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Janet Pluchinsky ([personal profile] sorrowandsorrow) wrote2023-10-08 08:59 am

Open Post: Welters

It's probably been noted before, but Janet's not actually dumb. The people of this mansion are varied and mercurial. They're not like Fillorians, some of whom are little bitches but who were largely cow-eyed and willing to accept her authority just because she was a pretty girl from another world.

So. She has to win people over. Maybe everyone needs a little fun to take their minds off things. Conveniently, welters is absolutely Janet's idea of fun. There's a bunch of insane rules, violence is encouraged, and you win if you're good at magic and being bossy.

The mansion grounds are also a little tempestuous as to their character, but apparently the master magician toying with all their lives is feeling charitable today. She's found a big, flat stretch of undisturbed grass, and she's sketching out welters squares with a piece of chalk.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-12 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
Fenyes is probably a bit more boring than the average fantasy horse, and she continues to basically ignore them and crop grass, even as Sagramore hands Janet the reins.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-12 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
In mock-offense, "My lady queen, she's a warhorse. She can carry a man in full plate." Then he grabs the back of the saddle and swings up behind her.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-12 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He sets his hands at her waist, both because that's the natural place and because he doesn't think she'll mind. "You can still get her to go flat-out if you try hard enough. She's responsive, though, so a light touch on the reins."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-12 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"That would be entirely novel," he says, in a tone that suggests he knows she knows that.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-13 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"What was Fillory like?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-13 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
"It sounds like a story. Hardly real."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-13 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Even though it was your country?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-13 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't think I realized that."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-14 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Which you like," sounding amused. "And you're rather good at."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-14 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
"There are four of you? To one kingdom?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-14 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"You and Eliot?" he asks. He's been the target of a fraction of that tone of voice enough to know Janet doesn't dislike Eliot.
Edited 2023-10-14 15:58 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-17 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughs too. "No, no, I'm constitutionally incapable of jealousy. I meant is he your king?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-10-17 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"As all men should," cheerfully.

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