breed of what?

[ Myira is chipper and curious and just... never seems phased by what other people say. ]

If you teach me more about bein' human, I'll teach you about what it means to be a raven. How 'bout that? Grandmothers'd pluck me bare if they were here an' I gave away secrets but they aren't here so I figure I can do as I like.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-06 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh. That don't sound good, no...

[ Myira actually sounds sympathetic when Lakshmi explains what exactly she's talking about. ]

Sounds like some bad magic, it does.

Oh! Yeah! I'm in one o' the rooms in the Templar tower, I think? Lemme see... Yeah, first door on th' left on the fifth floor.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-08 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
A'right!

[ The door opens to a rather empty room. It's meant to be shared by a couple people and Myira is so far, the only occupant. She's slender and dark-haired and in appearance she might even come from Lakshmi's own country judging by the shade of her skin. She is dressed in a long cloak that is wrapped about her shoulders made of dark, jet black feathers. She grins toothily at Lakshmi. ]

H'lo! Good t'see you again.

[ A pause. ]

You're not as tall as I remember.
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[personal profile] notacrow 2018-07-09 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Myira laughs along with Lakshmi, unable to contain her own mirth. ] Well, that's true enough.

[ Myira blinks, getting a little flushed in embarrassment as Lakshmi starts to fuss over her. If she had any actual feathers, she'd probably ruffle them. It's embarrassing, but it's a little pleasing to know someone is worried about her all the same. Beneath the cloak, she's wearing little else--this whole clothing and human thing is still new to her, after all. ]

Are you doin' alright since we got here? Things been busy...

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