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Weekend Entertainment #1 - September Test Drive Meme

It's way too hot to be September right now where I am, but we're verging on October right now, and that means it's an

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He rubs at his ears, "Well, I'm not a man, I'm a Daione Sidhe. My name's Quentin."

Diaval shrugs. "I'm a raven but I don't get to swap shapes on my own. I hate not having my wings." He bods his head in a bow. "Diaval."

"You don't? Why not?"

All the shifters he knows can change on their own unless they're Changelings and the balance of their blood works against them.

He shrugs. "I'm not fae. I'm just a raven. My lady made me into a men to save me so now I serve her. Only she has the power to change my shape. I'm whatever she needs me to be." He doesn't resent it but it is hard.

Edited 2014-09-30 07:52 (UTC)

"Oh, I see,"

That makes perfect sense, not the most pleasant reason to be changed but better than being dead.

"So, what's your kingdom like?"

"Good, doing better than it was. There's a new queen."

"And she's a good queen?"

"Yes, she is," Once she accepted that she was queen, Arden's taken up the mantle.

"That's good." He nods, "Strong queens protect the kingdom."

"Yes, a strong ruler makes everything work better," He will be a strong ruler when its his time, but he hopes that he has centuries before that happens.

He nods. "The people of the Moors will see that, one day. They don't understand yet but they will. She needs to be a queen to protect them. Only a queen can fight a king."

Quentin frowns as he's heard that before and it tends to come from rulers who want power more than what's best for their people, "What's this king done?"

"The king of the human lands was once a petty thief who tried to steal jewels from the waterfall sprits. Maleficent asked the guards to spare him. She blames herself for that. She should have seen the greed in his heart then but she had never had a friend and he was much of an age with him."

"The old king hated the Moors and all the fae and has tried to take the lands many times. But always Maleficent protected the borders. On his deathbed, he promised the crown to anyone who would kill my lady."

"He, the thief now a man but still consumed by greed returned to the Moors by the ways she taught him. He brought wine and honeyed words. She trusted him and rejoiced in his company."

He lowers his eyes, knowing the pain she suffered and suffers still. "As she slept, drugged out of her wits, he cut off her wings with an iron blade. Now he is king and she..." he shakes his head."

He shudders at the idea of the iron knife, "Maeve's tits, that's not right. He sounds almost as bad as our former queen."

The memory of the iron dungeon where Toby was held is there sometimes in his dreams and she barely survived it.

"She was cruel?" He asks softly. "Did she hurt you?"

"Not me, but my knight. She tried to kill her, put her in an iron dungeon and left her. We got her out but justice had nothing to do with it, it was madness and hatred. They don't have anyplace in a ruler's life,"

It doesn't matter that Toby's a Changeling, she's Toby and no one merits that kind of punishment. Blind Michael was killed, which was a mercy after all he did and that was justice.

He shudders. "How terrible! How could anyone do such a thing to another? That's..." He shudders again. "How fairs your knight now?"

{ooc: got to vanish for dinner. If you crash before I get back, have a lovely evening. And thank you! It's been a bad day and coming home to your pups has made my day so much better!}

(OOC: *hugs you* I'll be crashing soon but will be having some late nights.)

"She's mad, it was the balance of her blood. Toby's doing well, she's stronger than she looks and we take care of her. That was about two years ago."

Edited 2014-10-07 07:44 (UTC)

{ooc: thank you! Hope everything's okay with you and the late nights are enjoyable.}

"She heals. Then perhaps there is hope for my lady. She is very strong. As strong as she would have people believe."

"Healing is good. Toby heals quickly but she still does stupid things."

He cocks his head, surprised to hear someone talk of their leader as stupid. "She is young and foolish?"

"No, she's a Hero, so she does what's right if its not always the safest course."

"And you follow her, in her course? To protect her?"

"Yes, she's my knight and she's Toby. I don't want anything to happen to her."

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