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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] aenseidhe 2018-06-18 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
They are an infantry's weapons. Durable and functional, but nothing truly special.

[ the rest he isn't volunteering for because, A, he doesn't care and B, he's not the best source for it and C, he super doesn't care. It's the talk of weapons themselves, and what sounds familiar about it, that pings him. ]

I've not seen either shamsher or talwar blades here. [ and he repeats them in the manner they're supposed to be said, because Aen Seidhe weapons are shaped fairly similar, and he's used to weapons from Ofir being a good replacement. which begs the question - ] Are you Ofieri?
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[personal profile] aenseidhe 2018-06-18 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Not that I've witnessed in battle, no. Though I use my own blades.

[ it would be second hand if he were to notice it, but they hold up well enough. the Inquisition isn't so poor they can't equip their troops safely. and it's ok, lakshmi, he's shaking his head at the air a little too. ]

Nay, I'm Aen Seidhe. Those here call my people Elves. [ which she's likely seen by now. the disdain is difficult to miss in thedas. for a long moment, iorveth things one the words - hindi, marathi - trying to search his memory for them. if they're familiar as well. in the end, they don't ring any bells. ]

Those words I don't recognize so well, though Ofir is a far off kingdom in my home world, and I've only met a handful of travelers from there. [ but as to why he'd mentioned it, and new the sword names - ] The Ofieri sabers are remarkably crafted. Very similar in style to what my people favor.
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[personal profile] aenseidhe 2018-06-19 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see. Not something suited for common battle.

[ either from station or for sentimental value. while they may be well forged, it isn't something you want to dull on slashing up monsters and banging against plate armor. he knows the kind. ]

The definition of 'beasts' can very greatly. [ especially with humans, he's found. many would consider him one, in his world. the alienage elves in thedas are hardly better than livestock to some humans. ]

If you wish it, I wouldn't mind. Should you find them favorable, there may be a blacksmith that could make a diagram off my blades to craft some for you.
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[personal profile] aenseidhe 2018-06-21 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Not most days, no. Least of all the devouring part. [ Ew. do you know how many diseases people in the 1200s probably carried? more than he's willing to play black plague roulette with. also, cannibalism is nasty, even is humans aren't the same race, technically.

either way, he can absolutely understand bitterness that lasts over centuries, so the anger and venom hardly puts him off from the agreement to meet. ]


Of course. There's several decent smiths in the city, I can guide you to them. [ she says 'lend' but yeaaaah these aren't leaving his sight. But, he'll gladly escort them somewhere. ]
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[personal profile] aenseidhe 2018-07-19 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
At the training grounds, tomorrow around noon.

[ iorveth realizes not everyone wakes up at the ass crack of dawn, like he does, but noon should be decent, right? people are out of bed by then? at least, the shops are open by then. ]