un: lady; video (semi-accidental)
[sansa means for this to be anonymous, unfortunately she hasn't really figured out usernames yet, let alone how to hide hers. she also means for this to be text, but the video is already recording when she starts speaking.
she's visibly younger, though not much (a little over three years, now); smaller and slighter and more wide-eyed, with her clothes not quite fitting right and her hair braided simply to one side. lady remains the same size, half in her lap on the couch, with blue ribbons around her neck rather than her fancy padded collar. sansa, too, wears the silvery-blue dress she wore to the rinne festival tied very tightly, her padded collar slightly askew.
and she looks somber. something has clearly been troubling her. she's not quite looking at the camera. her voice is low and a little bitter.]
What happens to us when they come back?
she's visibly younger, though not much (a little over three years, now); smaller and slighter and more wide-eyed, with her clothes not quite fitting right and her hair braided simply to one side. lady remains the same size, half in her lap on the couch, with blue ribbons around her neck rather than her fancy padded collar. sansa, too, wears the silvery-blue dress she wore to the rinne festival tied very tightly, her padded collar slightly askew.
and she looks somber. something has clearly been troubling her. she's not quite looking at the camera. her voice is low and a little bitter.]
What happens to us when they come back?
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She would be twelve, now. She was always playing tricks.
[she wants so badly to believe this boy knows her sister...]
We don't look very much alike, I know. She looks more like our father, and I take after our mother.
[if only there was a way to show him...but perhaps there is?? she feels foolish for not thinking of it sooner.]
I have some pictures in my chambers. I could show you, if you don't mind.
[she'd have to leave and come back...she doesn't know very much about videochat etiquette...]
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But there's only one response, one outcome, and he's nodding immediately. )
Please, I'd... I'd really like to see.
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I have to go fetch them. I'll only be a moment.
[she dashes upstairs and returns with two pictures that make her heart twist: one of her family lined up to greet the king, and one of her father and arya in king's landing. they have somewhat ornate wrought-iron frames very typical of trnech style.]
Here––she's the little one next to me in Winterfell––and that's her with our father in King's Landing.
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Immediately, there's a soft exhale, and something wounded in his features. But a smile too, lingering and small as he leans closer to the Omni. )
That's her. That's— yeah, that's her.
( Arya is Sansa's little sister.... The knowledge, confirmed, is weighty and strange and sobering. Peter sits there stunned, but his eyes not leaving the photos for as long as Sansa holds them there. )
I never thought I'd see her again. Not even in a photo.
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Yes, I thought she must've been killed after the riots, but they got her out of the city with some of the Night's Watch recruits.
[her little smile fades. she glances briefly down at the photos.]
I don't want to forget that.
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Peter sits there with his stomach in knots. But although any comfort won't last, it still feels important that he try. In this temporary moment, to ease any upset of this temporary person. It won't be much. He knows nothing can really help. )
I'm sorry. I know this doesn't.. help much, but.... I'll tell your older self about her. About Arya. I don't know if she knows that she's safe.
...She's my friend. You, older.
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[sansa sighs. she does appreciate the gesture, and her instinct, always, is to put people at their ease. she smies grimly.]
That's very kind. Thank you. If Arya and I can survive King's Landing, we'll meet again in Winterfell.
[this version of sansa might seem beaten, but she has more hope than alayne stone ever did. her raven omen told her a little of her sister's future, but nothing of her brothers. she doesn't know how much more she has to lose.]