(This has to be a joke, right? He can't believe it when Edelgard declares war and yet... it's very much real.
Of course, everyone immediately kicks into action, himself included. While the church prepares for war and the faculty begins to sort out the students. This is what their lessons have been training them for-- to raise strong leaders to protect Fodlan's future.
As the house leader, he has his duties now and he more than rises to the call. The speech he gives the morning of is different from his past ones. There's no joy, no laughter, and instead, he delivers his words straight and true. Edelgard's army will march on Garreg Mach by evening. Everyone is expected to fight but those who aren't ready or willing to face the empire are free to join the evacuees and escort them to sanctuary. Those with ties to the Empire or Kingdom are also free to choose their sides. He can't emphasize enough that this is war and the battlefield is no place for regrets.
... Seteth doesn't look particularly pleased by that last comment but Claude challenges him to tell him he's wrong.
The decisions they make, the actions they take.... their futures will be determined today. And with that, everyone is dismissed, sent off to speak to their appropriate senior officer and prepare. Claude checks in on his classmates before the upcoming battle. He makes sure everything is ready and everyone is where they need to be and of course, he makes one stop to check on perhaps the most uncertain deer in the house.)
[ In spite of all their lessons and all the trouble that has been brewing since the start of the school year, Dorothea had believed that war--true, continent-spanning war--was a thing of the past. Now that it's at their doorstep, she feels woefully unprepared. Even though she's a Golden Deer now, she'd been a Black Eagle just a scant few months ago, and is an Adrestian citizen still. That much won't change no matter where she goes, and if living as a street urchin for so long taught her anything, it was that people would never forget where you came from, especially if they could use it against you. Is it possible that the people of Leicester will accept her, or is she doomed to be met with suspicion wherever she goes?
She's in her room, packing away her meager collection of possessions in a small trunk. Regardless of what happens here today, this is the end of her stay at Garreg Mach; might as well prepare for it accordingly. Claude's arrival breaks her train of thought. She offers him an unconvincing smile as she continues to put away her things. ]
Claude! A rousing speech, as always. You have such a wonderful way with words. It's a shame you have to use them to inspire us to go to battle, instead of... I don't know. Helping me write the lyrics for a new opera, perhaps.
[ It's obvious from her eyes she's been crying, even though her face is dry now. She finally pauses in her busy work, though her hands turn to gentle wringing to keep themselves occupied. ]
Edie's really made a mess of things, hasn't she? I didn't want to believe she could do such a thing, but there's no avoiding it now. I-- [ Her voice falters briefly, and she bites her lip. ] I'm afraid. I don't want to fight, but if I don't, there won't be anywhere I can go without people thinking the worst of me. There's no other choice for me.
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Of course, everyone immediately kicks into action, himself included. While the church prepares for war and the faculty begins to sort out the students. This is what their lessons have been training them for-- to raise strong leaders to protect Fodlan's future.
As the house leader, he has his duties now and he more than rises to the call. The speech he gives the morning of is different from his past ones. There's no joy, no laughter, and instead, he delivers his words straight and true. Edelgard's army will march on Garreg Mach by evening. Everyone is expected to fight but those who aren't ready or willing to face the empire are free to join the evacuees and escort them to sanctuary. Those with ties to the Empire or Kingdom are also free to choose their sides. He can't emphasize enough that this is war and the battlefield is no place for regrets.
... Seteth doesn't look particularly pleased by that last comment but Claude challenges him to tell him he's wrong.
The decisions they make, the actions they take.... their futures will be determined today. And with that, everyone is dismissed, sent off to speak to their appropriate senior officer and prepare. Claude checks in on his classmates before the upcoming battle. He makes sure everything is ready and everyone is where they need to be and of course, he makes one stop to check on perhaps the most uncertain deer in the house.)
... Dorothea?
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She's in her room, packing away her meager collection of possessions in a small trunk. Regardless of what happens here today, this is the end of her stay at Garreg Mach; might as well prepare for it accordingly. Claude's arrival breaks her train of thought. She offers him an unconvincing smile as she continues to put away her things. ]
Claude! A rousing speech, as always. You have such a wonderful way with words. It's a shame you have to use them to inspire us to go to battle, instead of... I don't know. Helping me write the lyrics for a new opera, perhaps.
[ It's obvious from her eyes she's been crying, even though her face is dry now. She finally pauses in her busy work, though her hands turn to gentle wringing to keep themselves occupied. ]
Edie's really made a mess of things, hasn't she? I didn't want to believe she could do such a thing, but there's no avoiding it now. I-- [ Her voice falters briefly, and she bites her lip. ] I'm afraid. I don't want to fight, but if I don't, there won't be anywhere I can go without people thinking the worst of me. There's no other choice for me.