Logs:Can't Protect Them All
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| RL Date: 4 November, 2012 |
| Who: Taikrin |
| Involves: High Reaches Weyr |
| Type: Vignette |
| What: After a day of murder, Taikrin stands guard. |
| Where: Azaylia's Weyr, High Reaches Weyr |
| When: Day 28, Month 2, Turn 30 (Interval 10) |
| Mentions: Riorde/Mentions, Lujayn/Mentions, Azaylia/Mentions, Brieli/Mentions, Teris/Mentions, Tiriana/Mentions |
| Compartmentalization was a skill Taikrin had long since mastered. Around her, everyone mourned; in a cold knot in the back of her skull, Szadath mourned. In the perfect, ice-hard stillness of her own being, though, there was room for only silence. Protect the queens. Protect Lujayn, Azaylia, Brieli. Protect Ri-- NO. No thoughts of Riorde, of what this might mean to her, of what this might do to her. No. Down that road was sentimentality, and softness, and weakness-- the enemies of the rock she needed to be. A girl was dead. Not the first time. Everyone has enemies, especially those with power. This, Taikrin knew best of all. Once you have power, everyone will try to come and take it from you-- with force, if necessary. She'd said as much to the little juniors, only a few sevendays ago. Maybe if she'd also approached-- NO. This was not her fault. She'd done the best she could for the two without mates, without protection. She'd assumed the two better-established (loved) could fend for themselves, were strong enough to care for themselves. True, they weren't a Tiriana, but-- NO. She couldn't look after all of them. She couldn't help them. She'd learned that lesson, hard as it was, after Teris had been-- NO. NO NO NO NO NO. In the dark of Azaylia's weyr, with Szadath taking what comfort her could from Hraedhyth's warmth, Taikrin sat alone on a chair and hugged her sheathed dagger to herself. She'd failed so many of them (they weren't hers to prote-- NO!). She wasn't going to fail again. |
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Azaylia (Dragonshy) left a comment on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:53:26 GMT.
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D: Aw, Taikrin... You're a good guard dog! Honest. <3
K'del (K'del) left a comment on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:58:43 GMT.
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Oh, Tai.
Riorde (Riorde) left a comment on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:10:20 GMT.
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Taikrin. :(
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