Video | UN: Hresvelg

[unyieldingmarch]

Name: Hresvelg (Edelgard von Hresvelg)
Date: 3/4
Format: Video

[A video feed flickers to life in the early evening, not long after sunset. The focus is briefly on Edelgard, dressed in a crisp looking white shirt with a high collar. Her hair is down, her crown set aside for the moment. She smiles, offering the viewers a quick nod, before speaking]

Good evening. My name is Edelgard, for those of you who do not know me.

[She clears her throat and the video lurches in unpracticed hands. Turning down towards a dog that's peering curiously up at the watch. It's jaw hangs open a bit in a doggy smile, but otherwise it doesn't seem too bothered by the device.]]

I was wondering if this dog belongs to anyone. He's remarkably well trained, and I believe he's escaped from his owner, but there was no collar. Unfortunately, he seems to have taken a shine to me after I found him rooting around in my garden two nights hence, and he's been trying to follow me indoors.

[She sighs.]

Asking him to sit yields results, but he won't leave. I confess I've little experience with dogs, and if he doesn't belong to anyone...does anyone know if such behavior is normal?

Thank you for any information you can provide. I can meet you somewhere if you'd prefer not to use the watches or want to see him. I await your-oh! Goodness!

[She cuts off as the dog moves suddenly, tail wagging as it decides to get closer, feeling more friendly.]

...Response!

[That strained, croaked out word is the last before the feed cuts out.]



[OOC Note: The dog belongs to nobody, and ultimately she's going to be convinced to keep it. Additionally if you'd prefer in-person threads, just let me know in your subject line and we can work that out!]

Comments

[betweenduskanddawn]

[Corrin huffed.]

Sometimes!

[She sighed.]

It just seemed like something I'd worry about later on. I imagined i would have to get married and have children eventually since, royalty. But beyond that...

[unyieldingmarch]

It just never factored into your plans?

[She gets it.]

[betweenduskanddawn]

[Corrin's expression turns uncertain, and then ends up somewhere between embarrassed and sad.]

Honestly? I didn't really have plans.

[unyieldingmarch]

Well. That's certainly okay. You are at war still, yes?

[betweenduskanddawn]

Yes. But that's new. I just...

[Knowing how detailed Edelgard was with her plans, it made her feel almost ashamed to admit this.]

My life was very controlled. There just wasn't really any room for planning a future when all that was going to happen to me was dictated by Garon.

[unyieldingmarch]

I understand that. My life...wasn't all that different, for a long time.

[She forced the hand of her controller, though.

[betweenduskanddawn]

I can imagine. [What she knew of Edelgard's childhood did not indicate much in the way of...choice.]

Now with the war, I haven't been able to think much past the next battle. And then here I...

[She trailed off into silence. Here, thoughts of future included a fear of Edelgard or Azura or the people she had met going home without her. Which was why she didn't dwell on it, but saying that out loud felt wrong somehow. She suddenly laughed, a quick, surprised half-sound.]

Hah. I guess you're right, I really don't think much past dinner do I?

[unyieldingmarch]

You do. You just don't let yourself think of the bad.

[She felt that, Corrin. It's hard to lie to your Bonded.]

Thank you for thinking of me.

[betweenduskanddawn]

[Corrin flushed a bit at that.]

Yeah I...of course.

It...just...would be very strange to not be with you anymore.

[unyieldingmarch]

I feel the same way, Corrin.

[She does, the bond doesn't lie.]

Would you like to come over and meet the hound?

[betweenduskanddawn]

[There was something very reassuring about that feeling, really. Corrin honestly couldn't imagine being without that bond anymore. It made thinking about going home...well.]

[She just tried not to. Happier thoughts.]

I'd love to.

[unyieldingmarch]

Well, I'm on the front porch, and he's sitting on me. So I'm not going anywhere, anytime soon.

[Come save her.]

[betweenduskanddawn]

You're trapped forever.

[Corrin laughed again, her mood improving.]

I'll be home in a few minutes.

[And she clicked off the screen and set to walk back to the house.]