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Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan ([personal profile] keep_nothing) wrote2016-02-05 07:59 am
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Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan
UNSETTLED HERO
"LADY VORKOSIGAN"


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rathercommon: (animal: dragonfly)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-05 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
No. Um - it's all right. Just...

So - do you know about who I am? Who I was. In terms of...rebelling against my government.
keep_nothing: (birds and bees really can't interbreed)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-05 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Only in vague terms, really. Gregor didn't want to say anything you didn't want to tell me yourself.
rathercommon: (old: sad)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-05 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ An acknowledging little flutter of her wings. And then a flicker of magic, and she becomes human again, returning to her previous state. Her face is grave and sad. Her voice is quiet. ]

My world is - was - is a broken one. One that I've been trying my whole life to fix. Thousands of years ago, humans discovered how to summon spirits from a world of magic called the Other Place, and things have been wretched ever since. Rather than living in harmony with those spirits, humans enslaved them, forced them to do their bidding. Forced them to build grand civilizations, sprawling empires that would in time simply crumble and fall.

I grew up in one of those empires. The British Empire was built on the backs of enslaved spirits and oppressed commoners, and nearly all my life I've been fighting against that. Last night - [ A faint expression of puzzlement flits across her face, because it wasn't last night, not exactly... ] Back home, I should say, before I came here, I rather...prevailed in that fight. Not in a way I'd have liked. Not in the way I'd longed for. But...the empire crumbled. But for that to happen... [ A little breath. ] Sacrifices had to be made.

[ She gestures to herself. ]

I used a magical ritual to travel to the Other Place. The world of spirits. To find allies. But...It did change me. And that's why I look as I do now. The life was drawn out of me by that journey.
keep_nothing: I thought Barrayar was getting rid of lead pipes (are there more like you at home?)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-06 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cordelia takes Kitty's hands again almost immediately, wanting to offer that simple human comfort for her.

She squeezes her hand at the last of her explanations, quietly absorbing that for a moment before she asks, ] Is there no way to ... reverse it? Or heal in some way? Gain back the vitality you once had?
rathercommon: (old: pensive)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-06 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

[ She squeezes back, gently. Or maybe weakly. And then she confesses: ]

If there were...I don't know if I would.
keep_nothing: (delicate guard)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-06 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
No? [ Her eyebrows raise with the question, surprised and curious. ]
rathercommon: (old: sad)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-06 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't seem right, does it.

[ She says that very softly. Her voice trembles just a little. ]

All of them...dead. Making that sacrifice. And me...Just going back to normal? It wouldn't be right.
keep_nothing: (by the flickering candle)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-06 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
You would be living for them, [ She replies firmly. ] Continuing to go on so that their sacrifices were not made in vain. Living your life because they strived for it to happen.
rathercommon: (old: pensive)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-06 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ She gives a little shake of her head, looking down at her hands. ]

They made those sacrifices because I talked them into it.
keep_nothing: (but if we get TWO bisexuals)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-06 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her voice remains firm, but gentle, ] Sounds to me they chose to do it on their own. You were just that convincing.
rathercommon: (old: sad)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-06 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[ She looks down at her hands. No...No. If she hadn't been there - if she hadn't harangued and lectured them into working together - Nathaniel and Bartimaeus...They'd not have been there. They'd not have sacrificed themselves.

And the whole of London would be destroyed, too. How about that? ]

I don't know. It's probably...There's probably no cure for it, right? I mean - Miles' condition...Healing magic hasn't helped with that, has it?
keep_nothing: (soft)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-08 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not that familiar with magic other than what's in fairy tales. And I can't speak to Miles either, not knowing what he's gotten into here, but I'll bet he's already looking too.
rathercommon: (old: pensive)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-09 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Maybe we could team up in the search.
keep_nothing: (oh this should be good)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-09 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
That would be perfect. Taking that energy of Miles and making sure to point him in the direction you want to go? I'm sure you'll find an answer in no time.
rathercommon: (old: bashful)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-09 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ That brings a smile to her face. ]

True. I expect he wouldn't rest until he found a solution - not even out of concern, necessarily, but just 'cause he needs to find solutions.
keep_nothing: (damn straight I'm the best)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-03-09 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely out of concern as well as needing solutions.
rathercommon: (old: amused)

[personal profile] rathercommon 2016-03-12 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...I like it a little better when it's not him fussing over me. You know. When it's just him being driven by curiosity.
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