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By: Nenya

Nenya — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:17:42 +0000

It’s precisely because she’s been an acting monarch that her attitude seems off. This is the same elven princess who did not move a muscle in Nicodemus’ throne room when they brought in Alex as a prisoner, and suddenly as a guest of another monarch, who just told her they rescued her parents, she starts tossing out all her pain. Maybe because she feels a lot more able to do so.
However, it’s not Nastajia’s attitude that bugs me but the logical underpinnings of the scene.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:57:50 +0000

Agreed!

By: bmonk

bmonk — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:48:28 +0000

add to what eee said the fact that, while she is adult, about Alex’s age, she is not necessarily all that mature, and under a lot of pressure being regent, missing the wisdom of her parents, and so on. She is mature, but she probably has some growing up to do still.

By: eee

eee — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:35:53 +0000

She’s unleashing all the pain and distress she’s felt for the past few years. She had no idea where her parents were or if they were alive or not, she had to assume rulership of the Elves before she was ready even as Nicodemus was becoming ever more dictatorial, dangerous, and oppressive, everything was going bad… and now she finds out a word from the Pharaoh could have changed all that, maybe even prevented it. So she’s lashing out. I suspect she – and we – will soon learn more about what’s going on, why her parents were allowed to set out on what might well have been a suicide mission, and that things are not quite as they seem. And that she’ll apologize once she’s got all the facts…

By: Shaut

Shaut — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:10:02 +0000

Have to say I agree with you two. I really enjoy the story, but Nastaljia’s rant makes little to no sense—especially from a supposedly mature elvin queen. About the only thing that would actually cause a fellow monarch to care would be the, “Nicodemus usurped Arthur’s throne,” not the dramatic, “He stole my childhood and parents.” I could honestly see the Pharaoh saying, “Suck it up, we all have hardships.”

By: Xaxnar

Xaxnar — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:55:15 +0000

Sorry ’bout dat. I was tied up with family and didn’t get any closer than Tellico Lake in any case. I figured you have enough on your plate at the moment. At least I found time to get the husband of my niece interested in TDC. Maybe some other time.

By: Bennel

Bennel — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:37:25 +0000

I kinda assumed that the interaction with the ship was a defensive measure. It did seem to sail (fly?) into the area patrolled by the Guardian scouts. Perhaps this is just the first time that such a ship carrying Dreamlander prisoners was intercepted, and such attacks against intruding pirates have happened before?
Given that the king of the Guardians says that they watch but not interact, it’s understandable that he would know who the king and queen of elves were, and therefore allow them some kind of privilege: leaving. Plus, from knowing what goes on in Dreamland, he would understand their intentions by going to the Nightmare Realm, and with the wraiths already in control of the portal, it’s not like their location is a secret anymore.
Since Alex and company arrived via the Sister platform things, which brought them right to the city, and he knew Alex was the king of Dreamland, he probably decided that welcoming them was the best option rather than trying to resist them.

What I’m curious about is, if the Guardians have avoided involvement thus far in Dreamland, how did they end up with one of the tablets, which as I understood it, were created after Nicodemus seized the throne, a mere 600 years ago?

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:57:27 +0000

now he’s done it. He pissed off the princess

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:32:22 +0000

This makes it make all the more sense to have them steal the wings. If these people are forbidden, they’d:

A) Not attack a nightmare realm ship (though maybe they are not forbidden from interacting with the nightmare realm? Clarification on that? Is the nightmare realm truly part of dreamland or an adjacent land?).
B) Not get involved with Nastajia’s parents regardless.
C) If they did attack the ship, they’d have made as quiet an attempt as possible to return the king and queen to their homeland (as this may fit with Seraphopolis’ position of being Dream-Switzerland-Bhutan).
D) They would have had a single representative meet Alex’s party and kindly tell them to go away.

This guy is a horribly inept ruler. He had two jobs! Guard the portal and not interact with dreamlanders. Heh.

By: Captain Radar

Captain Radar — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:41:44 +0000

Let’s hope Alex could offer some words of his own to defuse this….debacle!