JOKES ASIDE — MIKASA

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  • [center][fancypost= width: 450px; text-align: justify;][size=11][font=timesnewroman]Sweetophelia had spent most of yesterday training Wisteria and now the BlizzardClan leader was taking the time to head out on a solo border patrol around the territory. There had been a number of changes lately, hadn't they? Her eldest son, Jaehaerys, was now engaged - to both BloodClan leaders, Amour and Evangeline. HawkClan was under new leadership, following their previous leader's resignation. ShadowClan and WindClan's long neutrality had ended. Some good, some bad. She could only hope that life in BlizzardClan remained peaceful.
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    [font='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif']She was restless today - but then again she had been the past week to two weeks honestly. It was overwhelming to be here. So many things always happening at once. Plus she had never particularly wanted to be here, yet somehow she managed to become both and ambassador and a semi-high position. So now she had responsibilities when all she wanted to do was make sure Erin didn't get himself killed. All she knew now was that she need to learn how to fight so she could actually do what she wanted to do. So for her training had been done by herself, trying to teach herself things she had saw at some point before. It wasn't too hard so far - Erin called her a natural, but she could only go so far self taught. She could help evaluate everyone as she walked along the warn path, walking out her frustration.

    She kept going and was about to turn back to check on her brother again until she spotted the leader. What did Sweet even see in her to promote her? She snorted silent to herself as she slowly caught up, offing a small greeting as she did.

  • [center][fancypost= width: 450px; text-align: justify;][size=11][font=timesnewroman]"Hello Mikasa," Sweetophelia offered her a verbal greeting, pausing to allow the younger feline to catch up to her pace. The pair of siblings had caught her attention from the moment they had joined BlizzardClan, and Sweetophelia had felt particularly - perhaps personally - affected when the boy had gotten hurt the way he had. It had been disheartening to watch his former, young passion be extinguished by misfortune and pain.


    "You did well in that rescue raid in the Cartel," she remarked. "Did you have any training before you came to join BlizzardClan?" Sweetophelia didn't imagine that either Mikasa or Eren were much older than seven or eight months old at the most, but many animals were taught the basics before they reached their sixth month of life.
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    [font='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif']"Sweetophelia," she'd say, mimicking the leader but not in the disrespectful way but more in greeting style - though she did leave the 'hello' out. She wasn't sure yet how she felt about the older female and honestly, nothing about the girl stood to much out to Mikasa. She was sweet and protective, just like a thousand others. Still she hadn't particularly seen anything bad, other than when Sweet had stopped her from going after Erin - something she was still bitter about that, but otherwise she'd been helpful so far to both herself and Erin.


    She blinked, the only indicator she gave to color her surprise in the question. "No, I didn't ma'am. You had to aid me in getting free. I was too emotionally invested - I only cared about getting Erin out. If it came down to it, I would have left the others there without a second thought. And because you should know this, I still would. When it comes down to it, I will always pick my brother first." Sweetophelia deserved to know that much she supposed, even more so if she planned to ever promote her again or even keep her where she was. "I will do what I need to until it conflicts with keeping him safe - I made a promise I plan to keep."

    The second part of her question was easier - for both of them. "No ma'am, I haven't. Not beyond play-fights with Erin back home - though his father did give him some medical training. I've tried teaching myself, and it is working for now I suppose, but I don't know what to teach myself so it won't progress much further."


  • [center][fancypost= width: 450px; text-align: justify;][size=11][font=timesnewroman]Sweetophelia would have been surprised to discovered that Mikasa regarded her as a girl - what with the way she was being addressed by the more mature title of "ma'am". It was true that the BlizzardClan leader had recovered much of her physical and visual youth after her death and subsequent reincarnation, but it was difficult for her to picture herself as Sweetpaw the apprentice or Alysanne the sweet, green foreigner. In fact, she had four sons now, and the oldest twins were either married or soon to be married. Sweetophelia was still waiting on word of the wedding.


    "Oh, I understand," Sweetophelia replied with a shrug. She would not admit this aloud, but surely it was implicitly known that she too valued the lives of her sons first and foremost. But Sweetophelia did not believe that her own dedication to her children would translate into her abandonment of her clanmates. She was ruled by more than emotions. "I should simply hope that some concern for your clanmates might exist in you - to whatever small extent." Quietly, the Targaryen wondered how Mikasa was integrating herself into the clan. Perhaps it was simply more difficult for the quiet girl, but Sweetophelia had already seen her brother making many friendships - particularly in the medic team.


    "I didn't realise that Eren had received any medical training." He certainly hadn't participated in Kamari's herb training session. "But I take it then that you shared no such interest in medicine?" Sweetophelia herself had never considered taking on a medical position, but she tried her best to pick up the basics from time to time. "That's fine, but you should look into getting a warrior as a mentor in BlizzardClan. What are your interests?" What did Mikasa want to learn? Diplomacy? Politics? Government? Combat? Hunting? Most mentors tried to teach all of everything, but there were particular fields that certain animals tended to excel in, and thusly focus more heavily on in training. Both Melantha and Feliks, her mentors, had been exceptional warriors and well-versed in politics, being as one had been the deputy of BloodClan and the other the leader of BlizzardClan, and later BoneClan.
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    [font='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif']"Until the interest conflicts, I will do what is expected of me, ma'am." She shook her head then, unwilling to say that she cared for her now clanmates when it would be a lie, at least in the sense the leader had meant the word. Mikasa had not integrated as smoothly into the clan as her brother had. Likely the cause was her own personality vs his and the fact she held no desire to grow closer to them. She was concerned for them, she supposed, in her own odd way. They were Eren's friends, so she would work for them, live with them, and protect them when she could. She'd move on then, no reason to dwell, not when she offered a way to move away.


    "Eren? Yes he did. He hadn't gotten that much, but he was supposed to take over after his father. He ran medical shop like thing where you could come be healed - for a fee. I doubt after what happened he is much to interested in healing now. No, I never had any of the training, and I suppose I was never much interested in it either. I did not fit in quite as well as Eren did in the Jaeger family, understandable," Mikasa would explain not to bother by sharing what had happened unless it came down to the nitty gritty details of two separate days she remembered sharply. One of the two days wasn't solely her story to tell either.


    "I'd been meaning to find someone to teach me - Eren was looking as well, but I could get far before he hurt himself. That put the search on pause. As for your question, ma'am, I had never really thought about it. I know I want to learn how to fight well. I've never thought far beyond that and as long as I can do so, I do not mind what else I learn, as long as I can fight well. I need to be able to defend myself and Eren like I promised I would."

  • [center][fancypost= width: 450px; text-align: justify;][size=11][font=timesnewroman]Sweetophelia doubted that Eren would ever turn on BlizzardClan nor vice-versa, so she imagined that such the day Mikasa had spoken of would not come. But of course, accidents always remained a possibility.


    Continuing to listen, Sweetophelia took interest in the details of Eren and Mikasa's life before BlizzardClan. Adoption was always a touching subject. In her youth, she had been adopted by a former BlizzardClan deputy - Snowwhite - but her adoptive mother had faded away by the time she was an apprentice. Occasionally Sweetophelia would think of her name with a quiet fondness, but her memories of the white feline were no longer so vivid. She couldn't even remember Snowwhite as an animal, she no longer could hear her voice nor did she recall her temperament.


    "You know Mikasa, I would not mind taking on another apprentice," Sweetophelia offered. "I've been speaking with Kamari, and Wisteria shows a great deal of interest in medicine and healing - I imagine that she would be much happier as a Medic than to progress through the typical career of a warrior." Sweetophelia had never quite shared the same interest, but she appreciated the quality in other animals. After all, she needed someone to patch her up after fights, didn't she?


    "I was trained by Feliks and Melantha in my youth. Feliks was the BlizzardClan leader, and Melantha was the BloodClan deputy. They both stressed combat in particular, and I've gained a great deal of experience over my lifetime as well." Unfortunately her combat training had come at the expense of hunting and other skills. She was adequate but certainly not spectacular in those other fields.
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    No, it likely would never come to it - unless Eren was captured again or some other nonsense and they tried to stop her again. Had she gone earlier, maybe she could have saved him. But there was no point in dwelling in the past. She could only live in the now. She couldn't change what already happened. She frowned though, as she listened to the leader speak. She was dancing around her point, Mikasa could tell that almost instantly and it annoyed her. While she had an idea of what the leader was offering, she was had no desire to make assumptions and ridicule herself.


    Tail tip twitching behind her as they walked (?), she froze and twisted her body to face the leader. "And what are you saying? Your point?"

  • [center][fancypost= width: 450px; text-align: justify;][size=11][font=timesnewroman]"I thought that that would be clear enough," Sweetophelia remarked, looking over to the young Trainee with slight amusement. Germanicus had been quicker on the uptake when she had posed a similar offer to him - for when the young Combatant grew old enough to actually accept. "You don't have a mentor and I'll soon be without an apprentice." Of course, her job was always demanding and her commitment to her sons would never fade, but Sweetophelia was always looking for a side project. What better than to take on new apprentices? It would be an interesting challenge to pour her time in, one that would only further contribute towards the overall good of the clan. "Mikasa, I would be happy to take you on as my apprentice should you accept."
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    [font='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif']"I'd rather not make assumptions. I'm sure you can understand that," Mikasa stated dryly, not particularly fond of being indirectly called slow. She wasn't slow - she had figured that was what the leader was getting too, but saying it aloud without knowing for sure, it put both of them in a very awkward place if she had been wrong. Honestly, she probably wouldn't have been too fond of accepting someone's training offer when they considered it a side project - it mean she always came second and didn't fancy that, but she hadn't been aware of that and second thought training was better than none. "I would appreciate that much, miss."