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Aegon "Jon Snow" Targaryen ([personal profile] northerndragon) wrote in [community profile] agoge2018-04-04 08:41 pm

>>FROM:@AEGONNER >>TO:@ALL [backdated to ~a week after BASE arrival]

I have two things to speak on today.

The big white wolf is a direwolf. He's mine. His name is Ghost.

Dogs don't like him, horses don't like him, and he can bring down deer and elk. Not just can — will. He's half-wild, maybe more than half, and you won't hear him coming. He's never shown his teeth to a friend, though. If you're good to him, he'll be good to you.

The other thing — if you want to go out there, or you've been out there, and you're not used to the wilderness, time was when I was a kind of ranger. I have to tell you that I'm not used to this wilderness, but I'll help you if I can.

And if any of you want to train with swords, I'm your man for that, too.

If you're new to COST… well, ask Chiron which one I am, but looking for Ghost should give you an idea of it. I'd be pleased to meet you.


[OOC: Jon has his own log post over here for any and all recent BASE stuff, including interactions specifically with Ghost or with both of them, Jhashch training, camping (which I am pretty late on due to illness but would still love to do). You can probably have most any top level you want, if you give me a nudge -- PM, [plurk.com profile] detectivefiction, or detectivefiction#1669 on Discord.]
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Help Me)

@GOTTAGUN

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-07 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
I have seen what those wolves can do. Does he really not make a noise? Your brother always said that the wolves could sense who was friendly and who wasn't, but even still. I never could sit easy around him. You won't let him get too close?
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Hurt)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-07 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
I am. I told you of how your brother seized my family's keep? I could see everything from the walls, all of the fighting and bloodshed. There was a massive wolf in the ranks, tearing through the troops. I saw him knock down a man I had known all of my life. He bit into him, ripping his face. The sounds...it was hard to forget, even when the wolf was docile.]

[A shiver runs over her spine, pushing away the smells and screams that seemed to encroach on her.]

How big is he now?
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Thoughtful (Unhappy))

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-07 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Fear isn't always easy to control. I don't know how I will feel around him.

I wish I were like my brother. He loved Grey Wind.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Collapses To Knees)

Raynald's death for Grey Wind still kills me (RIGHT PROPER!)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-07 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Grey Wind was fond of him.

He...

I heard he died trying to free Grey Wind from the kennels, so the wolf could go protect Robb. He was shot with arrows getting Grey Wind free, but it was all for naught.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Shade (Night))

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-13 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
My brother was loyal to yours. It didn't matter if he was opposing our liege lords, he believed in your brother's cause. He always had the ability to see past politics to the heart of a person.

[There were things she hadn't told him about her family, how Raynald was the exception among them. She had been hiding the information, aware of how little Jon actually knew about this, hearing of a different woman in his world. All he had to trust was her word. Knowing of her mother might rupture that trust.

But being honest was better than concealment. It could only lead to trouble if it was found out under different circumstances.]


We should speak in person. There is more I should like to tell you about my brother and my family's liege lords.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Anxious (Hurries))

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-26 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's uncomfortable, it shows on her face as she slowly approaches Jon and Ghost. Her eyes were fixed on the large wolf, uncertain how he would respond to her. He seemed to be consumed by his meal, but she knew how quick they could move.

She shuffles around them, keeping as wide a girth as she could.]


Is it safe?
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Incredulous)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-27 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[She took that advice seriously, giving Ghost an even wider girth. If she could get a table between the direwolf and her, she would be a bit more at ease. How Raynald managed to get so close to these things, she'd never understand.

She peered over at the juice, deciding to collect something for herself as well. Tea was the best, it might keep her calm in this really frightening situation.]


Raynald would make fun of me for this.
widow_of_the_crag: ([Jeyne] Fearful)

[personal profile] widow_of_the_crag 2018-04-30 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[She scooted awkwardly back around the wolf, giving as wide a girth as possible. When she took a seat, she made certain to put the table between herself and Ghost. It wouldn't do much to stop him, if he wanted to lunge at her, but it at least felt like some form of protection.]

You have a deep bond with him. Your siblings must have had one with their wolves too. I wonder if it's my fault that Robb was so willing to keep Grey Wind in the kennel when he visited the Twins. He grew used to doing that.

[Lady Catelyn seemed to disapprove, but she didn't seem happy about the marriage at all.]

My brother was a good man and his blood is on my mother's hands.
deem: (say)

@SSSSSSSSS

[personal profile] deem 2018-04-08 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[This is quite helpful and informative, but he has a question here]

You said if we're good to him... So how do you make friends with a wolf?

[He doesn't even know if wolves like the scent that sachets give off, nor does he have his. That worked for giant boars and moose, but wolves are new]

I wouldn't want him to bite me and hurt himself.
deem: (say)

[personal profile] deem 2018-04-15 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
My physiology's a little different. My skin might look real, but under that I'm made of alloys, and my blood is synthetic. I assume he could smell the difference, but that's what concerns me.

I've actually never seen a dog either, but I have data files pertaining to them. And you're right that I wouldn't do something like that. It's just asking for a fight, and not very nice, besides.
deem: (question)

[personal profile] deem 2018-04-26 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Something like that, although what I have on people here surely isn't very comprehensive. I pick up information from observation and experience, or sometimes, from other units like me. We collaborate. Or we did, anyway.

[What with being the only one present now, 9S can't say a whole lot of collaboration is going on]

But if it's alright with you, I'd like to see him for myself.