Fall from the Stars [1x1 G.L'S and Blackpearl]

[G.L'S]

Octavia | With Nadezhda | The forest
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Octavia watched as the grounder moved about her campsite and fiddled with her sword and the fire. When she returned and cauterized her wound and placed the salve overtop, she tried to suffer through and not wince but was unsuccessful. She really had no idea why this girl would be trying to spare her now. Even her response provided Octavia with no answer.
Juice drain, juice down? What the hell does that mean?
She thought to herself as the salve stung at the tender burnt flesh on her neck and distracted her. Really? Were there not more humane treatment methods? Then again, she's obviously not trying to be civil. Fighting through it, she wondered why on earth she was even in this position in the first place. Glancing down at the tracker on her wrist, she cursed those idiots in the stars for sending her here. She'd been better off being floated, but it also gave her an idea.
Tugging her arm up, she exposed the metal clasp and glared at the grounder, "I doubt you can understand me but if you do know this: this clasp is a tracker. My people are observing all of us. If you kill me, they'll know when and how and they'll invade. Unless you want an entire army on your hands with advanced technology, you'll rethink this."
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[`sappho]

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nadezhda could tell the sky girl thought this was the worst thing that could happen to her. tomorrow she would know worst pain. she would know the pain that via had felt when their metal hut had burned alive all the people in that poor village. the camp of the sky people and the village were a bit of ways apart so she believe something had broke off of the metal hut and burned down the village and all of the people. of course, that didn't make it any better. these invaders had killed her sister and trespassed on their territory. she narrowed her eyes when the girl started talking. did this girl really think that something like that was going to scare her? she was a trained warrior and there was no way any civilization could outnumber all of the twelve clans if they came together. she decided they shouldn't stay in this place any longer, the risk of reapers coming was rising. she took her sword and cut a piece of rope before tying the girl's hands together and cutting the rope around her with her sword. she then decided it would be too risky to have this girl awake and hit the girl in the head with the handle of her sword swiftly, knocking her out but not damaging her brain. she the poured a container of water of the fire and got on her horse with the girl on her lap, riding toward the camp of the forest clan.

[G.L'S]

Octavia | With Nadezhda | The forest
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Octavia wondered just how this grounder was going to respond to her not-so-idle threat but was soon left to wondering. No answer was given (as expected) and she was only left with more confusion as she began to cut away her bindings. For a split second, she thought this girl was going to let her go. Forget that, why on earth would she just let you run free? To warn the others? Ya right.
She didn't have long to consider it before she was clocked across the head and blacked out again.
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[`sappho]

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their resting point hadn't been to far from her village but nadezhda knew she would still have to ride through the night to get to the village. she used only the moon and stars to guide back to her village. all warriors had to learn how to navigate using just nature. during the day they would have paths but at night and if someone got lost they would have to know how to just the plants and winds to find their way back. by the time she was at her village the sun was rising. everyone stopped what they were doing to see her. "my people. today i bring you the cause of village burning, the cause of the death of our people. a sky girl," she said to everyone in trigedasleng. the crowd booed the girl. the girl was now awake and nadezhda was pulling her over to a wooden post sticking out of the ground. she tied the girl's hands together and then to a small iron circle. "now she would get punished for her actions!" she yelled. "jus drien jus daun!" the people chanted.

[G.L'S]

Octavia | With Nadezhda | The forest
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Octavia awoke finally in the middle of a village square. Everything was so loopy to her from all the headbanging that she could barely make sense of it all. Even as they tossed her around like a rag doll, she merely blinked feebly trying to sort out her surroundings. When she was tied to the pole, she heard her captor call out to the crowd. Boos and cheers erupting from all around snagged her attention and immediately she began to struggle against her bindings. When she was finally able to process what was going on, her fate had already begun.
Great, in a sacrificial lamb. They want me here for blood sport.
Although it was a useless attempt since none of the grounders spoke English, Octavia's rage bled through in her attempts to get free, "so you think by murdering me all your problems will be solved? I am one of thousands! End me and you'll start a war, but that's fine. Live up to the barbarians you are!"
Tearing at the ropes, she managed somehow to liberate one of her wrists tying her to the ring on the pole. Working on the other side, she began to fight and wriggle. Anything to get out alive.
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[`sappho]

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nadezhda smirked when the girl started to yell and talk about starting a war. "as you heard from the sky girl herself she is one of thousands. well, we are a hundred of millions," she called in their language to the crowd who cheered. "i say bring on the war, no one could beat all twelve clans," she yelled in their language, getting cheers again. she then took out her dagger, the handle made by herself. it was made from deer antler. it was curved with tribal symbols. "now i will cut this sky girl to show her where she stands," she said. suddenly, octavia tore the ropes holding her arms above her head. she grabbed octavia's arm. she would have given her a quick death but she had disobeyed her. she turned her arm over, holding the dagger and getting ready to slice the girl's arm. "nadezhda, the commander is dead," a warrior yelled, pushing himself to the front of the crowd. "the conclave will being soon," she said. she then cut the roped of octavia the threw her to a group of warriors and village ladies. "wash her up and get her dress for the conclave," she said before walking into her home, going to get ready for the battle ahead.

[G.L'S]

Octavia | With Nadezhda | The Village
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Octavia almost thought she had her out when the grounder figured out her ploy. Moving quickly to close the ground between them, the other girl had her arm held up, rendering her immobile. Damn, I thought I could count on her hubris for a bit longer. So much for a sneak escape. She was ready to make her escape when another warrior broke through the crowd.
"Heda laik wan op klin. Konklav na stot au."
Everyone seemed to stop a minute at the words, including Octavia. She had never really listened to the language they spoke until now. If it was English, it was remnant of ages ago. She hear other words like natblida, gona, but the one saved for her was skai honon. Clearly it didn't take a linguist to figure out the first bit, but the rest might as well have been in Greek. Before she knew it, she was being led off by some other women to a tent off the square.
The sky girl wanted to scream out and ask what was their deal but it was futile since no one spoke her language. Settling into a huff, she let them fuss over her as they prepped clothes and a bath before stepping just outside of the thin veil of canvas. Octavia checked to see if her moment to bolt was now but soon heard the rough tone of guards outside her tent. Cursing to herself, she gave in and stripped down to have a bath. At least they were nice enough to let her be clean. Then again, the could only be doing it because they thought she stunk or looked terrible. The skybox did that to you after a while.
She had barely covered herself with a towel before the women came rushing back in to prep her for this "conclave". As much as it intrigued Octavia, she kept her gaze latched to her surroundings for any form of escape. That didn't change either when the guards came in and took her away.
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[`sappho]

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nadezhda could tell that the sky girl was surprised that she had grabbed her arm. she hadn't known the girl was going to do anything but this girl was very predictable. she was dumb, which was pretty obvious because of her fighting skills and her being able to speak two languages. it would probably be a bit until this girl knew that she could speak english, though. all of the warriors knew what she was saying but she had no idea what they were staying. to get ready for the conclave and took off her armor and got took a bath. after that she braided her hair and put on her clothes, which were fancier because of the conclave. she then put her war paint back on but didn't put her mask on. this would be the first time the girl would see her in her full beauty, without her mask. she looked over at the sky girl, who was only wearing a towel. she looked her up and down and then looked over at the maids. "put her in this," she said, handing the maids a dress made from deer skin. "braid her hair and sent her out when your done, make sure the guards her holding her wrists," she said before walking out and picking a horse to take to the conclave. she choose a pure white horse and walked it to the area where everyone else was line their horses to get ready to go.

[G.L'S]

Octavia | With Some Guards | The Village
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Octavia eyed them all warily as they went around her, conversing and working in a world that she was not privy to. They dressed her in some frilly grounder outfit that she had no use for or any interest in. At least it wasn't restrictive which would make her fleeing much easier when the time came. The tied her hair and bound her wrists before leading her out of the tent and back into the square. On her way out, she caught her reflection in the water in the bath and blinked at herself for a few moments. With her hair braided, the new clothes and even some of that filth they smudged onto her face, she looked completely different. No longer was she the innocent partying sky girl sent to die, now she was the exotic captive sent to die instead.
Tearing her face away, she hardened her resolve as they broke into the daylight and back into the square. The warrior who had so rudely abducted her stood with a horse as white as snow. Her eyes locked onto the animal as she realized in awe that there were many of them stood astride in the square. It may have been a bad time for her to realize just how different earth was from her books, but she couldn't help herself. If she was going to die, she might as well enjoy her time.
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[`sappho]

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nadezhda knew it would be hard for this sky girl to adjust to her surroundings in one day. she was lucky that she had been interrupted by the conclave because if she wasn't she would probably already be dead. she hadn't even talked to the girl to learn her name and this girl didn't know she could speak english. she watched as the guards brought her out. she seemed ashamed of herself, something that she didn't understand. nadezhda had given her the clothes of a warrior, so much more than she deserved for killing so many. she looked like she fit in but it was obvious that she didn't belong here. she pulled the reins of her horse and turned around so the she was beside octavia. "you're riding with me," she said to her, finally speaking to her in english as she pulled on her onto the horse and put her in front of herself. she then got back in line with the other horses and warriors riding on them. her horse started to trot along with the other horses on her way to polis.