Aboard the Invincible: Head of State Meeting

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

[Come one, come all. It's time for what Regent Cid expects to be the final council meeting before Garland is defeated. A good thing the airship is so enormous, because there are a lot of people here, all picked up the day before.

He stands up at the head of the table to greet everyone. There isn't sitting room for everyone, but the room is big enough for his audience. The meeting has now begun...]


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[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[The sudden address catches her by surprise; Ashe turning to look upon the young Archadian Lord. She isn't displeased to see him, yet her concerns prevent any form of a smile. However, it isn't until now that she considers he isn't in a dissimilar position to herself, and she nods toward him.]

I... was thinking of the meeting.

[lordofpotions.livejournal.com]

Yes. There is much to think on, is there not?

[ He pauses for a moment. ]

I assume you will not be leaving this place?

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[She, too, pauses, sighing softly.]

My duty is to Dalmasca; yet my heart... It is my choice to stay.

[lordofpotions.livejournal.com]

I understand. I feel much the same. It is...a selfish desire to stay here, and I am aware of such. But to go...seems selfish in a different way.

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

... I could not bring myself to leave my child, not even for Dalmasca.

[She looks at him intently, then.]

You will not be returning, yourself?

[lordofpotions.livejournal.com]

[ He looks off in the distance for a minute. ]

Everyone that I care about is here. Back home, there is the Senate, and Archadia. Things I should live for.

But I find myself wishing to stay here. With...

[ he looks back at her, and offers a small smile ]

With friends.