Vertigo

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

N A D I J A H

Telma's Bar
Green District, Castle Town

To most, any promise signed by the queen would have no doubt been a source of reassurance and joy - particularly if it pertained to returning important lands lost in a war. To Nadijah however, the queen's terms sounded more an insult. Nadijah did want the Valley back to her people, and supposed the babe could not make for a worse ruler than the mad king. But even so, it all sounded so... backwards, to her.

So the queen would return the lands her regime stole, in exchange for bending the knee to her spawn? The Valley belonged to the Gerudo. It was not something a foreign vai should be able to use as a bargaining chip for power. The queen should have been humbly offering back the stolen lands on her knees, pleading for forgiveness.

But though her blood burned for justice, Nadijah begrudgingly held her tongue and trusted Telma with the matter. She never was one for talk of kings and courts; invariably, the young warrior always found herself too bored or too angry to make much sense of such matters. The way people weaved lies and burrowed their noses brown for a few favours was, frankly, disgusting. She'd much rather deal with matters of steel.

So when Telma leaned back in her chair as if to contemplate her words, the pyre in Nadijah's veins turned into a pleasant simmer. Any words of caution the other shared were a distant ring in her ears, easily drowned out by the dying gargle of the king, playing vividly in her mind.

"Then it's best we not get implicated." Nadijah's response was all too quick and all too confident. "We can blend into the mob, as you say. Let another take the blame if we must. If there is no proof of our presence, it could've been any citizen displeased with his rule - I'm sure those are aplenty. We will be gone before his blood dries."

But when came the question of a plan, Nadijah looked as if this was the first she ever heard of such a word.

"A plan, that's..." she begun, taken aback, but not quite defeated. "If you're asking for specifics, I haven't yet--- apart from what we discussed, just now, I..."

All of a sudden, she remembered precisely why she'd been sent to the town in the first place; to gather information, to observe and prepare, if need for conflict ever arose again. She had been explicitly forbidden from any rash actions that may have jeopardized that. But the talk of a mob had been going so well, and this was such an ample opportunity, taking out the root of all their problems before he could hide behind the walls of his castle-!

Would... assassinating a king be considered a rash action?

She remained silent, pondering.

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

Okay, perfect then! I see how the area looks like in BotW too now, so that gives me a better picture. I was just confused for a sec there since I thought they'd literally occupied the fortress and everything, ha.

With that, I'll be getting back to that post once I wake up properly.

Done: Regicide is totally not a rash action, nop.

Left it pretty open, so a nudge to either direction will decide on whether she joins the gang now or goes with the "plan". Up to you, Product! Just let's not get her killed yet pls

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

<Snipped quote by Vertigo>

I never went into detail on how the war was ended. I mentioned that Hyrule gained the upperhand before both sides agreed to peace. Rolo securing the valley was the upperhand.

@Product

Wait, okay, so let me just make this clear, but--- The Gerudo Valley, in this case, doesn't equal the place where all the Gerudo live, where all their houses and fortresses are and so on... right? But just the valley that leads from the Gerudo territory to Hylia? So taking over that would essentially cut off their free access to the lands beyond.

Because when I saw Gerudo Valley, I thought of Ocarina of Time (I haven't finished BoTW yet, sadly) and assumed you meant the main place where the Gerudo live and went "wait what".

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

Was just about to post (sorry for the delay on my part too), but just saw the first part of Telma's post again and realized--- if Zelda is returning the Valley to the Gerudo, does that mean they lost it in the war? If so, I must've missed that part, I thought the peace they achieved meant both sides retained their own territory. Or did I just misunderstand? That's... entirely possible, it's getting late and being sick doesn't help my concentration...

Just checking, because it affects my post quite a bit!

Also, that sounds like a good idea re: moving on and letting the others jump back in when ready.

Long ago, in a kingdom far far away. (Fantasy appcalypse, more details to come.)

Edit: Woop, didn't see the bit about PMing the CS earlier. Will do that instead.

星空 不朽 | Hoshizora Everlasting

Yeah, I figured it was probably fine since nothing was said about it. Just wanted to double check, since I thought the dice rule applied every time there was combat (like in D&D). Now I figure it only applies in some instances that will be separately announced when we run into them. Like plot fights/PvP etc., but not all NPC fights.

But yeah, I'm totally fine with the fight being over fast and not taking an entire page of back and forth or what have you.

星空 不朽 | Hoshizora Everlasting

Entertaining as the princess' post was, weren't we supposed to use the dice system when doing combat?

Double posted here, welp, but just wanted to check in case I misunderstood something.

Shin Megami Tensei, Hollow Authority

Before that, you might wanna ping the other two from the Interest Check.

@Duoya @Blondie you still interested?

Hidden In The Forest (Closed)

Hmm, might start with Duncan already having arrived, unless anyone else needs a ride. He's 16 so he's probably got his own car.

Also love how Sam's mom was worried about the cigs, haha. She's not wrong though, he definitely brought a pack or three.

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

Welcome back, Deadmeat! Glad to see you aren't, er, dead.

I'll post tomorrow. Tried to do it now, but too sleepy to focus and string together any more sentences.

Tl;dr of the post: "Plans? You mean--- 'stab him in the face repeatedly until dead' isn't a plan????"