entranceway | (first gallop) | accidental video + action

...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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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?

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

...Seven hells.

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.

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

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.

Skeevy ones.

[ not quite a question. but almost. ]

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.

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

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

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

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. ]

{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.

I was...warned about a man with horses and a stable.

I-

What.

The man with the horses. Ser Porthos warned me against him. Is he one of your...creeps?

Someone here has...Horses.

[Obviously not.]

Yes. I was not told his name, but I was told he has horses. Two of them. And despite his reputation I would like to see those horses. But if you don't know him...

[ ah. well. perhaps this stark cannot help her. ]

Well, to be honest? I haven't exactly made it a personal mission to meet and greet everyone cooped up in here just yet, and a lot of my time's been more focused on trying to get my think up and running so I can get us out of here. So if there's some skeevy guy with horses here, it's news to me.

Seven hells. [ horses might be her ticket out of here, after all. ]

No matter. I shall have to find out for myself.

[Bless you, Lyanna, if it were that easy, they'd all be gone.]

Well, good luck with that. Maybe he's not a creep or something.

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