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<blockquote data-quote="Eluvan" data-source="post: 2638348" data-attributes="member: 24812"><p>Alister spends the first few hours of the day trailing a pace behind his father's right shoulder, observing all he does and says and responding in brief, efficient terms to the questions that his father periodically shot back at him in his spare moments. He is very used to this kind of activity, having spent most of his life being drilled to be the perfect shadow to his father. He does not enjoy it, and in fact if he allowed himself to think about it he would be endlessly bitter about it - but he does not. He does not allow his mind to wander into doubt or resentment, but keeps it focused on the matters at hand. He has learned through long experience that that is the easiest way to get by. </p><p></p><p> The tedium is finally broken by Sye's arrival for an update on the enemy troop movements. This girl has been appointed as his own advisor on certain matters, and so he feels able to take her arrival as an excuse to break off briefly from his father. He waits until she is finished conversing with the commander and then, with a small, formal bow to him Alister drops back to talk to her. It's unlikely that she suspects quite what a relief her company is to him, for he does not speak with any emotion and does not even indulge in any pleasantries, but simply asks her to fill him in on the state of the troops' morale. The conversation is entirely formal and businesslike, but for Alister it is a bright spot in an otherwise entirely dreary day. This is the closest he comes to enjoying a normal conversation with someone, since he at least feels able to talk to her somewhat on his own terms, without being constantly aware of his father's scrutiny weighing and judging all that he does or says. </p><p></p><p> Following that interlude, he returns to his father for another hour or so before taking leave of him to see to his own preparations for the battle ahead, retiring to his quarters to pore over maps, charts, and correspondance. He doesn't truly require this extensive knowledge of all the surrounding circumstances to the battle in order to fulfil his role - which is in truth fairly limited - but he knows that his father will expect him to not only perform his ostensible duties, but also to have a good enough hold on the military circumstances to be able to command the whole battle himself, though he certainly won't be trusted with such great responsibility for many years yet. </p><p></p><p> As the day begins to darken into dusk he goes in search of Jonathan Vars, hoping for a report on the status of the essential maintenance checks that will have to be done before the ship's departure the next day. </p><p></p><p> OOC:</p><p>[sblock]I've fast-forwarded through the conversation with Sye since nonlethal force has already started talking about her actions for the evening. Hope that's okay. Jemal, if you just want to tell me where Alister will find Jonathan we can RP out that conversation, or feel free to fast forward through that too if you'd rather keep things moving. Your call I guess.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eluvan, post: 2638348, member: 24812"] Alister spends the first few hours of the day trailing a pace behind his father's right shoulder, observing all he does and says and responding in brief, efficient terms to the questions that his father periodically shot back at him in his spare moments. He is very used to this kind of activity, having spent most of his life being drilled to be the perfect shadow to his father. He does not enjoy it, and in fact if he allowed himself to think about it he would be endlessly bitter about it - but he does not. He does not allow his mind to wander into doubt or resentment, but keeps it focused on the matters at hand. He has learned through long experience that that is the easiest way to get by. The tedium is finally broken by Sye's arrival for an update on the enemy troop movements. This girl has been appointed as his own advisor on certain matters, and so he feels able to take her arrival as an excuse to break off briefly from his father. He waits until she is finished conversing with the commander and then, with a small, formal bow to him Alister drops back to talk to her. It's unlikely that she suspects quite what a relief her company is to him, for he does not speak with any emotion and does not even indulge in any pleasantries, but simply asks her to fill him in on the state of the troops' morale. The conversation is entirely formal and businesslike, but for Alister it is a bright spot in an otherwise entirely dreary day. This is the closest he comes to enjoying a normal conversation with someone, since he at least feels able to talk to her somewhat on his own terms, without being constantly aware of his father's scrutiny weighing and judging all that he does or says. Following that interlude, he returns to his father for another hour or so before taking leave of him to see to his own preparations for the battle ahead, retiring to his quarters to pore over maps, charts, and correspondance. He doesn't truly require this extensive knowledge of all the surrounding circumstances to the battle in order to fulfil his role - which is in truth fairly limited - but he knows that his father will expect him to not only perform his ostensible duties, but also to have a good enough hold on the military circumstances to be able to command the whole battle himself, though he certainly won't be trusted with such great responsibility for many years yet. As the day begins to darken into dusk he goes in search of Jonathan Vars, hoping for a report on the status of the essential maintenance checks that will have to be done before the ship's departure the next day. OOC: [sblock]I've fast-forwarded through the conversation with Sye since nonlethal force has already started talking about her actions for the evening. Hope that's okay. Jemal, if you just want to tell me where Alister will find Jonathan we can RP out that conversation, or feel free to fast forward through that too if you'd rather keep things moving. Your call I guess.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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