on the nature of oaths

[zuhrovet]

[In the current move, Sasha has just accepted an oath of service from Jedao, a relationship Reshad believes is coercive. I'm not sure whether this properly counts as character rp or a new half-move, but I think we all need some new space to deal with the fallout!]

Sasha is waiting outside the antechamber. She has tied her scarf again, and looks as put-together as she ever does. "Are we having this conversation in my office?" she asks Reshad. "Or over tea, with everyone?"

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Re: [for whoever is monitoring Jedao]

[yhlee]

[Actual response--sorry for the delay. I have a book deadline looming over me...]

"Are you a ruse?" Jedao counters. "Or perhaps a test of some kind?" His smile flashes at Virmad: tilted, and a little challenging. "I have to say, personal charm is irrelevant to a sniper, although it does help to have willing soldiers when one is commanding troops."

Re: [for whoever is monitoring Jedao]

[lleullawgyffes]

“‘Sniper’ — is that what they’re calling it these days?” Virmad laughs. “And will you believe me if I say I’m neither?” he asks. “I probably wouldn’t, in your position. Or, if I’m a test, it’s for myself as much as it is for you.” He sighs and puts his hand, just for a moment, into his left pocket to touch the lantern pendant there. “I have so many questions I’d like to ask you, but we picked you up at the wrong point in your timeline and I can’t pose them now with any certainty that I’ll get the answers I’m looking for. So we both have to trust.”

Re: [for whoever is monitoring Jedao]

[yhlee]

"I'm sure the state of innuendo hasn't changed much since we were current," Jedao murmurs. "What are the answers you are looking for? Certainty I can't give you, any more than anyone can. But maybe I can give you possibilities."

His gaze follows Virmad's hand, notes the object in the pocket; but he doesn't ask. Not yet.