[OPEN] The Redsworn Reception

[guerriera]

Who: The Redsworn of Ruby Sanctum + Guests [OPEN TO ALL FLIGHTS]
What: Carolina The Redsworn have invited everyone to dinner! Let's see how well diplomatic relations between the flights can be improved, eh?
Where: The Ruby Sanctum
When: Forward dated to 6th June.
Warnings: Fires, food poisoning cooking for all, shenanigans, possible bad language.
OOC: Come gets some cross-flight CR! c: Some setting options below the cut, or go ahead and make your own.


A: COOKING FIRE SHENANIGANS

Feeling peckish? Have a delivery to make? Or just want to try your own hand at serving up some grub? The Redsworn's usual cooking area has been expanded for the evening, with two extra firepits dug out to cater for additional mouths. Over one fire burns the now "traditional" starter meat of bear flank, something any newly sworn (red or otherwise) will have the pleasure of sampling first. There's also several baskets of berries, fruit and vegetables, while a pot obtained in trade from Silverglen bubbles merrily.

B: FIRESIDE MINGLE

The redsworn of the Ruby Sanctum have claimed a corner of their own beneath one of the larger trees. There's a smaller fire here set for warmth and ambience, and have logs set about for seating for those who don't like perching on rocks or roots, or don't find the comfy grass comfy - park yourself and have a chat!

C: OPEN/MISC.

Choose Your Own Adventure! Just remember: wander alone at your own risk, non-redsworn, for the Red Dragonflight will have their eye on you.

Comments

[lifeforged]

[ She stands tall enough to not look like a child next to her not!consort and that's it. ]

Oh, a leader. [ The tone she uses isn't meant to belittle, but she's impressed. Leave it to her sister's brood and their chosen to militarize it up. Ysera's lieutenants were well known to her. ] Then I am honored to speak with you.

[theshadowkissed]

[...she's not sure if she should take that impressed tone at face value and laugh at it because Rose knows that any sane person wouldn't want her to be the leader, but what choice does she have when given the options.

If she didn't take it at face value, she'd have to wonder if she needed to, like, defend her flight's honor or just wonder if the dragon's abs were the way they were in that form via magic or just the natural translation of dragon-ness to horned pink elfness. Those eyebrows are weapons in their own right.]

Yeah... Okay. The whole honor thing goes both ways and all. Since I've been told you're Sleeping Beaut-- I mean Ysera's sister.

Hey, can I ask you something that's been bugging me since the elves abducted a bunch of us?

[lifeforged]

[ Don't knock the eyebrows, they are great. ]

Sleeping Beauty! [ A cute nickname for her sister and one she won't contest... even if she fails to get the reference at all. Those kind of fairy tales don't exist in Azeroth. ] I hope she has been well.

[ Spoken more as an after thought to that before she brings up the matter of the Night Elves. The woman straightens up as if the mere action of doing so will harden her resolve. ]

You may.

[theshadowkissed]

[Rose kind of hoped that nickname wouldn't make it's way back to Ysera's dream ears anytime soon... And way to make Rose feel even shorter in her whole five foot, two inch height. Like there was any need to further tower over the dhampir.]

So, the elves said that they took our people in retaliation for the dragons killing a whole lot of their people. Are they full of shit or is that true?

[lifeforged]

[ If she's scandalized by her language, it doesn't show. Not when there is a serious question posed before her. ]

The loss of life is an unconscionable consequence that affected not only our kind, but many of the others found here. To hear they blame us saddens me, but all life is to be treasured.

What happened affected us all.

[theshadowkissed]

[Honey, that's not anywhere near as foul of language as Rose can produce. She's trying to be respectful and not actually angry at Alex. Still, the guardian delivers her next question with the blunt directness she was probably quickly becoming known for.]

So, you gonna tell me - and everyone else, really - what happened? If we're going to be targeted by the locals for something that we didn't actually have a hand in, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to know why the kaldorei want to stab us in the faces.

[lifeforged]

The decision is not mine to make alone. [ An answer that is only bound to cause more frustration, she's sure, but it's the truth. ] If Krasus has not made mention of it, there must be a good reason.

I will speak to him and my siblings. Answers will come though they may not come quick. We are at odds with one another so gathering all at once, well, it is a matter you shouldn't concern yourself with.

[theshadowkissed]

Sorry, Queen D, but it is a matter to concern myself with. I feel like I shouldn't have to say this to you, but what the hell do you think tends to happen when troops are sent into enemy territory without the information they need? They get killed. That's what happens. And I know this world's healing magic is common, but dead is still dead.

How are we supposed to fight a war against the demons - that's the enemy that's threatening all of our homes, not just Azeroth - with elves lurking in the shadows to shank us for no reason other than we're associated with you dragons? It isn't fair or, more importantly, right to expect us to put our lives in danger while you dragons cower in your sanctums because your ashamed of whatever happened to make the elves hate you all so much that they'll kill us for sporting our colors and nothing more.

[She probably went a bit too far there, but Rose was too worked up to care that she was bitching the Dragon Queen out in her own home, technically in front of everyone. And whereas that fear of being eaten in one bite by a huge dragon is in the back of her mind, she plows forward.]

If someone's going to try to kill me, I'd like it to be for the things I've actually done. You're all just like a bunch of Royals, throwing the dhampir at your enemies without giving us enough information because it might embarrass you or because you think we don't need to know. No one can fight effectively, protect things to the fullest of their extent, when Important Things are being purposefully kept from them.

If I have to go back to my sanctum and throw a damn shield at Ysera's nose to wake her up and get her to talk to you, I will. Don't make me have to do that.

[lifeforged]

[ If Rose's intent was to incite or antagonize her, nothing more shows on the queen's face other than a subtle frown. Mostly made out of thought than at disappointment, she considers everything she's being told. Once she's sure Rose has had her say, she speaks up with a light laugh. ]

It will pass through her. [ Ysera is rarely present physically, often residing in the dream instead. ] Though it might stir up action in the ones nearby.

[ The laughter subsides as she takes on a more serious tone. ] You are angry and you have all the reasons to be. Your home is in danger, you yourself are in danger, and now there is a new threat--one we hadn't considered before.

[ Mostly because dragons don't really spend their time dealing with the younger races and their conflicts. Even if the dragonsworn weren't 'sporting colors' as Rose put it, they would be attacked for other reasons such as race or perhaps their foul mouths. They did arrive shortly after the Burning Legion, it's a wonder they aren't accused of being demons as well. ]

They have their reasons which are unknown to me. Antagonizing my sister or myself will not grant you that you seek.

[theshadowkissed]

This isn't me being antagonizing. This is me stirring the pot. Of course, I know it'll go through Ysera. And if it didn't, I seriously doubt I'd even dent a scale on her green nose. Something tells me that dragons are made of tougher stuff than that.

[Really, somewhere between twenty and thirty people chucking shields at a dragon miiiiiight be enough to make them go ouch. At least that was her estimate.]

But, it would get her to pay attention and it looks like you all might need to start doing that. So, I'll take your 'I have to talk to the others' answer for now. This is a nice social gathering and all, but don't think for one moment that I'm going to just let this go. I'll give you some time - mortal time that is - to get your ducks in a row, but then I'll start barking again.

[lifeforged]

You are free to do this barking as you please. [ Whether she'll tolerate it in the future is another story.

Admittedly she has no qualms about it herself, it's her children that might dive in to protect her. They are fiercely loyal and easily concerned when it comes to her matters. ]

I shall speak with them. I'd very much like to at any rate and it has been some time--though hardly enough for their wounds to heal. If you will excuse me.

[theshadowkissed]

[Rose simply nodded and let the Red Aspect go. She wasn't happy, a scowl sitting on her face, but she said she'd give them some time.

So, time they would have.]