[ooc]i honestly dont even know what day/part of the cycle we are in...i dont know if i can send PMs right now or not[/ooc]

Pardon me Mr Baelish, do you have any milk of the poppy

*snicker*

my lord Tyroin, alas I do not typically have wares of that nature, perhaps Maester Pycelle could help you, no?

I do however, have a number of other "diversions" that I believe might interest you.

Spoiler for Sunday night's episode below.

people voted for me? fuckers!

That's "fonters!"

I'm going to try to hold off until we get all the reports from Chief before I start sending messages and emissaries, just so that possibly interested parties know.

[ooc] same here [/ooc]

[ooc] Yeah I had a pretty busy day at work, we can have a nice, relaxing, message-filled, parlaying weekend. [/ooc]

Well, I'm going to go ahead and get started. I worry that my bannermen won't have the availability before deadline if we don't get parlaying quickly.

Renly, Stark: Any news?

Heh. Take a look at how many posts there have been this weekend. That should tell you.

We haven't gotten our troop/money updates either, so it's rather hard to negotiate.

Things should be fast and furious tomorrow.

[ooc] In the meantime, I found this amusing and somewhat relevant: Diary Entries from Game of Thrones Characters - CollegeHumor Article [/ooc]

The first page post does not reflect this.

Lord Penrose - you have an opportunity to leave your liege now. It seems likely that your lord will be involved in war again in the near future. Such a war would like as not be a death sentence for you. Not for Lord Renly, mind, but for you. The best you can hope for is that you are captured and are made the bannerman of another of the kings. If you flee then you will be accelerating the process, but while you are on a free foot you cannot be killed in war.

I make no bones about my emnity for Lord Renly. However this doesn't lessen the truth of what I am saying. If you stay loyal to your liege then you will die soon. And why would you remain loyal to a lord who has made a sow's ear of the business of diplomacy. It is through no fault of your own that you have been forced into a war against the Starks and Stannis. Flee while you can! There are plenty other houses who will accept a new bannerman.

Lord Stannis. You must be feeling rightfully thankful for the assistance provided by Lord Stark. But consider the lessons of the battle recently fought on your lands. It seems to me that you will always be at a disadvantage while you lack the manpower to fight. You will never be able to attack another lord on your own as your enemy will be able to retreat to an area lacking in coastline, negating the value of your fleet.

I ask, in the spirit of friendship, how you intend to defeat Robb Stark. It strikes me we have all underestimated Starks diplomatic prowess. He positioned himself expertly during the initial alliance against my son - making himself mediator between the two fractious brothers. Thus, when the Lannisters had been displaced, both brothers turned to him for his support - allowing him to make the alliance he wanted. Now it seems that Renly is mortally wounded, just as Joffrey is. This is perfect for Stark - he has seriously weakened the two houses that more than matched his military might - leaving you as his primary rival. And I think we know how things will go should it come to open war between Stark and yourself. If you would be king then you have to find yourself more fighting men.

So many things to do, so few ravens.

[ooc] alright...game back on! [/ooc]

Lord Tywin,

I received your raven, and am holding my reply until later in the day.

Varys

Sorry for the accidental click Stark thread.

King Robb -- message received. Interesting. (ooc) very busy morning, i'll be gone for a bit.... (/ooc)

I think we all need to collectively inform our employers that we have far more pressing matters than doing what we're paid for - the fate of Westeros is at stake here people.

I can only send one message. But for the one I sent a raven to this morning I wanted you to know that I had already submitted that order that way.

In response to the questions posed, the near is likelier than the far, though hard to say with discussion yet to have taken place.

One would imagine divesting would be the wiser course.

To all others:

The Greyjoys await word and begin to send emissaries.

[ooc] I'm off to work, my first of three 1:30 - 10:00 shifts this week. Woo. Participation during those shifts is spotty, depends on how busy things are. [/ooc]

One imagines in the future one might find oneself on some form of transportation where the hoi-poli around one would chattering away into some form of distance communication (teleraven, perhaps) but one would only hear one side of the conversation. And it would feel much like his.

If any of the claimants were to contact me today, there might be interesting matters to discuss.

Much is afoot in Westeros, both out in the open, and in the shadows. Allegiances are shifting, and all wait to see where Tywin Lannister and the Greyjoys will ally themselves.

[ooc] FYI Greyjoys - Balon gets one free raven to me everyday [/ooc]

There is in fact nothing afoot out in the open.

For the record (sorry, forgot this earlier) -- as has been stated what seems like every day, I am not getting rid of my bannermen due to votes by those who would see us destroyed.

KING RENLY RETAINS SER PENROSE

While we all know winter is coming....can we not have it in June?

completely unrelated question. what was so shocking about last nights GOT? doesnt it follow the book? dont people who care enough to get all cranky on facebook read the books first?

Saw a great GIF for this earlier:

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Yes

and

No

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for #3... we still get our free PM of the day right?

Yes.

See, I should totally be able to drag JAG's corpse up beyond the wall and have him re-animated as an Other. Undead bannermen are where it's at.

Are we still on for a voting deadline in an hour?

Whoa, for real? I missed that, lol.