Event Log: The Hope of a Child

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the The Hope of a Child event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 23rd-Feb 1st
Warnings: Youths

By now, the gods have probably done enough weird crap to you while you're asleep for you to be a little suspicious- but it's not like you can just not sleep, especially when there are a few supernatural forces making your eyes droopy and your body feel heavy.

And now, when you fall asleep, you'll wake up somewhere else and you'll likely have quite a different temperament- you'll be younger, maybe a little more naive and innocent, and you won't exactly remember all the wild stuff that's happened to your adult self. Maybe now you'll be a little more trusting and emotional, hm? The gods could definitely use a little boost in power, and what better way to do it than to harness the power of overemotional kiddos!

Or maybe you aren't affected at all and find yourself surrounded by youths. What are you going to do when your best friend doesn't know how to cook for themselves? Or your bitter rival is throwing a temper tantrum because they broke their favorite toy? Nobody asked for this kind of responsibility, but think about what would happen if nobody was around to take care of these babies...

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Comments

[roseofthetyrells]

What's college or the university? We have the Citadel for learning in Oldtown, but that's reserved for maesters and maesters have to be men. It's good of you to want to take care of your father, though, most lords serve their lands and their people until death and their heir takes over. [she looks confused] In Westeros, marriages are for life. Sometimes a wife chooses to settle in a lesser keep on the land when her husband takes a mistress, but it's the responsibility of the father to see to the raising of children. [she shakes her head] The smallfolk don't have the resources to build their own icehouses and they understand that it's their duty to their liege lords.

[she watches in amazement as Abigail goes through her gymnastics routine and applauds] That was wonderful! Could you teach me how you do that? I've heard that in Dorne, men sleep with men and women sleep with women and no one says anything about it. The rest of the Seven Kingdoms are opposed to it. We've none of those things, but we're not Amish. I'm Westerosi. And The Seven Pointed Star is the holy book for the new gods. Almost everyone follows the Faith of the Seven except for the North and the Iron Islands.

[am_i_a_monster]

Colleges and universities are schools you can go to when you're done high school. [She blinks.] Right up 'till they're dead? No one retires? [She can't imagine her father wanting to work a day more than he has to.] Huh. Most of my classmates with divorced parents live with their moms and only see their dads every other weekend and holidays. [She pauses] You don't need a whole ice house, just a freezer. Or a fridge with a freezer. The smallfolk should go to college too, get good jobs so they can afford more stuff. [She sees it as her way of improving her life, too young to know what'll happen once she applies to schools.]

Yeah! I can show you how to do all kinds of things! I'll show you a somersault first. It's the easiest. Come stand next to me. [She waves her over and gestures.] Stand right here.

I don't know Westerosi or a lot of religions. I know, um, Christmas and Easter are Christian and Chanukah is Jewish and Eid Al-Fitr is Muslim. That's other religions too. My family's not religious. Dad doesn't like it. [She has vague memories of visiting a church with her mother and dad not liking anyone, even God, being called Father.]

[roseofthetyrells]

What's high school? [she nods It's the duty of Lords to serve their King until they die. That's when their firstborn son becomes Lord. [she considers] It's strange that they see their fathers so rarely. Shouldn't they be preparing their children for the future? [she looks confused] What's a fridge with a freezer?

[she goes over to stand next to Abigail. it should probably be noted that she's wearing a short sleeved gown that goes down to her feet] All right, what next?

Well, there are the Old Gods, the Faith of the Seven, and the Drowned God. I've never heard of those other religions. Are they from your home? And why doesn't your Dad like it?

[am_i_a_monster]

High school is school for big kids. Teenagers. [She pauses.] That's got to suck. How much work can they do when they're like eighty or ninety? She shrugs. Their moms and teachers do that, I guess. In my family, my dad does most of the preparing me. But he's special. [In her eyes, her father is unique.] It's a fridge with a freezer on top, or on the side, or on the bottom.

First, you got to squat down and put your hands on the ground, like this. [She demonstrates.] Do you mind getting your dress dirty? Do you have pants?

They are from home. Dad doesn't like that people call priests father. He doesn't even like them calling God father. And he says religions put God over family. Nothing's supposed to come before family.

[roseofthetyrells]

Oh. We've nothing like that in Westeros. We're tutored by our maesters for as long as our parents see fit. [she looks confused] Eighty or ninety? Nobody lives that long! My grandmother is seeing to me, but my grandmother is terribly clever. [she knows that her grandmother is the true power behind House Tyrell] I've never heard of any of those things.

I have servants who can wash it. [she mirrors Abigail's actions]

Grandmother says that, too, that family is the most important thing. She says that before I make any decision, I have to ask myself if it will benefit House Tyrell.

[am_i_a_monster]

No school? Do you get to stay home all day or do you gotta go to where the Maesters live? Are they like teachers? Can they give you detention? [She nods.] Yeah, they do live that long when they have running water and freezers and get to retire. I don't know my grandmothers, don't know if I even have any. Jessica from my class has grandparents, great-grandparents and even a great-great-grandmother! She brought a picture of all of them to show and tell. [She pauses.] They're simple - A fridge keeps food cold and a freezer freezes it.

Pants make it easier, but I think you can do it in a dress. Okay, now tuck your head in, so your chin touches your chest.

Maybe your grandmother and my dad could be friends when they find us. My dad doesn't have a lot of friends.