1x1 ; Blackpearl44 & commander lexa

[`sappho]

nadezhda heard the girl's smart remark as she walked into her tent. she didn't respond, to her octavia should be glad that she wasn't killed on spot. if she would have slipped in a poisoned arrow instead of the regular arrow- without the antidote- she would be dead right now. she started to change into a non-blood splattered outfit. she then started to rebraid her hair. it was long and a hard task but with the help of a fellow warrior she was about to finish it and put her war paint back on. she heard the calling of one of her men and she walked out, now looking still as beautiful as ever like she was ready for a great event such as the conclave. she looked to see one of her men with a broken nose. "take him to the healer," she told two nearby warriors. "for every time she struggles take another of her people and kill them," she called to her warriors in trigedasleng, knowing octavia wouldn't understand. "and explain what happens when she struggles," she told her warriors before disappearing back into her tent.

--- great job ark, now nadezhda is going to be the commander and all your people will die >:) jk XD
also everytime i tried to type braid it auto corrected to bread and i was dying XD "she then started to re bread her hair"

[swiftie 13]

Octavia watched as Nadezhda finally returned from her tent probs looking sexy as, ordering a few warriors to do something in their language. Octavia didn't understand, and she didn't try to. The man that had gone to Nadezhda before, after Octavia had broken the other man's nose, returned with another cloth. "If you resist, another of your people will die." he told Octavia before he pressed the cloth to Octavia's neck. Octavia stayed still, not entirely sure if the threat was empty, but she didn't really want to test it. Her brother was out there somewhere, she didn't want to be the reason he was killed. So, she allowed the man to clean her wounds while she was still bound to the post. When the blood was washed off, he untied her, but kept a firm grip on her arm so she was unable to get away from him. He pulled her to Nadezhda's tent, but did not enter. "Nadezhda, she needs to dry and change. Where shall I take her?" He called in to the tent in trigedasleng. Of course Octavia couldn't go to the conclave with soaking wet clothes that were undoubtedly covered in blood.

-- Yea, well done O. Now the hot girl that hates you is gonna be the highest ranking.
Haha, that's how she attracts all the birds then is it ;3 haha I don't know why I found that so funny

[`sappho]

nadezhda heard the man talking to octavia, hopefully she would listen now because she was not kidding about finding her people and killing them. if they come across the river she would probably kill them anyways but it was nice to have a threat to get someone to do what she wanted. she heard the called and pushed open the fabric door of her tent and said in trigedasleng, "i will take care of her, if she hurts me then we can just kill some of her people." she had already warned octavia about struggling and now that rule was in full effect. she had one of her men stand her in a corner, one arm chained to a post stuck in the ground. she took a wet rag then started to wipe the blood off of the girl's face. "it's a same it had to end up like this," she said to her. nadezhda quickly finished cleaning octavia and then changed her into a grounder's outfit that didn't have blood on it. she then unchained her from the pole but held the other side of the chain and drug her out of the tent. she looked to her people and called, "she may dress like us now but she is not one of us and come the morning her blood will spill over the hills!" the people cheered as she said this then pulled octavia towards the horses.

--- i was like so sad for a minute because i thought you had logged off and i was going into rp withdraw XD
yes all the birds XD

[swiftie 13]

Octavia made no move to protest as she was brought in to Nadezhda's tend and chained to a pole in the corner. She stayed still as she was cleaned of the blood on her face. She could still taste the blood from when she had bit her lip, but she paid it no mind. Instead she focused on the woman who was helping her in to some complicated grounder gear. She didn't try to stop her, and not just because of the threat. She didn't mind Nadezhda cleaning her up, she just didn't like those god awful men having to touch her. She would rather walk around blood-soaked and wet. As soon as she was ready, Octavia was dragged outside by the lead warrior. She looked in awe as she was then pulled to some horses. She had never seen horses before, but had seen pictures in books from stories Bellamy used to read to her when she was a child. "Horses," She whispered, looking at the great animal with wide eyes. "Untie me. I'm not going anywhere." She said, turning to look at Nadezhda. "I don't even know where I am so I can't exactly go back to my people." She added, hoping it would persuade her. Honestly having her hands bound constantly was starting to irritate her, it was bad enough she was hidden away under a floor for sixteen years, and then in a small cell for a further year, but now she was constantly tied up and being dragged around.

-- Nope, sleep has not conquered me yet. Though, it is getting on towards six am and I'm debating whether or not sleep is worth it, because I'm really tired rn but man I don't know if I can leave this just yet

[`sappho]

nadezhda appreciated that octavia didn't fight then she cleaned her up and changed her clothes. she do however struggle once she saw the horses. she turned to octavia and said quietly, "if you stop struggling and let me take you to my conclave i might be able to let you go, but only if you stop struggling and do what i say," she said to the girl then looked at the horse. she could tell that the girl had never seen or ridden a horse before. "she will go with me," she told her men in trigedasleng. she then walked up to a bay colored horse and then eyed her men and mentioned for them to bring a small cart over which they attached to the horse. she hooked the other end of octavia's chain to the cart and said, "you will ride here." she then mentioned for her men to get her into the cart and mounted the horse bareback.

--- never let sleep conquer you bae :P

[swiftie 13]

Octavia watched as the warriors brought some kind of cart, placing it beside the horse so that it would move along with the horse. She raised a brow slightly, but didn't complain when the two men picked her up and placed her in the cart. She shuffled uncomfortably now that she was in the cart. She let out a huff as she looked over at Nadezhda as the warrior mounted the horse. She shifted her attention to a few other warriors who were now beginning to mount horses. The warriors that were on horses were freshly cleaned, with no warpaint and nicely braided hair. Compared to the ones who were obviously staying behind, who sported messy hair, unclean and painted faces. Octavia looked back up to Nadezhda. She didn't know how long the journey would be, but she didn't want to spend it in this uncomfortable cart. "Can't I ride a horse too?" She asked.

-- Unfortunately, I was conquered by sleep.

[`sappho]

nadezhda saw that octavia was uncomfortable. to her it didn't matter much that her prisoner didn't like being in a cart. "when you are woods clan you can ride the horses with the warriors, for now you are a prisoner and to my understanding sky people didn't even know horses existed," she told the girl then looked forwards at her men then back at the men trying to get octavia in the cart. "mount your horse, if she doesn't get in the cart she can be drug behind," she told her men in trigedasleng, who nodded and quickly mounted there horses behind and beside her. she then called to her people, "to the conclave!" the horsed started to trot and nadezhda could only hope for octavia's sake she had gotten in the cart a the horses started to charge. she heard cheering behind her as she rode towards her conclave.

--- i was conquered by school

[swiftie 13]

Octavia rolled her eyes once more as she was told that she had to get in the cart. She head Nadezhda say something in trigedasleng, and even though she didn't understand, she knew that if she didn't stay in the cart she would simply be dragged by the horse. So, she gave in and stayed in the cart no matter how uncomfortable it was. Good thing she did, because as the horses began to take a fast pace, she knew she wouldn't have been able to keep up so she would have ended up quite literally being dragged. She glanced back at the village she was leaving behind as she heard the warriors shouting. She returned her attention in the direction they were going, before looking up at Nadezhda on the horse. "You're a really sucky host, you know." She said, a hint of sarcasm as she tried to get comfortable in the cart, wondering how long the journey would be so she could get out of this thing.

-- I slept all day, literally. I woke up at 2pm XD

[`sappho]

nadezhda turned to her, slowing the pace of her horse. "my goal is not to be a good host, it is to be a loyal warrior to my clan," she said to octavia before turning back towards where she was going. she then started to ride faster again towards the conclave grounds in polis. she would have to battle with other nightbloods to see who was the most fit to become the commander. she knew it would be hard but she was strong and she wouldn't give up until she won. she finally pulled her horse to a halt as- after hours of traveling- they had reached polis. she dismounted her horse and saw the huge crowd of people. she knew why, a conclave didn't happen every day. she unchained octavia from the cart and made sure to keep a tight grip on her chain.

--- i would have but i had to go to school XD
i have yet to see a conclave so i'm just guessing that it's going to be in polis

[swiftie 13]

Octavia kept silent for the rest of the journey. When they finally reached polis, however, she was in awe at what she saw. Hundreds of grounders flooded the streets, gathering around the large tower in the center. Octavia didn't even care that she was chained and getting weird looks from the grounders around her. Due to her grounder garb, no one suspected that she was a sky person, they probably just thought she was another grounder who had done wrong and was now a prisoner. When Octavia was done looking around, she turned back to the warrior. "So what are we doing here?" she asked.

-- man, school sucked I'm glad I don't have to get up in a morning anymore