1x1 ; Blackpearl44 & commander lexa

[`sappho]

nadezhda saw octavia visually frown. she knew that someone from skycrew would never know what it was like to be raised to be use to pain, blood and grief. it was just part of life in the clans. the only way to live was to learn how to deal with pain and death at a young age, especially for a nightblood like nadezhda. nightbloods were trained from birth to kill each other and become the commander. she looked over octavia as she stopped her horse. "well, each feather represents one of the nightbloods who died at the conclave. the bird represents me," she told her. "and the arrow, well, that represents you," she told octavia before she light slapped the flank of her horse to make it start walking again.

--- yeah, that happened to me too while you were gone, it sucked cx it's usually really hot here but it's been raining a lot in the afternoons lately
lol, nadezhda getting a tattoo of an arrow to represent octavia is pretty much like someone getting their girlfriend's name tattooed to them cx

[swiftie 13]

Octavia gave her horse a gentle tap, causing it to start moving again. She kept pace with Nadezhda, raising a brow when the commander said that the arrow represented her. Why would she incorporate Octavia into her commanders tattoo? From what Octavia understood, they were supposed to be something that the commander held dear to their heart, a symbol or something or someone important to them to keep them strong as they lead their people. Maybe Octavia had misunderstood. She thought about questioning the commander more, but decided against it. She could get answers another time. For now, this was about her people. She could now hear them in the distance, and knew that they were almost there. Just a few more minutes.

-- here, it's like the weather can't make up its mind. Rainy one day and then blistering heat the next. Freezing cold at night and then I wake up in the morning boiling hot and sweating like mad.
That tattoo is pretty cute tbf

[`sappho]

nadezhda knew that it wouldn't make sense to octavia why nadezhda decided to get a tattoo to represent her. her mind set was not that the tattoo just represented octavia but that it represented all of the sky people. she knew that the sky people would be an important part of her ruling because they were so different from the twelve clans. she would need to figure out how to bring peace between the twelve clans and the sky people. it wouldn't be an easy task either, especially if azegda had any say in the matter. she started to here voices. "are those your people?" she asked octavia as the voices became louder and louder. she was guessing it was because a hunting party or any type of movement from the clans would be quiet.

--- lately it's just been hot and humid or raining cx i got another bird!

[swiftie 13]

Octavia smiled and nodded, bringing her horse to a stop as they approached what seemed to be make-shift walls. They had probably put them up when they learnt of the grounder threat. "Yea, that's them." She jumped down from her horse, tying it to a nearby tree before circling the wall, looking for the entrance. When she found it, she heard a familiar voice. It was a boy, shouting about how they'd made a good kill that night so they could all eat. Octavia smiled at the voice, not one of her personal friends, but someone her brother knew well. "Murphy!" Octavia called as she entered the sky peoples' camp, a wide smile on her face. Murphy turned around, that half smile on his face when he saw who it was. However, it soon fell when he saw a grounder behind her. He clearly knew that Nadezhda was a grounder, though he probably wasn't aware that she was their leader. "Relax, she's a friend, it's just us two." Murphy seemed to ease a little, but she could tell that he was still on edge. He didn't trust the grounders, but he didn't have to. "You can trust me, and I'm telling you that she's not here to cause trouble."

-- Aww, good for you. I'm living with my cousin now, since my mom kicked me out, and she has a parrot. She's not too keen on me,
she tolerates me when I'm giving her treats.

[`sappho]

nadezhda pulled her horse to a stop as they neared the make-shift wall that skaikru had build. she guessed that at one time the walls of polis had looked similar to the walls here. she dismounted off of her horse with octavia. she obviously found someone she knew because she ran up to him. she felt hostility all around her. a few of the sky people were on the wall, point their guns at her. she narrowed her eyes. she trusted octavia but not the rest of skaikru. they could shot her at any moment. what if this was octavia's plan? no, no she trusted the girl. she pushed the thought of this being a set up out of her head. "that's grounder with octavia!" a boy's voice called. "should we shot her octavia?" another voice called. she narrowed her eyes, waiting to see what octavia would say to the two shooters.

--- that sucks that you go kicked out :c
i don't have any parrots because they are too much work since im so busy

[swiftie 13]

Octavia moved to stand in front of Nadezhda, so that if any of the sky people did decide to shoot, they wouldn't hit the commander. "Don't shoot her." Octavia warned, staring down the gunmen until they eventually lowered their weapons. "Octavia, what are you doing? Her people have killed more of us than I can count on two hands. Bellamy included." Octavia stood in silence for a long moment at the mention of her brothers name. She let out a long breath and shook her head. "They didn't kill Bellamy. As for the others, two of your hunting parties were found close to one of their villagers. They're being held, but they're fine." She could see the confused look on Murphy's face, and knew that they had a lot of talking to do. "Can we just go somewhere and talk? Who's supposed to be in charge around here?"

-- yea, but I'm doing okay now. Thankfully, my cousin let me move in with her and I now have a new job. Only part time, but now that I have a son I don't think I could do full time just yet.
She's noisy this parrot, wakes me up at 6am, if I'm not already up. But I also have a dog and two cats. The cats are low maintenance so that's fine for me lol.
Maybe Clarke could come in now? Talk to them along with Murphy?

[`sappho]

nadezhda's eyes widened when octavia stepped out in front of her. she listened to her bickering with the boy that stood in front of them but she was more worried about the two people with guns. she let out a silent sigh of relief as they put the guns down. all of the commotions must have alerted someone because she hear a voice. "hey, what's going on here?" a strong but feminine voice asked. "clarke, it's octavia, she brought a grounder with her," one of the gunmen said to the girl. a blonde, blue-eyed girl walked through the opening in the wall and her eyes widened when she saw nadezhda and octavia. "octavia! we thought you weren't coming back or that you were dead, who is she?" she asked, nodding to nadezhda. nadezhda narrowed her eyes. "i am nadezhda, commander of the twelve clans," she said to the girl.

--- oh, congrats! i love kids but im going to wait a little longer to have some myself cx
sure, do you want to share her between the two of us? c:

[swiftie 13]

Octavia's eyes widened as she heard Nadezhda announce that she was the commander. She was hoping to keep that detail to themselves, as it may put them at a disadvantage with her friends if they knew the status of the girl. She looked at Clarke, seeing her focusing on the commander. "I should have known you'd have taken control down here. Can we go somewhere and talk?" she asked, before anything could be said about the commander. She could feel the others' eyes burning in to her, and would rather avoid any confrontation with the gunmen, who were no longer aiming at them, but she could tell that they were ready to shoot. Clarke seemed to take a moment to think, before nodding her head and heading off towards a tent. Octavia followed a few paces behind, motioning for Nadezhda to follow, too.

-- I love kids, too, but I wasn't planning on having any just yet. But stuff happens and here I am.
Sure, we can share :3

[`sappho]

nadezhda looked over at octavia and saw her wide eyes. had she done something wrong by announcing who she was? it was normal in the twelve clans to announce your status, to show that you were more powerful than others. it was a prideful practice, she knew that, but a practice that had survived none the less. nadezhda looked at the girl that octavia was talking to. she had heard her name before from octavia. clarke. people had made it seem like she was some almighty warlord but nadezhda didn't really she her as much of a threat. of course, she also knew that looks could be deceiving, that was pretty obvious at this point. nadezhda followed octavia and clarke into the tent. she saw clarke look at octavia. "what were you thinking bringing her here? she's everyone's target now that she's made it obvious who she is," clarke said in an urgent whisper. nadezhda pushed herself in front of octavia. "actually, I brought myself here," she said to clarke, clenching her fist.

--- omg sorry for taking so long to reply. im currently being pounded by hurricane irma

[swiftie 13]

Octavia turned to Nadezhda as she heard the commander speak, again. Honestly, she was hoping that she would let Octavia do all the talking, but she should have known better. The great 'heda' was not one to sit on the sidelines. She could see the woman beside her clenching her fist, showing that she was growing impatient. Octavia reached out, taking her hand in her own in the hopes that it would calm her down if only slightly. The last thing she wanted was an all out war to break out when she was trying to keep the peace, for the sake of both her friends and the grounders. "Clarke, listen, this isn't about her being the commander. She doesn't want to start a war with you." Octavia said, hoping that Clarke was still the same person that saw the good in everyone. Instead, Clarke raised a brow. "She doesn't want a war? Her people have already killed eight of ours." The blonde replied, the hostility in her voice clear. Octavia shook her head. "You mean Miller and Monroe and the others? They're not dead. They were caught trespassing on Trikru territory and are being held in Polis." Octavia explained, though she left out the part that Bellamy was dead. That may not go down so well just yet, she'd bring that up at a later date. "We just want peace. The grounders won't start a war if you don't trespass, or harm anyone. And you can come to Polis to get everyone." She proposed. She knew that this wasn't a part of the original plan. Nadezhda only agreed to let Octavia see her people, not negotiate peace terms or give up her prisoners, but they could argue about it on their way back to Polis.

-- sorryyyyyy, 6 month old babies are hard work and I just wanna sleep all the time.