un: lady; video (semi-accidental)

[dohaeris]

[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?

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[faceblocks]

Well, then we'll have to get you some wine. The lady wants wine, the lady gets wine. Just not whiskey. And no drinking contests. It's not worth it. [it's almost never worth it. when it is worth it: when it's keeping other teens from being their own worst enemy. cough johnny lawrence cough.]

Okay, so fuck a tavern, what about a rooftop picnic with wine and cakes and whatever else we can scare up? Pretty sure we can find a lot of stuff.

Then we can see a show, or have a dance, get our hair done. Oh hair. I have something for you! It's for your hair, and I totally forgot about it.

[how fast the hair obsession had faded. but there's still some interest.]

[dohaeris]

[sansa giggles a little. is she talking about their roof?]

I think the ravens would steal the cakes.

[it's pretty cold, too. she thinks about this.]

Are there glass gardens, anywhere?

[there is in fact a greenhouse at the painted turtle clinic sansa helps to run. she in fact asked vi to bring some of their msuhroom-growing logs in there a few months ago. it has blackberry bushes, too.

her smiles warms a little more.]

You have something for my hair?

[her mother used to put ribbons in her hair...]

[faceblocks]

[not their roof, but a higher roof. though their roof could do just as well.]

Not if you tell them not to. And maybe I bring 'em their own cakes. It can be a bribery of ravens instead of ...a, um, it's usually a conspiracy, right?.

[those are the glass gardens she remembers, so:] There sure are, and guess who showed me where those were? Starts with an "S" and she's a pretty big deal around here.

And yeah, I do. [there are two bands she acquired when on that shopping outing that robby had planned for chizu and 2b, so sansa can have her pick. (she can have both).] Two things. I'll make sure I bring those along.

[dohaeris]

[sansa laughs a little nervously, confused.]

I'm not a maester.

[wait. is that how people think they send ravens in the seven kingdoms, by talking to them?]

They're the ones who give the letters to the ravens. You have to go school for a long time to learn how to do it, and girls aren't allowed.

[her mouth quirks up at the corner, wistfully.]

That was very kind of you, to get me things for my hair. I don't have anything for you, except food from the magic box.

[faceblocks]

Oh, no I mean with your voice. They like you, so they listen. They know all kinds of songs, and they say sassy stuff to people because they can.

Well, girls can do whatever they want here, and if you want a picnic in the glass gardens, then that's what we're doing. And for the whole time you're here, it's "What Sansa Wants to Do" time, no request is too large, just so you know.

Or too small.

It's what friends do, right? I don't need a gift, I've got you in my corner ...that's gift enough. So just hang out with me, or maybe tell me a story about Visenya, or Nymeria. You tell great stories.

[what's gift enough is seeing this version of sansa smile. seeing her happy, even just a little. even if it might not stick. what if ...what if it does?]

[dohaeris]

I don't have friends anymore––just people who like me better than the Lannisters. And everybody here...

[she sighs. still, she can't help a small giggle at vi's choice of queens.]

Rhaenys was important too, you know. She made laws, and marriages with the great houses. My favorite was always Queen Naerys; she didn't have a sword or a dragon, but everyone loved her. She was kind, and gentle, and she survived.

[faceblocks]

I bet you have some somewhere, even if it's friends you don't know about. Even if it's just one. And everybody here thinks you're the coolest. You're not just my friend, you're family. House Hammerfist serves House Stark and all that.

[the giggle is nice to hear.]

Queen Naerys sounds a lot like someone else I know. I'd like to hear more about her, and Queen Rhaenys, too.