june word association

[fourhearts]

Word Association is a common word game involving an exchange of words that are associated together. The game is based on the noun phrase word association, meaning "stimulation of an associative pattern by a word" or "the connection and production of other words in response to a given word, done spontaneously as a game, creative technique, or in a psychiatric evaluation." ~ our lord and saviour wikipedia GUIDELINES ① post with your character's name & series. ② include a word of your choice and optionally the definition in the body of your comment. -- visit the random word generator if you need help! ③ other characters will reply with the first word their character associates with the one you chose. ④ continue back and forth until one of you just has to know the story behind an answer.

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[skirka]

[ This is not the first time Cersei has been met with that particular expression when coming to an agreement. It isn't one she's inclined to take offense to, either - doesn't a wince suggest a flicker of fear? And shouldn't all friendships have a twinge of fear at their hearts? ]

Not the finest attempt I've seen at masking displeasure, my lady.

[safine]

[ Well, if you're asking Genya: No, they shouldn't. ]

If I was truly attempting to mask it, Your Grace, you would not have seen it.

[ She can't keep all her emotions hidden, of course, but she knows very well indeed how to maintain a neutral expression in front of royalty, no matter what they say. ]

[skirka]

You are openly insulting me, then?

[ Foolish or bold, that is, though the distinction can be impossible to discern. Not that is matters; an insult is an insult, and she tolerates none. Whoever precisely this woman thinks herself to be, she is a little too waifish to be comporting herself so recklessly. ]

Most women have some sense of self-preservation.

[safine]

I was agreeing with you, Your Grace. A queen is always a queen, but one should not presume her friendship. I can assure you that I have a very well-developed sense of self-preservation.

[skirka]

You think it safer to presume yourself the queen's enemy? You cannot assure me of anything, and the only thing well-developed that I'm aware of here is your capacity for impudence.

[safine]

I beg your pardon, your grace, but the only person who is presuming enmity here is yourself. I bear you no ill will. My expression was born from memories that have nothing at all to do with your person, except to confirm the rightness of your "perhaps".

[skirka]

What do you bear me, then? A lady of refinement might have had a gift, as a gesture of true and enduring friendship.

Are you a grieving, wounded soul? An honest friend would divulge these tragic tales.