aefenglom | first winter ❆ video

Name: Sansa Stark
Date: mid-maiuril
Format: video

[The screen pops open, and she thinks she's done this correctly. No device like this exists in Westeros. She's sitting by candlelight though the room is decently lit behind her. Sansa doesn't look relaxed, but not altogether uncomfortable either.]

Hello,

My name is Sansa Stark of Winterfall in a land called Westeros. I have yet to meet anyone who has even heard of it, let alone are from there themselves. [Which is why it's taken her this long to address the network and feel comfortable using her name. Cersei and the Lannister allies do not appear to be here.]

I would wish to learn more of this place, and I believe studying under a Parliament member will aid me in that. I was brought here to help, and I would like to know more of what I am helping with. If any know more of this place or have found books or scrolls to read-- I do not believe there are any maesters here. [There would be less of need with the Coven, she imagines. Mhairi has helped, but she wonders if any have stumbled upon anything.

After all everyone has their secrets, and she's versed in the games people with power can play.]

My thanks. [She leaves it curt and simple with a nod of her head before she's closing the top and shutting the device off.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I am of the same thought. We might know more of what we are stepping into here. [Though stories can be just as full of myth and lies, it is better to at least have the information available.]

I think so too.

[Justine pauses briefly.]

I also truly love reading. There is nothing more magical than a good book. [She's always had a weakness for the written world. More often than not, it's more pleasant than reality.]

Books are rarer where I come from, though we held what records we could in the North. Stories were more common.

Writing and copying texts is a little easier with magic.

[Magic or technology.]

Perhaps we might find more at the Coven's library though I'm sure you've already made plans to look there. They likely have the most expansive works.

I would not know. Magic is all but gone in Westeros.

I was going to try the Parliament's library, if I am able to gain access. I have talked to Ainsley as well-- about the history of this place.

If you find out what came first, witches or monsters, please let me know. The research I've done so far suggests that monsters have always been around but I don't know about magic or the governing body here.

Most governments cannot survive for more than a few centuries before folding beneath their own weight. [It's a fact of history. Nothing lasts forever.] It's possible that the witches had taken power from the monsters.

I've found tensions between the two groups for as far back as I could read.

I have already learned the government's history here. [She says simply, almost flatly. Sansa understands how it works, how people come to power, how power works. If there was any hope in returning home, she needed to get in with Parliament.

She doesn't divulge any further for right now that. She doesn't mean to purposely separate herself, to withhold information. But she still feels alone here, and she is still trying to find her footing. Who can she trust here? She is not sure if its the government, yet. Not all people in power are power hungry, but she needs to know how she feels about all of it before she opens up about it.]

[Justine doesn't mind Sansa's silence. She can discover the details on her own, it isn't like she's done it before and the White Court is far more dangerous company. What worries her is how the parliament rose to power and the history of that balance.

It's rarely and altruistic action.]

I don't mean the current government.

[She sighs softly. Oh well. Perhaps Sansa's request to share information hasn't been earnest.]

I understand not trusting anyone from this world but you should find one person you can trust. No one can live alone. [This much, Justine is saying from experience.]

I already have. [But she knows that she escaped King's Landing with help. She escaped the clutches of her husband with help. Sansa has had to depend on herself many times, and even if she was a part of things much larger than herself, she knows at the end of the day even Littlefinger helped her. It doesn't exactly help Christine's cause, but she knows she did offer to at least relay stories.]

There were kings before the Parliament. But the last king was deposed. Where the Coven stands was his old castle. The witches have been around since at least then.

[Justine nods her head gently.]

I wonder. [The pad of her finger trails along her lower lip as she slips into her thoughts.] Was the previous king a witch? I'm sorry. I can look into it myself. But thank you for speaking with me.

There is a lot to learn about this world.

[Not just where the power lies but everyone's end goals. Justine generally assumes the worst in people.]

That I do not know about. Yet, at least. [Learning more about their current processes has been more her focus, but she is aware of their former monarchs and what happened.]

[Justine hesitates then decides that it's best to explain her nervousness.]

I've found, through my research, that witches might have the ability to turn people into monsters. I don't know for sure. [She'd been researching vampires and if they can turn people.] I need to look into it more but monsters go feral if they aren't able to absorb magic and calm down.

That is why I ask about the king.

They called him 'the Dastard'. All I know is they did not think well of him. [Something she is used to.]

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