IC INBOX | Daybreak

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Allura
UN: PrincessAllura

STATUS: Student, Undergrad

ACCOLADES: Top of my class as a child. Incidentally, I was what you humans would call homeschooled.

BIO: Princess of the Altean Enclave in the Outlands. I am relatively new to Earth so I would appreciate patience as I learn about the humans and your culture.

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Comments

[marmoron]

For starters it's probably better not to say anything that challenges the status quo of how the administration of Daybreak handles its affairs.

[quintessent]

[She hums thoughtfully, thinking back to their conversation before, and what sparked the sudden interest in coffee in the first place.] Then you don’t trust this school’s administration?

[It’s not a judgmental statement, but her voice is measured, her expression serious. If Keith has reason to doubt them, then she wants to know about it.]

[marmoron]

It's complicated.

[It's also not a conversation he really starts until they've cleared the Lumi dorms and start heading outside. Cosmo takes the lead, scampering up with the mice on his back. He frowns, clearly picking his words carefully.]

The higher ups aren't transparent about what's going on. You've heard about the Herald of Nightfall, right? We were told maybe a week before he showed up in Australia that we would need to prepare for battle. Apparently that's when the High Seer's visions were clearest.

[Arms folding across his chest, he continues walking, dropping his voice whenever he spots a faculty member passing by.]

I know Sight is powerful magic, but visions can be misinterpreted or missed entirely. But besides that, it seems like we're not really being told the full story. Or at least, it doesn't seem like any real effort is going into trying to talk to the Outlanders who want Nightfall to come. I think they owe us answers, but they're not giving them to us. That's why I don't fully trust them.

[A beat.]

...Well, that and I don't know how far they're willing to go to keep the secrecy clause intact.

[quintessent]

[Keeping pace beside him, Allura stays quiet for the whole thing, face attentive and her expression occasionally pinching in concern at what he's bringing up. She's heard a little about the Herald, and what happened to the land known as Australia by now (it was hard not to, even for the short time she's been on campus). There was a lot of it that set wrong with her, but she's been reserving judgement for the time being, until she understood more. But listening to Keith now, she has no reason to argue with his doubts, although one thing catches her interest,]

You should be careful about the Outlanders that seek the Nightfall. [Her voice is deadly serious,] They are incredibly dangerous, especially for humans.

[Maybe this is an unfair generalization. But her people spent years fighting back against those groups. She doesn't think it's a coincidence that her people are gone now.]