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Arya Stark ([personal profile] fearcutsdeeperthanswords) wrote2014-04-09 10:04 pm

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[Leaving the bloody mess behind her in her little rented room, Mercy rushed down five flights. She had some lines to say, and Izembaro would have her head if she was late for her entrance. She wouldn't be late: the first act would finish soon, and she'd have plenty of time to catch her breath and say her silly lines. It would be harder not to roll her eyes at Bobono's fake cock.

As she ran through the day's heavy fog, though, something changed. Shifted. She couldn't tell what, at first, only that the fog was not so thick as it had been. And then, all a sudden, the fog was gone. And so was Braavos.

Skidding to a halt, Marcy stared down the long hall ahead of her, lined on either side with doors. This was not the way to the Gate. This was not the way anywhere.

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, she thought to herself, and started forward again. Some magic was at work, here. She had to sort out what magic would send her back - before she was late. That was all there was for it.

One of the doors looked familiar, and she came to a halt in front of it, staring. This is Mercy's door. Reaching out, she pushed the door open, and there was Mercy's little room - only the spot where she'd left Raff's body was plain wood. The blood that had sprayed across her floor boards when she cut his throat was gone, too. But on her bed was something new. Closing the door behind her, Mercy picked up the queer black box, turning it over.]


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[No sooner does she accidentally send the text to the network does she manage to turn on the video: there's a flash of a shaven head, a shapeless brown dress of wool, even the blue hempen rope that serves as her belt. A flash, and no more. Her fingers find the off button, and she slips the device into her pocket. It doesn't belong in this room, but neither does she. Only Mercy does, and Mercy wouldn't spend time looking over such a strange thing. So she turns and leaves again, looking up and down the hall before picking a direction. Mercy is bubbly and sweet, but Arya knows how to disappear.

She follows her feet, wearing Mercy's confusion and her sweet smile, but looking with Arya's eyes. There is something familiar here, only she knows Mercy has never been in a place like this. The problem is, she doesn't know when she would have been, either.

When she reaches the deck she gasps, and for a few moments, Mercy is too afraid to move. It's the whole of the sky, and Mercy is afraid it will swallow her whole. But that, she knows, is silly. She forces herself forward, finding a secluded spot by the rail where she can crouch and pull the communicator out for a better look. Mercy wouldn't bother with this strange thing, but she understands that many things are worth knowing.]
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[personal profile] fire_punk 2014-04-14 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
No, I meant why did you change it from Arya?
mercurialize: (Arrogant not stupid)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-14 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kylar spots her on deck and squints a moment, leaning forward. He knows he isn't seeing things. Or at least, he's pretty positive. Illusions, you'd think, would be more convincing. But that's definitely an odd wardrobe selection for her.]

Nice, uh, haircut.
hearrrtofgold: (come on. what scent do you wear?)

[personal profile] hearrrtofgold 2014-04-14 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. [She may be faking. Duke is very aware of this. But at the same time, it's not as if people getting amnesia when they leave him is exactly new.] Well, fair enough. What does the sky look like in Braavos?
Edited 2014-04-14 15:51 (UTC)
myresponsibility: (Please don't cram me in a locker.)

[personal profile] myresponsibility 2014-04-15 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Peter catches her on deck, and is momentarily surprised, wondering if this is Arya or not, or just another one of those freak evil twin things the Barge likes to throw at people every once and a while.

It definitely seems like her, though, which is less a comment on his ability to see through her Mercy disguise and more that she's still wearing old timey clothes and didn't exactly have long hair before, so he walks over and gives her outfit a once over once he's closer.]


Wait, wait, don't tell me-

You're a mummer.

[Look he's learning!!!]
mercurialize: (Girl say whaaaaaat)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The first time, yeah. After that, I guess it's shaving.

[He leans to the right this time, judging her from the side.]

So why the change?
mercurialize: (Just chatting)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Izembaro? Right. [Did you hit your head or something, Arya? He politely takes a step back when she spins. Watching with slight amazement at the act. She's pretty good at this.]

You know, dying your hair can also work, too. Fixes the lice problem as well or at least for a while.
mercurialize: (You just keep making this awkward)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
But only for a while. [He mimics.]

[He shrugs away the topic and then circles her, he's looking for Arya cracks in her new disguise.]

So what happened to Arya? Is she dead?
mercurialize: (Wrong again)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[The circling halts when she answers. There's a flaw to that answer where everything else is well devised. He could call her out on it, but what's the point? She doesn't want to be Arya anymore, then so be it. Shame though, he liked her.]

Someone dead, I guess.

[He scratches his head, unsure of his next approach.]

So what's your name, then?
mercurialize: (That's what I thought)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Kyle Blackson. [He says with a wink.]

Nice to meet you, Mercy. [He holds out his hand for a shake.]
mercurialize: (Wrong again)

[personal profile] mercurialize 2014-04-15 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
A few months. [His handshake is firm but kind, a deadly combination indeed.]

How about you? Did you just get here, Mercy?
indispensible: (◎ leave it all behind)

[personal profile] indispensible 2014-04-15 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mercy? Vin's eyebrows shoot nearly through her hairline. Mercy? Of all the names she could put on Arya, of all the titles - Mercy? All the way at the bottom of the list.]

You are not Mercy. [She says this firmly, with utter certainty. There is no way that this could be the truth. Vin knows about truth and lies, and she knows that she can be tricked, but she could not have been tricked this badly.]

[Arya is not Mercy, but Vengeance.]


There's no Gate here. You're on the Barge. And no one's going to tan you. I told you, I'll kill them.
myresponsibility: (Ha I'm a terrible liar.)

[personal profile] myresponsibility 2014-04-16 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay.

This is weird.

But weirder things have happened than people coming back with amnesia, or deciding to just be pains in the asses and pretend they don't know everyone, so he is just. Going to roll with it and see where it goes.]


No, I'm from New York City. [Which might mean nothing to you, not!Arya.]

Have you seen a giant wolf wandering around?
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[personal profile] fire_punk 2014-04-16 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He sighs. This is ridiculous.]

I know you do. We lived here together for over a year. You're Arya.

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