Edema Rue

Ravelast: 6th Archive Gateway “Thinking is good,” Rue said, sitting next to her. “No one ever seems to do enough of that. If you want to talk about anything, I’m here.” @InfiniteInsanity

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue frowned, feeling her anger growing again. “You’ve done it before. You Asha’man always manage to surprise me with the level of cruelty you casually reach.” She shook her head, forcing her anger down again. I need to stop talking to him. He’s only going to make me angrier. Rue walked over to Insa. “Are you okay?” @InfiniteInsanity

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway "Cuendillar? Could be useful. I can enter Tel'aran'rhiod any time I sleep," she said smugly, "And I trained with the Aiel for several years as an Accepted." She frowned. "They aren't using Asha'man in the Shara campaign. Some of the blues are arguing for it, but...light. I should have stayed in the Tower."

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue blinked, then started laughing. Hard. If nothing else, he's definitely blunt. "I expect the same answers from you." She cocked her head. "But we all know you can make gateways. I can make them as well, though not to such...peculiar locations as you. Healing...I am no yellow, but I am passable."

Rue sighed. "You really want everything as blunt as can be, don't you. Yes, I lived through the last battle. I was only an Accepted then, but I was there. What does it matter to you anyway?"

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway "I'm here, aren't I?" Rue said, shoving down those memories. Why did he have to bring that up?

Chickens are pets, right? So yes. TPBM dreams about being in the book they’re reading if they read late at night.

He didn’t catch it until it had squished an uneaten present! LUCKILY………………

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue rolled her eyes. “Complain when I’m cryptic, complain when I say exactly what I mean, why don’t you. No, I’ve never had a warder before.”

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue hesitated, not wanting to give away a weakness. “No…” @UnfortunatelyNamed

And some of them liked texting every minute how many minutes were left until Christmas, greatly annoying their friends.

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue turned back to him. "Safe, huh. I don't buy that. And I can't unbond you." Sensing confusion through the aforementioned bond, she continued, "Members of the red Ajah swear our own oaths, to make sure only those who think as we do join our ranks. Since Saidin was 'cleansed', the other Ajahs have been desperate to make us change. They've tried to send in Accepted with their own views before. They were surprised when I joined; everyone thought that I'd be a Brown, or a Green." She laughed bitterly. "But none of that matters. The point is, I literally can't let you go. And I'm still not convinced that I should. What happened to your friends who are supposedly fine?" @UnfortunatelyNamed

Ravelast: Sixth Gateway Archive Rue took a deep breath. A rosebud opening to the sun. “I should not have gotten so angry.” Scud. It had been a long time since she’d lost control like that. “But the other Ajahs…they don’t think you’re dangerous anymore. They don’t understand how many of you still have the madness, and how even the new Asha’man show it. The red is still needed, and always will be.” She gave a stiff nod and stalked away. Light. Was that really all it took for me to lose herself? I’m was out of practice, too much time away from the tower. She sniffed. “And I wouldn’t keep you from channeling. You’d grow more dangerous and less sane if you never satisfied the longing.” @UnfortunatelyNamed @InfiniteInsanity

Ravelast: Sixth Gateway Archive Rue quivered with anger. That flaming, goat loving man. I ought to—no. No. I’m past this. I’m better than this. She shook her head. “You’re all the same. Acting so caring, so protecting. But you don’t care. You don’t pay attention. And when one of you burns down a village or two…when your recruiting parties bully every man in the village into being tested, into leaving, and the village can’t produce enough to pay, when the Lords and Ladies get angry…When your insanity gets the better of you, and it will, it always does, what will you do? What have you done already?” Rue realizes her eyes feel wet. Surprising. She hasn’t cried in a very, very long time. “Light knows we have no reason to be angry. Brush us under the rug, and watch what happens.” She stalks away, trying, and failing, to regain her composure. @UnfortunatelyNamed

Ravelast: Sixth Gateway Archive Rue glared at him, eyes filled with hatred. “Why would I have anything to say to you? And as for making my life miserable, you and your people already have.” She opened her mouth to say more, but caught herself. He didn’t need to know about…that. Any of that. And she was Aes Sedai; getting angry was beneath her. She took a breath, once again the image of serenity. But she couldn’t dispel the anger burning within her. @UnfortunatelyNamed

Ravelast: Sixth Gateway Archive Rue subtly shook her head at Insa. His feelings were much too strong for these people to be ‘fine’. Since confidence wasn’t working…she let her annoyance at him grow. Maybe he’d put that guilt to use and stop feeling so many things. @InfiniteInsanity @UnfortunatelyNamed

Ravelast: Sixth Gateway Archive Rue sighs. “Why doesn’t anyone ever tell me these things? That makes more sense. Who are those other people, though?” Light, Nameless’ emotions are strong. Pushing her annoyance down, she sends a burst of confidence through the bond. @InfiniteInsanity @UnfortunatelyNamed

That one's beautiful no matter what instrument you use.

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue blinked. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more confusing sentence in my life. But wait. If you’re from the Black Tower…and you’ve only been gone for thirty minutes…how do you not know anything?” @UnfortunatelyNamed

I just read it, it was fun. I liked it. Do we need to perform peculiar rituals to bring this thread back to life?

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue raised an eyebrow, feeling a change through the bond. “So you do care.” She frowned, eyeing him suspiciously. “How long have you been away from our world? They’ve been claiming the source is cleansed since the end of the 3rd age, nearly 50 years ago.” She pursed her lips at the sight of his pins. “And as for the Amyrlin, I don’t know. I’ve been gone from the Tower for a long time, and they were arguing over a new one when I left.” @UnfortunatelyNamed

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue looks at Insa for a moment, then shrugs. “Again, there’s a lot you need to understand. We have different parts of the One Power. The male half is called Saidin, and it is tainted, making its users go insane. They caused the Breaking of the World, which is exactly what it sounds like.” Rue glances at Nameless, then back at Insa. “Some say that the source has been cleansed, that the taint is gone. But even if it was gone, those who have been channeling since before it was cleansed aren’t completely sane. And I’m not sure it is gone, with the way most of them act.” She sighed. “Insa, they’ve done bad things to the world, and to me personally. I will not let them harm others that way.” @InfiniteInsanity

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway “Males. I am human, after all. The world doesn’t need protecting from the Aes Sedai, just these…” she sighs. “They call themselves Asha’man.” @InfiniteInsanity

Ravelast: Sixth Archive Gateway Rue sighs. "There's a lot to explain. Essentially, I created a bond between us against his will. Normally, that wouldn't be acceptable, but he can channel. He's a danger to everyone around him." Then she sighs. "Perhaps I was too hasty, but I've sworn oaths, Insa, oaths I can't break. Not just the three oaths, the ones all Aes Sedai share. The reds...we swear our own oaths, when we choose to enter the Ajah. To make sure everyone is truly committed to our purpose. I swore that I would take any opportunity to either bond, gentle, or kill men who could channel." She looks down. "And I swore that if I succeeded at gentling or bonding one, I wouldn't release the bond." She sneers at where Emma and Nameless are talking. "Not that I think he should be freed. He's dangerous, very dangerous." @InfiniteInsanity @UnfortunatelyNamed

Um...they would need to choose? They'd have to be very independent, maybe even write their own pieces, but if they worked for it they'd be really good.