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11-19-2016, 05:29 PM
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the Mother of Companions The differences between the two meetings called by their most recent sultanas is astounding; and it's not in the way the mares speak, because Sikeax had been just as direct and commanding (take prisoners the Outcast group). No, Ampere thinks as she walks alongside her daughter to joint he meeting. The difference is in the way the herd responded. Do they so willingly accept this alteration born of altercation because of the swell of unrest Sikeax and her inactivity caused? Or is it because Aithniel delivers unto the herd purpose the way Sikeax did not? Take prisoner the Outcast group is very different from Who wants to be a healer, a warrior, a sneak?. Is it the question, or just the singular affect of being delivered a rank? Is it Aithniel, or is it the herd that has changed? "Why matter?" came the quip of a small voice in her mind. Kygo descended from a nearby tree to Ampere's withers, having been here before her while he watched the challenge that unfurled this very meeting. He was emboldened by his assistance to Ampere, and so with uncharacteristic affection between the two of them, he touched her, and she did not chase him away. "It doesn't," Ampere supposed, "it's just interesting, don't you think?" "No," Kygo replied simply, though a mint green expression of surprise colored their bond; Ampere seemed to be drifting more towards normal, caught up in a love for something other than Gaucho as the sands around her bled and cried out for change. He began to preen as their mental conversation dropped and Ampere instead turned her focus upon the new Sultana and the gathered. She glanced over at Tae with poorly veiled surprise when her daughter denied the rank class she'd been chasing and instead opted for healer. A spark of rage gnawed inside Ampere, that the young, small, inexperienced girl had risked her life to challenge the Gladiator, against the very plans they had discussed, only to throw it all away. Was that why she finished fighting? Ampere had thought once she knew Aithniel had won she had stopped the charade since it's intent was only to distract, but she had been surprised then too because she knew a thing or two about pride; maybe she didn't know so many things about her own daughter though. She wasn't mad about her choice though. Healing was a noble art, and as a mother she certainly preferred the idea that her child was stitching up others instead of getting stitches, though she would have supported her either way. Ampere wasn't so overbearing (so she liked to think) as to deny her daughter the very thing she did- what upset her was the sneaky challenge against odds her untrained daughter couldn't match. It hit too close to home Kygo supposed, because Ampere seemed blind to the fact she frequently did the same. He wondered if her mother would be pissed at her. "I'll continue in my Guardian rank," Ampere murmured as she turned away from her daughter and looked to Aithniel. "Though I'm happy to help wherever needed. I served as Gladiator and Chancellor for many seasons prior." She doesn't mention her failed stint as Sultana, and to that nods appreciatively at Aithniel's successful rise. |
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