hadriel | Video 3 - Margaery's Apartment

[The video opens not in the Sewing Shop but in Margaery's apartment where she's sitting in the middle of her bed, a pillow clasped in her arms. she's looking down from the camera and she's in a bathrobe and nightgown, both wrinkled. her hair is disheveled and her eyes are heavily rimmed with red, as though she's spent a long time crying. which she has been. a whole day and night and a new day of crying.

she tries to look up at the camera, clear her throat and speak, but the words don't come. fresh tears well in her eyes and she looks down again, biting her lower lip.

a long moment passes with nothing but Margaery fighting back tears and silent. finally, she looks back up at the camera and speaks]

I--I thought people may want to know that Matt Murdock is no longer among us. His. His help was invaluable in the time before the Null invasion and [her voice breaks] he will be missed greatly.

[she brushes a tear off of her cheek, looking down again. she forces herself to look back up and continues]

I need to apologize to those I promised garments to. I. It will be at least another month before they're finished. I'm--I'm sorry.

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[her expression turns distressed]

The gods took you from your child? How cruel. Is her father with her, at least?

[ Alana tries not to falter. Took her away from her child, that's a thought that's been in the front and the back of her mind ever since the first days she ended up here. It hasn't been that long, but she's scared to think about how long it might be.

She can't do this again. She knows Hazel won't be able to tell- if Alana's to trust the idea that time works differently here. But she can't stay away from Hazel for long again.]

Yeah, she--they're together. Back home.

[her expression turns sympathetic]

Then you must be desperate to leave this place.

[While the sympathy is appreciated, it also serves to drive the point home that this is really happening. And she doesn't enjoy being looked at like that.

But good intentions are good intentions, and everything about this situation sucks.]

...yeah.

[Arms half crossed, she rubs at one of her elbows idly.]

But I'll see her again. I know.

[She has to.]

[unfortunately, they're all here at the whims of the gods and the Door, trapped until they see fit to release them]

You will. We can't be kept here forever.

[ Alana knows that, it's always at the back of her mind. She had no qualms in calling out a god himself, but he didn't even react. There are people who say it's not their fault, but she's too angry to believe it.

Someone has to be to blame. Someone or something took her from her family, again, and she needs someone to blame for it.

She might look okay on the outside, but she's heartbroken. Again.

She doesn't know how many more times she can go through with this.]

I know.

We'll find a way out. There's always a way out.

[Margaery has mixed feelings about the gods. they (and the Door) brought her back to life after her death at the Sept of Baelor, but she hates being subject to their whims.

losing Matt was even more salt in the wound]

And when we do, I'm going to find Matt again. Even the gods can't keep us apart forever. And you'll be with Hazel again.

Yeah.

[ And she smiles, a hint of uncertainty behind it, but mostly with necessary hope.]

Hey, it was nice meeting you.

[she gives a small smile back]

And you as well. I hope that the next time we meet will be under happier circumstances.

I hope so too.

[ People around here aren't too bad. Sure, she doesn't know how to talk with everyone and making friends isn't her top priority, but it's always nice to meet those who you can strike a conversation with. Even if that conversation is about their shared misery.]

Take care.

[With a little polite wave, she shuts off her feed.]

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the end! :)