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Not so Peacful Council

[(Anonymous)]

With a lot of shuffling and glaring, everyone cleared out of the room. "You've got backbone, I'll give you that," Galmar said. "Wouldn't think it to look at you."

"That's supposed to be a compliment? You basically just said I look like a pushover."

"Well, you don't exactly look threatening." Galmar was looking amused.

"Looking threatening isn't really that important, but try telling that to the man with a bear on his head."

"Don't waste any more time on this elf, Galmar. We will spend this week forming stratagems." Ulfric said, brushing past them, keeping his eyes focused on the door instead of on Elenwen, who still lingered in the front hall. Galmar gave Lendri a warning look and followed.

Once the warring factions were gone, Lendri thought the worst was over, and he was looking forward to leaving the mountain. But after he'd learned the name of Ohdahving, Delphine approached.

"We need to discuss something."

"What?"

"Paarthunax."

"Is that what you and the Greybeards were arguing about earlier?"

"None of your business. You're the only one who can kill dragons, so it's your duty to go up there and kill that dragon."

"No."

"As Blades, Esbern and I can no longer help you unless you kill Paarthunax. He was just as destructive and cruel as Alduin himself. We of course will work with you until the World Eater is dead, but after that--"

"Fine. I never liked either of you."

"That's it? 'Fine'? You're not even giving it a moment's thought?"

"Damn straight. I don't kill my friends just because someone asks me to! And Parthunaxx is my friend. You and Esbern were just these two people who I had to put up and run around for because you had information I needed."

"Now you're making it sound like--"

"I'm not 'making it sound like' anything. It's the truth. You had me risk my damn life fighting a dragon and we ran into Alduin just so you could confirm something I thought was already apparent and then you had me dress up like a bleeding idiot and party among Thalmor, which was dangerous because I killed them a lot in the past, when I could've damn well just sneaked in without all the cloak and dagger hogwash with your whiny little contact!"

Delphine was taken aback. In all their time together Lendri had occasionally sniped back at her sharper comments but had generally taken everything with what seemed like quiet resignation. Lendri left before she could reply.
Ria was waiting in the main entry hall, with Arngeir, who was standing by the door to see them off.

"I'm surprised at what you've accomplished here," he said. "I expected a trading of territories. But this way, you've avoided really changing the course of the war. It's probably for the best."

"No thanks to you, standing there being ineffectual when they'd listen to you in a heart beat, you being an old Nord and all."

"You know it's not in the nature of the Graybeards to interfere in the doings of the outside world."

"But we already were having the council! You have to have conviction. What you did today was the equivalent of standing with one foot outside the door because you're not sure that you want to go adventuring!"

"Speaking from experience?" Ria put in, and it almost looked like Arngier smiled under his beard.

Lendri sighed. "Let's just go."

It was decidedly awkward passing by the Stormcloaks and Imperials on the way down the mountain.

epilogue

[(Anonymous)]

*

Later that evening, they sat at the inn in Ivarstead. Not far outside town, Ulfric and Tullius were camped on opposite sides of the field, which had caused minor panic among the villagers, who had thought war was about to break out at any moment.

"Gods I was so nasty to them," Lendri said, half laughing in embarrassment. "They probably wouldn't have listened any other way but a part of me feels like I should apologize."

Ria sipped her mead. "Why? It got the job done and every one of them benefited from being taken down a notch."

"Most of the time I don't just yell at people. But being on mountains...the air is so thin, and it makes my head hurt. It makes things so that I don't have any patience."

"So, how else would you have done it? This would have been you. 'Can I say something? I want you all to stop killing for a little while, I know it's a lot to ask but, I mean, just consider it, okay? For the world? Thank you.' And they would have laughed."

"I'm not that shy."

"You can't live your life always trying to spare everyone's feelings. Sometimes you have to say what you mean. Remember what you said to Arngier about conviction? You're going to need that to kill Alduin. So maybe you should remember to be mean once in a while."

He didn't.

Re: epilogue

[(Anonymous)]

Passerby anon wants to tell you that she loves how you write Ria and that this story made her laugh a lot.

Re: epilogue OP is pleased!

[(Anonymous)]

This was a fun fill to read ^_^ thank you for taking the time to write it.