(first gallop) | accidental video + action

[wolfwild]

...Benjen? [ when lyanna stark pushes herself into a sitting position a few twists and turns away from the maze's centre, her instinct is to call for one of her brothers: the youngest, first, and with a lilt of concern. with a groan, she brushes detritus off her palms and straightens her skirts (simple; in the northern style). and she tries to figure out why she might have been preparing her palfrey to ride in one moment, and sitting in dirt the next.

not that she minded the dirt -- not really. but she did mind the conspicuous absence of her kin. panic mounts: ] Brandon? Ned?

[ she scrambles to her feet and finds the strange small brick only a few feet away. lyanna picks it up and can now be seen peering suspiciously at its every angle. ] You're a funny thing. [ she mutters, tapping it gently and fingering (but not pressing) the buttons. but then she holds it loosely in her fist and raises her voice. ] By all the named gods and the unnamed gods -- Brandon Stark! If this is some trick or a mummer's game, I will have your hide. And without it, you can hardly hope to woo any pretty --

[ she stops abruptly because the brick chirrups like some odd precise bird. surprise catches the breath in her throat and she's forced to ask -- staring straight at the device: ] ...Are you alive, little brick?

[ grab her attention on the funny little brick-bird or else find her wandering the maze and the gardens. ]

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[video] Yaaas, I have been waiting for this.

[sexandoutrage]

[He doesn't cut on the feed immediately, instead wanting to hold out and watch Medieval Times a minute before throwing anything out there.

He doesn't know a Brandon, that's one thing that's for sure.

But finally the feed cuts on, where he's down in his workshop. He's been tweaking a few arrows for Barton, when Panicked Villager Two showed up.]

I'm Tony Stark. [Which should clear up what Jane's said.] I don't know a Brandon, and as far as I know, I'm the only Stark.

[video] excellent.

[wolfwild]

[ ah. the other stark. the one who must be so far down some unknown cadet house that even his name is a mystery to her. ]

I've been a Stark since the day I was born a-crying, my lord. [ because whoever the hell he is he's still a stark. and she won't disrespect one of those. ]

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

Last I checked, we didn't have any relatives working at the Renaissance Faire.

[A pause.] Or any at all. I am the Stark. [The one, the only, and the...Only one the world could probably handle.]

Who are you.

[video]

[wolfwild]

Lyanna Stark. Daughter of the noble House Stark. My brothers are Eddard and Brandon and Benjen. My father is Lord Rickard, Warden of the North. The blood of the First Men sings in my veins.

[ she sounds a little moody. perhaps a little pouty. this is not the first time she's felt dismissed for whatever-in-seven-hells a renaissance faire is. ]

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

[And that absolutely makes no sense whatsoever. Not to Tony, anyway.]

Yeah, and I'm telling you I'm the only Stark. There is no more, end of the line, right here.

[video]

[wolfwild]

Perhaps in your sad corner of the world. But there is a whole pack of us in Winterfell.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

My sad corner of the world. Lady, I swap between Malibu and New York. Nothing sad about that.

If anything's sad, it's that I've never ever heard of Winterfell.

[Sounds like something straight out of a story Thor would tell, to be honest.]

[video]

[wolfwild]

Few here have. [ a pause. ] But I assure you, it's a noble seat.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

Here's an idea. Maybe you and I have absolutely nothing in common but a name. You do realize a lot of us come from different worlds and times, right?

[video]

[wolfwild]

[ oh, it's been told to her. but it's a hard truth to swallow. so she resists it. no -- this must only be some other continent. some piece of essos, maybe. ]

It's not a common name. [ she says, stubborn. but eventually relents: ] Not in Westeros.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

And I've never heard of Westeros. [It sounds like something out of D&D, honestly. Not quite good enough to be considered Tolkien.]

This place does that, enjoys little stupid jokes like two people from two worlds with the same last name.

[video]

[wolfwild]

[ she wants to tell him that it's no joke -- that worlds did not matter -- that so long as he is a stark she will treat him as one. but it seems the man does not want her kinship.

she sighs. ] As you say, then. Coincidence.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

[She'll realize soon enough that that's just how Tony is. Rarely is it at all personal. He doesn't even realize he's being rude and blunt, most of the time.]

Don't get me wrong, you couldn't have gotten landed with a better name but...I don't think our worlds probably have anything to do with each other beyond the fact that we both have tunneling wormholes leading here. But hey, we're all stuck here, right, might as well make it a party.

[video]

[wolfwild]

A party. [ hmph. ] You say it's only you. I want to be certain -- there are no other Starks hiding behind bushes or under mattresses?

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

If there are, they haven't exactly come out and said hi.

[video]

[wolfwild]

...Seven hells.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

It happens. There's no guarantee anyone you know's here, you know. You might get lucky like I did, but it's not a sure thing.

[video]

[wolfwild]

There's a girl. She claims to be from Westeros. I don't know her -- but it's a start.

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

Well, look on the bright side. There may not be any of these Starks of yours running around, but most people here are pretty decent. The skeevy ones are pretty slimy, so you can spot 'em right off.

[video]

[wolfwild]

Skeevy ones.

[ not quite a question. but almost. ]

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

Yeah, you know, the kind that set off your creeper radar.

[No, she probably doesn't know, Tony.]

The kind you can look at and tell they're fantasizing about how to kill you.

[video]

[wolfwild]

I'm not certain I've met that type.

[ but she's met other creeps a-plenty. ] Are there many of that sort here?

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

Eh...There's a few. Not enough to really get your chastity belt in a bunch over, though.

[video]

[wolfwild]

My...chastity belt.

[ her voice is both puzzled and wry. as if she doesn't know what he's talking about but believes she's able to guess at the meaning. and she's unimpressed. ]

[video]

[sexandoutrage]

{Oh, Jesus mother Mary Josephy-

He's really having the worst time of being clear.]

It means...Nothing to really get worried over. So far, most people here seem alright. Look after each other.