Lia nodded at that, relaxing a bit. “Yes, Papa.” Thank gods. She didn’t want to get married. At least not yet.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Marriage is a shackle. Too old fashioned for me." "It's a formality more than anything these days," Feyer pointed out. "Marrying doesn't mean you need to stay with that person, Reputation Gowan." "No, but still." He sipped his tea daintily. "Best not to have any of my lovers get jealous."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
Lia nodded in agreement. “I don’t think I’d want to get married…….. or Rana….”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Yes, well Rana's a political asset at this point. Marriage means alliance and money. She'll be helping the family if she gets married."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
Lia nodded carefully. “That… makes sense… but… she may be… more compliant… if she had a say in the pairing? Since she has to live with him until she dies?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"She'll pick between the people I chose for her," Caibry insisted.
(What's Rana's sexuality?)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Yes papa.” Lia dipped her head, resolving to warn Rana that her options were between the people Papa picked for her and the military. That may help give her perspective to be okay with his match making. Hopefully. She hoped he didn’t pick awful people.
(She’s straight but ace which may be a problem in this culture lol She probably hasn’t talked about crushes in front of her family at all though for them to know one way or another and she may pretend to be bi solely because she thinks a wife may be less sex crazed tbh Keep her options as open as possible)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(I mean they don't really give a shit how you get your pleasure. I'm not sure they'd mind. Cairbry doesn't care about her having heirs. Cairbry would definitely try to take into account her preferred sex though; that's something the culture takes seriously despite not having much of any kind of gender norms)
"Now. I didn't want to talk about this. Let's talk about something fun! General Feyer, will you be going to the ball next week?" "I suppose I will, since I'm in the area," she replied. "Do let me know how it goes."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(That’s fair ^^ honestly she’s not very well developed yet. Like I’m on draft 4 of Jerica and draft 2 of Ky but haven’t managed to get a completed draft for Rana yet. And I haven’t really written her since I got over my internalized homophobia. So she may change in the future. But in canon so far she’s ace and het)
Lia nodded and sipped on her tea.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Wanna skip? They're just gonna exchange pleasantries)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(Hmm no strong preference? Maybe back north? I don’t have much to add to my guys here until they get an external stimulus… unless you’ve got a different preference?)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(I could bring Shea in to talk to Rana if you want but otherwise I agree we should go up north)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(Up to you! I’d be down for either. What are you feeling?)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
